Call me. Anytime.

I consider myself a 4 a.m. friend.

And yes, I mean it in its real sense and not in the sense that I am only friendly at 4 a.m. and hostile otherwise.

My friends have the 'call me anytime if you want to talk, even if it's 4 in the morning and I have work the next day' token. There are so many such moments when we want to call a friend and say what we will later realise was either silly, or nonsensical or juvenile.

What would we do without our 4 a.m. friends? What would we do if we can't tell our friends the things we want to at 4 a.m.? Some of which really could wait for a more appropriate time, but hell, what are 4 a.m. friends for?

Dumped by your bf or gf? Phone a friend.

Want to dump your bf or gf? Phone a friend.

Going to get married next month, but you're in love with someone else? Phone a friend.

Want to elope but don't know the procedure? Phone a friend.

Upset? Phone a friend.

Very happy for no reason? Phone a friend.

In love with the friend? Phone the friend and tell him/her.

So I don't blow my top if a friend calls me at really odd hours.

Here are some crazy phone conversations I've had at really odd hours.

(And yeah, all of them except the cousin read this blog.)

Convo 1 (with a very dear blog friend)
Friend - Hello?
Extremely sleepy Sayesha - Hreelooaallaao...
Friend - Sash, neend nahin aa rahi. ("Sash, I can't get to sleep.")
Sayesha - Hmmm... So ja warna Sash lori suna degi. (Sleep or else I'll sing a lullaby.)
Friend pronto hangs up and goes to sleep.
Sayesha - What the..??!!

Sayesha resolves to improve her lullaby-singing skills and goes to sleep.

Convo 2 (over MSN with a senior who lived in the same hostel as me in university)
Senior - Hey Sayesha, can you come to my room for a second?
Sayesha - Now? Why?
Senior - I have a situation I need help with.
Sayesha - What situation?
Senior - Errr... There's a lizard in my coffee mug, and I'm really freaked out. Help!
Sayesha - Uhhh... Lizard??? Aur koi jaanwar nahin mila aadhi rata ko meri madad maangne ke liye?? ("You couldn't find any other animal to ask my help with at midnight??")
Senior - Can you come down please?
Sayesha - You're the guy! You're supposed to help me with lizards in my room!
Senior - Can you come down please?

Sayesha goes down to his room and saves life of guy (who, by the way, was located atop the far end of his bed when Sayesha entered his room). Guy makes milo for Sayesha as a gesture of thanks. They end up talking till 4 in the morning, and in time, become the best of friends.

Convo 3 (with a cousin clueless about time differences across the world)
Cousin - Hello Sayesha! This is me, cousin X. I got your number from Aunty Y.
Sayesha - Okay... err.. hi...
Cousin - So how's life?
Sayesha - What's the time?
Cousin - It's only 11. Oh no, do you sleep early? Did I wake you up? What time do you go to sleep?
Sayesha - At 11.
Cousin - So I just caught you before you went to bed! Cool!
Sayesha - No, it's 1:30 a.m.
Cousin - No no, it's only 11.
Sayesha - 11 for you, 1:30 for me.
Cousin - Oh you have a different time from India?
Sayesha - Yes. I'm 2.5 hours ahead of you.
Cousin - Oh okay! Wow. That's amazing.
Sayesha - Errr.. yeah okay.
Cousin - So how are you?
Sayesha - What the..??!!

Sayesha resolves to call the guy up at 6 a.m. her time the next day.

Convo 4 (with a guy I had a massive crush on)
Sayesha - Hello?
Crush - Hi Sayesha!
Sayesha - Hey, it's you... what's up?
Crush - Nothing, just wanted to hear your voice. Your voice sounds irresistible when you're all sleepy.
Sayesha (heart beating wildly, bigtime goosebumps, no words coming out of mouth situation) - .....
Crush - Talk to you tomorrow, okay?
Sayesha - Errr... okay.
Sayesha's blushing like crazy and she can't get to sleep for the next one hour.

Convo 5 (with Virdi, who else?)
Virdi: Oye Sayesha?
Sayesha: Haan Virdi... bol...
Virdi: Virdi here...
Sayesha: Yeah I know... kitna time hua hai? ("What's the time?")
Virdi: Yahan 2 baje hain... ("It's 2 here.")
Sayesha: Matlab yahan 4:30 a.m.??!! Kya hua? Koi problem? ("Which means 4:30 a.m. here??!! What happened? Any problem?")
Virdi: Kya kar rahi thi? ("So what were you doing?")
Sayesha: Bhangra aur kya? 4:30 a.m. ko aur kya karte hain log? ("Bhangra, what else? What else do people do at 4:30 a.m.?")
Virdi: Hahahahahahahahaa!
Sayesha: Bata kyun phone kiya? Koi zaroori baat? ("So why did you call? Anything important?")
Virdi: Nahin aise hi. Aur bata? ("No, just like that. So tell me, what's happening?")
Sayesha: Aur bata???????? 4 a.m. ko aur bata??? What the..??!!

Sayesha can't remember anything about the conversation, but she remembers not killing him.