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Chapter 6
I skipped out of the front door into his
car that was already running outside my
house.
"Hey, got you this," I chirped, handing
him the drink.
"Thanks. Got you this." He smiled,
handing me a slice of toast.
I laughed. "That's a pretty good exchange," I said, smiling at him and eating it.
"Oh, I need to go to Benny's and get doughnuts, if that's alright." I looked at him hopefully while we were driving down the
high street. He nodded and was still beaming.
"Why so happy today?" I asked, curious
as to why he was smiling so much. He
couldn't have had much sleep and I knew he
was still tired, I could tell by his eyes.
"I had a good night last night that's all.
I finally scored with some really hot chick
that I've been after for a while." He winked at
me, his genuine smile turning into his stupid
smirk.
My insides felt like someone had
shoved a chainsaw into my stomach. He had
hooked up with someone, and then came on
to me in the bed? That stupid jerk! I'd kissed
him, a proper kiss too, and he had used
some girl for sex before that! Ugh, the stupid
man-wh**e, I knew I shouldn't have expected any different. I turned away so he
couldn't see how hurt I was, and glared out
of my window, refusing to cry. Crying is for
the weak. I hardly ever let anyone see me cry, but some people we already behind the
defences I had built so I couldn't help it.
He
pulled up outside Benny's and I jumped out,
wanting to be away from him. I ordered
twenty assorted doughnuts, heavy on the
chocolate variety because they were my
favourites.
When I got back in the car, Manik smiled. "Got enough there?" he joked, looking at the two huge boxes I had in my arms.
I just nodded and turned up the radio.
"I like this song," I lied; I had no idea what it
was but I just didn't want to talk to him.
He shot me a weird glance. "You hate
rave music," he said, frowning and turning it
down. Actually, he was right, I did hate that
stuff, but I would rather that than talk to him,
the lying s**t.
We pulled up outside the studio
where my crew rehearsed every Saturday,
we were a street dancing crew and we were
pretty good too. We had entered a dance battle last week against ten other crews in
the area and had come second, winning
over $1,000 in prize money. Not that we ever
saw any of the money, it went straight on
studio time and uniforms, music, and fliers or
posters. I loved to dance, street dance was
my favourite and anything that went with a
hip hop beat got my vote. It had always been
my dream since I was a little girl to have my
own dance studio, maybe one day I'd get
there, but it seemed highly unlikely.
"Hey, I'm so sorry guys, I overslept," I
said, looking at them all apologetically as I
walked in.
Harshad pulled me into a big hug and I
tried not to flinch away from him; he was
wearing his trademark piece of pink in the
form of a cap today.
"That's OK. I'd oversleep too if I had that fine ass in my bed," he
teased with a grin as he nodded over my
shoulder towards Manik. I rolled my eyes and
put the doughnuts on the table, grabbing a chocolate one quickly before they all went. I
headed over to say hi to the other guys.
There were eight of us in our crew, four girls
and four guys. I was happily chatting with the
guys, when Harshad called everyone to start.
"Seeing as we are already forty-five mins
late because someone couldn't drag her ass
out of bed on time, we'd better get started,"
he stated, throwing me a mock glare and
making me laugh.
We set to work on a new routine; it
was hard and complicated and even had
some pretty scary lifts. The worst one was
where I was on Ricky's shoulders and had to
flip off, turn in the air so I was facing backwards, then he would catch me as I fell down
his body. Almost instantly, I had to wrap my
legs around his waist before leaning all the
way back putting my arms on the floor and
roll my body into the floor. Luckily we had
mats, because it took over an hour for me to
even land it once, and let me tell you, even landing on your back or stomach on a padded mat, hurts, especially if the muscled guy
who is supposed to catch you, lands on top
of you.
After about the twentieth attempt, I
pushed Ricky off of me, laughing. I couldn't
even get up I was so tired, sweat was running down my back.
"OK, I officially give up
on this for the day. My head hurts, my back
hurts, my butt hurts, even my arms and legs
hurt from holding on," I whined, laying like a
starfish on the mat.
"Fine, it's nearly one anyway so we'd
better clear the studio," Harshad said, holding
out his hand to help me up.
I shook my head, laughing.
"Can't. I
honestly can't move," I muttered, closing my
eyes, trying to catch my breath. The next
thing I know Manik was there, he grabbed
hold of me and picked me up, throwing me
over his shoulder as if I weighed nothing at
all, and headed towards the girls shower room, laughing.
"What the hell are you doing?" I cried, still annoyed at him for what he
did to me last night.
"Helping you," he stated. I could tell
he was smirking by his stupid sexy voice.
"Put me down!" I ordered, trying to wriggle free, but he just gripped me tighter.
I heard the shower turn on.
No! He wouldn't!
He did.
He stepped into the shower, putting
me down under the spray, both of us getting
completely soaked. I stood there, shocked. I
had a change of clothes with me so it didn't
really matter, but I didn't think that he did.
Ha, stupid idiot, now he has to sit in his car
in wet clothes!
He was laughing at me so I cupped
my hands together and collected some water, throwing it at him; he laughed harder and
gripped my waist, pressing himself to me under the shower. Water was running down his head, plastering his hair to his face, he
looked sexy as hell. His clothes were slick to
his body; I wanted to run my hands down
him to feel the lines of his muscles. He bent
his head forward and kissed me, wrapping
his arms tightly around me and pushing me
against the wall.
He sucked lightly on my
bottom lip and I gladly opened my mouth,
eager to taste him again. He tasted even
better today, probably because I was still
half drunk when we kissed last night so I
couldn't appreciate it as much. His kissing
was beautiful and was sending ripples of de-
sire racing through my body.
Finally, he pulled away and we were both breathless. I looked into his eyes and I
could see that they were dancing with excitement; I could also see something else that
scared the life out of me because I knew I
wasn't ready for that. I saw lust, plain and
simple. Manik wanted my body badly. I gasped and pushed him back, stepping out
of the shower quickly.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have done that.
Too soon, right?" he asked, coming out of
the shower and taking hold of my hand.
I turned back to look at him. I couldn't
give him what he wanted; he could get that
somewhere else. I mean, he was Manik Malhotra for goodness sake, he could have
any girl he wanted, and he does! He already
admitted he hooked up with someone last
night before he kissed me. He was a player
plain and simple and if I let him have my
heart, he would break it, no doubt about it.
"Manik, what do you want from me?" I
asked quietly, looking at my soaked
sneakers.
He put his finger under my chin and
lifted my face so I had to look at him.
"Everything," he said simply.
My heart stopped, and then took off in
a sprint at how sweet that sounded. Wait, it's just a line to get into your pants, Nandini,
calm down!
"I can't give you that, not even
close. Go find the skank that you hooked up
with last night, I'm sure she's more than will-
ing to do everything with you,"
I growled nas-
tily, doing air quotes around the word
everything, before storming off to get
changed. My bag was already in here, I assume one of the girls put it in after seeing
Manik and I in the shower making out. Damn
it, that's embarrassing!
He grabbed my wrist and made me
stop and look at him. "What skank are you
talking about, Angel?" he asked, looking at
me confused.
"The skank you screwed before you
kissed me in bed! Damn it, Manik, you weren't
even drunk and you've forgotten already?
Wow, this one must have really meant
something to you," I spat acidly.
He looked even more confused. "I
didn't screw anyone last night, what are you talking about?" he asked, trying to pull me to
him, but I stood my ground and wrenched
my wrist out of his grasp, he didn't resist he
just let me go; he knew I didn't like being
restrained.
I gave him my death glare and
grabbed my towel out of my bag, toweling off
my dripping hair. I pulled the little daisy out
of my ponytail and threw it at his feet.
"Manik,
you already told me in the car earlier that
you f**ked some chick you wanted, that's
why you were so happy," I growled. Was he
seriously going to lie to me about it now?
Understanding crossed his face, his
body seeming to visibly relax. "Actually, I
never said I f**ked anyone. What I actually
said was that I finally scored with a really hot
chick that I'd been after for a while," he
stated, shrugging and smiling, as if this
cleared everything up.
I shook my head, still angry. The
wording didn't matter to me, it was all the same and I still felt betrayed and used.
"Whatever, f**ked, scored, it's all the same
thing. You're a stupid freaking player and I
can't believe I let you kiss me. Twice!" I
cried. I could feel the tears threatening to
come out, so I turned my back on him.
"You're misunderstanding what I
meant!" he said desperately.
I span around to face him again.
"Oh,
I'm sorry! Explain please," I said sarcastically, waving my hand in a go ahead gesture.
"I was talking about you," he said
quietly. I frowned, me? "I've been crazy
about you since the first time I saw you, Angel, but your brother wouldn't let me anywhere near you. All this time it's only ever
been you." He looked at the floor like a little
lost boy and I couldn't breathe.
Did he really just say that? He liked
me but Cabir wouldn't let him near me? How
could that be true? Anyway, he's a player
who has sex with three or four different girls a week. How could it only ever be me? He's
never even had a girlfriend, he just has
dates!
He looked at me pleadingly, he was hurting I could tell by his face, but I didn't
know what to do. If I took a chance I knew I
would fall in love with him and there was a
good chance he would break my heart into a
million pieces, but I don't think I could stand
to lose him. He had been a constant in my
life and I needed him, probably more than I
needed Cabir.
He stepped forward and took
my face in his hands and bent his face to
mine and kissed me, tenderly. I knew the decision had been made; this really wasn't something I could think through and reason
out the pros and cons.
When Manik kissed
me, everything seemed right and whole, just
like it should be. I kissed him back, wrapping
my arms around him tightly, pressing into his
chest
He pulled away and grinned at me.
"How about I buy lunch today, and we call it
a date?" he suggested, looking at me shyly.
I'd never seen Manik look shy or vulnerable in
his life. The tender, pleading expression on
his face was enough to set what felt like a
hundred butterflies loose in my stomach.
I pretended to think about it for a few
seconds and his face fell.
"OK," I finally
agreed, smiling. He grinned happily before
pulling me into another kiss that actually
made me feel a little giddy.
He pulled out of the kiss just as I was
getting slightly breathless.
"I'd better go get
some dry clothes from the car, give you a
chance to get changed," he said looking me
over with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Not
that you don't look sexy as hell in what
you're wearing."
I looked down at myself, to see that
my white t-shirt was now stuck to me and
completely see through. I laughed uncomfortably and wrapped my arms around
myself, blushing like crazy.
He laughed too
and bent to pick up the flower that I had
thrown at his feet. He held it back out to me,
smiling his beautiful smile.
"Thanks," I whispered, biting my lip as
my face burned with embarrassment.
"Anytime," he said as he walked out of
the door.
End of this chapter guys. So r u all excited for our MANAN's 1st ever date in this story? Hehe. Next part is the date part. And also some confrontation.
Now it's ur time to shower me with ur comments so dt u all get next part soon.
I have started working on next part already. Till then have a good time. See u all soon.
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