text: [Themes: love & dating]
  
  After a lovely, rainy day at the zoo together, Michael invited Jyoti to dinner for the first time.
  
  This is how it would be. He would take her back into his room to show her his violin and play her a few bars of Bach or so, and she would be so taken with his mastery of the strings, her eyes would rest in awe upon his handsome chiseled features and her luscious lips would part, ready to be kissed. Michael would lean down from his tremendous manly height to the petite, feminine Jyoti, and their futures would flash before their eyes when their lips touched for the first time. They would then wander into the kitchen to cook dinner together, as a preview of their domestic felicity. The spaghetti would be delicious, and so would the rest of the evening.
  
  The day finally came, and Michael's intended lady arrived at his front door, dressed in careful casualness and brimful of anticipatory nerves. After the initial pleasantries of people who like each other but are still getting to know one another, Jyoti came inside the house and dutifully trotted into his room behind him, mentally noting the pile of laundry shoved in the corner and the clutter of items on the dresser top. She stood watching him shyly as he laid his violin case on the bed and pulled out the instrument. Michael tuned it up, pushed his glasses up on his nose slightly, and smiled at her, bow poised to begin playing.
  
  What should he play?
  
  > Romantic Disney tune
  Michael chose to play a cute tune from a Disney movie. Jyoti giggled as he played, and clapped a little when he was done.
  
  "Do you know anything else?" she asked.
  
  > Bach selection
  Michael decided to go with his classical buddy, Mr. Bach. After all, he had been practicing this piece recently. He played the first few notes and they seem to be well received. Jyoti smiled at him and seemed to be enjoying it. He glanced away from her for a sec, concentrating on the next bit.
  
  However, when he looked up next a second or two later, she was gone! Michael stopped abruptly and looked around, confused. It was a little disconcerting when your date vanished into thin air.
  
  "Jyoti?" he called, puzzled. "Where did you go?"
  
  Michael chose to play a cute tune from a Disney movie. Jyoti giggled as he played, and clapped a little when he was done.
  
  "Do you know anything else?" she asked.
  
  > One of Michael's compositions
  Michael decided to play something he had been working on himself. Hopefully, Michael thought to himself, this would do the trick to put her in the mood for a kiss. He dove into an impressively complex section, and Jyoti listened with a big smile. When he had finished, she did indeed look as if she could kiss him.
  
  After he put his violin away again, she piped up, murmuring something to the equivalent of, "I made you another note." And she held out a small paper concoction.
  
  They had been exchanging cute little origami-like notes for the week preceding. Michael unfolded the little thing and read it through--a short little poem. When he was done, he thanked her, and thought it must be right time to lock lips.
  
  > kiss her
  He leaned down, and lo and behold they shared a small smooch.
  
  Opening her eyes, Jyoti looked up at him with big eyes and an awkward smile. "Can I tell you something? I've never kissed anyone before!" Her voice was small and squeaky with nerves.
  
  Michael was not expecting that and gave an incredulous, "Really? Wow!" He looked at the little woman standing a little shakily in front of him, and saw that his work was cut out for him to woo this inexperienced girl.
  
  What should he do next to charm her?
  
  Michael decided to play something he had been working on himself. Hopefully, Michael thought to himself, this would do the trick to put her in the mood for a kiss. He dove into an impressively complex section, and Jyoti listened with a big smile. When he had finished, she did indeed look as if she could kiss him.
  
  After he put his violin away again, she piped up, murmuring something to the equivalent of, "I made you another note." And she held out a small paper concoction.
  
  They had been exchanging cute little origami-like notes for the week preceding. Michael unfolded the little thing and read it through--a short little poem. When he was done, he thanked her, and thought it must be right time to lock lips.
  
  > Don't kiss her
  Michael decided that the time wasn't right. Unfortunately, this ended up making the rest of the evening slightly more awkward than it probably would have otherwise. Jyoti generally kept out of reach when they made dinner in the kitchen, and when they finally sat down to dinner on the couch, she sat with a fair amount of distance between them. He could tell she was nervous.
  
  After dinner, he tried to sidle up closer to her as they watched TV, and did manage to hold her hand. However, he really didn't want their first kiss to be while Daniel Tosh was showing a video of some idiot accidentally shooting himself on the screen. Michael started to become desperate.
  
  It was time for Jyoti to go home before the moment actually became "perfect" again. It was quiet and romantic, and the TV lent a nice glow to the room. Unfortunately, Michael was rabid with desire by this time. He really wanted to kiss this girl! Right in the middle of Jyoti saying that she had a really nice time, Michael attacked her face like a crazy koala. Kissing her fiercly, his hands explored her small curves briefly, before she shoved him off with a startled yelp.
  
  "Stop! Please stop!" She breathed heavily, obviously ready to bolt for the door in a moment. "I like you a lot, Mike, but I would like to take things...a little slower. Thaaa..that was a little too much."
  
  Michael assessed what he should do next.
  
  > ATTACK
  Michael's brain stopped thinking clearly. Seeing red and ignoring her protests, he abruptly grabbed her by the waist and hoisted her over his shoulder and carried her like a sack of potatoes back to his room/lair. Resisting the urge to sing "The Phantom of the Opera," he threw her on the bed, holding her down with his weight. She attempted to wriggle away and make for the door, but he was a lot bigger than she was and was able to thwart her attempts. Looking down at the woman on his bed, Michael felt the heady feeling of power flood his veins. Now that he had her here, what should he do next?
  
  > That shirt's in the way
  Michael seized the edge of her T-shirt and yanked it up, revealing the pale skin of her belly. However, before he could get any further, Jyoti grabbed something off his cluttered bureau and clocked him in the side of the head. Slightly stunned, Michael paused.
  
  > think better of it, and let her go
  Michael suddenly thought about what he was doing and came to his senses. Immediately letting her go, he began to apologize profusely. However, Jyoti didn't let him get far, as she tore out of the house, jumped in her car, and peeled away. Soon thereafter, a police officer came to the door, and Michael felt so remorseful that he told the cop everything that had happened. The cop filed a police report, Michael was convicted of assault.
  
  A law student, Jyoti ended up also taking out a restraining order on him, and filing a civil suit for damages. She won her case, and cleaned out Michael's bank account.
  
  A convicted felon and dead broke, Michael became a drug dealer, starting out with pot and gradually get into more serious drugs like coke and speed. He died of an overdose some years later himself.