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It wasn’t long after I saw him again . This time , it wasn’t near the riverside. I saw him in a cafe. And I saw him performing for the first time . Not humming , actually singing .
People were all ears except for me . I was all heart . I have seen people singing in this cafe before . I have been to concerts before . But this was different . It felt like a string tied between my books and his vocals . They seemed to connect .
I didn’t take him long to notice me . This time we kept the greeting simple . It was just an eye blink from each one of us .
After his part was done and I was just about to leave . Obviously , I thought , he seems to have a huge fanbase and he won’t bother talking to me .
“Hey”, someone said from behind .
Maybe someone said it to someone else so I kept moving .
“Hey”, the same voice it was .
I turned back and it was him . HIM.
“Hey”
“What was your name again ? Sorry I have a poor memory .”
“Alisha”
“Right . How are you ?”
“Very well , you ? I thought you said you were an enterpeneur.”
“I didn’t mention my hobbies . And my youtube page. What are you doing here ?”
“I am a regular here . And they have the best hot chocolate.”
“Alright then , hot chocolate for us it is then .”
“Sorry , what ?”
“I said hot chocolate it is then for us.”
“Why would I be doing that?”
“Because you don’t know anyone here and so do I .”
“I thought these were your fans.”
“Yeah . They are .”
“So you know them and they know you .”
“Correction . They know my voice , not me . I know they’re my fans but I don’t know them.”
That was enough for me to join in for a hot chocolate.
“Alright , hot chocolate it is then”,I said .
We had many hot chocolates that night. And a day after. And a day after that again. Till that one day. That one very day.
“Are we set for tonight? Riverside.”
“Definitely”.
“Awesome . I am bringing someone along. She’s excited to meet you .”
SHE. My eyes were struck on SHE.
“Who?”
“You’ll see.”
Who can SHE be? Maybe another friend . I didn’t want to think that he had a girlfriend . Although , we never got to talk about that. And I went to the riverside , hoping that she isn’t who she is supposed to be.
He wasn’t there yet. He came 15 minutes after me. And I saw her too. And she was so cute.
“Sorry , she’s a bit moody . It took longer to get her out of the house.”
“What’s her name?”
“Dixie.”
“That’s cute.”
“Yeah . That was actually the name of the first dog I brought home when I was in school. And she reminded me of her, so I named her that.”
“I thought you would be bringing your girlfriend.”
“Oh she is my girlfriend. She is my favourite girlfriend . Except that I don’t really have a girlfriend.”
“Really”, I don’t know why I stressed on really.
“So you see Dixie is really possessive about me . So I have to take her approval , everytime I get serious about someone.”
I don’t know if that was coincidental or what but she barked at that moment.
“So you’re saying..”
“Dixie, do you approve her ?”
And she barked again.
THE END.
THE PRETENTIOUS WRITER 