Chapter 1
It was a beautiful sunny day in New Delhi on a cold and freezing wintery morning. One could hear the hustle bustle on the streets, making them a paradise for extroverts and the people who loved to be around others. But the same can not be said for Anamika. As her day starts, it goes down the lane of unfortune, but it is going to be a lot more than just "unfortune".
Anamika's POV
"OHHHHH MYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDD I AM SO LATEEEE" I thought looking at the time which showed 9 ' o clock as I looked up to my wall clock, hanging on the lavender colored wall of my room, opposite my window. The clock also seemed to glare at me angrily for being late on such an important day, "hmm, interesting" I glanced at the window, the sun is quite bright today, "yay a good warm morning " I sighed happily. As I added a stroke of kohl in my big almond-shaped eyes as a last touch, to enhance the shape of the feature i love on my face, I glanced myself in the full length mirror attached to my cupboard to look at my attempt of being somewhat professional - my black medium length hair tied up in a high ponytail, my big eyes were looking dark, matching with dark brown of my eyes, but overall sincere, my pierced nose was adorned with gold nose ring along with a nude lipstick on my full lips and white simple skinny full sleeved top, covered with a black warm blazer and black trousers , hugging my curvy body, with black block pumps, which do a lot of magic in enhancing my 5'3" tall frame, to complete the look. I look professional enough, (enough being the keyword here) i sighed bitterly , as if this would be enough to make me get a job in a good company, only if looks could solve my this problem ( OK, I am not saying that I am a siren, but I think I look good, give me at least a little appreciation, it would be appreciated ;) )
"Anamikaaa, come downstairs , have breakfast" my mom shouted from dining hall downstairs . For a woman of her age, she surely have strong lungs to have that powerful voice (don't ask her age, as a woman's age is her prized possession ) "Coming ma, just a second" I shouted back. As I grabbed my medium sized bag from my bed in the center of my room, I hurriedly grabbed my glasses from the side-table sitting next to my bed and did the mistake of glancing at the clock again, "Shittt I AM OFFICIALLY ON MY WAY OF BEING DOOMED" I thought happily (with rolling eyes) I ran downstairs almost, almost lost my footing in the process but finally conquered the battle between my heels and the stairs.
I hurriedly gulped down the juice my ma kept for me, almost spilled it on my attire but thankfully it was saved ( I am not that clumsy, well a little, ok whatever ) and was running straight out of the door to be on my destination when I heard it " Sit down right now, I am not letting you go without having breakfast".
I sheepishly turned and looked at my ma, who was standing like a bouncer watching people in the night club for any hanky- panky things, with her hands, adorned with bangles, folded across her mid, with her slightly brown hair bound in a loose bun at the base of her neck, a frown on her forehead which is decorated with sindoor in a straight line in the middle of her middle parted hair and her thin lips forming a line and her slightly bulky body at the height of 5'2", she looks like a cute but dangerous bouncer.
" I am fine ma, I am not hungry" I said as I grumpily walked towards the chair and sat down cause no matter what I say she's not gonna listen to me, and I was right , as she grabs a plate of toast and put it in front of me . " I am not gonna force you to eat all but you are going to eat some" she said and sat down with me to have her breakfast. "At what time does the interview starts?" she asked me . " ahbhb vemmm aieeiei" I replied but then laughed as she looks at me questionably and gulped down the food and said " At ten thirty ". " then you better hurry "." I am almost done " I said as I bit down the last bite of my toast and hugged her. " Do you want me to tell your father to give you a ride to the place of interview" she said as we part from our lovely hug. " No, he also gotta go to work and besides I can ask him myself but I don't wanna trouble him, the place is opposite from his workplace, it would become a long route for him". "Always father's girl" she said. " Nope, she's a father's little devil" a loud voice boomed from across the hall , and a smile appeared on my face, as I laughed and walked up to my father to give him a big hug which he returned lovingly. " Are you ready for your big day?" he asked as I glanced up at him. At height of 5"11, with black hair and a always clean shaven face , he looks quite happy and calm and will appear younger than he looks if it is not for his little belly coming out, just like a hero straight out of the movie along with his heroine - yup that's right, the star couple - Mr. Om Arora and Mrs. Geetanjali Arora.
"Do you want me to drop you off to your interview place my dear?" he asked me after breaking our hug. I smiled and said ," there's no need of it paa, I can manage on my own". "Of course you will manage, I know you can , you are a warrior." "thanks paa". I smiled at him and looked at the time again ...... "ohhhh goddd, I should runnn I am getting super late now" I said hysterically while hugging both of them for one last time before going out of the house while I can still hear them shouting all kinds of encouraging words to me like do your best, I know you can do it, we loveee youuuu . I smiled and turned around while walking backwards, and shouted I love you to both of them ....and then
......I RUN OUT LIKE A BARKING MAD DOG IS BEHIND ME .....up to the bus stop near my home .... and thankfully, the bus just arrived on the station. I climbed in the bus and heaved a big sigh of relief. I checked the time on my wrist watch, a present I got for my 24th birthday recently from my parents and it showed 9:45 ... hopefully, I will get there on time. As I sat down on the seat, my mind drifted to the current situation of my life. I was a graduate and even at this age, here I was.... a jobless person who can't do anything to help out her father in maintaining the household. Yet my parents are fully supportive and had never said anything discouraging or mean to me but I know they worry about me... a lot. If only I could make that worry go away. I snapped out of the trance as I my phone buzzed in my pocket. I took it out to see who's calling and a smile appears on my face as I read the name of the caller. I smiled and picked the call and a sweet voice echoes in my ear ..." Good morning babe... how's your day going till now?" I said " it's somewhat good up to now ...but I am running late for my interview." " ohhhh don't worry it will be fine " " I know but that doesn't stop me from worrying about it. " I said while the smile was still on my face as I hear him talking, him the man in my life... Rajveer. I met rajveer in the first year of my college in 2019 and instantly fell in love with him and his amazing personality. He may not look like a Star with his curly brownish hair and a small baby like face with soft features but had a good athletic body and brilliant charms and when he proposed me, I immediately said yes and now here we are still together after all these years. " I gotta go now babe I'll talk to you later.. I am about to arrive at my destination." " Hey... can we meet after your interview ... I wanna talk to you about something" "Is everything alright??" I asked as I can sense something is very wrong just from the sound of his voice. "Yeah everything's fine ... just wanna talk to you about something important"."OK... meet me at the coffee shop near your house...I'll text you when I'll be there ..you can wait a little right?" " Of course"." OK then, I'll meet you there, I love you babe ...wish me luck." " yeah best of luck... bye". before I can say anything he hanged up on me. "He didn't even say I love you back...is everything alright" ....I am just thinking nonsense.. maybe he did say it but I didn't catch that. I sighed and stepped onto the station as the bus came to a halt and looked ahead to my destination and now... I must face this battle and win it....cause I am a warrior.
