It happened all over again...we were amazed at the consistency of our fate as far as eating out together was concerned.
Titash and I had gone to the cafeteria at the top of a mall and we oredered a simple pizza with fancy toppings. This was done to save ourselves from the taruma of gulping down scarily inedible stuff which we ended up ordering almost always...no...ALWAYS! and how harmful can a simple pizza be? So we decided on exotic toppings...well well well! when the thing finally arrived it was a sure shot SHOCKER!
It was a simple looking pizza indeed, but with topping that looked like goat-shit.....SHIT!
"How am I gonna eat it???????" yelled the two of us in unison...inviting stern and disapproving looks from the elderly couple seated on the table next to ours.
"Err..can you change our order please?" I pleaded to the waiter.
"Sorry mam, once its placed we can't change it" he replied faking apology as if it was some statue cemented on some stupid landmark viewed by even stupider people.
Sitting down on the herculean task of eating it was not easy and I was almost in tears. "Relax ! just dont look at it before eating, and everything will be smoooooth" Titash rolled her eyes to give that extra dramatic effect and also to fight the nausea that was building up inside her. Actually inside both of us...
To look at the bright side (there is no 'brighter' in this case mind you), it didn't taste all that bad. Eating it, reminded me of my school days when I used to chew erasers for fun, lunacy surfaced quite early, did it?
When I told Titash about my nostalgia, we ended up laughing hysterically. It was not a laughter of joy or fun , instead, it was infused with tragic pathos for having to pay for something which looked like something the goat wouldn't be proud of and tasted like rubber.
Since we were hungry and we were broke too, we decided against the repeated warnings our allfactory senses and shoved the whole thing down our struggling throats aiding it with a lot of water. If I ever get any award (which isn't very likely) in my thanking speech I shall be ever grateful to water for that unconditional support.
So this was how our perfect day at the mall ended. Trust Me! that was the last time ever, and I'm sure that even Titash would not dare to go out eating with me alone!
