Sneak a Peck

SNEAK A PEEK

BACKGROUND: Hospital Terrace

Sarah again gawked at the same guy she had been considering as the trouble she should stay away from. He smiled brightly from behind the half opened door to her Grandpa's hospital room.

"Who is it, Sarah?" her grandma who was peeling fruits looked confused at why she wasn't letting the nurse come in, or so was her guess.

"Ah- Um"

"Oh my Goodness! Is that your mother? Please let me through~" he squeezed in through the unwelcomingly open door. Sarah glared all the way until he was in. Now that he knew that she read his book, he should get into action. He beamed at her grandparents and in an obvious attempt to win them over, he said

"Oh my god! You are her parents! Nice to meet you sir and ma'am." Like he couldn't let that they were quite old to be her parents. "I am Sarah's friend from her school. We met here by coincidence and I thought I should give you a visit."

"Hi Young man. It's nice to meet you. Are you close with our Sarah?"

"yes ma'am. Even though she is a bit cold."

"you came to the hospital with whom?"

"Oh! Actually my dad works here. I come here once in a while. Actually, I can show a good view of the city from the Hospital. Can I show it to Sarah?"

"Oh, Yes you can!" her grandmother said happily but her Grandpa was silent. He waved him to come close and whispered in his ear "You don't fool me one bit, Young man. Don't try anything stupid." He was about to do something stupid that day.

Josh gulped down the Hostility along with his saliva and smiled "Yes Sir." He dragged her out after a saluting at her pops while she called out to her trusted guardians to save her with her eyes. They didn't notice her plea.

That's how she ended up standing on the terrace of a huge building, in the middle of a city, with the guy she actually wanted to avoid in the entire universe.

"How is it here??" he was excited (and a nervous wreck). Circumstances seem to be tilting his way. But, not her perspectives of being alone with him.

"It feels like I am on a building roof top." DUH.

"I see. It's ok if you don't like me but why don't you just spend some time here and calm yourself down. I know you have had a hard time. 'Oh! Is that how he hits on girls?' her lips twitched. "By then I will go and grab something to sip on. Wait for me."

He was gone and she stood there debating whether to leave or not and the brain cells that always get girls into trouble said "Na~ He was being kind. I should at least respect his hospitality." She slowly moved closer to the edge of the terrace with the fear that Gravity will just pull her and she will get her head smashed to death at the opened parking lot. As she stood there, cool breeze of peace touched her body, sweeping away her thought along with it. Her body felt light and she felt like doing an acrobatic dance. Damn, this guy is really trouble. She said with a smile.

"Feel like dancing?"

"Eeek." Her body swung forward and the head smash death scenario was almost in practice but our hero saved the (like every other) clumsy heroine. With Bollywood romantic song playing in background, she fell into his arms. She was still playing the death scenario in head while his arms were around her. But our perverted hero was like 'I am holding her waist? Is this how it feels? Gosh! She is so thin.'

Minor change in the line - Circumstances were dancing in his palms.

They settled down on the terrace and sipped on mango juice.

"You are here anyways why don't you get your eyes checked?" She said between her sips, feeling comfortable around him.

"Pardon. Why?"

"You took my grandparents for my parents."

"Hahaha. My mistake." They both knew that it was an obvious trick. "I forgot to ask why you guys are here."

"We are here for pops' operation and you earlier said your father works here?" 'Let's take note- she asked me a question. She is interested in me'. Butterflies popped in his tummy. But actually she just wanted to keep her consciousness busy as the cold breeze was hypnotizing her and there was no way she would fall asleep with an attractively creepy guy who has a crush on her, sitting beside her, on a roof top. She would rather raise a lion at her home.

"Well actually my Dad is a Head Doctor and a part the council committee. He had been working here since 2006 and is much respected among his colleagues. So, if we count his years here, it would be… (BLA BLA BLA)" His mind just went- Let's Brag! They talked for eternity.

In between his bragging, he heard an unfamiliar krrrrrrrr sound. Sarah had fallen asleep on the dusty floor. 'I knew I should have let her speak more. Shit. But still, isn't she beautiful?' the perverted teen, at the peak of hormonal changes stared down at the beautiful girl in front of him. In her sleep, her mouth slowly opened and his mind went blank. The moment was too beautiful to be missed. The world was far below them and other than the wide sky, there was nobody to see, what he will do. For wrecking the whole plot and relationship building they brought up until now- he bend down and kissed her.

(Let's Cringe).

Our (always harassed) female protagonist was wide awake after feeling something on her lips. She opened her eyes and caught him. 'That bastard used me. I clearly felt something on my lips. Her hands were itching to slap him across his perverted face. Josh panicked. He did something unintentionally and by the flames in her ghostly eyes, he could say that- 'I SREWED UP'.

(THE AUTHOR SENDS HER CONDOLENSE)

Nothing else happened that day. Wasn't that much enough for the day? They were both calm on the surface but they were having ticking bombs inside themselves- one about to blast into flames and one about to leak into fountain of tears. That was the first day after many years that the strong boy of the family sniffled and wetted his pillow at the night with his tears. His love life couldn't have gotten any worse.