It was the Spring of 2012, She was a regular college girl, doing what every college freshmen does; going around checking out people, getting the updates on what was new and happening when she first came around to noticing Him.
On the sports page of a national newspaper, there he was, making his country proud. He had just won a quadrangular series in Australia. Posing for the camera, showing off the trophy his team had just won; he looked adorable. She just couldn’t get her eyes off of him. Those eyes, his smile was just about enough to sweep her off her feet. She was LOVESTRUCK!
However she felt, she couldn’t even explain it to herself. It was infatuation; but was it so? Then he went on to captain the squad for the world cup tournament that was to be held in Australia again. He did play a captain’s knock and led his team all the way through to the finals where he showed his cricketing brilliance and played a knock of unbeaten 111 runs. He was bestowed with the honor of lifting the world cup trophy.
Still debating whether it was just plain old attraction or something more, she kept on admiring him in the months that passed.
Now, he started his domestic cricket career and she just kept admiring him. Be it his performance on the field or some promotions or brand endorsements, she just could not let go off him. He had such an impact on her life that no one ever had before. She went to see him every time he was in town. Irrespective of the distance, crowd or the weather, she would do just about anything to get a glimpse of him. To let herself know he was real. Every time she got close to having a chance to talk to him, she would be all jittery. Her wish to get to know him would be overpowered by her nerves.
She followed him on social networking sites, collected every piece of information she could about him and that only made it certain that it was no infatuation. She liked him for real. She even started dreaming about him.
But he had no clue about it. After all he was a celebrity and girls kept going gaga over him now and then. Not a big deal for him. But having him as a part of her life, she had completely transformed; subconsciously. Every time she looked at him, her heart skipped a beat. Oh how many times did she try to e-mail him, even wrote in the text box but was unable to hit send!
But now, after 3 years of all of this, day and night, she has made up her mind. This time it is either do or die. She turns on her computer, opens the link to his page, moves her fingers along the keyboard and types ‘Hi’.
You see, she really likes you.
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