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STORIZEN CONTRIBUTE
PART 3
enough of being the
perennial good friend.
“Hello,
Mr.Daydreamer. Back
to earth,” she was
waving her hand in
front of me.
I came out of my
reverie.
“Didn't you hear what
I said?” she asked,
still not sure whether
or not I was with her.
“Sorry, I was...just
lost. What did you
say?”
“They have hired me
as a permanent
employee,” she said
happily. “Initially I had
been hired as a temp
to fill in for somebody
but that person
resigned today, so I
am going to be here
for a long time,” she
beamed.
I couldn't believe
this.
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So this was not about
Mr. Nasty. I was so
relieved, before
thinking I just got up
and hugged her. To
my utter surprise, she
too hugged me back.
But she released me
soon, even before I
started to count the
seconds we were in
each other's embrace
because that was how
I would have to report
to Varun later on.
“Congratulations! I am
so happy for you,”I
said. She really had
no idea how happy I
was.
“Thank you. Now you
tell me, what's with all
this grumpy and don't-
disturb-me mood
since morning?” she
asked.
So she had noticed.
Should I tell her? No,
it would spoil our
moment.
“Nothing, just
homesick”.
Wait! Now, where did
that come from? I do
miss home but I didn't
want to be portrayed
as an emotionally
weak person in front
of this girl.
But before I could
correct myself, she
exclaimed: “that's
cute”.
Cute? As in a puppy?
Why do girls use such
adjectives? Wait, I
know when they use
such adjectives. When
they like a guy as a
friend but are not
attracted to him.
That's when they call
him “cute”.
JUNE 2018