Smiley

It was a Sunday, like any other day, I wanted to sleep. But, my friends had other ideas, so we had to head out searching for ideas to spend time & money. Anyone keeping friends who get bored easily can relate.

We took our seats and started fishing our brains for some brand new ways to waste time. While everyone was thinking hard, my eyes were set on a cute girl sitting next to our table. She was also staring at me. Whoa, I checked everywhere to see if there is anyone else catching her eye. Nope, it was me. I felt that's the moment and I also looked right into her eyes. This continued for a bit and then she went a level up, raised a glass of coke looking at me and started drinking. I realized that I have to make a move, I lifted my cola and poured a gulp into my mouth. She kept the bottle back. I imitated. I tried smiling, but not only she did not smile back... instead told her father about the misbehaving guy at the very next table. He started staring at me then. I looked back like nothing happened and took another sip of cola. I saw her imitating me there. Hah! How am I gonna give up now, I took another sip. She did too. The drinking party kept going for a few more rounds and then I saw her sister and mother also staring at me. Why does she have to involve her parents in this? And what do they want? I wanted to say, "stop looking at me," but then I'd loose the game. I wanted to win it, anyhow, she did too. It's between us, so why bring them into the middle for nothing. My friends were already watching the series of events happening there. They asked me to stop the whole thing. Just when I was gonna stop she challenged me by taking yet another drink. How could I give up. She then took a chicken leg and looked at me, and then I saw her eating it with a smile of a killer and she was enjoying the bite too. She knew, I didn't have anything to eat on my table. So she declared victory for herself this time. I know I'm lost now, but I have to show her I enjoyed it and so I smiled at her. She is also smiling now. Have I won something with this loss? I noticed, she couldn't take her eyes off me, even I couldn't. For a moment I thought there is nothing more cute in this world than this one. This is where I guess the term "love at first sight" can be used. I felt like running over to her to ask her out. But, she will definitely say no. So I remained back and watched her actions, she was asking her mother to take her photos, and started posing in front of me. I saw various expressions coming down that face. She wanted to look cute in those photos or she wants me know that she is cute. I get it now! Love was blossoming in the atmosphere. I heard old Hindi songs playing in the background. Nothing better could happen at that time other than this. Anyway I got her message, so I put my sun glasses on and started taking photos of mine. I gave her some of my own expressions too. I don't think she liked that. I guessed that because she stopped posing and got up from her seat. While rushing onto something, she got her sandals broken, that too, in front of me, nothing more humiliating could happen in her life than this. I smelt a chance to take down my victory over her, so I gently raised my leg to the height of the table and very gently pointed my million dollar shoes to her! I jumped and kicked on the floor with a message to her. It never breaks. Busted!

She lost it! I have won over her. Now I can give her the smile she gave moments ago, but before that I saw her face changing. The way that cute face was moderating with sad expressions, ruined my happiness too. I had already recommended her as the cutest girl in world, but with this face no one would believe me. She went back to her seat and talked to her father. Suddenly, they were all looking at me. My friends were preparing to run but I was stuck there with the bottle on my hand. Next moment, her father got up, looked at me, and then he walked away with his daughter. She was staring at me until she missed me. I wanted to smile but I couldn't. I saw her mother following them, but she didn't forget to smile at me, for giving their cute little daughter a worthy time. But was it really worth?

Hours later, while we were going back from the food court, we reached the second floor and suddenly I came face to face with this girl. Her legs are not big enough to walk like a grown up. Still she managed to run like a child. I wonder which grade she might be in or has she started going to school? When she saw me, I saw her eyes varying from a dusty atmosphere to the world of happiness. She was smiling the next moment. With her lips, with her eyes, from her heart.. And I danced for her. She poked her father and pointed her little finger at me. He smiled. And then she faded away from my sight looking at me until the very last moment and smiling. I wonder what her name would be. For that most beautiful smile she gave, I named her Smiley :-)