Stranger Than Fiction #BarAThon
The metro stopped at her station. She reluctantly got up and walked out of it, her eyes never leaving the sight of the words in her book she clutched so dearly. With alternating glance between the path and the book, she kept on reading one sentence at a time and walking two steps at a time.
Bang!!
The collision was fatal to her. She was snatched out of her book and forced to be in reality.
“Umm.. I’m so sorry..” Were the only words she could manage to utter. The person picked up the book and gave it to her before walking away.
It would have been so different had it been... Her inner voice started to speak.
Oh shut up, you hopeless romantic! These things don’t happen in reality, she said to herself and her inner voice went silent. Her hopelessly romantic personality would have been dancing had the person been some tall, dark and handsome. While the person was surely tall and dark but wasn’t handsome. Quite much because the person was a she, not he.
She reluctantly pushed away her book as she entered the office building. She couldn’t concentrate much on her work. Da Vinci Code kept on enticing her peeking out from her handbag. She gave into the temptation every time there was a break between meetings, hoping to solve the mystery. But she found herself no where close it as she turned the page 234. There were clues spread all over the book but she was unable to join it. May be because I’m neither Dan nor Robert, just like she wasn’t Elizabeth to be swept off by Darcy! she sighed and went back to her work.To her, reality was indeed stranger than fiction.
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He opened the door with his keys, although the lights were already on. Without any words, he closed the door behind him and started walking up the stairs.
“Dear, Dinner?”, her words were almost a whisper but he heard her.
” No, I had it in my office already”, he said pausing for a moment on the fourth step before marching forward towards his room. Few seconds later, she heard him banging his door shut.
“I think I should take the dinner to his room”, she said, muttering aloud to herself.
“But you heard him, he already had his dinner. And you also eat now”, he said after quietly observing the past scene which has quite become a routine since now…
” No! I’m his mother! I know Avinash hasn’t eaten a single thing since morning!”, she told her husband politely but firmly before following her son upstairs with the plate of food in her hands.
…to be continued here.
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Series, quite intriguing this is. Looking forward to know the characters better.
Thanks Jaibala! After a lot of struggle, zeroed in on fiction! 😀
Eager to read further, Nibha !!!
Thanks Vasantha! 🙂
intriguing! can’t wait to see what happens next 🙂
Be Back tomorrow! 😀
This indeed is going to get interesting! Waiting for the next one!
Cheers
Geets
Thanks! Wait for the next! 😀
Wow! You are doing a 7 part story in this challenge! Cool!
That’s an intriguing and interesting start! Looking forward to read the next part!
Yah, thought of many things but then decided to go with this! Hoping it turns out good.
Glad you liked it! 🙂
oh really!! How did you!! c’mon tell me!
Interesting first part…looking forward for remaining parts 🙂
Interesting first part…looking forward to read the next one 🙂
Thanks a lot! Be back tomorrow to know what happens next! 😀
Ah, Nibz. Something told me you’d be doing a series. Will be tuning back in tomorrow 🙂
Looks like, I’m getting too predictable to the blogosphere! 😛
Thanks for reading 🙂
yaayyy a story 😀 Waiting to read more on what’s going on in their lives.
sure! 🙂 Be back tomorrow! 🙂
Sounds interesting.. Waiting to read what you have in store next..
Thanks! Be back tomorrow! 🙂
My nerves are tingling in anticipation! April was such a beautiful month with your weekly stories! This story has to outdo all the others!
All the best, Nibha! 🙂
Oh! So many expectations! Will try to out do them 🙂
Thanks for the support! 🙂
Okay all updated now. Waiting for tomorrow.
Thanks for reading 🙂
hehe! yah! hope it turns out good! 🙂
I’m waiting for part 3
Ah, so many questions 😀 Waiting to see it unravel now. And yes, that sounds like a mother all right 😉
Haha! I hope I do justice to all the questions! 😛