PART 1
In Taani's Apartment
"yes mom" said taani through the phone "I'll take care of myself...Ya I'll do it...mom don't worry...mom please..I'm getting late...ok bye...". She disconnected the call.
It was her first day of her new college and her first time out of town. She had reached mumbai the previous day, and as she was too tired, decided to join college the next day.
She looked at her phone and thought of how overprotective and loving her mother was. She smiled. Her smile soon turned to shock as she noticed the time in the corner of the screen.
"I'm late!" she said to herself, "First day of college and I'm late. Oh god!"
She ran out of her flat and straight to the lift. Luckily the lift was already in her floor. "Thank God" she said and went inside. As the doors were about to close, she remembered something. She pressed the open button, ran back, locked her flat, and went again towards the lift. To her dismay, this time the lift was not in her floor. It had already reached the ground floor and was coming up slowly to her floor. She waited impatiently, Tapping her foot and looking at her watch every 2 seconds. Finally the lift opened in what seemed like hours to her. She hurried inside and pushed the ground button. The doors of the lift closed and the lift started to go down.
"This is the problem of living on the 15th floor." she said as she looked into the lift mirror and fixed her hair, "you never get the lift on time"
As soon as the doors opened, she started to rush out of the lift and was surprised to see someone coming in at the same time. She looked at the screen above and realized that it was just the fifth floor. She went back inside feeling a little embarrassed. The lift went down again, stopped, and the doors opened. This time she confirmed that it was the ground floor before hurrying out again.
She reached the main road and began looking for a cab. But every cab that passed, had passengers in it. Disappointed, she stood on the side of the road, holding out her hand, with a frown on her beautiful face. An auto rickshaw stopped in front of her and the driver asked,
"do you have to go somewhere madam?"
In normal conditions, she would have refused , as she used to travelling only by car. But she was so desperate she would have gone on cycle.
"Yes" she said getting in quickly "St Lois college please...and fast"
"Okay" said the driver and started driving...
In Sharon's House
Sharon sat in her room, lost deep in thoughts. She was thinking about how her new college would be. She had heard about the Dazzlers who ragged every new student and was'nt sure if she wanted to go.
"what if they embarrass me in front of everyone" she said to herself nervously, "Oh! I hope this day ends soon. I don't think I want to face that kind of ragging for long."
She sighed and sat like that for 2-3 minutes. Her phone beeped and she knew it was time for her breakfast. She had prepared a schedule the previous day and had set alarms to ring at the precise timings of her breakfast, lunch, nap etc. She realized that if she sat like that anymore, she would fail to follow her schedule. She dressed quickly and went over to apply her makeup. She felt something missing, and realized that she had not applied her eyeliner. She looked for it, but it was not to be found on the dressing table. She hunted for it up and down for a long time. Her phone beeped again, indicating that it was time for her to leave for college. But she still had not found her eyeliner. She continued searching for it ignoring the fact that she was getting late.
"Oh! where did I put it ?" she asked herself for the fifth time as she searched for it.
After 15 minutes or so, she finally found it. It was in one of the many drawers of her huge cupboard. She grabbed it, put it into her bag and ran to the dining table. She began gobbling up her breakfast while she told the maid to tell the driver to get ready to go. As soon as she finished it, she ran out of her house and into the car.
"fast, Let's go" she said to the driver, "I'm getting late."
The driver nodded and started the car. After a while she took out her pocket mirror and eyeliner out of her bag and started applying it. As she finished applying it, she looked at herself in the mirror with an expression of satisfaction on her face...
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