'Oh come on, come on! Who is it!'
'Wait, wait.. slow down! I will tell you! I promise. But only when it is the right time...'
YES!
My mind was at rest and my doubts were finally confirmed...but somewhere deep within, I was still not sure. I mean, come on, it seemed highly improbable.... Jennifer and me? I mean... nothing wrong about it. But she would never fall in love with me... maybe, but MAYBE I would.. or yeah I could... but her? Fall in love with me? Nah !! Highly impossible.
But what was the fuss about? Why wouldn't she tell me the name of her new found love? I mean, she told me everything! I swear she did! So this was way weird of her. And what the hell was 'when it is the right time' supposed to me.
So as always, I met my friend, mentor, philosopher and most of all, my Et tu brute, Mr. X
What? Are you fucking kidding me?
'No! This is exactly what she said!' I said, as we sat across the bar.
Then this could mean only one thing; you are now officially going to be your best friend's boyfriend!
I smiled ! Up until that very moment, I wasn't sure if I was capable of smiling, after hearing a girls name.
Really? Could this be true? I said, as we gulped another peg.
I wasn't able to believe this.... But If I come to thinking of it... It seemed almost the right thing to happen. Or rather a logical thing to happen, if related to past events from over eleven months. Within the first two months of our friendship we had exchanged numbers. And over a period of time, we had started calling each other up every night, as I have mentioned before. Yes, I did like her.
Talking to her made me forget the worst of college fights; it made me get over the worst of depressions; and more than any of this, it just made me very very happy. But as I considered the possibility… I can’t say how I felt about going around with Jennifer. But it brought a smile to my face.
These are the silly thing Love does to you.
Oh wait! What the hell was I talking about?
Where are you lost bro! Mr X asked (probably I was still lost in my dream world)
I told him what I was thinking about. He suddenly stands up and puts his hands up in the air, and acted like he was playing the piano, and sang in an ultimately off-key voice:
‘’Tis the season to be jolly Fra-la-la-la-la-lala-la-la!’
I quickly held his hands and yelled... whats wrong !!
‘That’s not true! And even if it is, the whole world need not know about it!’
‘Whats not true? I didn't even say anything! Did I say anything?’
That’s Mr X. There is no stopping him from going down hook, line and sinker once he decides to.
Oh fuck! Look at you. You're still smiling, You shameless pig.
I glanced at my watch. It was eight-forty five.
'We must get going! It's dinner time!' I said. And thankful for once that it was time-up. Otherwise me and Mr X could sit at the bar and go on and on till the end of time. and without getting bored… sometimes even without talking… that is what the thing is with best friends; it never gets uncomfortable even if you have nothing to say.
Back home, I waited for Jennifer to call. I waited for the call and at the same time I wished she doesn't call. I was getting this weird 'going-to-be-in-love' feeling, which I had read in novels and seen on screen. I was nervous. I actually took a pen and listed down the things I would talk about; in the fear that she would find my pauses too long, or would see I was distracted.
As the arms of the clock inched closer to ten, my anxiety grew.
'The phone rings'
Hi ! her voice sounded warm and weird at the same time.
Hey ... wassup? I said.
I can't hold myself back any longer. I have to tell you.
OMG! OMG! OMG!... No no, not so soon, not so soon! Come on! Lets do it like in the films... First you talk, then I talk. Then we don't talk. Then you clear your throat and I get the signal. But Jennifer was on it already.
His name is A____
"Aakash" I thought.
'Ali'
What?
'Ali'
Hey! I thought it was me!
What? You are kidding right? Aren't you?
Within a minute… within a few seconds I was brought down to earth from my seventh, or seven hundredth heaven. Ali.
'Hello? Aakash, you there?'
‘What? Yes... of course! I was kidding…’ I said. Jennifer further went on to describe Ali; how they met, what he looked like… but I still kept thinking… ‘I thought it was me
'Wait, wait.. slow down! I will tell you! I promise. But only when it is the right time...'
YES!
My mind was at rest and my doubts were finally confirmed...but somewhere deep within, I was still not sure. I mean, come on, it seemed highly improbable.... Jennifer and me? I mean... nothing wrong about it. But she would never fall in love with me... maybe, but MAYBE I would.. or yeah I could... but her? Fall in love with me? Nah !! Highly impossible.
But what was the fuss about? Why wouldn't she tell me the name of her new found love? I mean, she told me everything! I swear she did! So this was way weird of her. And what the hell was 'when it is the right time' supposed to me.
So as always, I met my friend, mentor, philosopher and most of all, my Et tu brute, Mr. X
What? Are you fucking kidding me?
'No! This is exactly what she said!' I said, as we sat across the bar.
Then this could mean only one thing; you are now officially going to be your best friend's boyfriend!
I smiled ! Up until that very moment, I wasn't sure if I was capable of smiling, after hearing a girls name.
Really? Could this be true? I said, as we gulped another peg.
I wasn't able to believe this.... But If I come to thinking of it... It seemed almost the right thing to happen. Or rather a logical thing to happen, if related to past events from over eleven months. Within the first two months of our friendship we had exchanged numbers. And over a period of time, we had started calling each other up every night, as I have mentioned before. Yes, I did like her.
Talking to her made me forget the worst of college fights; it made me get over the worst of depressions; and more than any of this, it just made me very very happy. But as I considered the possibility… I can’t say how I felt about going around with Jennifer. But it brought a smile to my face.
These are the silly thing Love does to you.
Oh wait! What the hell was I talking about?
Where are you lost bro! Mr X asked (probably I was still lost in my dream world)
I told him what I was thinking about. He suddenly stands up and puts his hands up in the air, and acted like he was playing the piano, and sang in an ultimately off-key voice:
‘’Tis the season to be jolly Fra-la-la-la-la-lala-la-la!’
I quickly held his hands and yelled... whats wrong !!
‘That’s not true! And even if it is, the whole world need not know about it!’
‘Whats not true? I didn't even say anything! Did I say anything?’
That’s Mr X. There is no stopping him from going down hook, line and sinker once he decides to.
Oh fuck! Look at you. You're still smiling, You shameless pig.
I glanced at my watch. It was eight-forty five.
'We must get going! It's dinner time!' I said. And thankful for once that it was time-up. Otherwise me and Mr X could sit at the bar and go on and on till the end of time. and without getting bored… sometimes even without talking… that is what the thing is with best friends; it never gets uncomfortable even if you have nothing to say.
Back home, I waited for Jennifer to call. I waited for the call and at the same time I wished she doesn't call. I was getting this weird 'going-to-be-in-love' feeling, which I had read in novels and seen on screen. I was nervous. I actually took a pen and listed down the things I would talk about; in the fear that she would find my pauses too long, or would see I was distracted.
As the arms of the clock inched closer to ten, my anxiety grew.
'The phone rings'
Hi ! her voice sounded warm and weird at the same time.
Hey ... wassup? I said.
I can't hold myself back any longer. I have to tell you.
OMG! OMG! OMG!... No no, not so soon, not so soon! Come on! Lets do it like in the films... First you talk, then I talk. Then we don't talk. Then you clear your throat and I get the signal. But Jennifer was on it already.
His name is A____
"Aakash" I thought.
'Ali'
What?
'Ali'
Hey! I thought it was me!
What? You are kidding right? Aren't you?
Within a minute… within a few seconds I was brought down to earth from my seventh, or seven hundredth heaven. Ali.
'Hello? Aakash, you there?'
‘What? Yes... of course! I was kidding…’ I said. Jennifer further went on to describe Ali; how they met, what he looked like… but I still kept thinking… ‘I thought it was me
