12:30 PM
I went back to the clinical department. Yes, I could not just keep waiting there and keep seeing him.
I was an intern in the dental hospital at DD University, Nadiad- a small town in Gujarat. After having the biscuits and a cup of tea, I got back to the patients.
5:30 PM
After completing the treatments of all the pending patients, I finally left for home… TIRED and EXHAUSTED as hell…
Oh did I say home??
Sorry, not home…
I meant my room…
It was not “home” in the slightest way…
It was merely a ROOM…a ceiling,floor, four walls…that’s it.
I was not a local resident of the place. Needless to say, I did not have any friends too as of then!!!
I was new to the place and everything seemed alien…
15th April 2008
I had first stepped on the land of Nadiad.
“Nadiad junction.”
Since that day, I had hardly talked to anyone.
I had a few colleagues of mine at the university, but they were just acquaintances.
What more could they be in just 9 days…!!
So basically I felt lonely…
I missed my home so much…
My parents, my family, my closest friends all were back in Valsad.
Everything was a STRANGER.
I kept wondering who that guy was…
His friends were talking to him, but he was not bothered.
I had no room partner too with whom I could share all this.
The four walls of the room were haunting me.
I was feeling really low.
Who can I talk to…? It would be pretty awkward if I call anyone up and say “Hey Hie. Guess what, there’s this guy I don’t know at all… but I’m thinking about him since 8 hours…”
Moreover, I was reserved and I preferred to talk less. I liked myself that way!!!!!!
Nadiad-Valsad was a looooong journey and I could not really afford to go there every weekend.
With all these thoughts clouding my mind, I have no clue when my eyes closed and I fell asleep…
I woke up the next day- still bothered by that one guy…
I guess I got to bed thinking of him and woke up just the same…
Yeah, it sounds silly… but I could not help it.
I left for college with the hope of seeing him yet again; hoping to talk to him…
Finally when the clock struck 12:00 PM, I made some excuse to my department head and walked to the canteen…
My eyes were searching for that one face… but he was nowhere around.
Neither he nor the four guys he was with could be seen anywhere…I returned to my department disappointed and upset…and continued with my work…!!!!
