April - 'Be the Fool'...

It was a nice sunny april morning...
Yuck...Bad beginning...
It was a rotten April morning...The Indian Airlines episode dint do any good to the day..
Just one thing that was good that day was the home food I ate at Venki's house and a nice long chat with him..
Back at home, seething unused dark corners of my mind started reeking out stupid ideas of fooling people...Me n ashok decided to go for Hostage...Supposedly nice movie..Anyways a couple of jobless bored guys din't mind a crappy movie...5 mins into the movie and I wasn't feeling too great sitting idle on an April 1st.. The first time I suppose when nothing untoward happened..

Ok quit idling guys..Time for some action...

I call up a friend of mine 'B', and start off...

[Me] " I don't know how to say this, but I think I need to tell you some____", pat comes the reply..
[B]"I know, I know, I know...., April fools day..."...

Chay...That was my dialogue...Caught and killed at the budding stages..Din't go down that easy with me..So lets fool someone else ('D')..She agrees...

[Me]"Why don't you call up the other friend and say, 'Ashok has been buggin me for ages..., He says he has feelings for you..I'm seriously bugged..Did he call you??'..

[B] makes the call..comes the reply.

[D]"I'm confused..Did he actually say that??..U said he's bugging [A] too??...
Cuts the phone and gives Ashok a missed call..
Me and Ashok seriously excited..But we plan to keep her waiting, so that she gets more anxious..And we call her back during the interval..


[Ashok] "Hello, I got a missed call from you..Whats up?.. "

[D] "Oh!!!, Sorry, it was meant for another Ashok...Not you..Very sorry.. "

Me n Ashok laughing our hearts out...Another Ashok...Ya right..I beleive her..


Sunday morning..Ashok calsl up [B] and asks her what the status is..

[Ashok] "Eppidi, hows the plan going..?? "

[B]" Its too good now..She sounded really confused..I called her sometime back..She asked me again and again if I was joking..I could hardly control myself..But I think now she's really confused...I dont want to miss it on Monday..I wont be in town.. "

[Ashok and Me] "Dont worry, we'll chalk out something.. "


Sunday night..
Again call [B]...and ask her whats up?...

[Ashok].".Can't wait to finish it off..Whats up with [D] now??.. "

[B].."She's totally confused now..Great going..."

[Me screaming in the background]..."Dude, I think [B] is double crossing..For sure..Ask her that.."<<I'm not that convinced>>...

[B to Ashok] "I heard that...Tell him I hate him...Only he would say such a thing..I would never do that.. "

Me and Ashok think she's trustworthy..Let's go along with the plan...


Monday..
I inform [B], major plans made...Just wait till Wednesday..
Lunch...

Ashok's mouth is watering, mainly due to the sumptuous feast laid out in [D's] lunch carrier, which he usually usurps a major part off....Today, major acting..Sacrifice..Anything for fooling...
Ashok curses me...Dude I dint have her lunch today man..Mere se nahin hota...I assure him..Dude chill...By wednesday its over..


Tuesday, Wednesday...Still cold war going on between Ashok and [D]...
Thursday [B] calls me up in the morning..And asks me n Ashok to come straight to Cafeteria, and finish it for god's sake..To get the timing right..Me a [B] exchange a flurry of smses...


Cafeteria..
All of us gather around the table..
Ashok facing [D].
Me across [B].

[Ashok] I don't know how to start it..I don't know if after this you'll still be my friend..

[D] Face becomes half a tomato..

[Ashok] Ahh..baahh...ehh...yebb....i've been bugging these two for many days now...
I should have told you about this that day itself..I made a mistake then..I think its late now..
But still..
Silence..
Silence..
Silence..

[B] Small smile flickers across face..

[Me] Control baby, control baby...muuaaah...

[D] Rotten tomato like face...Flabergasted...Totally preposterous stuff going on..

[Ashok] Guys I can't hold on any longer...

[D] Biting teeth..Clenching fist...

[Ashok] Elated...Excited..

April Fool....

April Fool...

All three of us rolling with laughter...


Suddenly out of the blue...

[D] Is this some joke for you??..How dare you...???..When [B] called me, I was totally tensed up..My mom also knows it..What'll I tell her now... <<Rotten tomatoes are pouring down her face>>....

[Me]"Dudes...Take it easy...It was my silly idea..Any fault is on me..."

[B] Face grim...Donno whats happening kinds...I kinda look at her, to guauge if anything actually wrong..hmmm..Face still grim...Defnitely something wrong...

[D] I'm calling my mom...You only pacify her...Hmmmpffff...
Hands phone over to Ashok..

[Ashok]" maamie....this is Ashok...Aaaanh..naan thaaaan...Ashok here..."

[Karthik]...Poda SAAvkreki! April fool!....

[Ashok]..Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssuuuuuuuuuuup Doc!!!!!.....
Shit...Totally fooled....

[B] and [D] laugh at the sad plight of two dudes in despair...
Me tho still wondering..Whats going on..??..What happened to the trust yen yall??.
Am I so naive..Shit...Some one pinch me...Tell me its a dream..All's not lost..
Is it a case of double crossing...Naaah...[B] said she wouldn't dream of doing that...

Truth beats down in a bitter fashion...

Rewind...

[B] Ashok called me now man..He's been buggin me about how he feels for you n all...And he kept telling me the whole_____...

[D] Ya right..today's what?April first..?? Lets fool those two instead....

[B] Can't wait to do that....Lets do it!!!!...
Let's double cross them big time!!!!..Yipeee...

Two of them start their executive plan...Involve Karthik...Tells Hebbu (Can't control laughter)..

Two donkeys fall for it...Unfortunately no double crossing over double crossing.

History is made...Rather, I've already written what happened afterwards...

Moral of the story???Anyone???.....