Fate Of an Indian Girl

The Meet

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Aaysha's POV

I drove to my apartment room. After I had that talk with my brother.
I pulled my car over at the parking lot and got into the elevator and reached my floor. I fetched for my room keys as soon as I reached my front door. and unlocked it.

I heaved a long sigh and dropped myself on the couch. After such a long day and the breaking news. I knew I wanted some time alone and a little rest. Unknowingly I fell a sleep on the couch itself. Indeed I was tired.

I woke up After a good two hours and stretched my arms. I dragged myself to the washroom and took a warm bath. Then I cooked something for myself. And I ate it. After watching movies for a while I felt like talking to my bestfriend Keerti, so I called her.

After sometime she picked it up.
"Hello Buddy" she said in a happy tone. "It's been a while" she added.
"Yea!" I agreed, my voice sounding not so happy like her's.
"Everything alright!" she asked with concern.
"Nothing is alright, Papa want's me to get married." I said, messing my hair in irritation. She started laughing much to my annoyance.
"What's so funny Keerti?" I hissed in anger. As she tried to suppress her giggles.
"Can't believe you are getting married so early, who's the guy though?" She asked getting into the point. A frown appeared in my face as I tried to remember his name.
"Ummm... Aryan, that was his name" I said, proud that I actually remembered.

"Aryan? As in Aryan Chakravarty, your brother's classmate" she asked me. How come she remembers my brother's classmate and I don't.

"You know him?" I asked her.
"Yup! He was in our collage, always beside your brother" she told me. Which made me a bit suspicious about her observation on my brother. But I choose to let it slide.

"Well... Aayush told me I have to meet him tomorrow night. I don't know what to do" I placed my concerns over her. Keerti is my best friend. Who I share everything with. Talking to her atleast takes out that gut feeling out of my chest.

She Chuckled, " Buddy! It's fine. If he is not a good person, we can tell Aayush to stop this bull crap" she reasoned quite Wisely. I pondered over what she said and thought about it. Maybe she is right. I can't get into conclusions before actually Meeting him.

"I guess you are right, I'll meet him first. Before drawing conclusions" I told her. She hummed, seeming satisfied with my answer. We chatted a bit about our lives and stuff and decided to hang up.

"Okay then, Update me after meeting your future Hubby" she teased me making me blush a little.
"Keerti please..." I scolded her, hanging up the call. As I thought a lot about what she said.

Should I give it a chance I thought and drifted off to dream land after cleaning up my room.
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Morning

I woke up to the annoying sound of my alarm. And thought about my today's agenda.
It's Friday so,
1. Office
2. Come home early
3. Get ready
4. Meet Aryan.
And that's my to-do list today. I quickly got ready. Prepared myself a light breakfast and went to my office.

"Morning Ms Mehak" my colleague kartik greeted me as I smiled and greeted him back.

"Aarsha! I got this project done a while ago. Can you give me a second opinion on this." He asked me as I have him curt nod and 'sure'. I took the pendrive he gave me and went inside my cabin. I asked my HR for permission to leave early and then I resumed my work.

After around 4:00 pm I left my Office and came back home. I glanced at the text Aayush sent me. It said I should be there at the location around 7:00. I did my laundry and went to take shower and came back with a towel wrapped around my body and dried my hair.