And Savitha Definitely Feels Gawky. Part 1

“What? No tickets for Vandhaan Vendraan! Don’t tell me that! Get the tickets or I’ll kill you!” yelled Savitha over the phone. It was film starring Jeeva. Anything short of a first day first show ticket wasn’t going to satisfy her. “No tickets yaar! Forget about it!” said the voice over the phone. Savitha became restless and started yelling again. “Wake up, Savi! It’s 10 am and you are still sleeping!” Savitha woke up. It was a nightmare. She looked at the calendar. It was a Friday and Jeeva’s film was hitting the theatres only on the next Friday. She breathed a sigh of relief. “You’ve had enough dreams! Get out of the bed”, sighed her mom.

The sunlight was drawing its masterpiece on her room’s wall, stealthily coming through the windows. Savitha found something missing. It was her phone. She had promised to be to her friend’s house at 11. She grabbed ‘Coimbatore Today’, the supplement of ‘Country Today’ newspaper which was lying on the couch. It served her the daily dose of gossips. The newspaper had a photo feature from Rana, Thalaivar’s next film. She wondered if it was K.V. Anand behind the camera. Her phone beeped. Always quick to attend it, she grabbed her phone. It was her friend; a new restaurant had opened and a lunch at the place was duly considered. She felt something amiss.

Slowly munching through ‘idlies and thakkazhi chutney’, watching Aarariraroo song from Raam (which happened to be another song starring Jeeva) on TV, she asked her mom for Sambar. “Thakkazhi chutney irukey! Pinna edhuku”, came the sharp, short reply from her mom. She remembered Vijay’s punch dialogue – Main pesumbudo side ellam silent ah irukanum! (When the main dish is hogging the limelight, the side dishes can remain silent!). She was missing something. But Jeeva on TV was enough a distraction to forget about what was bugging her.

It was 2 pm in the afternoon, the sunlight was all over the place and an oven seemed a cooler place. The buzz was about the new restaurant, Gluttony, and Savitha decided to try it out. She knew something was casting its shadow on her day, but what was it? Why should something mess with her schedule? But the foremost question was: What was asking her these numerous questions?

- Gopsay

Special thanks to Savitha for the name. To Serena, for her valuable inputs!

Thanks to Ernakulam Express for providing me a nice cabin seat with a reading light.

Thanks to QWERTY keyboard for helping me with the Title of the story!

P.S. And Savitha Definitely Feels Gawky has its origin from 'ASDFG' of the keyboard. :)