A/N I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED READING THE FIRST CHAPTER.
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Ch-2 The First Glimpse

I am running, running and running. Where, from whom, to whom, no idea. I just keep running until I reach the very end. I'm standing on a cliff. I lose my balance and trip.

Tringgggggggggggg!

I hear a loud noise as I fall off the cliff.

"AAAGHHH!," I scream as I keep falling but as I hear someone's voice in the background telling me to calm down, I suspend in mid-air.

Finally I am able to make sense of what he female is saying.

"Wake up Anny, it's okay. It was just a dream, it wasn't real, it was just a bad dream," I hear Adrika coo. Well that's a first, I have heard Aditi coo, but never Adri. I must be screaming very badly.

"Don't worry guys, it was just one of those 'I-Am-Falling-And-Falling-And-Falling' dreams, I'm okay.'' I say, and both of them visibly relax.

"Anyways, we already took a shower actually more like a long bubble bath, now it's your turn. The bathtub is fucking amazing! Why don't you go and check it out. Adi and I will just plan our itineraries for our 6th day. And listen, make sure you try that rose essence bath bomb, it's really pretty," Adri says and leaves the room, an arm linked to Adi's arm.

I enter the bathroom and I see why they were gushing about it.

A hand-carved granite tub and heated limestone floors.

A ceiling that's entirely backlit. As a result, the space is devoid of shadows, carefully calibrated to ensure that guests have the best possible light in which to see themselves in the mirrored walls.

Heavenly!

The bathroom also features a side wall made entirely of glass, filled with bathbombs, luxury soaps, shampoos, conditioners, manicure and pedicure kits, nail enamels, intricately wound bath towels, bath robes, moisturisers, hair serums and what not!

Just name it, you got it!

I emerge out of the bathroom an hour later, smelling like the best rose, delicately packed in lilacs. The bath turned out to be so refreshing.

I wear my Self-Portrait Hall black lace and crepe jumpsuit with panelled lace bodice, high neck with button-fastening keyhole at back, guipure lace inserts, ruffled organza trims along with my new hand-finished Gianvito Rossi Marnie black woven leather ankle boots. The heel is of about four inches and has crossover and wrap around ties with a round toe.

I find a hot mug of coffee along with bacon, baked beans, scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes placed on the coffee table in my room. I quickly chug down the coffee which burns my throat but it was just what I needed at the moment and I proceed with the rest of the breakfast.

After a hearty meal, I put on my makeup. I decide to apply my Too Faced Primed & Poreless Skin Smoothing Face Primer with my Giorgio Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation.

I use my Urban Decay Naked3 Palette to create a beautiful cut-crease but not before using my Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion on my lids to make the look last throughout the day.

Then I use my Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Palette and contour the shit out of my face. I then proceed to highlight my face with my COVER FX Custom Enhancer Drops.

Should I wear a lip gloss today or a matte liquid lipstick today? Hmph. Today is a pretty windy day and my would stick to my lips due to the sticky texture of gloss. Maybe I should wear a liquid lipstick. I finally pick out my Smashbox Always Sharp Lip Liner in shade Shocking Pink and Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick in shade Baja Bound which is a coral pink. BAM!

I'm ready to face the day with confidence and style.

I grab my Givenchy blush Pandora mini leather box bag and head downstairs, where I meet Adi and Adri standing near the reception area.

"Ah! About time Anya," Adrika says in a voice filled with relief.

"Damn girl! That jumper is hot, where'd you get it? I don't remember you buying it," Aditi says, face set into an expression of deep scrutiny.

"I bought it in Dubai. It's a Self-Portrait exclusive," I say wagging my brows when Aditi sighs.

"Okay you two! Stop wagging your brows Anny, get into the car," Adrika says just as a sleek black BMW M3 stops at the entrance.

We get into the car and click some selfies together and we post it on Instagram, getting loads of positive comments from our thousands of followers, I just love them all. They seriously make my day everyday.

They lift my mood when I'm sad, they are my everything. My cute little adorable fans keep me posted about all the good that's in the world and protect me from haters. The haters think I don't give a brown rat's ass to my fans protecting me, but that means the world to me.

But I don't give a damn about what those haters have to say. Constructive criticism is okay, but straight out hating is immoral.

But you know what they say, Hatred eats the soul of the hater and not the hated. So I don't let them get to me, they gotta climb really high to get me and I don't see that in near future.

An hour later we reach The London Eye. The amazing all-seeing eye. I have so many fond memories, as a child and as a teenager that I can't help but get lost in its charm. Soon my girls bring me back to the present by jostling me.

We climb aboard for a breathtaking experience, with an unforgettable perspective of more than 55 of London's most famous landmarks – all in just 30 minutes!

The three of us laze around, walking along the bank of the river having sodas and just enjoying life as it comes.

"Do you guys want to go out for drinks? Maybe we could pick up some hot guys and you know what follows," Aditi says wagging her brows and making kissing noises.

"Yeah, sure! But I'll leave out the second part, just so we are clear. I'm not in a mood to get a STD. And also, what about Ranveer? God, no!" I say dramatically and Adrika laughs along. Aditi pouts but starts laughing too. The sky has a wonderful blue colour and I stare at its beauty, awestuck.

We get down and go for a ferry ride in river Thames. Adi's heels got drenched, but thankfully the water didn't affect it because they were waterproof.

We go to the Linda's Cafe for a coffee, but ended up getting Butterbeers, somehow the Butterbeers get better every time! Their taste is simply too good to resist so we get another round of those delightful beverages.

We lounge there for about an hour and as we are getting out, I notice a sight that I gives me a feeling that my life will never be the same again.

A pair of striking blue eyes, deep and light at the same time are staring right at me.

Beautiful.

As my eyes move to his curly brown hair, I notice his eyes on me and I stare right back. The depths of those amazing light blue eyes threaten to engulf me, so I look away.

Something about him stirs the inner depths of my soul, like we had an old connection of some sort, like this moment was bound to happen, like whatever was going on in this moment was right.

But a knot had formed in my stomach.

My throat was somehow constricted.

My feet were frozen on their spot.

And before I can even consider looking at his face again, Adrika hauls me away and I mentally curse her for doing it.

After letting out some curse words, I look back but I don't find those pretty eyes again.

And a shudder passes through me, a feeling of dread washes over me and it feels as if I'll never be happy again.

Atleast not until I see those eyes again.

"Anny, why are you crying? Is something wrong? I'm sorry if I hurt you," Adrika says and I feel the wetness around my eyes as silent tears escape my eyes.

Why am I crying? Why am I crying because of that stranger? The stranger with pretty blue eyes?

No. Not stranger, there was definitely a connection, I have seen those eyes before.

And the fact that I can't remember him kills me and I don't even know why!

What connection do I have with him?

Suddenly I don't feel like going out for drinks like the three of us had earlier planned, but I need to bury this feeling of helplessness and dread, some drinks would certainly help me down it.

Adrika and Aditi were hesitant about going to the club, but I manage to make them come with me.

"Babygirl we don't have any problem with going to the club, but you are not in the best state. I think we should go tomorrow, it doesn't feel right, let's go back to the hotel. We will definitely go, just not today babe," Adrika says, but I threaten that I'll go alone, so they tag along.

We reach the club half an hour later.

We get 12 Jello Shots- 8 for me and 2 each for them. We also get a Pimm's No. 1 Cup each-A Gin-based spirit with fruit and spice flavours, mixed with dry English bubbly lemonade, as well as mint, cucumber, and lemon, or sometimes other fruits like apple and orange.

Aditi and Adrika were not okay with me consuming so much alcohol but I managed to persuade them arguing that I needed to down the alcohol in order to suppress the feeling of dread.

An hour into clubbing and I find that Aditi is drunk.

I soon find Aditi grinding against a man, I make belching noises and Adrika laughed.

But Adri also started dancing with another guy. He's cute.

I look back at Aditi and find her having a full blown makeout session with the same guy. I hurry to her and punch the guy square in his nose.

"Ow! What was that for?" the guy says, rubbing his nose.

"She's engaged. Don't try to misuse her drunken state," I say and move back to my seat.

Many men try to hit on me but I shoo them away.

OoO

I wake up with a killer headache and the sight of my dress was horrific, it was stained with what seemed like Beer and Jello Shots.

Thankfully I was in bed so my body wasn't aching as much. I then try to stand up and my head sways dangerously, I steady myself with the help of the bed stand.

Thank god I have such good people as my best friends, lord knows what I'd do without them! Had I been alone, I probably would have been raped or something.

Excerpts from last night come rushing back as I see my smudged Inglot eyeliner and remains of Smashbox lipstick and lipliner in my reflection.

I can remember those blue eyes like they are right in front of me, and how much I wish they were...

What trifles with my mind is that I seem to remember him from somewhere, but the memory is so fogged up that I can't remember anything apart from his eyes.

Suddenly I start crying, I wonder why I keep crying whenever I think of him. Why in the duck's ass am I crying? That is not like me. This side is protected and I never let my guard-down. I wonder what triggered this sudden downpor of feelings.

I reach my hand up to wipe off my tears but there seems to be an infinite storage of tears in my eyes, and the tears just keep coming. After a minute or two, I stop trying and let the tears flow. What can I do about it when my soul and heart are weeping about it?

After an eternity later, the tears finally stop coming and I am able to see clearly again because earlier my room just looked like a hazy mess.

It's still 5 in the morning, so I decide to take a shower and go to sleep, I also text Adrika that I'm sleeping in tomorrow. Hopefully she won't be too worried and they won't ask about yesterday.

But I know better, I bet they will come here the first thing in the morning without even reading my text, but surely she'll let me sleep in.

An involuntary yawn escapes my lips as I lay out my clothes. I'm not in a mood to create an ensemble especially when no one's gonna see me anyways, I just randomly thrown in the first things I see which are my Eberjey black jersey camisole which have adjustable shoulder straps and have lace insertions at neckline and hem and my LNDR Hurdle lilac shell shorts. I decide to leave out my undergarments because at this point, who cares.

Before I go into the bathroom, I pop an Aspirin into my mouth gagging all the while at it's bitter taste as I try to find lukewarm water to down it because I know from past experience that cold water doesn't help as much as lukewarm water does.

I take a hot shower quickly, get into my camisole and shorts and off I go, lost in my messy bed.

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