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This is the Last Episode of Anand Sivakumaran's Web-Story The C-Word.

Note of Apology: We apologise for not posting Episode 14 as per schedule on Monday due to Technical reasons. We have posted it now. Do take a look at it here.

At that point though all I could think of was flying on wings of love to my beloved. And then it struck me – this evening was the prom and I had done nothing – no prep, no arrangements, big fat zip.

Prom Night.

So here I am. Not inside, amongst the couples pirouetting on the dance floor, the soulful ballads and the fragrant, sense tingling nearness of their sweethearts setting their hearts patter-pit.

The inevitability of going to the prom with Devika was weighing on my mind, I admit but simultaneously my heart was being weighed down by a far greater tragedy that was looming closer and closer.

It wasn’t that I consciously set out to fall for Alisha. Not at all. But did I consciously try and stop myself? Though in my defence I must say that right through those dreamy days and weeks I wasn’t consciously trying to control myself, Alisha, or any of those magical moments we shared. I just went with the flow.

Note: Due to come confusion, a part of Episode 9 didnt get posted. Kindly read the full version here. We apologise for the error from our end.

Maybe not at once, perhaps everything would be hunky dory and peachy perfect for a while just to lull me into a false sense of security but inevitably a day of reckoning would come. And when it did it would be nothing short of Brucie’s (refer – JAWS) 3000, 3 inch molars sinking into every soft squishy, agony inducing part of my backside.

Over the next few hours (it felt like a few moments but we actually ended up chatting till early evening) I realized what an injustice I had been doing to Alisha all these years. I’d never thought of her as anything other than the prettiest girl in the college.

Looking back now I don’t remember which coffee shop we went to, the reactions of people when they saw me with Alisha – any of that crap. But I remember every single word she said and the way she said it...

And everything that had happened till now was just the 30 second teaser. The real bloodcurdling business was just about to start.