Thank you all for your sweet comment, here the part 2 of "speed dating".
I want to precise that the sentence in ( ) correspond to the inner voice of characters.
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Speed running
-I'm so excited Zoya, you can't imagine
-Humeiraaa, said Zoya with annoyed tone
-Leave it, you can't understand, anyway, Zoya , before we go inside, promess me something
-What again? Don't tell me we are going to do another speed dating after this, if it doesn't work for you
-No, not this, but thank you to suggest, but I know that you say yes for the next time
Zoya rolled her eyes
-Promess that you are going to be nice, don't make any drama, stay until it finish, please, please, if you do it for me, I will do anything for you, you can ask me anything
-Anything? Are you sure?
Humeira nodded quietly
-Humeira begum, it will be really expensive, I will think about it, let's go and finish this and after I will tell you.
They hugged each other and they entered in the bar.
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-Asad take this, you will need it
-What is this?
-What you already forget? The sentence that you will need to fill the conversation, so first thing say "hello" or "hi", "good evening" is too much strict .
-"good evening" is polite Ayaan
-no bhaijaan, "good evening" is strict, it's not a bussiness deal, it's a date, relax, and next say "how are you",after this normaly, she will talk a lot. But don't worry , I have other thing for you, asked them "what kind of men they are lookin for", "what do they expect from this dating?". But bhaijaan please, don't be judgemental and let them answer the
question, don't throw all the question in one shoot.
-You will pay for this you know, really expensive
-I know , I will pay with all my love but before you go, don't tell them that we are brother
-Why??
-Because they will think that this dating is not serious and that I engage actors, I don't need a bad showcase.
Asad nodded whithout strongly believe that it will work, but he can do it at least he will try for his brother's sake.
The room began to fill slowly and Asad felt restless. As he turned back to his brother, he didn't noticed the two last women who entered the bar.
-Ayaan, I can't do this...
-Bhaijaan look at me, breath, breath, you think that if Mohammed Ali was scared, he will become the legend that he is or Amstrong if he decided not to walk on the moon...
-Ayaan this is ridiculous
-No bhaijaan, fight fight, but not with your hands, I don't want drama, come on bro, make me proud.
Ayaan pushed his brother hardly.
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Thank you all for coming, I'm really happy to greet you for this first speed dating in "Hot & Cold Bar". I wished you to find what your are looking for, at least if it's not love, you can found a good cocktail at the bar. Before starting, I want to say :
Dating with love and speed in talk
Dating with love and speed in talk
Today your heart will take you for a walk
Everyone giggled except Zoya and Asad who both rolled their eyes heavenly.
-I would before we start, to remind you the rules: for privacy, everyone will have a number from 1 to 7 for ladies and for the gentleman too. Each dating will lasted 7 minutes not more not less, and at each sound of the gong, the gentlemen will change places and rotate as clockwise. Like this, ladies will have the opportunity to meet everyone. All of them will have a paper to write their choice, at the end, participants will submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact information to. If there is a match, contact information is forwarded to both parties. So Ladies have a sit and gentleman be prepared aaannnd ..
Ayaan rang the first gong.
Humeira, Zoya , Ayaan and Asad send a silent prayer to the sky but not for the same reason
Humeira: ya Allah may I find him here
Zoya: ya Allah, make me patient
Ayaan: ya Allah make me famous
Asad: ya Allah, wake me up from this nightmare
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(Asad beta number one, start )
-Hi
-Sit down, we don't have time, she said with a firm tone, which made Asad looked shocked
-Hi
-What's your name?
-Asad ah..
-How old are you?
-32
-You have a job ?
-yes
-What kind of job ?
-architect
-You have your own compagny or you are employed?
-My own
-Good, what it your salary?
-It's not your bussiness
-Mmm that mean you earn a lot, You are living alone or with family?
-With family
-Mmm not good
-(is she for real? It's like an job interview, crasy desperate woman)
-Do you have in your family a genetic disease ? have you a good healthy life? Smoking? drinking?
-I care of myself, I don't drink or smoke
(why I'm answering to her like a scared little boy, Ayaan I will kill you)
-Good, so If I summarizes: good job, good looking, young and single, what's your problem?
-excuse me????
-Yes, you have many positive point but you still single, I asked what's your problem?
-I I...
-You have a small penis? You don't know how to satisfy women? Are you gay ?
-What ??? No I...
-You don't know how to satisfy
( just shut up , shut up, shut uuuppp)
-No it's not this, I'm not gay
-So you are mummy's boy, you are looking for your mum in every women, suffering from oedipe's complex, really common
(don't you dare talking about my mum)
-You know what, I'm sorry, I can accept you as a date
-I didn't ask..
-You are good looking but it's not enough, you seems emotionally fragile and challenged, mummy's boy, shy, not confident.
And ask myself how you become a bussiness man? she muttered the last sentence. But Asad heard her and his boiling with anger.
(Control asad, control, it's for Ayaan)
The gong rang , asad stood up angrily and run to the next table.
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-Hello Miss
-Hello
-Nice to meet you
-Me too, so why you are here and what do you expect from this king of dating?
(Men like to talk about themself, and with this question, 7 minutes will fly quickly)
-Well, my name is James, i'm an engineer and I'm looking for a sweet girl,
(which means docile and dumb)
-calm and traditionnal,
(means never rise her voice and never say no to her husband)
-can take for a house and family,
(know how to cook and to care for children)
-And you what you have to offer to this "sweet and calm" girl? said Zoya with sarcastic tone
-I will offer her the comfort and the safety that she needs,
(means until she do what I ask her to do)
-And, do you want to her to work?
-She can if she wants, but caring a house and a family is enough and respectuful job for any women. Women who want ot be independant are alone because they are acting like a man, and forget what she made for. Women are the soft body and there is a reason why. That I want to protect her from life and it hardness. You know may be women will not apreciate my speech but I'm prefer to be honest.
(and from your rudness and your foolishness) Zoya boild with anger
-So what about you young lady? Tell me about you? You look so nice and sweet
(wait and see, you will know who are sweet and nice) Zoya smirked
-Thank you that so sweet of you, well I love life and I have a lot of friend many of them are boys, I like them all,
The guy started by making some grimace the more she talk about herself
-But you know actually I'm bisexuel I prefer both, in this case no one is jealous and I increase my chance to find a person at the end, and she laughed excessively
He started by sweating hardly.
-Hope you don't mind, but you know I'm prefer to be honest, she looked at him deeply
He ajusted his collar and said : hmmm no, no for sure, I mean hmm no, no ,
And the gong rang. He stood up in hurry and muttering a brief goodbye.
(In your face, rude boy , independant woman 1 macho 0, next)
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Asad in anger still glancing at her, when he heard a soft voice
-Hello, are you ok?
He looked at this petite figure, beautiful girl. She smiled at him and he respond shyly.
-How are you?
-Fine thank you and you?
-I'm fine, a little bit stressed because it's my first speed dating, but anyaway, I'm happy to be here. By the way, I'm Humeira and you?
-Asad
-Nice to meet you Asad
(she seems normal)
-may I ask you a question ?
-Yes for sure, his anger decreased like an ice under the sun
-I don't want to sound rude,
(it will be hard to be more rude than my last meeting)
-Why you are here? You are good looking and I think women will be after you? So i asked why you do this kind of meeting?
He felt embarassed and amused by her
-Well I'm here because ... and he stopped abrutly remembering what his brother asked him,
-because i worked a lot and I don't get time to meet a lot of women, only married women,
She made a weird face, he looked at her surprising and understand what she concluded
-no no I'm not going out with married women, no , I mean there is not a lot single women in my job actually
-Aahh ok sorry I misunderstand the thing, it's just that some men like married women that why, I'm sorry If I...
-No it's ok
They laughed together at their foolishness
-So humeira, did you find or like someone here?
Humeira felt really nice with him, he's really handosome she can't deny but she only have a friendship feeling for the moment.
-Well, actually, I like the organizer
-Who ? Ayaan
-Yes Ayaan, he's really hansome, he seems funny and I like his curly hair, his smile, humeira was in her lalala land
(Ayaan Jee seems that you have a secret admirer)
-Hmmm you don't know him right? Don't tell him anything, please
-No it's ok I won't tell anything, this is our secret
-Deal
-Deal
and they shook their hands.
And the gong remind them the end, they whished a goodbye to each other, and Asad winked at her after seeing her looking at Ayaan, and she blushed.
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-Good evening beautiful
-(oh no a seducer, aarrrgh)
-Hi, have a seat, please
-Of course with pleasure
(arf it going to be long)
-So tell me why you are here and why..
-Did someone told you before that you are beautiful?
-haaa actually I don't..
R-eally georgeous, beautiful dark eyes, beautiful hair,
(why am I feeling incomfortable with this guy?)
-beautiful lips
(now I know why, and stop staring at me like this)
-You know when I entered , I only notice you from the beginning, I couldn't keep my eyes away from you
Zoya feeling restless
(come on think of something)
He put his elbow on the table and close the distance, and at this Zoya respond by pushing her back againt her chair
-I really like you, I'm honest and you, do you like me? he said with husky voice
(Got it, let's start now beautiful)
-Well, I know I am beautiful because you know I'm a model, and all my ex-boyfriend were a man models, beautiful body, 6 packs
His smile fade quickly,
-Handsome, tall, rich, good looking, and you will asked why I'm here
He nodded
-Well I want to try something else, something normal, ordinary, so that why I'm here, and I should say that it's totally different that what I used to, she laughed which made the guy really discomfort, but he cleared his throat after the shock news, less confident that the beginning and asked hesitantly:
-So do you like me?
-Well, she looked at him up and down, and said: you know you are really nice guy, sweet but I'm not ready for common guy
And the gong rang again, he stand up slowly and muttered a heavy goodbye
(So, model 1 ego 0, next, thank you humeira, I'm really enjoying)
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Asad left Humeira's table smiling, and wishing that the next will be equal.
-Hello
-Hi hand-some
(Oh mY...), she looked at him with seductive look. She was wearing a black short dress, showing her long silky legs, with a deep low-necked showing her cleavage. He have to admit she's beautiful, after all he's a man but, he didn't like provocative woman. Most of women that he met were like this, even some married women. But he never knew how to manage them, they always made him feel awkward, he ajusted his collar.
-What's your name?
-Aasad
-What does it mean, Asad? She whispered her name
-Lion
-I like it my lion rrr, she respond by roaring
(Oh God help me!!!)
-You are really a good looking, you do some sport, A-sad?
-y yeess
-i can see, she looked at him up and down slowly,
- I can feel it, she put her hand on his arms, but he retracted quickly
-Mmm shy, I like it, I can see that you have 6 packs
He crossed his arms on his chest. Her intense look made him really awkward.
-So A-sad, tell me, do you prefer breakfeast, dinner or..Dessert?
-I I prefer what my mum prepare for me
-Mmm little boy, and what is your favorite sense?
-Sight, she looked at him intensly
-hearing, she caressed her ears
-taste, she licked her upper lips
-smell, she inhaled deeply
-or touch, she traveled her hands from her cheek to her neck
Asad looked at her with disgust and started by sweating, he deffinetly didn't know how to manage this, he looked at Ayaan who teased him and at the gong with restless.
(please rang, please rang, pleasseee, Ayaan)
-A-sad, Me I prefer touch, she whispered
-I I don't know, smell, smell
(smell really, what the he...)
-Smell, mmh naughty boy
(oh my god, what's she imagine?)
-You prefer day or..Night?
(don't mention any word with sexual meaning, be professionnel)
-Day because I like working, and night it depend, I spleep a few actually
-Oh so your bed seems to feel alone, really alone, right ?
(oh non Asad miya, why did you do?)
-I didn't ask him actually
-Ahaha you are so funny, and what other things you do in your bed?
-I work, I work a lot with my computer on my lap
(shit, not lap not lap)
-Ooohhh lap, I 'm jealous of your computer because he can be on your lap and you touch it with so much care
But unfortunately for her, the gong rang again, and asad jumped in joy and said
-the gong rang, the gong rang, it's rang , ding dong the gong
He felt like kissing the gong and took it in his arms.
-what a pity, anyway bye Asad, and she send him a butterfly kiss
He almost threw himself in the next table.
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while she was scribbling on her paper, she heard
-helllooo miss,
She looked up and saw a smiling guy but what caught her eyes was what he was wearing : brown boots, flowered pants, flashy pink top open, rings in all his finger,wearing 2 different earings and with cowboy hat.
-h hhi
-i'm happy to be here, to meet different beautiful women,
-thank you, Zoya smiled at him and she didn't know, but she enjoyed to talk to this extravagant guy.
-If You prefer, I can start or ladies first
-No no please,
-You seems shy, you shouldn't you know, you are beautiful, sweet and so let this little girl inside of you express herself
(and you, this is how your little boy inside look like) she silently laugh at her though
-Well, I'm Richard, as you can see, I like fashion,I love life, I love people, I like colors and being different. I hate my job because I have to wear black sad suit, arrrgh, but anyway when I put color I feel alive. I like travelling, running, dancing and I'm naturist most of the time, but not today, he winked
(whaaat , did I hear well??? )
-I like feeling free, sometimes I run naked in forest, to feel the nature, the earth, to breath , he breath deeply
(is this guy for real? )
-And you?
-No I prefer to have my clothes
He laughed loudly, which made all the person to turn, Zoya saw humeira smirked at her and felt embarassed
-Funny girl, no I mean what about you, tell me about you
She sighed in relief
-Well, i have a simple life, work, home, home work, but it's ok I love the way i am and my life
-this is the most important thing, be happy, don't let your fear controlling you, listen to your feelings, and in life there is never a bad or a good decision, it's just a road that you take which bring you to your destiny, and who knows, the way that you took today between your home and work could change your life.
Zoya smiled like a little girl at him. Sometimes in life, you met person who change your life by word, by act or by a
look. No one know destiny, but zoya didn't know that destiny decided to play today.
And the gong rang, and for the first time of the speed dating, she felt sad. They thank each others and he left
(Zoya beta 0 , crasy nice guy 10) She smiled at her though.
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Asad didn't enjoy the thing, for him it's just wasting time, everyone are desperate and crasy. For him, love came after marriage, not need to fold into piece to find love or soul mate . Finding a good partner, it's not an easy task but there is an easy way to not end alone: arranger marriage. All of them should have an arranged marriage and everything will be solved. Asad is a pragmatic and rational man, he's a man of few words but thousand act.He's like his name, a pur predator,he always took his time, to gain what he wanted at the end and he never failed.
Zoya, from his side, did expect the worst by this speed dating but to her surprise, it's not as so bad after all she was able to change her identity, she liked that game. When it become to heavy to bare, she found their weakness and shoot them. She met the arrogant, the geek, the macho, the seducer, the extravagant, her favorite one until now...She glanced occasionnly at humeira to look at her, and asked silently if everything was ok which humeira nodded smiling. Afterall, she promessed to her to be nice but never promess that she can't be naughty, she smirked devilishly. Looking for love it not
an obssession for zoya unlike Humeira, she prefered friendship intead of love. So many stories around her change her way to face love, specially her own story, when her dad quit her mother for another women, her trust in men wavered and she realized that nothing was eternal even love.she scared to give her heart to a person who will not know how to care or worst destroy it.Life teach Zoya to be more cerebral than emotional, it's not like she never been in love before, it's just that her brain took control over her heart and she never find a love which make herloose control. As humeira used to say: " one day she will find a love who going to put her life upside down and turned her brain into fool and her heart into king, but for the moment she is a princess in her dungeon waiting for her prince", foolish humeira, she though.
Lost in her though, her pen fall under the table, she got down on her knees to take when a hello surprised her, she kicked the top of her head with the table and winced in pain
-Ouch,
-Are you ok? Asad said softly extanding his hand
She looked at him, hypnotised by his brown dark eyes and said
-No...
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to be continued
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
Jodha Akbar
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