simple yet nt dat simple(AK)urgent note - pg 31 - Page 9

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PART 10

Kripa was worried abt d whole press scenario, nd armaan being armaan was frantic. Kripa's cell phone rang, jst as she was going towards cafeteria.

"hello krips, wats up?" instantly dat voice cheered her up, no matter how upset she is everything seems 2 rite itself wen one of her 2 best friends r around, nd wen both r dere, well d world brace itself against d trio.

"arjun...u came bak."

"nah hey i don't need 2 b in Mumbai 2 talk 2 u."

"wen r u cuming bak?"

"in 2 days, all things here r now exactly as i like, dere a one or two loose ends 2 tie, bt u noe me. Hey i won again, arohi is such a looser." Kripa chuckled at dem both. Dey always end up betting abt d most silliest things nd arohi lost most of d times. Arohi was a sore loser, nd arjun d gleeful winner.

"wat was it abt dis time?"

"well u noe, dose guptas d skyfailures." Confused well don't b, guptas r high society, rich, sophisticated ppl, well so is arjun, bt d guptas r also d meanest ppl u can meet, so sky implies on top, failures well u noe abt it.

"yup wat abt dem..."

"well dere daughter nisha..." now dis is getting interesting.

"don't tell me, arohi dared u to make nisha wear banana suit." Last time he had made arohi wear exactly dat. Her shop's rent was due, d days were nt exactly going shop owner friendly, so he suggested it as a boot sales strategy. Arohi refused at first, dey had a heated argument over it, nd finally arjun dared her 2 wear it, nd arohi can never refuse a challenge. D rest is history. D flower shop cum flower stylist shop cum fruit shop, had gr8 sales dat day, curtesy d eye catching suit nd she was able 2 pay d rent. Though she is till embarrassed when sum1 asks abt d suit.

"not exactly banana suit...a clown outfit, u noe she is nt a original." No dat category is totally reserved for arjun.

"nd may i ask how u performed d miracle."

"now now krips, u noe a perfectionist never do reveal his secrets."

"or her secrets."

"yes ms feminist, his or her secret. So wats up? were r u at d studio?" Wid dat all of it came bak.

"no actually i m in pune." Her voice cracked, nd dat was enuf for a lifelong frnd 2 identify sumthing was wrong.

"kripa wat's wrong, nt ur cheery self nemore. Wats wrong, cmon babe spill d beans, or shud i tell arohi, d gun point inquisitor." Arjun was much better den arohi ne time. Bt may b she can still avoid d issue.

"no no, i m jst tired."

"tired u since wen, dats it i m bringing on arohi."

"no no its angad."

"who angad?"

"angad khanna d rock star."

"babe i heard dat radio chat it was gr8, bt wat has he done 2 bring dat sadness nd a hint of longing in ur voice." Dere was never a thing she can hide frm dem.

"nothing."

"babe, wen r u cuming bak?"

"tomm, 2day i dunno."

"were in pune r u?"

"citydale hospital."

"krips u kk."

"yes yes i m fine. Its angad he has been in an accident."

"its getting confusing by d min. U noe i m in pune rite now, nd so is arohi, we r cuming dere babe hold on till den. Cu in a bit."

She reached d hospital canteen, nd was jst finishing coffee, wen a familiar face appeared. My my pune is getting crowded all of a sudden.

"sahil u here?"

"yeah," sahil was as shocked as kripa, btw en he noticed her curious expression, he explained, " my brother-in-law was in d popular multicar accident..."seeing d expression on kripa's face, "no no he is fine now, indeed rite now he is doing his utmost to go home, including pestering d nurses, nd pleading my sister, which he seldomly do." He said wid a smile, "nd finally we r taking him dere."

"neways u here..." now krips was in a fix wat shud she say, dat angad is here so m i. Wat will he think? "Well actually my frnds r here. U noe arjun nd arohi..." at d same time her cell fone beeped indicating an incoming msg, she opened it, nd was gr8ful for d distraction, nd even more gr8ful reading d msg, "sahil i gtg, dey r here, cu in Mumbai."

She met arjun nd arohi at d hospital gate, armaan has returned 2 mumbai since he cannot b of ne help until tomm. Tomm he will cum bak for angad'd discharge.

"hey krips u sure u kk, u r pale." Well dats bcoz of her recent encounter wid sahil. She hated lying, even by omission, nd sahil was like her brother.

"Nd wat r all dese reporters doing here." Arohi asked b4 kripa can reply 2 arjun's question.

"yup i m fine, lets get out of here." she was more relaxed, after doc's morning visit. So she figured it will nt do ne harm, 2 leave angad alone wen he was napping. Nd sum fresh air was more den welcum.

"u look like hell, u sure u kk." She did look sumwat ruffled. Her hair were astray, she has nt slept much during d nite, nd since she was in such a hurry she hadn't packed more den one change of clothes. she needed 2 distract dem from her, she was nt yet ready 2 talk abt angad.

"arohi i heard sum1 saying u r such a loser, did i nt arjun?" she asked sweetly, Arjun sent a glare in krips direction, bt it was 2 late, d spark was generated, now dynamite will explode ne minute, nd it did.

"arjun, u ass, how dare u?"

"arohi it was nt like dat, it was jst way of speech."

"way of speech, uuuuuuuuu"

"now now arohi remember we r in d hospital." Arohi was nt giving in so easily, bt she understood him better den he himself did. He was rite dis was neither time nor place, dey were here for krips. It was a nice diversion tactic bt nt gud enuf.