Topic started by Sweetie (@ webcacheh08a.cache.pol.co.uk) on Sun Dec 8 11:35:41 .
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12 YEARS AGO

"Hi Naveen!"
"Hi Neha!"
Neha stood uncertainly at the door.
"Come in," said Naveen.
"Oh God, it's so good to see you again Naveen. How's life?"
"Fine, where's uncle and aunty?"
"Downstairs with your parents as usual, chatting away."
She wondered listlessly around the room.
"Neha, come sit here. I need to ask your advice on something," dropping his voice confidentially,"It's about Priya."

Priya. He had met her two years ago on the train. Slowly he had started to fall in love with her but she kept on rejecting him. She just wanted to be friends. Besides he was a year younger than her.

Neha watched him with his head bowed. She hated seeing him like this. She loved him. In what way, she didn't know. They had known each other since they were babies. He was her cousin but also like the brother she had never had.

She tried to reach out, to tell him it was ok. But she couln't. Something was holding her back.

He broke the silence. "Neha, if you were Priya, what would I have to do to impress you?"

She thought for a moment.
" I'm not Priya, Naveen. It's her you love, not me."
Naveen stared at her, then,
"Yes, you're right."

They sat there in silence.

Responses:

• From: Sweetie (@ webcachew05b.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Mon Dec 9 14:32:30
  
  Is no one interested?:(
  
  
• From: P (@ lib-ws-2021.lib.asu.edu) on: Tue Dec 10 00:18:54
  
  It's difficult. The natural tendency is to try to sacrifice your own feelings and help the person you love, rather than express your own feelings
  
  
• From: ??? (@ samar.sasken.com) on: Wed Dec 11 04:10:05
  
  Sweetieeee,
  why do u always write sad storiessssss?
  
  
  
• From: ??? (@ samar.sasken.com) on: Wed Dec 11 04:10:13
  
  Sweetieeee,
  why do u always write sad storiessssss?
  
  
  
• From: fridge (@ netcache6.is.co.za) on: Wed Dec 11 06:41:34
  
  Sweetie
  
  Nice one.
  
  ####""She thought for a moment.
  " I'm not Priya, Naveen. It's her you love, not me."
  Naveen stared at her, then,
  "Yes, you're right." #####
  
  I like this part as it is true. Neha is not Priya so she will not know what impresses her, it is good to state the situation at times.
  
  Waiting for part 3
  
  
• From: Sweetie (@ webcacheh05a.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Wed Dec 11 13:11:15
  
  ???, I write sad stories because my life is one long sad story.
  
  
• From: Sweetie (@ webcacheh12a.cache.pol.co.uk) on: Thu Dec 12 16:12:42
  
  P, yes you're right. It is natural to sacrifice one's feelings for another's. Even when their object of love or desire in your eyes doesn't deserve it.
  It can be extremely painful when you hear them saying how much they love that person while you try to combat the emotional turmoil going on within you.
  But if you truly love a person, then you WILL sacrifice your feelings for the sake of theirs.
  That's what true love is about and that's what Parallel Lovers is about. The feelings of a young man and woman for each other, their changing relationship and how they deal with it.
  
  

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