This story has been inspired by a series of events from the main characters life. Some of the incidents narrated in the story are a recreation of certain real-life events and certain amount of fiction has been added to make it an interesting read.
The lead of the story is Priyanka, a 26-year-old south Indian girl who lives in the garden city of Bangalore, India. She is a postgraduate and lives on her own in the suburbs. She hails from a conservative upper middle-class family based out of the middle east. They have lived there most of their life.
Priyanka moved to Bangalore for her higher studies and decided to stay back there as she wanted to live life on her own terms and hated the fact that her parents tried to control almost every aspect of her life. However, her relationship with her family has improved over the years, especially after she moved to Bangalore. She feels it's probably because her family is not around to interfere. This angle of her life defines her character, as she has grown into someone who loves to be on her own. Although she is very outgoing and has a very active social life, she could just cut off her friends almost instantly without a second thought. She had trained herself to be self-reliant.
Now moving on to her physical appearance, she is 5.5 ft in height, medium built, fair skinned with a tinge of tan with long jet-black hair with brown streaks that accentuated her golden tan. She usually preferred to dress up in denims or traditional Indian kurtis although occasionally she loved to wear dresses that accentuated her seductive body outlines.
She had a series of relationships over the years in Bangalore, but none of them got serious. Most of her relationships were with men at least 10-12 years her senior, some married too. She was mostly in it to take care of her sexual needs.
Priyanka works at a leading consulting firm as an analyst. At work, she is extremely competitive and efficient. She is well spoken and most of her colleagues and seniors were charmed by her seductive looks. She however never used her looks to get ahead of the rest and worked as hard as the next person. While not at work she enjoys long drives, electronic music, watching movies and dancing. She has also taken formal training in various dance forms like Salsa, Bachata and Belly dancing.
April 2012
The new financial year had just begun, and Priyanka has moved to small but fully furnished 1 BHK flat. It is on the first floor of an old villa and has another flat next to hers. There is also a large terrace which is covered from all the sides and has a large greenhouse roof. The owners had initially setup an organic terrace farm. But they stopped after the owner, a 60-year-old gentleman passed away a few years ago. He is survived by his wife who now lives alone on the ground floor. She is also a classical musician and spends almost all her time inside the house and rarely ventures out.
It was around 7 pm and Priyanka was taking a stroll on the terrace when someone walked in with a suitcase. A man in his late 30's, dressed in formals was moving in to adjacent flat. He looked 5.10 ft in height and was of average build. As he unlocked the door to his flat, he turned around and greeted Priyanka with a smile. She responded with a hello and went back to messaging on her phone. The man walked into his flat and gently closed the door. Priyanka had noticed the camera bag that he was hanging on his left shoulder. She wondered if he was a professional photographer. She loved getting her photos clicked and had also done a few thematic shoots in the past.
A little later in the evening, as she was cooking her dinner; she heard a knock on the door. She opened the door to find the neighbour standing outside. He had thick hair and a had a big fat moustache. But there was something endearing about his personality. He greeted her with a smile and introduced himself. His name was Vikrant. He asked," Is there an internet connection that the landlady provides here?"
Priyanka replied, "Hi, Unfortunately NO!, But the local internet provider's office is close by and he can hook you up almost immediately."
She could see that he was worried the moment he heard that. She enquired if all is well to which he responded explaining his situation to her.
Vikrant was a professional photographer and had to share the final edited pics of his latest shoot with his client that evening. The client had already made the payment and was following up with him for the pics.
On hearing this, Priyanka offered, "You can search for Priyankasworld on the network selector. The password is Priyanka4ever. You can use it till you get a new connection."
He was relieved to get help and thanked her.
As Vikrant walked back, he was glad he had a helpful neighbour. She also was extremely beautiful. Priyanka was wearing a plain white sleeveless jersey that was long enough to cover her body till just above her knee. But he recalled how it was hugging her body around the hips. Her cleavage was also slightly visible. He was looking forward to getting to know her better.
As the evening progressed, Vikrant finished his work and was waiting for his dinner to be delivered from a nearby restaurant. He heard some footsteps on the terrace and opened the door. He saw that Priyanka was standing outside drying her clothes. She had a black towel wrapped around herself that covered her well enough just exposing her hands and legs up to her thighs. Another towel wrapped around her head like a bun.
As she stood there hanging her clothes to dry, Priyanka suddenly remembered that a neighbour had moved in. She turned around and saw Vikrant staring at her with a smile. She was embarrassed and ran into her apartment. She shut the door behind her and wondered what her new neighbour might have thought. But she anyways decided to move on with her chores.
Vikrant on the other hand was completely smitten by Priyanka. She had just the perfect legs that looked silky smooth. He realized that the moment could either be an ice breaker between them or make things more hostile. He wondered what would happen. With that thought, he retired to bed listening to Bob Marley. Most of his luggage was yet to arrive so he had to sleep on the floor that night.
The next morning as he woke up, he realized its already 9 am. He had a sore back after sleeping on the floor. As he stood up stretching himself, he heard Priyanka's apartment door opening. He peeped out through the gap of the front window. He saw Priyanka dressed in formals with a black skirt going to office. She was wearing medium sized heels that accentuated her legs even more. Vikram was turned on to see that. He felt extremely lucky that he could wake up to see Priyanka every morning.
The day passed by fast. In the evening, as Priyanka got back; she saw Vikrant standing outside on the terrace trying to capture an old dying plant with his DSLR camera. On seeing her, Vikrant immediately turned towards her. He waved his hand at her and smiled at her. Thinking she might be embarrassed about the previous evening he tried to start a conversation.
He introduced himself," Hi, Thank you so much for helping me out last evening. You saved me a lot of trouble. I was able to deliver the pictures on time. I am Professional photographer and just moved to Bangalore this week from Pune. I am here to shoot a documentary on this city and its people. I always wanted to live in Bangalore and this was a good opportunity."
