Story 1:Part I

I always have a fascination towards writing stories...the 2-3 page ones which end with a real bang. Looks like below is one of those attempts gone awry without an ending :) Typed in June 2005, 4 years ago and it was lying as a draft. Posting the same now . Interestingly, i am not able to remember whether it was me who really wrote this or copied it from somewhere :)
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It was an ordinary 2 lines in a postcard,but ofcourse with a great news.A person(X) is going to meet me on Dec 18th.and received the post on Dec 13rd.

The post is just to inform the same.

Still this one information can lead to a whole list of anticipations and worries.

X is not a new person.He has been a friend for 5 years and due to personal reasons, got shifted to a better job in a new town.So whenever he gets a chance,he makes sure to come this old town to meet me.

and this has been happening for the past 8 months.though the visits are not that frequent,it is just one of those days,which i really look forward to.

Whenever i receive a post about his plan of arrival,my heart skips a beat or probably it stops a while because of happiness.and the strange thing is,this happens everytime.

so the same happened this time.also i made sure that i am relatively free on that day.also i wanted to dress up well.
and still strange is that,i start wondering as what all information i can share with him.this is one thing which i never used to do in the beginning,but there were a few instances,where i regretted that i haven't shared all the information which i wanted to ,with him.
so guess planning came into picture...

also another thing is,my town is not a metropolitan city or something...it's a small town with not much of bustling activities,but with lot of retired people living around.

But it has it's own charm.Infact whenever X comes,he says that it's good to come here..so peaceful this city is.

I used to feel happy for that.Maybe thats one of the reasons,when i got a transfer in my government job to some other town nearby,i didn't shift fully.
I commute 2 hours every day back and forth.

X doesn't know this..because i don't write a letter that often.

So i decided take that afternoon off from office.And i was thinking as maybe we could meet for dinner.

The day also came.I was well dressed.

There are a few days,when we really look so radiant,happy and confident.And the thing is,it shows very obviously in our face.People take a second look at you.
On that day,even in office,the same thing happened to me.My neighbour lady colleagues asked me whether anything special today.Because they just related my afternoon off and radiance in the face, but to a altogether different reason....they thought some groom is coming to see me at home that evening.

How strange,people always conclude for this reason? And still strange, as why am not thinking of anything of that sort.

I say to them that it's not the case.I have plans of going out with my family in the evening to some place.

Women never leave a thing to settle down quickly.So even this didn't stop.They started asking me as whether my parents are looking out and how's it going?
I said,"No,i have no idea.will ask them and let you know".

Then they started talking as how much it'll cost to arrange a marriage,how lucky i am since i am working,how difficult it's going to be to manage both work and life.

It was funny to listen to all these things.But i didn't participate in the conversation.Because i wanted it die away soon.

And it did happen after an hour.
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I am still raking my brain as how i was planning to conclude the story....