Title : Book Talk

Quick Summary: Shreya gets worried when Daya refuses to talk to her. But a little help from an unusual friend helps her sort out their differences.

Genre : Romance

Characters: Daya, Shreya

Shreya entered the huge library. She spotted Daya standing near the Crime section engrossed in a book.

She hurried over to him and spoke in a loud voice, 'Daya aapko meri baat sunni hi padegi! Aap mujhse bina baat kiye kaise jaa sakte hai?'

'Ssshhh! Please maintain silence in the library!' the librarian scolded casting an angry glance towards them.

Shreya cursed the librarian inwardly. She wanted to talk to Daya. He had not uttered a single word to her since morning. She wanted to tell him that he had misunderstood her. The guy with whom she had been the previous night was her neighbour and just an old friend. He had arrived quite unexpectedly after almost a year and in all the excitement she had totally forgotten about her and Daya's dinner date.

'But she couldn't talk to him because of the stupid library rule! To hell with the librarian! And Of course Daya as usual was being difficult to add to her trouble!' thought Shreya.

As her gaze fell over the books arranged in the book section, she got an idea.

'Oh yeah! They say books are man's best friends, don't they? Of course she could communicate right now with Daya - through book titles!' she thought happily.

She took out a book from the shelf and held it in front of him. The title read 'Talk to me' by Stephanie Reid.

He threw her an angry and questioning look at her. Snapping the book shut which he was currently reading; he held it up for her to see.
The title read 'The blue eyed boy' by Joanne Harris.

Shreya knew he was referring to her blue eyed neighbour. She giggled and searched the book section frantically and finally she got a perfect title: 'Just good friends' by Rosalind James.

He moved over to other section, his face impassive. She could clearly read his mind. He was obviously still angry with her as she had cancelled the dinner plan with him the previous night.

She followed him grabbing another book from the shelf: 'Sorry' by Zoran Drvenkar.

Daya stood in front of her, his hands folded across his chest. Shreya was getting really tired of this Book talk but she had no other option.

She held up another book for him with a questioning look: 'Dinner at Eight' by Jess Dee.

He could see her eyes flickering with hope. His anger had subsided. But he decided he would tease her just a bit more. He replied to her suggestion by dropping a book in her hand titled 'Maybe someday' by Colleen Hoover.

Her face fell slightly. He could see she was unhappy and sad.

Shreya had had enough of the book talk now. She opened her mouth to speak but at that moment, Daya's cell phone vibrated. He went outside the library to take the call.

Shreya waited patiently for him to return.

She was getting restless with each passing minute. When he didn't arrive even after fifteen minutes, she realised that he had left.

Fighting back her tears she slowly made her way towards the library exit when suddenly her cell phone beeped.

The librarian shot her another angry look. Shreya muttered an apology hastily and unlocked her cell phone. She was surprised to see a text message from Daya.

It read: Check the table on the farthest right corner from the librarian's desk.

Shreya went towards the table with quickening steps. Shreya glowed with happiness when she saw what Daya had left for her. It was a book titled 'P.S. I Love You' by Cecelia Ahern.

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