last day at Turf View

I looked around once more(how could i stop?).I looked once more at the patch of ground where Poopsy was buried,the sapling which we had planted on the the patch five years back had grown into an odd looking bush.I looked once more at the tree under which I had kissed Karan the one last time.I looked at the low set stone benches,now covered with moss,wich,in my time used to be the hub of all activities.I looked at the basketball court,the place where my "big fight" with Deepti had happened years back and how,in the same Basketball court,we had both sat and cried at the thought of being separated.I looked at the long curved roads all around the 19 magnificent buildings of Turf View,where I had graduated from "cycling with friends" to "walking with friends".I looked at the Shopping Centre and remembered how in my time it used to be just one old gift-cum-stationery-cum-grocery-cum-fast food shop and how Pranjana and I used to save money to eat there.I looked at the phuchkawala just outside the complex whose phuchkas I had never eaten.And finally I looked at Block no. 6.Six years of my life,spent without my dad and sister,the house where I dislocated my kneecap,lost my dog,lost my first love and found myself.And I remember how a year and a half later I came back to see my beloved house taken over by my now best friend.

"one last walk?"Dhuh asked.I nodded and went along.Why did he have to shift to a hostel.It would cut off my very last link to Turf.Ofcourse,we could come here whenever we wanted to,but we couldnt come here in the evenings-and Turf was at its beautiful best in the evenings.

"you wanna cry?"
I nodded.
"you wanna hug me?"
I nodded.
"you wanna hug me and cry?"
I nodded.


So we stood there hugging each other,me crying,him comforting.
"hey Kunn,remember this was where we first met?and this place?i was sitting here upset for Prabhleen and you came in crying for Karan?and..."

yeah...i remembered everything.every liitle memory.

"anything you wanna do one last time?"

I gave it a thought.

"uh-huh,let's go have phuchka"