Glimpses
Mirror, Mirror
"Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"
She stepped back to admire her handiwork with the last flourish of her mascara. Striking a pose, she critically surveyed her reflection in the mirror. The short, figure-hugging black dress, the oh-so-high red heels, the hair in waves about her shoulders, the full lips touched up with red, and of course, the eyes. The eyes with the meticulously put kajal, eyeliner, mascara and eye shadow were her best features. She loved how contrasting the black of her eyes was with the rest of her face, but mostly, she loved the confidence which seemed to ooze out of her with the eye-make up. Perfect, she thought, and winked at her reflection.
She let go of her pose then, and straightened out the imaginary creases on her dress. It was an important day for her, and while she felt ready to even conquer the world, she wanted to look like it too.
As she was about to go out of her room after having taken her clutch and phone, she caught a glimpse of herself in her mirror again, and stopped. She raised her eye brows at her reflection, and slowly smiled a teasing smile, "Anya Gujral, you're one pretty lady, aren't you?" Her reflection smiling the exact smile at her, she replied, "Oh yes, you are!"
The urge. The urge to suddenly strike a pose like the Evil Queen and mouth her famous dialogue, tempting indeed. And compelling too, as she found herself doing just that.
"Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"
And the door opened and a head peeped in, almost as an answer to her question, with another question, "Have you seen my iPod?"
She closed her eyes, feeling the anger burning up, and bit her lip in an effort to calm herself, and then turned to face the culprit, hands behind her back.
But on this day, there is one more beautiful than you, she heard in her head. And she needn't even ask who it was for she knew the answer already. Snow White. And who else but her younger sister, Kiya Gujral?
Said younger sister was giving her a bored look, leaning against the doorway, arms crossed against her chest, "Have you seen it or not?"
Anya too crossed her arms now, and putting on her most saccharine sweet smile, answered, "Of course not, dear sister. Why in the world would I know where your iPod is?"
Kiya rolled her eyes, "I don't know. You might just have taken it-"
"Of course not!"
Kiya was a little shocked at the sudden outburst, but didn't show it, as Anya composed herself, taking in a deep breath.
"Look Kiya," she said, "I don't know where your iPod is, and I have someplace important to be and I'm kind of in the middle of getting ready for it...so..."
Kiya raised her eyebrows at that, "You look ready enough to me.", and then slightly turned her head away and muttered to herself, "Like a tart."
I heard that, Anya thought, feeling the anger rise again, but smiled even more sweetly at Kiya, "I still need to touch up once more, so could you please leave?"
"Whatever." Kiya rolled her eyes and walked off.
Anya's smile disappeared as did Kiya, and as she looked at her reflection once again, she felt like smashing the mirror to pieces. Gone was the pretty lady with the teasing smile, replaced instead by this woman who looked at her with scorn, her face pulled into an ugly expression.
She clutched her phone and purse more tightly, digging her nails into the soft leather of the purse. "That bloody Snow White! How I hate her! How I absolutely hate her!"
She heard her mother's voice in the background, "Anya, come quickly! We're getting late dear!"
"I'm coming!" she called and with one last cold glance at the mirror, she walked out of her room, slamming the door behind her.
***
Well, Radsy, my Saviour, hope you liked it! :)
You were, after all, partly the inspiration for this, coz of our fangirling over my darling Witch. <3 So yeah, quite a bit of the credit should go to you, for being my "partner-in-crime". ;)
Gah!! It's 12!! :O
So I guess I'll end it here. A huge hug, Radsy, loads of love and the very best wishes! <3 I won't go on with the "thank yous" coz I'd end up typing and typing then. :P
That's a wrap then! :) Apologies for the crap dedication Radsy! SO very sorry. :/ *smacks forehead*
Oh! And enjoy! :D Love you, always and forever. <3
Yeah, my A/N's done. :P Sorry Ananya. :O
Indebted,
Mugs.
Anupamaa
