a date on blackberry

After a memorable Saturday night, Akash woke up late the next morning. The night

before, he had lost his heart to a gorgeous looking girl. Aleesha. He was still half asleep

when he felt like someone was hitting him with a hammer. He soon realized that the

throbbing headache was a result of the hangover. He had a bad headache, which meant

that either he had had an awesome night or that he was going to have the worst day

ahead.

Still in bed, he stretched out his hands fumbling the side table for his mobile. He

hardly remembered what happened last night. He wished he had slept for one more hour.

The headache was getting unbearable. Everything around him seemed blurred. He finally

got up from bed, still thinking about the previous evening. He unzipped his pants and

was about to take a leak when he realized he was in front of his window and not the

washroom.

‘Err!’ he said to himself, ‘Oh God, I hate mornings. It’s the lack of sleep that causes

hangover, not drinks.’

He came back to his bed and saw his mobile lying dismantled on the floor. Its battery

was in one corner and the cover was under the bed. His body refused to allow him to

bend down and pick them. He struggled hard to put his phone together in one piece. He

switched on the cell phone and again lied down on the bed covering himself with his

blanket when his phone rang.

‘Good morning,’ Akash said, still hungover.

‘You bloody swine… were you sleeping or dead? I called you at least ten times to

check if everything was alright at home,’ I yelled at him.

‘Ya bhai, I am okay. I don’t remember much from last night, but the fact that I was

about to pee through the window suggests that I had an awesome night,’ he managed to

laugh.

‘Just check your messages. We almost landed up in jail because of you yesterday.’

Akash opened WhatsApp to check my message.

Fuck you asshole! I am sure you have gone off to sleep. Do you even remember what

you did last night? I kicked you out of the disc after you flirted with that girl in the black

dress. I think her name is Aleesha since you kept shouting her name while walking out of

the disc. But you ran straight into the small light post and if I wouldn’t have dragged you

away quickly, it would have almost landed on your head. You refused to let me drive,

got into the car, and took off. From there we went straight down the wrong side of a one-

way road. Needless to say, our luck ran out. A cop was waiting for us. When he asked us

where we were coming from, you replied that you had killed a girl and her dead body

was in the boot space of the car. ‘Laash dikki me hai’ you had said. Then what, I lost 500

rupees for such behaviour courtesy ‘YOU’ and we reached home two hours late.

Akash called me again after reading the message and we just laughed on the phone

without speaking a word. I just told him casually to check if he had called or messaged

someone to avoid leading to an embarrassing situation. Perhaps, I have this habit of

texting and irritating people after gulping down a couple of drinks. Drinking was indeed

an emotional gateway for men. Akash disconnected the phone and rechecked all the

messages. Suddenly, he jumped out of his bed in panic. Impossible! How could I? I

mean how? I mean when? Holy shit I am screwed, Akash wanted to scream aloud.

He saw that he had sent a BBM message to Aleesha before dozing off. He began

cursing himself for the blunder. It had hardly been a few minutes since they met and he

had already messaged her saying that she was the princess of his life. It could make her

think that either Akash was a big flirt or that the guy had lost his mind after gulping down

a few pegs of alcohol. Akash stood speechless and numb, not knowing how to react, and

all he could think of was ways to disappear like the Genie of Aladdin. He read the

message that he had sent.

At the risk of sounding like a flirt, I want to tell you that I could not erase you from

my mind. You came into my life when I was least expecting it. It was as if I had hit a

jackpot. When I saw you, I don’t know what clicked, but from that moment, I could not

get you out of my head. I always knew that love would find me someday, but never did I

know it would come like this. Your touch healed this broken heart and you caught me off

guard and took me by surprise. I was initially reluctant to send u a BBM at this hour. Is it

too late? Should I send you a request on Facebook? Your profile pic again urged me to

send you a BBM. And no, I am not being desperate here. Everything seems so right, so

perfect. Oh god. I will go crazy. Aleesha, please don’t take me the wrong way. Do reply.

I am not so drunk.

Tere golden face ki beauty ne,

Mere komal heart pe attack kiya.

Sabko reject kiya aur tumko select kiya.

Request hai tumse ise refuse na karna,

Dosti ke is bulb ko kabhi fuse na karna!

On BBM, there is a way of knowing if the other person has read your message or not.

Right next to the delivery tick mark appears ‘D’ for ‘delivered’ and ‘R’ for when the

recipient ‘reads’ the message. She had not read the message yet. The R symbol didn’t

show above the tick mark. He thought that she was still sleeping. At the same time, he

wondered what she would think after reading the message. He badly wanted to somehow

get Aleesha’s cell phone and delete the message he had sent or press the undo button on

his phone. But all he could do was bite his nails in anticipation of what was going to

happen if she were to read it. He kept his cell aside and wanted to run away from the

situation. However, after every five minutes, he checked his cell phone hoping thatAleesha had still not read that message. He would have eagerly expected her reply in

any other normal situation, but at this moment, he was praying not to receive any

message from Aleesha. When he checked the phone for the twentieth time, he saw the R

symbol above the tick mark. Aleesha had finally read the message.

Oh, fuck! Oh, shit! He was really nervous.

Aleesha is typing a message, showed the BBM screen. His eyes popped out of his

head and before she could send the message, Akash quickly typed a message and sent

her.

I am extremely sorry for last night. Ignore the message. It wasn’t intentional. I was

just kidding. Don’t take it seriously. I was not in my senses.

He tried to hide his panic. He tried his best to make things sound normal for he knew

the intensity of the blunder he had committed.

As soon as he sent the message, Aleesha’s message popped on his screen.

Hey dude, are you insane? Were you out of your senses? From where did you copy

paste it? Don’t tell me you were serious! As if it’s love at first sight. Two things I love in

men—they never stop trying and they never miss an opportunity. Ha ha!

His confidence grew a little. Akash decided to take a chance with the conversation.

His fears had taken a back seat.

Akash: I just tried to make you laugh and I think I succeeded in doing so. I am too

good.

Aleesha: Huh? Why do you think I am messaging you? Is it because I care? Or

because I miss you? Or because you have become my secret crush? No. It’s because I

need someone for time pass. I am getting a little bored here. :D Rofl. I am the best.

Akash: Err… That was rude.

Aleesha: I’m just kidding. Chill!

Akash: Hmm. I know. But trust me, you were looking lovely last night. You were

so…

Aleesha: Okay stop.

Akash: Stop what?

Aleesha: Thinking about me and stop flirting. We hardly know each other. We are

not even friends. :P Chalo c’ya, I need to freshen up.

Akash: Let’s meet in the evening for a cup of cof ee. You know, a lot can happen

over cof ee. Let’s give it a try. At least for the sake of our new friendship. What say?

Think over it, am not that bad.

Aleesha: Nope. Get over it dude.

Akash: Oh come on, I am asking you out just for a cof ee. You’re reacting as if am

asking you out on a date.

Aleesha: Byeeeee.

Akash: Atleast gimme your number so that I can call you.

Aleesha: I said byeeeee. :D

Akash still tried his best to convince her and continued to chat with her for next

couple of hours. He finally managed to convince her for a cup of coffee. He knew she

was not going to turn him down and was just being a little difficult like all girls are

initially. After all, she knew that Akash would keep on trying until she agreed. It

happened exactly the way he wanted. Though they didn’t exchange their numbers, they

finally decided to meet at CCD in the evening.

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