4/18/2007

First Kisses* (Part 1)

Preethi and Nawaz

Sindu's party was a noisy one, she outshouted the crowd to introduce Preethi and Nawaz to each other. It wasn't much of an introduction because they knew each other's names already. Everytime Preethi would hear his mother call him, she would smile. Their eyes had met all those times across their balconies and now it was time for their fingertips to, in an excuse called a handshake.

That handshake led to lunches, dinners and long conversations. On their eighth date, Nawaz took Preethi for a long drive into the summer evening. She smiled thinking he had given her a life, if life were a box of choclates. He telling her how beautiful she was, they went through their lives, one chocolate after the other, until the last one. She asked him if he would take it, he chivalrously offered it to her.

Intoxicated by the summer breeze, his intense eyes and descriptions of her own beauty, she put the last one in her mouth, and asked him if he had changed his mind.

Years have passed and lines were drawn, where they actually had no business, between hearts. But when Preethi talks about that kiss, she still blushes and smiles slightly idiotically.



(*All names changed on request)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

ash.... with mercury and jupiter cojoined in yout 7th house there is no way you can go wrong with your writing....

another great post as usual :)

Anonymous said...

good job ashwini....i just enjoyed it....!!!

Anonymous said...

why is janani posting comments as anonymous...????

Anonymous said...

Very funny and fresh style of writing Cheluve! I love it!

I especially liked the analogies you draw and these lines:

"Their eyes had met all those times across their balconies and now it was time for their fingertips to, in an excuse called a handshake"

"She smiled thinking he had given her a life, if life were a box of choclates"

Don't stop writing!

- The jobless guy who writes long ranting posts at work

ashwini said...

people..my dear people
i am being accused of posting all comments by myself........because all of you choose to be anonymous!!kindly for the sake of my reputation leave names.
anon1: thanks JAN!!:)
anon2: i have no clue who you maybe....but i'm so happy you liked it!!
anon3:neela, kindly comment on post itself instaed of commenting on the style of peoples comments
jobless::)y u r not linking ur blog to mine?

Sindhuja Parthasarathy said...

lol @ ash! this was better.

I first wanna know where u r,btw i got a cute little thing for u.waiting to c u soon :) sorry,this isnt the place to get personal,but i cant reach u any other wayy.

Anonymous said...

I was asked to read this and comment...glad I did...any more romantic and could have made a movie outta it..Very nice.

ashwini said...

@samudraa:thanks!

@another anon:thanks for following instructions and coming here!and im sincerely trying to make things more romantic so finally u'll say its good enuff for a movie!u wont mind coming back and telling me ur name, would u?

Shree said...

Does it really matter??

catch 22 said...

Good wordplay madame :) , Where were you all these years without writing, I uess better late than never. On an afterthought which brand of choclate was it ?;)

ashwini said...

@catch:- preeti says .....it was nutties.......i think cadbury makes them.:)

Enigma said...

interresting :-)