Cheats & Challenges
‘Oh?” Indraneel was unprepared for such a response
“TV actors are really self absorbed”
“U don’t say” he mocked gently
“Yep” she laughed gently
“Does he work in TV?”
“I TOLD you” she accused
“Oh? Did you?” he dodged
“Indy tumare ko koi baat yaad nahi rehta”
“If its important I will remember” he said firmly
She felt her heart race, she read into it, she read it as “This guy is not important to you so I forgot”
“Tumko main apna job ka start date batayegi I will quiz you in 6 months”
“Why do you love competitions so much?”
“I don’t know…” she said somberly
“Go for it Pankaja” he said softly
“8 years ago, July 11”
“K… great”
“Do you trust me not to note it down on my phone”
“Cheating karne ka hai tumhe to ….”
“I haven’t… I wont” he promised” “Whats the plan for the weekend?”
“Besides hawkishly watching you test the kid?”
“Yes that’s true…”
“Nothing Pune ka match hai Sunday ko Ajji permission dega to main jaayegi”
“Tek one khelat aahe?” (Who are they playing?”)
She loved hearing him speak Marathi
His was more gruff and deep then
“Kalighat Milan Sangha”
“WOW” he was eager
“If Kunal scores over 80 you can go with me” she challenged
“Are you serious?”
“Haa”
“That’s easy”
“shikakancha tevada aatmavishwas naahi” she giggled (even teachers don’t have such self confidence)
“Mee shikshakaan apeksha sangla aahe” (I am better than teachers)
He was so bad for her well being
He was cocky and sexy
“Aamche PE teacher tumcha chachini ghetila” (My school’s PE teacher would think those are fightin words)
He laughed again
“mee anandane tujhyashi ladena” (I will gladly fight you)
God!! Fighting him?
She imagined where that would go
She stretched her legs to arrest her ovaries from exploding
She wiped her forehead, living room was sweaty, and this man was making it worse
“Ive never taken boxing or wrestling lessons, but will fight you if I win the math test”
“deal” he growled
“We need to keep tabs of how many times Ive thrown the gauntlet
“We’ll get to it” he muttered
“What time on Saturday?”
“He has soccer and violin and such I will have to check with Vai”
“U call her Vai?”
“I called her Suha like my Baba did but she felt I am willfully disrespecting her”
“I would think the same” she thought wistfully “I want everyone younger than me in my varacha Kutumba to address me with the title of the relationship” she thought to herself. She lived for it… she wanted to be married into a large family, she wanted to have family tensions and politics and fighting over who will do what! She wanted to complain to her husband every night. She wanted to care for her in laws and celebrate with them too….
“So Vai it is now….” He brought her back to earth
