DOUBLE DATE
BISWAJIT
Lilly texted her dearest, Ronny. Two months ago they met on the internet. The sweet boy replied immediately:
‘Wow, c u in an hour @ zoo-cafe’
Parents were out for a day long party. At her comfy dressing table Lilly dabbed final spells of pinkish retouching on cheeks.
Oh no— SMS from elder sister Julie: ‘Lil, we’re coming @1pm. Stay home’
‘Alas, what a mess!’ Lilly scratched on the mirror.
What an embarrassment. Almost sixteen minutes passed undecided. At last she played a trick. Called sister back:
— ‘Hello sis, you know, today we are attending a party. So …’
— ‘Okay Lil, take care. We’ll then meet tomorrow’
— ‘Thank you sis–Love you–Bye.’
Lilly disconnected the call and called Ronny, ‘Hey Ron, please wait there, I’m just coming’
Locked the apartment and fumbled out.
Locked the apartment and fumbled out.
At the cafe:
— ‘Lilly, I came an hour ago, as I had promised’
— ‘Yah, I’m sorry’
— ‘Your parents weren’t home. Why coming late then?’
— ‘Sis wanted to visit today!’
— ‘Really? Then how did you manage?’
— ‘Top secret!’
‘Not any secret sweetheart, Lil’
Julie!
Lilly turned backwards, found his elder sis with his hubby in an adjacent table.
— ‘So, this boy is your special one?’
— ‘No-no, sis, nothing like what you–‘
— ‘It’s okay baby. I won’t disclose’
— ‘But sis, you are here?’
— ‘Dad had called me. And, to clarify furthermore, your Ron is my hubby's cousin’
— ‘Whaa...t!’
— ‘Well, we’ll spend the day together. Agreed?’
Julie went to buy four tickets.
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