The spoon stopped mid-air. Just before the dripping wet ice cream reached her lips.
"What ?"
He looked away, embarrassed. Whether for her or himself, he didn’t know.
“What did you say?”
“I asked if you are a virgin.”
The spoon went back into the bowl.
Hands whipped up the napkin as she leaned back into her seat and smiled sadly.
“And I thought you were different.”
“What’s so wrong about asking you if you are one?”
“Why is it so important to you?”
“Well.. Erm.. ” He didn’t know what to say. It wasn’t going as well as he thought it would. Quite the opposite actually.
“I don’t get you chauvinists. All of you are the same. Irrespective of who the guy is, it always comes back to that single question. ‘Am I a virgin or not!?!’ Well. What if I am not? Will you tell mama and papa to stop the wedding? Will you change your mind because I have had sex before? Hell! You probably have had ten times more sex than me!”
“Actually I haven’t.”
“What?”
“I said ‘I haven’t.’” He sighed. It seemed like his future bride was going to be deaf during important conversations. It was going to be tiresome having to repeat everything he said.
“I haven’t had sex before. I am a virgin. That’s why I asked you.”
“Oh… I see… Well, I haven’t either.” She looked down. This time he was embarrassed for her. “I... I am sorry. I shouldn’t have yelled at you.” She looked into his face, earnestly.
“Oh well. It’s okay. A lot of men are assholes. I am one too. Just not about virginity.”
Paying the bill as he stood up, he motioned for her to get up. As they walked away from the table, the waiter stared at the unfinished bowl of strawberry ice cream and the exorbitant tip. He looked up to see the last of his most generous customers of the day and silently thank him. The man looked back and winked at the waiter while guiding the girl towards the exit. Two fingers on his left hand were crossed...
13 comments:
1. u overheard this conversation ?
2. a friend told u abut this who overheard this ?
3. this is a figment of 2 imaginary wannabe married conversion ?
am i right with any of these ?
its my imagination..
just to prove that he is an asshole..
he lied!
Well written, assuming it was fictional of course.
"It seemed like his future bride was going to be deaf during important conversations. It was going to be tiresome having to repeat everything he said."
Thumbs up!
oooo..i love the way you write anna girl!! keep the great work going!! :)
only you can think liket his anna!:)
He lied hmmm... Did she fall for it?
Good one.
You 'heard' these voices? ;)
arnold - thanks - cos it was fictional!
div - been a while since i heard that!;-)
Kav - sure.. its me! what do you expect???
Prahlathan - thanks! I did 'hear' these voices.. in my head.. i am schizophrenic...
and thank you for the compliment about the template.. but as for this being the best blog in the chennaiist team.. surely you jest.. there is the 'unstoppable' sandhya!!!
hahahahaha... too good. Like i say.. the more i see of men, the more i like dogs.
yours forever sthupitly.
Hey.. Good one.. Can totally identify with the fact that men are assholes!
a serious undercurrent on this one :)
long time no post?
Hmm.. some serious men-bashing going on here. Isn't it too easy to generalize?
The story is well written, Anna. Look forward to more.
amazing one...its really cool post
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