He didn’t understand the complicated admissions process. Hence, he met her to understand the process better and arrive at a better strategy for his brother’s admission. She explained to him in a very lucid way. He was impressed by her way of keeping things simple.
They discussed about admissions for about fifteen minutes and then talked about everything else for god-knows-how-many hours. She made him some nice filter coffee and he, in turn, gave her the address of a famous trust which gives out prestigious scholarships. They exchanged numbers and he left, telling that he will keep her updated about his brother’s admission.
Days passed. They exchanged messages ranging from enquiries about the admission to silly forwards. His brother didn’t get through in Round 1 and he was disappointed. She told him everything would be fine and suggested he should watch MMKR, which he promptly did.
After a week involving a couple of unintentional bump-ins and longish phone conversations, his brother got through into a great college and he was ecstatic. He immediately called her up and excitedly told her about it. They again started talking. Talking about things they had in common and did not.
She was cute, intelligent, smart, funny and bold.
Bold, because she asked him out, without any apprehension, much to his surprise. Probably it was her age or her hormones or both. He didn’t know how to react.
He still doesn’t. Because, she’s seventeen. And he’s twenty four!
2 comments:
Take inspiration from Humbert Humbert and we have a tragicomedy in our hands. Very good!
Probably 'He' should think over it... Since Seventeen is something which is Not Really 'Young n Immature' these days :P
And 'She' should also think over it.. Since 'Twenty Four' is veryyyy Old these days! :D
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