After sometime, Rachna went away to her home oblivious of the fact what ever I just revealed, and I came back to mine. 

At home that night, life seemed to me like a prison. I went for dinner with a fearful heart and a lost appetite. To my surprise, everything was so very normal. My mother served dinner and we all ate the usual way. This made my life more miserable. I quickly finished my food and went back to my room. 

Questions crowded my mind and I couldn’t figure out what might have happened after my father came back home and revealed about my forged romantic rendezvous. Why everything was still so normal pained my mind even more! 

Presently my father calmly came into my room and sat beside me. I looked into his eyes with fear in mine but discovered a smooth comfort in his! He soothingly asked, “So Sunny Boy, how was your date, I must say she was a pretty and sweet lady!” 

Like somewhat mesmerized I revealed everything to him about my first date and added, “Dad, it was simply out of this world, but the day passed away life a few minutes only!” 

He smiled and said, “You know what, Albert Einstein once said … Put your hand on a hot oven for a minute and it would seem like and hour; sit with apretty lady for an hour and it would seem like a minute! Now that’s relativity. Its all relative, the fact is how much you cherish what you gained . RIGHT! This is the biggest lesson of life my son” 

I had never seen my father being like this before; he was more of a buddy than my guardian actually. I could feel within me that I would never ever be able to hide anything else from him, he actually understood me much more than my own self. 

We talked for an hour and I would remember those words forever perhaps! I couldn’t interpret whether it was my First Date with my dream girl or the First Date of knowing my father actually. However I knew that I realized how much I loved and respected my father after that. Just as he was leaving my room I called him and said “Thank You daddy! Thank you so much!” 

Both of us knew what I was thankful for and required no mentioning. He turned towards me with his dreamy eyes and said these words. 

“Hey son, how could I ever let you down my child, never! I would just say, whatever happens in life and whomever you love in your life and to whatever degree, you only remember one thing that your Daddy has loved you 18 years more than that. 18 years more than that dear!” 

He switched off the light and went to his room. In the mild blue and gray of the moonlight ushering into my room through the window I too could feel one thing . Yes, its truly 18 more years of Love, I, or any child, can never ever cover up! It was in fact my First Date, the first one of actually realizing the Love I had taken for granted for all those Eighteen Years perhaps! It truly was so.