Smothered AK (Chapter 12, Page 17) Posted Aug 7th - Page 11

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Chapter 10

Sunday morning hit and it was time to go back to UIUC. Kripa was awake and ready before anyone else. She saw the time and started waking the girls up. Tiffany was the most difficult person to wake up. The girls soon started getting ready.

Kripa called Justin's cell phone and nobody picked it up. She sighed. She went and knocked on the door. She got very frustrated as nobody opened it. Kripa started pounding it when a bleary eyed Dev opened the door.

'Good morning. It's time for all of you to get up. We have to leave within the hour. We also have to go for breakfast!' Kripa smiled at Dev who let her in the room.

'Hey yourself. Wake these two up as well. I don't know how well you'll be able to do that but knock yourself out.' With a huge yawn, Dev trudged to the bathroom.

Kripa saw both the beds on which the figures were lying down on with the covers on their heads. She saw Justin's phone and moved towards him. She contemplated as to how she should wake him up. She walked closer to him and started tickling him through the blanket. 'Time to wake up! Wake up, Justin,' Kripa laughed.

Suddenly, Justin's figure grabbed her hands through the blanket and pulled her towards her. He then rolled on the bed with her, pinning her down. His blanket slid down from his face and Kripa gasped on seeing Angad. Angad looked into her eyes and got lost in them. Kripa too was mesmerized by Angad's eyes. She came back to her senses and pushed him away.

She started shaking in anger, 'How dare you? How dare you?' With her temper riding high, she left the boys room.

Angad got up with a start. What just happened here? He was having such an amazing dream and then he felt someone touching him. He just did that to stop the touching so that he could continue with the dream. But now he had just pissed Kripa off.

He hurried behind her and scanned the area. He saw her walking towards the hotel lobby and ran behind her. 'Kripa, wait! Kripa!'

He caught up with her and she whirled, 'No, don't even think about it. Look, I'm in a temper right now so it's better we don't talk right now or I'm going to say things that are hurtful.'

'At least listen to me. I was sleeping and didn't know what I was doing!' Angad tried to explain to Kripa. She glared at him and walked off.

Angad dejectedly walked back to his room. His mood suddenly changed. He stomped in the empty bathroom silently seething. He hadn't done anything wrong. It had simply been an accident. What did that woman think of herself anyways? It wasn't as if he was interested in her or anything.

He stepped into the shower and sighed. Fine, he was interested in her. Sort of. She just looked like such a mass of contradictions that it was just too endearing. When he first saw her, he had felt her irritation but he didn't react to it. When she had hugged him, he was about to hug her but she had quickly stepped back. When she was opening to him about her life, she had simply shut down. It was as if she was longing to connect to someone, but imposing self restrictions. And that was too damn irresistible.

He shrugged. She didn't have to react that way. Angad's temper spiked again. Did she think that she was a princess or something? Did she think he was in the mood for games? He liked women, but hated it when they started playing games.

They all headed back to UIUC and not a single word passed between them. Kripa's friends noticed a subtle difference in their behaviors but did not pass any comment.

Days rolled into days and several months passed. Everything was going fine and Dev and Angad became very good friends with the group. They did almost everything together. The only thing that baffled them all was that Angad and Kripa were avoiding each other like the plague. It was as if they were pretending that the other did not exist.

hey gr8 update
so AK avoidin each other....interestin
cont soon....

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Chapter 11

Winter brought with it fresh snowflakes that covered the land and hugged the trees. The branches were enclosed into thick ice, and there was a surreal quality in the air. It was as if they had all stepped into a postcard; a Christmassy postcard.

Exams were around the corner for everyone and they were busy studying. The entire group used to hang around the girls' apartment to study. The dining table was pushed to the side and it accommodated Tiffany, Justin, Kripa, and a lot of books. The rest of the group used to sit or lie on the floor to study. Jill had a habit of pacing while she studied and that drove everyone out of their minds.

'Jill! Stop pacing! I feel like I'm watching a pendulum and it's giving me a serious headache.' Justin suddenly shouted one day. 'If I watch any more of this, I'll go crazy!' The stress was making everyone short tempered.

'Oh shut up Justin. Do I complain when you keep tapping your pen against that stupid table? Do you think that it doesn't drive us nuts?' Jill snapped.

'Angad keeps bouncing his idiotic tennis ball against the wall and that is making me go mad as well,' Dev piped in tired of Angad's antics.

'Oh Dev, you keep quiet. Your hand keeps hitting my chair and my concentration keeps breaking. How the hell am I supposed to be studying?' Tiffany grumbled.

'Tiff, don't say anything. You start humming out of the blue. If that isn't irritating, I don't know what is,' Kripa sighed.

'Kripa, it's you too! You keep playing with your hair. You tie your hair in a ponytail, then you open it, then you make a bun, then you start braiding it and God knows what. You're driving me bonkers as well,' Kajal chimed in.

It was Angad's turn to complain, 'And Kajal keeps playing footsie with Dev. That is so annoying. Are you guys studying or what?' At that comment, both Dev and Kajal turned red.

All of a sudden, the whole group started laughing when they realized that everyone was complaining about everyone. The stress had taken a toll on everyone. Angad and Kripa looked at each other and smiled. All was forgiven.

Justin suddenly said, 'Why don't we take a break? We're just snapping at each other for no reason. Let's watch a movie.'

Everyone got excited. 'Which one?'

'What language?'

'English?'

'Nah, we've watched too many of those.'

'Let's do Mandarin.'

'No Jill, last time we watched a Mandarin movie! Not happening. How about the Kenyan English?'

'We've already done that as well, remember?'

'Oh, we haven't watched a Hindi movie yet!'

'OK, pick one. Let's watch the old one. Masoom with English subtitles.'

Nobody in the group had watched it so they all agreed. They played the movie and all had soft drinks in their hands. Kripa was sitting on the floor with Justin and Angad, and the rest of the group was on the couch. By the middle of the movie, all the girls except Kripa were in tears.

At the end of the movie, everyone started discussing it. 'That was such a different story. It's so interesting how they all suddenly find out that the main lead had a child from an extramarital affair.'

'I know right. The way they show that the female lead finally accepts the child in her family is so touching. The whole movie is so fantastic. And the female lead forgives her husband. That was quite interesting as well.'

Kripa was shaking in anger. She didn't want to draw attention to herself so she tried to escape quietly. It seemed like fate was against her and Kajal asked her how she found the movie. Kripa snapped, 'That was a ridiculous ending. The whole movie was ridiculous. How on earth did the woman forgive her husband for his infidelities and how did she accept that child? Didn't she see the face of that woman in that child? Forget about the child, I'm pissed off at how she forgave her husband. He freaking cheated on her. Cheated! And she just forgave him? She should have shot him in the middle of the street for his unfaithfulness. I am in a bad mood now and I need to go sleep. Sorry about this. Goodnight.' With that, she walked off to her bedroom still shaking with anger.

The group was stunned at her outburst. 'Wow, I guess that's a touchy subject for her. I've never seen her behave like that before,' Kajal started.

'I know, right. She's majorly pissed off.' Jill said still staring at the spot Kripa had been at.

'Well, we better warn her future husband not to ever be unfaithful or that will be the end of him,' Justin said at a weak attempt at humor. Nobody smiled.

They all went back to their places with a somber mood. They had never seen their friend like that before.

Hey!
I just read all the 11 parts of your ff. I must say that the story is very well written. I like the bonding between Kripa and her friends...it's such a closely knit group, isn't it?
I hope Angad and Kripa realize what they have for each other soon. And I wonder why Kripa is so short tempered and contradicting types?...Is it something to do with her past?!?!

Hope you continue soon and could you please pm me when you do continue.

Hi everyone,

I am sorry I will not be update till Monday or so because I am shifting apartments and that is going to take quite some time.

Have a great weekend.

nice parts..................the story is interesting...................cont soon and pm me........................