Today I convinced him to meet me. For me it was a date. No need to say how happy I was. I wore a nice pink dress (pink being color of love) to impress him. It was really stupid. We know each other for so many years now. He has seen me growing up from a low-confident not so pretty and stylish girl to now much more confident, style conscious and well settled. But still who knows today he might find something new in me. A date over coffee sounded perfect to me.
He was supposed to hit the place directly after work. So I reached the cafe first, reserved the place with best view. It was drizzling since morning creating the perfect romantic atmosphere. I was eager to see him. Nothing looked good in his absence, the aroma of coffee, the smell of earth, nothing at all.
I was checking my mobile after every 2 seconds, waiting for his call or message. I had organized my thoughts, what I’m gonna say, what I’m gonna reply. Everything I had planned. I started day-dreaming, imagining myself with him dancing on the rhythm of falling rain drops and stealing a kiss. I was blushing when the guy came and asked me to place an order. I couldn’t sit idle so ordered one cappuccino. It was not tasting good as it usually does. How will it when I’m not feeling good from within?
It’s been more than 30 min that I was waiting. I decided to call him. Dialled his number “the customer you are trying to reach is busy on another call”. I hanged up. Again waited for 10 more minutes and tried his number. The same lady answered. I became restless. Not out of insecurity. I know how busy he is with his work. But I just wanted to hear from him.
I became more impatient; when my mobile bell rang. It was him. I smiled and picked up the phone. With a smile on my face forgetting all the trouble I faced waiting for him so long I said “hey, where are you?” …”hey, I’m sorry to keep you waiting for so long”…no need to be sorry dear, I can’t be upset with you. “I got stuck in a client call and now there’s one more important meeting lined up. I seriously can’t make it today. I’m very sorry”..Sorry? I really didn’t want to hear these words. I was still not angry but quite upset. The moment for which I was waiting for so long was not gonna come. I stepped out of cafe hiding my tears in rain.
April 29, 2012 at 8:08 pm
Disappointment is one of the hardest feelings to hide, isn’t it?
April 29, 2012 at 8:09 pm
yes it is…you can’t hide and you can’t speak out either
but it’s a fiction story..let me clear 😉
April 29, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Yes, fiction it is, but we’ve all felt disappointment like that.
April 29, 2012 at 8:16 pm
hmm..sometime in life..it’s a part and parcel of our lives
April 29, 2012 at 8:48 pm
a broad plot with pointed outcome!
aren’t we so near in life, while imagining and living! I wonder. I know how she feels.
Did she carry an umbrella? haha… 😀
April 29, 2012 at 9:54 pm
that’s so bad Kam…humor at wrong place..haha
you should sympathize with her ya
April 29, 2012 at 11:30 pm
I did sympathize in the second line. May be she was crying and could see my second line 😉 haha…
nice plot lady. Not sure, where you are taking us… started in a desert, now at a coffee shop with rains… I can see things materializing from mirage to rain… I am hopeful. Not sure how you decide to end it. 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 9:44 am
I have no definite end in my mind yet…but through small instances i’m trying to narrate her story..which is till now disappointing..n that’s why it’s “Mirage”
April 29, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Awww, I always like reading about courtship from the woman’s point of view. Makes me think that I would never have left her waiting,
April 30, 2012 at 9:42 am
hmmm… thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 1:03 am
i really connect with what you wrote here..
Here’s hoping he does turn up next time,his loss if he doesn’t!
Cheer up!
April 30, 2012 at 1:16 am
now i see,it’s fiction!
Carry on the story forward,then
April 30, 2012 at 9:41 am
hahaha…you thought it’s true ha…:)
April 30, 2012 at 9:21 am
Its lovely, but the end is a bit disappointing for me…Love the way you portrayed. “Pink – being the color of Girls or for Girls….lol. Like your last line of the story, nobody knows that she is crying because of the rain….touching!!! Still a romantic coffee date.
April 30, 2012 at 9:40 am
hey thanks…ya since it’s an incomplete love story the end is that way… glad you liked it 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 10:01 am
Yeah, I understood. But you got a gr8 Future Namita with short & sweet stories. Way 2 go Nami 😉
April 30, 2012 at 10:28 am
haha…that’s very kind of you…right now..i dont even know the future of this story…about my future..let time decide 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 11:25 am
Time decided already, that’s the reason you are here 😉 Seriously, do write more. This particular story is a feel good one. Eagerly waiting for your next one.
April 30, 2012 at 11:32 am
Thank u so much 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 11:45 am
Anytime mam ;)!!!
April 30, 2012 at 10:31 am
haha!
Well,we need to blame your writing for that!
April 30, 2012 at 10:37 am
🙂
April 30, 2012 at 6:32 pm
😦 so sad, but awesome writing! I’m glad it’s only a fiction story 🙂
April 30, 2012 at 8:48 pm
hey thanks a lot..glad you liked it 🙂
May 1, 2012 at 4:05 am
Oh good! I’m glad it’s only fiction. I was gonna get upset there for ya =P
Nice writing 🙂
May 1, 2012 at 10:33 am
Hey thanks… I’m overwhelmed with the response I’m getting for my fiction stories..thanks for stooping by 🙂
May 1, 2012 at 6:59 pm
That’s great encouragement!
It was my pleasure 🙂
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May 7, 2012 at 2:22 pm
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November 28, 2012 at 11:40 am
nicely written! 🙂
December 2, 2012 at 12:38 am
thanks you so much 🙂
December 2, 2012 at 12:38 am
thanks so much 🙂
April 4, 2013 at 12:52 pm
nice one…. emotions and the feelings which one was attached was superbly explained.. I just adored about how the girl felt and more than that it saddened me when her tear was lost in the rain.. good one…. 🙂