Wednesday, October 31, 2007


ThAt NytE!!


A dark night. 6 friends out at a hill station…. I remember it was Mussoorie. No one was sleepy. I remember…. There was nothing to do. Everyone was bored. There was a girl among them. Just one girl. They dared her. The guys did. They dared her to stay besides the open glass window hidden by a heavy curtain for 10 minutes. She wasn’t afraid. She agreed. The bet was for simple and sweet chocolates. Ah! She loved them. She stood up from the floor. Opened the window, stood near it with the hood of her little pink sweatshirt saving her head from the chilly wind. The boys scared her, made noises but she was brave enough for them. Faced it all easily. Then the boys decided to scare her off her feet. They planned to switch the lights off while she was still covered by the heavy curtain and sneaked off. Leaving her all alone. Time passed. The boys didn’t hear a single word from the girl. They thought that they had lost the bet. As losers they went inside. Opened the door making a loud creaking noise… ccrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaaakkkk….. No movement, no noise, not even sound of breath to be heard. Her dear friend, closest to her, called her. No reply. He became a bit worried. Called her lovingly and then he became annoyed. Irritated, he threw back the curtains. Where was she? No where to be found. He peeked down the window. The hotel was at height. Darkness everywhere. Just the wind blowing. Swoooossshhh…. He became worried. His friends checked the washroom. Not even there. Where could she have been? They were now scared to death. They went down hurriedly to the reception. Woke up the manager and told him the whole story. They searched the whole hotel. Every niche, every corner. No where. Time passed and the sun shined. A search party was organized. The whole area around the hotel was searched. No where to be found.
2 years have passed since them. All the 5 boys have seen the girl. One saw her standing outside his room’s window. Another saw her in the same pink hood staring at him through the mirror. And others just saw her face here and there. 2 of the boys are still in the asylum claiming the girl haunts them. What happens to the girl? No one knows… no one… and no one will…..
Hee hee heee