The Girl who always disappeared...........

I hopped onto the top of a double-decker bus for a downtown loop of the NY City. a good bunch of people on tour enjoyed the skyline of the NY city as the bus moved in the streets.. . and then as I looked on, a girl came and sat besides me.

I said nothing at all, but our eyes exchanged so many questions, for which we didn t have any answers, we were happy for long time now that they were left unanswered some, I never asked her, some she never asked me . Her eyes were turning cloudy She always disappeared, every time she came.

Our relationship is not going to end this way, I thought. I m sure, I will see you again.
The last time I thought this way was 5 yrs back, and all these years, every day I walked the streets, I always wished she would appear in front of my eyes again.

And it took a long time. This time, my body turned to hers, my hands rose and surrounded her, I pulled her close to my chest we exchanged no words, but she pushed me, hurriedly looking back at a guy, who seemed to be her boyfriend. I didn t care to ask who he was, but they seemed to have had a little fight.

She looked back at me, still no words exchanged, all the communication happened through our eyes they were exchanging some voluminous messages, I felt as if there was a war of questions happening What is she thinking?

Well probably that I ve have grown old, have dark wrinkles at the outer corner of my eyes.
And then she said it... the first words she spoke to me after 5 yrs.

"What are you? 45 ?" I laughed.

I just went crazy, with her sitting so close to me, after so many years of distance. She didn't move... but from her body to mine, a message passed.

It said, "kiss me". Then I cupped her face into my two hands, being unconscious in the moment that it was actually me doing all this.

I kissed her, felt her tongue in mine, we kissed passionately, as if to never end it. As our lips slowly separated, we laughed, the chewing gum in my mouth tasted different... it was hers.

We got off the double-decker. She took me to her apartment in 52nd street, we got cozy on her sofa I held her close to my body, all night, fearing, I would lose her, If I let her free I never wanted to lose her again.

"Do you love me?"
"But you deserve more."
"Then what are you doing here with me, in this night?"
"Seeing, if our bodies can melt into one, so that I never have to lose you again."
I closed my eyes and thought:
"Kruthi is going to leave me all alone and disappear tomorrow again... how do I stop her?"

We spent the whole night awake; with no words between us we could hear the clock tick clearly.I looked into her eyes for a long time... and wondered if, deep down inside she knew how much she had grown into me.

I fell asleep towards morning and I woke up when the alarm went off, only to find Kruthi missing by my side. I ran through the entire apartment, looking for her. Had I lost her again? I sat on the floor, closed my eyes . Heard the door open it was Kruthi, with a milk packet in her hands, and she laughed, knowing what must be running through my mind.