She said ‘No’… in an insolent tone and rushed on her way.
That was a new forte taken form that day!
Till now, she pretended not to understand… pretended not to hear… but all in vain.
She had to take the decision to Say ‘No’ ..
She had to summon the courage in her to say ‘No’ finally…
She went along her way. Looked for her seat and settled finally...The compartment seemed deserted..there were twenty more minutes for the train to leave. She thought people might come in the last few minutes. Unusually, she disliked being alone.
Her memory rolled back to a few minutes before. She heard the question again… Her response sounded bold. Saying No was an art by itself. One needs lot of courage to deny with a plain ‘NO’.. She was always straight forward with a cut and right attitude, but when it comes to relations, she was little reluctant to say a straight forward ‘ NO’.. because she knows “A 'No' is a hard thing to say, and even harder to hear!”.She did not want the hearer to face it.
That’s the reason she had been delaying this NO for so long. But today, she wanted the drama to get over.. the screen had to roll down. She thought ‘No’ was a finality. It would end things.
He was not taken aback. He knew this would happen. Probably, he had all his courage summoned to hear this ‘NO’ ..For him, No was an art of escapism. Yes was a doorsill. For him, one needs a lot of courage to say ‘Yes’.
He was not discouraged, he knew he could catch anyone who escapes. That was his Forte.
‘Tea tea…’ She heard, ‘Oru Tea’ ..People had come …She didn’t notice in all her thoughts.
The train departed…
She was happy , she thought the curtain is down. A wave of relief washed over her..
He was happy. The curtain will be rolled up once again… he will hear an YES sooner or later….
YES or NO …which will win ? A storm around!
And now God is more couragoeus…
He will answer both YES and NO…
3 comments:
“A 'No' is a hard thing to say, and even harder to hear!”. She did not want the hearer to face it.
This is what all the "No"-bearers have to say. Come on, hearing a "No" isn't that bad. In my opinion at least, hearing a fake "Yes" is more horrible than hearing a true "No".
Hope she enjoyed the tea :-)
mmm..."No" is indeed a hard thing to hear.. and I go with manki..hope she enjoyed the tea and moved on :)
@Manki,
U r ryt, A straight forward No is better than a fake YES.
@Manki & the last adam
Ofcourse, she enjoyed the tea :)
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