How we met for the first time ..

A month after my grandfather's demise, we went to C town for some left out formalities. The elders were busy with the work. So Luna offered to take me and my sister on a tour. We went to local market, flea markets and shopping complexes. Before going home we decided to have something to eat. We crashed at a shopping complex. We ordered a pizza.

While waiting for it, we observed a bunch of guys staring at someone from our table. My insecurites never let me think that it was me. My sister was the popular kid everywhere.

She gets flowers during college fests. I could only imagine having a life like hers. Even in the family the younger generation adore her. I never stood a chance in front of her. So whenever we go out together I would always assume that people are looking at her.

After eating pizza, we decided to stay there for some more time. We went to the next counter and ordered a milkshake for each one of us. This time our table was far away from the sight of those guys.

I rarely look at people when I am at a public place. I was occupied with my phone. Luna was talking about Riad. I felt uncomfortable. I looked around and I noticed a guy from the table next to us.

He was capturing selfies. He smiled sharply and winked at the camera. His eyebrow had a cut. His brown skin was flawless. His brown eyes seemed to pierce the camera. His hair was black and smooth. Jawline was as sharp as a sculpture. Overall he was a feast to eyes.

I quickly turned around and tried to converse with luna and sister.

" Don't look immediately. There is a cute guy next to us." – my sister has an eye for everything beautiful.

" Oww right. Look at him wink .. haha " – Luna exclaimed at his beauty.

" He does look good.. he must already be with his girlfriend. " – I joined the gossip.

We decided to call him milkshake because we saw him near that counter. There were three more guys in the same table. None of them caught our attention except one. He was fair skinned. He was staring at one of us intendly like we were invading his frined's privacy.

We finished our drinks and got up. As we were living the guys who were at the previous counter, passing by us giving some weird looks. We then walked towards the escalator. There again we encountered minkshake and his friends. This time milkshake mouthed something to me pointing his index at me. I didn't quite understand what he meant to say. They then left.

"Hey did you see him telling me something " – Luna was excited.

" Ya , but why was he staring at me while doing so " – my sister added.

This time I didn't join the conversation. I was busy figuring out what he was about to say or said. We went back home and talked about the entire tour. It was quite peaceful. I bought myself a novel to read on my journey back to V town.

Novels are an amazing was to escape from this world. I often imagine myself in the femal protagonist's situation and try to think of possible solutions for her problems.

I occasionally think about the type of character I will be if I were in a novel. Probably someone who is obsessed with power, freedom, money and offending elders.