My Childhood Crush

Chapter 1

Ananya’s POV:

Everyone changes with time. Things changes around us with time. Everything has changed around me. Even I changed a lot. My habits changed with time. But my love towards my childhood crush never changed and it grew more and more with time.  

My father regularly invites his business partners to our home for lunches or dinners and they talk a lot about their business over their lunch or dinner meetings. I felt very irritated whenever my father told to us that our whole family should be there to welcome the guests.

I am very shy in nature, and I don’t like to meet new people because it really makes me feel awkward whenever there are new people in our home. I am really not interested in my father’s business. And I don’t have to worry about my father’s business because I have an elder bother Vikram who is going to be the future heir of my father’s business.

I felt relived because I don’t know anything about my father’s business and my brother is always there with my father and he is learning all the things about our company. As, he is going to be the future CEO of my father’s company.

One evening my father said to us that there will be a lunch tomorrow with one of his business partners and their family is coming to our home for the lunch and we should be there to welcome them. I was never interested in those lunch meetings as I was an Introvert.

But that day changed my life when I first met him. I was in my room getting ready to meet our guests. The doorbell rang and I knew that my father’s business partner has arrived with his family to our home. When I arrived into the dining hall, my father gave me a serious look because I’ve came late to the lunch. I missed the introduction of the guests and I sat silently on my chair with my head bent down, looking into my plate and I didn’t even glance at my guests. And I don’t want to embarrass myself in front of the guests.

“Who is this young lady over here Sanjay you didn’t introduced her?” I heard my dad’s partner said to my dad. I felt really nervous and I scolded myself for coming late to the lunch. I face palmed myself mentally in my mind.

“She is my daughter Ananya,” I heard my father saying to his partner. “Hello Ananya,” said uncle to me. “Namaste Uncle,” I said to that uncle. “Wow Sanjay I like how you raised your kids and the way she greeted me. She knows how to respect her elders at this young age,” he said to my father.

I didn’t look at the remaining guests who are there at the dining table. I was silently eating my lunch and my father and his business partner are talking something about their business.

After completing my lunch, I was going to my game room with my brother to play some games. I heard my brother inviting our guest’s kids to our game room.

They followed us to our game room. I never looked at them. When we entered the game room, I sat in front of the carrom table waiting for my brother to sit opposite to me as my partner in the game.

“You and I are playing as a team your brother and my sister are playing as a team. Is that ok with you?” I heard a manly voice saying to me which I never heard before. I looked up at the most handsome boy I have ever seen in my life. I don’t know for how much long I’ve been staring at the boy. I felt blood rushing to my cheeks and thousands of butterflies in my stomach.

 I felt someone shook my shoulder and I came to my senses and see my brother sitting beside me with that handsome boy’s sister in front of him. She looked a little older than me I am 12 years old and she is probably 14 or 15 years old. That handsome boy is looking around my brother’s age. My brother is 17 years old.

I looked at the handsome boy who has a smirk on his face and felt myself embarrassed. I have never stared at any guy due to my shy nature but I don’t know what happened to me when I looked at him and I don’t know why I was staring at him.

“Shall we start the game?” I heard my brother saying and gave the striker to that handsome boy to strike the coins. I didn’t notice when my brother arranged all the coins on the board. When I came here there are no coins on the board. ‘You should stop staring at him and concentrate on the game’ I heard my mind mocking me.

“Ladies first,” I heard that handsome boy and he passed the striker to me. I felt really awkward and I accidentally touched his hand while taking the striker and electricity passed to my body, I never felt this kind of sensation before and it really raised goose bumps on my body. I don’t know what’s happening with me.

“Wake up Ana (My brother gave me that nickname), what’s wrong with you? Are you alright? Where have you been lost?” I heard my brother saying to me. “Why are you not striking the coins? Are you afraid to lose your game in my hands?” he mocked me and I strike the coins with my striker and two coins went into two opposite corners and I looked at the handsome boy who passed me the striker again with an amusing smile on his face.

 I took the striker from him and I avoided touching him even though it was an accident and I don’t want to embarrass myself again. I smiled smugly at my brother and strike another coin to my opposite right corner. I saw the smile fading from my brother’s face and I grinned at him.

I didn’t find any coins to strike to the corners and I strike the coins in some convenient places on the board so that the handsome boy can strike them on his turn. My brother took the striker as it is his turn and strike his coins. He strikes four coins back to back and gave me a smug smile. This time that handsome boy took the striker and strike five white coins back to back and aiming for the red coin. I was surprised and I opened my mouth hanging to the floor by the way he strikes that five coins. He strikes the red coin and it went straight into the corner hole.

“I guess I’m not getting any strikes as you are finishing the game in your single turn,” I heard that handsome guy’s sister whining. “Hey don’t say that we are not going to lose this game and he can probably strike the red coin but the last white coin is not possible to strike so don’t worry,” said my brother to her partner. He strikes the last remaining white coin and it went straight into my opposite left corner hole and the game was over.

“We won, I screamed in happiness and looked at my brother. Who is the LOSER now?” I said to my bother showing the ‘L’ letter with my right thumb and index finger and laughing whole heartedly and making fun of my brother. I didn’t know when I became this much happier and all thanks to that handsome boy, we have won the game.

I heard someone entering our game room as my back was facing to the door and I turned around to look at our parents who are standing in front of the door. “It’s the time kids we have to leave to the airport or else we’ll miss our flight,” said the handsome guy’s father.

“Are you going somewhere?” asked my brother to that uncle. “Yes, Vikram we are shifting to United States, this is our last day in India and we are very happy that you guys really got attached just in a day. I wish I should have accepted your father’s invitation for lunch a long time ago and not just two days earlier before we leaving this country. You kids should have met earlier and spend some more time,” Said that uncle.

I don’t know why my heart is paining like someone pierced my heart with a knife and I got tears in my eyes. I don’t want to show my tears to anyone and bent my head down and said goodbye to them while they are leaving. I never felt this kind of attachment with anyone before and that to just in a single day. They left the game room and went to the living room.

I don’t want to go with them to the living room and said my goodbyes to them and said namaste to uncle and aunt and taken my blessings by touching their feet. This is what my parents taught me whenever there are elder in our home, we should respect them and take their blessings. I went to my room and fell on my bed and hugged my teddy tightly, I don’t know when I starting crying and when the tears left my eyes!

I heard someone entering my room and I looked at the handsome guy standing in front of my bed. I was shocked and stood on my feet in front of him. “Why are you crying princess?” he asked me. I looked at him and more tears started falling from eyes. I never cried for someone like this and I don’t know why I’m crying. Words didn’t come to my mouth and I didn’t say a word. He hugged me suddenly and I became shocked at this close proximity.

“Are you crying for me?” he asked me. I looked at him and I don’t know what to say, I became dumb. “Don’t cry princess I’ll definitely come back from US and I’ll make you mine,” he said to me and I was shocked and staring at him. He hugged me more tightly and kissed my forehead before leaving my room. I was stunned and I don’t know for how long I was standing there in my room.

When I came to my senses, I realized that I don’t know their names! I went to the living room and find nobody in there. I went to my front door and see a car leaving and parents standing there and waving at that car.

I silently went to my room and fell on the bed thinking about the handsome guy. I don’t know when I fell asleep. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I looked at the handsome guy who is sleeping on my bed with his hands wrapped around my body and with so much warmth filled on his face. I was shocked and rubbed my eyes and there was nobody beside me on my bed. ‘I should really stop thinking about him,’ I said to myself and fell asleep.