Hey there people! I am here with the next update.
I hope you like this one...and yes as crazy as it sounds I have included a Baskin Robins setting in this one. Cause it's my favourite lace to be...or one of the favourite places to be! Haha.
So here you go!
CHAPTER 5
"Miss. Riya Mukherjee! You are in deep trouble." The demanding voice came from my bedroom door. I didn't have to turn around to know who it was. Jo...
"Why the heck haven't you been picking up my calls?" Jo came up behind me. I slowly turned around saw her standing in a demanding stance. Oh Boy! Looks like I was in a hell of a lot of trouble.
"Do you even know how many times I called? And when you didn't pick up all these bizarre thoughts came into my mind. And then I though of all the situations you could be in...and I was so freaking worried...What if...what if something happened to you.? What if..." And she went on and on for a while five minutes with her pile of questions. And I stood there waiting for her to finish talking ans when she finally did I smiled at her.
"Chill woman! You can breath now if you like." I said still smiling and Jo took a deep breath exhausted from the questioning.
"I was just busy finishing the project that was due. And my phone was switched off so I didn't exactly see your calls until now." I said with an apologizing look. Jo glared at me for a moment longer and then hugged me tightly.
"Phir...it's okay! Mein to dar hi gayi thi...agli baa raise kuch maat karna okay?" She said with her usually cheerful tone. God this girl! Ek minut naraz hoti hai aur dosre minute gale lagti hai!
"Okay...No-w-w...Could...you...leave...me...please? I---cannn'tt...Breathe!" I said almost out of breath.
"Oh! Sorry.." Jo left me abruptly, " Waise...kal pura din tune kya kiya?" She asked moving towards the bowl of bread bites that was sitting on my bed.
As soon as she said that the image of me and Mr.A's almost kiss flashed infront of my eyes and I fumbled with my words, "Woh...I...ummm...was...watching a movie...and..then Mom...came home." Okay yes I JUST LIED to my bestfriend. Blame it on Mr.A! He is making me do a lot of things...
"But I thought ki Aunty toh weekend ghar late aati hain na?" Jo asked with her mouth full of bread bites.
"Haan...par...woh...kal unhe mujhse kuch zaroori kam tha isliye." Great! I lied again. I sighed and turned around to pop in a bread bite in my mouth but my fingers touched air inside the already empty bowl.
I looked up at Jo...and found her eating the last bread bite...even when her mouth was full of them.
"Tune Sare ke sare kha liye?????!!" I asked bewildered at her speed.
It took her a while to gulp down those bites in her mouth. And then she said, "Haan toh..Mein kya karoon..mujh ebhook lagi thi." She said...acting very innocent.
I narrowed my eyes at her.
"What? Ab mujhe aise kyun dekh rahi hai...?" She asked acting scared.
I narrowed my eyes even more...and turned around folding my arms. I was angry!
"Acha chal theek hai meri taraf se ek Baskin Robins...Banana Split Free!" She said hugging me from the back. That made me smile wide.
"Pakka?" I asked.
"Pakka meri jaan. Ab chal...BR...here we come."
~1 hour later~
"Hmmm..." I said relishing the taste of ice-cream. "Baskin Robins is the Best!" I said out loud and it was true.
"Mujhe nahi khilayegi?" Jo asked looking towards me with a puppy face. I looked down at my ice-cream at then back at her.
"Kyun...Jo tune bowl bhar ke bread bites khaye wo itni jaldi hazam hogaye?" I asked in a possessive tone.
"Are yaar...wo to ek ghante pehle tha...ab ek ghante baad to mujhe bhook lage gi...please...and sharing is caring Coohiee poo!" She said pouting.
"Oh god...! Please don't call me that. Aur ye le..." I handed the Banana split to her and we smiled at each other and busied our self in relishing the ice-cream.
We were standing in front of Baskin Robins ice-crean parlor. It was the only one in this area, which is why it is usually crowded. Especially on weekends. People here really do love BR don't they? Well I don't blame them. Ice-cream is too delicious to leave for anything. Me and Jo would always come here...on the weekends to relax. And a bonus point was there is a cinema right beside BR. So ice-cream kharido..and ticket lo, then picture dhekne jao with Ice-cream! Best part about the weekends. We would have done this exact thing yesterday but he came over...
"Hey guys!" boomed a voice behind me. I almost had a heart attack at the sound of the voice. I turned around to see who it was and I was shocked.
"Hey! Arjun..." Jo exclaimed while giving him a friendly hug. I just stood there without saying anything. Mr.A ko yahan bhi tapak na tha! Uff...
"Hey..." Arjun said to me. His voice held no uncertainty or regret. I half expected him to ignore me after what happened yesterday. I mean it was kinda my fault as well I should have stopped him before it had gotten that far. But it was his fault too! He shouldn't have done that in the first place!
"Hi" I replied back plainly. If he was pretending that nothing had happened I could do the same. I turned around and busied myself in finishing the banana split.
"So Arjun how come you are here?" Jo asked stressing each word like she knew the answer already. I could feel him staring at my back. Although he was a standing at a distance he still effected me. I just tried to concentrate harder on the ice-cream.
"Woh actually I come here often to hang out with my buddies but seems like they weren't in the mood today." Even though his reason sounded perfectly casual but something in his voice made me feel like he was lying.
"Oh Acha! Acha...ab mujhe chalna chahiye mujhe ek zaroori kam yaad agaya." Jo said this turned to leave. But I quickly caught her by the arm.
"Tu kidhr ja rahi hai? And tere hiss eke ice-cream kaun khaye ga?" I said in an alarmed tone. Why was she leaving me with HIM?!
"Arre mujhe kuch kam hai yaar! And...tere sath share karne ke liye ab woh hai na" saying this Jo gave me a knowing smile, winked at me and left the place. And I stood there cursing her. I could feel him behind me. I could just walk out on him but then that would make things even more awkward between us so it's better to just get it over with now.
I took a deep breath and turned around to face him. He was standing there with his hands shoved in his pockets waiting for me to say something. But I wasn't going to...let him start speaking.
"So...are you gonna say something about...?"
"About what?! That which happened yesterday...No thank you I'd rather not say anything." Saying this I started walking in the opposite direction. But unfortunately or fortunately he followed me.
"Look! I am sorry ok...What happened yesterday..it was..it..it was just an in the moment thing you know. I didn't mean to...I...I am sorry." It was an in the moment thing? What was that supposed to mean? Well...at least he apologized...it was his fault.
But...wait it was kind of my fault as well. I stopped walking, turned around slowly and said, " I...I am sorry as well. I should have...said something...and I didn't. I am sorry."
We both looked at each other a moment longer and then he smiled at me. " Well since we both apologized. We are cool right?" he said looking at me with a questioning look.
"Yeah...we are cool!" I said smiling back. The next moment we both laughed out loud. Still laughing I noticed him as well. His face muscles looked relax and there was a huge smile on his face. The echo of his laughter resonated in my ears. I would never be able to forger this sound. He looked so...free.
We both stopped laughing and his gaze wandered towards my half finished Banana Split.
"Are you planning to finish that?" He asked pointing towards the ice-cream. He had a hungry look on him and I half expected his mouth to water.
Instead I just laughed a little and gave it to him, " You can have the rest!" I gave the Banana Split to him and he devoured it with much pleasure.
And just like this we walked home together. People might think that we were just friends casualy walking and hanging out but I knew what it really was. We were more than friends. It was indeed the Start of something better this time. I could feel it in my heart. And I smiled wide.
To be continued...
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