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#Story1 The Elevator Part1
Ananya was a perfect Pooh frm K3G with perfect eyeliner, perfectly straight hair but an imperfect mind. The only negative in her were her mood swings, even that couldn't keep the boys in the office away.
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#Story1 The Elevator Part2
So when she got stuck in the office elevator with Jayant, Robin&Gaurav; she was more than just claustrophobic. All the 3boys saw this as a perfect opportunity to impress Ananya while the lift was being repaired.
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#Story1 The Elevator Part3
Jayant who was as shy as Amol Palekar in his movies was looking at the other 2boys&avoiding eye contact with Ananya. Robin was straightening his shirt&looking at himself in his mobile front camera to ensure his hair was perfectly set like his biceps.

#Story1 The Elevator Part4
Gaurav on the other hand was checking messages in his mobile&trying to think of something that would help him start a conversation with Ananya.Though all of the boys worked in the same office, no1 had actually spoken to her as she was in a diffrnt dept.

#Story1 The Elevator Part5
Ananya on the other hand was scared, scared that she was in an elevator with 3boys whom she didn't knew. To think of it, knowing them also wdn't make a different.All the recent news coverage of sexual crimes against women were flashing through her mind

#Story1 The Elevator Part6
Gaurav finally found a common point to connect with Ananya,"Hey, you are in HR right?I think we have met before, don't remember where"
Ananya faked a smile in reply and clutched her handbag tightly. "I think I have seen you in Z colony, you live there?"

#Story1 The Elevator Part7
This made Ananya more uncomfortable.While she was aware that this could be a genuine conversation,she couldn't stop thinking what if it wasn't? What if this ended in a news headline? Gaurav couldn't read Ananya's mind &found her silence repulsive.

#Story1 The Elevator Part8
Robin was staring at Ananya's almond eyes&milky white skin, he couldn't take his eyes off her.He was as speechless as SRK was in MainHoonNa whenever he saw Sushmita Sen. Ananya looked at him 2distract herself frm Gaurav&found him staring at her already.

#Story1 The Elevator Part9
She instantly looked away.Why was this guy staring at me? was her first thought.She unlocked her phone to find that there was no network. The lift jerked a little, Gaurav&Jayant lost their balance&almost fell on Ananya, she screamed her heart out.

#Story1 The Elevator Part10
The boys were apologizing but just then the lights went off and it was the end of Ananya's patience. A few minutes later she started crying and they didn't knew what to do. Robin went ahead to calm her down but she pushed him&asked him to stay away.

#Story1 The Elevator Part11
Luckily the elevator door opened just in time&all of them were safely taken out. Ananya took a deep breath before going back to her cubicle. The boys chatted for a while about how "Hyper & Moody" Ananya really was&returned to their work.

#Story1 The Elevator Part12
All the memories of a lift man trying to hug & kiss her when she was just a child, an uncle trying to hug her uncomfortably after she returned from school, all of them came alive for Ananya in the last 10 minutes.

#Story1 The Elevator Part13
She was a girl trying to live without her terrible past encounters take over her. The good men have to start rethinking abt their ways to woo a girl & kick the perverts, bcz the bad ones have ruined it for them...
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