Anya sat in front of the television which was showing a reality show. She wasn't really watching as her thoughts wandered aimlessly from the television to memories of her past. "Why don't you wear that blue saree we bought you the other day, Anya? It's a nice day. Don't just spend it watching this useless show." Her mother said switching off the television."Why, Ma?" Anya asked softly."We have guests comi

All her life she'd wondered about the insane methods people followed in India in the name of tradition and culture. One insane method was protecting a girl her whole life from other men, not letting her become friends with them, asking them not to trust strangers or even talk to them and then one fine day send her inside a room and ask her to strip her clothes off infront of a complete stranger. What nerve it must have taken to even call this a tradition. Of course things aren't that bad now but still this was happening in most parts of the country. The worst part was asking the girl to trust another complete stranger when she had just been failed by the previous one which was the case with Anya.

She checked into her room and immediately packed all her bags. She then called Viola and informed her of what happened with Ronan skipping all the details while she took a taxi heading straight to the airport. Viola asked her to calm down and come home safely so that they could talk about the rest of the things after she arrives back home.The flight back home seemed awfully long and Anya couldn't stop being restless. She kept checking her phone as if she was expecting any calls or texts from Ronan but there were none. She tried to sleep but her eyes refused to shut for more than two minutes. She tried to engage herself into reading a magazine or w

"But what, Ronan?" Anya asked as her breathing got heavier."Nothing." He said with frustration. "Sit wherever you want." He said as he started the engine again."I think we should go to your school, Shelly." Anya said after a moment of awkward silence and surprised that he gave up so soon. This

** Please don't forget to read A/N. Very important. ***She moved away abruptly and looked at him with a blank expression on her face. " Who do you think you are, Ronan? You ignore me for two weeks," she paused catching her breath, "two weeks and all of a sudden I'm all yours? What exactly do you think of me? Some item on display? Some kind of an object that you can have whenever you want and throw away whenever you don't?" She asked out of breath.