"Are you catching up or what?" Shouted Charulata from a distance. Josh panted miserably, holding his breath for the future race this girl was going to make him run. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAtgPLhugdN7
"I should have agreed with my friend to have not gone on this date." He muttered. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA4dUHnzXAWA
"I heard that!" She bellowed, but it was more comical than expected. Josh chuckled. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAFih3RrNHfz
"The gay freak can’t decide whether you come on this date or not, or else I would’ve perished." 497Please respect copyright.PENANAkXWwZUoPAd
“Hey! Don’t call him that, will ya’?” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAjUtNISjKkG
“Sorry. But I stick to my point.” She said. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAmDliyQkWHi
“And what’s that?” He replied in a strained voice. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA4L9570gpCa
“That I really like you Dumbo!” She said with a mischievous laugh, running deeper into the forest. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAG6mJ7Fv22c
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“Why did you want a date in the forest?” She asked curiously, walking over the thick weeds and vines, Josh following close behind her.497Please respect copyright.PENANARwHenF8rPM
“Why not? It’s Halloween, no better thing to do on a Halloween’s day, is it?” 497Please respect copyright.PENANANZGnTnEMNe
“You can stay at home and eat cake...” she said in a suggestive, gentle voice. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAsrUZ3shHIq
“Nah!” He said after thinking the cake over. “I’d choose nightmarish forest.” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAMi2AD3LES1
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They walked for a while or so, talking. They weren’t sure what they were talking, but they were discussing stupid things.497Please respect copyright.PENANAAEw3a7sBya
Josh wondered on how he ended up from walking her from class to walking her into a haunted forest leading to an abandoned castle. Ah. Yes it was her British accent that allured him to it. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAkOy3EEwbd0
“So, what are you doing in America?” He asked. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA7I31uboIWc
“My step-father lives here; You wouldn’t expect my mother to say no to living in America.” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAOKMh9RIlIh
“Why not?” 497Please respect copyright.PENANACIam7WONr7
“I-I,” She paused and looked up at him. “I literally have no idea.” He laughed at her comedic way of responding to things. She really was the one girl he’d been interested in. It was like some prophecy had told him that she was his should mate (that prophet being a crooked guy who was his best friend)
”You always seem so broad minded and strong.” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAG91EzblZNW
“In other words, attractive.” She said, and it was very clear that she was blushing even if it was dark. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAnjqOQPRNQo
“Eh. I guess.” He said softly. “And sassy.” He added. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAYgpQX5MLKW
“But what makes me even more curious is why.” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAFo0pWF5S7u
“Why...what?” She asked, squinting to look ahead of the fog. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAUGKGKqkBYA
“Why are you so hard and straightforward?” He heard a sigh from ahead of him, and he held his breath awaiting her answer.
”It’s difficult when you come from an Indian family and suddenly you have to move to America. I’m bound to get bullied; boy, I got a few swear words today morning for bringing a chapati to school!” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAzuh32K9u3W
Josh decided he didn’t want to ask what a chapati was, and walked ahead besides her. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAsxZjwJD0V7
“Top ten worst first-date-in-a-haunted-forest topics to talk about...” he muttered, following Lata’s scoff.
“Wow!” Cried Lata, staring at the broken down monument with unclouded flabbergast. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA51jhWrI9Ty
“Indeed.” He said in amaze. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAjJdWoCzSIi
“Wanna go in?” Prompted she. He beamed at her excitement, sliding his hand into hers. She felt the warmth in his hands and she smiled to herself. This is the best date ever! She thought.497Please respect copyright.PENANAtGPgEv5g9T
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There was a scream, a loud one that too. Where you would barely expect any sound, you have to hear a blood-curdling scream at that moment, don’t you? 497Please respect copyright.PENANA324aF4RF2t
“What in the name of effing Christ was that?!” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAsjmjya1miT
“I have no idea.” Josh said dumbfoundedly. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAmm560G9d7L
They decided that this was the Halloween spirit, and walked on further to see where the scream came from. Suddenly—
BAM! The door slammed shut, leaving both to perish in a haunted castle. Lata gasped, but she still seemed excited. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAevWx3sb2DG
There was that loud scream again, This time even louder. The room was getting colder, and there was a smell of rotting flesh filling up the place like water fills an empty bowl. Footsteps approached, getting louder from every moment, filling their hearts with fear. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAdEsxY3xDWe
Before the door could even open, Lata pulled Josh and pressed her lips tightly to his. His hands coiled round her waist, and she smiled. When they finally did let go, they were both smiling. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA90c9XzySVc
“You really are as unexpected as they say, aren’t you?” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAEpUp0t7A7o
“Depends on who’s saying it.” She said, panting. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAfpOKoQnS6d
That’s when the two dumb heads realised there was a glass window at the back. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAbRZXPt9YQg
“Hey! We can break it with that stool!” She suggested. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAthp010eZPQ
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Lata looked at the ring on her finger, smiling to herself. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAKBqCvOBT2z
“Oi. Josh.” She said, calling him to sit beside her. Without hesitation, he sat down. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAEGplVB2wa5
“Do you remember our first date?” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAYyHI0iuDNb
“As scary as it was, yes I remember it very clearly.” 497Please respect copyright.PENANA0vtEAxBwFy
“I still can’t believe we got out of that forest. It seems so unreal now...”. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAolmfHejAvd
“I assure you, it was very real.” He said, planting a kiss on her cheek. 497Please respect copyright.PENANAVC8qGO4vFl
“That was 11 years ago. I still can’t believe it’s tomorrow, the biggest day of my life!” 497Please respect copyright.PENANAavezxUnLsD
“How are you feeling?” He asked, awaiting her response. 497Please respect copyright.PENANA74rXVdSxEi
“In love.”
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