Chapter 9

Taking in a deep breath I wander through the forest, refusing to enter the bus without Akash; something my heart refused to do. The thought of being away from Akash was terrifying as if I was to loose something much to valuable. My feet eventually took over as my mind swayed in and out of thoughts; mainly of Akash's gorgeous face. Frustrated by the sudden swing of emotions I ran through the forest anywhere where my mind would focus; and then suddenly what I saw before me took my breath away.

There he was leaning against a tree, rather tied to a tree; with blood gushing down his face, arms and legs. I was horrified, my feet glued down to the spot where I sat. How could he be in this condition? Who would possibly do such a cruel thing to someone so sweet? I stuttered, "A..Akash!" the words came out harshly; much more than I intended. He turned around and gasped, quickly he looked around and motioned for me to leave him alone; there to die whatever fate he had was ruined.

I snapped at him, "don't you dare utter a word!" his eyes shot wide, and he muttered something too fast for me to understand under his breath. To me it sounded as if he had just shot a thousand curses at me; I glared back; and put myself to work. Looking here and there; I pulled out my gun, careful enough to go through the forest without a noise. I approached Akash when suddenly someone screamed, "intruder!!" shocked, I turned around and found him eyeing me through a gun; and quickly shot him before his bullet went through my head. The bullet ripped through his heart silencing him forever; I watched terrified.

I turned around afraid and found Akash staring at me; he knew we had to do it but didn't know how to comfort me. He nodded slightly, as I headed near him and undid the ties; he watched carefully. I turned around and frowned in shock; twenty other men barricaded us between 20 by 20 feet. I turned to glance up at Akash who looked around at me; "do you have another gun?" he asked his voice a bit tense and shaky, I nodded and handed him the other one.

In a matter of moments we both were firing and running for safety away from the others; what I saw next frightened me. A bomb exploded just ten feet away from me; there was no chance of my safety; until I felt a warm pair of hands grab me by the arm and run. We ran a bit before the bomb got out of control and we went flying through the air. I landed with a thud and something hard fell on me. My eyes opened taking several moments to adjust to the blinding red and orange dangerous colors behind us. On top of me lay a tired Akash staring into my eyes; he smiled tears in his eyes. Slowly he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on my forehead, and looked into my eyes. Just several inches away from my lips; the smell of his breath bounced off my lips making the situation a bit harder to live through.

We both lay in one another's arms, gazing longingly, and deeply at one another. Our eyes refusing to let go for fear of loosing one another. Slowly he leaned down yet once again his lips barely touching mine when BOOMMM! We turned to the side and found another bomb explode just 15 feet away; hurried by this sudden bomb Akash grabbed my arm yet once again and we ran farther into the forest, no clue of getting out or if we were headed the right direction.

"Manya!" Akash screamed for me as I headed from behind the forest cleaned up, no dirt marks or burnt marks on my skin. He stared dumbfounded, I looked at him and smiled, "what?" he glared suddenly, "where did you get those clothes?" I replied cheekily, "I packed extra!" and chuckled slightly under my breath as his eyes narrowed on to my build. I blushed crimson red as his eyes scanned me; for some reason his gaze made it that much more difficult to look into his eyes; gosh was he driving me crazy if only he knew the effect he had on me.

"So basically that means you were changing behind those trees?" Akash asked pointing just behind me, I nodded slightly embarrassed. He stared mouth-wide open, "and you didn't invite me?" My eyes grew wide in horror. "not that, I meant for clothes or the water!" my heart relaxed and I turned, coming back moments later with a bucket of water and some extra clothes.

"Where you, by chance, planning on camping here?" he teased, "I was until I ran into you!" I rolled my eyes and turned to walk away when suddenly he grabbed my wrist and flung me around, "Manya! [his voice soft and pleasant] I have a question, [I nodded suddenly calm], well were you planning on wearing guy clothes as well, since you brought these along as well?" I stared down at his clothes and looked around, anywhere except his eyes. He chuckled under his breath and walked away.

"Dork, but I love him!" I said softly and walked to set a small fire up. He walked moments later covered in rags, I frowned underneath the handsome face he was in pain. I glanced at myself and my dupatta brought an idea along; "sit!" I forced him to be quiet and sit still as my dupatta apart and cleaned up his bullet wounds, the cuts and bruises. He hissed in pain, after I pulled out the bullet; I jumped slightly. Akash glanced back and smiled, "not that, your nails are sharp, feisty!" I rolled my eyes at his back; forced him to lie down and lifted his shirt.

A well toned six pack took my breath away and the lovely just two shades darker tan than his face, suited him well. I moaned breathless, and hoped he hadn't heard that. I glanced down and saw his eyes shut; I sighed in relief; and cleaned up his wounds. My fingers brushing softly against his smooth skin. His eyes opened wide and he stared at me lost. I glanced up and again lost myself in those chocolate brown eyes.

I got up and walked away to the other side of the fire, grabbing any food I had found and began cooking, watching carefully, on the food. From the corner of my eyes I found Akash smiling at me. "you look like a typical house wife, Manya!" he hollered from the other side; I shot him a look and got back to my work.

Manya lay sound asleep next to the fire, breathing evenly. Akash glanced at her, softly stroking her hair, she moved slightly and he stopped. Carefully he repeated the process until she caught hold of his hand and turned slightly, her head in his lap. Akash smiled looking at her face, "Manya, you are a sweet friend, I don't know what I would have done without you, I don't know if you are more than just a friend but I can say I found my love; I can't wait too see her in the morning! Her powerful brown eyes looking into mine! I love her so much Manya!" his voice ran through a 5 foot radius, Manya's eyes creaked slightly open, she blushed and shut them. Thinking he loved her she fell back into a deep slumber…

To be continued on thursday…a bit more romantic part between A-M, and then back to the academy!