my pastry tale...

well new year, as in the new year moment came and went. and with it came lots of other things, the nostalgia, the hope for future, the anticipation, the fun with friends, the crazy partying and the new year resolutions. i know many people don't believe in new year resolutions anymore but i do. and so, i made a new year resolution to do one good deed every day. now before you people go getting ideas about the sinner that i am, i have to tell i am a very good person *smiles*. but i wanted to do a deliberate good deed everyday. little did i have idea that i would be tested for my mettle so early into the year. i wont lie, i had thought a smile to a stranger, helping someone cross the road and stuff like that would suffice my good deed quota for the day. but first day of the year and i am asked to do one of the toughest things any person in my situation could have been asked to do.
now, anyone who has ever been even slightly in love with the dark beauty will appreciate the extent of sacrifice i made when i did what i did. so this is what happened. new year means celebrations and no celebrations for me are complete without chocolate. yes, u got it right, the ecstasy of the dark beauty with its charm, lazed with desire and a lust for more and more- chocolate is an obsession. but what do you do when luck bestows you with a chance to enjoy in its company more than what you paid for and your stupid conscience starts nagging you!?!? you let your conscience take over. thats what i did *bows head for all the sympathies coming in*
scene- room full of people in state of shock and dismay and incredulity
place- our living room
IP- where are the pastries?
me- there are loads of others in that box over there. but there is one chocolate pastry. bakery didn't have anymore. and thats for me. so everyone, back away *brandishes a fork*
sorabh- you mean the one in that little brown box you put away the moment you came in? 
me- yes. why, what did you do? * looks with shock and horror*
sorabh-i, err, i umm * looks at the fork in his hand*
me- YOU DID NOT!!!! *falls exasperated*
radhu- *laughs* well i should get started with my pastries in the meanwhile *smug look*
radhu, di and IP all huddle close to the pastry box while i stand glaring at sorabh with look of betrayal and disbelief in my eyes. suddenly, china crashes, a wave of shock goes across the room. radhu shrieks and di has no clue what to do.
me- what?!?!
IP- you are going to love me for this. there is another chocolate pastry in here *smiles broadly and makes way for me to look at it*
and there it was, sitting innocently, smiling up at all of us, with its large nuts gleaming in the lights abover our heads. i lowered my hand to pick it up and
radhu - didnt we pay for just one? they must have made a mistake and given us extra stuff. 
me- so? they made an honest mistake. forget it, lets indulge *takes a step towards the pastry*
IP- radhu is right. we should pay for it. or give it back
sorabh- am out of dough. 
everyone nods agreement. 
me-this means we are going to have to take it back??? *looks horror stuck*
IP- i think yes *pats me sympathetically while i look like on verge of tears*
after much discussion and lots of jabs at my conscience and million reminders about my good deed of the day resolution, emotional blackmailing about the job that the employee of the pastry shop might lose (no one loses their job over a pastry but my friends tried that on me and it worked). we took the pastry back

scene II- me, radhu and IP stand at the counter with me clutching the box of pastry like my long lost child
location- pastry shop
IP begins to speak and i try holding him back for one last time but in vain.
IP- someone here must have made a mistake. we got extra stuff so we are here to return it.
owner- oh, right. thank you so much. *smiles broadly*
everyone looks at me cuz clearly it was my turn to do the inevitable. i extend the box with a trembling hand. it touches his hand and before i know, my grip is loosening while he is closing in on it with his vice like grip (control! gimme a second, its still a painful memory). and finally, i let go or IP makes me let go
owner- thank you so much
everyone turns to go but i keep standing
owner- *looks confusedly* thank you so much ma'm *smiles another one of his toady smiles*
me- err, right. no worries. we shall go now. thanks. 
and  turn away, with that one last look to that box. i could imagine the pastry smiling at me in an empathetic manner, smiling at the brief, smiling at the change of fate that happened. i walk out of the shop to be applauded by my friends for the heroic deed i did. we hug and come back home.

that was the tale of my
'good deed of the day'. needless to say, i filled my entire quota of good deeds to last me whole year before i have to give up something like that.
lesson learnt- new year resolutions should always come with conditions applied*
DISCLAIMER: i know its long but keeping it shorter would have meant disrespect to memory of the beloved truffle. i hope people can estimate  the sentiments. i am open to sympathies :| also, some of it might be over dramatization of the events but rest of it is absolutely true and unplugged.