Atish and three of this friends arrived. They were still wearing the clothes from my graduation... with ties!!! "Oh ho Uncle hamilai ta club ma nai chirna didai na... Sitara ley garda, herdai kootla jasto cha!".... Kyaaaaa, I did not look that bad, I thought...just not a conventional club goer! We started walking out into Adams Morgan.... The guys and I looked similar in our pants, shirt and ties while, Mareea tried to catch up with us going clippty clop! clippity clop! It was a wonderful May evening. Adams Morgan was abuzz with recent graduates, euphoric air and exotic aroma. I felt free, happy, but with a tinge of sadness. I was going to move away from this apt, this town and my friends. Dupont circle and it's International environment had always made me feel at home. Little coffee shops and book nooks were my favorites. Dupont circle, the capital of homosexuals and people with Bohemian lifestyles, has a charm... tolerant and friendly residents. But the club goers were usually from Virginia and Maryland. Just then, two three guys walked by... we assumed they were gay as one of them were dressed as a dragqueen. Then, one of them (not the drag queen) turned around and pointed at me saying "Hey, you look cool!!!....and you guys too!". Aatish muttered, "Yo Sitara le, hamilai marne bho aaja.... Now the whole gay world will think ke ke!!!"... I grinned at him and said "homophobic hajur he!he!???" "No! not homophobic just paranoid.....! Khurukka little black dress nalagayera....!!!" Then he looked at Mareea and said, " Senoreeeeeeeta, You want, I carry you?" Mareea said, "shoor Aaateesh, you bee my peeg and geeve me piggy byaak ri???" Ha!ha! I nearly choked! Aatesh was speechless. Just then, Binay arrived he was Da Rambo of da group! Binay was hmmmmm??. special. He had a good heart, extremely good looking and body building was his favorite pastime. He had an attitude, walked very macho... arms akimbo, and because of his heavy biceps and triceps, thigh-ceps swaggered a little. He was da looker but not da speaker! He spoke with a "Yo! who dis?" accent and a a very cute boyish smile. He was trouble, was in trouble, created trouble and tripped into trouble aaalllllll the time. Clumsy when it came to girls, great sense of humour, big ego and a short fuse! Going into their apt was hazardous to health as the door was booby trapped with weights lying on the floor, weight machines and GQ mags. But, he was really nice beneath his macho-ness. "Yo Mareea, Binay!" Binay came up, his sleeves rolled up showing off his bulky muscles. Mareea took one look at him and rolled her eyes him saying "ooooooooooh! I lie(k) tha!.... you wanna be ma peeg, Aatish is scaare!" she winked at Aatish and me! Oh no! I thought, she was in for a night! Binay had two left feet...beeg feet that stepped on toes!!! *********************to be continued**************************