“What does one have to do to watch a movie in peace?” shouted the movie buff who vented his accumulated anger on the woman who accidently stepped on his foot in the pitch-black movie theatre.
“I’m sorry. I’ll try to be careful next time.” exclaimed the woman. The screen which suddenly went pale white due to the brief technical difficulty in the operator room, made sure that the man had enough time to catch a glimpse of the young woman’s face. But that mere glimpse triggered more questions than answers for the man who had earlier struck out after pitching his idea to film producer. “That’s okay...” stretched the man as his curiosity had begun to swallow his attention away from the movie.
His head had turned nine o’clock rather than looking at the screen right in front of him, which was obviously noticed by the woman, “Last I checked the movie was in that direction.”
“I did not mean to gaze. I was just curious that you would prefer coming to watch this... I think.” Replied the man who was kind of intrigued with the woman’s eyes, ironical for someone who found the over use of those particular body organs in romantic situations a little clichéd. “Alright, tell you what. I will consider getting a bite to eat with you, if you promise to look that way.” proposed the woman.
The man smiled, “I can do that. But can you keep your eyes off me?”
“That’s a joke right?”
“Depends on the number of times you have heard it.” smiled the man as he was dead set into having dinner with the woman.
A little later at an almost deserted diner, “So you are trying to be a director?” asked the woman, who was kind of surprised to hear that. “Why do you sound surprised? Even I wasn’t surprised when you announced that you were an Artist. Did I? ” asked the man who was more surprised to see the surprised tone coming from the woman who had not ceased to surprise him.
“Just your demeanor and the way you talked. I figured that you would be some kind of Lawyer or a Politician. You have a unique way with words. Even enough to brainwash people at times!” exclaimed the woman, only for the man to smile, “Thank you. But I wish that my persuasion skills were enough to bowl over someone to fund my movie.”
“Don’t lose hope just yet. It might be just around the corner for all we know. So what’s the concept?” asked the woman who was kind of fascinated with the man that she recently acquainted with. “Usually dinner is the concept where people eat food before they sleep. But I am beginning to think from the look from your face that you are asking about my screenplay?”
The woman sarcastically answered back, “You are a mind reader, aren’t you?”
“It’s a romantic drama. The protagonist has hidden feelings about a woman that he wants to tell out to the whole World. Both of them meet in a movie theatre. The rest of the movie shows the crazy night that they both passionately share. They agree for that one night of romance that is too real to be true. No it does not involve sex. They just want to enjoy an evening in each other’s company. Though they agree that they do not want to see each other at the end of it, they fall for each other but both of them are kind of apprehensive about telling their feelings because of the biggest villain in their lives.”
“Who’s the big villain in his life? Is it his father? Is it the girl’s Mother? Or is it some high school jock who just kept entering the picture for no apparent reason?” asked the Woman who was kind of intrigued, natural to a sucker for romantic movies.
“For an interesting woman, you chose to connect with the most uninteresting versions of soap drama plots. And no the biggest villain in this story is TOMORROW.”
“Tomorrow?” asked the woman got more...