Four years ago, in 2005, I shared a flat with two cartoons in Detroit suburbia. For the next two years, I had a blast there with a huge group of friends and extremely stressful work. I don't know why but I feel that I can perform better when there is stress or pressure from client/management is involved. One of my flatmate, cartoon-1 (C1, for future references) had a boyfriend back home. One night we were watching a show on Zee TV ("Rabba Ishq na Hove" or something like that. The three of us hating watching anything of this sort back home but in US, all we watched was daily soaps.!!) and then I asked her.
"Hey, when you are with Kevin, how do you know that you have butterflies in your stomach and its not nausea?" C1 stared at me.
"You know on any average normal day you are a little weird but there are certain days when your weirdness actually makes me think." She retorted. We could hear C2 grumbling about something about the show. I really don't know why C2 and I watched that show. It was ultimately cliched. It was Friday and as per Friday tradition, we had a thirty minute drive to watch a Hindi movie (any Hindi movie. No preference, did not care for reviews.) and we generally ate a decent dinner before we left for the cinema (around 9 PM). And this show was from 7 to 8. How convenient was that! Anyway, my question had sprung after watching a scene from "Dawson's Creek". C1 looked as if she was still contemplating on answering or she had really screwed up spicy Kerala curry (her specialty).
"MB, you just
know", she answered. OK. This kind of an answer really freaks me out. Its hard to know something without actually knowing it, isn't it? What I mean is, if I need to make a coherent reply to a certain question posed, then I should have all the facts with me which I have gained/learned/heard/read/seen over a period of time to give a proper answer. How can anyone just
know? Sounds very X-Files-ish. She must have guessed my idiocy in not understanding her answer, so she tried to answer in detail. Keyword here: tried.
"When you are with the person whom you like
a lot, its best to give into the intuition and what your gut says rather than over analyzing everything you feel or trying to
rationalize whatever you go through." She "rationalize" like a foul word. I
had to smile at that.
"Oh no no. I am not like that."
"So you do know a person whom you like
a lot." She said this in teenage girlish sing-song voice which made C2 laugh. C2 decided that our conversation was more interesting than the TV show so she settled herself next to microwave, her legs swinging and eating ice-cream. She had two spoons with her just in case C1 and I decided to attack ice-cream. She was (still is!) sweet that way.
"Come on, I simply meant that I don't over analyze everything."
"MB, when X1 (a guy, her friend's friend or whatever. Just 'guy' thing is important in this context and according to lot of people, he had a crush on me apparently. What was he 15?) asked you if you would like to meet him at Stanly's (Its a nice pub that played good alternative rock), you asked him if he was asking you to be his DD - designated driver." She sighed exasperatedly. C1 an C2 exchanged a look that I define as - We know something you don't and we are being smug about it. Its annoying.
"Wasn't he?" I asked them surprised. Well, I am a little dumb when it comes to these kinds of subtlety but I am not
that dumb and besides I read people fairly well.
"You are kidding, right MB?" Oh well, being honest is better than weaving a story, any day. Besides, I was really hungry and I was having a new confusion: Was I hungry or was I feeling nausea.
"Yeah, I am. Its better that way you know?"
"In what way?" Seriously why was I getting third degree?
"I just
know." I felt like patting my back. C1 and I started at each other for a few minutes and then I did a victory dance. She looked at C2 for support and they were about to begin their interrogation when the bell rang. Saved by the bell. As I walked towards the door to let our friends in, C1 shouted from kitchen.
"This is not over yet." C2 was nodding, standing next to her.
I simply stuck my tongue out.
Labels: Fun, Nostalgia, Time Pass
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