Me, Chetna and other animals
It was a dark and stormy night, thus, I began to write. Well, I know that it is a classic literary cliche. Even the dog in Peanuts, starts all his stories with this line. But I don’t think that she knew it. She maybe quite adept at other literary nuances, but cliches are entirely in a league of their own. In fact she was quite pleased with the start. She had a very good reason to be appreciative of it, and that was, her easy relation to it.
It was a dark and stormy night. I was standing in my verandah, feeling the strong winds hitting my face. As the few drops of rain came down, I came inside and started reading something by Khalil Gibran, it said, “Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for a wife …”. Just then the phone rang. I picked it up, and said, “Hello”.
“Hello, how are you?” she said, in her usual call-centric way.
“What are you doing?” I replied.
“You know what, I was coming along with him …” she said giggling.
“Who’s him, your boyfriend?” I interrupted.
“Yes, of course. Actually we were going down for a party and you won’t believe what happened, his car broke down. We are now very close to your place”. She said, laughing, all the while.
“So?”
“So what, just come up here with a mechanic?”
“No”.
“No! Can’t you do this much for me?”
“No, not in my hundred lives”.
“Oh please!”
“Alright”.
“Oh! You are such a darling”.
She gave me their exact location.
It was the only time that I met her boyfriend. I left him with the mechanic and drove her on my bike to her place. As it was raining very heavily, considering it unsafe, we decided that I spend the night with her.
Since then, the dark and stormy nights have ceased to exist, but the stories, still begin with them.
- Ishan Dubey
Tags: cliche, khalil gibran, peanuts, snoopy, stormy nights, flash-fiction
payal says:
Oh!!!man that was cool… awesome!!!
October 20th, 2005 at 05:59 pm
Kunal Goel says:
hi payal! remember me?
October 20th, 2005 at 07:20 pm
greatgunz says:
gr8 story..lucky man!!:lol:
October 20th, 2005 at 08:02 pm
Isaiah says:
hey payal, don’t pay heed to him, he’s nuts.
October 20th, 2005 at 10:48 pm
Isaiah says:
… but greatgunz, it wasn’t so great for the boyfriend, though i’m not complaining.
October 20th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
cool dude says:
hey chetna, let the lady-luck shine on me too..:grin:
October 22nd, 2005 at 06:45 pm
catherine says:
How i wish to imagine that they two were sitting in the two corners of the room.. so separate whole night….u pigheaded,,,,this is really cool…
POOR CHETNA THOUGH:sad:
October 22nd, 2005 at 07:27 pm
Isaiah says:
There’s no use imagining things which didn’t happen … cos u already know what really did take place that night :-*
October 22nd, 2005 at 07:44 pm
Kunal Shingla says:
gr8 stuff man…keep it going…
well written…
October 22nd, 2005 at 11:01 pm
Isaiah says:
Thanx 4 d appreciattion Kunal … as u kno i was taking to her when u called.
October 23rd, 2005 at 12:01 am
sidi sharma says:
good story man..keep posting
October 23rd, 2005 at 05:35 pm
Avantika says:
hey! nice…but if its a fictional story (which it dsnt luk like from d comments :wink:) shud’ve added more…
Btw, I think Snoopy in Peanuts was a ‘he’ and not a ’she’, if u meant him i.e. in ur 1st para…
October 24th, 2005 at 01:36 am
Kunal Goel says:
there’s a misunderstanding here. read carefully.
October 24th, 2005 at 01:54 am
chetna says:
GUYS THERE WAS NOTHING HAPPENED THAT EVE..
TRUST ME
October 25th, 2005 at 07:52 pm
chetna says:
what misunderstanding kunal???:?:
October 25th, 2005 at 10:21 pm
Isaiah says:
Hey chetna, tat misunderstanding bit is about something else. There’s absolutely no confusion as to wat happened tat night.:wink:
October 25th, 2005 at 10:29 pm
sona says:
i dont know who u 3 guys r???then i dont think theres any use for my special comment!!!]
October 28th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
saasha says:
October 29th, 2005 at 11:47 pm
Neha says:
hmmm the end? i suck at endings. but i didnt quite feel this one was very apt… it was kind of abrupt. i really was looking forward to some more.
November 20th, 2005 at 02:00 am
Kunal Goel says:
J00R z4 4P3 b34Ch
November 20th, 2005 at 04:30 am
Shashank Bajaj says:
this was cool story which make so hot that night
when this happen next i must
December 17th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
Kunal Goel says:
damn Shashank Bajaj I *love* your comments man! keep writing!!!
December 17th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
Neha says:
Kunal, you are just too much!
December 17th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
Isaiah says:
Couldn’t agree more.
December 17th, 2005 at 05:28 pm
DeEp says:
the nite must have been good for the guy n chetna but hey , imagine the situation - chetna’s bf and mechanic , alone , dark nite , heavy rains !!! lol ! dont think much , all crap
January 18th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Kunal Goel says:
haha
January 19th, 2006 at 01:13 am
Isaiah says:
Maybe she never realised that he was differently inclined.:lol:
January 19th, 2006 at 11:31 am
Isaiah says:
Should I post its second part???
September 22nd, 2006 at 07:59 pm
Isaiah says:
this was cool story which make so hot that night
when this happen next i must 8O…man i miss Shashank
September 22nd, 2006 at 08:02 pm
D'puk says:
It was good……………….
November 14th, 2006 at 10:47 am