The Script of A Romance.

"It's been such a long time! Why don't you tell me any stories nowadays?"

"Hmmm, I don't know, I think I've run out of stories."

"You? You'll never run out of stories! So tell me one now!"

"Now? It's almost midnight! There's only an hour left for New Year."

"So? It can be a small story."

"But I don't remember any right now."

"Then make one up! I want a story now!"

"OK OK, I think I got one..."

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"...well?"

"Well, I really have run out of stories. I just can't get anything interesting enough."

"But I wanted to hear a story tonight..."

"Yeah, me too...What shall we do?"

"You could make one up?"

"I could, but I dunno if it'd be any good."

"Let's see."

"Hmmm, OK, here goes..."

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Ever hear the term "whirlwind romance"? Yeah well, this was something of that sort. But it involved five solid months of negotiation. Negotiating for a cup of coffee.

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"Wait, this is about us, isn't it?!"

"He he, well yeah! Nothing else comes to mind. I think the New Year spirit is finally getting to me. I want the last few moments of this year to be about us and our crazy romance!"

"You are the crazy one. You put the moves on me! Coffee, it seems, you wanted this to happen, didn't you?"

"No! You were interesting to chat with, so I just wanted to see where it went! As if you didn't want this to happen! So don't give me that!"

"It was all you! You put the moves on me! You had all these corny lines, and I for some reason thought they were funny at the time!"

"Well, you put the moves on me too! You gave me a coffee mug for my birthday, when we'd barely started talking! By the way, you still think I'm funny."

"That wasn't a move! I give gifts to all my friends!"

"Aha! Guilty! That was a move if ever there was one! You remembered my birthday, you were prepared with a gift!"

"It was just a friendly gesture! But you, you were good, weren't you? You were full of lines and quips and quotes and jokes and whatnot!"

"Well I still am! Do you remember you kept hiding from your friends whenever we went out together?"

"Well I didn't want anyone to know that I had a heart! Imagine the horror! They all used to think I was made of stone!"

"How did I manage to slip under your shields? I'm good, eh?"

"You! You used coffee to good effect. Tell me, you chose Cafe Coffee Day on purpose, didn't you? You wanted me all high on caffeine!"

"Yeah right, like you were the picture of innocence! What was the whole coy, blushing act? You think I didn't see right through it? You were carefully reeling me in!"

"Ha ha! Well, I had to keep up with you! We must've paid a fortune to Cafe Coffee Day!"

"All because you were paranoid your friends would snigger at you if they saw us in the Food Court!"

"Well they would've! You should've seen their faces once they started getting some idea. People, I tell you!"

"I tell you! Remember I tried teaching you to cycle? You were just enjoying the joyride instead of pedaling!"

"Well, I told you I couldn't cycle!"

"Everyone should know how to cycle. But you lazybum! You were just sitting there as I pushed you around!"

"Heee! And do you remember the bike rides you gave me back home because I would miss the bus waiting for you to finish your goddamn laundry? Black Magic, what do you think she's up to these days?"

"Hmmm, she must be thumping along somewhere in Chengalpet, I'm sure that rascal Gopi must've ripped off yet another gullible soul. But I miss her. Maybe we'll get a Bullet sometime soon."

"Oooh ooh, you remember the mutton biriyani at FC1?"

"Yeah, and you used to make me eat half of yours all the time!"

"Well there was a lot! And you remember the fat cook at Asian Kitchen?"

"He he yeah! He used to ask me where 'madam' was?"

"Good god! How scandalous! And you remember you gave me Leo the Lion, all giftwrapped? Good god, my team were like Christmas came early, they couldn't stop ribbing me!"

"It's almost midnight. I'm gonna stop this imaginary conversation in my head and call you now."

"Oh..."

"Wake up when you hear the ringing please?"

"I will."

"You have to."

"You know I love you right?"

"I love you too."

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Happy New Year, Baby Boo.