Anu And Her First Love

ARJUN SMITH

When I woke up I traced my hand beside me to see Anu, whether she was still sleeping or already woke up. I know she was such a sleepyhead. But when I suddenly remembered the last night, I was afraid of losing her. Was she still mad at me, I wondered. Did she even come to bed after I scolded her? The bed, the other half was empty and my stomach growled in fear. Did she fly back to India because of that small conversation? Okay, maybe not that small, I scolded her. I was shocked and afraid, what'd I tell my mom and especially the media.

I stood from the bed and started searching the room. First, balcony, bathroom, workroom, and the whole house, he was nowhere in the house. Then I made my way towards the kitchen to ask Alice if she'd seen her.

"No, please don't do it. He's...." Alice was talking to someone as I entered the kitchen.

"Alice, did you see A_" I was about to ask her about Anu as I entered the kitchen. I didn't even finish the sentence. I saw Anu slicing some vegetables when she heard my voice and wondered that I was searching for her. She grinned at me like if someone plugged a bulb into her mouth but mostly like she get caught the smile.

"Morning!" she exclaimed. As hiding something behind her back.

night I was hard on her. She bumped into me and ruined my presentation for my meeting. Thanks to her I postponed my meeting to next week. And

night and now she

I kept my voice

to change to search for her. All, my mind says was that "I've to find her" and that's what ran in my head until I

and walked away from there, thinking. Was she pretending like yesterday didn't happen? First, she was grinning, I'd never see her grinning at me since the day I met her.

knob and let the water run through my skin. When the hot water passes through my skin I completely forgot the real world and I was living in the blinded fantasy world. Once I finished showering I wrapped the

what's the reason must be? There was no one. Only the table was set for a single person to eat. And I saw Anu who was laughing and clapping on Alice's shoulder

to get their attention that I was hungry and thinking someone would come to serve me. I thought Anu will send Alice to serve because we'd a big conversation just last night. But what I saw was untruly real. Anu was the one who came to serve me

forward to sit comfortably and elbowed my hands on the table. As I was sitting Anu placed the plate in front