Everyone is against you. They call you a moron, call you nuts, tell you to back off. But you dont. You have a plan, a surprise, a dream.
You try to finish work early and leave asap. The bike has already been filled, your stuff already packed. You cant tell your parents who are back home waiting for your call each night, for they will whip your ass if they come to know. You call them early, making an excuse that you will be out till late night with friends.
You hit the highway (NH4) as the sun is about to go down. The first few kilometers are taken easily, but soon, the right wrist does what it does best. The kilometers fly past, the sun vanishes into the horizon and soon, you are left to the mercy of your headlight. 2 hours pass by, but you dont wanna take a break. For the destination is still hundred of kilometers away. Five hours and close to 400km later, the pain from your stone (bladder) is too much to bear. You enter a city, search for the cheapest hotel and crash.
Before sun-rise you are back on the highway. A lot has to be covered. You gun for it, and in the process miss the turn off for NH17. Backtracking, you are finally on the single lane highway to Ankola (NH17). The sun is out, but its raining and you cant do anything. You skip breakfast, just refill the bike and carry on. Your destination is just a couple of hours away. Butt is aching, stomach is complaining. But you dont stop.
Finally you hit the city. Language is a big issue and you take your time finding your destination. You finally arrive, after 850odd kilometers. Tired, hungry, sleepy. You make a call, and she answers. Her voice never sounded so sweet. You tell her to come down. The moments she sees you, tears fill your eyes. She jumps in joy, runs towards you and hugs you. Her warmth sheds apart all the cold you had from riding wet. But soon, she scolds you for riding all the way from Pune to Mangalore. All you can say, 'coz I love you'
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How many times have you done this for the person you cherish the most? Share it here...and ofcourse, your story should have that biking angle ;)
And do go through this post as well. I wrote something for the same person while on the road, somewhere between Kolkata and Siliguri in the winters of 2006
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