Nice?
She spoke with Nakul M
He was a TV actor, of course he was going to be self confident. He told her openly that he had been in a couple of past relationships. He asked her why she was OK dating a TV guy. She couldn’t say “I am looking to climb the economic ladder and being a teacher sucks”
“You tell me why you want to start seeing a school teacher from Pune”
“Arey mera family both conservative hai”
“You think I am conservative?” she laughed
“TV cinema waale se zyaada”o rahega na aap” he laughed
“You speak Marathi?” she asked cautiously
Then they talked for over 20 minutes in shuddha Marathi
She told him the subject she taught and why she loved math
He told her he was good with money but not good in Calculus
She nodded a lil sadly
“Bhayandar mein mera 2 flat hai, ye jo main rehta hai Bandra mein ye bhi family ka ha”
“Nice”
“I mean you live in Mumbai you have to be aware of who your competition is”
She nodded sadly “She KNEW”
“Aapke parents ka sorry haa?”
“Thanks”
“Do you want to come to Mumbai some weekend?”
“Haa sure”
Koi mandir location ka shooting hai, I will be out of Mumbai this weekend, agle weekend ka?”
She nodded
She was supposed to do that one extra lesson when Indraneel tested the kid
She was getting oen extra free hour to prove herself
And she was going to get paid
Now she had to figure out how to get out of that Saturday appointment
She was excited to go to Mumbai
Suhasini Deshmukh wont like it
she knew that already
she texted Sulu
“Agla weekend main ja rahi hai Mumbai with my TV hottie”
“Are you spending the night with him?” Sulu was afraid she sent a shock face
“Don’t know” she laughed
“Punky I think you are rushing re” Sulu was terrified
“TV actor hai he cannot m—est me and get rid of the evidence”
“I am not saying that”
“Then?”
“I don’t want you spending the night with him”
“You are stopping me?” Punky was irritated
Sulu realized Punky was weary and exhausted she had been trying to get married for over 3 years, maybe even 4?
If she was not honest about Prajakta and Prateek then the groom’s family did their asking around and declined it, if Punky declared everything upfront then the groom himself said he didn’t want to be responsible for “kids that are not his own”
Tinder dating was not as thrilling and fulfilling as it seemed to be other people her age
Ajji wanted to see her married
Punky was afraid if she didn’t go on the pill and ended up pregnant how would Ajji react
She didn’t want to go on the pill for occasional Tinder dates
Sulu called her
“Just wait na?
“I am going to be 32 Sulu, you just had your 2nd. We both literally sat next to each other in high school”
Sulu was tearful
There was no easy answer
“Tu safe rahegi na?”
“I WILL. Its not like I am going to Mumbai for the 1st time”
“Don’t be in his flat”
“Hotel mein karegi mai?”
“Ughhh” Sulu acknowledged
“I don’t know if that will happen”
They both laughed at how desperate they must seem to anyone
That heard them talk about a TV actor like this
“It will probably be a couple dates and goodbye” Punky sighed
“I hope se, I wouldn’t want your heart broken babe, especially after what you said about how he looks on the video call…. Sounds so hot”
“I will ask him to visit Pune” she smiled
She texted Indraneel
“I cant make it Saturday next week for my extra free challenge class, can we do Friday?”
“Why?”
“I plan to be in Mumbai that weekend”
“Does he live in Mumbai?”
“Yeah…” she smiled
“Niice”
“Thanks”
“Sure… what does he do?” Indraneel was nosy
“A TV actor… Nakul M”
“Ah… good luck” Indraneel typed nonchalantly
But looked him up after texting her…………………….
Shiv Shakti
