Written for the Because of Love Challenge with credit to XxrandomxX for the quote.
Also, many thanks to lollymau for help on this - I love you ~ !
Padma Patil
Because, for someone who spends half her time reading romance novels, she really doesn't know much about love.
It's a funny thing, love. In so many ways, Padma knows more about love than she would care to admit. She knows about the heartbreak, and she knows exactly to describe falling for that special someone. Somehow she manages to know so much, without really knowing anything at all.
Because she doesn't really know it, she's only read it. Oh, and because she's always gotten that blow-by-blow account from her sister. She doesn't really believe it though. She's forgotten how many times Parvati has come up to her, dancing in the rain and singing about love, only to come back a few days later with mascara running down both her cheeks and yelling choice words of hatred.
So what's the difference? How can someone go from claiming to love someone, and the next minute they can't even think about them without wanting to break something?
It always works out perfectly, in her romance novels. The girl and the boy always get their happily ever after. How come that never happens in real life? How come she's seen her sister's heart break so many times? How come she's never had that amazing feeling people call love?
Oh sure, she's fancied people, there's no doubt about that. She's never felt that feeling in her gut when a certain someone is brought up in conversation, or when she spots someone across the room. She's never felt her heart stop at the mere thought of someone.
In short, Padma's never really been in love. All right, she's toyed with the idea – she loves the idea of it, but she'd never act on it. Because she doesn't really want to fall in love, come to think of it. She doesn't want to have her heart broken, because despite what people say, she's really not that strong.
There's a small part of her that's wants to love, though. She's sick of not knowing, and she wants to be like every other one of her friends. When Parvati talks about how great her life is, Padma wants to be able to join in, she really does. And even though she has no clue what it really is, she really wants to fall in love.