Day 2

I was busy attending to my work, thoughts still lingering around her. Should I break the ilence? Well, being ‘the man’ I could and should take the lead. I had just finished my presentation to my boss.

Applauded for all the hard work that went into the work, I was all in my moods for fun. Returned to my cabin, turned on the AC, loosened the knot around my neck , we so fancifully call tie, and logged into my personal mail.

She was online.  I typed  H-E-L-L-O and hit enter. For a second I felt it did it twice, but no, actually there were two hellos on the chat box. We pinged each other at the same time, as fortune would have it, I was ahead by a fraction of a second.

I put in :-) and asked if she was busy. For the second time the reflection continued! The coincidence was to become obvious. "NO" .

Well, I asked if she was free in the evening. She replied she replied "Yes".

Can we meet at necklace road? I asked.  She smiled an agreement.

I called home to inform that I will be seeing the girl and will have dinner outside, and desert at home.

It was only then I realized that was little over perfect for this unplanned date. I was making a corporate presentation and I was wearing my best tuxedo,  the London blue cufflinks matched perfectly with the light stripes shirt. Pink gold xylus completed the look!

Boss called in for lunch. I always enjoyed the elaborate corporate menus, it only added to my joyous mood.  Nine am to five pm flew away like a couple of minutes. And now, five to six was like a whole working day! I asked Raju to clean my car, just in case, it would come in handy. No sooner did the clock tick Six, I zapped out and zoomed away in my freshly washed babe.

I was just on time. I parked my car and looked towards the bike parking stand. The angel had just come in, and was parking her peppy.

She was wearing a red-black kurta and jeans. I could already feel the magic. I looked into my window glass and adjusted my hair and tie, and popped in mint and was looking forward for the evening. ( I wanted to run in her direction, but i had to control the kid)

We greeted each other. I was mesmerized by her beautiful her smiling eyes, and was lost in them for a moment. They were  full of life and vigour!

 

We crossed the road, to the other side, just then public from the MMTS railway station were coming out.

“Did you ever travel by MMTS?” she asked.

O! I did, for almost a year from hafizpet to malakpet!

Thats the best way to travel in city I added.

"Did you also travel my the train? "

"I used to go to office by train un till recently, not much these days. I like travelling by metro" she replied.

"Would you like to take a short trip?"

" O yes why not!, she accepted the offer, smiling beautifully.

I went straight to the counter and bought two first class tickets.

Three minutes and the train arrived. I escorted her, extending my arm, indicating ladies first. She smiled a thank you. Not only we were the only ones to board the first class, but also we were the only one ones in the entire coach.

What more privacy a new knowing couple need? The universe was planning things already I guessed, but it was too early to fall into this.

Our professional lives were the subject of discussion. We talked about our working hours, even our bosses amidst other things.

“Do you have free time?” she asked.

“ No. Not after I realized how precious it is, there is no more ‘free’ ness to it” I replied.

What  do you do all day…if only you don’t mind telling me she said.

Well…