Sunday, February 11, 2007

32. At the coffee shop

At present
He – a student
She – a student
Time : 10:00 AM (on the phone)
He : Hi re, lets meet up ? wat say ?
She : Ok…I am not sure if I should bunk today.
He : hey come on, a cold frappe is the best way to start the day !
She : hehe, yeah.
He : So, it’s a date then :)
She (Smiles) : I guess !
Time : 11:00 AM
At the coffee shop
He – hey, looking damn pretty today !
She just blushes.
She – You smell funny !
He – ya, it’s a mix of ‘Axe’ deo and that stupid anti-dandruff herbal hair oil !
She – You’re weird you know…I like weirdos !
He – You smile a lot you know….I sometimes wonder if it’s because of me….Anyways, wats the plan today ? Wanna watch “Dhoom 2” ?
She – anything’s ok.
He- And before I forget, here are your chocolates…
She (all blushes) – Thank you…and I wont be sharing them !
He – Chalega.
He – And what abt your customary “Blue lagoon” mocktail, when do you plan to have that? before the movie or after ?
She – After! This fellow is so sweet, never forgets to ask me this. I wonder if he’s the one. Why dint I know him a lot earlier? Btw, stop calling at my place with weird aliases like ‘Ace Ventura’ and ‘Laddoo ram’…My mom’s getting suspicious!
He (laughs) – I simply love doin that…. So, looks like I’ve saved you from your ‘Monday blues’ this time…
She – Ya! My friends are all really mad at me, coz you’re making me bunk college all the time ! I’ve missed every Monday this semester you know.
He - Is it !
She – And I am running out of excuses for getting late at home. It’s for you damn it !!!
He – that u’ll manage I know, you’re one evil genius.
She – How rude! Never call a girl evil ok…you can call me an angel you know :) what’s he waiting for? Aint I clear enough !
He – Oh I see ! Devil’s angel :P … Anyways, for today’s excuse, you can say that you helped out a friend who dint know how to spend his money :P
She – Yeah right ! Was I wrong ?
He – Arey serious, I’ve never loved spending so much before you know ! And start bunking Tuesdays too :P
She – hahaha….That’s it ! He’s going to tell me what I am expecting next.
He – And I almost got into a fight today. On my way to meet you, I went up to a guy next to an auto, thought that he was the driver and said “Minerva coffee shop”. He began to give me directions to the place, which puzzled me. I said “Ohh, yeh auto aapka nahin hai kya ?” He took offence to it, saying “main tereko auto wala dikhroon kya re b***** m**** c*** !” and almost gathered a group to beat me up. Thankfully, a bus came close by and I jumped into it.
She (smiling all along) – Only you can do stuff like this ! Btw, look at this pic, me and my baby cousin…doesn’t she look cute.
He – I am not able to decide whose the cute-er of the two :)
She – Is he flirting again? Why is he still hopping around the bushes? Haaa, my cuz of course!…lets go watch the movie.
He- As you say boss.
She – I know he’s shy. He’ll never come out….Should I tell it to him now or not ? I’ve waited for a long time already….. OR….



Time passed, they kept in touch, mainly through the phone coz she had to move out to a different city.

3 years later

At the coffee shop
11:00 AM
He – a manager
She - an artist

She – Hey Hero, you’re looking a l’il off today, what’s the matter ?
He – Nothing re. Just having a cold, that’s all.
She –: Moron ! Stop lying ok ! I can see it in your face that something’s bothering you. Spill it out.
He – Arey. What zabardasti ! I’m telling you that I’m having a cold naa… damn, I guess I am not that good of a cover-up artist after all
She – hmmmph …! He’s never looked so nervy before.
He – We’ve met like after four months and have started off with a quarrel.
She – ok ok ! When did you get here from your place ?
He – Got here just today morning.
She – And came to see me right away ?
He – You said you wanted to meet so I came off…
She – You could have said that u had just come na, u must be tired !
He – forget about that, tell me what was it that you wanted to talk about ?

She whispers something in his ears.
He - What ! You had feelings for me ! When ? Where ? How dint I know ???
She – I was giving you signals all the time, and you never seemed to pick ‘em up. Then came a time when realization dawned on me; that you’re just too innocent and still this jovial little kid… So I stopped, felt we’d be better of as friends.
And it wasn’t just me, even you used to flirt aimlessly, just that you dint know that you were flirting.

He – I always have had this strange belief “Lucky with food, unlucky with love” and it proves right all the time :(
You know , even I liked you a lot. Just that, I dint feel it was proper to rush into things, coz you had just come out of a break-up and I dint want to be the rebound guy. I always felt that the time would come later, so just waited…and time flew…and here we are.

She – Moron ! He hasn’t changed one bit !
At first, I used to see traces of him in you, then I began seeing you in him. That’s why I decided to break up.

He – Ho…my wretched luck. Guess I misunderstood whatever u said, in fact dint understand at all…. And that’s what I intended to tell you now. I felt that too much time had passed and I had to take the first step. Can we start afresh ?

She – I think you’re luck’s gonna change, you’ll have bad food from now on I guess ;)
He – Doesn’t matter, too much of good food is also bad na :P
She (laughs) – Silly fellow !
He – Listen, I’ve directly come from the airport. Need to get home and show my face to mom ‘n dad…My bags are out in the car.
She – What ! Go home right away moron! But I wish you could stay longer.
He – Yea…So, when next ? tomorrow, same place at 5 ?
He – It’s a date then :) Oh god, let this work well this time
She (smiles) – I guess :D…….