Meant To Be

Ch - 2

Its 8:00 a.m and I'm still on my bed. The first thing I need to do is buy my favourite books, which I'm sure I'll get it here. But where? Which bookshop am I supposed to go? Wait...there's a bookshop nearby. Thats the same bookshop, where I saw that girl, Stella.

I got up from my bed took a shower, had my breakfast, wore my casual clothes and I'm ready to go.

Im out of the Hotel, standing on the footpath. That bookstore is near so I can just walk there. They're many people around me. They look happy, they're gossiping, laughing etc.

''Um...excuse me. Can you please tell me the way to a bookstore nearby?'' I ask hesitantly.

''Yeah! There it is.'' He says pointing a finger to a big beautifully decorated bookstore.

I open the door and all I can see is a large number of books kept neatly in the shelves. Im surrounded with only one color, Brown. Everything here like floor is wooden plated, shelves are of brown color ceiling and other walls are brown. There are instruments kept at each corner. Inshort, this place is classical yet beautiful. Then my eyes fall on a young lady whose climbed up a ladder and keeping the books in required places which another old woman is giving her. As I walked to them, I realised its the same girl I saw yesterday from the café and the old woman must be her mom.

The old woman saw me and handed over me some books and she ran to pick up a call.

''Mom! Give me the book. I'm waiting.'' She said not even turning back to see if its her or not.

So without uttering a word. I give her a book. She keeps it in the row and again stretches her hand infront of me in order to take another book. I immediately gave her another book silently.

Then 3rd book, 4th book and now the books are over. Her hands are again stretched in front of me waiting for the book and because I didn't give a book to she turns back atlast.

Her hair is tied upto a high ponytail. She's without her glasses now. Her eyebrows furrowed and mouth is curved 'o' ...she was about to say something but when she saw its not her mom but me, no words came out. I don't blame her though, because its pretty weird for a stranger like me to just take her mom's place.

''Hehe..'' I chuckled. She looked funny and cute with that expression.

On hearing my chuckle she adjusted her face expression and pushed some of her bangs behind her ear. She looked embarrassed.

''Uh... I'm sorry.'' She said with low and sweet voice.

''Don't be.'' I said still smiling... I'm such a jerk.

She got down from the ladder. ''So you've come here to buy a book?''

''No I've come here to sell a book. Ofcourse I've come here to buy a book.'' I said.

''Yeah. I'm sorry.'' She says feeling uncomfortable.

Ughh...Dylan stop being such a jerk.

''Stop being sorry.'' I said.

''So which book do you want.'' She asks.

''Any latest book.''

''Do you read novels?'' She asks

''Yep! I love novels.'' I said.

''Great. Then do you know Aiden L'Amour ?" She asks happily.

''Um...yes I've read about him. But Evan MacLean is way better than him'' I said.

''Oh...please nobody's 'way better than him' ..'' She said imitating 'way better than him' .