The Idea Description:
Alya has always had a little thing for her
best friend, Anita’s brother, Arjun. But to Arjun, Alya is nothing but his kid
sister’s friend who runs around imitating him.
He knows of her little crush from the way she
stares at him and takes notice of all his moves and from the way she regards
all his girlfriends with scorn but he tries not to encourage it.
But things change when Arjun comes back from
London after two long years and finds that Alya is not a fifteen- year-old with
braces and socks that go up to her knees. He finds the transformation in her
staggering.
But why is she so cold to him all of a
sudden?
What Makes This Story ‘Real’:
This story is of my
brother. My best friend had a crush on him for ages before she gave up and
decided to move on.
But fate had other ideas.
Extract from the story:
She looks at him from under her eyelashes in the
crowded dance floor. His pale skin is contrasting against his black shirt and
pants and he has his hands shoved inside his pockets carelessly while leaning
against the wall. Some girl is talking him up but his eyes are on her. He takes
a small sip of his whisky before lowering the glass on the bar table and
excusing himself from his companion.
Shit, thinks Alya, he is walking up to me.
The washroom is the safest and the quickest exit and so she makes a dash
for it. Once inside the cubicle she calms down considerably.
When she
comes out he is standing there outside the bathroom and there is no escape for
Alya. His hands are shoved inside his pant pockets once again and he leans over
her, his lips brushing her ear and whispers, “Are you done running from me?”
This is my entry for the HarperCollins–IndiBlogger Get Published contest, which is run with inputs fromYashodhara Lal and HarperCollins India.
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