Page 108 - You Only Live Once [BooksLD]

‘Alara! Isn’t it beautiful to look at the sky, more alluring than portrayed
in movies, even better than the books. Just hear the waves crashing against
the shore at intervals and the silence in between. I feel spellbound.’

‘Mhmm.’ She continues to look at me instead.
‘Believe me, Alara. Just do it.’

She reluctantly looks at the sky.

‘Why did you trust being with me on a secluded island?’
‘I am grown up enough to take care of myself.’
‘Okay! I am sorry. But will you tell me your intent of being at an

unknown place?’
‘I wanted to be with you. It’s comforting, like a summer vacation,’ she
laughs.

‘Are not you scared?’
‘Scared of what?’

‘Being all on your own, at a remote location, with no one around.’

‘I am not alone, I would say. There’s you!’
‘What is your next song about?’
‘It’s about a girl being vexed by an intruder on a strange island,’ she

laughs out loud.
‘You look beautiful when you laugh your heart out, and you look
beautiful otherwise.’

‘This is not going to work with me. Get better lines when you try to
impress a girl next. Those imported from Bollywood are now hackneyed!’

‘I was not trying to impress you. I was not flattering you either. I just said
what I felt,’ I say cheekily.
‘I count on you.’

‘Will you tell me something truly?’
‘Oh yes! I certainly will, provided that you ask me truly.’

‘What do you keep thinking about all day long? I find that most times
you are lost in your thoughts. I may or may not be the only one to notice
this. But the point is, don’t you run out of thoughts while thinking so
much?’ I giggle as I speak.