IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

It was 11 in the morning. Ankita was really excited. Her favourite food was something that always made her go crazy. And what better than her favourite cafe house, the Old Vines cafe house. But food cannot be the sole reason for a grown up girl's happiness. Who doesn't like to see the best and the most beautiful version of herself or himself in the mirror. Ankita was dressed at her best. She loved dressing, not for somebody but for herself. She was a jolly girl, always filled with spirits. And today she was taking one of her good friends, Karan to the Old Vines. She had praised a lot about it, in front of her friend and that's when Karan decided to visit the cafe with her. Ankita was really excited, her favourite place with one of her favourite people. She was 10 minutes earlier and was waiting under the shade of a tree at the common meeting point. The cafe was her favourite place because she had memories there, all good memories, memories with her family, with her cousins. She had never gone there with her friends and she had never gone there alone. In the midst of recalling about the beautiful memories and then dreaming about today's plan, her phone rang. It was Karan. " I am really sorry Ankita, I cannot come. Actually I was having a cricket match and now I am too tired." Ankita didn't feel good but she said its okay, take rest. She sat down there only, thinking what should be done. This jolly, full spirited girl actually had a delicate heart. A soft heart covered in a hard shell. She felt bad. How could he do so? When we had a plan how could he back off !!!!!! This is wrong. He did wrong. This is my value in somebody's life !!!! And she thought almost every possibility. But now what should she do? Go back home as she never went to Old Vines alone. For a moment her eyes were filled with tears, she was in the middle of the road and had no clue what to do. Then she stood up. She is not the one, who is restricted by the whims of other beings. She called Karan " Hello Karan, I didn't expect this from you. Anyways I am going and don't you dare to call me back." He replied " I am sorry Ankita. I didn't mean to hurt you...." She cut the call. 

Old Vines the next destination!!!! she spoke to herself. It was very far away, almost an hour away. Such a long and boring journey, she thought. She sat in the bus. Nobody to talk to. However there was a fascinating thing about the bus journey. She had put her earphones and was looking at different co-passengers. A lady with her two kids, of which the girl child looked elder. It reminded her of her childhood, when her mother used to take her and her brother out. She smiled. Next she saw school boys. Perhaps they were discussing physics, for she could recognize the book. Again she smiled. And then she saw some other fellow co-passengers and the time passed. She stepped out of the bus. And now she had to walk alone through a market to reach her destination. While walking she once again noticed several things, which she had never noticed. And each time she saw something it brought a smile on her face. Now she reached the Old Vines. When she entered, she saw nobody was alone. Everybody had someone to give them a company. But by this time she was forged down once again to a hard shell but with a jolly heart. And as mentioned food made her go crazy. She had already gone crazy.

"Oh my dear soul, you think too much !!!! Don't think too much. You are deep. You are the purest thing in the human body. Be as free as you can. Enjoy to the fullest because your happiness is the best thing that can happen to any human being."