Characters you meet in Life

Characters that you encounter in your life sometimes inspire you to write. Needless to say that my life has been rather colourful in that aspect! At every phase of life, i met some interesting people giving that extra flavour to my journey. Some experiances were pleasant, some unpleasant and a limited few..quite a disaster!
I thought it would be an interesting read if i could pen down some real life inspired incidents as short-scenes with characters! Its a new effort...hope it turns out decent!!wish me luck!
( Disclaimer: The short-scenes are not completely real-life incidents.they may contain fiction and/or fictious characters. Offense to any person dead or alive is unintended.)

Trial 1:
" It is quite a sunny and beautiful day today", he said, trying to avoid an uneasy silence after she had come and sat in the chair next to him for a while.She was quite surprised by the sudden effort of her next seat companion to start a conversation. " Yes, it is quite beautiful. ThankGod it didnt rain today", she smiled back.
It was the outdoor Fun fest in the company grounds. A variety of things were organised on the day. Lots of games, international food and stage programs. The whole ground was decked up in the summer colours. She had taken care of her stall for a while, then gone around the different stalls to explore the options available and also cheered for the friends who performed on stage. Her legs were aching and she had slept only for a total of four hours in the past two days. She finally decided to retire on a seat and found two seats empty next to him. He had been sitting there and observing the stall for a long time. She left one in between and sat on the other.
" I really liked the classical music performance of Tinku, it was amazing!", he continued." Yea, it was. Although he missed a few notes in between. I have been in the practice sessions. But since the audience havent heard it before, i dont think they would have realised it", she said.
" Our stall is doing pretty good business.We sold a lot of food and drinks. The dart game we have put up is also pulling crowd", he brimmed." Yes, the dart game has become quite popular among the visitors. I was selling out food. But right now i am too tired to stand there.My legs are craving for some rest", she said.
They were both students in a University.They were in the same team in the funfest for putting up a stall.He was the person responsible for their stall. He and his team had toiled for the past 24 hours the put up the stall and prepared the food for sale.

" I have organized several events in my college before", he continued. "I was the chairperson of the cultural organization committee.Once i organised a concert of a famous rock band in the college ground. You know, the crowd loved it. They went berserk. The place was jam packed. I am used to organising events.", he said."Wow, thats cool. Its good to have such experiances", she smiled.
" In my previous job, i used to travel so much.The job demanded it you know.I was in one city one day. Never knew what the next day had in store for me.I was into consulting business" he said with pride all over his face." Thats cool.Consulting huh? I have heard that there is a lot of travel and also a lot of money. You must have had an interesting life". His face lit up when she mentioned the money." Yea, just two years into the company, when i quit the job i was earning about 60,000 rupees a month", he made a statement."  Cool! That is a real good salary for two years experiance.Quite impressive", she said.

That pumped him up a little more." You know i actually used a strategy to sell the items in our stall.People always like to try all the different items. Thats why i decided on the combo offers. They have something salty and something sweet. And when i noticed that the item 2 was not that popular, i reduced the price and it sold well after that. I think we will make a good profit.Let's see!",  he said. "Sure hope so!",  she smiled back.

It is always interesting to observe a conversation between a man and a women who are just aquainted and finally the guy gets to introduce himself to the women.The women did find him interesting and was slightly flattered by the fact that he was interested in making an impression on her.The guy felt that he made a first good impression and got a proper response from the girl.

" The courses i have this semester are really taking a toil on me",  he changed the subject." It takes a while to settle back to studying after working for two years. I miss the earning part though. But i am a very ambitious person. I need the degree. I want to make a good thesis and get a good internship during the study period. I have a good plan in mind",  he smiled. And continued to tell her more about his plans and his aspirations.
"Thats good to know that you have thought a plan through",  she told him. Suddenly she felt slightly amazed by how much the guy could speak. Eversince she sat next to him he had been talking. About what? she thought.She was constantly nodding her head at what he was saying, making some exclamatory remarks every now and then when he let her talk.

"Sanjuktha", two of her friends called out to her in chorus."Come here quickly". She finally cut him in between," I have to go now. My friends are calling me. See you later". She smiled and walked to her friends.
They were beaming back at her, giving her a dirty smile." What happened madam? You said that you wanted to sit for sometime. But seems like you were in no mood to come back to the stall. What was going on? You guys were talking for more than 30 minutes!", they laughed.
"Oh com on guys. We werent talking..he was talking!I didnt know someone could speak so much. Anyways good that you guys rescued me.I started getting a feeling that he would never stop! Anyways why did you call me??" she asked."We are closing the stall soon and we have saved some sweet for you. Eat it before someone else finishes it" her friend said. "Awww, thats so nice of you guys. Thanks a lot. Now hand that over to me. I never got a chance to taste it from morning", she brimmed.

The funfest finally ended. They wrapped up the stall and cleared the place.She finally went back home at night and fell on her bed. She was dead tired. Suddenly the conversation she had with the guy came to her mind.The guy really talks a lot, she thought. Self-centred for sure, very proud of himself and quite a brag, she made her first judgement.But she could not deny to herself that she was a bit impressed by the way he presented himself.
 Ya whatever, i need to make up for my lost sleep before i get back to me part-time job tomorrow, she thought and closed her eyes. Within a few seconds she fell into deep sleep.....