Chapter 3

He had wished her goodnight but hell sleep was hard to come by and he lay awake wondering what was happening to him 'he wondered 'what had this girl done to him within these last few hours that he was having a sleepless night, the Arnav Singh Raizada was having a sleepless night all thanx to a girl ..it cud be breaking news for all he thought ..and a weird smile spread  across his face and he turned around to face her ,she was  fast asleep and she looked divine ,it was hard to decide whether she looked better like this or while she took those pot shots at him and rolled those big expressive eyes of hers .

The moon light was filtering in through the stained glass and he just cudnt take his eyes off the breath taking sight before him '.and boy he was glad that she was asleep else he wud have had it by now '.god she had a mouth that was ready to deliver the harshest words  and is raat ka shukr tha else abhi jootiyon se pit raha hota hi thought 'khair agar isse pata chala that main raat ko isse ghoor raha tha to yeh to subah bhi badla le legi '. women he had come across were all so like the quintessential women he had heard n read about prim n proper but she was nothing like that and quite opposite to be honest '.but yet she had the power that they never seemed to possess'.lost in the beauty before him ..at some moment in time he finally fell asleep

O 'Queen Elizabeth uth jao 'we r about to reach Lucknow'.he said

Tum theek se baat nahin kar sakte 'tumhe ladkiyon se baat karna to aata hi nahin 'and yeh bhi nahin pataa ki kisi ko subah utha te hai '.to good morning  kehte hain ...she said

Tum joke acha kar leti  ho 'fine sense of humor I must say '..Gmorning to main tumhe keh chukka tha par tab aapko sunai nahin diya and as for the ladki bit 'mujhe to yahan koi ladki nazar nahin aa rahi so how can u say mujhe ladki se baat karni nahin aati 'he said

U r hopeless'.tumhara yehi baat karne ka style hai 'ya meri hi kismet kharab hai   ya fir aaj koi special day hai '.she said '.tying her hair in a ponytail again

Pataa nahin tumhein dekh ke mere muhn se aise hi words nikal te kya karoon tumhara hi effect hai 'waise Gmorning '.how is yr ankle ?better than before ? he asked with genuine concern lacing his voice

Ummm I guess better hai she said as she stood up on her feet to check

Gud , I guess we are almost there ...u get off 'and I will get yr bags for you 'he said

Aise mat dekh mujhe 'I am not going to run away with yr bags '..mujhe chori ka koi shauq nahin  hai '.he continued

Tum se kuch kaho to mushqil na kaho to bhi 'she sighed and sat down once again

Matlab '.par tum agar chup bhi ho jao to tumhari aankhen sab keh deti hain chilla chilla ke 'he said

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Ye lo tumhare bags 'dekhlo maine kuch churaya to nahin he said 'and went back to get his own bags

Churaya 'pata nahin chain , qaraar , shayad dil bhi 'who knows he had probably stolen her from her own self '.and she knew it was going to be a hard battle ahead to fight off and forget these moments '.will these moments let go of her or will they trap her forever  'she wondered 'kash main isse mili na hoti 'she wondered

Tumhari friend is she coming to pick you ? he asked

Nahin use to pataa bhi nahin I am coming 'she said

To phir 'he  looked at her with a million questions dancing in his eyes

To phir kya I am no kid 'uska address hai mere paas pahunch jaaoongi 'she said

Tum wakai mein cheez kya ho ghar se bhaag kar aai bhi udhar ho jahan kisiko pata bhi nahin ki u r here 'he said

Chalo tumhein chod deta hoon 'he said

Ab tum zyaada free hokar fayda mat uthane ki koshish karo 'main khud chali jaaongi '.tumhe apna address aise hi bata doongi .kya 'loafer .she said

Neki kar kuyen mein daal 'madam ka to style hi aur hai 'aur mujh nacheez ki kya majaal ki main aapko ghar tak chodoon and mere paas waise bhi itna faltu time nahin hai 'I was just saying tumhein cab tak chod doon so that u don't stress that ankle too much 'he said

She felt like kicking herself for being so rude but it was the best defence mechanism she had '"Theek hai 'she said

In madam ko jo yeh address batayen wahan drop kar dijiyega '.he instructed the driver and gave him the cash

Yeh tum kya kar rahe ho 'main pay kar doongi ..itna kar ne ki koi zaroorat nahin 'she said

Ummm koi baat nahin lauta dena'he said

Tumse dobara milna kaun chahta hai 'she said

Baat karni khud ko nahin aati mujhe subah lecture de rahi thi '..and don't think I am all for meeting you again 'who wants a living nightmare all over again 'he said

That apart take care ..and please apne ghar inform kar dena '.and be careful 'he said 'controlling the urge to hug her  before she made her way inside the car

I will '.hope to not see you again she said as she sat inside the cab

The feeling is mutual 'he said'with a smile

And then she left '.he let her go '..without even letting her know how he felt '..was he going to regret this forever he wondered or would his luck favor him and they wud meet again '..he certainly hoped for the latter '.as he picked up his bags and made his way to a cab to head towards Akash's home