Why Anand should not have invited Varsha to his bachelor pad!

2011-11-03T21:41:00.002-04:00

When Anand got a job in a top software firm, he desperately hoped that his quest for a girl friend would come to an end at least now. In college, he had always tried to start a casual conversation with the prettiest girl in the class, but almost always ended up keeping mum and looking serious. He definitely did not want to repeat that mistake. So when Varsha, from Mumbai, joined his project, his heart stopped a few beats for all the right reasons. He found himself praying to God for one casual opening on which he could pounce upon. As luck would have it, a few days later, Varsha was at the cafeteria complaining how bad the coffee was when Anand jumped into the conversation and effectively nodded to whatever Varsha said. When a beautiful girl complains about something, there is no way a guy can contradict that! Now this was great progress for Anand because this coffee-break-buddy-thing had already attracted the jealousy of few of his colleagues and specifically, the project manager, Mr Sundaram. Below is a snippet of a not-so-comfy conversation that followed:

Sundaram: Anand, what man, now a days, very busy? Don't have time for coffee breaks with guys like us?

Anand: No Sir, nothing like that. You've never asked me out for coffee before!

Sundaram: SO, Varsha asked you out for coffee, ah? eh? eh? eh? Ha ha ha...

Anand never understood why Sundaram thought he had cracked a universal joke!

Coming back to Anand's perennial problem, our protagonist shared his bachelor's apartment with three of his project colleagues (which is quite a normal and 'straight' thing to do given that finding an apartment is probably the toughest thing in a bachelor's life!) and these bunch of guys used to hang out at a joint. Days had passed into weeks and weeks into months, and Anand was now a regular in
Varsha's circle.

On one fine evening, when Varsha called Anand and told him that she needed company for checking out a nearby shopping mall, he jumped at the offer. There was a catch though. Varsha's plan was to stop in at his apartment on the way from office, change to something "befitting" a shop mall visit and then proceed to the mall. He didn't bother to ask why she couldn't change to something "befitting" before she came to his apartment. Nor did he give a thought about his room mates catching him with a girl in the apartment when they returned from office.

The actual sequence of events that took place would alter his life forever:

Varsha drops in at the apartment at 7:15 PM.
Anand acts cool . After a bit of nonsense talk, he directs Varsha to his room where she can change in to her 'mall-worthy' clothes. Time is 7:30 PM.
Anand waits for some time in the hall and decides to pour himself some coffee to cool his nerves. 7:50 PM.
8:00 PM and Varsha still isn't out of the room yet.
Anand decides to give a knock on the door to hurry up things. With his coffee cup in the left hand, he knocks on the door with his right hand only to trip over and spill the coffee on his pants.
Hurriedly, Anand decides to change his pants before Varsha is out. 8:05 PM.
Moment of Truth: Varsha comes out. Anand's room mates barge into the apartment from office. Anand, shocked, forgets that his pants are still not up. 8:07 PM.
Varsha screams herself out of the place. 8:07:30 PM
Anand's room mates take a picture of him in this state, upload the photo to FB, tag him and burst out laughing. 8:08 PM.
9:00 PM. Anand is still reeling under shock. Varsha calls him to inform not to bother talking to him again. His room mates console him saying that such things happen and lest he should forget, they will always be around to remind him of this episode through that photograph.

Anand is yet to find a girl friend! Different project, of course!

Thought Voyage

Why Anand should not have invited Varsha to his bachelor pad!