It was a weekend. Shriya wanted to bust her stress by watching a movie.
She looked at her WhatsApp once again hoping a positive response. No, there was no response from him. After a great inner struggle, she had managed to confess to her crush in text.
There was no reply. He read the text. Yet no reply. Her work load was eating her up on one side and his silence on the other side.
He was typing after half an hour or so. Still typing. This made her feel that the reply may not be positive.
She texted her only bestie asking to hang out which she badly needed. She replied, " Sorry dear, my boy wants me to go on a date with him. Let's hangout next weekend. Ok? "
She was let down by this text.She texted back
[... You have been repeating this reply for over 3 months now. I seriously need my friend to comfort me. It seems like my best friend who understood me the most is no more.]
She made our girl feel even more lonely from her way of replies. Whenever she texted she spoke only about her time with her Boyfriend and how he always made her feel. She spoke less and less about their friendship. She stopped asking Shriya about her well-being.
It is due to this that she too started having thoughts of getting herself a boyfriend. She finally decided to confess to her crush.
Ding~
There was this notification
' Gaurav texted you. '
She quickly tapped on the notification.
Gaurav: [ I'm really sorry Shriya. You are a well mannered and independent working lady. There's no flaw in you. But I want to date a girl who wants to marry me in the near future. ]
' Gaurav would definitely be a good husband. '
She thought. She was excited as she had a hope.
Shriya: [ I'm fine with the marriage ]
Gaurav: [ Shriya, I'll be frank. I know you'll be the good choice. But my mom is an orthodox Woman. I'm being weird and wrong here. But I'm sorry. She believes in Kundali match, caste, family and all. She'll not agree you to be her daughter-in-law. I'm sorry once again. Please forgive me for this. ]
" This guy is hopeless. Did I really fall for sucha spineless momma's boy? "
she thought.
She couldn't control her tears. Rejection from her crush and his unexpected way of rejecting angered and irritated her. Moreover She was helpless and could do nothing regarding this matter.
" Even in this time and age, he's so stuck to the norms and standards of society. He does this because I'm an orphan with no background, caste, family and all. I never felt so low for being an Orphan. If I had a family, Will I be facing all this? Would I be this heart broken for my best friend's change in attitude? "
She clenched her fists and wiped her tears
" No problem girl. You are a strong one. They donot deserve you. Yes. Let's watch a movie. A movie a day keeps the loneliness away. Let me play some random movie on this movie website. "
Surprisingly, she had ' a good cry, watch a movie and start afresh ' attitude. She quickly adapted to changes.
" Shriya will NEVER gonna have any crush or friend from now on, HMPH! "
She decided to avoid any type relationship when she pressed the Play the movie option.
It was a love triangle movie in which the hero, Kartik, falls in love with the heroine at first sight. Heroine, Snehal, already has a fiance arranged by her parents around a year ago. Her fiance, Aditya, a business man, had worked hard for the past year for his fiance and dreamt of having a sweet home with her. Hero wins heroine's and her family's heart with great efforts. Her fiance talks trash to the heroine and couldn't let go of his love for her. Thus hero and her fiance fight over her. In the end hero wins the fight and tells him how he should respect a woman's choice. As Kartik leaves him and walks towards Snehal, Aditya takes the gun on the ground. As the tension rises, heroine screams " Kartik " fearing that hero might be shot. Seeing this, Aditya smiles and shoots himself. He remembers how she was all sweet and kind to him a year ago during their engagement before dying.
Sia never understood the love at first sight concept.
She felt pity for the heroine's fiance, Aditya.
" Isn't he sort of betrayed by the heroine? Yet the movie was enjoyable due to the actor and actresses. Anyway, it was enjoyable movie. The romantic and comedy scenes makes the audience forget about the heroine's wrong choices. The way the story is shown is really clever. The story brings out the heroine's confusion, helplessness and wins over audience's sympathy "
It was already midnight by the time the movie ended. She was exhausted. Suddenly, Darkness was spreading all around. Her eyes shut forcibly as her mind went blank.
***
She was woken up and found herself in a college bus.
" Sia, wake up, See, we have reached the place. We need to get down "
She was all confused. Where in the world am I?
Who's this girl behaving as if she's my friend? Why is she calling me Sia?
As she tried to grasp the situation, that girl in her 20 s grabbed her hand and got her down the bus.
" What are you thinking sitting in the bus even after reaching the college? Everyone's already on their way to their classes. Here you are, still being a sleepy head. We're late. Let's go. Will you stop worrying over that breakup. Get over it Sia. "
" What? What are you saying? "
things felt absurd to her
" I know it's not easy. I even know it's easier said than done. But He's just a cheating bastard. He does not deserve you. You need to move on. You understand? "
That girl still held her hand. Sia (Shriya) just went along with her to wherever she took.
" You have your Mom. Aunty is a single mother who worked hard to raise you. You should think of her and live your life cheerfully. Think about it "
" When did I have a mother- "
As she mumbled these words, she came across a glass window over which she saw her reflection.
She was someone else. She had become more cute and pretty. She got a fit body. What's going on?
She looked at her ID card hanging around her neck. There was her current face and name written on it with the college name " SRC University SR Group of institutions ". The name felt familiar to her.
Then she spotted a Gorgeous girl who looked as sensitive as a thin creeper and as refreshing as a blossoming flower. There were a group of boys following her. Why does this feel like a scene from the movies? or Is there any film shooting going on here?
" Why are they following her like that? Isn't it weird? "
she asked
" Why are you asking it as if you don't know her. She's our college Diva. She is the most beautiful girl of our college, Snehal. As for the guys, they all have crush on her and are competing to confess their feelings to her. Since Her engagement is going to be this weekend. Don't you know that? "
' Snehal? Isn't that the heroine's name from the movie I watched yesterday?
Even the name of the college was SRC University. What's the meaning of all this? I need to confirm. '
" Oh I heard of that. Isn't her fiance Aditya? Aditya Roy? "
she questioned carefully
" Huh?! yea, yea. Aditya Roy. That guy's so lucky. Isn't he? "
she replied casually
" What? It can't be. Am I really in the movie world? "
She gasped in disbelief.