my first date

I was standing at the gate opposite to the most famous Ladies College in Chennai – The Ethiraj. It was my first ever date with Esha and God wasn’t I nervous. I had been with my friends at the very same spot many a times but this was totally different. I felt like every person passing me was looking right at me. She promised me that she will meet me at five sharp and it was almost half past five now. Man girls really enjoy making us wait. I said to myself that I’m gonna really smack her for coming late and promised myself not to accept any excuses from her.
For more than half an hour I had been thinking of the first time I met her online and how that had turned into such a sweet relation within a very short span. I still remember the days on which I wound up my work as early as possible such that I can chat freely with her in the evening. My boss said that I was too sincere at work and congratulated me for beating the dead line all the time. At the beginning she was just my chat friend and as days progressed we became good friends and she started trusting me. Then one day she asked my phone number and I didn’t really think that she would call but she rather did after a week. We talked about everything starting from movies, music, TV, novels and what not. She too was an adventure freak and loves watching AXN and our favorite show was Fear Factor. Esha is from Gujarat and she was also my Hindi Tutor. Suddenly one day she said that we could meet and this is the day. We had exchanged pictures and I thought there will not be any problem recognizing her.
I again looked at my watch and I kept telling don’t be too harsh with her for being late. Is there any unwritten rule that guys have to unconditionally wait on the first date? I wonder. Finally she had appeared at the gate and My God isn’t she pretty. I was telling myself don’t fall for her smile and don’t ever compromise for whatever reason she may give. There she was in a blue Salwar, blue ear rings and her hair held into one bunch with a blue band and in the form of a pony tail my favorite. She had a pony tail (my favorite) and her hair was moving gracefully as she walked towards me. Her eyes were blue and would have told sorry a million times by the time she reached me. I kept telling myself don’t look into her eyes and not to speak to her at least for some time.
“Why do you look so blue?” I started first. “Didn’t you tell me when the first time we spoke that your favorite color is blue” was the response. Gosh I felt my feet at least a couple of feet in the air and I was flat. After that she was telling how she was held up in the lab class and all such excuses but nothing reached my ears neither my brain. She shook me up and brought me down to the earth and asked me “Are you alright”. Her voice was as sweet as I had heard it over the phone and kept ringing in my ears a million times.
In about 15 minutes we were at the beach which I had fixed a week back. We sat there at the beach and there was a family near us and their kids were playing in the water. We spoke for a while watching the cute kiddies playing with the waves. She was telling me about her college, her friends and then mentioned about the one who she loved the most. She said that her Dad had presented Bruno to her for her birthday. She also said that Bruno will turn Three tomorrow. All of a sudden she pulled me towards the sea but I retreated saying that my shoes will become wet and said that I will watch her play. She went into the water and was among the kids. The moon had come out by the time and she was totally with the kids. She looked at me and smiled and her cheeks were shinning like white Gold in the Moonlight. Then I called it was time to go and her face had gone small just like the kids which were literally dragged by their parents 10 minutes back. She caught me by my hind arms and held them throughout our walk out of the beach and I wished she could hold on forever.
Then we went into Planet Yum to have dinner and she took the rights for ordering me. She told me about her family and her brother with whom she fights everyday. She had come to Chennai when she was 12 and settled here since then. She misses her native and her cousins at times, but got used to it by now. She also said that her parents were eager to meet me but were out of town with their brother to attend her cousin’s marriage. By the time we finished Dinner it was almost half past nine. I thought it was time to move and we were fighting over the bill. She had won as always. The breeze got cold by this time. I started my bike and told myself not to drive fast. I did not want anything to go wrong on our first date. As she sat, she put her arms around me and in no time my bike was zooming over the empty road. The combination of the cold breeze over my face and her clasp around me really made me feel like flying and my bike was. I wished the ride could never end.
In exactly 6 minutes and 35 seconds we reached home and I thanked God as I entered her home for bringing us safe. Then she switched on the TV and asked me to watch it while she would change her dress. In no time she came back in her pajamas and boy she looked like an angel. We had planned to see “Notting Hill” our favorite movie. I had seen the movie many a times but watching it with Esha by my side was totally different. It was half past eleven and the movie got over, time to sleep she said. I struck a deal to keep speaking with her till she falls asleep. She handed over her brother’s pajamas and told me to change and asked me to come back soon, as she was already feeling sleepy. I quickly slipped into those pajamas and was thinking am I not lucky enough to have such a wonderful date and in about half an hour time I will be singing the birthday song to her. I will be the first one to wish.
After changing, I entered her bed room. There she was cuddled in her bed hugging her teddy. How much I wished I was her Teddy. I didn’t have any option other than to sit by her side and watch my beautiful girl friend sleeping peacefully. 10 minutes to twelve and I never took my eyes from her other than to watch the time. It ticked very slowly. I was feeling very tired and I dozed off sitting by her side.
I felt someone shaking me real hard and as I opened my eyes I felt the place was somewhat familiar. It was my room mate and he kept yelling at me for sleeping long and shouted “you slept the whole of Sunday. Isn’t that enough, do you have to sleep all over Monday too??” .I jumped off from my bed. Oh man why couldn’t this be a Saturday night so that I could have had an extra hour of sleep and at least completed my first date with Esha.