friends.....

i often derieve great pleasure in being a quiet, un-involved almost invisible ( a -la mr. india act) spectator to some very ordinary inane situations and people in them. its reall fun..almost like a new story to be told behind each 'reall life' character.
so today while coming back, i had some company in the bus..a bunch of... actually three young girls, who boarded the bus from chankyapuri embassy area. it seemed quite evident that these three were locallites of the area .
khair let me clarify why they proved to be objects of interest to me (besides the men folk in the bus for obvious reasons).
well, for one, all of them seemed to be just on the threshold of adulthood (that is strictly legally speaking- 18 years of age)
coming to the main point, besides the two superbly confident , smartly dressed and 'almost managing to be stylish' girls, its the third one who caught my attention. she was the quiter of the lot, was shy, hesitant..almost embarrased to be seen publically with two of her gregarious friends who kept discussing 'personal matters'( what else but boys!!) in loud voices..almost as if wanting to boast of their social accomplishments to the passengers around. well for sure, they kept many of us amused. hey! i found my story in them!
coming back to this third one, she reminded me of my days when i was many times caught with such friends and how embarrased i used to feel!!! ...thank goodness now i have become more choosy in picking up friends.