The 'other' side

HEAD of a coin:
Scene: Marina Beach 4th january, 5.P.M

April was sitting quietly in the beach looking at the people around her. She was down.Her blue dhuppata blew on her face and she let it. there was no reason for her feeling blue.She watched the waves and tried to cheer up.


There were a lot of romantic couples holding hands and enjoying the waves.

April noticed a tall girl in pink top, walking along with her guy, his arms around her shoulders.The girl looked happy and the guy looked like he was in deep thought. Probably wondering how best to propose her, April thought and sighed. She had always wanted to be tall but she just wouldnt grow an inch taller than 5feet and thats it. Now a days all the guys are over 6 feet and she looked really small near them. she had wished n number of times that she would be taller than what she is now.

Then there went a pretty girl with short hair which she had colored a dark brown and it looked wonderful with the light blue sky and water and the breeze.April turned her gaze to the guy walking next to the pretty girl.He was looking at that girl sideways admiring her and April sighed once again.
April had long hair which is mostly a mess when exposed to wind. She had wanted to cut her hair short but her mom wouldnt hear of it. "I cant even let it floating and it takes time to plait" she had complained to deaf ears.

A couple passed in front of her and April heard the heated voice of the girl "So you want me to be like her is it?" And she saw the guy look towards April and give an embarrassed smile and put his hands around his girl to comfort her and spoke something. She seemed to calm down a little and even gave a lil giggle. She was wearing a threefourths cowboy pants and a short top and looked pretty. April could bet that the guy was very lucky and he wouldnt even glance at other girls. she had never been able to wear three fourths and she had always wanted to. When she could have worn, she was not allowed, and now it wont fit her figure. She resented it.

A couple came and sat down few yards from her. They seemed perfect. The guy was handsome and the girl was fair, tall and had the right structure.She wore a red shall around her neck. They sat looking out at the sea. They were eating a bhelpuri and kept talking and laughing.

April turned to look at the setting sun which has almost disappeared into the sea. And it hit her. She was dark and she hated the most about herself. She would not talk to people immediately and not go to any parties because she had this complex that she was dark. She had tried a lot of creams without any effects.
She had had enough dosage of the "blue" feeling and she wanted to go home. She got up and slowly made her way through the sand aware of her sloppy steps. She had never learnt to walk in a straight line. She zigzagged her way and finally jumped down from the wall and walked back briskly.

TAIL of the same coin:
Scene: Marina Beach 4th january, 5.P.M

She was wearing a new pink top which fit her perfectly. She was going to the beach with her guy and she was thrilled about it. It was their first romantic outing. He put his hands around her shoulders and she felt so happy and started talking to him.
He was not listening though. He was trying to work out how to remove his hands from her shoulder. She was tall and it was not easy to remove his hands without much efforts and grabbing her attention. He had always wanted a girl a bit shorter than him who would fit in his shoulders perfectly. Like the girl who was sitting in the sand looking at them.
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They had argued on phone and to make it all up he had agreed to take her to beach. She had cut her hair short and dyed it brown two days back and he had hated it.She previously had a wavy black hair which he admired and now he was unhappy about it.She had insisted that this would give her a "cool" look but he thought it gave her a cheap look. He missed that long black hair and he looked at her sideways and seeing past her, he saw a girl in blue dhupatta with a long black hair flowing till her hips.He wished she hadnt cut her hair.
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"whats wrong with this dress? Everybody envies it and it fits me perfectly." She sounded exasperated. Her guy replied "It looks too fit on you that it shows off your every curve only too well honey. Girls can look beautiful wearing salwar or saree too. Look at the girl with blue dhupatta. She has got all the essentials and she looks beautiful in that traditional dress." "So you want me to be like her is it?" she stormed with rage without glancing at the girl he was pointing. He was emabarrassed for the girl in blue dhupatta was watching and she was stunnigly beautiful with that quiet look. He then took his arms around his girl's waist and murmered "If she can look that good wearing that, I am sure you can look ten times better in it sweetheart." she giggled and they walked away.
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She pulled her brother to come to beach for she was feeling bored. He finally consented and they got a bhel puri and settled in the sand looking at the waves. There was a beautiful girl sitting and he had fought with his sister to sit a few yards near that girl and her sister had teased him."Come on beauty has to be appreciated." he chided. She gave this pouty look and said "She is not even fair."
"Fair? Thank you, I wouldnt look at a girl who looks like a Pomeranian dog." he shot back at her. "You say I look like a dog?" she fumed. "Nah, not a dog, but a Pomeranian dog." he pulled her legs and she pinched him and they both laughed.
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Two guys were playing cricket in the beach sand and they stopped to let the girl in blue dhupatta pass. She was walking dreamlike in a strange zigzag way which kinda gave her a "cool" and "carefree" look. They watched her for five mins and returned back to the game with difficulty as she jumped off the wall and disappeared.
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