"Do you guys also have homosexual affairs?" Asked Shirley. "Yes, said Peter, I would like to think it is normal to have physical feelings for another person, what do you think about that Patricia?" Patricia, got a jolt from the directness of the question "I thought i said I don't want to have much to do with you for the rest of this party.
"Ok, thats fine." said Peter, "Sorry about that. In fact, I spoke to you because, I felt the same way about you. I thought I would give, liking you a try." Here Shirley butted in "I guess the feelings are mutual. Just try to tolerate each other for the rest of this party. Do it for me,... Please????'
"Where shall we go after this party?" Asked Shirley, who was all too impatient to check-out their new friend Peter. "May be a coffee, or a movie or a...." Began Peter. But Patricia butted in with. "Why not go to the local zoo. Or that circus that is in town." She looked around for approval, but did not expect anything positive. She certainly did not want to go with them to a dark interiers of a cinema."
"OK." Said Shirley and thought to herself, "this was a sign that they were breaking up, sad but unluckily true." Shirley looked first at Peter and then at Patricia, "ok, which one shall it be, the zoo or the circus?" Patricia brightened up, "The zoo, imagine all those animals we will get to see." You, and animals? Don't you think we could be having better fun together, the three of us?"
"Patricia, do you think we are drifting apart?" Asked Shirley. "I hope not." Said Patricia quickly. "Then I suggest that you try to be patient with the situation. It is not like either of us are going anywhere." Advised Shirley. Patricia, gave Peter and Shirley one last look, and then decided to give it time. She though it wise to share Shirley, she did not have to take part in a threesome.
They headed towards the zoo. Peter went to the booking office for the tickets. When he returned he handed one to Shirley and one the Patricia, who accepted it with a scowling face. "Its ok Peter, she'll get used to you. They headed for the entry/exit gates. They each handed in their ticket to be clipped with a clipping tool.
They together visited all the animals and birds that were there to be seen. The big cats like lions, tigers etc were in really huge cages which were dome shaped at the top. They also had some rock structure in the middle of the cage, these formed caves like environments for the animals.
The crocodiles, rhynosous, and other shallow water animals had ponds in their pit like area. The elephants, deer and other grass and leaves eating animals had no cages, but fences that were grass patches surrounded by railings.
There was also the aquaram area for different fishes. There were also cages for birds. Snakes were in tanks in an aquarium like room there was also a snake pit for big snakes that could be seen curled around branches of trees in the snake pit. All along only Patricia was enjoying the visit to the zoo, as Peter and Shirley were busy holding on to each other, as though they might lose one another. Patricia noticed this and decided she would teach Shirley a lesson some day, in the mean time she was enjoying this visit to the zoo.
Next they came to a shed like structure that was the entry to a stream that flowed through the zoo. Here there was the boat ride. Shirley's and Peter's turn to enjoy. Here too Peter bought the tickets and moved to join in the line that had collected for the next boat. When the boat did come the rush couldn't be avoided. First went in Shirley then Patricia and then Peter. Patricia blushed when they three noticed the way the seating arrangement turned out.
Patricia, was secretly smiling in her head, because the way the seating arrangement was, Shirley and Peter couldn't do all that necking and holding on to each like they were doing. Though here Shirley had her hand outstretched to rest on Peter's lap. Patricia was rather ambarassed about this and Shirley was enjoying teasing her.
Patricia tried to change the topic by pointing to the swans and ducks that were swimming around in the stream. They really looked beautiful, the swans with their long necks and the ducks who would now and then dip their heads into the water. For them there wasn't any cage, it was open. From the boat they sighted a small cafe. "We will eat something there after this boat ride." Said Peter. The rest of the boat tide they sat in silence while the man rowing the boat explained things every now and then.
At last they came to the end of the boat ride, both Peter and Patricia had to admit, it wasn't so bad tolerating sitting side by side on the boat ride. "So did you'll like it?" asked Shirley. "Yeah said both Peter and Patricia, both meaning about the boat ride while Shirley meant about sitting besides each other. Shirley wasn't aware about the fact that they had both gotten over their repulsiveness fit each other, but that was as far as it would go. Over the meal Shirley thought about talking about what they all three would like to do together.
"So, what are your interests Peter?" asked Shirley. "Well I like drawing I have been getting great ideas about drawing on cloth, let's say, like t-shirt?" said Peter pausing a while to look around. "No that is too common. What about caps, the front part? or maybe jute shopping bags? The problem is that when it comes to painting - I am a total failure." said Peter ending rather sadly.
"I like painting." began Patricia "but the problem is I can't draw." she looked at Shirley, to proud to admit that Peter could help out with the drawing perhaps. She dug out of her hand bag her kerchief. On it she had painted with fabric paint a love note. She gave it to Shirley. Here too, she was ambarassed to call it love. "There, this is for you, there is no one else to do it for."
"Thank you Patricia, it is very sweet of you." said Shirley taken aback with gratitude. "By the way, I pass my time stitching cloth items, like t-shirts, hand bags, sofa cushion covers, bed covers." she looked at the two of them. "I think both of you'll can help me out - my handywork needs brightening up. One with the drawing and one with the painting." She again stopped for their reply. "Well." continued Patricia "there is a thing known as a plutonic affair." This gave Peter an idea. "You know you don't need to fall in love with people you work with."
To be continued.....
I'm 57 years old, living in the Mumbai region. I'm interested in meeting a woman aged between 30 and 90.
