3 girls, an infinity G 35 coupe and a mission..

6:30PM, a chilly breeze making them shiver from head to toe, three girls, M, A, S set out on a mission to buy rice from the Indian Grocers, which closes at 7PM and is a good 8 mile drive from home..the girls embarked their 'adventure ride' with lots of excitement and proudly flaunting someone else's Infinity G35 Coupe," intensity captured in seductive form "..excitement as this is going to be their first ever 'only girl' drive after coming to the US..

They make it to the Indian Grocers in time but are disappointed to find it closed. ..more disappointment because V has already started preparing the shrimp curry she has been boasting about since morning and now there is no rice!!!..After racking their brains for a few minutes as to why it is closed they begin their return journey. On the way back home, they realize they need garlic, trash bags and the car needs fuel...A keeps looking to the right and S to the left for a gas station and finally they land in one thanking Almighty cos the car managed to the gas station..

Now what!! None of them have filled gas before. A has a little idea cos shez seen friends filling gas and poor S was trying to figure out driving rules by watching M drive and A navigate.
All the 3 girls get down to fill gas in one car.
Realize hand bag left in car.. So open the door again, retrieve bag and close the door.
Fuel tank on the other side :X:X:X
M gets into the car and drives around the pump.
In the meantime, A & S locate the slot to insert the card.
Follow instructions and glad everything is going 'fine'.
M trying to open the gas tank. The knob does not turn. Doesn't want to meddle more with boyfriend's car else she ends up breaking it and "hell hath no fury like a boyfriend angered".
Like a good girl M calls him up and asks which direction should the knob be turned so she can open it without breaking it.
Boyfriend in JFK airport since 10AM that morning waiting to board a 9PM flight to Motherland and totally frustrated!!
Irritated boyfriend mumbles something. gas tank opened.
Yippiee!!!
Notice that the 'pipe like thing' has two clutches; one should be held to fill gas and the second one to hold the first one.
Now when do we stop??? How many gallons does it take to fill the entire tank? Does it stop automatically? What do we do now?

Well, call boyfriend again.. boyfriend shouting, cursing.. M, A, S all trembling and shaking in the cold winter breeze wearing Tees with sleeves barely an inch long, flip flops on their feet.. so much for being stylish.. or rather trying to act stylish...

Finished filling gas, just about to take the highway. M is not sure if she close the gas tank properly. So the girls stop to check. A gets down to check it, gets into the car and buckles up the seat belt and is now doubtful if she checked properly. So she gets down and checks again to be doubly sure that the gas tank is closed properly.. In between all the drama, there are hysterical bouts of laughter.
S craves for a starbucks coffee so head to the nearest starbucks store..get down to find star bucks closed.
Another disappointment.
Go to harvest for garlic and trash bags only t realize every damn store is closed because its Christmas eve. Take the outlet from the parking garage to get on to the highway only to find that there are two solid yellow lines. Can two solid yellow lines be crossed or not. So girls pull to a side and wait for some car to exit though that exit. A young teenager in a jeep confidently crosses the 2 solid yellow lines and right when M starts doing the same A challenges it saying she read it somwhere that you cant do it.

So go round and round and round until they get onto the highway and drive a few miles before they realize they are going in the opposite direction and are on the Memphis highway.

Another hysterical bout of laughter..this time a little scared...

A trying to act superly calm and composed and advises M to take the nearest exit. Its dark, its eerie.. 3 girls in acar.. not a single soul in near proximity... perfect horror movie types setting.. A just recovering fro the effects of 'RING' is ultra panicked but too dignified to show it.. tells the girls to maintain calm and calls a friend for directions... cant call boyfriend...M had had enough for the day..after a lot of cruising around they are on the right track.
In a courageous and a dauntless, calm and composed unaffected manner, which required a lot of acting skills, A says " Its no big deal.. it happens all the time.. You shouldn't be worried as long as the tank's full and you have a mobile and a citicard..we would have visited Memphis..huh!!!"

Finally, at the end of the show-business, the girls are home with no rice, no garlic, no trashbags, no starbucks coffee and yes, a half empty gas tank!!!