After completing engineering, I used to fix computers for my pocket money while waiting for my acceptance to masters in the US. My physique is quite a...thletic because of playing cricket my entire life. That day I was in shorts and vest, relaxing when the doorbell rang. I called out, “It’s open, come inside.” Everything went rosy the moment I saw her, I went into a happy state for 10 seconds that felt like an hour. What I saw was the most beautiful girl ever, big kohl-rimmed eyes. Jet black hair. What news would it bring? Could we handle it? When it finally did ring almost an hour later, we jumped as if we had been given a jolt of electricity. ‘Hello?’ Thomas gasped. (pause) ‘How is she?’ (pause) ‘Is she going to be all right?’ (pause) ‘Which hospital?’ I watched him write down a name as he listened. Already I could feel my heart racing once more. ‘Thank you, we’re on our way.’ He hadn’t shut the phone off before he turned to me. ‘They found her. The car had left a dirt road and. 1 st din toh waha pahuchne me aurr tent lgaane me hi chala gaya. Shaam ko ladkiyo ka dance ka programme hua. Divya ka dance lajwaab tha so…Divya hi sbki taarif ki haqdaar thi. Divya ki kamsin jawani dekh Samir k muh se toh laar tapak rhi thi. Baad me sb khana kha k so gaye. Shastri g aur Samir camp k baahar fire k pass rakhwaali kar rhe the. Shastri g ki baate toh khatm hi nhi ho rhi thi….Samir bechaara…Bore ho gaya….Aakhir woh raat yuhi chali gayi. Agli subah..Samir sb ko zeel ki sair pe le. Her voice dropped, hesitating."See, I'm a little taller." she said, pushing her forehead against mine. We were standing so—too—close. I thought of nothing, wanted to think of nothing. It was her chest against mine that I felt now. Touch, a powerful and subversive sense homed in on the pressure exerted by her breasts; her shallows breathing making them rise and fall; downwards at our kneecaps, her left touching my right; our feet, again left on right. A lifetime.Unconsciously, I breathed her in..