Vivek looked at her coffee cup and then his. He was watching her lips.
How it was slowly savoring the liquor.
He could not help but ask, "You love coffee too much don't you?".
"Yes!!! Off course! Very much. Why? Don't you like coffee?".
"Oh! Absolutely. I love coffee. At least, this thing is common between us", he grins adding this.
"o ho!!!", Maya smiles back.
13 years later.
Vivek, looks at his watch and nodded his head. Imran, one of his closest friends, was living up to his reputation. Just like the old days. He was always late as usual. He was very excited to meet Imran after almost 15 long years. The bastard didn't even attend his wedding and called maybe only a dozen times. And rest was through modern man's best friend. Facebook.
Maya was very eager to meet Imran too. She heard so much about him from Vivek. So when Imran called up and said he was coming to town, both of them got very excited. So two of them were waiting for Imran in a coffee shop. They will meet, chat for a while, pick up the kids and take Imran to their house for dinner.
But Imran was late as usual. Vivek had already warned Maya of this. Nothing to do, she inadvertently ordered coffee for both. Vivek looked at her coffee cup and then his. He was watching her lips.
How it was slowly savoring the liquor. Few things never change and he smiled to himself.
Then came Imran with a sheepish smile and looked at his watch.
"Sorry guys! Few things never change.", he grinned.
After they shared pleasantries and introductions,they started chatting like college kids. Joking, teasing and pulling legs. Time was flying by. Maya realized Vivek and Imran were sort of best friends meeting after eons.
She ordered coffee again for three. Imran snapped and corrected it to one coffee and two cups of tea. Bewildered Maya looked at Imran and shrugged. Imran, startled, noticed for the first time there were four empty coffee cups in front of them. Imran looked at Vivek in puzzlement.
Vivek smiled at said," Nothing. Few things also change".
"I don't believe this! You and coffee. It's a total scam. It's David and Goliath story!".
"What!?",Maya.
"Vivek, remember the college days dude? Me and you and cup loads of tea only. How you hated coffee!".
"Imran bhai! Few things change too.".
"But you and coffee. I don't believe this!".
For a moment the two friends looked at each others eyes. They first smiled and then grinned.
Imran said "wow"!
Vivek looked at Maya now.
Her teary eyes revealed it all. It was this very coffee shop from 13 years back.
How it was slowly savoring the liquor.
He could not help but ask, "You love coffee too much don't you?".
"Yes!!! Off course! Very much. Why? Don't you like coffee?".
"Oh! Absolutely. I love coffee. At least, this thing is common between us", he grins adding this.
"o ho!!!", Maya smiles back.
13 years later.
Vivek, looks at his watch and nodded his head. Imran, one of his closest friends, was living up to his reputation. Just like the old days. He was always late as usual. He was very excited to meet Imran after almost 15 long years. The bastard didn't even attend his wedding and called maybe only a dozen times. And rest was through modern man's best friend. Facebook.
Maya was very eager to meet Imran too. She heard so much about him from Vivek. So when Imran called up and said he was coming to town, both of them got very excited. So two of them were waiting for Imran in a coffee shop. They will meet, chat for a while, pick up the kids and take Imran to their house for dinner.
But Imran was late as usual. Vivek had already warned Maya of this. Nothing to do, she inadvertently ordered coffee for both. Vivek looked at her coffee cup and then his. He was watching her lips.
How it was slowly savoring the liquor. Few things never change and he smiled to himself.
Then came Imran with a sheepish smile and looked at his watch.
"Sorry guys! Few things never change.", he grinned.
After they shared pleasantries and introductions,they started chatting like college kids. Joking, teasing and pulling legs. Time was flying by. Maya realized Vivek and Imran were sort of best friends meeting after eons.
She ordered coffee again for three. Imran snapped and corrected it to one coffee and two cups of tea. Bewildered Maya looked at Imran and shrugged. Imran, startled, noticed for the first time there were four empty coffee cups in front of them. Imran looked at Vivek in puzzlement.
Vivek smiled at said," Nothing. Few things also change".
"I don't believe this! You and coffee. It's a total scam. It's David and Goliath story!".
"What!?",Maya.
"Vivek, remember the college days dude? Me and you and cup loads of tea only. How you hated coffee!".
"Imran bhai! Few things change too.".
"But you and coffee. I don't believe this!".
For a moment the two friends looked at each others eyes. They first smiled and then grinned.
Imran said "wow"!
Vivek looked at Maya now.
Her teary eyes revealed it all. It was this very coffee shop from 13 years back.
2 comments:
I felt it was bit verbose. You could have packed the content in a smaller story ... for that extra kick. Otherwise decent effort but definitely not among your good ones.
hmm..good suggestion...I agree though..it was more of a haste..the germ of an idea ballooned i guess :D
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