A StrangerA Story by Manasa.LNever seen before
A bright sunny day, I left home for my big day; attending a campus for job. The venue was clear, 8:30 sharp late comers not allowed. It was referred by my friend, and we decided to meet up at the venue.
I reached the place on time and to see graduates lined up at the gate, waiting for the authorities to call upon them. I was in a deja vu, bitter sadness slapped me. I gathered all my conscious, went and stood in the line for my turn. I waited(also for my friend), I called my friend to know where she is and there she was with an unexpected answer, - "Sorry dear I'm late and I wouldn't make it, you go on without me". What??? Well let me tell you all, that I hate to be alone among strangers. I was in trance, when suddenly fingers smoothed my shoulders and woke me. A gentle voice from behind asked me -"hey are we supposed to bring any documents(mark sheets), coz i haven't?". I replied back with a smile saying, - "Nah, I don't think so they mentioned only resumes", while she made me think over as I wasn't sure. She said that she heard about the interview from her friend and also how she missed coming there. While standing and waiting we exchanged few casual talks about the event we had been there for. Finally we entered the venue premises and were given numbers to count the heads. The first round was a writing test and there was still time for it. We sat down on the bench and spoke about our past experiences in interviews, our failures, mistakes and loss. We were as if we knew each other for a long time. It was time for our test, a serious intelligence test as we call it "APTITUDE". We went together, for our numbers followed one after the other,19 and 20. We successfully completed the mission of writing and was sent back for another period of waiting for results. We went to the canteen for we were hungry and had to wait even there. We ordered ourselves two plates of meals and sat down to quench our thirst of hunger and anger. Complaining that the food was not so delicious a question struck me, -"By the way what's your name?". How foolish of me not knowing the name and not telling mine, We managed to converse for 2 to 3 hours. We introduced ourselves formally and started walking to the devil, the results. We were asked to be seated in the auditorium, as the results were to be announced there. We went in and as usual the result was expected, we failed. We turned back to reach our nests and happened to travel in the same bus(for a distance), exchanged numbers and departed on our course.
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6 Reviews Added on March 8, 2017 Last Updated on March 17, 2017 AuthorManasa.LBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAboutI am a music lover and a software programmer. I write to express my feelings, thoughts and try to put in positive attitude in my readers. more..Writing
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