Hello all, here I am, with the first chapter of the SS Inamorata! I wanted to update the OS, but it got deleted, as soon as I tried to post it on IF! Not only that, half of it got erased in my laptop too, how , I have no idea, lagta Hai, solid nazar lagi Hai!
But my T baby being a darling, gave me another whole week to rewrite it. So baby, just enjoy this one.
Chapter 1
The shooting star
" Congratulations Mr Malhotra, again a clear win!"
I smiled, what else could I say, it was just an easy win! I had fought more serious cases,and of course I had won in all of those cases. As they said, I was the best in my field! Even I had outshone my father, yes being in the same profession, the comparisons were inevitable to avert.
"Thank you, I have to catch the flight, so good bye!" I smiled forcefully!
" What, aren't you going to stay, Mr Mehra, threw a party, for you!"
" Yeah, I know,but really have to go! Tell him, I had an emergency, okay?"
Almost running from there, I sat in the cab, which was booked for me! Mr Mehra wanted to book a Mercedes, but, I never fancied big cars, I always liked to travel in these normal cabs, hearing the crazy, loud Hindi movie songs, I loved it,when drivers sing along, it always made me happy; made me free.
I boarded the flight, luckily I got the window seat, yes I could afford to be in business class, with all the luxuries, but again, the caos, the bedlam of economy class, always made me feel unrestrained!
" Ohh Bhai Saab, thoda side dena please,.."
" Madame yeh train Hai Kya, side doon matlab! Main bhi to bauthunga!" A very irritated man voice said! Though I wasn't sure, why the man was irritated, might be he wasn't too keen to be a brother!
" Achcha hua jo aap ne bata diya Haan! Warna main tin minutes baad plane rokne ko kehti! Huhhh kuch bhii!!! Ekto khade khade time pass kar rahe Hai, Upar se aise behave Kar rahe Hai, jaise dunia ka..." And the exchange of words continued!
I tried to distract myself from those increasing sounds, I was too tired to enjoy the brawl now! it was indeed a long day. First, Delhi to Hyderabad, and again, going Back to Delhi! Always wondered, what if we didn't have this amazing mode of transportation, Planes! I smiled, and closed my eyes! These flights had become my second home, always traveling for hearing of cases around world.
There was a slight movement by my side, my co passenger had arrived! But what caught my interest was the smell the person was wearing! The scent was strong, different and kind of sexy, but definitely not masculine! My lawyer brain said, it should be a woman, woman with strong will power, opinion! I loved these type of brain exercises, to confirm, I looked at my side! And I was right, though I couldn't see her face, her face was behind the heavy curtains of her light brown hair! I smiled, and made a little celebration in my mind, I won again, my hunch was correct! Again I closed my eyes, just to be nudged a little!
" Excuse me.." this was the same brawler girl!
" Yes..." And I looked at her! An average looking girl, with almond shaped face, chin was a bit pointed in comparison to her jaw line! A very average looking girl! She was fumbling with her safety belt!
"Please help me...It is not going into it..I think it's stuck!" She said without looking at me.
"Sure..." I buckled her up, "you know,there is time to take off! You don't need to fasten your belt now!"
"I know,but still I was trying and it got stuck!" She said, looking at me for the first time!
...And those eyes, deep chocolate brown eyes! There was something in those eyes, normally chocolate brown eyes seemed flat, devoid of any emotions, but her's were, something else, there were certain amount of mischief in those, she was not just any random girl, she was entirely other.
Suddenly her phone rang, and she made a face. It made my smile a little!
"Ohhh Maa...Please...Main thik se Chad gayi!" She looked around, her cheeks said, she was embarrassed!
" Haan Maa, main time pe Khana khaungi, Pani piyungi, time pe soungi, sab kuch time pe karungi, yahan tak loo k liye bhi alag se alarm set karungi!"
I chuckled, alarm for loo, the girl was quite an innovative! She rolled her eyes at me, and I smiled more.
" Maa, abhi aap please phone rakkho...Flight abhi take off hone wali Hai...Mobile on rakkha to pure flight mein blast ho jayega!" She chirped!
Again I stifle a laugh, wondering her mother's reaction on this!
" Okay Maa, bye...Love you, take care, byeee , muah muah...Oh please Maa stop being Nirupa Roy! Bye!"
She looked at me with a huge smile, " woh peheli baar akeli jaa rahi hoon na..To Maa thodi si..."
" I understand..." I laughed! She had a very infectious smile,, it made me smile more!
"By the way, hi, I am Suman Tiwari!" She extended her hand casually!
Taking her hand into mine, "Shravan Malhotra!"
She took out a book, from her hand bag! It was 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily bront. Again it amazed me! Strange choice of book! She looked like a normal happy go lucky young girl! But this book was nothing but, intense enough to scare people! Sensing my stare, she wiggled her eyebrows
"No, strange selection of book!" I pointed.
" Reading it for the 4th time." She smiled.
" Really! Itna pasand Hai..." How could she found this book so interesting!
"Haan... I just love Heathcliff!" She blushed, as if she was caught doing some obscene crime.
" Surprising! Normally logon ko specially, ladkyion ko darr lagta Hai Heathcliff se!"
" Mujhe nahin lagta! The intensity that Heathcliff had, I would die for that... I just love people who fights for what they want" she stopped abruptly, " sorry, maine kuch..." She nodded!
" It's okay! " Something nudged inside me, 'fights for what they want' , the thing I never did!
I didn't talk to her, for next two hours, even she was all into her Heathcliff!
I got out from my car, standing on the porch I looked at my home, well a mansion! A mansion for only three people. And I was sure, nobody was there to welcome me! My father Mr Ramnath Malhotra would had gone for a meeting, and my mother, okay, this was really not her fault, that her kitty parties were normally scheduled at this time ,right!
I sighed, heavily, my lame try, just to release my suffocations.
"Saab, bade Saab aap ko yeh dene k liye kaha hi!" Kamal , our maid, gave me a letter, with coffee and some snacks.
" Congratulations ! Not a surprise though! Will see you tomorrow!
PS interview for a business magazine sharp at 9 am. And a party at the evening sharp at 8 pm tomorrow. Be ready!
Ramnath Malhotra"
Ramnath Malhotra, I smiled, he could just write Papa there! My phone rang, flashing Mom, I ignored! I was really not in a mood to listen to her friends' "awww", "sweet" in between!
I retired to my bed, after having dinner, I closed my eyes, and a face shimmered in my eyelids, bright smile, and chocolate brown eyes, such a pretty face, it soothed me from inside, and I dozed off immediately!
"Good morning Shravan!"
" Good morning Papa."
" So the interviewer will arrive shortly, you ready?" He asked. Kamal placed parantha in front of me.
" Ohh please beta, what are you eating, you should have something healthy!" My mom complained, " and why didn't you answer my call yesterday? My friends were dying to talk to you!"
" I was tired Maa, so..."
" Ohhh my poor baby! Okay, main chalti hoon, NGO mein meeting Hai Meri! Bye.."
" Haan main bhi chalunga, okay Shravan, have your breakfast and get ready! " He got up " aur haan, zyada emotional nahin hona! Yeh mat vulna ki tum Ramnath Malhotra k bete ho, aur Malhotra and Associates k future boss! Bye"
I nodded, future boss, I barked a laugh!
Kamal came and informed me, that my interviewer had arrived and was at my study.
" Hello..." I stopped. Was I dreaming, the face that made me sleep, back at night, smiling at me, with her brilliant smile.
" Hello...Mr Malhotra! " She seemed excited.
" Ms Tiwari, aap yahan!" I really felt happy.
" Aapka interview lene ayi hoon!" She looked around, " yeh saari books aap ki Hai?"
"Yes..." Again I stopped, as she took one of the books, from my table, and sniffed, a triumph smile broke into her face.
" Wow...Main to yahan pura din reh sakti hoon! "
It sounded like a song to me! My subconscious shouted at me "tell her to stay".
"Sorry, woh mujhe books ki smell bahut pasand Hai! Nayi aur purani donon ki alag smell hote Hai nahin!" She was almost jumping in joy. " To shuru karein?"
"Kya.."
" Interview Mr Malhotra!" She said, amused.
"Sure.." I sat on my chair.
" So Mr Malhotra, first of all congratulations, for winning the case!"
I smiled, " it was an easy win!"
" Nothing is easy, Mr Malhotra, it takes lot of practice, lot of studying, lot of brains, to make it easy!"
I smiled, I really didn't know, whether she was praising me or taunting, so I let it go!
" You always wanted to be a lawyer, like your father?" She was looking at the questionnaire in her hand..
" Yes.." I said softly.
She looked at me, there was a little v in between her perfect brows.
" Okay...so readers want to know more about you, tell me more about you!" She stressed the word YOU, and I so wanted to tell her, there was nothing to know about me.
" I went to Woodstock international school Missouri,..."
"But that's a boarding school..." She seemed surprised.
"Yes..." Unsure of her interjection, " so..."
"No I mean, it's okay... Continue..."
" Then I went to Oxford, to pursue law... That's it!"
"Okay, so you are always away from your parents!"
The question stung me inside, I nodded in return.
" So, what or whom do you owe to your success, you never lost a case!"
" To my father, I guess, he is the one who, made me the way I am! It was his dream, that one day I would become a big lawyer!"
"And what was your dream Mr Malhotra? " She asked looking straight to my eyes.
Breaking into million pieces inside, I answered, " this was my dream as well"
The interview went for another one hour with two rounds of coffee, she asked, almost everything about me,and I answered almost every question, without being emotional.
" Okay, it's a wrap then, Thank you, Mr Malhotra, for your Co operation!" She stood up.
" So..This is your first job? " I asked, remembering, she said that was her first flight alone.
" Yes...I joined, Sarah publication as a trainee. This.." she waved at me," will decide, my future in that publication."
"How old are you Suman!" Regretting soon after, asking.." sorry...I should not..Ms Tiwari.."
"23. It's okay you can call me Suman! Naam to hote hi Hai bulane k liye! " She smiled,and I relaxed again!
" So you always wanted to be a reporter?" I asked escorting her towards the main gate.
" Yup..Always...I always do what I want Mr Malhotra!" She looked at me, but this time she didn't smile! Her chocolate brown orbs kept boring into mine, conveying the inner strength she had.
" Great..." I nodded.
" I'll take your leave then. It was nice meeting you! Bye.."
" Same here..." I whispered.
She pressed her lips into a thin line, and again a small v appeared between her brows.
" Aap se ek baat bolun? " She hesitated.
" Sure..."
" Hum Jab tak khud khush nahin rehte, hum dusro ko kabhi khush nahin rakh paate, kabhi kabhi selfish hona achcha hota Hai! Aap lawyer Hai Mr Malhotra, aapko yeh baat samajhni chahiye!"
I didn't know, when my head bowed infront of this girl, failing to look into her eyes, I tried to grasp the intensity of her words.
I could hear the cling of the closing door of the cab!
" You are a tall man Mr Malhotra, aap sar jhukaye huye achche nahin lagte!" She shouted from the car, as I looked her cab speeding away from me like a shooting star.
So how was it! Please let me know. Yes yes, I know, I didn't reply to your comments! But my finals are at door step. And these assignments, that too with a broken hand, it's tiresome. Hope you all understand.
Edited by Itssanjh - 8 years ago
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