Just not meant for marriage! - Chapter 3

                        He was looking awesome in a navy blue pullover and grey jeans, with his thick hair slick and jelled and a disarming smile on his face. He was going to the library and she was going to the canteen.

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Just not meant for marriage! - Chapter 2

               

                       He ran outside, crossed the corridor till he reached her classroom and silently glanced inside. When he spotted her in the front row, he was amused. In spite of being late, she had managed to get a seat on the front row, as students seldom sat on it, in spite of the Professors asking them to do so! How could they see their incoming SMSs and doodle on their books’ margins, otherwise?

                    

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Just not meant for marriage! - Chapter 1

              “Stop right where you are Preet! How dare you casually walk into my class, whistling like that! You are late. Please get out.” Preet stopped in his tracks as he realized his faux pas. Instantly he apologized and turned to go.

                  

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The Homecoming - Chapter 5

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     She observed that her mother too, was weeping.  Trying to console her, Sudha said “I’m sorry for my outburst, Mummy.  I know you didn’t do it on purpose.  Let’s forget this incident.”

     And they did just that.

     Over the next few days, it became more and more clear to Sudha that things could never be the same again.  Except for her two close friends, Sanju and her parents, no one spoke to her properly.  It was as an invisible but tangible barrier had been erected between her and the rest of her friends of yesteryears.

     No matter how much she tried to convince herself that the people who really cared for her were all the people she really needed; she felt lonely, unwanted!

     

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The Homecoming - Chapter 4

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             Sudha then turned to her father and said “Daddy, where are your wits?” Her father looked at her, amazed.  Even in this grave situation, his Rani, hadn’t lost her keen sense of humor.  He laughed to relieve the tension in the air.  But Sudha noticed something vital lacking in his laughter.  It was a tension-filled laughter, not his usual easy-going, hearty one.

   

To be continued.... 

The copyright of this story is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan.