My first date !

Adolescence is the time when things grow faster than one notices, time passes fast , literally!
Just as I began to explore the beauty around me it became evident that there are many more brilliant shades in ones life that needs to be experienced.

I was in 9th grade when my mind preoccupied with the burning desire for a date. Too young for a date and the metropolitan magazine made me feel no good and was inclined to feel the glamour behind dating. Few blocks away a young lass was known to me. Having read about dating and backed by few frivolous acquaintance made me to courageously ask the lass to come for a date.

The moment was tense and could feel the sudden gush of blood in the body to the char gin of the lass. With excitement made some opening statements to comfort her followed by the proposal for date. She looked shocked and was oblivious of thing called , "dating". Comforting her further I said," Come for a stroll at the local park at 6 pm."

Being dark skinned and she being fair, with modern cosmetics I made some
unsuccessful attempts at making my face glow like a moon. Being my first adventure of this kind I started off with a friend in toe just to keep my spirit high and to meet any eventuality.
Reached in time at the designated place I kept frequently looking at the watch and the road which would lead her to me. Being a electronic watch with a digital display it made me more modern and tech savvy at that point of time in our town.

Neatly dressed she came but not alone. She also must have felt the same nervousness as I had, she had got her senior with her. She looked menacing and looks made me more nervous. I had reserved a bench to the much amusement of Old retired people wearing Gandhi Cap who spent their every evening split between the glorious past they lived and the bleak future they saw for the future, totally neglecting the present where my heart beats were pulsating with life and undergoing a new experience.

I encouraged myself to be bold enough to initiate a dialogue with her which was appropriate to the context and occasion. The presence of our respective escorts in toe dampened the spirits and the effect of the rehearsed lines which I had by hearted early evening. The glee on the face of my friend made her very uncomfortable and she knew something was amiss. Lost within that crowed park she called off the so called " date " abruptly. Whisking her was her friend in toe who did not stop glaring at me and exited out of the ever crowded park in our town.

But there was a pat on my back from my friend, " Buddy, you are really bold" But that very boldness cost me one year in my education. I could not meet the dates but could hardly manage a date.