OFFICIAL DATE - 3

CHAPTER -3

And here comes my first official date. At last I convinced her for a date. But still she did not accept my proposal. She just said ok lets have a date, let’s see whether we are compatible or not? :) Guys I was going good...

I convinced her to come to Bangalore. She is a very mature girl; and does not like wasting money anywhere. And that was really a positive point in her. We booked the flight ticket from Delhi to Bangalore as she had to return the same day.  We booked the return ticket too.

Since the last one week I was discussing about buying another gift. Some friends suggested a ring, some said a golden chain, some asked to buy dresses. But we couldn’t arrive at any conclusion. I had something else running in my mind as I knew she wouldn’t wear Indian dresses very often.

But then I thought, she anyways will wear what she likes. This time, let me give her what I like. I had imagined her in a dress, something for my dream girl…. I wanted the same combination for her. What I wanted to gift her was a white cotton kurta, with small blue print and blue colored leggings to match. Also, a blue watch to go with it, pearl tops, blue bindi and a matching sandal.

Now the question was how will I buy all these things alone? I had to take help from someone. The only option I could see was Jyoti, my friend. I called her and explained everything. She kept on laughing as she couldn’t believe a guy like me had actually thought so much. She said my imagination was awesome and she would love to help.

We were lucky. We got the kurta in the first shot. It took us another 2 days to arrange rest of the things. I was thankful to Jyoti as she took out time from schedule.

Now I was all set for the D-Day!

Here’s what we spoke the night before:

Sneha: Hi Nautanki

Amit: I am so excited...

Sneha: me too

Amit : u r kidding na?

Sneha: yes

Amit :(

Sneha: ha ha

Amit : yaar don't make jokes all the time

Sneha: seriouly baba, I am also excited

Amit : waoooooooooo

Sneha: ok , what did you have in dinner?

Amit : everyday, you ask me the same question

Sneha: Because I want you to be healthy.

Amit : oh .. please don't show so much care. I’m already crazy about you. What if I go mad

Sneha: he he.. so filmy…really

Amit: didn’t u like?

Sneha: I like everything, I mean all ur jokes

Amit : Ahem Ahem

Sneha: chalo, i am going to sleep.. Will have to get up early in the morning

Amit : u know I was waiting for this day from so long… please come ASAP

Sneha: close ur eyes, by the time u open ur eyes, I will be there

Amit: I won’t be able to sleep 

Sneha: Amit please sleep 

AMit : ok last question. Did you go to parlor today?

Sneha: nooooooooooooooooooooo

Amit : ok 

Sneha: why?

Amit : i thought at least once, even you wanted to impress me

Sneha: oh! Are you still not impressed?

Amit : I am 101% impressed

Sneha: idiot.. go now , see u soon

Amit : Dying to see u

Sneha: Gn sd

Amit : gn , sd ..umaaaahhhh

Sneha: oye what is this

Amit : what ?

Sneha: just now… what did you write?

Amit : me? What?

Sneha: do u think u r over smart?

Amit : yes

Sneha: chalo Gn

Amit : gn

I could only see her face whenever I tried to close my eyes. I decided not to sleep as I kept trying hard but had no luck. After an hour, I get a pop-up.

Sneha: Even I am also not getting sleep"

 (For the first time, here comes a mature answer by The Amit :P )

Amit : have some water and take a deep breath. U need to travel tomorrow.

Sneha: ok :)

I could hardly sleep for 2 hours when I got a call from the cab driver. I had booked a cab last evening. He asked (as far as I could recall), “Sir yen addressa”. Don’t know why south indians always add “aa” after every English word ;)  I communicated my address and started to get ready. I called Sneha.

Sneha:gm

Amit: where r u?

Sneha: airport

Amit : cool .. see u soon

Sneha: ok

I took the cab and headed toward the airport. Bangalore airport was so far…felt like I was travelling to Andhra Pradesh!! She would reach from Delhi in 2 hrs. 20 min and I would reach the airport in 2 hours.  I knew she would reach by 7:20am and I had to rush.

I was waiting outside for her. I kept looking at every one exiting from the airport and here comes the beauty of my life "Sneha". That was beauty! She walked like a model. As she promised, she had not tied her hair. She was looking gorgeous in her pink dress. I was not able to take my eyes off her.

She gave me a sweet smile and said "waiting from a long time?" I just nodded. I wanted to tell her how good she looked but I knew she would again call me a nautanki. But since I couldn’t hold anymore, I just said “u r looking damn gorgeous”. But to my surprise she replied, “Thanks, you are also looking good".  Ah!! She always manages to surprise me with her words...

We sat in the cab asked where we were going. She knew I lived with friends. I asked her not to worry as there was no one at home. I asked her to take some rest, have breakfast. I promised to play a song for her and take her out later. She said "oh big plan haan?" .. And there was my filmy reply "main toh saari duniya tumhare kadam mein lakar rakh du". She said Oh Mr Romantic. I was constantly looking at her. She said she was with me anyways and I can look at her for as long as I wanted. I wasn’t looking at her intentionally- her eyes were seriously killing me!

I didn’t know what happened that day. The glaze on her face was awesome. She was already beautiful and topped up with light make up. I thought I would be dead that day.

We reached home. I had cleaned everything properly the last night. As soon as she entered she was impressed. She said “Wao, boys house and this clean!”. I replied, “Anything for you ma’am”. I ordered South Indian breakfast for her. She loved experimenting with food types, so thought she would like kannada style breakfast and she did!

I took her permission to stare at her. She started to hide her face. I was a bit angry with this. She understood. She came to the sofa where I was sitting and started to stare into my eyes. She said, “If you want, you can look at me for the rest of your life”. I couldn’t speak. It was like we spoke with our eyes. Sounds a bit filmy but yes it was. She became a little shy. We sat quietly for 5 mins.

I broke the silence. I said, “I got something for you. But please do me a favor and close your eyes”. She kept asking why and then agreed to close. Oh my!! She looked prettier that way. Anyways, I kept my gift in front of her eyes and a big bouquet of flowers too. I hoped she would like flowers. I asked her to open her eyes.

She was pleasantly surprised. She opened the gifts one by one, as I requested. In a particular sequence.. She started with the kurta and ended with opening the box that contained sandals. She loved everything. She asked me why I wasted so much money. I said, “this was nothing. There were more to come. This is my love…a way to show my love.” She smiled.

Then came my request. I asked her for another favor. She asked what? “I want you to wear everything and then come with me ....” She asked, “Everything ????”  I said "yes". She looked at me .. a loving one. I showed her where to change. All rooms in my house were anyway free.

After 15 min, the door opened and she came in her new attire. Guys, I should tell you. I had never seen such a beauty in my life. She really was my dream girl. For a moment, I was stoned. OMG! I asked her to marry me right there as I couldn’t wait. I bent down on my knees and asked for marriage. I asked her to accept me. She said I was the type of person she wanted to marry. But she asked me to wait for our love to mature. We both smiled.

We started from my place. She liked my car…my Ford. I wasn’t able to take my eyes off her. I wanted to call my mom and tell her that I found her bahu ;)

I didn’t know where to take her in Bangalore, so decided to start with ISKCON. Actually I wanted to spend as much time as possible with her and I knew Iskcon would atleast take an hour or two. We started to talk. I asked her “kab shaadi karogi”. She gave the same answer as always, “don’t know”. We continued to talk. She told me she liked reading books. She asked me if I will ever cook after marriage. I accepted because that was my hobby. I would have experimented (bad ones :P) and made her eat. But guys, Sneha was an awesome cook.

I asked her to cook atleast during weekends and she said, “why weekend…I can cook every day. But let us marry first. Conditions apply”. Ha ha.

I delivered a shayari as I always do. It goes this way:

"Samandar peer ka andar hain lekin ro nahi sakta

Yeh aasu pyaar ka moti hain isko kho nahi sakta

Meri chahat ko dulhan tu bana lena magar sun le

Jo mera ho nahi paaya woh tera ho nahi sakta"  .. :)”

“Wah! Wah!..” she said.

Seriously guys….her smile. I get a sort of positive energy from that. When she smiles, I felt like all problems in the world have been solved. And her blue bindi. …I felt like singing songs for her, like a filmy hero.

We reached ISKCON in 2 hours. As we both entered, we saw a beggar waiting outside. He was old. I gave him some money and got his “aap dono ki Jodi salamat rahe” blessings from him. I told her see, we are indeed a perfect match. I was not a big fan of puja, but I felt good that day. When your beloved is beside you, the whole world looks and feels good. I would have forgiven even my enemies that day.

We went inside and saw her praying with full concentration. I recalled one song “tujhme rab dikhta hai, yara main kya karoon”. After spending half an hour, we came out. I asked her whether she would like to go to a mall or a park first. She said, “take me wherever I can sit in a place and talk to you.”. Even I wanted the same… After thinking, I decided to go to 13^th floor (a beautiful restaurant in the 13^th floor.

I booked two seats in the restaurant. We could talk for the whole day there. She liked the place a lot. We took the corner seat and adorned the awesome view from the 13^th floor. Slowly, we started talking. Here is the summary of our talk:

Amit : can I say something

Sneha : Yes plz

Amit : Am I not perfect for u?

Sneha: u r perfect , am I perfect ?

Amit : you are more than perfect.

Sneha: initially everything looks like that Amit , we should always give time to understand.

Amit : agreed. ok tell me what do u want in ur perfect life partner ?

Sneha: Brad Pitt

Amit : :( , ok I will try to be Brad Pitt for you

Sneha: So sweet of you , no need… u r perfect..just give me some time ....

Amit : but I can’t wait .. let’s get married na ...

Sneha: I am here only .. don't worry will not marry any one else

Amit : you can't

Sneha: why ?

Amit : I will kill him

Sneha: ha ha.. intense haan ??

Amit : danger wala ... you are mine ..

Sneha: oooo

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I did not know how time passed by. We ordered food. I only observed her eyes, her lips, her face while she was eating. She looked so good every time. Once done, she insisted we go back home. She wanted me to play her a song. We did so as I could see she was very tired already. I asked her if she would want to change her dress. She said, “I would want to be in your choice”. Wow! I played the song “neherbaan” for her. She said if I sing that way, she will have to accept me very quickly. I said, “Then I would sing my whole life for you”.

Time flew. Then the painful time of departing arrived. I did not want her to go. I hate departures. We started our journey towards the airport. As per my plan, I told her I would stop by at one place on the way. We stopped near Agara lake – my favorite place. She asked why this place…what’s the secret now? I told her to come with me.

I said, “this is my favorite place in Bangalore. Please make this the favorite place in the world for me”. She replied, “Usually I don’t talk to guys. In fact, after a very long time, I’m talking to someone. I don’t know how the days went by. I will never forget you. ..Should I tell?” “Yes, Sneha, please”, I requested. She said, “I’m crazy about you Amit. I like you very much”.

Don’t know what happened…I said “I love you”. She held my hand and said, “I love you too”. Waoo! I was on cloud nine. Unable to control my happiness. Wanted to hug her, but couldn’t.

We started to move towards the airport. Time to bid good bye. I saw tears in her eyes. I didn’t want to make her feel more bad. I said, “hey…fir kab milogi. Aar aha hoon baarat leke”. She smiled and replied, “Nautanki”… and left.