Woosh! There Goes the Writing Block

Write, write, what to write…Ajay’s brain had stopped thinking, he felt like he is in depression as he was at a loss for words. He needed some inspiration. He needed some food for his brain to think and write some creative.

 

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He decided to go and sit at a bus stop to gain some inspiration. He sat there staring at a tree. But, he was still lacking a story. While staring blankly at the tree, he noticed someone sitting next to him. Ajay moved to his side to give them space to sit. The person smiled at him and said Thank you.

 Ajay returned the gesture with a smile and said “no issues”. 

The person introduced themselves as Neha and Ajay introduced himself as well. Further, 

Neha asked Ajay “I am waiting for the bus, are you aware of the time, what time exactly the bus will come here?”.

 Ajay being familiar with the surrounding area said “It’s 7:30 pm now, it should come in a maximum of 15 minutes, don’t worry. It will come soon”.

After replying to Neha, Ajay looked down at her hands and noticed, she was hiding a bag with her dress. Ajay started being suspicious of her and looked away and nervously started walking on the opposite side. 

But she stopped him saying by saying “Ajay, would you mind waiting with me here, as I am new and don’t know much about this place”. 

Ajay started sweating and wondering why would she make him stay with her, what must be her plans. But, his practical mind made him think positively. What if there is nothing in the bag, not necessarily the bag would have explosives, it can be anything like balloons or books, right?.

Ajay replied to her “sure, why not”. 

But still kept a safe distance from her.

 

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Bus finally reached the stop. Neha was about to reach the stairs and climb up the bus but was abruptly stopped by Ajay.

“Before, you enter, if you don’t mind, can you show me what is in the bag”.

Neha was baffled and confused by this sudden question.

“Sure…um…okay…why not”

She nervously opened the zip of the bag and slowly opened the bag and kept it open in front of Ajay.

Ajay was shocked by the contents in the bag and was speechless.

“these are cupcakes for my cousins, they are kids and I didn’t want to ruin the cupcakes and so was handling them delicately and carefully since there are very finely decorated. I didn’t want to ruin the design. Can you tell me now why you want to see what's inside my bag”?

Ajay laughed nervously and couldn’t utter any other words " um…no…it just my brain got the food it needed and I realized an empty brain can imagine wonders”.