PART 6
'Adi!! stop it!!' Riddhima giggled as Adi continued splashing water on her.
'You started it,' Adi grinned, splashing her one last time and laughing at her completely dishevelled state.
'Ugh!! I hate you!!' Riddhima pouted in mock anger...she turned around and started making her way to the other side of the beach..
Adi frowned as he watched her walking away...had his pissed her off by any chance?? he thought they were just having fun!! well...atleast he was having fun...Riddhima had been totally reluctant about getting into the water...Adi had to practically drag her till the edge and then ofcourse, she had made a big fuss about not wanting to get wet as she hadn't brought spare clothes..god!! could the woman fuss or what??..who came to the beach and said they didn't want to get in the water??!! Adi thought, frowning...and why would you not get spare clothes to the beach...and even if you didn't...who cared?? the whole idea was to have fun and that's what he'd been doing...he had splashed water on her, wetting her from head to toe...she had been the only one to not get wet since the time she had come...she had seemed to have fun too...or atleast that's what he'd presumed because she had been giggling away to glory while he'd splashed her...but ofcourse, he must have pissed her off by overdoing it...
'Riddhima,' he called after her...the last thing he wanted was to upset her...he thought they had been having fun...but that just showed he still had a lot to learn about her...
'Riddhima, listen..I...I'm sorry if-' Aditya began awkwardly but was stopped short when Riddhima turned with an wicked expression on her face and bending down splashed him right back.
Adi was caught unawares by this and tried moving backward but ended up tripping on his own legs in his haste and falling hard on his backside.
'Owww!!' he yelped in pain while Riddhima started laughing hard while continuing splashing water on him.
'Riddhima!! I'll get you for this!' Adi laughed as he tried to block her attempts of getting more wet than he already was and struggled to stand up while Riddhima shrieked realizing he was going to come after her and ran away from him.
Adi scrambled up and chased after her...within a few seconds he had covered up the distance that her little feet had managed to cover and carrying her from the waist, he spun her around, while she screamed and giggled in helpless laughter...
At a point, he lost his footing and they both fell down in a tangled heap in the water with her on top of him..it was probably at this point that Riddhima realized their physical proximity...she could actually feel his breath on her face and no, it definitely wasn't giving her goosebumps...it was just making her feel wierd!!...
She quickly disentangled herself from his grip...
Adi immediately let go of her and helped her up...it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how uncomfortable she was feeling over their sudden physical contact...it had definitely thrown both of them offguard and not for the first time, Adi found himself looking at Riddhima in a whole new light...after all, she was a pretty girl....and that fact had not gone unnoticed for Adi since the time he had met her...
Sensing how awkward the moment could get, Adi spoke up, 'Sorry about that. I just lost my footing,'
Riddhima glanced at him...yes, the moment had definitely been wierd....she was just not used to such close physical proximity with a guy...however, the look on his face was so earnest and sincere that she simply smiled and nodded...it wasn't such a big deal anyways...it had been an accident and yes, it had thrown her offguard for a bit, but it was OK....she was not once to fuss over such a small thing...
'I think we should head back. You're completely drenched and like you said, you have no spare clothes,' Adi said, leading the way to where Armaan and Anjali were seated.
'Early realization,' Riddhima muttered, frowning....NOW he realized that she didn't have spare clothes and would have to spend the rest of them time at the beach freezing in her wet ones??!!
Adi laughed, 'Oh c'mon Ridz!! that was totally your fault! you should have brought extra clothes....'
'I don't like getting wet,' Riddhima explained, hugging herself to in order to provide some warmth...the sun was setting and there was a cool wind blowing which was definitely not helping Riddhima in her present condition!! She was soaking wet and with the wind blowing, it was hard to stop her teeth from chattering due to the cold.
'You seemed to be having fun when were in the water,' Adi pointed out.
Riddhim chose to ignore that comment...ofcourse she had fun! but she was not going to accept it...!!
'Wow!! you guys are drenched!!' Anjali remarked as they finally reached the spot where Armaan and Anjali were lazing on the mat, 'you'll better get changed fast or you'll will catch a cold...it's getting quite chilly,'
Adi glanced guiltily at Riddhima who looked helpless, 'I didn't get any spare clothes,' Riddhima explained and plopped herself down on the mat next to Armaan...
'I have a spare shirt. You can wear that for now,' Armaan offered, removing a shirt from his bag and handing it over to Riddhima, 'ofcourse you'll be literally floating in it but the point is atleast it's warm and dry...'
Riddhima hesitated as she saw Anjali raise her eye brows at this sudden friendly gesture from Armaan's side...this sudden friendship between Armaan and Riddhima had not gone unnoticed by Anjali and she was rather bewildered about the whole thing...since when did Armaan and Riddhima become so close to each other that now Armaan was lending his shirts to her?? there had definitely been some development in their relationship during the course of the day...firstly Armaan had taken her aside to 'hang out with her'...and now, this over-friendly gesture of lending his shirt to her since she hadn't bought spare ones herself...
'Go on...take it...you'll catch a cold otherwise,' Armaan insisted, sensing her hesitation...Riddhima relented and smiling gratefully, she took his shirt from him and headed towards the restrooms in the corned to get changed...
'Hey Armaan, I think we should make a move now...what do you think?' Anjali asked, standing up and streching herself.
Armaan glanced at her...she had on a bikin top and a short denim skirt exposing her long and slender legs, not to mention her curves as she streched without a care in the world.
Wow! she's hot! Armaan thought....it was not the first time he had noticed this but somehow today with her skimpy clothing, this fact was more evident than ever for him...
'Yeah..it's getting late...' Armaan agreed, glancing towards the rest room to see if Riddhima was back yet, 'we'll leave once Riddhima gets back,'
Anjali turned her head in order to hide her smirk...Riddhima Riddhima Riddhima...that's all Armaan had spoken about today...something was definitely up...what was the deal with this sudden new interest he was showing in her?? well....that was something she had to find out....
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