white noise

as he stood there,everything around him seemed to go by in a blur,as if he was the only thing left in focus and everything else was a seemingly indecipherable blob of activity.its like one of those freaking visual effects in films he thought and he pinched himself to try and snap out of it,but time had him in its mesh now and would not let go.he wondered how many eternities would pass before he would go back to being normal again and he suddenly remembered that it had always been this way with him.even as a kid,he was always conscious of the fact that he was different.every minute,every second had seemed longer than usual to him,his friends would always be running about,while he would just sit for what seemed like an eon,waiting.he could not remember what he had always been waiting for.he was still waiting,even now.it all made sense he thought,he was like Methuselah,condemned forever to watch the stars,he was immortal.this was his gift,this was his curse.the last thing he recalled was standing there looking at the waves crashing down and wondering what she might be doing this very minute,if only he knew how to go back in time,merely slowing it down wasn't good enough.the world swept past in all its perverse glory and filled his ears with a cacophony of subdued sounds...well so much for that he thought,if i am going to be stuck in slow motion,might as well enjoy it.

he woke up to find aditya seated on the chair beside his bed,smiling.'what the hell happened '? he asked.

that smile on aditya's face grew even wider,'you don't remember a thing?that was some very potent hash you know,you passed out right in the middle of the road'.he said.