Ever been stalked by someone? I personally haven't experienced it in the recent past until there was someone following me. It did send chills down my spine...
That was an usual morning, i had accompanied my friend to a temple nearby, offered prayers and started to office. I was dressed colourfully, wore flowers and felt delightful. We were jabbering about something when we noticed we were being followed by someone. My friend had also noticed by the time i had realised it and urged me not to look in the direction of the stalker.
We were trying hard to hide the fright and act casually like nothing is happening because people say the more confidant you are, weaker the enemies will be. We tried criss crossing the road that was deserted, took longer strides but the stalker followed. At one point, he even tried to barge in between us looking at us closely, we walked past him and literally were breathing heavily. The railway station (Perungudi) was only a few meters away but it felt like miles walking with fright. We never looked back but he won't leave us, followed to the ticket counter and waited for us. My friend asked me to run as we heard the sound of train, people won't really mind running when trying to catch a train, do they? I resisted, asked to show signs of steadfastness so as to not make him more aggressive. We walked steadily and he followed through the steps, looking at us admiringly. By the time we reached the first floor, we had missed the train already.
We had to wait for another 15 minutes until the next train showed up. We sat on a bench with few people who were waiting. He looked at us then and there, kept a check on us while we were scared looking at him. We did not want him to get into the train, especially not into the ladies compartment as it would scare the hell out of everybody else there. 15 minutes was very long, we could not retrace our steps neither get away from there, so felt trapped. Moments later, the next train showed up, people gathered around and stood at close proximity so as to get into the compartments. We tried to avoid his gaze and mingled with the crowd, the stalker had eyes only on us and tried not to look any place else. When we went out of sight, he even came searching for us and tried to catch up with us, women of all ages stood there looking at us suspiciously. The train came to a halt for about a couple of minutes.
We tried to lower our heads and got into the ladies compartment as planned. He stood right there at the door unaware of what to do, we could sense an admiration in his eyes. I was agitated and was lost in thoughts as to what would happen next. Will he manage to get in? what to do if he gets in to the confined space? How will people react to it? i could hear my own heart beat even when the train started moving, I did not relax until the train moved few meters forward and fortunately for us, the stalker did not get into the train. I started laughing with a mix of emotions, happy and sad for the stalker, how hard did he try to follow us, admiringly and not suspiciously. I was laughing loudly for everyone to hear and told my friend, 'Azhaga poranthathu namma thapppa' [not our fault to be born beautiful naturally, was only kidding, never mind LOL] without realising people raising eyebrows. We smiled to ourselves and kept talking about it in low voice until we reached our offices.
We really can't get that incident off our minds for at least a week, still talk about it when we call each other reminding how hilarious it is to think about it now. Did i say i took a photo of the stalker when he was looking away? i have it in my mobile and show it to everyone who listened to the story. Do you want a glimpse of him?
The stalker happened to be a DOG and almost all stray dogs look alike, don't they? Thanks for reading the story.
That was an usual morning, i had accompanied my friend to a temple nearby, offered prayers and started to office. I was dressed colourfully, wore flowers and felt delightful. We were jabbering about something when we noticed we were being followed by someone. My friend had also noticed by the time i had realised it and urged me not to look in the direction of the stalker.
We were trying hard to hide the fright and act casually like nothing is happening because people say the more confidant you are, weaker the enemies will be. We tried criss crossing the road that was deserted, took longer strides but the stalker followed. At one point, he even tried to barge in between us looking at us closely, we walked past him and literally were breathing heavily. The railway station (Perungudi) was only a few meters away but it felt like miles walking with fright. We never looked back but he won't leave us, followed to the ticket counter and waited for us. My friend asked me to run as we heard the sound of train, people won't really mind running when trying to catch a train, do they? I resisted, asked to show signs of steadfastness so as to not make him more aggressive. We walked steadily and he followed through the steps, looking at us admiringly. By the time we reached the first floor, we had missed the train already.
We had to wait for another 15 minutes until the next train showed up. We sat on a bench with few people who were waiting. He looked at us then and there, kept a check on us while we were scared looking at him. We did not want him to get into the train, especially not into the ladies compartment as it would scare the hell out of everybody else there. 15 minutes was very long, we could not retrace our steps neither get away from there, so felt trapped. Moments later, the next train showed up, people gathered around and stood at close proximity so as to get into the compartments. We tried to avoid his gaze and mingled with the crowd, the stalker had eyes only on us and tried not to look any place else. When we went out of sight, he even came searching for us and tried to catch up with us, women of all ages stood there looking at us suspiciously. The train came to a halt for about a couple of minutes.
We tried to lower our heads and got into the ladies compartment as planned. He stood right there at the door unaware of what to do, we could sense an admiration in his eyes. I was agitated and was lost in thoughts as to what would happen next. Will he manage to get in? what to do if he gets in to the confined space? How will people react to it? i could hear my own heart beat even when the train started moving, I did not relax until the train moved few meters forward and fortunately for us, the stalker did not get into the train. I started laughing with a mix of emotions, happy and sad for the stalker, how hard did he try to follow us, admiringly and not suspiciously. I was laughing loudly for everyone to hear and told my friend, 'Azhaga poranthathu namma thapppa' [not our fault to be born beautiful naturally, was only kidding, never mind LOL] without realising people raising eyebrows. We smiled to ourselves and kept talking about it in low voice until we reached our offices.
We really can't get that incident off our minds for at least a week, still talk about it when we call each other reminding how hilarious it is to think about it now. Did i say i took a photo of the stalker when he was looking away? i have it in my mobile and show it to everyone who listened to the story. Do you want a glimpse of him?
The stalker happened to be a DOG and almost all stray dogs look alike, don't they? Thanks for reading the story.
Bring it on.. Kept wondering throughout who dared to stalk the Mighty Eureka ;)
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ReplyDeletenice surekha... u writing skills are superb
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