An Extraordinary Destiny by Shekhar Paleja

Author:Shekhar Paleja
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brindle & Glass
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

GAVIN WALKED JYOTI home, holding hands. Were they officially a couple? She wasn’t sure how these things worked. Jyoti reminded herself to ask her friend Carmen who’d noticed Gavin on campus recently and surreptitiously raised an eyebrow at Jyoti to indicate he was cute. They’d talked about it a bit after the movie they’d all went to but Jyoti had avoided the subject.

It doesn’t matter what Carmen-Farmen thinks! You’re here for your studies! Her mother’s voice was reasonable this time. Soon, she’d be back home and Gavin would forget about her. He’s a cook, for god’s sake!

At the door to her flat, Gavin said, “Well, I suppose I should be getting along.” They kissed.

Their tongues exploring each other’s wine-stained mouths triggered something deep inside her—it felt a little like being on a Ferris wheel: just when you reached the apex and began the journey back down there was a slight moment of weightlessness, of uncertainty, a slight loss of equilibrium, and in that moment you were scared, a little unsure, but thrilled, because even though you knew the chances of plummeting to your death were infinitesimally small, it was possible, and not knowing with any certainty of what would happen next is what Gavin elicited in her, a type of vertigo that she’d become addicted to.

She said, “Stay,” and closed the door behind him.

What if he’s a rapist?

The new voice that spoke back to her mother shocked her and she let it grow.

What if I’m in love with him? What if he’s the love of my life? The one that my kundali foresaw?

On the couch, she clambered on top of him and kissed him with reckless passion.

From underneath Jyoti, Gavin said, “Um, m-m-maybe we should slow down?”

She looked at him and saw in his eyes that like her, he was a bit afraid, a virgin. She let her desire lead her and kissed him deeply. They undressed each other while kissing and their bodies entwined.

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