First Date - Part 2

Last time when I left you readers, my ass was right on my bike seat, my brain full of confusions, heart racing faster than my bike. Even now I was in the same situation just that I was now sitting on the ladder back wooden chair outside the CCD under their red colored umbrella that was protecting me from the angry Sun.

I had reached the CCD well before time and had been sipping water looking at my watch all the time. I had finished reading the menu for an unknown number of times. Only if I had read my text books, half of that time, I would have scored a distinction. But my textbooks were never so mouthwatering! Finally my mobile vibrated for an incoming message. The first thought that came to my mind was horrible. I thought she had messaged to tell she would not be coming for some reason. May be her dad would have stopped her. Or may be her mother would have asked her for some help in kitchen. Or may be her friends would have taken her out. Or maybe she had decided herself not to come. Ah! That was scary!

Taking mobile out of my Jeans pocket I opened the message. Damn it was from Sid and read

Dude, I guess the blue stripped shrt will suit u bttr.. Come to room and change..

That drove me crazy and now I was angrier and hotter than Sun. I thought of replying back but then decided to control my temper and blow it out on him when I go back. Just then I got another message. It was Raunak and read

Dude, I guess the brown stripped shrt suits u bttr.. Come to room and change..

I took an oath to take my revenge before I ate my dinner that night. I again looked around to check if Nithya was coming. It was almost 6:11 PM. Eleven minutes had passed and she had not come. I thought of messaging her or calling her but the same thoughts that had stopped me chat with her or call her stopped me again. I had her number since months, but never messaged her thinking what if she felt I am flirting with her, what if I call her and someone at her home picks up and scolds me, what if she feels uncomfortable. Luckily three days back, I helped her in one of the Technical Presentations and she herself talked to me and then we ended up to coffee.

While I was rewinding the moment we talked for the first time, I felt a shadow on me. Moving my eyes from the water bottle towards the person standing between angry Sun and angry me, I saw Nithya. There she had come and was standing right in front me with her cute smile on! She looked gorgeous in her light blue Salwar Suit. It was simple plain Suit and she looked super cute in that. It just added to her modest character.

As I looked at her, her smile widened and I sat lost. I turned numb. She waved her hand smiling again and saying a big hello to me.

I had to reply something, but what?

She waited few more seconds, but I was still stupidly watching her smile without even wishing her a hi or a hello. Then her smile slowly faded from her face just like bright sun sets down on the farthest end of ocean. The brightness suddenly vanishes, taking away the light, the activeness, the energy with it. It felt exactly the same way as her lips straightened and her eyes turned doubtful and fearful. Once her smile vanished, I came back to earth and realized I hadn’t yet wished her.

I then smiled meekly at her and tried to stand up. By that time she had almost stepped ahead and was pulling up chair. I had spread out my legs below the table and when trying to pull them back to standup I hit my leg to the table. She stopped pulling the chair at that moment. I looked at her but she was trying to figure out something.

“That’s my leg” I said

“What?” she asked in surprise.

“The noise which just came now”

“Noise? I was just trying to pull this chair and it was not coming so I was just looking where it is stuck” she replied forcing out a smile.

“Oh ok” I said and thought how dumb I was, I felt the pain and even the sound was not that big to reach her ears.

I again tried to stand up but this time I was more careful and kept my concentration on my legs, neatly checked and pulled them back and then pushed back my chair and finally got up. Then I thought of wishing her and help her sit down, but was shocked when I saw in front of me. She was already sitting and again looking at me in surprise.

My brain blacked out again. I yelled to myself, “What the hell are you doing? Why are you acting so stupid?”

I quickly sat down and smiled at her. She smiled back at me but waited for me to speak.

“Hi” I finally said, thankfully without mumbling.

I could see her smile trying to return back as she wished me back.

She looked really cute with her face carrying the expression of a surprised look and a small cute smile trying to replace that and in all this her loose hair neatly and freely falling down to her shoulders and her right earing twinkling in between the hair at times.

“You want some water?”

“Yes Please. It’s so hot today” she said wiping the small beads of sweat on her forehead from her hankie.

Whoop! Finally I talked something sense.

She smiled at me after drinking the water and caught me looking at her. I tried acting by suddenly looking down at the menu, which I had been looking at for almost past fifteen minutes before she walked in. After reading the menu for one more time, I looked up at her and asked, “What will you take?”

“Anything is fine for me”

“No please decide. Have a look” I said pushing the menu towards her.

She took a look at the menu and decided to go for Iced Eskimo saying that was her all time favorite. I smiled and happily ordered two Iced Eskimos an again looked at her.

I was lucky, her smile was back.

“You too ordered Eskimo?”

“Yes, I like it too”

“You came by your bike?”

“Ha yes. That’s the one standing there. Black in color” I said pointing at my bike standing right at the corner of the CCD fence.

“How did you come?” I asked her.

“By bus. Thank God today is Sunday, the buses are little free and I got a seat. Else it is so rush. Very hard to travel. Lucky you got a bike!" she said smiling widely in excitement.

It felt childish when she was so excited for getting a seat but also it was cute. How she found happiness in small things and smiled happily. Her smile made me happy!

After few minutes of silence I started thinking again, what to ask or what to talk. I begged for some help from God, but he was busy smiling wickedly at my situation.

“How was your day?” she asked.

I thought it was good she asked, I had already run out of topics. By the way I had spent whole night in practicing today’s scene and byhearting the topics, the questions, the answers to few probable questions. True, it sounds like a Viva preparation but this was my most important Viva.

While I was thinking without even responding back to her question, she again started growing surprised. What an Idiot was I? Why was I acting so dumb?

“It was good. I took rest the whole day without doing anything. Especially books, dint even touch them! How was your day?” I asked with a blank expression.

While she was explaining her day, with what she prepared for breakfast and what all assignments she completed, I was simply looking at her face and how her eyes twinkled brightly in excitement.

The whole scene was spoiled when our order number was called. I had to get up go and collect our order. I came back and handed her, her favorite Iced Eskimo and moved to my chair.  As I was about to sit, I thought not to do any mistakes and avoid any fun being thrown at me by the God and placed the glass in my hand on the table and then cautiously sat down on the chair.

To Be Continued…

Vishal…

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