FF: Love, Well almost [Chapter 50,51 - P 35] Mar 21 - Page 10

Part 10 - so ashwin couldn't get what geet wanted to tell him. He assured meera to help getting married to her bf. Fool he is. He may be in sleep again. Couldn't understand what she wanted to tell. So meera had to work hard to get his attention or geet had to tell him in specific words.

Oh...maan missing her & her mails and hurt with her silent behavior. Finally he had to tell about his crush. Oh...sad that he had no chance that she never gave a glance to him.

Part 11 - I liked the fight bet two friends. Meera's anger on ashwin and then geet was justified.

Omg...meera's oath...that was nice. But it was almost broken when geet said that she will send his mails to her where he said about his crush. But soon she understood that geet was fooling her and she took katti with her. The songs were perfect chosen for situation.

Part 12 - Meera poured all her feelings in that email. Now she don't want anything from him. Her description about her boyfriend that every girl wants that qualities in her boyfriend. I thought you going to mention about M shape lips..lol. if he is in sane condition then surely going to be jealous after reading this

So she didn't reveal her real name.

I thought initially she was j of N but then she advised him to make a first move and ask her out for coffee date just like AS asked her.

Shutabulgirl ...as in Suitable Girl ...oh...I didn't think that it could be like this.

Part 13 - Meera aur ashwin me kuch hoga ke nahi. He was again defensive about himself like in earlier email. Wondering what meera will write now.

He was curious to know what was her other name..if he comes to know may be he will guess that her real name.

He so much like make fun of her. calling her silly or calling her lover Ass just to rile her.

Part 14 - So much they are talking about toffees. Good that now they are talking. Hope this will lead to something bet them. She told that he was perfect figure for her which always gave her strength. She was curious to know about girl in his life.

Part 15 - Blushing...ashwin is blushing while reading meera's email. Good progress. Oh. I like all the email addresses here.

Lol... how easily she changed the tone of her email and ceases him to be her brother or baby's god father.

Omg...she wanted to know everything why her cousin's friend mailing him. Sana is bugging sister to him, wanted to know every juicy details about meera.

#16

From: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

To: notmeplease@xyz.com

Hello there!

Everything alright at your end? Sorry couldn't write earlier.

Eye candy?

Our college campus is so dry.

Except for A, there's hardly a likeable guy.

There's a guy in my batch, V. Not a eye candy but definitely a Candida (it's a kind of yeast white popularfor causing fungal infection)

In the first year, we had to do a project together.

God! He was so bossy, so full of himself and such a chauvinist. He thinks the world revolves around him.

He thought since I was a girl so my practical knowledge about things might not be at par with him. The girls don't make good engineers! Bullshit! We had a huge argument, I had never been that angry at anyone. Then he had later apologized for his behavior when I had brought two medals for our college at XCEL inter college competition. And guess what, he expected me to go out with him. Why, he was handsome, topper of our batch and he had also apologized ! Such snotty behavior. I refused and he's been pissed at me since then. Well, I don't care. So yesterday I was unwell. Period cramps. And someone asked me to do some work, I shouted out that I can't that I am really not feeling well. On further asked, I said it was my second day and I have terrible stomachache. This V, he happened to listen to that and started saying how shameless I was to talk about such things in public. I don't realize what's to be embarrassed about. It's a natural phenomenon. All of us study it in Biology. So you can talk about tits and ass and drop the f**k word in every second sentence and boast about making her wriggle beneath you but periods is a taboo word. Okay, I am blabbering again. You already think I am silly witless person. This might just solidify that belief of yours.

Yours

Shutabulgirl

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From: notmeplease@xyz.com

To: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

Ladki,

Wow listening to you speak about ass, tit and wriggling beneath him actually made me feel a little disgusted myself. So this is how it feels Hun?

Kidding. I'm super proud to make you as dirty talker as I am. I've raised you well. Bas, I've done my job. Ja ladki, apni zindagi jee le.

Jokes apart, I'm no expert but my elder sister when suffered from cramps had boiled milk with a spoonful of ghee. Why don't you try it out once? Also, since you anyway seem to look out of the window and not pay attention like that kid in Tare zameen par, i think you could do with taking a day off instead of screaming at random people.

Just a suggestion from you friendly stranger.

Maan.

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From: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

To: notmeplease@xyz.com

Raised me well ? Now you're are sounding like my big brother. Father maybe. But then I don't have an idea how fathers sound.

Anyways, I am JUST three years ypunger than you. Why are you hell bent on treating me like a kid? It really pisses me off you know.

I just remembered you asked me about my other name.

Why are you interested in it?

After ranting "half a page about what's in a name", you still want to know why?

The other name was Eena, Mina,Tina, what does it matter?!

And I don't know the meaning of Drashti. If you are interested go and look it up on Google.

And please we end this matter here itself. I don't want to have anymore discussions on names and meanings.

Milk with ghee...Dudh ka naam na lena I HATE milk!

But thank you for your suggestion.

And I am sure you're not being concerned about my well being. It must be the poor guy around me that you're vexed about. Who knows in my pain, I go shouting at "unsuspecting" guys, making them victims of my off mood.

And allow me to apologize for mistaking your concern for some poor guy as protectiveness for me.

You need not worry about them for you might not know but I have a very good aim for I have grown up playing cricket (was the best player of my team) so you don't need to worry about poor guys around me.

But I must tell you that you really hurt me with that outright refusal of yours.

Would it have hurt you to lie that you were concerned about me?

Or was it that accepting openly about feeling protective towards me would be oh-so-feminine-move? Might not have suited your mighty personality.

PS- That's alright. I already had taken medicine for it. It helped.

And I can't stay alone. I need to have people around me. That's why I don't bunk classes or any activities even if I am not so well.

Btw, I wouldn't mind faking it in front of A that I do not have a good aim. Perhaps I'll ask him to teach me some karate moves. Imagine...I get to spend time with him and we get closer too.

:-p

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From: notmeplease@xyz.com

To: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

Ladki,

Oh god, you have the patience the width of a needle. Theek hai, mat batao.

It is laughable that I was expecting you to know the other name anyway. A girl who doesn't know the meaning of her name for 21 years, she can't be trusted.

How did you answer all those answers all these years, of poor people trying to make small talk?

-Hey, what's your name?

-Drashti.

-Such a sweet name. What does it mean?

-I don't know. I don't care. Neither should you.

-Wow, nice knowing you. I would never attempt a small talk ever again. Thanks girl.

Is this how conversations happened with you so far?

Of course I'll look up the meaning. See, I'm a curious little person and I can't for the life of me leave questions without finding answers. I'm jobless like that.

Also I need something to do this evening since all my colleagues are going out and I chose to stay at home and finding meanings for names, and life in general.

About big brothers, well, I really wish you had one, because if you did you would not make a mountain out of molehill this way, since you would get used to how men talk. And this is why I have to treat you like a child. You need me to spell everything out for you, but then again who am I to blame? I was not aware you have joined in the course "How to take things at face value". You obviously didn't master to understand thinly veiled sarcasm.

Ps: My knowledge regarding period cramps end there. Even though i used to bribe my sister with a chocolate whenever she was super depressed. Not sure if it worked or she was only happy because it is a chocolate.

Your Mere acquaintance,

Maan.

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#17

From: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

To: notmeplease@xyz.com

This this is something I totally hate about you.

What's with this Chandler Bing avatar of yours!

The last letters that I had received and am yet to reply, they were dripping with sarcasm. All that just because I objected to your signature. It was do one just for fun sake.

You say I am an impatient person? What 'bout you?

At least I am straight forward. You Sir, when you're hurt or you don't like anything you hide behind that sassy, sarcastic tongue of yours.

I am sorry if your social life sucks and you don't go out with your friends and you have ample amount of time in your hands. Well you are most welcome to find the meaning of names. While you are at it, do find what Praneet, Aditya, Abhinav, Tanya means. I'm really curious to know.

And yes I don't know the meaning of my name so obviously am not to be trusted. Next time you want to share stories about the love of your life with me, you might want to rethink.

And sorry if I don't know the art of reading between the lines and that I take things at face value. But then you shouldn't be surprised. I am a witless person. Remember?

Daily dose of silliness, isn't that what my letters are to you?

Well I apologize once again if I am not so sharp as you. Actually I have grown up watching mushy romances. If my sentimentality and dramatic self is being reflected in the letters then I can't do anything about it.

If men talk like this, I am better off without a man.

Before I sign off there's something I have been wanting to tell you since I read your last letters.

I do not see anything wrong in asking a person out if you are interested in her.

But that's just my modern self speaking. You can always turn to drowning your feelings in alcohol and becoming Keats or Neruda.

If you want I can help you writing some shayris.

Kya bataayein unki aankhon mein kya masti thi Ghalib

Jab who hasti toh who nazrein bhi has padti thi

Kehna toh bahut kuch tha unse

Par hum the old school man

Hamari zabaan hi nahi khulti thi.

However I have a strong notion that poetry although is considered to be the "food of love", in the beginning period when the feeling isn't so strong, a good sonnet merely helps in "starving the fondness away."

( Guess where did I pick that line from?)

It's very obvious you are enamored with her why waste time like this. What it someone else asks her out.

And the amount of drinking that you do, I am really concerned. Do you not know about the health drawbacks of it? Why would you drink then? It might the fashion today. But why follow such fashion when it comes at a high cost. Try cutting down on your consumption of it.

Why I still can be a terrorist? This writing jingles about your crush might be another calculated step in winning your trust. Slowly you emotionally bind yourself with me and let your guard down and it is then I play my masterstroke. Do you still want to insert a thunderous laugh? ;-)

Yours

Shutabulgirl

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From: notmeplease@xyz.com

To: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

Drashti,

Proved you are engineering student after all. You're good at Math. You're doing a terrific job in counting what all I suck at. Great job.

But I got to give it to you, stating you have no idea what sarcasm is, you're being your sassiest best.

What am I supposed to do, when I find something disagreeable then? Or when I am shot down saying, I have crossed a line perhaps?

Cry foul and lecture for an hour? I am sorry, but that is not my style. Maybe if you want the entire world to be like you, you would end up hating everyone.

And thanks for the observation about my lack of social life. Maybe, because I am jobless, I am sitting before a laptop and making conversation with a person that is giving me a head ache.

PS: I need some alcohol in my system to put up with your pigheadedness. There, you wanted me to be straightforward. You got it. How do you like it?

Maan.

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From: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

To: notmeplease@xyz.com

Wow. Just wow. It took me a while to come to terms with the content of the letter.

I have never received a letter pleasanter than this. Thank you so much. And also thank you for letting me know about the atrocities I have been inflicting on your poor self.

Just a little more headache I will give you, I hope you'll cooperate. Jahaan itna saha hai, thoda aur sahi.

Putting up with my pigheadedness , did you say?

Well, not so sorry to break it to you that if not more you're as pigheaded and stubborn as me.

What about calling AS names?

Since the day I've mentioned him, you've got nothing good to say about him.

Do you know him? No, you don't.

Then what is this need to see him in poor light? Or are you one of those who get their kick by demeaning others without any fault of theirs.

He is no sissy.

He does know karate. And if you have been trained in Karate ( which I highly doubt for you must be too busy doing other interesting things) you must know that it's a rule that you don't go around showing off your talent!

Do you know how disappointing it is when such childish behaviour comes from you?

In this small acquaintance of ours, I had formed a very high opinion about you. Guess I was wrong.

Would you like it I made fun of your N?

And it's obvious you're enamoured with her.

So you don't need to go describing her asset. Since I do not bat for both the teams, I am so not interested in listening to your poetic descriptions about her eyes and nose.

Go and tell her. Might help you.

Signing off

Shutabulgirl

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From: notmeplease@xyz.com

To: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

D,

If I get it right, you were behind me to tell you all about Nithya. (I still don'tget your usage of initials for her. I already told the name. It's just the first name and quite common one at that. There's no need for you to pretend to safeguard her privacy) It was you who had given silent treatment when I did not give you all details of my nonexistent love life. And when I do to indulge you, its you who say i don't need to describe her eyes. Do me a favor, please decide what you want first. And it's her eyes i was talking about as the asset to her face. Unlike to your popular belief, i am not that cheap to talk about girls i know and like that way.

It's not that I want to see him in poor light. It's calling spade a spade. Karate isn't supposed to be an art to show off, i understand. But I also understand any form of self defense if not used to defend another person in the time of need is worthless. Yes I am not into Karate. And since I'm not like your holy than thou AS, I would rather keep to myself what my interests were. It was my fault to be outraged that you have gotten through an embarrassing episode with no one at your side, and worry that your hero worship of a guy you have just met might end up hurting you.

But then you are right. I do not know him. But let's be honest, i don't know you too. Neither do you know me. Had you known me, you wouldn't have said something on the lines of I getting a kick demeaning someone. I, out of all the people would never do such a thing, but then all of these do not matter now, do they?

A friendly suggestion, don't have expectations of any kind on me. Surprising as it might seem, i would rather not hurt anyone or let them down.

Maan.

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From: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

To: notmeplease@xyz.com

M,

I use her initials because I am to lazy to type her beautiful name.

No wait, I use her initials because I am the queen of pretension.

Childish, I might seem to you but I don't go around giving silent treatments to people just because they are not ready to share their private affairs with me. I am a student. I have certain priorities. Yeah, but you want to form assumptions. Be my guest.

Before calling spade a spade, you better call AS, AS.

You don't know me. I don't know you.

What are we doing talking to each other?

I am sure you'd have better jobs than indulging me.

Let's just end this here.

Thank you for everything.

It was nice knowing you.

PS- Now that you won't have to put up with me, I hope you would cut down on your alcohol consumption.

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From: notmeplease@xyz.com

To: shutabulgirl@xyz.com

Oh since we are going to give farewell speeches to each other, let me give you one last advice.

Do not ever take anything at face value. Who knows the one you are upset about might not be what it seems and the one which seems all nice and rosy might not be what it is either.

I don't have anything else to say to you. You're an adult, who can make her own decisions so good day to you. Have a pleasant life.

PS: I never told you I consume alcohol everyday. Maybe sometimes when I say "I need a drink", it is more figurative than real. There's no point explaining all this now, since I'm really down with a headache after this beautiful exchange (not figurative this time).

Good bye Drashti.

A stranger who crossed paths with you,

Maan