Part 2:
Thank you for all the lovely comments on this OS. Several of you requested a part 2, and someone also pointed out that I had left the first part open ended so I decided to write this to complete the story.
"Cmon Aditya..hurry up! We are going to miss the sunrise!" said Zoya.
The two of them had decided to go hiking in the beautiful Missouri mountains to catch the early morning sunrise. Much to Adi's surprise and humiliation, Zoya was way ahead of him in the climb. While his ego was taking a hit, his eyes appreciated the view of Zoya's cute little backside as she climbed.
As Zoya reached the very top she turned and gave Aditya a naughty smile.
"Whats wrong city boy? Is this a little too much for poor delicate Aditya to handle?"
"Whatever Zoya! I purposely let you finish the climb first so you could regain your dignity after losing 7 games of bowling last night. Zyada khush mat ho!", said Adi, barely able to get the sentence out since he was so out of breath.
Picking up the pieces of his pride, he tredged along until he made it to the top.
"Water..water...pleaaasssee waterrr noww", he begged.
"Here...Drink slowly or you'll choke!"
The two of them sat at the edge of the cliff in companionable silence enjoying the sunrise and the view infront of them.
"I love this place! Noor and I used to come here all the time as kids and later, this became my thinking spot. Anytime I needed to recharge or just meditate, I would come here. You know, even Yash didn't know about this place" admitted Zoya.
Adi looked at her with a surprised expression. "Thank you Zoya! For sharing your special place with me. This view is to die for". The fact that Zoya had shared this place with just him gave him a ray of much needed hope. And it had come to this. He desperately waited for every piece of crumb that Zoya was willing to throw his way.
Zoya was also lost in her own thoughts. As she looked at him, she felt that familiar pull. The moment he came near her, her heart rate went up and she started getting butterflies in her stomach. Every touch felt like someone was passing a jolt of electricty through her. Even now, drenched in sweat, he looked good enough to eat! His lips were full and rosy, his jawline chiseled and her favorite - those eyes..such beautiful deep eyes that a person could easily drown in them...she sighed.
She had long since admitted to herself that she loved him. How could anyone help themselves when it came to Aditya Hooda? She had realized her own feelings about three months ago when she had overheard Mr. Hooda's and Abbu's conversation. (Yes, Mr. Hooda and Abbu were best of friends, but did that really surprise anyone? Seriously, were there any two people more alike? Even their wives were sometimes jealous of the bond these two shared). She had been about to enter abbu's study to give them both tea when she heard them...
"I am so glad you decided to save Zoya, Harsh. Otherwise we wouldn't be playing this game of chess and I wouldn't be kicking your ass.", said Waseem.
"Actually, you should thank my boy Adi and not me", replied Harsh.
Waseem looked at him in surprise. Harsh had a guilty expression on his face.
"Yeah! I was ready to throw Zoya under the bus to save Adi. But Adi found out about my plan and threatened to take all the blame on himself. Adi would have sacrificed himself to save Zoya, and so I had to do what I did", said Harsh.
Zoya, upon hearing that, had run to her room and had cried until there were no tears left. She couldn't believe Aditya had done that and had never even let her know. What's more, he had done that before he had even fallen in love with her. It was in that moment that Zoya had known that there was no one who could love her as much as Aditya did, no one who could make her laugh as he did, no one who could make her angry as he did, no one who could make her face her fears as he did, no one who could invoke the feelings of lust as he did, no one...the list was endless.
Coming back to the present, Zoya wondered how to tell him her feelings. She was still very scared of taking the leap after everything that had happened in the past, but at the same time, she knew she could not wait another day without confessing to him.
"Penny for your thoughts?", said Aditya
"I was just thinking about how many times you have saved me", she replied.
"I know! Three times"
"No, it's two times", said Zoya
"No Zoya, I am sure it's three times. When you got locked on that terrace, after your reckless suicide attempt, and from that a**#^$*, Rajveer" countered Adi.
"I am not talking about how many times you saved my life. I am talking about the number of times you saved ME, Aditya. You saved me when you entered my life through Zosh events. You entered my life wanting to ruin me, but instead you gave my life a new meaning, a new purpose." As she was speaking, she saw the play of emotions in Aditya's eyes, from longing, to hopeful, and finally, the expression that never left when he looked at her. Love. In that moment, she regretted how much she had made him wait and the number of times she had rejected that love.
She slowly walked towards him until their toes touched and continued to express her feelings..
"You helped me grow into the woman I am, you made me strong, you brought laughter back into my life, you gave me back my self esteem after being cheated on, you made me feel beautiful. You, Aditya Hooda, made me fall in love again. Jahapana, I Love you. I love you more than you could ever imagine. I don't know if I deserve you after everything I put you through, but I am hoping you will make an honest woman out of me and hopefully marry me soon, because I cannot live without you."
They were standing toe to toe, and Aditya had unshed tears in his eyes and the biggest smile on his face.
"It's about damn time Zoya! And what a proposal! And that too in first class urdu. You know me too well begum jaan!", he said and kissed those soft lips. He then lifted her off her feet and twirled her until both of them were laughing and crying at the same time.
Aditya asked, "You said I saved you twice. When was the second time?"
"When you told Mr. Hooda that you would confess to the murders if he didn't save me as well. You should have told me Aditya.", said Zoya
"It wasn't important", he said and started kissing her again. He couldn't seem to get enough.
After some time, Zoya looked at Aditya and said playfully, "Aditya, you remember that flying lesson?"
"How could I forget? I swear Zoya, my ears are still ringing from your screams. You were such a girl, screeching in that high pitched voice!", he teased.
"Oh yeah? Let's see how macho you are then when the situation is reversed", said Zoya.
He did not like the look in her eyes. "Umm...what do mean? What are you talking about?"
"Oh nothing...tell me, do you trust me?" She asked him the same question that he had asked her, so long ago.
"No, I DO NOT trust you. Listen Zoya..."
The sentence turned into a high pitch scream as Zoya held is hand and jumped off the cliff taking him with her.
As they resurfaced from the freezing water together, Zoya said to Adi, "Noor and I used to do this all the time as kids...Well Jahapana, consider the score even now" and she laughingly swam away.
"You are completely crazy!!" Yelled Adi as he swam after her.
Aditya Hooda had finally found his match.
For those of you who read my previous OS, i hope you enjoyed the reference in this one! It looks like Bepannaah IF family has dug up a writer in me.
P.S I wanted to write the confession in urdu, but since I didnt know any urdu words, I sort of improvised
Edited by jumz86 - 7 years ago
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