Chapter 2 : Anger

She wasn't feeling herself that day, as if something was not quite right! While cooking, those words flew into her ears....Her cousin whispered, 'I went to office today. He is getting married to Pritha...'
Vikram Seth, a photographer and the autumn of Santana's life. They had spent endless hours sipping tea at roadside stalls, sat in parks doing nothing, sang together on phone calls... All for what?
The words struck her like the first lightning on a dark rainy night.
He had never talked to Pritha. Not even looked....She liked him since the first day she saw him wearing a blue kurta, smiling brightly....
Santana couldn't move for the first few seconds, her cousin showed his engagement pictures and that's when it hit her!
She tried to call him, messaged him despite knowing he had blocked her. She screamed and argued with her cousin without knowing why. All those years of living life together reflected in her anger towards Vikram bitterly. The hatred surged to its peak, she pondered,
TWO YEARS EARLIER
That was a hectic day....
She had gone to the college theatre for the rehearsal.. During the drama practise, all the girls including her warmed up.The music was beautiful and she danced around the room gracefully....While she was instructing one of her friends, he suddenly emerged from the red curtains...'Here to pick up my girl'
She was dumbstruck. She watched him for seconds...All the other girls were giggling, knowing the deep bond they both shared!
They were best friends weren't they? The kind that married each other if they didn't find love before 30?
But that had become impossible... Forever....