Chapters 02 | Fate

Pawan Rao

The Kulkarni Family Left. Me standing near the door, folding my arms around still looking toward the way their car left. it's out of my sight now but I just wanted to watch her more, just a little more. I shut my eyes close taking a long breath to calm down.

Hari... Harini. My best friend & my first love. It has been 28 years and still it feels like yesterday. It was worth to look at her smiley face and a happy family. She looks so beautiful. Her style is changed for sure. If I look back, she used to look cute but now she looks elegant in that silk Saree. Of course, it is my first time seeing her in a saree. I always wanted to see her in a saree. Finally, when I saw her, I can't take my eyes off her.

At a time when I should be warrying about my daughter's future, I am just relieved that I finally saw my first love after these years. She getting older so gracefully like a fine wine. That gray hair fits so beautifully with her mature personality. She didn't even try to hide it with colour. As expected from her. She is never conscious of her beauty. That one thing always makes her special. Not hiding anything. Always ready to face everything that gets in her life.

Neha: Appa, Appaaa?

I opened my eyes, and look at Neha's excited and curious eyes.

Pavan: What?

Neha: How do you know her?

Pavan: With a small smirk: didn't I tell you all earlier that she was my best friend during my college days?

Sowmya: It sounds so interesting. His mother is your best friend and her favourite lecturer. And I am

Neha: Amma, now please don't tell me that you know his dad.

Sowmya: Yes. I do

Neha: Seriously, noooo

Sowmya: ha ha I am just kidding. I was saying that I am just unaware of this fact till now. This must be your fate to get into that family. They seem like good people. and looks towards her husband. He nods yes.

Neha was still looking toward her father with puppy eyes for the answer. he says "Fine, I will tell you". When I was in my first year of engineering college, I met her. We both have pretty much the same personality so somehow, we became friends. We loved to read, I loved to play and she enjoys watching games. She used to calm me down in every fight I get into. Neha agrees to say that it suits her. I nod and continued the story "Because of my short temper, it was mandatory for her to attend every Kabaddi match that I was participating in". We both used to compete very badly for our marks. She was our class representative & I was the sports representative. My college days where so much fun, thanks to her. After graduating, I came back to Mysore and we lost the touch. That's it.

Are you happy now? that now you know everything? "A little Appa" Neha smiles and asks " But I have a question" what's that? Pavan repays. Why didn't you just call her after college. If you both where best friends didn't you have her phone number? Come on, it was 1995. Sowmya repays that they didn't have social media those days. So, they need to register a call in the telephone booth to call someone. Thinking about the long process of calling, Neha Stopped questioning.

Sowmya asks her husband what he thinks about the Groom family. He says that need to check about their family background before deciding anything. Sowmya agrees.

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