This happened a year from
now and still I remember every second of it.
It was a usual day at university; we were
working on the project report. In appreciation of the progress our delighted
teacher called off the next half session. So we were free to leave or to stay
and party. Normally I would love to stay but this just wasn’t my day. I felt a
desperate need to get home and hit the sleep button. Except that my home was
far, far away.
Anyway I waited on my girls
to come along as always, but none of them wanted to leave. They preferred fun
over their bestie without hesitation. I gave them the disgusting look and went
off alone. One should never confuse people; when you hate how they treat you,
let them know. If they care, they would change. If they don’t, you will find
better people.
I was outside the gate and
the bus stop was on the other side of the heavy traffic roads. Since it was
still early morning, both roads were almost deserted. I was in the middle of
the road when I saw a white car approaching at a distance. Clearly I could make
it to the footpath in time. So I kept walking at my precise lady-like pace.
In my head I was
completely hooked on the thoughts of what my girls were up to and how could
they have fun without me…I mean what the… My eyes were on the road when I heard
extremely loud screeching sounds from my right. This sound was not only
loud but rapidly getting louder. I turned to look in slow motion. I don’t know
why but from this point my memory works in SLOW MOTION. A black Car was
approaching me at FULL speed!
This Girl in black dress
thought she was faster than the most luxurious car available in Pakistan while the
pale old man in that black Car was scared to death.
I had less than a second to
make a decision since I was in the center of the huge car. Whether I run back
or forward both ways it takes the same amount of time. However if I run forward
I reach the footpath. Otherwise running backwards would leave me to a greater
chance of hitting another Car.
My mind went blank and my legs
froze with terror. It’s quite hard to interpret what happened next. I felt a
vigorous deliberate push on my back. It sounds unbelievable and too dramatic. Yet not everything in life is slave to our
logical reasoning. Now the sound of the car wheels screeching became frightfully
loud. With a little jump I ran forward. As
soon as I barely crossed the edge of the headlights, I literally felt that car
swipe behind me. That was the moment I heard nothing but my own heartbeat.
When I reached my senses I
looked back. That car stopped quite far from where I was crossing the road.
That would have hit me like Shahid Afridi’s six, in to the air and out of the
sight. I started to walk at the same lady like pace again only that my heart
was now inside my ears.
Not only the old man in
the car threw his hands in the air, but everyone paused. I was the only moving body. The buses on the
other road, the passengers and the cars, everyone was dead silent and staring
at the girl who almost died. The girl who was walking towards the bus stop like
nothing happened. In my head I was like
get it over with people.
Lesson learned when on the
road focus on traffic not on your ignorant girls, or else the world will stop
and stare!
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