She was in a mall shopping when her phone rang… When she saw the number, a glow came on her face… It was her boyfriend… She picked up the phone & said “Hello”… There was no response from the other side… She again said “hello”, but no response… She got irritated…
“Can u please speak something?” she shouted conscious of the surrounding trying to keep a low voice…
“Helloooooo”, she looked at the phone. The network still showed strong. Problem must be from his side. The call showed as still in progress. She looked around…The mall was pretty big & many people were talking on the phone so the reception has to be good.
“Hello!” She shouted welcoming the gaze of onlooker. She could not hear his voice at all. She looked around. She could see an exit of the mall. Maybe outside, the reception would be good. She started walking hurriedly towards the exit speaking continuously on the phone…
“Hello! Hello! For God’s sake can u say something…? Hello” She was out on the road.
She looked at the phone again. The call was still in progress. Maybe if she disconnected, he would call again. Maybe he wouldn’t. She put her fingers on the ‘Disconnect’ button but then tried to give a last try.
“Hello” She spoke again.
“Hello” there was a response...
“Hello” She shouted back. He called rarely and she was not going to miss that call.
“I…. What…. There…Pro...phone..network” His voice was cracking...
“What?” She shouted back.
She was getting frustrated. Why doesn’t he just call her back? He wouldn’t. She knew it. He would say there was network problem and then call her later, much later.
She looked at the phone in her hand. The call was still in progress. She decided to press the ‘Disconnect’ button…
She looked at her phone again. It hadn’t ringed again. It just meant that stupid was not going to call again. She felt her anger boiling inside her. He always did that.
Should she call him back? She thought for a moment and then dialed his number.
“Busy…” She looked helpless. “Couple of minutes after he calls me, he is on another phone” She was thinking “What if he is calling me?”
She ended the call in a hurry. She expected the phone to ring again, it didn’t.
He hadn’t called… He never calls back.
She dialed his number again.
“Busy..” She smacked her fist in anger “Who the hell was he talking to?”
She disconnected the call again expecting the phone to ring. Still no call. He should have learnt to set her phone on call waiting…
The phone rang. She looked at the number. It was him. She hurriedly picked up the phone.
“Hello!” She said with anticipation. The other side went silent. The call was in progress but she couldn’t hear anything. Just silence.
He should definitely get a new phone. “Hello!” She shouted again.
Silence on the other side. She pushed the disconnect button again. She was tired. She was not going to take his calls again. She could not take it anymore.
Why can’t he just call with a good phone? Why must she always wait for his call? Why? Why? Why?
She was frustrated & decided to go home… When she entered her house, again her phone rang… For a moment she thought of not picking up the phone but the very next thought was there must be something urgent…
“Hello”
“Where have you been?” The voice on the end blurted out. “I have been calling you since the last 30 minutes… You Mobile was busy… You are not picking the house number also... I can’t get a decent network here… I was so much worried &….”
“Hello… stop shouting at me… I was trying ur number but it was continuously busy… Why the hell don’t u change ur ‘dabba’ handset & ur ‘faltoo’ service provider…U…”
“I Love U sweetheart…Did u miss me?” he managed to cut her in middle of her loud chatter…
“Ye.. yes! I missed you!” She managed to say something..
“I missed you too mera baby…” He smiled on the phone. She smiled at the other end… He could not see her smile but he knew she smiled. He could feel that she smiled.
“So how are you?” She asked him, her angry tone had disappeared.
“Fine” he smiled on the phone…
“I Love U mera baccha…” she replied “& please change ur phone & ur service provider…”
“Ye.. ba..i..Lo…netw… prob…” His voice crackled again…
She just disconnected the call…
