SS:Sorry, Sorry, Sorry Ch 7 Updated- pg32! - Page 20

"Welcome to Hell!" Shree retorted with a fake bubbliness in his voice. Whereas Chotu and Ayesha just nodded their heads in a knowing way. Something's never changed. And as for me...well I was another candidate forcefully signed up for "the hell" Shree was referring to. This was going to be a fun car ride!

Just this morning I had received the greatest shock of my life with Daemon entering the ETF team and now...me and Shree were assigned to accompany him in investigating the victim's address. And guess who did this honorable job?! RATHORE SIR. Though I respect him a lot when it comes to taking decisions and him being the leader but right now I was cursing him in my mind. I am Sorry Rathore sir..but gotta have someone to take the blame.

This day could not have gotten any better.

I went up to Shree and lightly put my hand on his shoulder. Of all the people we both knew what it felt like to bare him...

And just like that we were sitting in the car with Daemon already driving towards our location. Shree was sitting in the passenger seat beside Daemon and I was at the back feeling the waves of thick tension pass between us.

I dared to look up in to the rear view mirror and found Daemon gazing at me with the usual naughty glint in his eyes. I flinches under his scrutinizing gaze and quickly ripped my eyes off him. Talk about the already tensed atmosphere!

"So you guys in ETF huh?" Daemon broke the silence with his obvious question. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to answer that. But before I could think of anything Shree spoke up.

"Yeah. Why do ask that as if it was a surprise thrown your way?" Shree retorted back with sarcasm dripping from each word. You go Shree. I mentally patted Shree on his back.

"Specky..specky...specky! You still have not changed bro. Well I can understand why you got in so easily considering the fact that you were already committed to a relationship with your girlfriend'," Daemon said in a mocking tone and we all knew who Shree's girlfriend was don't we? His Laptop. I though and a little scoff left my mouth which, earned a glare from Shree. I mouthed a Sorry to him.

"...but I am still wondering how you got in chasmish?" he said pointing to me in the rearview mirror. I swear I hated it when he called me chasmish, "I mean you were always such a bookworm; no wonder you had those big nerdy glasses back then. Actually on second thoughts they suit you. You should start wearing them again," he said in a sly tone. There was that smirk again! Argh..I so wanted to wipe it off his face. Instead of answering his stupid questions I just narrowed my eyes at him and turned to look out the window.

Deamon just laughed and shook his head in a knowing way and turned his attention towards driving the car while I continued the chain of curses on my messed up destiny.

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At the ETF Office

He was flipping through the case files rapidly whereas his mind was focused on something else. He had seen her with Daemon. He noticed her discomfort this morning when Daemon was introduced to the team. The silent conversation that passed between Shree and Riya hadn't gone unobserved by him. There was something they knew about Daemon that made both of them so squeamish on his addition to the team. And he intended to find out soon enough.

But that wasn't even half of the reason why he was so restless. It was her! The way she seemed to know Daemon and get affected by his presence irked him. It shouldn't have. But it did.

Daemon's overly friendly tone with her and the indirect relationship both of them shared made him...Jealous. Jealous?

What..? Am I jealous...? Arjun get a grip and focus on the case.

A gust of wind shot it's way at him as he heard his cabin door being opened and in came Rathore.

"Arjun, we need to get on with our investigation. I have already sent Riya and Shree with Daemon to inquire about the victim's address," Rathore said with his usual authoritative tone.

What?! He sent her with him!

"What do you think I am doing Rathore? Sitting here and flipping through files for nothing?!" Arjun replied with sarcasm dripping with each word. Rathore sighed heavily and left the cabin telling Arjun to report to the conference in 5 mins.

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"So what do we now?" Shree asked the obvious question that was lingering in the atmosphere of the car for the past few moments.

"What do you think smarty pants? Of course, we are going to go back and tell everyone that we found NOTHING!" Damon said in an irritated voices.

And that precisely summed the whole trip to the victims house because we found nothing and I mean not even an effing particle that could lead us anywhere. Okay I am probably exaggerating it but yeah that's what it feels like. Arghhh! Life is so shemuur sometimes!

"Shree. It's okay. At least we tried." I said trying to look at the positive side of the situation.

"Yeah right! And look where that got us. I told you guys that we should have gone to the company where the victim worked!" Shree sighed in frustration.

"Okay. I agree that we should have listened to you. But hey, why are you guys getting so worked up about this. It's part of our job. Sometimes we find a lead and sometimes we don't. That doesn't mean the world is ending!" Again...the positive child in me goes flying.

"Huh...Yeah. Wake me up when that world you are talking about does not include Rathore in it." Damon blurted out. Why was he even talking? Like seriously...I am talking to Shree here.

"Umm...Hello! I was not talking to you nosy person." I said being extra sassy.

"Umm..Hello to you too! You said you guys' in your previous sentence and guys has an S at the end, which means that it is plural and aside from Shree I am the only guy here. So mind you were talking to both of us chashmish!" And he just ruined my extra sass moment because that's what he does best! Arghh Damn you Damon!

"Oh! Burn...Ri! Right in the face. Nice one Damon." Shree said with an excitement in his voice. They both raised their hands at the same time to Hi-5 each other. They both had those cheesy smiles of achievement on their faces just like old days...

But realization dawned upon them, ending the moment too soon. There weren't smiles anymore. Both retracted their hands as once again the awkwardness settled in like a virus. Spreading too quickly.

I had felt that old connection for a moment there. The thing that we three used to have... That little interaction brought back so many memories.

I looked at the back of their heads hoping that things would have been different. If only what was lost could come back...because to be honest I missed it. And I am pretty sure both of them did too.

I took a deep sigh and scooted over to look out the window realizing that some things can't be undone.

The rest of the car ride back to the ETF office included silence, over the top awkwardness, and a chain of sighs.

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