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Even now, her face did not go away from my eyes. Was it just because she was beautiful? Sure, her facial features were those like delicate cut glass, yet soft and enchanting. Her black dress looked perfect on her curvy, hourglass figure, making her fair skin gleam and those full lips could tempt fantasies out of thin air. She was hooking me in desire.
I felt the main reason she was still ruling my mind was because she had such an open laugh with nothing hidden behind the surface. Her infectious smile filled me with warmth, every time I stared at her from around the hall. Because, that’s what I was doing. I had my eyes on her all through the night.
Then I lost sight of her during dinner, but later thankfully, I met Zidaan, who introduced her as his friend.
Taking me in on the group she was part off, he had done a great deal of favour on me. As within seconds, I was tongue-tied. Quite literally! With her beauty and her nature which was out in the open to see from her caring talks with her family and friends. Her opinionated self could not fail anyone from paying attention to what she had to say. Her crinkling laughter and interestingly adorable attitude charmed its way in my heart along with her physical looks, that I had not stopped noticing. She cracked jokes with a straight face, while her eyes danced with mirth and she looked cute doing that.
‘Saa...ni!’
Had I uttered her name this way in front of her, then instead of Zidaan, she would have fought with me!
While arguing with him, her face had turned all red due to anger and her nose had scrunched. At least once, I should have uttered her name this way, if for nothing else, then to see her cute angry little expressions. Well, she really was interesting.
‘Anyway, now what is the point in thinking, if I would have done this and that? It is too late. All I can do now is regret.’ I told myself firmly.
Next morning bright and early, the cold air cracked with my yell,
“This is getting too much!”
“What is too much?” Granny asked, rushing towards me as I sat at the dining table.
“I’m getting late and you are continuously bringing breakfast.” I threw my hands up in frustration.
“Then you should run your mouth fast.” Grandma said tartly in obvious tones.
“You mean this breakfast is not much. Instead I'm eating ‘slow’?” I raised my eyebrows giving her a, ‘you have got to be kidding me’ kind of look.
“If you care so much about getting late, why did you stay up half the night, tearing your eyes in front of the laptop?” asked Granny with her hands on her hips, giving me a formidable look.
She looked somewhat funny with her tiny portly self, trying to tower over me.
Before I could say a word, she continued, “Don't deny it now. Because I had seen, your bedroom light was on until late last night. You were again working on that godforsaken evil box of a laptop, weren’t you? Why do you work so much? Why don't you just relax?!”
‘Work only I couldn’t do.’ I mumbled to myself, while saying aloud,
“I mean yeah, I had some work.”
I abruptly stopped myself short, before blurting out where my mind actually was last night. Thinking about a certain someone, had ruined my concentration.
Gran would never believe it was the same me, who had forgotten to be happy. But, it was a fact. Since that party, I had felt more alive than ever before. It was as if I had been in suffocation earlier and now I was breathing cool breeze again. I had no nightmares or anything since the party. I was smiling and living...Really living. I was happy.
6-Mr Whatever
Sani
One night ago-
Two days had passed since the party and I was thinking about Aariz non-stop. Therefore, on the third night, I decided not to really make an effort and promised myself not to spare him a single thought. And I did keep up with my decision, until one-thirty in the night when suddenly_
‘He was smiling/laughing...Whatever the hell it was. It was he! It was Aariz, along with Zee, Ibbi, and Umber.’
“Huh!” I woke up with a start.
I saw Aariz in my dream! I guessed it was still okay, as along with him I also saw Zee, Umber, and Ibbi. It means, I was thinking about the party and not just about Aariz. That means progress!
‘Anyway, he just looks handsome and is friendly. I do not know what kind of person he is. Besides, why do I care? I have a lot to think about in life than him and his smile!’ Giving this pep talk to myself, I pressed my head on the pillow trying to sleep...Trying to forget about Aariz completely.
And, I did forget about him by the time the sun peeked out through the silky blue curtains of my window, flowing around the dazzling yellow walls of my bedroom.
