godspeed 3

continued from godpseed2

before I got on with the day’s work, I remembered G’s supposedly parting words, a day ago. "You’ll believe me tomorrow, godspeed!"

i had intentions of listening to some music, not facing it.

I stopped pondering in a minute as usual, and got on with the day..

148th Ave is a beautiful drive, this time of the year. the drizzle, seeping drops on the shield, the colorful road ahead. it’s like playing NFS (if you like it) alone on those forest-style drives, with no time to beat..

the drive is somewhat less beautiful, if you have a sudden disturbing intrusion of G beside you. for once i imagined, "howdy, dude?" "dandy, u moron!" but just a thought..

G gave me the smirking look at this thought of mine hinting something like, "get out of here... you and your thoughts!" i had forgotten, G read my thoughts before i thought of them.

it just sat there silently, not speaking… i was humming my songs before G arrived.. and now i didn't know what to do… so i just continued humming… a little time elapsed, and then a little more. i was wondering, "what the heck! is my office eluding me?"

it seems G was not in a mood to speak.. that is a little bit of a problem. because all these years, i have always enjoyed the company of great talkative people who spoke much, behaved funny n weirdly, were famous, and ensured i could scrape through quietly in their company, without ever being put in a spot or sticking to worldly stuff. sometimes people never knew i existed or thought i might be 'dumb' literally.. i mean 'literally' too.

G smiled… it enjoyed the talkativeness of my thoughts. i stopped enjoying the scenery around me, and was about to hit the freeway.

G opened the moon roof without bothering to ask/look at me, and started looking at the skies. then a smile and then the roof being closed. this is where i avoid saying, "come on! speak up! say what you came to say, don't do funny stuff."

the drizzles changed to pounding rain all of a sudden, then stopped, it brightened increasingly, decreasingly, it became cooler and cooler and then suddenly the lights dimmed... the sky turned orange...

now, either i was hallucinating or had gone crazy (i don't know the difference).. it was a perfect evening setup... i thought "what the ...." i noticed i had traveled just a couple of blocks but in the opposite direction it seems… the street numbers were decreasing instead of increasing..

and all this happened in a few seconds.. i noted down the time and was confused to see, it showed evening 7 p.m. same day.

i had set out in the morning... probably i was getting immune to strange things or always, felt at the back of my mind, that something like this can happen. so i didn't react at all.

i waited for G. G waited for me... i said, "now what? office or home?" at that moment i realized, i was on the other side of the road and already returning for home.. i should admit i liked such work days, and cherished the brief feeling of returning home. It seemed G disagreed with that thought. then i got a call from my friend... i answered, "yo..cartoon, 'sup?"

she said, "what's up? you were supposed to ping me today for the plans.. where were you all day?" i said.. "you tell me.... i have no idea.." "do you ever talk sense? anyways, i will meet up with you in an hour.. see ya then.. stay home."

"what plans? who was she? what ping?" i didn't expect these questions from G and it lived up to my expectations.. G was not the interested or curious type, it seems. it is always a little annoying for people to find fellow people in a conversation, who have utter disinterest.. i have always found it a little amusing, for some reason. Such people end up as strangers or couples.

back to the crux, and i was still clueless on the purpose of G n it's visit.. but it was new.. i began thinking, what happened to my food, work, other activities today.. how does the day just zap off...

G interrupted my thoughts, n said "i need to explain a few things to my higher ups, for what I did."

i said, "what now?"

and then the coveted second set of G's words.. "i just forwarded the day for you.. it was a very very jinxed day from you people's perspective, trust me. right from the time you hit the freeway.. the bad exit, flashes, corrupted words, critical appointment, and the misunderstanding with your friend.. "

i said, "ow oww.. hang on! i never entered the freeway.." G said, "yeah, of course you didn't."

i knew my last recognizable memory was going to office.. but i knew, some weird deja vu' feeling meant that, some moments in between were corrupted, lost, erased or something.. it is difficult to think, when your brain doesn't co-operate in your thought process..

its like a dream, where you remember everything when you are dreaming and lose count of every scene when you get up.. so much, that you begin to think, if you even had a dream..

i had a weird feeling about all this.. but somehow things looked okay, as i looked around.. back to the pleasant road, but G was gone.. i tried to convince myself that, i didn't believe in G... i am not very good at convincing myself over such crazy things..