“U insane woman, u want me to go. Listen, if u didn’t have the courage, why the hell did u agree to meet that man in the first place, will u explain”, Nimiha shouted at Sheiba. Sheiba looked at her pleadingly and continued “plzzzzzz,plzzzzz na,it will be a big favour for me”, this argument had been dragging on for quite some time now and Sheiba was tired of it but she knew, if there was a person who could fill her in, it was Nimiha, in fact she was the only person Sheiba could think of when Vaibhav asked her to meet him.
Sheiba knew Nimiha would agree at the end, reason being Nimiha was also curious to know more about Vaibhav. Nimiha faked annoyance and looked at Sheiba; giving her a –do I have an option look and said “ok, will do it but next weekend u r taking me to F-Bar”, now did Sheiba have an option? She leapt from the bed she was lying on and hugged Nimiha, saying “thank you, Nimiha”. The next couple of hours were spend in discussing about Vaibhav. How they had met over the internet, what kind of conversations they usually had and so on and so forth.
Next day Sheiba was to meet Vaibhav. oooops!it was Sheiba who was supposed to meet Vaibhav but now Nimiha was going in her place. It wasn’t as if Sheiba did not want to meet Vaibhav, she just thought it will b more fun if she sends Nimiha and later she will be able to tease Vaibhav about it. Actually Vaibhav had once told her that after exchanging a few pleasenteries he would always come to know if it was Sheiba or someone else chatting through her ID. This was a nice way to find out how much he knew her or claimed to know her,She mused at her thought.
Nimiha reached CP around 6pm.They were supposed to meet in CCD. The minute she stepped inside her phone started ringing. She fished inside her bag her the damned mobile and taking it out stared at the screen, it read ‘Sheiba calling’ “fucking,eager bitch,bang on time”,she thought. She looked up before answering the phone and saw Vaibhav. She slid the phone inside the bag and walked towards him.
With every step she took towards him, she analysed him. Quite average looks,dressing sense ahemmm…as she approached him he greeted her with a smile.”i hope I didn’t keep u waiting for long” said Nimiha. Viabhav replied “I like to wait for the moon to come up”
And both of them burst out laughing. Thus, began their conversation.
When Nimiha got back it was nearly 11pm.Sheiba was waiting at the door. Nimiha knew wat was coming. Sheiba asked “so how was it?” Nimiha gave her a livid account of how boring their conversation was. “Firstly, he is less than average looking, manners are ok but conversations lull very soon with him, he is not even half as charming as we had made him out to be, Sheiba” Nimiha said. A quick pang of dissappointment surfaced on sheiba’s face. She didn’t want to believe it but it was a first hand account and people are not often what they seem to be over the internet, she thought. “Sheiba,there is nothing much to say about him, its almost like -all that glitters,is not gold. i think u overestimated him and ruined my whole evening,he seemed to b so smart ,caring and blah,blah over the internet bt in reality he is such a bore, yaar” said Nimiha and started mimicking him which made both of them laugh.
Having heard about Vaibhav straight from the horse’s mouth, Sheiba resolved to talk less to Vaibhav.She should be investing her time with someone more worthwhile, Sheiba thought.He had once said “I like to chat online and b silent when we meet” but silence here sounded boring.
That night when Sheiba saw Vaibhav online she did not talk instead she set her status as invisible.
That same night Nimiha added Vaibhav to her FB account and thought ‘my fren was a fool not to add him in FB and limit their talks to Gmail and yahoo messenger, but gud for me, now I can have him,ghosh!he is adorable’.
Late at night when Vaibhav had a look at his account a frenz request was waiting for him. He smiled. He thought to himself; this must b the girl I met today, she is damn cute n beautiful n she is not Mani and shit happens. With that thought he added her.
