Part 93-- April anticipation..

Part 93
Scoop of Life
Basil & Thyme
Golf Links
9:22 PM

March 22nd...

Raghav: Pick a place then... (indulgent)
Radhika: Kanpur? (giggling) I could work by the day and you could....
Raghav: By the nite? (grabbing her retreating hand)
Radhika: Does that sound bad? (looking deep into his eyes)
Raghav: I was leaning towards a place a lil more hidden...
Radhika rattles off a list of places from the 1000 places to see before you hit the bucket" book, Greece, France, Cayman Islands, Macau, Morocco....
Raghav nods, as he carresses her wrist....
Raghav: Can you take a month off? We could go to all.........
Radhika stares, as her jaw drops... "All?"
Raghav: Hmmm... you could pay me back... (twinkle in his eyes)
Rad: OFCOURSE! We cant have you foot the whole entire bill (twinkle back)
She digs @ her food, separates and combines the crumbs....
She talks about the mood at home, talks about how many relatives she has in UP, what language she speaks at home, speaks about taking a Punjabi lesson after the weeding...... talks about going golfing with Dadaji........
He is almost done with his food.... she asks him when he got glasses, when he grew his soul patch first.... his first kiss.... hers was by the school cafeteria at DPS R.K.Puram....... she said... she wanted to know which base he travelled to while in school..... he didnt tell her, he hit home run a bunch of times.... he played along... not shattering her innocence....
"Bahut bolti hoon na?" she asked
"Nahi" he said, like he was saying the truth
"You should time me next time I start talking" she offered
He arched his eyebrows dryly as if he would rather "time other things"
She inhaled her clasped hand, asked him about his scent "A&F" he  said...
"Hamesha?"
"Hmmm" he sounded
"Your sisters called, we are going shopping to 1 MG Rd on Saturday March 26th" she declared proudly about adding them to FB....
""Tumhe bhi add karoon?" she offered
"I quit" he said
She looked at him like he just said he was going to quit breathing....
"Your nose ring changed" he noted
It was three red stones to match her red skirt...
He reached with his other hand to feel her ring, while reached with her free one to feel his patch........
"Its hell being away from you" she groaned
"We should have run away like I suggested" he said, holding her other hand.......
"Phir kab laut te?" she asked playing along
"Kabhi nahi" he said squeezing her hand... she breathed audibly to control her sledgehammer like heart......
"You text my name but never say it" he complained........
"I am thinking of a private name for you" she countered....
"What would it be?"
"You will have to wait"....  hoarse....she winked bravely
She sensed his foot by hers, under the table... she left hers by his.........."When are you giving me a tour of your place? I shown you mine" she asked
"Abhi?" he offered, as she stared incredulously
"Tumhare ghar?"
"Radhika, the wedding date in April is too far out" he hissed visibly frustrated...