My best college birthday - The funny part!!

I had a gut feeling that this last birthday would be a bit different,but i must confess that my friends exceeded my expectations beyond imagination.My friends had brought a cake to celebrate my last birthday in the college.But this cake was a bit different.Normally a cake has only the name of the birthday boy,but this cake was different.It had the name of my long-time crush along with my name.Ok to make matters simple and to maintain that diva's anonymity,hereafter she would be referred to as 'Cleo'.My sixth sense was telling me that my friends are gearing up for something big later in the night.I was asked to cut the cake and the first piece was smeared all over my face.The 'Cleo' portion of the cake was carefully carved out of the cake and handed over to me.I too made it a point to thoroughly enjoy 'Cleo',metaphorically of course.For a moment i visualised that the cake piece was indeed 'Cleo' and accordingly i worked through the beauty of Cleo before finally letting it go inside me.More cake smearing followed and everything looked so perfect.I was having the time of my life with my friends.If anything was ever perfect,it was that divine moment with my friends.But what was i to know that my friends had more tricks up their sleeve.Seeing the expression on their faces,i promptly realised that the night was far from over.My heart skipped a beat and i was just dumb-founded to hear the question that followed next.My friends,led by the mastermind Dada,asked me to call 'Cleo' and ask her out for my birthday treat.I was totally shocked.Initially i thought they were just joking.But soon my i was proven wrong when these guys called her.I was so shocked that i couldn't talk to her.This really pissed off my friends ,but they were not ready to let me go so easily.So they took my mob and called her.I tried to postpone the inevitable by telling that i need to clean myself up before the daring act.Thankfully they agreed to it.We all went to the toilet area where they allowed me to clean myself.But what was i to know that it was another trap.The guys kept on hitting me and shouted "fattu,fattu" to 'glorify' me.I kept evading them for sometime but i knew it can't be done for too long.These guys called 'Cleo' again and i refused to talk to her.But my friends were persistent.I finally agreed to talk to her,thinking that probably my friends aee just fooling around with me and in reality are making me talk to some other girl who is also part of this devilish plan.Here is how the conversation went:(In the background guys shouting "fattu,fattu"... and the mob is forcibly handed over to me)

Cleo:"Hello".

Shishir:"Who is this??"(I was thinking that probably the guys are fooling me,but on hearing the Cleo speak i immediately realised that it was indeed happening.I tried to escape but the guys closed the door and i was left with no option but to talk to her and end the embarrassing situation.)

Cleo:"Hello".

Shishir:"Hi Cleo.How are you?"

Cleo:"I am fine.Happy Birthday".

Shishir:"Thank you."

Cleo:"How are you??"

Shishir:"Not well actually.These guys are beating me like anything."

Cleo:"Ok i am tired now.I will talk to you in the morning."

Shishir:"Fine.No probs.Good night".

And this is how the ordeal finally got over.My friends kept on shouting "Treat,Treat" in the background to force me to ask her for a treat,but she thankfully ended the conversation much before that.But my friends were still not satisfied and told me to ask her out for a treat in the morning.I went all nicely dressed for her in the morning,but unfortunately she never turned up.I finally got a chance to talk to her minutes before the exam in the hall as she sits just before me.I had thought a lot about how i would approach her.But things rarely go the way as you plan them out.This is what i had thought i would say to her:

Proposed Algorithm:

Step1:Start by apologising for the embarassing incident yesterday and blame it all on the occasion where my friends got a bit naughty and did some crazy things.Ask for her forgiveness.

Step2:Remind her of a similar incident during the Compskee Photo session and try to relate these incidents and end embarrassment for both of us by confessing my long time crush for her and further adding that "A crush is just a crush,nothing more,nothing less" to cool her down.

Step3:Finally taking this oppurtunity to start afresh as friends.I,coupled with DK,had thought of a pretty 'filmi' approach for this.I would with one hand shake her hand to spark off our friendship and with the other hand in a flash pull out a chocolate from my back pocket and knowing that girls have a special liking for chocolates ,completely take the situation in control.

Step4:And finally ask her out to come for my treat to celebrate our new friendship and my birthday.

Step5:Live the rest of my life with the beautiful memories of that one special date with a special girl.

But here is what actually happened(in the exam hall):

Shishir:"Hi Cleo".

Cleo:"Hi Shishir".

Shishir:"Hey i am extremely sorry for whatever happened last night.Actually it was my birthday and my friends got a bit naughty and that's why it happened".

Cleo:"It's ok,i understand".

Shishir:"Please don't mind it".

Cleo:"It's ok.I understand such things generally happen in the college."

Shishir:"Thanks yaar".(A beautiful smile and she turns back,before i could make some inroads..).

And that is how my birthday chapter finally ended.I explained everything to my friends and they asked me to try again.But i had had enough of adventure and was not ready for any more.As i sit here and recall my last birthday,tears swell in my eyes.I will never forget the love shown by my friends and all the adventures that we did on that crazy night.(Lots of other crazy things happened that night..).I forgot all the pain that i went through that night,how i couldn't sleep for the next two days;all i know is that i would cherish those moments forever,till my last breath.