A Raw Score

a paperback by Shashi Krishna

Story #13 : T.G.I.F

In the buzzing belly of the restless city, there exists a haven of brotherhood called 'Pioneer Solutions Inc.' - the place where Mihir, Neeraj and Devesh work as software engineers. Surrounded with cliches aplenty and doing their best to keep themselves entertained, the trio of close friends come from rather diverse backgrounds. But the one among them who has had it the roughest - is Mihir. Good old simple Mihir who has had to witness a nasty divorce of his parents after what had seemed like an eternity of love. Carrying the load of those unfinished memories, Mihir now resides next to sex-crazy neighbors and the warmth of his friends at work. His affection towards a local Pizza joint girl - Anisa Roy - is now the most popular joke. Neither has he had the courage to express his feelings for her, nor has he stopped wolfing down her high-fat pizzas in the months he has known her.

With things looking like this, comes that Friday. A Friday that will go down in Mihir's life as quite possibly the first time when he did the most outrageous thing ever. A day which will hopefully pull him out of that abyss of complicated emotions that he has somehow ended up being a reluctant party to. A day which will finally push him over the edge as he prepares to face off with his destiny. A destiny, that hopefully, will help Mihir get closer to whatever it is he pines for.

Thank God indeed, for it is Friday. That Friday.