A secret treasure of the past

2. Formalities

Cavendish Conference centre
London

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"Here is the file with list of candidates presenting sir" spoke Mark who was the organising secretary of the conference.

Raghav who was dressed in olive green suit looked dapper.

He thoroughly scrutinized every bit of the file till he found a page he was stuck at.

It read the following

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Name: Shriya Shetty
Nationality: Indian
Education: Bangalore College of Law
Occupation: Jr.Advocate , London Legal systems
Proposal: Flexiblity enriched legal firms for easier access to victimised women.

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He thoroughly read the further attachments of the proposal word by word.

"Sweety" he said with a small smile on his face.

"You have grown up to become an empathetic and a beautiful women" he commented.

He began thinking deeply about her.

Yesterday he caught a slight glimpse of her for 2 seconds.

He was not sure if it was his Sweety but his heart screamed with joy and had no second thoughts.

All night his thoughts travelled back to the time they were together.

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St. Theresa School,
Bangalore
10th Class
Year:2009

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It was a busy day as all the students rushed to the prayer hall from the large school gate.

Raghav was the new student first time in Bangalore. Neither did he know the language nor anyone.

All he knew was he can put on his charming smile and make friends within seconds.

He began searching for his class room when he realised it was on the opposite end of the ground.

As he began walking towards the Senior block of the school , he saw a group of students cheering.

"Shriya ! Shriya! Shriya! "
He peaked in to see a tall girl dabbing the basket ball.

He could only see her from behind.

But the manner she dabbed the basket ball. He knew nobody could take it from her.

Her defence was on point.
He forgot about the class and was watching the match.

The ball went straight into the basket and he saw her sweaty smiling face.

Those innocent eyes that glittered made a deep imprint in his heart.

He took a slip of paper and wrote
" If victory had a human form it would look like you".

He went straight to her and tapped her shoulder.

Shriya turned back to see those lion like eyes.
The moment she saw them something within her made her look down.
This was the first time the otherwise confident Sriya lost her ground before a boy.

"Hi I am Raghav" he said.

She smiled gently at him.

He felt something nice and perfect as she smiled at him.

"This is for you Shriya" he handed the piece of paper.

She opened it and read and looked at him shocked.
She always underestimated herself.
No boy would ever dare to come to her due to her strong personality and principles.
He was different she thought.
"Thank you" she said.
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Present:
"The conference is about to commence in next five minutes" the announcement alerted him.

"It is her! Now I am sure."
"She was my best friend. And I bloody crossed all limits with her. She must be hating me like hell. I am damn guilty. I wish I could say sorry to her" thought Raghav.

Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by a voice.
"Excuse me sir!" called Shriya.
Raghav looked at a girl dressed in sky blue skirt paired with pure white ruffled top.

"Sir I was told to report to you before presentation. I am Shriya Shetty and I am a junior advocate presenting fifth today" spoke Shriya in a firm voice.

" Hello" said Raghav.

He was confused by such behaviour.

Shriya was about to leave.

"Miss Shetty!" Raghav called.

Shriya felt a pinch within herself. She turned with a blank expression.

"Would you join me for a tea after presentation" asked Raghav.

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