Chapter 9

Part 9
When the silence became too much to handle he spoke 'kripa, what happened?'
The girl was lost in her own thoughts 'huh? Oh nothing angad' she answered casually.
Angad was not convinced by her answer 'then why did you left the floor like that?'
'You know angad, we all, aaliya, simone, sheetal, and mishty. I helped them with there dress and they are wearing that one now. We decided to choose my one later and now we are not even talking' said a bit sad kripa
'Talk to them at least girls if you don't feel like talking to the guys, for me, I feel guilty kripa. Somewhere I am responsible for all this' said angad.
'No angad please don't blame yourself, ok for you I will talk to them but tomorrow. I don't wanna spoile moods today.'
'You did already' said angad
'Really?'
'No just kidding yaar'
Kripa gets up and starts walking when angad class her back and hands her something and tells her to open that later.
Kripa went to say hi to people she knew and some friends, smiling and laughing, looking really very happy. Angad watched her from a distance and smiled to himself thinking she looked so happy and it made him so happy.
They both had fun, enjoyed and went to the drive way when angad asked 'should I drop you home?'
'No' answered kripa
'They how will you go home?' he asked confused.
'Who is going home?' she answered casually. 'I informed my parents that I won't be back before Tuesday'.
'Where will you live then? If you want to can stay with me till then?' he said concerned and still confused about why she was not going home but didn't bother to ask as he thought it might hurt her or may be she wont like telling and if she feels like she will herself.
'Will you be fine with it?' she asked showing her manners and feeling happy from inside about what she wanted happened. She didn't want to go home but wanted to go to his place with him after the prom.
'Of course' he was really happy as he will get even more time to spend with her. He felt happy with her as if the joy of is life was back all over again.

Angad was about to go to sleep when their was a knock on his door. He opened to find kripa standing in front of him wearing a baby pink night suit with a baby girl on it which also said beautiful night. He giggled in his mind seeing her dress and then let her in. 'hey kripa, what happened? What are you doing in my room at this time?'
'I wanted to open the gift you gave in and that also in front of you, I hope you don't mind?'
'no no not at all, go a head' said angad. Anxious to see her reaction.
Kripa starting unwrapping the gift and found her sketch which was made by angad. She was touched. It was so beautiful. She knew she was beautiful but his sketch showed something thing else also which only he was able to see and when she could hide it very well but not from him. She had tears filled in her eyes. 'Thanks and thank you so much. You don't know what this means to me, it's the most beautiful thing I have ever got and will never part from this' and then she hugged him from a second and then parted.
'I am glad you liked it kripa'.
She left and he went to sleep and kept on getting flashes about how he had made a sketch of a small girl and she had laughed cause it was not made well enough and then again he is making it and the girl is grown up and again comments 'good try sweets but still need more practice' and leaves. The guy is again making a picture of the same girl. The guy is none other than angad again making sketch of the same girl and now really perfect but the girl was not with him to comment on it. All his life he had made the sketch of only one girl and for the first time made some one else's sketch and it was non other that kripa's. He woke up when all these thinks crossed his closed eyes.

Next day they both did nothing but rest. Talked, watched movies again talked.
When they were watching hey baby and laughing like hell angad asked 'so when are you clearing the matter kripa?'
'What matter?' she asked trying to act innocent and ignoring the subject.
'You know what I am talking about kripa, stop acting smart with me. Ok?'
'I will tomorrow'
'You said the same yesterday'
'Angad jaan tomorrow never comes' and giggled
'Kripa!' he was really getting irritated
'Sorry sorry! I will do it tomorrow'
'And what makes you think that I believe you'
'fine…I kripa shrama, I mean kripa,' angad rolls his eyes, 'don't you dare do that again on me Mr. Angad khanna' she said getting annoyed.
'Sorry yaar, ok continue…'
'Yes, so where was I, ya promise angad that I will talk to my old friends to clear the matter between us tomorrow that is a Tuesday! Now do you believe me angad?'
'Yes kripa I very much do'

Next morning kripa woke up with the thought of talking to her friends but first of all a more important thing was there which was more important than talking to her friends and that was talking to angad. She quickly got ready because she knew angad would be on the table by 10am and it was already 9:30. By the time she reached the dinning room, he was having his normal breakfast. Bread and butter with a large mug of coffee. The man was just too much obsessed with coffee. She sat down next to him and started 'angad… we need to talk'
'A very good morning to you too kripa, tell me what's the matter.'
'Angad I, actually angad, angad I am…I am sorry angad'
He was surprised and he was confused, why was she sorry, he wanted to ask but he lifted her finger to her lips and indicated that he should not speak and continued 'don't utter a word till I tell you to. Before we got the project, I was challenged by my friends to beat you in any thing or anyway possible. We got the project, I got a chance, if not in front of the whole world, still I will be able to beat to at something, but I didn't got a chance, you were as good as I was. We became friends with that, I discovered you were a good person, lonely and needing an actual friend like I do. Peer pressure never stopped and I was forced to do something. The prom was another chance, I told them to do something to make you a part of it and yes told them not to insult you, and no bets, none at all but they did and I am really very sorry for that angad. I was shocked to know all this by you. Aaliya was ready to kill everyone, sheetal acted really badly and was crying like hell, Simone stopped talking to prithvi and mishti being a wildcat she was started beating kartic. You remember the day we had practiced dance and I 30mins late, the reason was I was with them having an argument. They said I am in love with you that is the only reason I was back out and tell them to apologize, I couldn't stand it and slapped them each, avoided talking to them till prom, on which also talked to them because you wanted me to do so. I know I friendship will finish after this, maybe you will hate, never want to see me again but still I couldn't hide it from you any more longer.
He had tears he was trying to hold them back but was unsuccessful 'why why did to do all this?'
'I don't know angad and I am sorry, I couldn't hide it anymore, I am sorry and I am really sorry'. Even she had started cry by now.
'I am glad that you didn't, it made are friendship stronger. Thanks for telling me this kripa, I relation is so strong that it can't end just by a small thing, I would have been angry if I would have gotten to know it from someone else' he said wiping his and her tears.'
'thanks angad thank you so much and about my friends I don't care much they were not really friends, lets have breakfast now and after that I will leave'.
They had there breakfast and soon kripa left. As she reached hope she took out the sketch made by angad and hung it on the wall and kept on staring it for hours until she fell a sleep.

Hello my very less, but sweet readers, sorry for continuing so late but my computer was not working with that I had guests and from Monday my mid term exams are starting. I am damn nervous about them. I know the part is not really very long and I have no idea when I will post the next part.
Niharika