With Ryan back from his trip to USA and Canada, life seems to be getting back to normal surely and slowly. A few weeks age, we observed an annual tradition of ours - Poondi. Poondi as far as I believe is the Punjabi word for 'Checking Out'. Although we do poondi just about every single day whenever we can but this particular poondi is special for a very specific reason. This poondi is solely to scourge the freshmen for potential fantasies we may conjure in lonely moments.
Every October/November, our university opens it's gates to a whole new crop of meat. Every November/December we have our exams. October goes by extremely busy with our heads buried in books preparing for the upcoming exams. All the time we are in college is spend in the library or in some lecture hall - if we're extremely lucky we manage to sneak into one that is! So like I said, there is absolutely no time for anything else.
The new term started last month, however Ryan wasn't in Pakistan so poondi was long forgotten besides that of my regular favorites. Yesterday we were sitting outside the cafeteria waiting for the girls to fetch us the goodies. We were being treated as we won the bet that New Zealand would beat South Africa in 2011 ICC World Cup. "So any new crushes?", Ryan asked me suddenly.
"In college?!", I asked. "I don't know! Haven't really noticed anyone in particular!" I told him.
"Who's stopping you?", he nudged.
I laughed. "No one!", I told him. "Nobody really stood out to me!"
"Picky!", he teased.
"I'm not picky!", I defended myself. "Besides you can't choose who you are attracted to!"
"Do another scan!", he said punching my shoulder. Disapprovingly I started looking around to see if any of the freshmen grabbed my attention. As I was scanning the college grounds I realized that there was nobody down there that I was attracted to. There was really not a single guy that stood out above the rest or made me go back for a second look. I could really not believe it. Not a single crush!
This was amazing beyond words. I was especially embarrassed after crushing on the six crushes from the class before the new one and the twin brothers, who moved away last week (Did they got wise to all my personal evening poondi?!). LOL! But seriously, I am not lying about those six guys. I swear it seemed last year they had given admission to guys worthy of putting in a Levis campaign.
"None! I am not attracted to anybody!" I told him with a smile, "You?"
"One!"
"Who? Who?" I ask him looking around hoping to spot him before Ryan could tell me.
"Her", Ryan says gesturing towards a girl dressed in yellow clothes. She looked good. Tall, slender, bronze colored skin - I would get rid of the blond highlights. But in any case, I was so not expecting Ryan to point towards a girl and I was not at all expecting me to be not crushing on a single new guy. I guess there's a first time for everything!
Every October/November, our university opens it's gates to a whole new crop of meat. Every November/December we have our exams. October goes by extremely busy with our heads buried in books preparing for the upcoming exams. All the time we are in college is spend in the library or in some lecture hall - if we're extremely lucky we manage to sneak into one that is! So like I said, there is absolutely no time for anything else.
The new term started last month, however Ryan wasn't in Pakistan so poondi was long forgotten besides that of my regular favorites. Yesterday we were sitting outside the cafeteria waiting for the girls to fetch us the goodies. We were being treated as we won the bet that New Zealand would beat South Africa in 2011 ICC World Cup. "So any new crushes?", Ryan asked me suddenly.
"In college?!", I asked. "I don't know! Haven't really noticed anyone in particular!" I told him.
"Who's stopping you?", he nudged.
I laughed. "No one!", I told him. "Nobody really stood out to me!"
"Picky!", he teased.
"I'm not picky!", I defended myself. "Besides you can't choose who you are attracted to!"
"Do another scan!", he said punching my shoulder. Disapprovingly I started looking around to see if any of the freshmen grabbed my attention. As I was scanning the college grounds I realized that there was nobody down there that I was attracted to. There was really not a single guy that stood out above the rest or made me go back for a second look. I could really not believe it. Not a single crush!
This was amazing beyond words. I was especially embarrassed after crushing on the six crushes from the class before the new one and the twin brothers, who moved away last week (Did they got wise to all my personal evening poondi?!). LOL! But seriously, I am not lying about those six guys. I swear it seemed last year they had given admission to guys worthy of putting in a Levis campaign.
"None! I am not attracted to anybody!" I told him with a smile, "You?"
"One!"
"Who? Who?" I ask him looking around hoping to spot him before Ryan could tell me.
"Her", Ryan says gesturing towards a girl dressed in yellow clothes. She looked good. Tall, slender, bronze colored skin - I would get rid of the blond highlights. But in any case, I was so not expecting Ryan to point towards a girl and I was not at all expecting me to be not crushing on a single new guy. I guess there's a first time for everything!
Now if only my first time can be with him - provided we're truly deeply madly in love, you know. C'mon, I am shallow and pretty crazy, but even I have limits! :p
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