Bus stop

A lady is standing there for a bus that I am waiting for.

Round face, deep brown eyes, neatly tight hair bun looking nice on her round circular face. Crimson red lips, no eyeshades, no eye makeup, just an eyeliner over her eyelids.

Looking pale and depress in her formal coat and long black skirt, no ties just heels. Little ear stud with a pearl and few diamonds.

Looking very calm and elegant, I wish right then if I can have her forever as my wife perhaps I can make her smile as long as I live. It's just a moment of thought that probably never going to happen.

I was observing her for last few minutes when the bus came to crush my day dreaming for that day. It ends there. I was too waiting for the same bus. I ride it everyday but today it's special, I saw her the woman who I want to get be with.

Today, is a special day for me, everyone might have forgotten but for me it's a day to remember.

Raining like a mist, soft airy weather, gloomy day in short when I first saw a woman that I want to be with after her.

He couldn't care more about a drop of tears that fell from his right eyes.

Emily Hudson is a small town woman, came in the city for a job. It's been decades ago that she felt excitement for her job. Now it's just another project to complete.

She have to move around for her job. She is a project manager, completing her job successfully is the only way she thinks her peace depends on. Never was lively that much but never was very social either. But what she can do is, her work properly that what she is capable of so far. She knows how to be done her work.

She didn't realize it first that someone sat beside her and staring her the whole time. She was thinking about her project and empty life. Looking outside the bus big wide window, thinking about her exhaustion that never seems to end.

Surprising enough that no one ever proposed to her nor anyone ever cared that much. Or probably she didn't given enough time to any man to fall for her that's why.

But it's not that she was never been with any man. Few hours or years relationships but not that deep to take a vow for each other.

Everyone is very busy now a days, no time to talk or a walk in idle or without any purpose. Everything need to be purposeful and precise. No hanky panky. Time is very precious to us. No time to waste but she was and still is ready to waste her time but it's the time that she never have for anyone.

She was thinking about a man she really loved that she never had. He was a man with family who never loved anyone besides his orphanage children. Till the last day of his life he helped those kids like his real children to fight for survival.

Now after his death they are surviving through his orphanage. He built everything there for them to make it easier for them. School, general hospital, farm, all are for solarium way of life.

He built an orphanage that can earn money by themselves, take donation to make progress and help others to progress like them. She knew him by her work of line. She was hired by her company to make this small self earning potential orphanage. When he shared his dream with her and she saw the dedication behind it. She fell for him and did her best to complete his dream, she even helped him to collect more donations for the project.

He died on flood. He was on the way of a village where he went to take some new orphans from there but the nature was not as kind as he was. Right after he reached there, heavy rain fall made flood that took him with them to the shore of the river. Villagers survived but he and few orphans gone through the flood.

Emily awaken from her past by a lady who was asking her if the seat next her taken. When she turn to her, she saw a man just stood up from her side seat, gave a beautiful little kind regards with his smile and walk through the bus door to outside.

The old lady saw the whole thing that Emily was watching something where there is no one.

Then she ask her again is that seat taken. Emily just tell her to seat. Out of curiosity that old woman asked her again, are you alright as if you were checking someone else.

Emily then completely surprised that the old woman did not noticed that smile man.

That old lady didn't stop her inquisition there. She just started it after few minutes of torturing her about herself, the old lady said something that chilled her spine like she is in cold.

That old lady said there was an incident happened related with this bus. A mid age man who was in love with a very rich girl who he never have because of age difference and moreover social and cultural differences but he still was so in love with her kind soul that every single day, he took this bus and go to her house entrance gate only to watch her leaving her house for school.

Nobody knew that until one day he was caught red handed by her security guard who got curious of his morning timely attendance at doorstep.

That time he ran away but still he did it later didn't stop just like that. It stopped when one morning like today accidentally or you can say cruelty of nature that brought him a bad luck. He slipped in front of the bus door banged on the steal footsteps of the bus and cracked his skull. The driver that time fainted by the sight. He couldn't imagine the horror of it in that early morning like this. That day was a very rush day. For some reason the bus was bit late and he couldn't bear to spend a single day without seeing her face. The bus was didn't stopped properly when he tried to step out. He perhaps thought he could make it when the bus stop but he couldn't make it.

The bus door was wide open, everyone saw his dreadful ending.

After that day till now people say that few lucky people can see him still. Same white formal, full sleeve shirt with black pants and black shiny shoes, his full sleeves tucked in up to elbows like he used to do, black square shaped eye glass on with his timid eyes only watching when did he arrive at his desired destination only to run out, to see her at her entrance.

Today, just like that day when he died.

After hearing that story from her Emily never ride that bus again but some reason she think that she is not alone someone is always with her.