He is a typical
angrez cutie pie. Tall, blue eyes, spiked hair and headphones with blaring
music. Green headphones. He takes the same train as I do in the mornings. In my
initial days, I would stare at him from a distance, knowing that a cutie like
him would never notice someone like me. But notice me he did. Noticed the
sloppy me spilling coffee on my pink shirt. Noticed the lost me looking for a
loo in the train.
A couple of
weeks ago, in my rush to catch an empty window seat, I spilled coffee from a discarded
coffee cup on my pretty pink shirt. Although, I religiously avoid public loos,
I had no choice but to go splash my shirt with water or face the prospect of
spending the whole day with the unsightly stain. Now, yeh UK
And we went our
separate ways.
But fate had
other things in store.
A couple of days
later, I was late for work. Running, I managed to squeeze into the train just
as the doors were closing. I got in but my bag did not. I was stuck, main andar, mera bag bahar.
Embarrassed, I kept tugging feebly at my bag, but it refused to budge. Phir kya
hona tha, in true hindi movie style, Mr Green Headphones came to my
rescue yet again. In a display of super human strength, he pulled the doors
apart, muscles bulging, shirt fating, bisceps showing. That is how the scene played out in
my mind. In reality, he
pulled open the doors with help from a baldy uncle with an umbrella and a
muscular guy who looked like he spent a lot of his time in the gym. Honestly, I
now kinda feel like Mr Headphones was doing pulling ka natak and bechara baldy
uncle and muscular gym guy were doing all the mehnat. My bag was rescued in the
nick of time and I thanked the trio coyly. Actually, the coy smile was meant
for Mr Green Headphones but continuity maintain karne ke liye I gave same
to same smile to everyone.
And we went our
separate ways.
But fate,
obviously, had other things in store.
I was at the
coffee machine at work a couple of days later, blabbering away with my friend
T. Coffee cup in one hand and a bottle of water in the other, I was oblivious
to the tall and cute guy standing behind me. My phone rang and in my haste to
answer it, I dropped my coffee cup. Coffee splashed out and splattered all over
the guy's light coloured trousers. Scared, I turned to apologise. And came face
to face with, no prizes for guessing, Mr Green Headphones!! While I
apologised profusely, he shrugged and walked away.
As Mr Fate would
have it, Mr Green Headphones urf Matt works in my office. In an office full of
tall, cute guys, he seems to just blend in. Waise
bhi all angrez ladka log look the same to me. If it weren’t for his green
headphones, I dont think I could have lusted
after recognised him on the train everyday.
He walked up to
me at work yesterday. Smiled and sat on the chair next to me. And in cool
dude style asked "Do you want to meet up for coffee today."
I smiled coyly,
jhukofied my nazrein and answered "I hope the coffee is in a cup and
not on your pants this time".
And that is the
reason why, yet again, we went our separate ways. :D :D
