A big horrifying monster was staring at me angrily with his scary eyes, he was so angry that I can feel death was coming to me, he snarled at me and said “Shantanu, you are useless, you couldn’t even complete the single task assigned to you, now forget about your promotion and also about shifting to new head office, you will be stuck in this office forever ” the monster grunted.

“ha ha ha ha ” this maniac started laughing fiercely, suddenly he pushed me down the cliff, I was falling {of course in slow motion} and was screaming.
“Thadddddddddd” and I fell from my bed, I was dreaming. “Ahhhhh” my back hurts !!!! As soon as I got up, I stepped upon my shoes which were lying there and I slipped and fell again !!!
“And this my friend is what we call a wonderful morning”
I saw the time, I was late for the office again, I started getting ready in haste, the deo helped me to skip the bath, styled my hair with plain water, was toasting my bread on the stove, when my phone started ringing, it was my mum’s call, she was worried for me, like every other mother in this universe.
I picked up the call , she just went away with her question answer round , like if I had my breakfast, had eaten apple or not ? am I stressed because I lost my promotion chance yesterday , mom’s I tell you …
I told her that “I am fine” but she sensed my sadness, she said “Shantanu we are with you, I know you worked hard for this promotion but my heart says, you must be getting something nicer in return, my child, don’t lose hope, everything is fine, the day is not bad after all. And she hung up.
Her words make me feel good, how she just managed to change my mood in a matter of some minutes. Mom’s I tell you…
I thought “maybe she is right, maybe I am going to get something nicer in return, maybe the day is not bad after all !!! ” I felt motivated, but what’s this burning smell, ohh my bread, I forget to turn off the stove.

My breakfast and my motivation both burned to the ashes !!!! Who am I kidding, the day is really bad !!
I reached the office late and the monster, oops my bad, I mean my boss gave me the death stare.

Suddenly Rahul came and said “Shantanu you know I got promoted yesterday and I am shifting to head office tomorrow, so today is my farewell party and you must come.
I clenched my teeth real hard my fist tightened, I can feel my heart burning in the burner. I said “of course Rahul I will come” with a straight face and fake smile.
Rahul and I were the only competitors for this promotion and I was leading but at the last moment Rahul turned out to be a monster’s, oops I mean my boss’s distant relative’s son and this is how folks I lose this war.
I was in a bad mood all day, I did not feel like working today. Whenever the monster, oops I mean my boss came in front of me my heart cussed him a little more.
At the farewell party, I was feeling like smashing everybody present there. This Rahul is cutting the cake, look how he is laughing, still looks like a joker.
Today I would be in his place if I was the distant relative of this monster {no oops this time, he is a monster}.
After Rahul’s boring farewell speech, the monster came forward and announced “Rahul you were a fabulous employee, the office will miss you”
“Huh!!! miss you !! If you miss him so much, just go with him too”, I muttered.
He continued “but to fill in your shoes, I will like to invite “Ms. Pooja Sharma” she will be joining the office today at Rahul’s place…
whatttttttttt????!!!! Pooja ????? Pooja Sharma???!!!! I exclaimed !!!! My crush from the college days, not just crush she was the love of my life, we used to be together like every day and in everything, ohh man I loved her with all my heart but didn’t had guts to express my feelings. Then she left for the US for further studies and we had no contact after that !!!
I can’t believe She was standing in front of me, again !! She became a little more beautiful, the dimples on her cheeks when she smiles, the twinkling of her eyes, when she speaks, was exactly like before, oh my !!! My heart was pounding very fast as it used to when she used to be around me. Suddenly the world around me changed, I congratulated Rahul twice for his promotion, and this time, with all my heart, I thanked my boss, “my respectable sir” for not giving me a promotion, in my mind for like thousand times.
After her introductory speech, it was her introductory meeting with co-workers.
I thought she would be very happy after seeing me and maybe give me a hug, who knows, I grinned.
I went to her, we exchanged looks and, and, and, and.
Nothing happened, she gave me a formal smile and said “nice to meet you Shantanu, looking forward to working with you”

I came back to my seat, I told you earlier this is a bad day, no it is worst now!!! My first and only love didn’t even recognize me, my heart was breaking into million pieces !!!
In the evening, I left the office early, I can’t tolerate this place anymore, I was at the bike stand when I heard “Shantanu”, I turned back it was Pooja’s voice, she continued “how are you?” I replied “fine” with a long face.
She said “sorry, there were too many people at the party so couldn’t talk to you“
Though I was angry she was looking extra beautiful in this black Kurti and blue jeans, and with her hair open I just got mesmerized again, I said “No, no I completely understand, it’s ok ” anyway how are you??”
She replied, “you want to talk everything here only???, You are still a miser ” and chuckled !!!
“let’s go to the coffee shop, I have to tell you tonnes of stories,” she said and her eyes twinkled.

I was so happy, I couldn’t say a word, I just nodded ok. Mum was right
“The day was not bad after all”
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I like this line a lot, “My breakfast and my motivation both burned to the ashes”
Happens with me alwaysπ
πnice blog
Thanks , means a lotπ
My pleasure, followed you π
Nice narration.. this is a good story
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“My breakfast and my motivation both burned to the ashesβ
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ππππ but breakfast is important
Of course π
After all who will regret on this type of bad day?! ππ
Even one can sacrifice promotion if his/her crush joined in for someone’s replacement…. Right?!ππ
Yup it’s worth itπππ
You will be a proffesional writer very soon β€οΈ I am so addicted to your beautiful stories β€οΈ
That’s a huge compliment !!! Thank you , I always look forward for your review π
Incredibly well written. I throughly enjoyed reading your story. Mothers are so wise. Always smile when you have a bad day. It just means you are due for a great day soon. Stay safe.
Thanks this means a lotπππ
All your stories seems interesting! Think I need to spare some time reading it π
(*all saved it watch later list)
Do give them a read , whenever you have free time and tell me your thoughts about it !!! Thank you for stopping byππππ
That’s amazing!!
Glad you liked itππ
I’m burning up with your story π€£π€£ Good job!!!
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I am not sure if that’s a good thingπππ but Thanksππ
Lol…. that’s funny!!!!
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Hi di! Planning for your birthday? Look I remember π
I nominated you for an award (obviously what would an award be without you) so…yeah!
Awwww that’s so sweet of you πππ
Yes I saw your nomination, thanks and as you know I will do that at the end of this month πππ
Ps- I liked your ‘fair and lovely’ post, I even commented on that, but maybe it’s in your spam comment section(check it out) or my comment didn’t get submitted!!! But I liked that post a lotππ
Sure! Take your time and do it!
Oh I am so homered that you liked it! Hmmβ¦. Thatβs strange! I checked my spams also I canβt find your comment! If I am not causing much of a trouble could you pls comment again? Because your comments are as precious as Kohinoor to me!
Yup, that’s what I decided, to comment again but till then you have closed your comment section. , it’s still closed now ππ
πufff!!!!! My comments for on by accident and for closed by accident! π
Pls comment here π i know i am annoying but I get very excited receiving good comments! Hey I am 12 what do expect π
Haha π π it’s okay
I loved the way you wrote that article, sweet, simple but hits the right chord πππ as always your choice of topics is awesome ππ keep it up.
Ps- always be excited about things in life whether you are 12 or 21.ππ
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βMumβs I tell youβ π€π€
Love this Vani xx
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Thanksπππ
is Shantanu a boy or girl?
He is a boy π
I had the same confusion too
and a happy one at that.π
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So sweet!!
Unfortunately, my crushes are fictional charactersπͺ
Haha same hereπππ
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This story was soooo interesting! <3
Loved it!
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You’re most welcome π
That’s amazing dear shivani.. Your stories are really awesome. πβ£β£ This story is very interesting. Loved all your stories.. I like stories very much.πβΊβΊ
Awwww Thank you so much for this lovely comment β€β€β€β€
Most welcome friend. It’s my pleasure
Wow, it is a roller coaster day for Shantanu. “oops I mean my bossβs distant relativeβs son”. Such nepotism. We all hate it but we have to live with it.
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Love the story. Wish Shantanu all the best.
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Good story loved it β€οΈ
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Amazing story, my friend! I was hooked from the beginning!! Thank you for sharing, I truly enjoyed reading π€π€
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So well written dear. Very interesting. I found them cute and retalable
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Aww I love the end!
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π₯°Simple and sweet! Mum’s blessings can work little miracles in our lives and every cloud has a silver lining ing!
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Interesting π
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lol amazing how despite a few bad events, the day can still end perfectly
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Hey how did I miss commenting on this post! I am really sorry Vani! Super sorry ππ Anyways this story was amazing and had a great twist. Always fun and ur stories always make my day cause I mostly read them in the morning. π The theme was wonderful too. And yeah Shantanu might have 1 worst day but he will have the best days later with Pooja. πππ
Haha π its okay and thank you so much for this beautiful comment, your comments always make my day, no matter whenever I read them πππ
βHuh!!! miss you !! If you miss him so much, just go with him tooβ Haha this one is so funny.
Amazing story, Shivani.
Haha πππ I am glad you liked it ππ
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The ending !!!!! Youβre a great storyteller π₯Ίπβ₯οΈβ₯οΈ
Awww β€β€β€ Thank you so much π₯°π₯°
Incredible story telling Shivaniπ§‘
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My pleasure π
That’s one beautiful end dear Vani. β€οΈβ€οΈπ€π€π€
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You are indeed a great storyteller, Vani! Enjoy the weekend! π
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This is one of the best stories Iβve read in a long time! The climax ππ Not a bad day after all lol. Loved every bit of this story. You are such an engaging narrator and itβs always lovely to read your stories! You have a great sense of humour too. ππ€
Awwww Thank you so much β€ π
This comment made me so happy π
I have a doubt- how come it says this post was published 39 minutes ago and there are comments written in 2020?
Is this an updated version of an older post or an old post and some weird WordPress glitch?
Ohh no no!!π π π π
This is not a glitch in my site, I write new stories once a week, for example, Sunday and for the rest of the days of that week, I keep republishing the post again and again in case anyone has missed it. So thatβs why it appears on the top because I republish them by changing their date and time.
You can do it too by going into MY SITE βΆWP ADMINβΆMY POSTSβΆSelect the post and change its date and time and this will republish again
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Oh okay! Thanks a lot for the info! π The more you learn ππ
One of the best stories ever! π€π€
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So sweet! Love happy endingsπβ₯οΈ
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I must say you are a fabulous writer βοΈβ£οΈβ£οΈ
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π€π€π€π€ I am waiting for my happy end as my day is not as great π but this gives me hope!!! Lovely writing, you always keep me so engaged in your posts. From start to end!
I hope things will become good for you again β€β€β€β€
Thank you so much for appreciation π
I wanna give you hearts β€β€β€β€how perfectly you blog π₯Ίπ₯Ί. Not flattering but truly !!
Everything happens for the best. Great tale, Vani π
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So what you do basically are you a script writer or something π
Haha π π€£ I wish π
But Thank you so much for boosting my ego ππ
Ha ha always ππ»
Get shantanu meet with Pooja might be the surprise gift from monster oops! I means boss to him.
Hope everyone get the same boss to work with π
(Not to mention, You are an awesome story teller. Comments here says it all)
Haha π π€£ considering he was the monster oops boss π it is hard to believe but maybe π π
Hope you get this boss or maybe a beautiful crush ππ
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Ha ha β¦ not a bad day π β¦and moms are always right π nice story
As I always say to son working away from home here too I want to repeat,’ and mums are always right.’
you know presently I have that happy mom feeling.
Mom’s are a blessing! Beautifully written ππ«