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"Aliya, smabhal ke rehna." Shabana said,stroking her hair,worry evident in her face.
"Mumbai mein tumhare Raheem Chacha rehte hai. Agar koi bhi takleef ho,unhe call kar lena."
"Ji."
"Apna khyal rakhna"
"Stay safe sis." Zakeer piped up
Aliya gave him a tight lipped smile.
"Zakeer,ja. Dahi le aa."
"Ammi. Iski koi zarurat nai . I'll keep calling you.
Abbu,medicines time pe lena. Ammi ko chinta mat karne dena."
"Aur tu " she turned to Zakeer.
"Padai pe dhyan de . Angry birds mat khelte rehna." He smiled wryly.
He rolled his eyes.
"Aur tu Ayat" she turned to no one and stopped.
All the smiles turned into a frown and unbidden tears welled in Aliya's eye.
Shabana spoke quickly-"Chal ja,tu late ho rai hai."
"Ji." She murmered and picked her bags.
"Zakeer,gadi nikal. Isse station chod aa."
"Ji ammi."
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Malabar Hills,Mumbai.
"Rizwan! Tune tickets book kiye?" Zain hollered into the phone.
"Nai, woh-"
"KYA? WHY NOT? We are supposed to leave. TODAY."
"Yeah, I know- "
"The hell you know . Knew you were unreliable"
"Look who is talking! Idiot. This wouldn't have happened if you had taken them in the first place!"
"Now what?" He said,despaired.
"No worries, I sp-"
"What the hell do you mean by no worries. We were supposed to leave. Today. Aaj. Not kal. Ya day after.
If we don't leave in an ho-"
"SHUT THE f**k UP AND LISTEN TO ME,YOU ASS." Rizwan yelled,silencing Zain.
"Now you listen to me. And you listen carefully."
Zain nodded before he realised Rizwan couldn't see him.
"I have talked to the travelling agencies. Although we couldn't get tickets to Kerala, they have said that they have planned an India Trip and their fourth destination is Kerela. Their first is Mumbai and Maharashtra. All of the tourists are staying at the intercontinental and the real trip begins tommorow since some have yet to arrive. We had to enroll from the start so we will be going to the intercontinetal and staying there . Capiche?"
"Dude! We live in Mumbai!"
"I gave you the reason you bas***d. I am going to The IC now. If you want to come,you are more than welcome. Otherwise,get lost."
"Kitna gussa karta hai yaar tu. Aa raha hun. Don't be a sissy." And cut the call.
Rizwan huffed. He loved Zain and all but he sure knows how to be a pain in the posterior.
"Ammi,di,I am leaving. BYE" he yelled.
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At the hotel.
"How weird is it to roam around in the city you live!" Huffed Zain as he swung his bag around his shoulders, entering the lobby.
Rizwan rolled his eyes.
"Really? Cooped up in your house the past years, were you? Maharashtra dekha? Nai na! Toh ghum lete hai yaar. Aur kya pata? Koi hot mill jaye?"
Zain punched Rizwan's arm and said
"Haan yaar. 30 girls!" He sighed dreamily.
"30?"
"Yeah. One for each state."
"There are 28 states?" Rizwan frowned.
"Telangana dude. Keep up!" Said Zain,trying to look wise.
"So, that makes it 29!"
"What?! How?!"
Rizwan started reciting all the names of the states as they stood in line to check in.
"MP makes it 22 and then the seven sisters of course,bring the count to 29!"
"Delhi? You forgot Delhi."
"Delhi is NCT" a voice chimed behind them.
Zain and Rizwan turned around in sync to be met by a pair of amused caramel eyes.
A pair of very pretty caramel eyes.
But pretty eyes or not, she had questioned his intellegence.
"Really madam? And pray,tell me what it is that?" He said snidely.
"National Capital Territory."
Somehow he was reminded of Sneha,the nerd of his class. He never liked her either. All knowing people.
"Sorry Bro. But she is right."
Zain narrowed his eyes and looked at Rizwan,using their telepathic connection to convey that he did not appreciate his tratior like trait.
"Hi. I am Rizwan. Rizwan Raheem Mallik."
"Aliya. Aliya Ghulam Haider."
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Filler again. I am going at this the descriptive way.
So you really wouldn't get a power packed update.
Now I have a request.
People who are reading this and are from Karnataka,pm me the names of your native dishes and sight seeing places please 😆
I am going to need them. 😛
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Buddy and comment for pms.
And not proof read 😛
-Sanika