She smiled as she read the chat.
‘Online?’
Just one word, yet, it made her smile. While typing out a yes, she wondered whether or not to add a smiley to go along with it… whether just the yes would sound rude to this overtly polite guy, or would the smiley give him an impression that she was anxiously waiting for his message. She chided herself for not having been active in the dating game in her younger days so she would know the nuances on how to, what to and what not to by now.
To her dismay, he found Milan to be a very nice guy, who spoke and behaved well, she felt quite comfortable around him. After lunch, they went to the nearby park and from there chose to walk back till her apartment. On their way back, Milan asked her if she enjoyed the afternoon with him, though she answered a simple ‘it was fine’, her smile revealed a lot more and he caught the twinkle in her eyes and smiled back. That cute boyish grin, again. Something happened to her when he smiled at her like that, her tummy was feeling all queasy.
“May I have your gtalk id? I assume you do come online once in a while.â€
What!! Asha was expecting him to ask for her phone number, but here, this guy was asking for her gtalk id.Â
Maybe seeing the puzzled expression on her face, he offered an explanation, “If I take your number and call you, you wouldn’t be able to avoid me without feeling bad about it yourself; but if I ping you when I come online, you can always go invisible or blame it on the bad network .“ Asha couldn’t help but smile and gladly wrote it down for him.
She replied, ‘yes :)’
She didn’t care what he thought of her, she was glad he pinged her and she would show her true feeling no matter what he thought about her.
She could tell by his reply that he was glad too that she replied and they talked for a long time after that, discussing books, music, politics, her dreams on being a journalist, his dreams on making it big in advertising. She felt good about it all, till now, she found no blemish on his character, or as much as he showed to her.Â
So the love story takes off ??? Pleeez let there be no glitch 🙂
I definitely hope this ship will sail through smooth 🙂
oh God !! am a curious cAT now . want to know the ending 😀
anyway I am liking this guy day by day
Please make it a happy ending !! and I wish I too knew more about dating during my teens 😛
Liked it bhavya
He he 🙂
Thank you for sharing the excitement you felt 🙂
Its really an out of the world experience when people are interested in your writing. I am the happiest person on Earth now 🙂 🙂
Keeping my fingers crossed for a happy ending…but take your time, I’m enjoying this!
Thank you Corinne. I need to push myself till Z to come up with an ending that justifies the beginning. 🙂
ah… love in their hearts… ! I love this 😀
He he 🙂 I am so glad you do 😉
OMG…the opening is just wow…to smiley or not to smiley 🙂 Yeh Dil maange more 🙂 Cheers, L
Thank you so much. Every word of appreciation you guys give means so much to me 🙂
Wow! Milan is such a thoughtful guy! Liked the concept of asking for her gtalk id! 😀
Milan, how I wish he would fall for me instead of my character 😛
First time here Bhavya. I’ve not read the previous posts but this post was great and I’m quite curious to know the ending.
Thank you so much for coming by. If you do have time, and if you so wish, read up on the other posts so you will know Asha’s entire story 🙂
I am now hopping to read your previous posts…you are a good storyteller 🙂
Thank you. At times when I write, I wonder if it all makes any sense, 90% of the time, I hit the Post button without re-reading what I have written.
Poor girl (and poor us) she has to wait for the the end of the month for her love story to have a happy ending.
And poor me, I need to think up a continuation to this tale everyday, that to corresponding to that day’s alphabet! 🙂
ohh I hope he doesn’t turn out to be horrible! 😮
Let us just hope for the best 🙂
All the world loves a lover, they say. As for me I am a die-hard romantic at heart. So, enjoying this story 🙂
Thanks Shail, I was afraid I am the only one remaining of the creed 🙂
Sigh! wish I knew who this Milan is? Want to meet this guy personally.
If you do happen to meet him, ask him to get back into my head 😉
Now I am admiring Milan!
Join the league dear 🙂
Lovely piece of fiction!! And timely, too, what with the current craze for doing almost *everything* online!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
You’re welcome Amber, and I appreciate you liking my writing 🙂
Means a great deal to me.
Thanks again.
went back to play catch up
Like the way you have her dialoguing in her head (so like a woman)
great start with the relationship
I makes it kinda fun to not know as the writer what is next
do the comments from people help???
Happy A to Z
will be back
Aww, thanks so much 🙂
This story is spontaneous and not planned out previously; so your comments do help me plan out how the story should go forth 🙂
Hmmm… this guy seems to be too good to be true…insert evil flaw!!! 😀
He he 🙂
What evil flaw shall we bring in? 😀
Such a wonderful flair with words. Impeccable.
Oh! Pallavi, that was a huge thing to say. Thank you 🙂
I get the feeling she’ll be eating her words about those silly girls who go weak in the knees over a guy pretty soon! ^_^
Of course she will, don’t we all 😉