One weekend, she called me early on a Saturday. I was still
asleep as I had slept at 2 in the morning after watching the latest release in
my laptop.
“Can we meet today at Starbucks?” she said.
I looked the wall clock. It was 10:30 am.
Seeing the fog outside in the chilly morning, I said, “Isn't it too far? Let’s meet somewhere nearby if you say?”
“I don’t know. I want you to wake up and get ready. I will
see you at 2 pm at Starbucks, else you are dead”, she disconnected the call.
Kritika & I have been more than just friends, but less
than lovers from over two weeks. I was wondering that I was going too fast like
I went last time in Apoorva’s case.
I woke up and didn’t bath. It was too much low temperature to
bath.
I decided to tell her about Apoorva that day and so I picked
up printed copy of my book and took the metro to the Rajiv Chowk for Starbucks.
I couldn't find her anywhere inside the coffee shop. I dialed her number.
“Where are you?” I said in a soft voice so that foreigners
could enjoy their own coffee in our country.
“Look at the gate, I am just entering”, she entered with like
12 odd carry bags with different brand labels printed over them with her phone
between her ear and shoulder.
I walked towards the door and helped her to carry her bags.
She had already booked a table for two.
She sat and took out her rubber band from her pony and tied
it again. She looked hottest among all the foreigners sitting around.
“What will you have?” I asked.
“Ahhh…just one Caffe Latte. I just wanted a cosy place to sit
and drink the coffee with you.”
“Okay, I will order the same then.”
While our coffees took a little time to brew, I myself
touched the topic of Apoorva. A cunning smile appeared on her lustrous pink
lips. She asked me start from the start. I took out the copy of the printed
book from my bag and passed it to her.
“I want you to read it yourself”, I said while she read the
title of the book.
“Sweetly Broken- Every Time I see you? Ummm…Not bad…Looks
like lots of hard work had been put it.”
I smiled and she read the first chapter without uttering a
single word. I kept checking out pretty faces of the
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