#26 …when time seems to fly away.

I was waiting for a friend in CCD. Inadvertently the conversation from the table next to me was reaching my ears. Though in the beginning I didn’t pay heed, the idle time and human nature soon got the better of me. I had a newspaper opened before me but my attention was all diverted to the chat on the adjacent table. I turned around to give face to the voices I had been hearing. A cute couple in their teens was idling away, sipping coffee and conversing. Not an unusual sight for a coffee shop.

“I think I should leave now, I am getting late.” The girl told the guy.

“But you just came,” the guy objected, not wanting her to leave then.

“Just! Your time management must be poor. I have been here for more than an hour now,” the girl said, getting up from her chair to go.

“Haven’t you ever heard of time relativity? Sit, I’ll make you understand,” and with that the guy took hold of the girl’s arm and made her fall back into her seat.

“See, time here is a relative concept which for me is moving at a far slower pace because of the lovely company that I am enjoying. I just feel like having spent a few minutes as yet.” The guy explained.

“Ah! So its because of your company that I feel like having spend hours here. Time relativity is working in the opposite direction for me, you see. Bye.”

With a cunning smile she got up and walked off.

The guy kept looking in her direction after he waved her bye, long after she was gone. Even though his eyes weren’t hard to read, the girl may have missed it out. On another thought, she may be deliberately trying to avoid reading it. Who knows!!

A lot can happen over coffee :)