It was midnight and I was scrolling through my newsfeed on
Facebook when a message pops up on my screen. It was Priya. The moment I saw
the message I knew it wasn’t one I could ignore. It read “MAJOR EMERGENCY!!”
I panicked a little and started wondering about what could
possibly be wrong. Could it be her weight? Or was it mine? I knew I had slacked
a little and eaten lots of pizza and ice cream the past few weeks, in spite of
Priya’s repeated warnings. She must have overheard Shalini and gang talking
about my big butt. I absolutely knew where this was going. The whole college
knows Shalini has an eye on Babu. I myself was surprised when Babu said he was
interested in me (lucky me) and that earned me the wrath of Shalini and her
cronies. She was always looking at ways to steal him from me and this is going
to be the perfect opportunity for her. Me getting fat and ugly is going to make
Babu lose his interest in me and that’s when Shalini is going to swoop in, like
the eagle she is, and carry him away from me. Oh no! This is a major emergency
indeed!
I was brought out from my thought by another buzzing noise
on my phone. It was Priya again with a ‘U DER?!!’ message.
ME: OMG! SUP? I think I know what this is about?
PRIYA: U do? Den y don’t u do something about it?
ME: I already have a plan in mind. Starting tmrw, I’m
cutting down on carbs n will shift to fruits and salads for sustenance. It
might be tough in the beginning but I will get used to it.
PRIYA: Wait! what r u talking about?
ME: My weight gain
which is gng to cost me my bf.
PRIYA: Oh, I totally 4got about that. I was referring 2
smthng else but now that I am reminded, YEAH! That’s smthng u gotta think of
too.
ME: Wait! So what were U talking about?
PRIYA: Ur inactive social media account!
ME: What do u mean? I log into my fb and insta every day. I
am active
PRIYA: But how do people know u r active?
ME: Uh…
PRIYA: U gotta keep uploading stuff. U c ur bf? He’s so
active on social media. If u don’t catch up, u might as well give up on him.
ME: No! ☹ Tell me what I shud do then?
PRIYA: 1st change that dp! It’s been a month
since you changed last.
And there began my quest for the perfect DP.
