Chapter 1
I was just a 16 year old chunk. It was really cold outside and the air-conditioner inside the ice-cream parlour had frozen me. I was waiting for her, Sanutha my first beautiful date. It was already 6 in the evening and the ice cream parlour was almost empty. A lovely teenage couple was sitting in the corner table, three guys were eating a very huge ice cream and a gang of aunties were chatting while eating their gudbads. I was eagerly waiting near a nicely polished glass door, looking for any signs of sanutha.
I was wearing a blue jeans and my that time favourite a black guns and roses t-shirt. It was now 6:05 already, my heart was beating as if, it would spear my chest and come outside. I was really nervous, as it was my first ever date. It was 6:10 now, I was really losing my patience. By that time, my phone from my pocket started vibrating, I took it from my pocket, an unknown number. I pressed the green button, which my dad had told me to press whenever the phone rings!! I kept the phone on my right ear, to hear the sweetest voice of my life….It was sanu,
Sanutha - “hello!!!”
Me – “hello, who is this??”, I knew it was her voice but I really don’t know why did I ask this question. May be I was too nervous.
Sanutha – “Hi amogh, this is sanutha.”
Me – “hi sanutha, where are you, I’m waiting for you…You are coming right??”
Sanutha – “yes I’m coming, I’m outside the parlour, calling from coin phone”.
Me – “why are you there, come inside”.
Sanutha – “okay I’m coming, just 2 min”.
She hung up.
Now this two minutes of waiting was a real challenge. Imaginations were running through my head as if what would she be wearing??? I was sitting at the third table, staring as hard as I could at the glass door. The door opened, I had an heart attack!!!oh my god, it was not her some other girl. Now, really I was in the verge of getting a heart attack. I again started staring as hard as possible at the glass door. Yess, it was her now. I could see her through the glass door. She was full pink, my baby doll. She was wearing a cutest pink salwar, holding her purse in her left hand she pushed the glass door to open it. She saw me, gave a cute smile. I gave her a smile too. I got up from my chair as she came closer to my table. We sat opposite to each other. She had untied her hair, it was silky smooth. And I could notice the heavy make up on her face. And her lips were shining I wondered what lipstick she had applied. Now this was getting awkard, she was expecting me to speak first, but me, I was really nervous, I really didn’t knew how to start. Finally I spoke,
“You are looking beautiful!!!”
She said, “thanks, you also looking cool-cool”.
Now I thought myself “I know I’m looking cool, but what does cool-cool mean, never mind”.
Then, we started speaking with each other in full flow, we both had come out of nervousness and we were really enjoying each others company.
By this time, a stupid guy wearing a stupid white uniform came up to our table holding a small notepad and a pen in his hand, “order sir”, he said. We ordered American forest ice-creams.
While we were eating our ice-creams and chit-chatting something at the door disturbed me. I saw a middle aged woman and a small kid, may be 10 years old, at that magical glass door. I was thinking that I have seen that woman somewhere, but I couldn’t recall it. Now it struck into my empty head, it was sanutha’s mom and her brother. I was shocked to hell, I really did have an electric shock. I could hear her screaming voice from the door itself.
Now, I was in a real dilemma, should I tell sanu that her mom is screaming outside. Anyway, what should had I told, “Sanu you are having a date with me here and your mom is shouting at the door there”. Finally I took all the courage and told her
“sanu pls don’t get upset, your mom and brother have come here.”
She thought I was joking, she said “stop it amogh, as if you can scare me...”
Her mom was already at the table,
Sanu’s mom – “Hey sanutha, what the hell are you doing here, you bunked the tuitions and what dress are you wearing, when did you buy these”
So many questions, sanu stood up, her lovely smiley face had disappeared. I could see tears in her eyes. I felt so sad.
Sanu’s mom – “Your brother checked the messages in your phone, he told me everything, come home I’ll teach you.”
I saw sanu’s brothers face and said in my mind “you dirty pig, you destroyed my date.”
Sanu’s mom – “and you, what’s your name, give me your parents numbers I’ll call hem and show you who I am.”
I was so scared, I was still sitting in the chiar, “I’m sorry aunty, pls don’t call my parents”.
She held sanu’s hand tightly and took her away from me. While passing through that magcal glass door sanu looked at me ashamed and with tears in her eyes. But I was helpless, I could had done nothing……………………………
