Silently Falling in Love: Race - #Wattys2017

Chapter 19 - May 1994

I got another chapter together!!!!! I will try and squeeze as many chapters in before the end of the year!  The next chapter has not been written at all but Chapter 21 is ready to go :)  So stay tuned.  Please continuing commenting - I really love it! And, it's the best Christmas present I can get - feedback!  Okay now onto the story!

And I hope you enjoy the flashback to the 90's - they had some great music then!!!

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Anjali

I had gotten to the Thai restaurant ten minutes early so I waited in the lobby for Alex. We had a standing ritual that every month or two he'd meet me for lunch. I had tried to tell him he didn't need to check up on me and he'd rolled his eyes telling me that he wasn't checking up on me. Then he'd make me feel guilty – Don't you meet up with your friends? Aren't we friends? I'd given up feeling bad after that. Plus, I liked seeing Alex.

I had my earphones on and I was jamming to a mixed CD of the most popular Hindi songs over the past year. My favorites were the Madhuri Dixit and Akshay Kumar songs. She's such an amazing dancer and he, well he's just amazing to look at and I loved his carefree goofy style. I sighed happily.

Someone sat down next to me and tugged on my headphone, "Hello, Earth calling Anjali."

I jumped up and looked to my right to find Alex sitting in the chair with his legs stretched out smiling at me.

"I tried to get your attention several times but you were in la la land. I must have called your name at least a half dozen times or so. What are you listening to?" Alex asked and then stood up to meet me.

He took the headphones off the back of my head and put them on.

He listened for a few minutes; listening to the first thirty seconds of a song and then forwarding to the next one. Finally he stopped. "I don't recognize any of the songs you're listening to."

I took the headphones off of Alex head, "Then you should watch more Hindi movies. There are some really good songs these days and the dances are even better."

Alex groaned at the word dance.

I laughed, "What's the last Hindi song you remember?"

"Something with Amitabh Bachchan in it. Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar."

Alex started singing the words to the song:

Main pal do pal ka shayar hun

I'm a poet only for a second or two

Pal do pal meri kahani hai

My story will be over in a few seconds

Pal do pal meri hansti hai

My laughter is only for a moment or two

Pal do pal meri jawani hai

My youth will be over in a few moments

"Wow you're really good. You have a beautiful voice. But, you do know that's an old song."

The waitress recognized us and motioned us to come over and walked us over to a nice table looking outside.

"Same order as usual?" she asked.

I looked at Alex.

"Works for me," he said.