IS IT LOVE???
Avantika and I had prepared for the CAT (Common Admission Test) together—the exam to get into most of the elite management colleges—and I know that she is a fast reader.
She used to be lightning-quick with the English passages we had to read through to answer multiple-choice questions. But she takes her own sweet time reading this diary, stopping and rereading certain sections.
She reads the entire diary, looks at me and says, ‘I am coming with you.’
She doesn’t say anything else, but her eyes tell me everything. She hugs me tighter and sobs slightly, and we sit there, wrapped within the warm blanket and she dozes off. I hug her tighter, watch her sleep for a little while and doze off too.