David And Gina were sitting in the restaurant and were having dinner. This was their first date though they had known each other for little more than over a year as they were in the same class and knew each other by name. David had a crush on Gina from the day one of the college, but was too shy to ask her out. He was a decent looking tall, mischievous blue eyes which coupled with his smile made him a quite an attractive guy. He was unknown to the fact that as to what kind of effect he had on girls as most of the time lost in his own thoughts and in his own world.
To impress Gina, David had gone extra mile in arranging the date. David's school friend Thomas whom he had tutored in Maths and helped him pass the exams worked as the host in the famous The Grill restaurant of Ritz Carlton hotel in Los Angeles, which was frequented by many famous movies stars and directors. Thomas had been able to arrange a pool side table for two of them which was very hard to come by as the reservations in this particular restaurant had a three month waiting list. Thomas for David had also procured a bottle of 79' Bourdeux wine from the wine cellar of the hotel.
"Well, David I must say that I am fairly impressed by the way in which you have arranged this date. This by far the best date I have ever been on.", Gina said to David leaning in. A mischievous smile crept across her face as she asked David is he planning to get into her pants by taking her on such a nice date and by behaving in such a gentlemanly manner.
For moment David was shocked and did not knew how to reply. Gina almost laughed when she saw the expression of incredulity on his face. But David was not one be outsmarted so soon," Well Gina, for that to happen you should have come wearing jeans and not in that beautiful green dress.", David replied grinning. Gina burst out laughing on his quick witty reply and all she could say was tocuhe.
After they were finished with their dinner, David asked for the cheque and they left the restaurant and started walking towards the Venice beach which was just a short walk from Ritz Carlton hotel. The weather that evening was extremely pleasant , a gentle breeze was flowing through the surroundings and the moon was also out in its full bloom.
As David and Gina started walking towards the Venice beach, David tried to hold her hands. At first Gina smiled from inside at David's sheepish attempts to hold her hand while walking but ultimately she relented and allowed him to hold her hand as they walked towards the Venice beach.
"Gina, can I confess something to you.", David said to Gina looking straight in her green Emerald eyes. For a moment Gina was taken aback by the seriousness in David's as they were having a good time, nonetheless she asked David what he wanted to say.
"Well, Gina I have a had a crush on you from first day college.", David confessed to Gina.
"Well so why did you not do anything about it in the beginning only." Gina asked David.
"Well, I did not knew whether you would have liked it or not. I was not sure whether you have accepted it or not. So I decided to let you get to know me before I asked you out." David replied.
"Well, Mr. slowpoke", Gina said taunting David," I would have said yes because I had also wanted you to ask me out. Why do you think I asked professor Cooper to assign you as my partner for the corporate study report."
By now they had reached Venice beach. Very few people were there at the moment and the environment was very calm, the only noise that broke the silence was that of the sea waves breaking on the shore.
When David heard her admission he was really surprised, he did not knew that what he is going to do now.
"Well here is another surprise for you, I wrote a poem about you. I want to tell you the poem right now but you must promise that you would not laugh."
Gina promised that she would not laugh, just to see what kind of poem he had written because she knew if she laughed then he would feel bad. For the first time she saw him as a child who might had a body of a grown up but heart of a six year old.
"When I first saw walk through that door,
with the most beautiful smile I had ever seen,
you took my heart in an instant.
My heart no longer belongs to me,
but to you,
take care of this heart as it is all,
I have in this world right now."
When David finished reciting his poem, Gina was completely taken aback as she always had pictured David as a guy whose world started with books and ended with his books. She had never seen him outside the class or the library or even at a dorm party. Tonight she was getting to see that side of David which she never knew about could have existed.
A part of her wished that David would kiss her right now, but she knew by now that David was too shy or unsure to do that. So before David could realize what was going on, she pulled him closer and kissed him. For a minute David was completely taken aback. He did not knew how to respond but finally he gave in.
"Do you want to go back to my place ?" David asked Gina and to his surprise Gina said yes.
They quickly hailed a cab and got in an left. While travelling in the cab David took out his phone and messaged his room mate Freddy who was his classmate to make himself scarce for few hours as he was coming back with Gina.
As Gina and David were going back to his flat. Freddy at that moment was busy making himself a bowl of pasta as he was famished after coming back from his part time job at ' The Lagoon' which was a popular hangout for students who studied in UCLA. Freddy in true sense was a mischief maker he had to his record many achievements in this area including bombing the his old alma mater washroom with stink bombs and toilet papering school principal's car.
When he got David's message the wheels in his head started turning and light bulb suddenly went on in head. He quickly got on the computer, went on the google image and finally found a picture which he was looking for, a picture of famous celebrity he had seen few days back in a magazine. He quickly printed out nearly five dozen copies of that picture, grabbed a bottle of glue and went in David's room where he set about pasting every inch of David's room with the pictures.
By the time Freddy was done there was not a even a single inch of space left on the walls of David's room. For minute Freddy stood there taking in his handiwork and smiling from inside, satisfied with his work he exited the room and quickly left after switching off the lights and locking the door.
The cab dropped David and Gina at the front door of David's building where he escorted her to his flat which was on the first floor. He quickly unlocked the door and ushered Gina in. Gina asked him doe she have a bottle of wine handy to which David said that he has one which was given to him on his birthday by his cousin. She said to him that why he does not open the bottle and while she comes back from the bathroom. David told her to use the bathroom in his room while he goes and opens the wine.
Gina smiled an winked at David and started towards David's room. As Gina turned on the lights of David's room she was taken aback from what she saw.
"Um, David could you come in here for a moment ?" Gina said shouting from his room.
David was in the kitchen when Gina called him to come in his room. Thinking what it might be he quickly grabbed the bottle of wine along with two glasses and made a beeline for his room. As soon as he entered his room he was taken aback from what he saw. Every inch of wall in his room was plastered with poster of Justin Bieber and not just any poster of him but in this particular picture he was naked and holding a guitar to hide his modesty and Gina was standing right smack in middle of his room looking at him.
"Well, David is there anything you want to tell me ?" Gina asked while looking straight in his eyes which kind of unnerved him.
" Gina, I do not know about this I did not put up these pictures." David said protesting his innocence.
"Um, yeah right but what about the picture on the roof of your room ?" Gina pointed towards a picture which was pasted on the roof just above his bed.
That picture really made David's jaw drop. He was shell shocked that as to what the hell was going on. No matter what explanation or reason came to his mind he was finding it difficult to explain this to Gina and he stood there just looking at her.
" Well, I had thought you were a nice guy. You should have told me that you were gay and not try to impress me." Gina said which completely shocked David now. If before he was at loss of words now he was staring at her like a fool.
"Gina, trust me I am not gay.", David protested his innocence but he failed to convince her as Gina walked right past him into the living room where she started gathering her purse and other belongings.
David tried to stop Gina from leaving requesting her to give her a chance to explain it to her. But Gina seeing no explanation forthcoming left his apartment saying that all of a sudden she is not feeling well and that she would call him tomorrow. David stood holding the bottle of wine and two glasses in his hand wondering as to how the hell his room got plastered with Justin Bieber's picture as Gina left his apartment.
As David was left standing in the middle of his apartment's living room scratching his head, Freddy at the moment was sitting in the bar where he worked drinking beer waiting for a call. He was just trying to imagine what would be the outcome of thing which he had done when he heard his phone buzz. He checked his phone and saw that there was a new message which only said one thing it is done. A smile crossed his face
