Allen"s POVI was excited for tomorrow"s ….hmmmm….can I call it a date. Its been 3 hours since I started choosing a dress but I feel none of them are right. Just then my brother barged in.
"what"s all this mess?" he asked surprised looking at the scattered clothes on my bed and floor.
"I"m not able to choose a dress for tomorrow" I said.
"what"s special tomorrow?" he asked.
"I"m going out with someone" I said absent minded. "WHAT? WHO IS THIS GUY? WHERE IS HE? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?...WHERE…." and ya he started asking me a thousand questions in one minute.
"I never said it was a guy" I retorted.
"Do you expect me to believe that you scattered all your dresses just to go out with a girl?" he asked as a matter of fact.
I could have lied, but knowing my brother….he would spy on me the whole day. Accepting defeat I said " I"m going to an ice-cream parlor with Callen and his G.o.dfather since it"s a Sunday".
"d.a.m.n I dint consider the possibility of a G.o.dfather flirting with you. " he said deeply thinking.
"What goes on in that brain of yours?" I said amused.
"Callen is also coming, we are going to an ice-cream parlor". I reasoned.
"What time?" he asked.
"Around 10 am. I promise I will be back by 6 pm" I said hoping that he wouldn"t drag this subject.
"Ok fine" he said….." thank youuuuuuuu broooooo" I said hugging him.
"Now can you help me choose a dress, I"m not sure which would be right".
"Just wear a pant and shirt, it"s not like you are going for a marriage meeting" he scolded.
"How about this one" I held up a brown full armed netted dress which showed my body line
"NO"
" Then this" I held up a sleeveless dress which ended above my thighs
"NO" he said again. "how about you pick one" I said knowing that he wouldn"t agree to any of the dresses I had.
He scanned the whole room for 5 mins and held up a white frock full-sleeved which ended till the knees and had frills at the end.
" white suits you and it"s decent" he said.
" ok cool bro….thanks" I said and his selection was pretty nice.
After arranging my bedroom, I had my dinner and took a nice warm shower. I wasn"t feeling sleepy, so I went out to the balcony to breathe fresh air when I saw a dark shadow.
I moved forward to see what the darkness was and as I looked closely it was the "WOLF". The same wolf I saw by the lake!!! What was it doing here? Was it here to eat me?
My whole body froze thinking about that night, I was bought out of it when the wolf slowly started moving towards my balcony.
Its movements were so slow and cautious that I thought it was hunting for its prey. I was just standing there looking at him afraid to even take a step back.
One jump was all it took for him to come flying at me, but then he just sat still. He was sitting right before me looking at me with puppy eyes. I moved a little towards the door, but he sat still without any movement. Now I was perplexed. What was in his mind?
I started waving at him but he didn"t respond to it. Then I said hi to which he responded by howling. I guess he just wanted a friend. After making many rounds of experiments to satisfy myself that he was not going to hurt me. I started talking. You might think I"m crazy talking to a wolf.
But something in me was feeling that he would understand whatever I told him. so I started narrating my life story to him and when he heard about my mom"s death he gave a whimpering sound. I knew that he was sympathizing with me. Although I never open up so fast, with this wolf I felt like we connected.
" It was nice talking to you, I"ll meet you again tomorrow" I said and it just waged its tail. Such a cute wolf I thought.
The next morning
I was getting ready for the past two hours. " ALLEN, there"s a call for you my brother shouted". "I"m coming" I said running down the staircase.
"h.e.l.lo" I said breathing heavily.
" Hi, this is Blake. I will be there in 10 mins. Are you ready?" he asked. His voice was so low and husky that it sent my heart running a marathon. I was already shivering hearing his voice that I forgot to answer back.
"Allen" he questioned… " ummm….. ahhh…..yes….yes sir, I"m ready" I said fl.u.s.tered.
"ok then. I"ll pick you up. Bye." he said and kept the call. I had to gather myself from his LOW DEEP voice or else I would be flushed as a tomato.
The doorbell rang after few minutes. " I"m taking it" I said running. As I opened the door, my eyes were blinded. He looked so cool with those shades. My heart picked up the meter again.
"Shall we go" he asked in a polite tone. " Yes, shall we go" another voice came. I looked down and I see Callen all dressed up like a cute little m.u.f.fin ( I mean not the literal m.u.f.fin, but I wouldn"t mind it either way:)
I bent down and brushed his nose and said "yes".
"YES" Another voice came. I look back and I see my brother standing there all dressed up.