I Am Not That Pretty

CHAPTER 1

"Ughh... di why does she has to be here today? I mean only you and Dada Dadi would have been sufficient."

"Devashri!! Don't say that, she is our aunt."

"Oh come on it's not like she is my favorite and you too dislike her. She is just annoying."

"Enough about her. Come on this is the event you were looking forward to, right? Go on rock it. Mom and Dad would be very proud of you" I said to her and kissed her forehead.

I watch her go backstage. Uff one task done now the biggest task. I already have a bad feeling about this.

I go and sit beside Dev my cousin and immediately I see a movement from the corner of my eyes. Here we go again.

"You guys shouldn't let her do this. How does it look huh? A teenage girl in small clothes? You should have taught her classical dance, not this western dance. At least she would have had some dignity left."

Then why are you here? Just go sit at your home and sulk.

"And you, you don't westernize my niece. Adopting you was my brother's worst mistake. You destroyed his family." She said pointing at me.

"Enough Manisha!! We are in a public place. Whether you like it or not she is my granddaughter and your niece so, learn to respect her. She has made me proud more than you have." Says dada in an authoritative tone which he uses only when talking to her.

Dev turns to me and makes a sorry face. This isn't new to me I have been hearing it since I was 15.

You are not worth anything. Such a waste of money. My brother was so generous to you. You will always be undesired. You are a curse on our family.

STOP!! My mind screams. All the things they said kept running through my head. Dev grabs my hand trying to calm me down, only he knows what is going through my mind.

Breathe in, breathe out...

This time Dev speaks," Enough Ma, what Devashri is doing is her choice and Tanu isn't teaching her anything wrong. This is gen-z, she takes her own decisions."

And with this drama, we turn towards the stage.

Suddenly Dev's phone rings and he goes outside to take it. He returns with an apologizing face. It's an emergency from the hospital he works in so, he and my aunt leave the performance.

Dada and Dadi try to talk to me but at the same time Devashri's performance starts so, I turn my attention towards it.

As always she dances with the same grace mom did. It felt as if she was the one dancing.

Ballet is something ma and Devashri have in common, something Ma was not confident in performing in front of an audience as Devashri though. I was never fond of dancing but I would watch my mom for hours. Something about it would always pull me towards it.

Thank god!! It's Sunday otherwise I wouldn't have been able to attend this event. Right now we are in my car singing old songs. Another thing we all had in common is the love for old songs.

Ajeeb dastan hai yeh,

Kahan shuru kahan khatam

Yeh manzilein hai kaun si

Na woh samajh sake na hum

Mubarake tumhe ke tum kisi ke noor ho gaye

Mubarake tumhe ke tum kisi ke noor ho gaye

Kisi ke itne paas ho ke sabse door ho gaye

What if... no you are not going there Tanushree

" Di where is Dev??"

"Urmm he had an emergency, so he went to the hospital. " I replied while my mind wandered off to some other person.

We reached home at the right time. Our neighbors, another sweet old couple wanted to have us for lunch. So that's where we are. Dada, Dadi, and Arjun Dadu are sitting in the living room talking while I, Devashri, and Anu Dadi are setting up the table.

And just like that, I spend my Sunday relaxing because I have a feeling that the coming week is going to be hectic.

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So this was the first chapter guys. A day in our female lead's life.

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