Part 8-
Suddenly nupur turned around and mayanks hand got scratched by the table. He was about to shout when he realized where he was. He was still sitting in her room. Suddenly he got up wondering why dia was taking so much time. How come she hadn't come yet?
But before he could ponder over it, he saw a cute purple diary sort of a thing poking out from under her bed. He quickly approached it, and he took it silently and calmly hoping that she wouldn't wake up. The diaries front page read- my life journal, with a cute picture of the 4 of them on the day of the farewell. He was just about to open it and read what it said when'
DING DONG
The doorbell rang with a shrill sound. He turned and quickly stuffed the diary back under the bed in a hurry and then he ran downstairs to get the door. As he opened the door he saw dia standing with a lot of stationeries in her hand.
They quickly ran upstairs and started doing the work. By the time they had finished it was quiet late, around 2 30. Dia told him to stay with akhil for the night, which he readily agreed. He quickly called up his mom and told her of his plans. Then he went to sleep with akhil.
In the morning, at around 5 30, nupur woke up. As soon as she woke she took out her books and decided to complete and refine herself on the subject she had been doing the other day. By the time she was done it was 7. She quickly freshened up and went downstairs where she found mum waiting for her with 2 mugs of coffee in her hand. She handed them to nupur as she said-
'beta jao jaake apne akhil bhaiya ko dheke aao. He asked me to wake him up early. He said he had to go jogging.'
Nupur- acha mama, laao.
She took the mugs and ran to her akhil bhaiyas room. She went inside and she closed the door behind her. As she turned back at akhil she saw mayank sleeping in the same room on a different bunk. She couldn't believe her eyes. What was mayank doing in her brother's room?
She quickly ran to akhils bed and put her hand on his hair and started ruffling it. At this akhil quietly turned to other side. Nupur pulled him and whispered in his ears-
'bhai dhekh anvita aayi hai tujhse milne.'
As she said this, she got the desired effect he suddenly got up and started looking around the room but there was no one except mayank and nupur.
Akhil- kahaan hai anvita?
Nupur- ghar pe!
Akhil- par tune toh abhi kahaa ki'
Nupur- acha ji ab main apne bhai ke sath mazaak bhi nahi kar sakti. Hun?
Akhil- ok fine fine fine. Kya hua?
Nupur- yeh lo garam-a-garam chai. Pee lo. Jogging jana hai na.
Akhil- oh right. Tu chalegi saath.
Nupur- nahi bahi. I have to take bruno out for a walk. But you go ahead.
Akhil- chal thike.
Nupur- acha bhai mayank ko utha ke neeche bej dena. Maa bula rahi hai.
Akhil- tu utha de na.!
Nupur gave him a warning look as she said- bhai!
Akhil- jai mata di. Aap jayiye main utha doonga isse!
On this nupur quietly left the room.
She ran downstairs with bruno. And she went outside through the door. As she passed by the garden, she saw the empty house beside them anewly filled. People had shifted here.
Nupur-(to herself) I hope they are not like mayank
And then she continued her walk.
She felt tired to the core, so to freshen herself she started jogging. As she was jogging she was tying the belt of brunos collar to her hand. When suddenly '
CRASH
Nupur collided with a guy and they both fell behind. The guy was genuinely cute with dimples on both his cheeks. He had a nice dressing sense and a genuine sweet smile.
Nupur slowly got up rubbing off the dirt from her hands and her knees.
Nupur- hey sorry dude. My bad.
Guy- no problem shorty.
He said as he was busy tying his laces.
Nupur- waise ive never seen you around.
Guy- ya coz ive just shifted here last week.
Nupur- ok hey. Nupur bhushan. I live in your neighbouring house on the left side.
She said holding out her hand.
Guy- heyy im raunak. Raunak manchanda. Nice to meet you shorty.
Nupur- hold it. Whats with the shorty habit.
Raunak- okay now that's my bad. Nice to meet you nupur.
Nupur- tum hindi bolte ho?
Raunak- ya obviously. Main acha khaasa hndi bol lete hoon. Isliye yeh mat sochna ki tum mujhe hindi mein kuch bhi bol logi and bhag jaogi leaving me scratching my head, coz that's not happening nupur.
Nupur- maine aisa kuch kiya?
Suddenly smiling a lot.
Raunak- not yet. But I see mischief in your eyes shorty.
Then they both started laughing.
Raunak- by the way really cute dog.
He said kneeling down patting bruno on his head. And as raunak picked up bruno, bruno started licking his face.
Nupur- he likes you.
She said nearly laughing.
Raunak- ya dogs generally tend to like me.
Nupur- ya ive heard dogs like people of their own species.
Raunak looked up at her with a mischevious glint I his eyes and then they both started laughing like anything.
Raunak- so like bruno you wanna join me on my jog.
Nupur- he would love to.
They both looked at each other and smiled, then they continued with their jog, except this time with each other.
By the time they had finished their jogging, it had been 8 30. they had both talked a lot. He had told her about his sister turvi manchanda. And about his life and his problems of girls drooling over him and trying to get over him. Then he told her about his old best friend pranav shergill. And he told her about how he had died of cancer when they had been in 11th.
And in return she told him about her life from nursery to 12th, then the farewell. Everything about mayank, samrat, dia and gunjan. And what she had been going through lately.
And when nupur reached home she found herself smiling more than she had smiled her entire life. She had liked the guy and his sly and mischevious sense of humor. It was good she thought. She had like talking to him. And now that she had spoken her heart out to him, she thought she felt more light then ever before. The guy had patiently sat there and listened to her not saying a word the whole time. That's what she had always wanted in her friends. Then she quietly slipped into her house to get ready for college.
Was this the dawn to a new day?😛😉
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Edited by cool.sindhya - 16 years ago
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