Chapter 3

”Naina, are you there?”, my mom voiced through the phone.

“Yeah mom, I’m there.”, I said.

“Dear, can you come inside now?”, she asked me and to which I answered in affirmative.

I walked towards the door and I heard my mom’s voice saying, “She is in the door step.”

I muster my courage to be in the spotlight and plaster a warm smile in my face and walk towards the door and suddenly the environment quiets down seeing me entering the house and now people are staring at me which uncomfortably makes me nervous.

I raise my head which was all the way down admiring my bare toes after removing my slippers in the front of the house.

The first person I made eye contact was with Aarav, yes my blind date whom my parents presumed to be my Mr. Right. 

Whithin in the split second I moved my eyes away from him and scanned for whatever I could see.  To be honest making eye contact wasn’t magical as it is explained in the books and movies it was rather uncomfortable, no you could put it as awkward for both of us.

I eyed the people curiously and found a face that I was familiar yet not familiar with.  I searched my mind for remembering the face of the girl I see but couldn’t remember.  My stupid mind, it never helps me in time of need.

I find two elderly couple sitting, two little boys, a young couple whom I presume to be the kids’ parents and the girl whom I couldn’t remember and Aarav.

“Oo, Naina it’s been a long time.”, I knew this voice.  It belongs to the girl.

Sakthi! Her name is Sakthi and we were classmates in… like what, middle school?

I see her and smile at her,”Hi Sakthi, it was really a long time.”

“You remember my name?”, she gasped,”I thought you didn’t know my name.”, she said.

I just smiled at her remark.  Me being an introvert was no secret and the students who studied with me all know about me.  It wasn’t a big deal anyway.

“You two know each other?”, the elderly woman sitting beside Sakthi asked.

“Yes mom, she was my classmate during middle school.”, she said to whom she claimed her mother.

“You never said about that to us.”, the woman asked her daughter again.

I no longer concentrated on their discussion.  I searched for my mom and there she stood by the kitchen cooking something.

I walk to her kindly excusing myself from the people who were looking at me and call my mom, “Mom.”

“Dear, go get ready I have prepared the clothes and jewels and placed them on the bed.  Be quick.”, she said and I nodded walking to the stairs when I remembered something I again walk to the living room and look for my dad when he notices me I say, “Dad, do you mind parking my car off the road?”

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Any socially awkward people here?

Me ✋🏻

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