It was a lovely evening !!!

It was a lovely evening … my just serviced drive was cruising by the beach … not fast … but with the windows down I could feel the air gushing against my face … that’s when I remembered that I need to have a haircut … that’s again when someone said let’s get down and get some fresh air … I gently slammed the brakes and guided the girl into the parking close by.

As such it was a great day … I was out with my friends & their families … just lazing the day off … we had a great non stuffy lunch and now were at the beach … she was a tiny bundle of joy … very different from the girls her age … I picked her up from her moms hand and right away she lied down on my arms … very peacefully… her mom was a bit relieved, though she was anxiously checking out if she would be ok with me … she seemed convinced and went ahead to join her husband, my friend … the other couple were further ahead of them …

The previous day was interesting too … after dropping my friends after the midnight show, I returned back to my flat in the early morning … I realised I had my flat keys in the safe confines of my room … I had detached her before I gave the car for service and never really managed to put her back in the ring .. I didn’t want to wake up everyone for my mistake … as usual my roommate was never there in the flat as well … I had to sleep in my car, though it was not the very first time, it was for the first time in the desert … I enjoyed my little misadventure

I was probably a bit tired like her … but her warmth kept us comfortable … we were at the beach residences checking out the shopping festival fair … she was looking at everyone that passed by … none of them seemed familiar and most of them looked like from Mars or Venus to us … we were wondering why don’t Indians frequent such places … we went through the maze of joy rides and stalls …

We liked the stalls … she managed to wake up and take a closer look at the girls jewellery … the little glass ware, colourful carpets, toy store, the paint shop … we paused to listen to the beautiful girl who was playing the violin … we even paused to listen to the beautiful sounds at the fountain … But we liked the French uncle in the Arabic dress, who was doing caricatures the most … we did try our hand at sketching counter close by … we were feeling better … and just then her mom came and grabbed her

We had you in our mind all the time, but didn’t know when I would get time to sit down and write … oh I told her about you when we were walking around … she did then ask me, so she likes sloppy kisses like me ? I couldn’t stop laughing … I said yes … she had a thinking cap on rite then … then she thoughtfully asked she also likes telling stories and tight hugs just like me… I was on the edge … just managed to give her a huge peck on her cheeks … she was happy

What if she is stubborn, rude and irritating like me as well … then I asked her, has that ever stopped me from coming and picking you up from your dad and mom … she seemed contended, gave me a huge hug and leaned forward in my arms to lie down… may be she thought I was singing a lullaby or maybe she heard my heart beep … which she thought was music …

We had finished our dinner and had to split our ways … her eyes looked sorrowful … she was leaning down on her dads shoulders … she managed to give me a peck before she left … it was drizzling gently … I was back in my car and thought … things seemed to have changed so much … there was hardly any rain five years back … now it was refusing to stop … and here I was wanting to scribble … wanting to know better … and still confused … wishing it would never stop ... she has …