Mina chose a pair of white yoga pants and a white cotton tee and rolled her yoga mat on the dorm floor. Facing the east side, she sat in the lotus position and started chanting 'Om' loudly for 3 times and then she continued meditating for the next 15 minutes.
Meditation was a habit that was inculcated in her by her parents from when she turned 3 years old.
Mina's parents were Jenna Pierman and Mathew Pierman. They were both doctors by profession. They were compassionate and kind people. Mathew was a cardiologist and Jenna a radiologist. They both met at the Boston Medical Center where they were studying post-graduation and it was love at first sight for both. They married the immediate year as they were an old school couple, and they had their own values and ethics and did not get swayed when their family and friends advised otherwise.
Jenna had a very beautiful glowing brown skin, and she was a petite woman with silky straight shoulder length hair with chocolate brown eyes. Her eyes had an energy of their own and she was always adorned with a very cute, dimpled smile. She looked like she was born to save lives. She wore skirts, dresses and pants and anything she wore made her look younger than her actual age it was maybe due to her petite stature. Mathew loved her a lot. She was the epitome of positivity and kindness.
Mathew was an average looking pale man. One of his most attractive features were his eyes which very were blue and very deep. He was extremely brilliant. Straight A student his entire life and he even topped the class of cardiology in university. He was a very considerate man who never thought twice about money and was extremely punctual who hated tardiness in general. Jenna truly loved him for everything that he was. He matched Jenna's vigor for life with his charming personality.
After Mina finished her meditation, she wore a pair of blue jeans and a white knee length shirt top and to accessorize, she picked a large black faux leather belt, and she chose her favorite white and grey sneakers for comfort and it also looked really nice with her clothes. She wore her clothes and stood in front of her vanity mirror and looked at her face. The eye bags and dark circles had reduced considerably, thanks to meditation. She gazed at her features in the mirror as she applied her moisturizer. She had a mixed skin color somewhere between brown and pale as her parents had different colored skin.
From her mother she inherited her brown hair, eye shape and a dimpled smile and from her father she had inherited his blue eyes and her eyes shone brighter as it was big like her mother's. Mina had a small heart shaped face with naturally pink lips and whenever she was embarrassed or shy, a natural blush creeped on her cheeks. It made her look extremely cute. Sometimes, her eyes looked too big for her small face but it added to her natural charm.
She too had a petite stature like her mother. She was hardly 5 feet and had a good enough figure in her short slim frame. She hated her height, but she wished and prayed constantly to Rudra to increase her height at least by a few centimeters very religiously, almost every day. So far, there was no progress though (>< Hehe!)
Mina never wore make up. As she was a teenager, she had a pimple or two around her menstrual cycle and Mina was not a vain girl, but she did take care of her mind, body and soul through regular meditation and yoga practices which gave her glowing skin and in general, she had a good appetite and good health.
She liked to wear simple, comfortable clothes. Only two things she really liked were perfumes and shoes and she had a lot of them. She did not mind, if it was the same design she would buy all colors of the same kind of shoes, sneakers, or sandals or slippers too. Even in perfumes, she not only tried big brands even perfumes from small places which smelled good to her, she would buy them without a care in the world. She liked fruity scents and just did not fancy flowery ones.
Finally, she applied her moisturizer and a transparent lip balm and then she left her short shoulder length straight hair open and applied her latest favorite peach essence mist that she bought a few days ago at the mall. She looked satisfied with how she looked. She took her backpack added books for the day.
She was about to leave from her hostel dorm room when her smartphone which was plugged in to the charger on the wall socket rang. She was thankful it rang, if not she would forget it and would be in a very difficult place especially today as it was her audition day. She ran and picked up the phone and saw, it was Jia Adams. Her best friend.
She instantly picked it up and said cheerfully, "Hello Jia, good morning!". On the other line, came a grumpy voice, "What hello, what good, what morning! Me no like morning, me go back to sleep.". Such antics of Jia always brought a smile on Mina's face. "Miss sunshine Jia, please get up. You know it is an important day for me. I have an audition and you are my chauffer. You promised! I am gonna be near your house in the next 10 minutes, you better be ready sleepy face! If not, I am gonna throw a bucket of ice-cold water on you and you know Mrs. Adams will not stop me at all!".
"Okay okay, you know babe, I love you but when you act like this, I don't know what to do with you! Fiiiiiinnnneee. I am getting up, cya in 10!", saying this, Jia hang up.
Mina smiling absent minded remembering Jia's face, locked her door carefully and went out of her hostel in Gravelly Hill Road, Birmingham towards Goode avenue which was a 1 kilometer walk to Jia's mansion where she stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Adams and a very cute younger sister Mia Adams.
Jia was a complex personality. Appearance wise she looked like a goddess but had a very nasty temper. Jia was not very friendly by nature. She probably had the 'rich kid attitude' but she was the exact opposite with Mina, and they were best friends from the last 8 years.
Jia looked like a super model. She was 5'8 feet tall with perfect proportions (36-26-36). She looked like a barbie doll with her blonde naturally wavy hair. She wore expensive clothes, all branded of course. She wore high heels, pencil heels, block heels, only heels all the time adding on to her already tall frame. She wore clothes that accentuated her figure, but she always dressed modestly maybe it was her upbringing or her own choice, she never liked skin show. Her dream was to become an entrepreneur. She had an extremely good singing voice and she danced very gracefully. She was a top A student, valedictorian, school president and the campus queen. A born leader but only followed and allowed Mina's whims and fancies as she saw Mina as a sister more than a friend.
Mina and Jia shared a very strong bond and it all was thanks to that terrible incident that happened 8 years ago.
Mina thought all these as she walked from her hostel to Jia's mansion and the Security of the mansion Jaswinder Singh, an Indian Sardar, recognized her and said, "Mina beti, how are you today?" and Mina smiled at him and said, "Good morning, Jessy. I am doing fine this morning. How are you? How is Soni doing? Is she progressing well in her studies? Does she need help with anything?".
Jessy was extremely happy that Mina still remembered his daughter despite having her met only once, said, "Thank God! She is doing okay. She is getting decent grades too. She is a hardworking kid; I am blessed to have her as my daughter. She takes care of herself and me despite being a 13-year-old girl. Very intelligent kid she is.", beamed the father proudly.
This brought a smile on Mina's face and she said, "I am glad! Now I will get inside Jessy. Talk to you later. Take care Goodbye!". Jessy nodding his head and waving a goodbye and let her in.
The Adams mansion was in the heart of the city at a prime location. It was surrounded by lush green everywhere. It had a typical British charm. Garden outside with a lot of tall trees, short bushes neatly trimmed and a lawn with fresh green grass on the two sides with a few stone benches fashioned in park style. In between the garden, a small walkway paved with stones again which led to mansion's main door. The external of the mansion was colored pearly white giving it a palace charm and the inside of the mansion was painted white with a cream hue.
The mansion in total had 8 rooms. There was a butler and a housekeeper. They were a family who had 2 daughters who were twins. They were provided with the outhouse behind the mansion as part of their employment benefits. The mansion also had a few servants whose count Mina did not know.
She was always mesmerized with this mansion's view and she jokingly called Jia 'The Adams Princess' at times.
As soon as she entered the room, Mrs. Adams greeted Mina, "Hello my dear. Looking pretty.". In response, Mina blushed, and her cheeks turned scarlet. To receive a compliment from someone like Mrs. Adams indeed was an amazing achievement as Jia was only a copy of Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Adams looked like beauty personified. Mrs. Adams had almost the same features as Jia and only that she looked like Jia's elder sister instead of her mother. She maintained herself well. She was well into her 40s but that did not show. Maybe she maintained or maybe she was a natural, whatever it was, Mrs. Adams was a beauty.
Looking at Mina blush, "Oh come on! Accept a compliment and smile your beautiful dimpled smile Mina. You look more beautiful smiling." said Mrs. Adams and then before Mina could respond, added in a hurried tone making a shooing movement said, "Now enough with the pleasantries. I am just coming back from your friend's room and she is almost ready. Now you come and have your breakfast with us and she will join us in a minute or two."