A memorable week

      


                                     HE came to chennai to have an in-plant training. This was the first time he stayed in a metropolitan city for a week. HE is my, sorry was my best friend till my 12th std. HE and me had a similar taste in most of the things. Hence we ended up in relationship with a same girl. Somehow girls have the ability to change best of friends to worst of enemies. This is was two years ago.




                                                     Now he called me and said about his in-plant training. I do not know why he called me. Was it because i was the only known person he had in chennai or because he wanted to renovate our relationship. Being an optimist, I believed the latter and asked him to stay in my room.




                                   
                                                           The first day itself he planned a date with one of his many gf. The big advantage of having smarter friends is that they have a lot of girl friends.In the pretext of showing route to their rendezvous, i intervened in their date. Who wants to act like a gentleman when you know that a pretty girl is only few yards away from you. I had free icecream in Baskin Robbins, ogled a cute girl very closely.Obviously HE is my best friend atleast for these reasons.




                                                         Next day he wanted to watch a movie in one of the hi-fi  theatres. Reciprocating for the free icecream and ogling of the pretty girl, i asked bike from one of my friend to take HE to the movie. At first i was hesitant to ask for the bike but my friend responded as though it was not a big deal. Then i realized not all people are stingy and selfish like me.




                                                       His next plan was to taste alcohol. Being the host we had the pooja in my room, after facing some awkward expressions from my roommates. That night alone i spoke more truth deep from my heart than my entire life.I think HE did the same too.That night we took an unsaid oath that there would be no more fissure in our friendship. If boozing can make us to express our true affection on others, why dont parents allow their children to booze regularly? For next 2days my roommates looked at us as though we had murdered a 5year old girl in that room.





                                                            Before leaving chennai, HE bought me a t-shirt.Though it was rs.120 saravana store t-shirt, i value it as rs.1200 allen solly t-shirt. Only on the night he left chennai i understood how true the quote " WE DO NOT KNOW THE VALUE OF LOVED ONE, WHEN THEY ARE NEAR US"  .




                                       It is not the free icecream, not the girls he knew , not the oc t-shirt but the affection i have for him and HE has for me made him, sorry make him my best friend.




                                                                                      by prem