It was a hot sunny afternoon in the middle of May.  The roads melted under the scorching heat of the sun, but this is the season I love and look forward to.  Year after year I come here, enjoy the stay with my grandparents, forgetting the hustle-bustle of the previous academic year and relax.  This year was different from all the bygone ones for two reasons one that I completed my post graduation and the other the conspicious absence of my grandmother with whom I shared all my dreams and aspirations.

Greeshm, this name used to bring blush in my face.  A childhood pal who slowly but surely filled my thoughts and dreams as we grew up.  I first met him at my granny's place as a neighbor's grandchild who came for his vacation.  We used to play all the games under the sun along with other kids in our grandparent's varendah.  Sometimes faced the wrath of my grandpa for making hell of a noise.  Even his tantrums sounded music to us then.  Greeshm and I got placed in the same college in graduation.  Our joy knew no bounds.  The first two years flew by in no time. Enter third year, there was lot of change in Greeshm.  Previously he could not think of missing me, now he was not finding  time to meet me and our phone conversations were becoming thinner and our talk was getting limited to a short conversation.  His circle increased, so decreased our exclusive time.

Suddenly one day my classmate told me that she saw Greeshm with another classmate Vaishali in the Imax.  It was the same day that I asked him if he could come out with me and he said he was busy in some important matter.  The first thought that came into my mind was sheer anger, but I just did not want to make it an issue and tried to give it a miss.  This one was followed by many other Imax visits and restaraunt visits.  Finally I asked him what was going on.  He said it is only a passing phase and asked me not to make an issue and he would eventually come out of it.  But when was my biggest question.  Days tranformed into months and years, and we were in the middle of 4th year.

One day I got a call from my grandparents, I went there only to see my granny seriously ill.  She knew what was going on from the beginning, she wanted some private time with me.  I was unable to hold myself, after my sobbing stopped, she told me only few words which were worth remembering a lifetime.  "Never judge a person by his words, words are only whiffs of air unless concreted by actions.  Watch his actions and you are your best judge."  This was her last conversation with me, after that eternal silence pervaded the house.

I came back to college, decided to speak to Greeshm and persuaded him to spare some time for me.  The conversation was very brief.  He was given the option of either me or her.  There was a long silence and he just walked out.  Today I accidentally met him, had some polite exchanges but both were longing to talk out our souls.  Was this the last conversation or a long pause in it??