A few years back one of my classes was cancelled. Me and my friends were sitting in class, each minding his/her own business.
Me:(breaking the partial silence) I want to tell you guys something. But don't think I am crazy.
A: We already do.
Me: Good point.
B: Tell us now.
Me: Ya.You know I had this strange dream last night, where I was running late to reach someplace and this sexy lifeguard, who was a complete stranger, helped me reach there.
C: Big deal.
Me: No he also did me other favours.
B: *cough*
Me: No, not those kind.
C: Then?
Me: I mean I had a deadline to reach this astronomy club and they would not let me enter if I did not get there in time. He worked there so he knew how I had a shot. He played dirty to get me in.
A: Into an ASTRONOMY CLUB? Really? And why on Earth will they have stringent deadlines?
C: And what business did a lifeguard have in an astronomy club?
B: It was a dream people!
Me: No no.. Everything was logically consistent. They were flying us to some country, they had not decided yet but probably somewhere in South America.
C: For a conference or something? Wouldn't they know the venue?
Me: Nah, not a conference they were taking us to launching pads to launch us into space. Different countries were doing it at the time and they were to fly us to wherever they found vacancy. The club also taught us diving and swiming to simulate outer space conditions.
C: That explains the life guard.
Me: Yes.But you guys are missing the point here, it was strange, we had never met before and he risked his job to get me in even though it was clearly my mistake.
A: Wait, that's the part you found strange?
Me: Ya
C: Are you saying that..
Me: Thank you people for not breaking the flow of the narration.
C: But you..
B: Shhhh..Ok ok.. Go on
Me: Thank you. So I was running late and I lost my way and I asked a random guy if he knew the way and this very sexy lifeguard in a bermuda and a shirt with the club's name ,astronomy club, on it appeared out of nowhere and asked me to follow him and started running. I did exactly that. After a few minutes I checked my watch and realized I would never make it in time. We reached this building in which the club was situated on the top floor. When I told him about my concerns he asked me to shut up and climb the stairs. He stayed back.
After a couple of minutes I reached the top floor and there I met a woman who asked me to follow her. She gave me a fake boarding pass and asked me to enter directly without the security check. I had the boarding pass but no ticket. I showed it at the entrance.
The man at the entrance said something and I could not decipher it. I was like 'eh?'. Then he said "Miss Sagarika Ghosh, you know no Bengali?" I turned around and saw that everyone having a ticket showed their ticket along with the boarding pass. Although not mandatory, showing the ticket was customary. That must have made the guard suspicious. While I was looking around I happened to see the woman who had given me the Boarding pass. She gave me a signal and I ran as fast as I could from there before they put me in jail.
I waited downstairs and she joined me. I asked her why the chaos and why was she doing that for me and how did she know me. She told me her coworker Brian had asked her to do so. Then I said, "this? Why in the World would you get yourself into so much trouble for me." She started crying. She said, "As if I wanted to."
I was all arms and legs not able to grasp the situation with a crying woman in front of me.
She started speaking while still weeping. She said, "He asked me to do it. He said, "a woman will come upstairs in 5 minutes. You take the elevator, make a boarding pass with the name 'Sagarika Ghosh' and guide her to the plane." When I refused he pressed my hand against the table so hard that I could hardly bear the pain."
" I have seen him around for years now and not once have I seen him misbehave with anyone, and today he.." And she started weeping again.
We got talking and I really liked her. We even went to have icecream later. But as much as I liked her or sympathised with her for what happened, I could still not understand why that guy did that. His method was awful, no doubt.
A: that is it?
Me: Ya. Then I woke up. But still thinking of it.
B: You don't even know for sure if Brian was the lifeguard.
PS - I have realized using actual Name initials is a dead give away.
