The Pursuit of the Ultimate Kiss

By Gurpreet Singh

We all have kissed in our life, cheek kiss, french kiss, lick kiss and many more but do we single out any kiss as the ultimate one i.e. the best achievable or imaginable of its kind.Thus starts the story when a friend tells the protagonist what is the ultimate kiss and his pursuit starts.He tries his very best to get that kiss but it remains elusive. To get that kiss he falls in love, fantasizes his maid, tries on his friend but to no avail.Unexpected, unfair and unrelenting events mark his pursuit and he gets closer and closer to the ultimate kiss but still cant get it. Finally, his lips do get the chance but only when he has given up on the pursuit. Set in India, this novel has love, romance, lust, friendship and humor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gurpreet Singh
• Release date: Aug 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476190976

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The Pursuit of the Ultimate Kiss

By Gurpreet Singh

All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

Text Copyright © 2012 Gurpreet Singh

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The Persuasion to Pursue the Kiss

Chapter 2 – The Short Listing Starts

Chapter 3 – Approaching My First Target

Chapter 4 – And the Love Starts

Chapter 5 – Enter Samantha

Chapter 6 – The Bizarre Incident

Chapter 7 – From Love to Marriage Too Soon

Chapter 8 – Just Another Day

Chapter 9 – Just Another Day Gives a Solution

Chapter 10 – Just Another Day throws up Surprises

Chapter 11 - The D- Day

Chapter 12 – Entrepreneurship or Love or Both?

Chapter 13 – An Adventurous Week Starts

Chapter 14 – Day Two of Adventure

Chapter 15 – Adventure Stretched to its Maximum

Chapter 16 - Adventure Relaxes a Bit

Chapter 17 – Adventure Turns Into A Nightmare

Chapter 18 – The Zest is Back

Chapter 19 – Vacation

Chapter 20 – The First Success of My Pursuit

Chapter 21 – Destination Hyderabad

Chapter 22 – More Success

Chapter 23 – Almost there

Chapter 24 – Bad Luck, Bad Timing, Bad Day

Chapter 25 – A Normal Happy Life

Chapter 26 – My Last Vacation as Single

Chapter 27 – The Ultimate Chapter

We all have experienced different kisses in our life, butterfly kiss, cheek kiss, earlobe kiss, Eskimo kiss, finger kiss, French kiss, lick kiss and many more but how many of us single out any one kissing experience as the ultimate one, meaning the best achievable or imaginable of its kind. This ultimate kiss will be different for everyone and so it was for me. I had never kissed any girl on her lips in the 25 years I had spent on this planet and never even had a girlfriend. No, I was not gay; I just had girls as friends. But then one day I got to know what an ultimate kiss is and then the pursuit of the ultimate kiss started. Have you started to pursue yours?

1. The Persuasion to Pursue the Kiss

It was May 2012.

Don’t worry I’ll do it. Once I reach home, Ill have dinner and then when I come online, I will transfer the amount. Now cheer up girl…bye, take care and keep smiling. I said and disconnected my mobile.

I took a big sigh, put my mobile back in my jeans and took a long sip of my Coffee Royale, my favorite when I visit Costa Coffee. It is coffee blended with chocolate sauce, vanilla ice-cream and hot chocolate; it’s like my life, everything in right quantity to make the perfect blend. The situation was also idle, sitting on a couch in Costa Coffee overlooking the busy shoppers in Connaught Place in central Delhi.

My friend sitting opposite me with his Coffee Vanilla Sundae excitedly asked Have you booked a call girl for tonight? How much are you transferring? Is it pre-paid?

Are you nuts!!!? I exclaimed. She is my friend who needs some money to give to some middlemen who will get her a job in her desired profile and desired company. The job market is in real bad shape. I said in a more calming tone. On one hand, my friend was there who was paying to get a job and on the other hand was I, who had resigned from his well paid job as a Digital Marketing Manager in an MNC to pursue his entrepreneurial dream and was going all alone to do it.

My friend responded, Oh! I should have thought so. If you are talking to a girl it ought to be your FRIEND only. You have such easy access to girls; they just love your jolly nature, why don’t you make one of them as your girlfriend. Go 1 step ahead…have an affair man!!! 25 years of your life have gone without an affair!

I am happy with friends only, no commitment and no boundaries I said.

His tone changed a bit You are such a jerk. Do you know what, your birthday should be celebrated as Friendship Day. Even when you get married, remain friends with you wife also and don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but Friendship Day. I am sure you would have never purchased red flowers in your life and the way you are going, you will never need them. Why don’t you open a friendship club, it will be a huge success. Your tagline should be Absolutely Safe for Girls."

Haha I laughed out loud. Well that is a good idea; it will ensure a fixed stream of income for me till my business is set up! I took it jokingly.

The frustration of my friend was quite justified. He was better in looks and physique than me but still I had more contact numbers of girls in my mobile than him. However, as per him the value of the numbers in my mobile was zero as all were my friend only. And all the girls he had in his mobile have had an affair with him; which could be as short as 2 days or as long as 16 months. He just followed a simple rule, girls are to be loved. And for me, I preferred to be friends with them and that too a friend on whom they can count anytime anywhere. I wanted to be the hero of the girls who would support them when they have had a breakup or would give them ideas for new places to date with their man. This way I was in constant touch with a number of girls at the same time, none of them would feel jealous and I had my complete freedom in life. What’s wrong in this???

I am serious man! He said.

Even I am, will show you the working plan for the club within a day or two. I chuckled and winked back.

He stared back.

Ok, on a serious note give me one good reason why I should have an affair or love a girl more than a friend? What is it that I can’t do with a friend which you can do with your girl, except a physical relation I said.

"Out of the many, I will tell you the one which gives me immense pleasure, immense happiness and immense satisfaction. Whomsoever you love, hold her hand and walk out in rain. Get drenched, hug her and kiss her…It is the ultimate kiss. Nothing in this world can replace it. He said and got up Come on lets leave."

I followed him out of the cafe and towards the parking. Well you are right; a kiss in the rain can never be enjoyed with a friend. I said. He shrugged off his shoulders making the statement by his actions that he is right!

In the 10 minute drive back home I kept thinking of the intimate scenes of movies I had seen where the actor actress kissed each other in rain. I too wanted to experience it but never took it seriously. It was like watching Roger Federer win his 16th record Grand Slam and wanting to be like him but never even purchased a tennis racquet. Was I really missing something? My friend was experienced enough and if he is saying it is the ultimate kiss, then it would actually be the ultimate one. He lived with his father and elder brother in a penthouse so had complete freedom to do anything anywhere. So I thought I should try it out, it might teach me important things which would help me satisfy my future wife better.

So do I need to have a girl who is more than a friend to me? How will it all start? How will I know if she too has the same feelings for me? Will she be ready for a kiss? Well, I had never tried and maybe having a girlfriend is not that difficult. And If I do seriously plan to make one, I need to do it fast because it is already May month and the rainy season will start in Delhi by July. Two months flat I have or I will have to wait for one whole year for the kiss. And I don’t even know if I can survive with a single girl for one whole year, seemed unlikely as I was used to being in touch with so many girls (all friends) simultaneously.

I dropped my friend and wished him luck. He was leaving for Melbourne tomorrow with his dad for a business meeting. I lived few blocks ahead in the same locality. While parking the car in the by lane, my thoughts remained frozen on the kiss thing. Was I making a girlfriend only for the kiss? What if I fall in real love with her? And again, do I really need a girlfriend? DAMN, I lost my concentration and my car bruised the street lamp post. Though no damage was done but this girlfriend thing had started to show its effects (or I should say ill effects).

I went inside my home, had a bath, then dinner and wished goodnight to parents. Everyone retired to their rooms. I opened my laptop and first of all transferred Rs 20000 (400 USD) to my friends account. She was so relieved. And my devil mind popped up this question, ‘Can she be your girlfriend? She will do anything for you. You are her hero now.’ I tried to ignore it and started playing 8 ball pool online to distract my mind. But couldn’t pocket more than 2 balls and lost to the computer. My mind had even started imagining the kiss with her. I should sleep I thought. Within a minute, laptop was back in carry bag, mobile profile was changed to silent and lights switched off. I did not even wish any of my girls good night, thought its better to avoid it as my mind is at its devil best tonight.

Woke up at 7 in the morning, feeling sleepy but the very thought that only 20 days are left of my notice period in office, made me quickly get out of my bed. After that complete freedom to sleep or remain awake or do anything. By 9 I left for office. The weather was better than expected; cloud cover had kept the hot sun under its wraps since morning. The wind was also a bit cooler.

By 10 I was in office making my way through stairs to my desk on the second floor. The stairs overlooked the reception area which was as usual crowded but two gentlemen and a lady stood out. Dressed in corporate black suit were the men and the lady in short skirt and coat. All 3 had blonde hair and it looked they were from the states, or could be Europe too but their personality made them look like the big honchos from the Wall Street. The gentlemen were busy with their tablet and the lady was turning the pages of a business magazine.

With a slight smile on my face, I nodded my head and said to my self that one day these Wall Street people will also visit my office. I advanced to my desk and then made a short trip to the washroom to get fresh. Now back on my seat and I finished reading my mails in an hour. In the next 30 minutes, I made a visit to Facebook, yahoo mail, gmail and twitter as well. Now free, so raised my head above the writing board in front of me to see who can serve as my time pass. Since it was start of the day in office everyone seemed busy, except Kanika. She too had plans to leave the company but had not yet resigned. She seemed least interested in her work. Within the next few seconds, I was standing next to her.

Hi! How are you? I started the conversation.

Hey…I am good. Please have a seat. She said with a smile on her face.

I hope I am not disturbing you! I replied as I pulled a chair and seated myself. At that very moment her phone rang, Now you are! It’s my boyfriend, sorry talk to you later honey. She winked and started giggling on the phone. Dint even gave me a chance to say No problem, you can continue. I quickly got up before any one could think of me as spying on Kanika’s talks over the phone, as she had put her head down and I was sitting there looking at her and cursing her boyfriend for bad timing.

I think talking to Rahul would be a better option I said to myself. He has been married for 5 years, so his wife never calls him up in office for chit chat. I just took 3 steps towards his desk, and had to change my direction towards my seat. His boss had come up and was discussing some papers with him.

I had heard it and now experienced it, you girlfriend/boyfriend and your boss – they never let you be at peace with your friends. I at times felt one step ahead of all my friends here, I did not have a girlfriend and I had fired my boss by resigning. My life my ways…WOW!!!

I had no intention to sit on my chair, so went to cafeteria. I thought of having the salami and cheese grilled sandwich at subsidized rate as much as possible before leaving. Though my tummy was increasing at a constant rate of growth, but chose to ignore it as I knew that the first few months of entrepreneurial venture would anyways be tough and it will suck out all the fat in me.

2. The Short Listing Starts

While having the sandwich and sipping the apple juice out of the Tropicana tetra pack, the discussion I had with my friend last evening came to my mind. I was actually in two minds, do I only want a kiss in the rain or do I want a girlfriend and kiss her in the rain? Let me analyze this, it would help me waste some more time here in cafeteria as well.

I decided to draft the analysis in Q and A form. I will ask the question and myself reply back.

I – Do I really need to analyze this?

Myself – Yes, it will