Part 8
"Dont even think of escaping."
Yeah right. Khushi snorted. She wondered how many times in a single day had he repeated that to her. She was sure about buying him a thesaurus. He ought to expand his vocabulary.
But what would she do now? How would she be able to do everything singlehandedly with only a laptop to her rescue.
"I'm very sure that Laad governor has done something to the laptop otherwise why will he give it to me after making a huge fuss of it earlier?"
Khushi immediately switched on the laptop and searched the first thing that had been on her mind since today morning.
'ASR.' She typed.
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"Khushi." The devil's spawn himself peeped in her room after knocking. " The dinner's ready. Come lets eat first."
"What happened? The cat got your tongue or something? How come you are so quiet?" Arnav asked.
"I hate you for what you did."
"What did I do? Brought you here?" Arnav asked.
"I'm not worried about that. Why did you block the net from divulging about yourself? I googled ASR and BAM! What do I get to see? 'All the information leading to this subject are blocked. Sorry for the inconvenience.' I knew it. You had to do some kalakari before handing me over the laptop." Khushi fumed.
"Well beautiful if you wanted to know more about me you could just ask me. I'm right here you know." He winked.
"And as far as the kalakari goes I didnt tell you I'd play fair,did I?"
"But I will find out about you. No matter what."
"All the best!" He gave her a thumbs up.
"Btw what else do you like to do other than snoop information around about others? I've heard you like writing stories and poetries."
"Yeah. I love that." She quickly said enthusiastically. "I've been writing since school days. And won many prizes too. I tried my hand at painting too. But sadly thats not my cup of tea." She chuckled.
"I was a good student too. So I had thought I would become a doctor or something when I'd grow up." She said nostalgically.
"What were you percentage in school?"
"Hawww. Havent you heard? 'Never ask a woman her age, a man his wage and a student his percentage.'"
"What? Where did the last part come from? The phrase was only till wage."
"Well, 'need is the mother of invention' darling." She said without thinking.
Arnav almost chocked on the water he was drinking.
"What happened? You okay?" Khushi asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You continue."
" Yeah so I was saying students themselves have added the last part to the paleo-phrase."
"Paleo-phrase?"
"I call that to all the old outdated phrases."
"Yeah right. So how is the progress? Got any info on Arnav Raizada?"
"No. I was busy searching about you." She admitted.
Arnav guffawed. Khushi glared.
"Okay, sorry. But seriously, you could ask me about me."
"As if you would tell me. You would repeat your famous dialogue,'When I say you'll come to know I mean it.' or 'dont even think of escaping.'"
Arnav stared at her. In such a short span of time she had noticed so much about him.
"I'm done. Are you?" He asked.
Khushi was blabbering since long stopped and looked. She had finished her food since so long.
"Yeah I'm done too."
Arnav took both their plates and walkeed to the kitchen saying
"You have only 14 days now."
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"14 days. Only 14 days. Only 2 weeks. What do I do? Laad governor isnt helping me. He even blocked FB, twitter, orkut, gmail, yahoo mail, rediff mail. Ugh! I cant even ask for anyone else's help. What do I do?"
Khushi was pacing in her room while muttering all this.
"Now its 2 at night. I'm feeling sleepy too. But hey! The devil's spawn is snoring while I'm pacing about in panic. I will not let this happen. Come morning and this night will be your last night of peaceful sleep Laad governor."
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Kya din nikla suhana
Kapde dhone ka hai bahana
La la la la la la
Kya dhoop nikli suhani
Ho gayi kapdon ki safai
La la la la la
Hum to hain deewane
Masti ke dhoonde bahane
What the what the what the
...
"What the...? Khushi? Khushi?" Arnav said and found her by the poolside.
"Kya din nikla suhana..."
"Khushi subah ke 6 baje kya kar rahi ho?"
"Ho gayi kapdon ki safai..."
"Khushi main tumse kuch pooch raha hoon."
"What the what the what the.."
"Khushi!"
Khushi stoped and looked at him.
"Subah ke 6 baje tum kapde dho rahi ho? Wo poolside par? Tumhe washing machine nahi dikhi kya?"
"Hum apne kapde khud banate aur dhote hain"
"Aur apna gala faad faad ke kyun gaa rahi ho?"
"Hum to aise hi gaate hain. Hume sur taal ki samajh nahi hai na"
Arnav picked her up and dumped her on her bed.
"Are! Ye aap kya kar rahe hain? Hamare kapde.."
"Dhul jayenge. Tumhi dhougi. Par abhi nahi."
"Kyun? Hume sab kaam jaldi jaldi karne ki aadat hai"
"Ab ye aadat badalni hogi."
"Kyun?"
"Kyunki mujhe koi bhi jaldbaazi wala kaam nahi pasand."
"Bol to aise rahe hain jaise hume umar bhar yahin rakhenge."
"Irada wahi hai. Tum mera personal idiot box jo ho."
Arnav winked and walked away.
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Sorry thats all I could manage. And thanks a ton for your patience and love😃
Udne Ki Aasha
Jaane Anjaane Hum Mile
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