Chapter 14

Chapter - 14

Roli and sid were on the way to college, the next day. Though roli wasn't interested to go and she even took the excuse of being unwell to escape from going to college, Sid insisted her to go as their exams were about to start. 

At last, roli helplessly got ready. On the way, Sid focused on driving while roli was thinking of something as she took glances of sid then and there. 

After thinking for a while, roli finally asked "do you know naina?". 

Sid quickly turned to her as he heard her question. 

"How do you know her?" After a couple of moments, sid asked. 

His question had the answer for roli that he knew naina.

Roli took a sigh as she said "yesterday I happened to meet her in college". 

"Why did you go to her?" Sid asked, turning to her. 

"I didn't go. I just came across with her and she said that she knows me and.." roli said rather uninterested.

"And?" Sid stared at her as she paused. 

"She said that I've to stay away from you" roli said, turning her head to window. 

Sid's expression darkened upon hearing her words and turned his head straight to look at road with same serious face. 

A pin drop silence occupied in the car until sid spoke "stay away from her". 

Roli turned to his side and looked at him confused. 

"Don't go near her and don't talk to her. Even if she comes to you by herself, just ignore her" sid said as she stared at her confused face. 

"Why?" Roli asked as she still didn't get his words. 

"Can't you just do what I said without asking any return questions?" Sid blurted out as he continued to focus on driving. 

"Can't you just say the reason of why to stay away from her?" Roli again queried, completely ignoring his words. 

"No" sid replied sternly. 

"Then me too no" roli replied in the same tone. 

"Fine. But, remember one thing, don't come to me if you face any problem in future, because I'm never gonna help you out" sid was totally pissed off at her adamancy. 

"I don't need your help" roli stated as sid stopped the car. 

Sid turned and looked at her with a stern face while she too looked at him like an angry kid. 

"You can leave now" sid said, making her realize that they reached the college. 

Roli got down and rushed in to college without even turning back to look at him. 

Sid hit the steering angrily. He was just trying to make her to be careful but, instead of understanding that, she pissed him off with her usual stubbornness.

Only he knew how evil minded that woman naina was. It was more than two years since she was after him. No matter how many times he rejected her on her face, she still kept on trying to approach him. And this time he was truly worried for roli, but she didn't even know what was coming on her way.  He tried to explain her but as usual, their conversation ended up unpleasantly. 

He took a deep sigh thinking of all these and drove away to his destination. 

In college, roli again happened to come across naina in lunch break. But, she completely ignored her and walked away, which made naina angry but, she calmed herself thinking that roli was scared of her. As if it was true! 

After college hours, roli reached parking area and was waiting for the driver. 

But, to her surprise, she found Sid as soon as a car stopped in front of her. 

"Get in" sid said, looking at her, which she obediently followed. 

"You said that driver will come to pick me up" after a while roli spoke, breaking the silence in car. 

"Do you have any problem if I come?" Sid turned to her and asked sternly.

"No" roli said in a low voice. What problem she would even have. In fact, she would be more than happy if he would be by her side all the time. 

Roli looked at sid, whose focus was fixed on road ahead of them. She smiled and said "today I saw naina again but I ignored her". 

After hearing her, sid quickly looked at her in surprise, only to find her smiling at him. 

Was she the same person, who bickered with him this morning and left even without turning back to him, he wondered. 

"Good" after looking at her for a while, he said and turned his head straight at road. 

That's how their relationship was! They could fight with each other upon the silly things that no one could expect. Still, couldn't be mad at each other for long. 

Roli noticed sid smiling to himself and said "don't think that I'm obediently following your order of staying away from her. It's just that I myself don't like her so I just ignored her". 

There you go, she again kick started it all over again. 

"Can we please not talk about her" sid sighed at her words and said. He was clearly not interested in even thinking about naina. For him she was worthless even to mention.

Roli nodded and started talking about all the random things she got in her mind at the moment. And as usual, sid had to bear her talks until they reach home. 

Once he stopped his car in their house parking lot. He turned to her and asked helplessly "don't you feel tired of talking all the time?". 

"Don't you feel bored of being silent all the time?" A typical roli's style reply, which made Sid speechless. 

"You.." sid showed his index finger, which roli held in both her hands and said "I'll listen to your lecture later. Now bye".

With that roli got down and rushed in. While sid looked at her leaving and sighed hopelessly as he too got down and went into the house.