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Ahana sat on the slightly raised part that lined the beach..her feet buried under layers of moist sand ...the rain had made its way to the deepest layer she thought..it felt nice..She had always loved the beach just after it rained. Not a lot of people where there, except for a few like her drenched in their own thoughts and a few stray dogs loitering around aimlessly..Immersed in thought Ahana failed to see how late it had become..Beep Beep!!! her mobile wriggled..She plunged her hand into her huge brown bag to reach for it..The bag was filled with junk..An opened packet of Potato wafers..an empty bottle of frooti , a hair brush that she had forgotten she ever had, a small tube of lip gloss that had leaked ..a whole bundle of bus tickets and bills , she excavated through the mess and reached for her phone .." Ahana!! are you coming back today!! It 9.45 already..Wer the hell are u!! reply NOW" She read the message and typed her a reply "Yes!! am comin, keep the door open". She pressed the send button..."sending.." glowed on her screen . She looked into the dark blue sea again and Beep!! alarmed her phone again.."Message sending failed" she read..Did she forget that it had been ages that she recharged her phone or was she just trying her luck..Ahana dialed *123# not that she was not aware of her balance but she just wanted to believe that she had forgotten that to recharge..
She slowly pulled out her leg..the sand above her feet slid down ..She moved her numb feet and slowly and reluctantly walked towards the bus stop..Ahana was sure that Ria was going to be very furious. Ria was her only friend in the city..Well she had a mind of her own.She was a model , she lived life with so much joy and funk that always amused Ahana she was infact a couple of yours younger than Ahana..She was tall , smart and carefree...She never bothered about anything in the world. or at least that is how she portrayed herself to be..She was nothing like Ahana ...She never found a problem in making the same mistakes over and over again..Bad relationships, an abusive yet handsome boy friend, her agent who was a pervert , a family that had never supported her ambition of becoming an actress was what she was...She had never seen Ria weep or regret . Ahana always saw her as some weird alien..Was she even human she wondered!!!
Ahana reached the end of the road.She found a spot she chose to wait for the bus..A small blue light flickered over her head..At a distance she could see two bright yellow lights coming towards her..She managed to fight through the glare and read 29c on the board of the bus.She leaped gracefully into the bus and sat near the window. Ahana tucked her hair into a bun and covered her head with a shawl!! ..Despite her attempts to save her hair from the pollution and the grime..Her hair was always frizzy and never listened to her. The cool breeze swept across her face, the city was at its best. "Looks like I am the only one awake" she thought. It was so peaceful sans traffic sans vendors sans the hurry of reaching home, she leaned on the old rusted window pane of the bus .
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