THE DATE - 09/13
People believe that sometimes you are superstitious and you don’t even know it. They are very true. Even I believed that 13 is the unluckiest number possible on this earth until this date which totally thrashed my beliefs.
The clock had just struck 12 and I was trying to figure out who is The Mystery Girl, chatting from branch mates ID. As she is a mystery to me I was trying to keep her off by low responses of the IMs. Instead she began typing “Jaaneman jaanejigar” etc like what the hell is going in her mind. Its not first time happening to me but still I don’t want to guess who she was. Earlier when I tried guessing I just pissed the one in front of me, if you ask why? Could not guess her name even in three chances. I felt this time its better to keep your hands off “THE GUESS”. At least she is convinced that she is making me delirious for not being able to identify but believe me I wasn’t. I might have just ignored five silly lines of The Mystery Girl and an IM popped up hey take me on a date tomorrow. I thought how much insane can an ISM girl be to speak such rubbish. I agreed to it and said o.k. lady am ready and asked her “Do you really want to go on a date”? Her next question was did I knew who she is. My answer was hit by a spontaneous rhetoric question “Ready for BLIND DATE”? I shouted no I can’t but knowing all was joke my hands typed in ohk no probs. Next line was that she’s sleepy and I said good night not realizing that I have to hit back and I replied dear what time tomorrow. Another creepy answer came in ask to ABCDFEGF. This made me realize that its true all was crap and I was satisfied that discussing such stupid things was fun indeed and even I went on to sleep.
After a sleep and lunch I was preparing to study until I got a call, girlie branch mate calling .She was informing me that my date is at 6 o’ clock and to reach a particular restaurant. I was still not convinced that it was happening and felt that it would be really embarrassing for me if she didn’t turn up or fool me somehow. On continuously being negative I agreed upon only after the Mystery Girl agreed that she would meet me at the college main Gate and then we move out together.
Its 6 and I am at the gate still no clue who she is. There she was with her friend who was going on a blind date herself set up by me. I was just shocked to see her; I had the intuition that she could be the only Mystery girl, but it was her. I was tongue tied.
We moved on to the restaurant, I was still not over with blushing and didn’t believe that this was happening being in ISM. If it was Kolkata it’s cool but in ISM it’s still awe. Before meeting her I made it a point to get the ritualistic chocolates and a yellow rose which girls do love to get on a DATE. Bad luck at such a place thinking of rose, how foolish of me and that to yellow argggghhhhhhh. As we moved on towards the table I thought it would feel good to her if I pulled out her chair to make her comfortably position herself. Didn’t work on the idea thinking its just normal dinner why I am making it look like something really big.
Recent movie which u had seen, if this is how you begin conversation means you are really lame. I realized this latter when she said that you always talk about movies and songs. I thought what else could interest her as my interests are games and girls rarely like talking about it even she doesn’t as she was that girlie type girls who can talk about every stupid stuff but not games. She has a boyfriend I knew and even she knew I had a girl in my heart so I bent over asking to tell me how it all began for her. Another lame thing, I knew but what else should I talk, just couldn’t realize. The next obvious question came in describe her and how you fell for her. It was our date what an idiot I am discussing it.
In the mean while I realized that she speaks quite less while eating, from less I mean negligible. Somehow I managed to cope with it by asking her some silly questions or telling some silly jokes to her. Until she startled me with a strange question, “What about future, will you marry her”? Was she in her senses, obviously if you like someone you can live as life-partners just as I replied. After this answer there was a long gap where no one spoke but we both had hands on glasses, fumbling & rotating it. We carried on over to placements and college and everything else people don’t talk on date usually. After a fine dinner we went on to CCD for desserts. No sooner we reached, we bumped into friends who also went out on date just because of her stupid request “Take me on a date!” Well, it turned out that the request wasn’t that stupid as it had turned out to be.
Next there was a short session where the couples were made to sing a song. First one ended with ‘PEHLA NASHA’. Next was our turn. She is a good singer and I just realized if I uttered a word it would be the scene of the movie “JAANE TU YA JAANE NA” where the lead actor was requested not to sing for the lady in public otherwise someone may shoot him. I got the song which I would have sung, “The HERO” by Enrique but as I sat down on the chair I was onto to request them that I won’t sing they all started taking snaps don’t know why pushed us closer taking snaps from two angles. In one snap we both were looking into two different cameras. It was quite a photo. Then I requested them not to ask me to sing as I was terrible and they agreed “OOOOhhh close call, BACH GAYA!!” Well someone asked me to answer that did I ever have a crush on her and if not then what’s all rumors about. She was asked that would she consider me ever if she wasn’t going with someone. Her answer was yes that got a jeering up. Don’t know what it was for as I never had a crush on her. Some still think I have a crush but people who are mad don’t agree that they are mad, how much one can try.
Here it all ended the girls have a restricted time limit and it was over for the day. It was really amazing to have her as my date. On our way back while others were shouting and discussing god knows what we both remained silent and as the time came I gave her the CHOCOLATE. She had a big smile with the possession of the chocolate. Finally the day ended I just could not stop smiling for the next 30 minutes. These three hours added a life to the dull going third year in college. Now, 13 is no more unlucky.
