FF: Memories of a Lifetime- Mayur; Chp14-p65-NEW! - Page 12

Originally posted by: utfracks

yup, just 15. Why? lol, everyone seems to be shocked knowing my age. Yep, i'm typing the next part now..it'll take some 20-25 mins more i guess

You write so good... I can't believe you're just 15!! Gosh... how do you manage to write astonishingly good ! Well... just waiting for you to complete it.. :D

soo sorry for the delayed update guys. i've been busy with exams and all, that i didn't get time. hope you'll like this part.

Chapter 3:

~Every Story has an End, But in Life, every end is a new Beginning~

"Tanvi, what exactly are you doing here?" Nupur asked, sitting cross-legged on her bed, watching her best friend rummaging through her wardrobe.

"Uh, is it always necessary to tell you what I'm doing?" Tanvi said indignantly, still rummaging through the wardrobe.

"Uh, yeah! I think I have every right to know what you're doing in my house. Pardon me if I'm wrong." Nupur muttered, scowling at Tanvi's strange behavior.

Tanvi abruptly stopped and turned around to look at Nupur. "I'm packing."

"Packing? Where the heck are you going? And why are you looking for my clothes?" Nupur asked, looking hell confused. Tanvi spoke crazy things at times.

Tanvi sighed. "Nupur; why are you so confused all the time? I'm packing for you."

She picked up a red evening gown and looked at it from top to bottom, but shook her head in disapproval.

"And why are you packing for me?" Nupur asked, looking at her friend inquisitively.

Tanvi turned around to look at Nupur. She went and sat down beside Nupur on the bed, and sighed. "Nupur, if I leave the packing to you, you'll pack nothing but those darn chudi daars. I wonder how you manage to wear them anyway."

"Tanvi, what's wrong with wearing a chudi daar?" Nupur asked indignantly. Tanvi always taunted her for wearing "Indian clothes" all the time.

"Nothing wrong in them honey, but you're going for your school reunion, so don't you want to look like 'hot stuff', so maybe all guys would regret not noticing you in school?" Tanvi clarified, grinning.

Nupur couldn't help but chuckle at Tanvi's 'explanation'. "Tanu, I don't need to look like 'hot stuff' and neither am I interested in drawing the attention of my former guy schoolmates. It is just a reunion."

"Just a reunion? Nupur, you'll be meeting your friends after a gap of ten years! Doesn't that excite you a teeny bit?" Tanvi snorted. Nupur's indifferent attitude always pissed her off. She slowly composed herself back to normal as she laid her eyes on a gorgeous white evening gown. "Anyway, you will be drawing the attention of many, whether you like it or not."

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"Hold on, you actually decided to go?" Aditya asked, his eyes popping out in disbelief. Nupur simply nodded her head in response. Aditya turned to look at Tanvi, who simply grinned in response. "I do not believe this. Nupur Bhushan has decided to actually attend her school reunion? Impressive. So Miss Nupur Bhushan hasn't completely forgotten to enjoy life."

Nupur simply scowled back at Aditya. "Adi, stop preceding my name with Miss. And what do you mean? I cannot enjoy life?"

Aditya shook is head quickly. "Sorry Miss, but annoying you was certainly not my intention." He slowly moved closer to Nupur, and held her gently by her shoulders. "I'm really happy you decided to go. Sometimes its best if you let go of the past and start a fresh new beginning. And I'm really proud of you."

Nupur couldn't help but smile at Aditya's concern for her. She nodded in agreement. She always considered him her best friend, who knew her completely in and out. And for once, she knew what she was doing was the right thing. There was after all no point in running away from things. She had to move on someday.

"So lets drop you to the airport, miss?" Tanvi said, stretching on the 'miss.' She knew very well how much it annoyed Nupur to be called that.

Nupur looked at Tanvi and frowned. "Tanvi, stop calling me that!"

"Let's go?" Aditya asked, smiling at Nupur. She nodded and the three of them left for the airport.

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"Nupur, you have to enjoy yourself there, and not distance yourself from everyone, okay?" Tanvi said, looking at Nupur. Nupur slowly nodded.

"You sure you'll be okay?" Aditya asked, looking at her with concern.

Nupur chuckled at this. "You guys, I'm not a baby who's traveling all alone for the first time. I'll take care of myself, so don't worry."

"Yeah, right." Tanvi snorted.

Aditya shot her an angry glare, while Nupur simply smiled.

"Bye guys" she said, hugging each of them. She waved a bye to them one last time, and walked off.

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Standing at the Mumbai airport, Nupur waited for her baggage to arrive. She slowly looked around the entire airport. It seemed to be buzzing with activity, just like it used to, ten years before. Mumbai hadn't changed at all in these ten years. It was still the noisiest and the busiest city of India. People were right. This city never slept.

Nupur slowly took out the Reunion invitation card, and began gazing at it intently. She simply couldn't stop herself from looking at Mayank's name each time she saw the card. This was ridiculous. It had been ten whole years since she'd last seen him, and she still wasn't able to get over him!

She was suddenly jerked out of her thoughts when she felt someone push her, and she almost lost her balance. She quickly looked up, but saw no one. She then shifted her gaze down, and saw a petite girl bent down her knees, trying to collect some papers which were flying around. Her instincts told her that she should help the girl, so she bent down too to offer some help.

"I'm sorry" Nupur said, giving a quick glance to the girl, and then handing over a few papers to her. The girl simply nodded, and stood up once she was done collecting all the papers. Nupur stood up too, and looked at the girl intently.

"What?" the girl snapped, getting annoyed by the way Nupur and everyone around her was staring at her. "Am I some alien who's landed on this earth? Heck, you said sorry, so be it! Don't bug me, get it?" And then, she turned her back to Nupur and stormed off.

Nupur just stood there, blinking in amazement. "Strange city and stranger people."

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"Uh, hi, I'm Nupur Bhushan. I'm actually here for the re''" Nupur started, standing at the reception desk of the hotel which was booked especially for the reunion, when she was cut short by the receptionist.

"You're here for the reunion?" she asked. Nupur simply nodded. The receptionist scrolled through the list of names in her register, and then stopped at one name. "Nupur Bhushan, is that it?" Nupur again nodded. The receptionist handed over the room keys to Nupur.

Nupur took the keys from the receptionist, and was just about to leave, when she unknowingly began eavesdropping on someone's phone conversation.

"Listen up Samrat, bro has already pissed me off completely, and now I don't want to hear any crap from you!" the girl yelled into the phone. Nupur couldn't hear the other end of the conversation, so she couldn't quite make out what the discussion was about.

"Look Samrat, I don't care if your holidays are ruined. But you are not going for the trip without me, understand?" and saying so, she hung up.

Nupur suddenly realized what she was doing. She was actually eavesdropping on someone else's conversation? Where did all her morals disappear? She didn't bother looking at the girl, but her voice sounded familiar. Nupur slowly began walking up to her room and was finally inside the room.

She closed the door behind her, and threw herself on to the bed. She was finally in Mumbai, a city from which she had detached herself completely, ten years ago, but now she was finally back to that same old city. She had never imagined she'd be back after ten long years, for her school reunion of all the occasions. She wasn't sure if she was ready to do this, but deep within, she knew she wanted to see him. She was longing to see him after all these years. She wondered if he had changed or was he still the same flirtatious boy she knew back then? Subconsciously, her thoughts drifted away to the day when he had actually mildly flirted with her. She hadn't realized it until a few years afterwards, what flirting was.

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"I'm not prepared at all!" Nupur said, getting all panicky as the class headed towards the science lab for their science practical.

"It's okay Nupur, I'm sure it'll be fine. Besides, you've never flunked before, have you?" Kiran said, trying her best to encourage Nupur. But that seemed to have no effect on Nupur whatsoever. She was as panicky as ever. She slowly turned to look at a couple of boys from her class walking beside her. She noticed Mayank from among them. He was busy chatting with his friends and cracking jokes. She didn't know why, but whenever she saw him laugh like that, all her fears used to vanish away. She tried to move her eyes off him, but to no avail.

He suddenly turned around, and looked back at Nupur. It was strange for Nupur, since she still couldn't shift her gaze away, and he gazed right back at her. That was the most awkward moment for both of them. He suddenly smiled and showed her a best of luck sign.

Nupur had no planned reaction. She simply smiled back, and walked into the lab whereas he decided to enter in late, along with his friends.

Nupur could feel some weird feeling inside her whenever she saw him, but she simply brushed them off. She had better things to think about than to think of some silly weird feeling.

She slowly sat down on the bench, still thinking of Mayank. She always ended up doing that subconsciously.

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Nupur didn't utter a single word as they came out of the lab. Everyone was too busy discussing their practical and how 'awesome' it was. However, Nupur didn't seem in a chatty mood. She walked silently beside her few chattering friends, but didn't in the least bit try and join in their conversation. Kiran noticed Nupur's strange behavior and tapped her on the shoulder lightly.

"What's wrong Nupur?" she asked with concern. Nupur simply shook her head and walked straight into her classroom. She rested her head on the bench, so no one could realize she was actually crying. Kiran quickly entered and sat down beside her, but Nupur did not raise her head up.

"What's wrong Nupur? Why are you crying?" Kiran asked her, tapping her on her shoulder.

Nupur simply shook her head. She had managed to accumulate quite an audience for herself, who stood around her bench, wondering why she was crying. Mayank, who was just a bench beside Nupur's, noticed Nupur's head down on the desk. He didn't bother initially and got back to chatting with his friends, dismissing the entire thing as 'it's-completely-a-natural-girl-thing'.

Nupur slowly raised her head up, and saw everyone staring back at her.

"Nupur, tell me, what's wrong?" Kiran asked her, looking at her with concern. "Are you okay?"

Nupur faintly nodded her head. "It's n-nothing."

Kiran looked around at everyone and asked them to get back to their own business, and looked back at Nupur. "Tell me now."

"I- uh, it may sound silly to you." Nupur said her voice hoarse. Kiran simply shook her head, indicating Nupur to go on. "I-I think I'm going to flunk in my practical."

Kiran stared at her, amazed. This girl had seriously gone nuts. "And that's the reason you're crying?"

"Kiran, you don't understand. I've never ever flunked in anything before, and this is a huge insult to me and my self respect." Nupur said.

Kiran was about to say something when she was interrupted by Mayank. "What's wrong with Nupur, Kiran?" he asked.

Kiran turned to look at him indignantly. "Can you not ask her yourself?"

"I'm sorry Kiran. Nupur, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Mayank asked, looking directly at Nupur.

Nupur didn't know what to say. "I-I'm going to flunk in my practical".

"Nupur, are you serious?" Mayank asked in disbelief. On receiving no response, he simply laughed. "Nupur, I guess people are right. It is in a girl to cry over silly matters."

"Come on, I thought you were different. I thought you were smart. And it isn't like smart girls to cry over silly matters." Mayank got a serious glare shot back at him by Kiran, for saying this. He quickly straightened his expression and cleared his throat. "And besides, it's just a practical. You can make up for it by scoring well in your theory paper, right?"

Nupur stared back at Mayank. She didn't know why, but something about him and his eyes made her forget her problems. She just got lost into the honesty of his eyes. And without another thought, she smiled back at him.

Mayank saw Nupur smiling and smiled back at her. "That smile really suits you." He then winked at her.

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Nupur was slowly brought back to reality when she heard a knock on the door. She slowly got up from the bed and walked up to the door to open it. The receptionist was standing in front of her, smiling.

"Ma'am, the reunion begins in half an hour. So I just thought I'll remind you incase you were asleep. Uh, am I disturbing you?" she said, the smile still intact on her face.

Nupur shook her head. "No, you're not disturbing me. And, thanks for the reminder. I'd almost forgotten."

The receptionist nodded at Nupur, and then turned around to leave from there. Nupur closed the door, and then sighed. In another half an hour, she would be in the midst of a worst nightmare ever.

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Nupur slowly walked into the lobby, and as she felt all eyes on her, she mentally began kicking herself for having followed Tanvi's advice. When have I ever taken Tanvi's advice seriously, that I had to this time? Gosh Nupur, could this night get any worse? You're already the centre of attraction, which you're so not used to. Ugh!

Nupur slowly walked into the garden, where the reunion was being held. She saw a few people sitting on the chairs, happily talking. Nupur searched among the few people she saw, but didn't find any familiar face. She suddenly felt someone tap her on her shoulder.

Nupur turned around to see who it was. Her smile brightened when she saw who it was.

"Nisha!" Nupur instantly hugged her friend.

Nisha hugged Nupur back, feeling happy to finally meet her best friend after ten years. Nisha slowly pulled out of the hug and looked at Nupur from top to bottom. "Nupur, look at you! You look, wow."

Nupur simply flushed at the compliment. "Thanks, Nisha." "But where have you been all these years? Why didn't you ever get in touch with me?"

"Oh, pardon me Miss Nupur Bhushan. But I wasn't the one who ran away to Delhi without any explanation." Nisha said, crossing her arms across her chest. "Anyway, why the hell did you disappear all of a sudden? And why didn't you bother telling me anything?"

Nupur shook her head. "Nisha, we're here to enjoy our reunion, and not question each other."

Nisha simply laughed. "But seriously Nupur, what has happened to you? I mean, where did those few extra pounds vanish?"

Nupur smiled back at Nisha's question. "Well, I give full credit to my office for that one. I'm always so stuck up in work that I hardly get time to eat. And my friend is a complete fitness freak, so part of the credit goes to her too."

"But honestly, this gown looks so stunning on you. White is so your color." Nisha said.

"Thank you, Nisha." Nupur said, and then looked around to see the garden already flooded with people. "I wonder where the others are."

"Others; or just him?" Nisha asked, emphasizing on 'him'.

Nupur just sighed. It had been ten years, but Nisha still hadn't stopped teasing her. "For god sake Nisha, it's been ten whole years!"

"Yeah, but looks like you still haven't gotten over him. And why am I not surprised?" Nisha said, looking directly at Nupur.

"Nisha, it really isn't like that. Of course I've moved on. I have a life beyond him as well." Nupur said, trying hard to defend herself. But since school days, Nisha always knew when Nupur was lying and when she was speaking the truth.

"You really think I'm going to believe that?" Nisha asked, looking at Nupur with an 'I-know-it-all' expression.

Nupur shook her head. "Can we please avoid this discussion? I'm here to enjoy my reunion and meet all my old school buddies."

"Which includes me!" a girl came and covered Nupur's eyes with her hands. "Guess who I am"

Nupur went blank for a moment. "Uh, yeah I know. Aishwarya?"

Aishwarya slowly moved her hands away, and as Nupur turned to face her, she hugged her tightly. "Where the heck had you disappeared? I missed you like hell!"

Nupur hugged her back and smiled. She hadn't changed one bit in these ten years. "You know Ash, you haven't changed a bit."

Aishwarya suddenly pulled out of the hug and looked at Nupur. She gazed at her from top to bottom, and was as surprised as Nisha. "Nupur, this evening gown is stunning. And you look freaking gorgeous!"

Nupur simply smiled. "How have you guys been? Were you two in touch all these years?"

"Of course we were! We met every single day! And guess what, Raj and I are still together. Isn't that just awesome?" Aishwarya said it all in one breath. She could be quite a chatterbox.

"Wow, that's great news. Any plans on marriage?" Nupur asked, smiling back at her excited friend.

Aishwarya simply shook her head. "Not really. We plan on making a career first, and then think of marriage. Raj has no issues with that either."

"I'm so happy for you." Nupur said, and then looked around the garden. "Uh, I'll just get back to you guys" Nupur quickly rushed over to the other end and tapped someone lightly from behind. The girl turned around, and Nupur instantly hugged her. "Hi! How are you?"

The girl was taken by surprise, but she eventually hugged Nupur back. "Nupur, I wasn't expecting to see you here!"

Nupur pulled away from the hug. "Uh, why does everyone say the same thing? Is it not my school reunion too?"

The girl shook her head. "I didn't mean it that way." "But anyway, you are looking drop dead gorgeous."

"Thanks Shivani." Nupur said.

"Nupur?" someone called out from behind. Nupur slowly turned around to see a few guys standing there, all her former classmates. "Wow, you look stunning."

"Er, thanks" Nupur said, looking completely flustered.

"So, how have you been all these years?" Arjun asked her.

"I've been great. Thanks." Nupur replied politely. She never had interacted with these guys much, but then again, it was her reunion. Even acquaintances behaved like they've known you since like ever.

Aishwarya and Nisha had joined her by her side. Nupur was busy looking around the garden, admiring its beauty, when she heard a few girls gush over someone.

"Wow, he looks hot." Aishwarya said, her jaw dropping open in amazement.

Nupur followed her gaze and simply froze. So he did come after all.

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"I don't know how he's managed to look so, hot." Aishwarya said, still not completely recovered from the shock she had received.

Nupur's mind was already too preoccupied. She decided to avoid the discussion, and was about to walk away from there, when Nisha stopped her. "Where are you going?"

"Uh" Nupur hesitated for a moment. "I'll just go get a drink. I'm really thirsty." And she quickly walked away, before Nisha could ask anything else.

"What's wrong with her?" Aishwarya asked, suddenly coming back to reality. "Why did she leave?"

Nisha shook her head in response. "I don't know why she does this to herself. She can't lie for god's sake!"

"I didn't quite get you" Aishwarya said, sounding confused. "What did she lie about?"

Nisha just held Aishwarya by her shoulders and turned her around to the opposite direction. "He's the problem."

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"Did you guys check out Mayank? He looks so freaking hot!" a girl exclaimed, as Nupur walked past her. Nupur didn't bother to look at the girl, and continued to walk towards the drinks' counter. Why had he attended the reunion? Or rather, why did she agree to attend the reunion?

Nupur asked for a glass of cold water, and tapped her fingers on the table. She sat down on one of the chairs, and looked around the garden. She unknowingly fixed her gaze on Mayank. He was laughing and chatting with a few of his friends. Nupur couldn't help but stare at him. He's still the same. He's still the flirtatious Mayank I had known ten years back. His smile is still so attractive. The way they make his eyes sparkle, the way he moves his fingers through his hair, the way he blushes when someone compliments him, the way he- Okay Nupur, stop right there!

Nupur suddenly snapped out of her thoughts. What was she doing? Was she just checking him out, again? Why couldn't she just get her eyes off him? What was it about him that still made her feel so strongly about him? Nupur suddenly shifted her gaze when Mayank suddenly looked in her direction. Nupur looked down at the table, and took the glass of water in her hand to avoid any awkward moment. That was the last thing she wanted.

"Nupur, what's taking you so long?" Nisha asked, coming and sitting by her side. Nisha saw Nupur's lost expression and looked straight ahead. She simply shook her head and sighed. "When are you going to move on Nupur?"

"I don't know" Nupur replied softly, and looked down at her glass.

Mayank suddenly noticed Nupur, sitting there with Nisha. He didn't know why, but he simply couldn't move his gaze off her. She looked gorgeous in that white evening gown. He wondered if she was the same Nupur he knew ten years back. She had changed a lot. She looked really pretty, though he wouldn't deny the fact that she was pretty even ten years back, but there was something about her now, which wasn't there in her ten years back. He felt a sudden pull towards her. He felt a kind of attraction towards her.

He slowly walked towards the two, as slowly as possible. Nisha noticed Mayank come their way, and instantly looked back at Nupur. Nupur seemed to be lost in her own thoughts, and hadn't noticed Mayank walking towards them.

"Hi Nisha" Mayank suddenly said, standing just a few inches away from the two of them.

Nisha looked up at Mayank and smiled. "Hi Mayank."

Nupur heard Nisha mention Mayank's name, and instantly looked up, only to find Mayank directly looking back at her. Nupur didn't know what to say. She just sat there, and stared back at Mayank. Why did she always get lost into his eyes? Why was she still hopelessly in love with him? Why? If only all 'why's' had an answer.

"Hi Nupur." Mayank said softly. Nupur blinked in surprise. She slowly got up from her seat, and continued to look at Mayank. She finally managed a faint smile back at him.

"Hi" Nupur said her voice shaky.

Mayank's next actions took both of them by surprise. He leaned in closer to Nupur, and hugged her tightly.

Nupur was stunned. Mayank Sharma was hugging her? Why? How? When? Was this her imagination, or was this actually happening? This night couldn't have gotten any crazier than it already had.

well, here was part 3. Hope you all liked it. please do comment and let me know what u all think. and silent readers...dont forget to pres the liketab so i know u read the update...thanks...

finally..after ages u have updated.and is it good....u bet!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆
rach.......the way u potrayed nupur's feelings.the turmoil within her.......PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!
i really like this aditya guy.......it would be cool to watch a story between adi and tanvi!....and that hot dress....olalala.the boys were drooling and so was mayank!!!!!!! 😆 😆
i just hope mayank really starts liking her...seeing that she is already head over heels in love with him!!!!!!!! 😃

coming to my fav part.....the hug...............unexpected...but definetely a surprise not a shock..that was cute..😳
ps- next time u better update quickly.......do not dare to keep us deprived of this wonderful story by not updating..and do update love aaj kal!!!!!!!
please!
pretty please!!!!!!!!!!!!😳

hey rach i'll have to read the 1st and second part first then i'll read and comment 😊. So till then reserved!!

Reserved!

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wow!!! amazing update

wow wonderful. Nupz managed to reach mumbai n wow she stil staring hard at mayu. N watz this mayu hugged her tight! Watz next. M hyper excited. Update soon please.

Originally posted by: little_dragon

wow wonderful. Nupz managed to reach mumbai n wow she stil staring hard at mayu. N watz this mayu hugged her tight! Watz next. M hyper excited. Update soon please.

Thanks a lot. Yeah, Nupur still loves him. Yeah, Mayank hugs her. Lol, I'm glad i've got you excited. Thanks a lot.

oh my gosh, truly awesome update yaar!