by Prerna . K
I raised my head he was right in front of me; he smiled and said “hey, I'm Calvin; it is a pleasure to meet you.”
“Oh hello, I'm Kriti nice meeting you too,” I said with a casual smile. We both shake hands. I complimented him; “you were singing beautifully on the stage I just loved it.”
“Thanks, feels good to hear that. By the way, you both look beautiful together, are you guys a couple?”
“No, we are just good friends.” as I said James looked at me, but said nothing.
“What’s your name gentleman?” Calvin asked James.
James brought his hand out and said in the most formal tone and expression he could, but he was still looking too sexy, his eyes. “James Lavern, good evening.”
“Good evening,” Calvin said cordially shaking hands.
We talked some more formal sentences, and when we were about to say goodbye, he requested us to join him in his show, which his team was organized in this place, tomorrow at night. I accepted the offer and said goodbye.
“Damn it from where god brings such hot people?” I said when we were out of that hall.
“I was thinking from where God brought you,” James said.
From my mother’s womb. I thought but I asked, “Why?”
“Because you are behaving like a mad person, you just met him. And look at yourself you are so easy to flatter.”
“That hurts,” I said looking towards him.
“Oh kid, but that’s the truth.”
I felt a little underestimated, but that was the truth actually. But the other thing was I just liked him, and the mad behavior was to enjoy it.
We both were walking quietly on the beach; James was also lost in his thoughts. I held his hand, pushed it gently.
“Yeah,” he said.
“What happened?”
“Nothing was thinking about something.”
“What.”
“Why should I tell you?”
“Because I won’t tell it to anybody else, and you will feel better.”
He slides his hand inside the pocket and said nothing. I could see it in his restless eyes that he was seriously an over-thinker, he couldn’t accept things easily.
“Are you thinking anything related to Calvin?” I asked him after some time.
“No, he is blowing your mind not mine,” James said.
James corner:
(Yeah I was thinking, till now I was believing in something, but now it felt like, the way Calvin caught your attention, maybe that way I did. No way, I didnt feel like to be jealous of Calvin, but what if he turned out as your James. He could.
The other thing that I was realising was, Though we were flirting with each other, you already had your decision. Maybe I was nor James, neither I could be. I wish I was, and many times I felt like you also think I'm, but you had not reacted till now. Identifying him cant take so long, for sure.
I could just realise, you had james already, He was, and I had to leave your side soon.)
You can hug me
young boy
Nobody said anything after that, he went inside his room, without turning back and I went to mine. I think he was suddenly depressed about something. I knew he was not going to sleep, but he needed to be alone for some time, with himself. At that time it was already twelve, I thought to wait till one.
I changed and bath, took a little nap. I had set the alarm, when it ringed I was too sleepy, for once I thought he might be sleeping but still I was restless. After being a little lazy and drowsy, I stepped out of the bed and marched to his room. I knocked it, once twice thrice but nobody answered, I thought I should go back, but I again knocked it. There was some movement inside the room, which made me sure that he was not sleeping. I knocked again. This time he opened the door slightly, peeping out. With a deep breath, he said “oh you, I thought which ghost has come to make me one.”
“Not ghost a witch,” I said.
“Come in.” he closed the door, I sat on his bed. He looked at me, standing far, in front of me.
I said raising my eyebrows “what happened?”
“Nothing” he said. And walked towards me.
I held his hand and asked, “Are you alright.”
“Yeah,” he said with a beautiful smile.
“Okay.” I was very sleepy I didn’t know what to say, but I was feeling a lot of love for him. I looked at him, and smiled in a silly way. I raised my hand towards him wanting to hug him, and said, “Come, give me a hug.”
He smiled playing with his eyebrows and said, “Are YOU alright.”
I just stood up and hugged him, he was totally confused, he didn’t know how to react, I kissed his cheek holding his jaw, and said, “Take it easy young boy” and hugged him again. He stood freeze for some time, while I was hugging him.
"You can hug me, young boy." I said. He smiled and very gently held me, I smiled slyly on my on. We stood like that until
I realized we were not that yet, I was thinking we were. I suddenly felt like I should leave him, so I came back. But I loved this hug; it felt too warm at my chest though we were not that close.
He stood back; blinking his eyes in astonishment, holding his sides as if he was like what was this. He blushed a little, and was going to say me something but he again blushed, and this time closed his eyes. As if he was trying to control himself.
I sat on the bed; his guitar was also kept there, so I started stringing it.
“Ritz,” he said finally controlling him, “I have told you to not do such things with me, and you seriously don’t know what happens to me.”
“Oh, so you don’t want me to touch you,” I said.
“No not exactly, but yeah try to avoid it as much as possible.”
“But you are” I said inside my head, “too tempting.”
“Ok leave that, were you singing,” I asked.
“No, I was listening to songs.”
“So why is this guitar here?”
“I like to keep it near me.” He said jumping on the bed, sitting beside me.
“Do you sing?” he asked.
“Yeah sometimes, I like singing.”
“Sing then, I want to hear you.” He said.
“No I don’t want to sing right now, some other day. You sing.”
“I also don’t feel like to. Actually I m singing since we came back. That’s one of the best ways for me to avoid over thinking.”
“Ohk,”
“Yeah, By the way why you came here?” he asked.
“I felt like I shouldn’t leave you alone,” I said leaning on his shoulder, yawning.
“Why.”
“Because you were depressed about something”
“Alright, you are becoming habitual of spending nights with me, okay I understand.” He said with a beautiful, cute smile.
“Umh yeah, I like to spend time with you,” I said holding his hand.
“Ohk, then James might kill me if he will hear this, but for the time being it’s ok.” “Oh yeah do you think Calvin can be your James.”
“Nope, I haven’t thought about it,” I said.
“I think, he might be, He is such a gentleman, good singer, white.”
“Let’s see.”
“Hmm you like him, right.”
“Yeah I do, he is attractive.” but nothing like that happened, i look him in the eye and have a voice in me saying he is james, so clearly he wasnt.
“Maybe he also likes you.” He said.
“Why are you so interested in pairing me with him?” I said sitting straight.
“I just want you to keep looking for James.”
Why, do you have any problem if I want to settle on you? I thought, but I said “I'm already.”
“Sometimes I feel like maybe because of me you have stopped searching him, I hope you are sure your James isn’t me.” He said looking towards me, clearly expecting an answer.
I looked towards him in a little irritation, why is he always like that, I'm sure you are James, yo
u are complicating it, do you have any problem in being my James, Idiot. I thought, my eyes were literally dwelling in their own tired ness.
“Leave this topic James,” I said. This is not a romantic place, not here.
“Ok so what we can do?” he asked.
“Listen to songs.” He said connecting his earpieces with his iPhone.
Alright, I said, turning my ear towards him, when he was wearing one earpiece. He smiled and said “kid,” pushing another earpiece gently, in my ear.
We were listening to some high beat songs, which made us too enthusiastic to behave as if we were in a concert.
“Hey, we can go out, let’s go to the streets, it will be really fun,” I said to him.
“Are you sure, is it safe.” He asked.
Don’t mix stress here, please. I said in my head. “It will be fun, I promise,” I said.
Meet the local dogs
the real dogs.
We were on the streets, we both had an earpiece, the night was dark, but street lights had lit them up. All the street shops were shut down; it was absolutely still and quiet. I hold his hand, lifted my eyebrows looking at him, “how is it?”
“Good.”
“Are you scared of dogs?” I asked when I thought about it, local dogs on Indian streets are common.
“No.”
“Are you sure, I m talking about street dogs,” I asked again.
“Yeah”
“Alright” Though I couldn’t believe him.
We were far away from our resort, the street we were walking in, on its footpath street dogs were sleeping. I was stone, when I looked at those five-six dogs sleeping in a row, I knew they were local breeds, nothing could stop them and if anyone of them barked, I had no strong person with me.
I knew James was a foreigner, these local dogs will scare the shit out of him, I knew I was in a big danger, I don’t like dogs, GOD!!. I said in my head.
One dog barked at us, I looked towards James and clutched his hand tight in terror, he gripped my arm tighter, I could see it in his eyes, he not knew how to rescue from them, Goooodd, and I’m gone tonight. I said in my head frowning in expressions of comical type of terror. I literally fear these dogs, they are mad. And I fucking mean that.
Another dog woke up and barked, the cycle continued, James was rushing but I tried to act strong and said him to relax, but when they all were on their four feet, I knew we need to run very soon.
And with another bark, as the dog walked towards us, I shouted “run James.” With those words he flew like a rocket, leaving my hand, I laughed at once and shouted at another moment, “wait for me, you scamp. You can’t leave me alone. Mama” I cried, I was literally threatened, till my last breath.
We were running as fast as he could, and these five dogs one after the other followed us. In front of us, there were two forked streets, I turned towards right and James towards left, “dumb ass, this freaking boy, stay with me, dont trust yourself, come this side.” I said looking towards the dogs, waiting for him, am I mad I thought in my head.
I pushed him towards my side, dogs were coming closer, we ran towards the right side, dogs were barking like wild animals, they were wild animals’ actually, their bark echoed in the still night. I was fucking scared; I imagined them biting my leg and ass, as it felt like they were very close to us. If in any case any one of them caught us, we can’t even guess how many injections, goodness, I thought, “run James run” I shouted again, terrified.
I saw a very narrow gap between two big buildings at my left, I remembered one such incident, and I pushed James, “there James, that side run.” I said. One of those five dogs was seriously fast, he looked like the man of the gang, he had such sharp teeth, and don’t know why, I felt like he had some personal rivalry with us. He looked really angry; he will definitely kill us I thought. “No! No! Run!” I shouted again, go inside this,
“What are you saying, it is so narrow,” James said.
“Not an inch of mass will be left on your body, idiot” I thought.
“Just do what I saw, run fast, and go there,” I said hurriedly.
James hurriedly, went in that gap, and after him I did, James was trying to reach another corner, walking very carefully, I clutched his t-shirt, “what?” he said.
“See that?” All the dogs could just bark, but their body could not come in this narrow space as I thought. “Actually once this same thing happened with my brother, and he is very habitual, it is an everyday thing for him to rescue his life from dogs. So once he did this, he went in the narrowest corner somehow.
“What do you mean by he is habitual of this.” He said with laborious breaths.
“He loves adventure, and adventure love him, they both find each other everywhere,” I said proudly. I love my bro.
“Oh cool, I thought I was adventurous,” James said sarcastically.
“Meet my brother, he will tell you the meaning of adventure,” I said smartly.
Those dogs were not barking now, some of them sat there, and some were bored so they left. James looked at those dogs and said,
“Kriti, you know someone said to me, it was safe to walk in these streets.”
I smiled, “oh James you know someone told me he was not afraid of dogs.” I said humorously looking towards him.
We both looked at each other and started laughing loudly. The dog barked.
“What happened to you, we are laughing on our joke, why are you barking. Shut up!” I shouted looking towards the dog.
“Sit down,” I shouted again like I was the master of the dogs and they understand my language. He barked, I said louder, “sit down!” the dog sat. Oh my god, I had this trick also, I thought. That he started barking again.
“Leave him, what are we going to do now?” James asked.
“Good question,” I said.
“Give a good answer now kid,” James said.
I looked at the wall which was in front of us, and then I looked at the other corner of the narrow gap.
“Let’s go out of this gap. I don’t think dogs can come at that side.” I said.
He walked step by step, touching his back with the wall, in front of me, I walked beside him, we were tilted, facing the front wall which was too close to us, the gap was very narrow. It was too close to my breast, I thought, "benifit of have little cute boobs," and smiled on my own.
We both were holding hands. I looked at his hand, which was nicely sweaty, his veins were thick, bursting out of his skin, oh sexy I thought. I could literally see the patterns of his veins. When we reached at the other end, we first look around carefully, to assure there was no end from where dogs can again catch us. Then we slide our bodies very carefully.
“Now what, how will we go back?” James asked.
“Enjoy it babe. We are not in any distant island, that we will get lost. Someone will find us, but until we are lost, let's enjoy this escape.” I said in an artist's voice. Holding his hand and swinging it like kids.
“Seriously, this is not a joke.” He replied.
“Then treat it like an adventure, Baby,” I said looking around, to the big buildings and streetlights.
“And how we gonna do that,” he said bringing his arm around me.
“Dance,” I said going in front of him, my arms around his neck.
He said slipping down my arms, walking straight, “no something else.”
I kept my hand behind and said, “So what can we do?”
“Long walk.” he said.
“Veryyyy longggg walkkkk” I said yawningly.
He smiled and said, “Exactly”
He said it looking around, in a funky way.
“What happened?” I asked and thought; now he will say nothing.
“Nothing, I was just thinking we can have an awesome music video in this street. Like we are dancing here, using these poles and these benches, it will be awesome.”
Then I looked at the street and noticed that it was actually very beautiful.
“This song fit right.” He said looking at the streets.
“Which song?” I asked in suspense.
“This one”, he said looking towards me, “Where is your earpiece?” he asked me.
“Oh shit, I think I lost it.” I said “Which song is playing right now?” I asked.
“A million ways by HRVY” He said looking at me.
“Oh cool, let’s do it then,” I said.
I played the song in full volume on the phone, kept the phone inside my pocket, held his hand and we ran as the first tune came.
“He said wait, I gonna do the lips sing and you dance on my back.”
“Alright,” it was really fun to watch each other doing it. We were actually behaving like we were making a music video, I thought. We both had an awesome co ordination; we both just knew what we could do with the song. When its main tune followed, he took my hand and we did freestyle steps together, then tap dance, jazz and couple dance all that suited the tunes. We were really enthusiastic, we actually loved it.
In between when we got bored with dancing we started jumping and singing at different corners and started behaving like it was a concert going on. We were jumping and clapping, our hands were our mics, and we went mad. That song ran on repeat many times. We completely loosed each other in the rhythm and that concerting spirit we were in. our imagination was in our best support.
We both stepped together on the bench, his hand was on my waist and my hand around his arm, holding his shoulder, and we were jumping, I saw him and at that moment I felt very close to him. I love you James I said looking him when we were jumping but in my head.
We also pretended like we had guitars in our hand and we were absolutely careless with everything we did, it was like, we were similar in that music spirit, so no one judged no one felt judged, we were just way to comfortable in the silence and loneliness of surroundings, and perfectly mad with that song.
It was awesome, we both were going mad, especially me because I loved concerts and singers. We both were best duet performers ever, and we just made it an amazing show. Jumping together, singing together, it was fantastic, He even did some stunts in between, and god he looked damn hot. Now I leave it on your imagination.
