She was sitting at one corner of the bar, idly playing with the straw in her diet coke while some drunk guys sang an old classic song at the Karaoke. She turned around and glanced at them, and then her watch. It was 1:30am. She looked at the boys who were busy chatting and laughing standing close to her, and realized how much they have bonded with each other over the last few weeks. She turned back towards her drink and started observing the tipsy strangers around her until he tapped on her shoulder.
"Excuse me, Are you having a good time?" he asked while sitting next to her.
"Oh, I am fine. Looks like you guys are having fun."
"Well you must be knowing by now. It's always a good time," he replied with a smile.
"Good, don't worry about me, go have fun with the guys," She said.
"But I have to worry about you," He replied.
"And why is that?" she smiled.
"Because you are the one..... I have to worry about,"
It was one of those statements, in which the pause between 'you are the one' and 'I have to worry about' made her almost believe that there was no pause, that perhaps there was just a period there.
But sadly, life seldom brings periods our way. There is always a comma or a question mark. Perhaps, it is because you can always count on the comma and a question mark but never the period.
"And how do you know that?" She asked.
"I feel it," he replied simply while taking a sip from his drink.
"Don't you think it is too soon to tell?" She asked.
He leaned in closer to her, as if he was going to kiss her. But didn't kiss her.
"I know how I feel," He said.
"Ahem, can we interrupt the lovely couple?" their friend asked and both of them diverted their attention towards him.
"Come here man," he said to the friend while standing up and putting his arm around his shoulder. Then he put his other arm around his other friend's shoulder, and faced her.
"You see this woman... this beautiful woman.... she... she is mine," he said. There was pride in that tone.
They all smiled, and while he moved on to talking more about what he thought about this relationship and how he loved the idea that she came across him, she zoned out for a little bit, because in that very moment, when she looked at him standing in front of her smiling and giggling, she knew that this man was going to be a handful and if she took this man's hand, it would be a crazy ride. They wouldn't be perfect and would probably drive each other crazy. But somehow, she knew it then that they would go a very long way. She was right. And knew what she had to do.
So in that moment, she got up, put her purse on her shoulder, and took his hand in her.
"Lets go home..." She said.
He winked..
-omi
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