Pages From Her Diary

A Date !!  I never been on date before. Neha mused. She had watched her friends getting excited to go on a date -  parlour visits, silky smooth hair, dash of makeup, shopping for the best attire -  is this some kind of a life changing event ? Neha always used to think :)  Now when she had an invite, she seemed lost -  never been a “lots-a-makeup person “, never tried to smoothen her unruly curls, loved to wear her jean n tee - What do I do now? Neha was brooding. "Look your best beautiful, it’s your first date with Adi .  Be ready to get pampered with roses, chocolates and gifts, dinner by the lake “ . Mira gave her two bit gyan on the looks and the dress to wear before she left . "Hey Neha, I need to go for the jamming rehearsals, will have you picked you up from your place once I am thru .  Adi’s message . "That’s fine Adi . Will wait for you " Neha replied. Neha stood before her wardrobe to choose a perfect dress for t...

2nd March 2015.... It was one of those Manic Mondays, the scheduler popped up showing three back to back meetings as I carefully packed my stuff and strutted out of the office .. A good three hours later, done with the first meet which  was kind of boring while I was trying to look interested at the power point presentations and busy browsing through my whatapp messages . Sigh of relief when I saw  a ping that the next meetings were rescheduled by a couple of hours ! Had to while away some time , I found myself walking in to the local CCD ... queue guaranteed a wait for minimum 20 min !!!   Sigh , now with something as exciting as standing in the queue , eyes roved past the shop. Till I realized that there was another pair of eyes on me .  He was wearing a black hoodie, blue denim, hair disheveled ( a la SRK ) , laptop on the table and sipping his coffee. At that same moment , very funnily both of us trying to shift the gaze as if we...