Jimmy, Gina and the Guitar.... That one special moment

There are times when you do(or in this case don't do) and you feel you had done differently... No regrets really... Just a touch of sadness for the way you acted in a certain situation despite repeated opportunities to set things right... That's what life is... pick up the pieces and move on... But there are always these moments when you wish you had been just a little more sensible, just a touch(maybe negilibily) more honest with your feelings, a little bit extra loving, a little more caring.... The permuations are endless... You may as well end up writing an entire page full of these adjectives and still feel something's amiss... To sum it up, you wish you had been just a little more expressive about your love for her(or him).Life gives subtle second chances,it's true, so subtle that if you are ridden with jealousy, ego, foolishness,weirdoness or some other expressions that aptly define your situation, you simply cannot notice them... Great people through history have faltered, you and I and Jimmy of course, are mere mortals. After everything is over, you feel, if only, if only, you had that one last chance, you know you are more than prepared with everything possible to not let this chance go begging. You would perhaps script one of the most beautiful stories in that one,special moment.... But somehow,you have to be patient for that one moment....(Remember, you always get second chances.... If your head is clear this time, you will realize it).Back then,however, things were a little different with Jimmy....




Jimmy always has had this strange passion for music. Strange cuz he simply cannot get enough of it. No matter how much you feed him with it, he stays insatiable. What is more strange is the fact that in almost every situation in his life, where he was down, Jimmy has found solace in only one place, Music. Music, in his opinion, is one place where one doesn't need to justify your expressions, feelings,emotions,body language or anything else. Music is something that comes naturally. And you don't have to justify to anyone for the music around you. This love for music transformed into a desire to be able to play it a few years back when Jimmy decided to learn the guitar full time(Though till a few months back,things over the years were anything but full time). He enrolled himself for one of the best known guitar players around(finding his number was a sheer stroke of luck Jimmy always thanks his stars for) and got started with things. Almost one and half years into his practise of the art, Jimmy had now become a decent guitarist. But for some strange foolish reasons which he himself cannot justify now, Jimmy never played the guitar in front of Gina(He had played it on a couple of occasions on the phone but never in person... Silly Jimmy !!!!). He was perhaps being just a bit too lathargic. And that can be really dangerous in Love !!! :) Somehow though, for some reason, Jimmy chanced upon this one opportunity. Again, it were his instincts at work that literally compelled him to get the guitar and play it for Gina.... To let her know that he was indeed pretty good at it and that the Guitar, being his girlfriend too, Gina now had some serious competition. :)



They both sat down at their usual "Ice-cream" place near her bus stop. They use to always sit in that one particular corner of that place everytime. Today, too, they both settled down there and Jimmy took his Guitar out. Gina, was expectedly silent, cuz she knew there was something special in store and it was wise(she is wise,very wise) to just stay quiet at that moment. Jimmy, was however, a liitle apprehensive, though it was in front of his love, he was like that only, mad fellow, always doing/feeling exactly opposite of what the situation demanded.... He's changed now though. He started with a few simple numbers from movies.... Gina, at the sound of music, couldn't help but smile in curiosity. She maybe wondered(Jimmy never asked), so this is how music is formed...but hey, I am still puzzled, how is music formed??? Her smile only broadened as Jimmy continued with his playing. Jimmy still remembers that moment. Jimmy, for a change, was not looking at him,but was looking at the instrument in his hand. She wondered maybe, the sound of music is so beautiful and my dear Jimmy knows so well, to play it. I am indeed lucky.......... Jimmy,too,while playing was observant of the fact that Gina was smiling in a very wonderful way....much much different than all her smiles he had seen before. Somehow he felt, she was liking what he was playing... The musings continued for another half hour or so. Though they both wanted this moment to last a little bit more, they had to discontinue cuz it was getting a bit late and Gina had to rush home....with so many things left unsaid....



Jimmy never played the guitar again for Gina. This was the first and the last time he ever did this special thing for her. It was that perfect moment in time for Jimmy when both his loves,Gina and Music(in that order) were with him. Such a moment never came again.... Today, though he is still learning the guitar, Jimmy is a much better guitarist than what he was on that day(Jimmy faintly remembers the date too). He is confident that he is now knowledgeale enough to play something different for Gina everyday, for the rest of their lives. That's what he is working on now.... They say, Music has the power to change this world.... The sound of Music can reach a place in the Universe many light years away... Jimmy knows this. :)