30th April 2015, Thursday
11am
Yes! I didn't go today. Yes! Neha went, I didn't go! Okay! I don't know, I just didn't feel like going alright?
11:15 am
Are they going to have fun without me??? Hah no way!
11:17 am
Are they? Are they? Are they having fun?????
11:19 am
Screw them, who cares???
11:21 am
I do kind of care actually!
12:12 pm
Aaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:30 P.M
Nobody was outside as I went to their flat. But then I heard someone whistle, and there he was! That insanely handsome jerk! He waved to me and I gave a sarcastic grin back. And then that Mr Hotness walked towards me, put his arms around me and hugged me and wished me a good evening. But all I felt was a gush of oestrogen madly rushing through every vein in my body, twisting my uterus and making every organ in my body wide awake. I pushed him back keeping my hands on his perfectly masculine chest.
Basil: what?
Me: uh nothing, I don't like to be hugged...by you!
Basil: huh? Okay cool, no hugging!
Me: where are the others?
Basil: I don't know, let me go get them.
After sometime we were playing cricket, I was in Basil's team and Freddy bhaiiyya's team chose to bat. It was all going very darn monotonous and boring until Aldrin bhaiiyya hit the ball among the bushes and it went missing. So then Basil and Aparna and I went to search for the ball together. But only Aparna was searching for it and all Basil ever did was to follow me around. Yeah! I quite felt like doing a Punjabi bhangra then and there!
Me: dude! You are actually supposed to go look for the ball.
Basil: yeah so? I am looking for the ball, it's not my problem you are blocking my way is it?
Me: excuse me? You are following me around, and then telling I'm blocking your way?
Basil: because that's what you are doing Miss.
Me: you are impossible!
I said that much and almost started walking away when he held my hand. I could literally hear my heartbeats in my ear and feel the adrenaline in my blood. He wasn't even done, he pulled my hand closer to him! What is he actually planning to do? Give me a heart attack? I pulled my hand away from him as I caught a glimpse of the ball.
Me: hey! I found it!
I took the ball in my hand and suddenly Aparna comes out of nowhere and almost snatches it from my hand. Bitch!
And then the game resumed. Aparna started to drive Basil crazy after she began to purposefully make us lose the game. He almost shouted at her and she got angry and went back to her house, but before doing so that little bitch shot eyes at me and scowled at me. Screw her!
No one went in and tried talking her to come back. We all simply sat on the ground and talked. Basil was sitting next to me and for the first time I got to check out his tattoo closely. I slowly ran my fingers over the dragon tattoo on his left bicep. And then I noticed Basil's tattoo was kind of scarred, like there was something written beneath the dragon, some word, maybe in some other language, which was kind of scarred. I asked Basil about the scar on his dragon tattoo and he refused to comment anything about it!
Me: but I just want to know what u wrote there.
Basil: That is none of your business.
RUDE!!
And then he said he wanted to go inside and read the bible and then went off. I stayed backed for some time and talked to Trishna and Fredy bhaiiyya. And then I felt kind of bored and then I told Trishna that I'm going to take a stroll outside and then return home.
I simply walked to the park and sat on one of the swings and looked at the lush green grasses below my feet. And then suddenly I heard a motion beside me, someone had taken the swing beside me, I tilted my head and saw Basil.
Basil: hi!
Me: hey!
Basil: how come you are sitting here alone?
Me: uhh I wanted to sit alone, besides I was getting kind of bored from there
I gave him a half smile.
Basil: I'm sorry!
Hah! Finally he realised his mistake, good for him!
Me (faking total innocence and not knowing what he is talking about): why?
Basil: for sounding rude earlier
Me: oh that's okay! Left it then and there, hah!
Basil: About the tattoo....it was a mistake! And each mistake we make leaves us a scar, and it hurts sometimes when someone comes and touches it no matter how long ago it has been created, no matter how long ago it has been healed, it'll still fucking hurt.
Me: huh? But it looks so good.
He went silent on that and I understood it was a warning for me to shut my mouth and mind my own business. We continued sitting on our swings in silence and I focussed back on the grass.
Basil: Nishana
Me: Riya! My name is Riya
He continued to stare into nothingness.
Basil: I tattooed her name there in Arabic, under the dragon. Well she left me for someone else, and I scarred her name with glass shards.
He paused and inhaled the air slowly.
Okay! That was too much information at one go, what do I tell him now? That it was fine, it'll get better? Duh! That sounded cliché.
Me: ummm....try getting a laser surgery and remove the entire thing?
He laughed at that and I smiled sheepishly.
Basil: yeah well that's the plan.
Me: oh ohkayy!
Basil: so? I heard there's some old guy's retirement party tomorrow, coming right?
Me: yeah memo told, yup comin'
Basil: good!
I stood up and he also stood up following me, I couldn't resist and I hugged him. He was kind of taken by surprise but then hugged me back and we stood there for a good five minutes until I pulled myself away from him.
Basil: It's late, lemme walk you home.
Me: no that's okay I'll walk by myself, bye.
Seriously? That's the only thing my mouth got to say? Mr hotness offers to walk you home and you said u'll walk by yourself? You are so gonna stay single for the rest of your life Riya! My inner voice reprimanded me.
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