You know you’re growing up when your friends start dating and having boyfriends or girlfriends or both (rolling my eyes), sneaking out to theatres (on the pretext of God knows what!), texting whole night (I mean, Whatsapping! Hike-ing! Kik-ing!) and you know the rest(rolling eyes again).
Well, sometimes I felt as if only my friends grew up, I was right there- friend-zoned or friend-zoning the ones who looked like approaching impediments. I stayed away. People stay away. Afraid to explore themselves in ways they have never before. I was one of them until I met him. “Being swept away” would be the word that can put it in the best way.
I would not speak at social gatherings. I had nothing to say. All I opened the mouth was to talk about politics and Indian economy and the kind. The GD/PI thing.I was busy aiming IIMs and XLRIs. Who has the time for love,anyway? I rolled my eyes thinking about how I fell in to the trap and acquiesced to attend the formal party. But the regret soon meta-morphed itself into something beautiful.
I would not deny my heart was pacing when I saw the perfect posture and the way he was carrying himself. If I were not so thrifty in shelling out compliments, I would say he was an eye-candy. The kind you want to stare at in a crowd of people. The one who stands out to you. I was busy drawing conclusions on the perfect man standing few feet away from me, talking to people. I looked around to check if someone watched me watching him. Seemed like no one thought the way I did. Back to Ken-doll. “Oh! I lost him “, I sighed, and turned around rolling my eyes again when I found the stunning man standing right in front of me. Eyes locked, he smiled. I froze.”God! Screw the IIMs”, my inner Goddess shouted at me.
Words evaded me. My heart paced at I-don’t-know bps(beats per second). Who was thinking about Quant anyway! I stared. He looked plain and handsome. I wished I would say something but then I kept quiet. I was sinking him all in. All of him. Somehow I wished time would freeze. “Okay, I am the stupid MBA aspirant. Whats wrong with you,boy? Speak”, my facial expressions betrayed me and his lips parted finally to speak.
~Part 2:
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