S is for ..... Sisters

This is a work of fiction and forms a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I will attempt to write a new story based on the word for the day every day during the month of April.

Sandy never really had time for other girls. No, she didn’t have anything against girls- it is just that she never seemed to have anything in common with them. Sandy was what was called ‘a nerd’- the girls she knew were not. They loved romantic novels, she liked science fiction, and never the twain did meet.

And then she grew up, and found she had a lot in common with other women. Their journey had been different but the destination was the same.

She found that when she really needed support, it was her “sisters” she could always count on.

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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

R is for ..... Real

This is a work of fiction and forms a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I will attempt to write a new story based on the word for the day every day during the month of April.

Everyone should have a friend like Ronnie. When I am upset, she lets me cry on her shoulder. When I want to play with her, she plays with me. But when I am preoccupied with something else, she doesn’t clamour for attention. When I am sick, she rarely leaves my bedside, but she doesn’t expect me to do the same for her.

Ronnie is the best friend anyone could hope to have. So what if she started her life as a stuffed toy? My love for her may have rubbed her fur off, but it has also made her Real.

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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

Q is for ..... Quarrel

This is a work of fiction and forms a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I will attempt to write a new story based on the word for the day every day during the month of April.

In her decades-long friendship with Queenie, there were two distinct phases- BQ and AQ.

They had met on the first day of kindergarten, and remained inseparable all the way through high school. When they had..... The Quarrel. Why they fought, she no longer could longer remember, but for an entire semester, they tried to pretend the other didn’t exist. And then they made up- a mutual acknowledgement that neither could do without the other.

After Quarrel, things were different. They valued each other more. Sometimes, it takes a Quarrel to find out exactly how much a relationship means to you.

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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

P is for ..... Passion and Prioritising

This is a work of fiction and forms a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I will attempt to write a new story based on the word for the day every day during the month of April.

A mother to Priya outside the school-

“Let’s catch up over coffee someday.”

“Is there something important to discuss?”

Her colleagues to Priya-

“Why don’t you join us for a drink tonight?”

“I really can’t. Need to rush back home.”

A dancer in her troup to Priya-

“Staying back after the show?”

“Would love to, but can’t.”

They called her “Cinderella”, because she always disappeared when her work was done. But Priya didn’t mind. When you are a mother and a journalist and a dancer, and are equally passionate about all three, you survive only if you learn to prioritize.

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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.

O is for ..... One

This is a work of fiction and forms a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I will attempt to write a new story based on the word for the day every day during the month of April.

“I agree with your Cause, but I really don’t have time to attend protest meetings”, Olga insisted.

“Come for some time at least.”

“If there are really so many of you, why do you need me?”

“Because if everyone thought like you, there would be no one” her friend explained. “If you just can’t make it, that’s okay. But do your best will you?”

Her work got over early that day, and Olga decided to join the protest meeting. She was glad she did. Yes, she was just one individual. But together they were One, and they would be heard.

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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.