Somewhere along the return journey, he would meet us, and there he would begin another lesson.Increasingly his lessons included brief sparring session...s with him.I found those brief sessions very educational and humbling. As ancient and frail as Ghordun of Yalme was, with sword and dagger in hand, he was a force of nature. Sometimes his movements seemed to throw an extra spin or weave or hitch into what I saw as an otherwise elegant form, but I was too busy learning to worry about it. Time. Shilpa khush ho gayi aur boli, “Tu kitna achha hai, Raj. Teri gf toh h hai.” Maine usse kaha ki meri koi gf nahi hai. Woh boli, “Koi nahi, main bana dungi.”Fir hum ghar pahuch gaye. Ghar pahuchne ke baad main upar aa gaya. Parthodi der baad aunty aur Shilpa ke ladne ki awaaz aane lagi. Main neeche gaya toh dekha dono kisi baat pe jhagad rahe the.Maine aunty ko shaant kiya aur unko dusre room mein le gaya. Shilpa apne room mein jaa kar so gayi. Maine aunty se puchha.Me – Aunty, kya hua, aap itna. It took several friends to help me move it and I had to ply them liberally with pizza and beer once we were done. All of them marveled at it once we got it back together and several of my girlfriends have slept in it and one keeps trying to buy it from me.One day, during a rather energetic evening, we did the impossible, I heard a crack and didn't know where it came from. My girlfriend, Lindsey, was on her knees and she was holding onto the headboard for dear life. We weren't centered on the. " I tottered unsteadily back to the bed, unzipped and removed the boot. My toes wiggled into the other sandal. My copper-colored toenails dancing behind the seam of my hose. "Can I can wear hose with these?" I asked Charlie nervously, examining my feet one more time."Definitely," she squatted down in front of me, arms folded under her chest. "Guys like to see that sort of thing. Underwear lines, clothes labels, the odd bra strap - it drives them nuts." She grinned up at me. I crossed my legs,.