Life In a Metro

Chapter 1

Pink Pages of Anubhuti's life

It was a usual Friday evening in the office when her phone screen flashed. It was his call. She was startled to see his name on the screen. She felt nervous as now she had to talk to him as until now they were just conversing through messages. Actually she was not expecting him to call. With every passing second, her heartbeat was increasing, she didn't know what she would talk to him about as she has not been a good talker, and especially phone calls have always not been a good source of communication for her. Though she was nervous she felt thrilled at the same time as it was his call.

With these thoughts she finally picked the call. He said ‘hello’, and she quickly gathered herself up to answer him in a fear not to sound stupid out of nervousness. Her side of ‘hello’ was now filled with confidence and eagerness of what is to come next. His counter reply almost shocked her as he had come to meet her without any prior notice. It was not long that they had known each other. Moreover, she had planned and imagined their first meeting in completely different fashion. Though she was old school, she quickly responded and packed herself to meet him. She went downstairs. Every step that she took made her more and more uncomfortable. Finally, she was there in front of him. There he was standing looking just decent in a pair of plain jeans and a checked shirt. He had these intriguing eyes as if trying to invade her territory. They shook hands.  In social settings, the gentleman waits for the lady to initiate the shake, but the lady does not refuse a forgetful gentleman’s impatient initiation. To her surprise she noticed that he too was uncomfortable, unaware of what to say to her. He seemed not sure of his decision to come to meet her and she could figure it out. But somehow after having a word with him she herself felt at ease, and she felt no more uncomfortable.

After the casual interaction they mutually decided to go to the nearby mall. Then she moved towards the road side to look for an auto, she looked at him and he pointed towards his car. Again an uncomfortable situation for her but as now she had already agreed to come with him and didn't want to seem stupid, she moved towards the car. She sat and adjusted herself comfortably.

To be continued…