Eva baby, this one is for you. But remember agar res mara na aur gayab ho jayegi, okay, will talk about that later. Now enjoy what you wanted. Happy birthday love.
Chapter 4
The shape of the wings
"...What if she is not into boring guys." She could say that, she was entirely other.
"Mr Malhotra, aap yeh baat baat pe kya soch ne lag jaate hain?" She pouted.
"Nothing...You tell me..." We talked about anything, from books, to films, to songs, God, she could talk endlessly, she had opinion on every other thing under the sun but those opinions were not random, it was really baffling, how her mind worked.
Another case, another win, another city, Mumbai. I was trekking down the stairs of Mumbai high court, my phone beeped.
"Congratulations"
"How do you know?""
"Mere jasoos kone kone mein fayle hue hai. ;) "
"Then I should be alert Ms Tiwari. :P "
"You should be alert all the time Mr Malhotra :D"
"Coming back."
"Will be waiting then."
Simple chatting could give anyone so peace, I smiled. I called the cab, that was waiting for me. Only two weeks, since Suman came into my life. I always wanted to have someone in my life, to whom, I could talk without any baggage, who wouldn't care about my status. The carefree, careless life.
But with this heart warming peace, I had to face the most difficult phase of my life. I had to decide, what Suman was to me. Was she just a friend, who I was aching to have all my life or I WAS IN LOVE with her.
I smiled, the second I thought of her as my friend, my heart negated the opinion, after much of a debate of my brain and heart.
So now the most irrevocable truth of my twenty seven years of life, that I was in love with Suman Tiwari, which she wasn't aware of,, and I had a doubt, whether she felt the same about me. For her, I was still the boring one, and she wasn't into boring guys.
I took out my phone, and typed
"What are you doing this Sunday?"
"Most probably cleaning and dusting. Why?"
"Want to show you something."
" What? "
"Surprise. Be ready by 7 am"
"7 am!!! Are you mad!"
"Yes, be ready. That's the perfect time for the surprise."
"Arghhh!!! I hate surprises."
"Where are we going?" She asked me, in her annoyance dripped voice.
"Patience Ms Tiwari, "
"Aap na pichle tin dinon se yehi bole jaa rahe hai! Huhhh! Kuch bhi."
"Aa gaye hum."
"What are we doing here Mr Malhotra? " She asked dumbfounded.
With a chuckle, I got out from the car, and of course, Suman got out herself, not really used to chivalry.
"Let's go" I was too excited to show her this side of my life.
"Hello, Mr Jonathan, ready?"
Mr Jonathan, man of less words, just nodded. But he was the best, when comes to flying. Yes, we were at Delhi flying Club, and we were standing on the runway of Safdarjung Airport.
"Mr Malhotra don't tell me we are flying!!!" She almost screamed.
"Yes we are. Let's go."
"How!!! I mean, where...with Mr Jonathan ..."
"No with me." I was enjoying the way she was reacting. Till now, she only knew my resolved side. Now she would be aware of my reckless side.
"With you!! And who will fly the plane?"
"Me, and it's not a plane. It's a helicopter."
"You...how..." She stammered.
"Because I can."
I paused for a second to see her, she was looking at me with awe. Somehow I wanted this. I wanted to see this awe in her eyes, for me.
"Let's go..."
She grabbed my hands involuntarily, and it tickled me from inside.
I made her sit in the cockpit, and buckled her with the harness, "Now you can not really move...and yes please don't touch anything here. Put on the headphones first, or you will be deaf by the time we fly."
She just nodded, her eyes glittered with excitement, she put her headphones on, and I, mine.
The rotor blades strated, with blade slapping sound, as soon as I popped up the switch to start the engine.
"How do you know..." She whispered through her headphones.
I looked at her, confused. "I mean you are a lawyer right! Alag se padai nahin chahiye?"
"12 the mein bass Physics, chemistry and maths hona chahiye, with 50% marks. Now let me concentrate, if you don't want to die,"
"Are you sure Mr Malhotra...I mean..." She looked tensed.
" Don't worry Suman, I am a certified private chopper pilot. Now don't talk." I was happy, that for once I could make her shut.
She nodded, but she her cheeks said, she was nervous.
I contacted the tower, and interacted and the helicopter rose smoothly and slowly into the air.
"It's beautiful...down there" She whispered, "I never thought you could..."
"Eat Suman..." I laughed at the way she was looking at me.
We were at an Italian restaurant, which was one of my favorites, we were given a corner table, though neither of us asked about it. Suman, sat beside me.
"How could you Mr Malhotra, I mean...wow...did we just get on a helicopter...still can't believe it!!!!" She gulped down her second glass of water.
This was the first time, when Suman was out of words.
"I am glad that you liked it. That was my intention." I smiled.
"Like!!!! I love it Mr Malhotra..." She shook her head, "waise aur kya kya chupa k rakkha hai..." She wiggled her eyebrows.
I smiled at her feebly. She never took any interest in me by far, but now that she was looking at me with those twinkling eyes, my insides coaxed, I wanted to tell, all about me but my armour around me protested. I built this walls around me with years of self loathing, yes I loathed myself, I loathed my parents. Now she might had managed to make holes or cracks, but still my natural instinct to protect myself was at full alert.
"Kuch nahin...you eat Suman."
"Huhhh! Now tooo I don't believe you, I am sure you are more than what you show. BTW, your parents must be so proud right!!!!! Wow!!!! Helicopter!!!! Still can't believe!!!!" She shrugged while twiriling a spaghetti noodle of 'spaghetti alle vongole' of course one of my favorite dishes here. It was a surprise for me, when she agreed to go with my personal favorite.
"They don't know!" I whispered.
She stopped, and her eyes resembled a saucer "what!!!!!!!!! "
"They don't know Suman. I didn't tell them."
"What! But why! I mean,come on Mr Malhotra, it's not like you are driving a car or riding a bike, it's a helicopter! Why didn't you tell them?" She breathed.
"My father didn't want me to loose my focus, so he never really encouraged me to do other stuff rather than studies, and Maa wasn't really into my studies." I sighed, " more over I learnt flying from London gliding club, when I was working with a law firm there. So I didn't need to tell them."
She sighed, " I don't know Mr Malhotra, I don't understand, how could you!! But you know, I am really proud today. That you listened to heart, and did what you want to. But you could have told to your parents, who knows, they would have been happy."
"I didn't want to Suman. Kuch cheezein khud k liye bhi rakhna chahiye!" I smiled, I was talking like her.
"Wow, but still...waise aapki girlfriend bahut khush hoti hongi, kyun?" She smiled at me, but her eyes said, she was genuinely interested.
" I have never had any..." I paused when her mouth opened with a gasp," is that too shocking Ms Tiwari?"
"Of course Mr Malhotra, you never had any girlfriend, how, you are so good looking, smart, now you can fly a helicopter, and you are sitting here and saying you are single! "
"Yes, I have never found anyone " since I met you, I added that silently.
"Achcha! To kaisi hogi woh ladki? Aur agar woh ladki aap ko kabhi mile, to aap kya karenge?" She asked playfully.
I looked at her, something flickered inside me, and without thinking, I blurted out, " kaisi hogi...kaisi hogi... patah nahin, par jaisi bhi hogi meri hogi." She kept looking at me, so I continued, "I would be tied up to her because of her eccentricities, I will be happy to be at her service at any time, she will be my best friend, my confidante, I would share everything with her, my happiness, my problems, whole of me. Our conversations, they will be about everything under the sun, vibrant, jovial, at least they would kill my solitude, "
"Aur?" She whispered, shifting a bit towards me, her eyes seemed diluted, and I shivered from inside.
"Aur...I will do any and every thing to protect her, I would lay my world into her feet, we would travel around the world .I'll be eager to come home from my office just to see her face, and seeing her smile I will forget my whole day's tiredness. In rainy Sundays, I'll cuddle her whispering sweet nothings, but may be we would fight for silly reasons," she sighed loudly, and her breath tickled my face, " after every fight, I would say her sorry even if she is on the wrong side, then we will have crazy make outs. I would want to have babies with her, she would be the strict mom and I would be the chill father, And..." The feeling of her, so close, her body heat was almost crushing as wave, her lips were parted, she was holding her breath, "and...she would be my wife Suman, I would be privileged to address her as my wife, Mrs Shravan Malhotra."
Her chocolate brown orbs held mine for long enough to show she was effected, though I didn't know, whether it's my words or proximity that effected her more, she sighed and closed her eyes " I don't know Mr Malhotra, why am I feeling like I am jealous of that girl! "
I smiled, my world was getting into the shape I wanted, it was the shape of the wings, and I was ready to fly.
This is it. Hope it's up to the mark. I got many PM's after the last update, you people wanted some romantic moments. But I could manage only this. I don't know, whether you are okay with this subtle romance.
And again sorry I couldn't reply to your comments, of course I was being Humpty Dumpty, who had a great fall.
This time, I'll try to reply. And again thank you, for praying for my well being. It means a lot.
Edited by Itssanjh - 8 years ago
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