my encounters with attraction..!

DYNAMICS OF ATTRACTION

Well, the topic may sound a bit heavy scholar stuff, but let me assure, its nothing to do with the literal meaning of dynamics i.e analysis of force on a moving body. Rather its about a little encounter which the hero of our story had. An encounter…. far from his home, far from his friends, but an encounter which he would remember.

Adolescence, they say is an age of immense emotional upswings. Attractions to the opposite sex, is heightened. There is a natural tendency to dress up in a manner appealing to the opposite sex, trying to get involved in conversations with them…… read flirting!!!!

But sadly our hero was not that stud type of guy. His dressing sense was not what you call “killer”. He liked and preferred sober formals rather than flashy casuals. His hairstyle was plain. Simply done hair. Had a heavy spec of -7 power. He was slightly overweight not obese, but what we can call bulky. Due to exercise his shoulders were broad. He was tall, but neither dark nor handsome..!!!! he was a scholar or at least that’s what others thought about him. A well behaved guy or at least that’s what he thought about himself..!! he was not involved in any of the dude activities like smoking drinking, flirting etc. at this point you may be wondering, that why I made such a guy the hero of my story… well its my story and my wish…J

There’s more actually.. although he could speak any length of time on complex topics of his branch MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ask him to talk to a stranger girl… he’ll develop “COLD FEET, DRY THROAT, WANDERING EYEBALL, SWEATING FOREHEAD SYNDROME”

He was shy. And terribly shy at that.

So much for the hero. Well, as  I mentioned he was good at studies, so he got a call from IIT ROORKEE for M.Tech. he reached one day before his scheduled interview and took up accommodation in the college. He was experiencing college hostel life for the first time. It felt nice. He had dinner and went out for a walk in the college campus.

Night was good. Cool breeze was blowing. Many people were out. Some young student couples were also there. Walking close to each other, giggling on god knows what and looking very happy.

Now, our hero, throughout his life believed that love is something which was absolutely divine and pure. And one can  experience it only once in a lifetime. He didn’t believed that love can exist in the adolescent stages of life, its merely an attraction. This belief of his and his shyness, despite being well known in college, our hero was single, I mean without girlfriend. And he had no regrets.

The couple on the street will be separated when their course ends at the institute. They will all follow different trajectories of their life and career, even our hero will follow his own, but that first night of solitude, the weather in the night, the chemistry which the couples shared, the gleam in their eyes, it made our hero feel that he is missing out on something. A thing not absolutely necessary like oxygen, but a desirable thing like a breath of fresh air. A bit depressed he returned to his room and went to sleep. He had understood the first principle of dynamics of attraction.

“SOLITUDE MAKES PEOPLE SEEEK EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND MAY RESULT IN FRIENDSHIP, SOON TO BE DEVELOPED IN CRUSH, ULTIMATELY LOVE.”

Next day was his interview.  His was quite early in number and went nice. He was waiting for his friend’s turn to come. In the waiting room, two vacant rows ahead were sitting to girls. Both dressed in formals, white suit, but one with a green dupatta, and the other with with a blackish brownish dupatta. Though the description of the dressing sense is a bit shabby, but they were dressed impeccably. The one with the green dupatta went to face her interview. The one with the black dupatta was talking on phone. Our hero was chilling with his friend, 2 rows back. The girl was talking to someone very animatedly but very sweetly. Her hair which was made up in a way which I cant describe cause I don’t know the terms, but it was tied a the top and let loose at the bottom sort of thing, with the movement of her head her hair was also moving which our hero found as cute as wagging tail of dog. Now any girl will reply with a sandal to such a compliment, but that’s the problem with our hero, he relates things which attract him to the things which he loves. For eg.  Eyes big and beautiful like a cow’s eyes.

Hair nice and voluminous like a german shepherd’s tail…!!

Forehead smooth and curved like the windshield of a car.

At times I feel it’s good that our hero is not involved in any relationship, otherwise he would’ve got multiple break ups and multiple bandages on his face from sandal wounds…J

Anyways, lets come back to the story. Our hero found her moving hair cut. She finished talking, put the cell in her bag, got up, turned backwards, walked upto our hero and said , “ hi….”

Our hero was stunned…. COLD FEET, DRY THROAT, WANDERING EYEBALL, SWEATING FOREHEAD… but he managed himself with effort and said.. “hi’ in a parched throat. She started asking about the department for which she was giving interview. That department was not her core, but our hero had studied that. He somehow managed to reply and even asked her to take a seat…which considering his past records was a huge achievement….! She talked at length.

There are some girls who dress up loudly, behave like ultra modern, in an accented tone, wear heavy make ups. Our hero didn’t like such girls. Rather he considered them immature and childish.

But he did liked something in a girl. Like decently dressed (check..!), speaking normally (check..!),.. real not fake confidence (check..!), not show off of attitude (check..!) and well kept long hairs (double check..!!). her name was…. Well wont tell it. She had everything which our hero liked, does that means our hero has fallen in love or crush on her.

Second law of dynamics of attraction,

“LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IS A MYTH. LOVE IS NOT INSTANTANEOUS BUT ATTARCTION IS. AND IF YOU FIND YOUR IDEAL GUY OR GIRL, ATTRACTION IS BOUND TO HAPPEN”

Her way of talking, her voice, her eyes were exactly what our hero imagined his girl to have. She went for her interview. Our hero was waiting outside with his friend, whose turn was yet to come. She came out and said interview was ok. Took her bags and went out. Her hair was again moving like a dog wagging his tail.

That night our hero again went for a walk. He saw the girl with green dupatta walking with a guy, giggling on god knows what. Our hero once thought of asking her about the other girl who talked so much before the interview and so little after the interview. But his shyness was too much to overcome. He just took a second look at the couple. They were walking in tandem, the breeze blowing the hair of the girl, she was trying to arrange it, but with little success.

Our hero turned and continued his walk with a smile. He learnt the third law of dynamics of attraction,

“UNLIKWE NEWTON’S 3^RD LAW, EVERY ATTRACTION MAY NOT RESULT IN AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE ATTRACTION. SOMETIMES YOU JUST TAKE THEM AS BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES AND MOVE ON.”

Our hero continued his walk on the stretch. The wind was ruffling his hairs too. He saw a street dog and owing to his habit, patted the dog on its head. It wagged his tail. He was whitish with black spots , almost like the dress of the girl. Our hero smiled and moved on, walking in to the cool night breeze of roorkee.

Dated                                              place:

1/6/2010                                    CAUTLEY BHAWAN, ROORKEE

 3:09 PM