Melting Hearts

Part 3 - What's life without an unexpected twist?

***Author's P.O.V***

Days passed by, with Sahana and Arush being perfectly happy in their own lives, being busy as a bee with their respective work and family lives.

While Sahana stuck to her usual routine of work, family and lying to Riya's mom whenever Riya had to go on a date with her boyfriend, Arush too was stuck on his usual routine of working his ass off to earn more money.

Now let's add a chaos to introduce them to one another, shall we? *laughs evilly*

Late one Friday evening, Sahana got a computer-generated email from her company, stating that the MNC she works at has been merged with the Wireless-talkies - the leading company in communication industry. So, from Monday, she would be working for Wireless-talkies. The only happy thing about this was that even Riya was put under the same department as her.

Sahana sighed in relief - Riya would be there to give her company at her new work-place. Seeing that many of her now old colleagues had got the sack, she probably would have only a few familiar faces when she'd join the Wireless-talkies office on Monday. She was an introvert and hated meeting new people - or even mingling with people in general.

"Bhai" Sahana whined, entering her brother's room without knocking, and directly slumping down on the bed where her bhai was working on his laptop.

"What happened sonu?" Reyansh {Sahana's brother} asked, looking at the somber expression on his usually chirpy sister's face.

A teary eyed Sahana explained her situation to Reyansh, who listened to her patiently.

"But isn't this good news Sonu? Wireless talkies is raking the markets right now and I heard that it's employees get a really good pay cheque! Isn't it good that you'll get a good income for your dream job? You'll get good exposure too!!" Reyansh said soothingly, caressing Sahana's head.

"But bhai...you know na how I...hate..." Sahana started mumbling, but Reyansh cut her in between.

"I know how you hate change...you hate meeting new people and stuff, but this is what life's about Sonu! We can't always be constant...life is a flowing river - so go with the flow! Even time doesn't wait for us....isn't that also a change? A change of time? If change is so bad, why do you use latest gadgets instead of sticking to your old, out-of-date and familiar gadgets? If change is so bad, then why do you hate re-watching movies and always insist on watching a new movie every time? Not all changes are bad, right? Take this as a challenge and prove it to yourself that you too can adapt to a tough change and fly with shining colors! Haven't you heard the old saying that life begins out of our comfort zone? Your life is about to begin Sonu..." he said in a soothing tone, still caressing her head lovingly.

This all made sense to Sahana...Yes, she hated change, she hated having to meet new people and get accustomed to them...But now, Sahana's job was making her do something she detested - accept a change. Sahana hated change, and now, she had to accept it - for her passion, for her job.

"And who knows, with this new job and increased pay, you can save-up pretty quickly for that Paris trip of yours! All we need is a guy for you" Reyansh said in a teasing tone, making Sahana groan.

"Shouldn't have had told you that" she mumbled before smacking Reyansh's head.

"That hurt" he said, feigning hurt. Sahana bought it and started rubbing his head, making him chuckle.

After a healthy banter and a good reassuring hug from her bhai, Sahana walked back to her room, deciding to embrace this new change with confidence, open arms, and most importantly - a positive outlook.