How I lost my fav water bottle :(

This post is in fond memory of my fav water bottle I own(ed) till yest! It was an elegant bottle of strawberry crush, with a liquid holding capacity of 700ml, dressed in plastic red robe topped with a lovely green cap.
There I was doing in my trapeze act(only way to survive in buses here)in bus on way home when suddenly bus came to a halt. All the seated aunties went on a wild marathon, some of them stamping on my feet for a good measure, if I must add. And finally I managed to get a seat. I sat down hugging my bag. My hands detected the absence of my slender friend and I started looking around. A few curious questioning eyes looked back at me. I asked them if they saw a red bottle. "why, it just fell down" came an answer from an elderly lady. I got up, and joined the bird* of the bus and to have a better view. There it was..lying helplessly under the next bus. I looked at him and whispered if he would stop the bus for another minute till I run and get it back. He was looking at me all this time. For more effects, I gave him (what I thought to be) my old disarming smile! He froze. Ouch..!! I forgot about the new addition to my profile. A perfect set of metal braces shining out from my teeth. I guess terminator smile has lost its charm ;)
I climbed down, shaking my head and went back to the bus stop. I was feeling rather heroic standing there waiting for second bus to go so that I can rescue my bottle-in-distress.
I stood there like a spectator watching a match..the bottle missed the front tires over a feet. "Okay.. So far so good, only a bit more..!" I thought to myself. It was then the bus driver decided to have a go with the steering.Oh no no NOOOO..!! The back tires came along smashing my bottle right in front of my eyes!:( I did win the war.. but I lost the battle, or in this case, the Bottle!

*conductor's assistant who usually enjoys talking to female passengers