Chapter 27

Chapter 26

Kripa is fast asleep in the living room, feeling quite cozy at the moment. She feels some warmth hugging her body, the warmth seems to be coming from a certain Khanna, Angad Khanna to be precise. His hands are lightly draped over her body, while her head rests buried in his perfectly sculpted chest, holding onto him rather tightly. Her eyes flutter open by the gentle sun rays stroking her eyelids. She looks up only to meet four pairs of eyes looking pretty amused at the sight of her. Kripa looks at them quizzically and then looks back to her side and notices her proximity with Angad. She jerks back immediately, hands in the air as if declaring she is not guilty of any crime. Angad awakens by Kripa's sudden jerk and looks at her annoyed, then notices her silence and says following her gaze, "Kripa what the…" Angad then notices the four pairs of amused eyes as well and snaps, "What the hell are you guys looking at!" Kavya replies, "We will be the ones asking the questions here, so… Kripa, would you like to explain how ended up on Angad this very fine morning" Kripa looks at Kavya shocked and yells, "I WAS NOT!!" Neev replies, "Kripa, it's not good to lie, right Prachi" Prachi nods happily away while Kripa grunts. Angad just looks confused. He yells, "What the heck are you people talking about!" Anjali replies, "Well seems like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning… OH WAIT THAT WAS KRIPA!!!" Everyone laughs at Anjali's comment, while Kripa yells, "Don't you guys have anything better to do, and I did not!! Right Angad…(she doesn't wait for a response) EXACTLY!" Prachi replies dreamily, "Di, stop lying we all saw you on Angad, hugging him like there was no tomorrow… sigh…" Angad says, "SAY WHAT!!" Kripa yells, "You IDIOTS get dressed for school!" Neev replies, "Changing the subject are we?...its okay, we understand, no need to be shy Kripa" Kripa just growls and stomps away glaring at all of them. After she is gone Angad smirks, "So she was all over me huh? I don't blame her, no girl has ever been able to keep away from Angad Khanna!" They all grin at his response and say, "YUP!! Even mom and dad saw! That was so hilarious!!!" Angad replies, "OMG mom dad saw us, what did they say?" Kavya replies, "Nothing, they just smiled and walked off". Angad exclaims, "DUDE WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE A PICTURE! I wanna see what it looked like!" Everyone grins at Angad and they all hand over their phones, sure enough they all took pictures of Angad and Kripa cuddling so comfortably. Angad was jumping for joy on the inside, his heart was melting just looking at Kripa curled up in him and they looked perfect.

Finally after the teasing has stopped, they are all able to get ready for college. They all get in the guy's cars to go to school. Kripa has been trying to avoid looking at Angad, since by now she was sure everyone would have told him what she was doing in the morning. She silently thought it wasn't only her fault, he was holding her too, but then of course she has to admit she was holding on to him pretty tightly not to mention really closely. Kripa gets in the car quietly, waiting for Angad to say something, but he is totally silent. She also can't seem to stop blushing at the mere thought of Angad Khanna. She starts recalling the morning incident and the past days she spent at the Khanna House. It was absolutely enjoyable, she had so much fun, and those memories would forever stay with her. Kripa tries to hide her obvious blush by looking out the window, but Angad being Angad, notices her flushed cheeks and grins. Angad knows their friendship has developed into something indefinable.

Well finally when Angad and Kripa arrive at school, Angad grabs Kripa's hand and darts into the building because he has been driving slowly on purpose the whole ride through, just so he could spend some alone time with her. Although no words were exchanged, it had its own level of comfort. They eventually enter their class late and the professor hands them detentions, right at the door. Angad groans, while Kripa looks furiously at Angad for making them late. They take their places in the back while noticing Neev-Prachi, Kavya-Anjali, Prem-Mukti, and Josh-Aaliya already present looking fairly comfy in their seats. They all silently laugh at Angad and Kripa, who are already irritated with the stupid detention they have to serve. Anjali whispers, "What took you guys so long, we left at the same time…" Angad blushes slightly while Kripa retorts, "Your stupid brother drives like a grandma!" Angad replies, "I resent that" Kripa reacts, "Angad you stopped at a green light for two minutes straight and then only drove because I nudged you since the 50 million horns in the background were giving me a migraine" Angad stupidly replies, "Oh…my bad!" Kripa mutters, "Duffer" Angad smiles hearing her. Angad remembers stopping at the light, he actually knew he stopped there for so long, but it was just that Kripa's silence was beginning to bug him, so he wanted her to at least acknowledge his presence. Thus, waiting for her to poke.

After school Angad and Kripa report to the detention room and Kripa starts doing her homework while listening to her Ipod. Angad on the other hand just watches Kripa with his head firmly placed on his knuckles looking at her with great interest. Occasionally Kripa will feel his gaze, but is never able to catch him staring, since he is just that fast. There is Angad Khanna for you, he could get away with tons.  The professor left the room, warning, "Don't do any funny business or else…" They both nod, Angad a little to innocently. As soon as he left Angad went to the professor's chair and sat down watching Kripa, while she now began to stare at him questioningly and warned him with her eyes. Kripa says, "Angad I don't want another detention" Angad replies, "Relax Krips!" Angad takes the professor's keys that are lying so carelessly on his desk and walks over to the window, opening in. He pushes the window open with a little difficulty while Kripa finds his muscles flexing more interesting than his actions. Angad notices Kripa gawking at his built and says, "Kripa" Kripa finally looks up and sees Angad about to toss the keys out the window. Kripa yells, "Angad no!! That's really mean!" Angad smirks, "Kripa why are we here" Kripa shouts, "Because of YOU!" Angad frowns, "Try again!" Kripa says, "Because we got detention" Angad nods, "Because of who?" Kripa slowly replies as if finding the light, "Because of … the PROFESSOR! That ***! Never mind go right ahead!" Angad grins, "Why thank you!" He tosses the keys out into the parking lot. Angad quietly sits in his seat and pastes a bored frown on his face, because smiling is rather suspicious, which Angad has grown to know.

When the professor came back, he doesn't seem to notice the keys to his house and car missing. Angad and Kripa are silently laughing while hiding their faces in books. They are eventually dismissed and Angad and Kripa left the room rather happy with themselves. While walking down the hall they hear lots of drawers slamming, poor guy couldn't find his keys. That professor has been giving detentions to someone every freaking day. When they enter the parking lot Kripa notices the keys are really close to his car, so it isn't all that bad. Of course Angad really wants to throw them into the bushes, but Kripa asks him through her eyes not to. He obeys his love of course, why wouldn't he.

While driving back, they are informed that Kripa and Angad both have to come to the Sharma House for dinner. Their parents know they are together since their siblings accidentally spilled that they both got a detention. They would always seem to end up in detention somehow, but to their surprise lately they haven't received any, well until today that is. Nevertheless the parents didn't really care, since it never seemed to affect their grades or their relationship.