Hello my lovely readers. So finally MANAN's 1st date is here. Enjoy it n do let me know how was it.
CHAPTER 7
I got changed quickly and walked out to
the car. Manik was already there, leaning
casually against the car, chatting happily with Harshad and Spencer, another
guy from my crew.
"Hey," I chirped as I walked up to
them.
Manik smiled a beautiful smile at me.
"That's my cue boys, gotta take the lady on
our first real date. See you next week," he
said, waving them away with a flick of his
hand.
Harshad's mouth fell open and he
looked from Manik to me several times.
"Date? But... I mean... what? I thought he
was your brother's best friend! You don't
even like him; you always say he's a manwh**e asshole. Whenever I've said to you
about how hot he was, you just said that you wouldn't touch his STD ass with a bargepole!" Harshad said, frowning, and looking at
me confused.
I groaned and closed my eyes. I was
literally so embarrassed that I wished the
ground would open up and swallow me. How
could he just say that right in front of Manik?
Not that I haven't told him that to his face on
more than one occasion, but I still felt awful. I
heard Manik start to laugh so I risked a
glance at him, he didn't look angry or
anything.
"Thanks, Harsh," I muttered, giving him
a look that should be able to kill him on the
spot.
Manik reached out and grabbed my
hand, pulling me to his side, still laughing.
"It's a lady's prerogative to change her
mind," he said to Harsjad with a wink, opening
my car door for me.
"I'll see you next week, guys, and I
promise I won't be late," I vowed, kissing
their cheeks before getting in the car.
Manikgave them both the typical man hug hand-shake thing, and ran round to the driver's
side. When he started the car he looked over
at me with a smile.
"Sorry," I muttered, blushing again.
"Don't worry about it. It's nothing I
haven't heard before out of your beautiful
mouth," he replied with a grin.
I couldn't help but smile, he was full of the compliments today, but some part of me
was worrying if he had said that to all the
other girls. Was he expecting me to have sex
with him after a couple of dates? Because if
he was, then he was going to be very disappointed. I decided that we needed to talk
about it. I mean, what was the point in even
trying, if he was just using me for sex, and I
wasn't planning on giving it up anytime
soon?
"So, where shall we go for lunch?" he
asked, snapping me out of my little internal
discussion.
"Um... I don't mind, what do you
fancy?" I asked. He shot me a flirty look and
a wicked smile. I rolled my eyes at him; he
really is a sex crazed player! "To eat, Manik,"
I
added, crossing my arms over my chest, trying to look stern.
He just laughed and started driving.
"How about Chinese? You like that,right?"
he asked, glancing at me from the corner of
his eye.
"Yeah, I love Chinese food!" I chirped
happily, grinning like I'd won the lottery. Cabirhated Chinese food so we hardly ever had it;
Manik smiled and drove us to the restaurant
on the high-street.
RESTAURANT:
We were now sitting, eating our food.
We had been chatting happily for nearly
an hour and I was again surprised by how easy it was to talk to him. I'd
known him for twelve years and I'd never really just spoken to him properly
about stuff. His leg brushed mine under
the table and made me jump, not because of my fear, but because it sent a
little jolt through my system, making
the hairs on the back of my neck prick
up and my pulse quicken.
I decided now was the time to sort it
out, there was only one other couple in the
restaurant so we could talk freely, but I just
didn't know how to begin.
"Manik, I think we
need to talk about something," I said quietly.
He cocked his head to the side
slightly and looked at me curiously. "OK.
What's up?"
I took a deep breath, I just needed to
get it out and see what he thought about it.
"I
really don't know what you want from me; I
mean, you can have any girl that you want.
I'm an emotional wreck for goodness sake...
I mean... I flinch every time anyone touches
me. I... I can't give you what you want," I
rambled, frowning. Wow, that came out a
little different than I thought, but at least it
got the point across.
"You're worried about sex," he stated,
looking at me knowingly, not seeming to be
bothered by this conversation at all.
I gulped and nodded.
"I just... I'm not
ready for anything like that, so if that's what
you want then there is no point in starting anything," I said, looking down at
my plate and wishing the ground would swallow me again.
He put his hand under my chin and lifted my face up to look at his; he was smiling
his beautiful smile.
"I can wait as long as you
want. I really am crazy about you, it's not
about sex," he said tenderly, making my
heart start to race.
Is he serious or is this a trick so I'll
give it up sooner?
"What if I said I didn't believe in having sex before marriage?" I
asked, testing him.
His eyes showed his amusement, but
he just kept his face straight.
"Then I'd say
how about we get married as soon as you're
old enough. Eighteen is the legal age anyway, right? We can wait for 2 more years"
he replied, winking at me.
I laughed but was still unsure what he
meant, I wasn't eighteen for another two
years, is he saying that he'll wait two years
for me? No sex until after marriage wasn't
something that I believed in; I'd just wanted
to see his reaction.
"I don't believe in that,
but I don't know how long it'll be, Manik, honestly." I chewed on my lip nervously.
"Angel, I said I can wait as long as
you need. I want to be with you." He looked
me right in the eyes as he spoke. I didn't see
one ounce of doubt or trickery there and I felt
hope building up inside me. Was he really
that into me that he would wait for me?
"What about in three months' time
when you still haven't gotten any, and some
random girl throws herself at you, could you
wait then?" I asked sceptically.
He laughed.
"You really do think I'm
some sex crazed player, don't you?" he
asked. I nodded in confirmation. I didn't think
it, I knew it, he slept around a lot! "Do you
know why I've been with all of those girls?"
he asked, suddenly looking uncomfortable
and embarrassed.
"They give good head?" I asked sarcastically. Is he really going to go into details
about his sex life to a girl he's just told he's
crazy about and who is scared of having
sex? Does he actually not have a clue?
He choked on his laughter, and shook
his head.
"No, Angel. The reason I went with
all those girls was to try and get over you. I
wake up next to you every day. You send my
mind and body into a frenzy. I can smell your
hair when I close my eyes, or I can imagine
how your hand feels when you lay it on my
chest. It kills me every day to be so close to
you, but be so far away," he said, shaking
his head and taking a deep breath, looking
at me hopefully.
"I thought maybe if I met
someone else that I'd be able to stop thinking about you, but it didn't work. Nothing
works. When I'm with them, I wish it was
you. When they laugh or talk, I can't help but compare it to your voice or your laugh. It's always been you; it'll always be you, Angel."
I couldn't speak. What on earth do I
say to that? I mean, I know he's a player, but
I was killing him? That speech was so freaking adorable!
"Oh," I choked out.
He burst out laughing. "Oh? That's all
you can say?"
I nodded and laughed too. I still had
no words to answer that little confession he'd
just made.
My head was still spinning and I
knew if I said something now I would just
make myself sound like an idiot. I leant
across the table and took his hand, he
smiled happily at me and that seemed to be
all that was necessary.
My head was spinning with thoughts; I
really didn't know what to believe. He just
made that huge confession about how he
feels, but does that mean he's not going to
cheat on me? Well actually, we weren't even
officially a couple. Manik only ever did dates;
he's never had a girlfriend, so technically I
have no claim on him anyway. I needed to
be really careful, the more time I spent with
this nice Manik, the more I liked him. I was in
real danger of having my heart crushed.
My cellphone rang, saving us from the
slightly weird silence. It wasn't an awkward
silence though, just strange, like he seemed
perfectly content just to hold my hand and
look at me. The caller ID said it was Navya.
"Hey, navya, what's up?" I said cheerfully.
"Hey, Nandini, want me to bring a
movie for tonight?"
"Yeah sure. Nothing scary though." I
smiled and slapped Manik's hand lightly as he
tried to steal one of my spring rolls from my
plate. What?' he mouthed to me innocently.
I rolled my eyes at him and passed him my
plate.
"I was thinking, Dawn of the Dead,"
Navya replied.
I gasped; is she kidding me?
"No way!
I'm not watching that, it'll scare the crap out
of me!" I cried, horrified at the thought of
watching a zombie movie. They made me so
scared that I couldn't be alone for days afterwards; I had to pee with the bathroom door
open for goodness sake!
I could hear her chuckling. "Please, Nandu? I really want to see it," she begged, I
could imagine the puppy dog look on her
face right now.
Manik was giving me a quizzical expression so I put my hand over the mouth-piece and whispered,
"Dawn of the Dead."
He widened his eyes slightly before
giving me his smirk. "Don't worry, Angel, I'll
protect you," he whispered confidently, making me smile.
"Nandu, please?" navya begged again.
"Oh jeez alright fine, bring that damn
movie," I muttered, defeated.
At least Manik would be there, he always kept my nightmares away. It would
only be bad when I was on my own, like in
the shower or something. I guess I could always make him stand outside the door and
read to me or something while I was in there,
it's not like he hasn't done that for me before. I looked at him a little shocked, actually
the more I thought about it, the more this
sweet, funny Manik, popped into my mind. He
quite often did little things for me that I never
took any notice of before. Had he always
been sweet to me, but I was just too prejudice to see it?
"So, what do you think, is that OK?"
navya asked.
I snapped back to reality. Crap, I
hadn't been listening to her at all! "Sorry,
Navya, what? I didn't hear you, sorry. I was
panicking about that stupid movie." I winced
just at the thought of it.
She sighed. "I said that my mom and
dad are going away for the weekend so do
you think it would be alright if I just slept at
yours tonight and tomorrow night? I don't
really want to stay on my own," she said in a
small voice.
I looked at Mankk and winced. If
Navya stayed over that meant that he couldn't,
because she slept in the camp bed on my
floor.
"Um sure, Navya, you can stay over for
the weekend. Cabir won't mind," I agreed
reluctantly.
Manik shot his eyes up to mine, and he
shook his head. NO!' he mouthed to me
pleadingly. I just gave him an apologetic look
and shrugged, I couldn't say no to her, she
was my best friend.
"Great. Well I'll come over at about
seven then, OK?" she chirped, sounding
excited.
"Yeah, OK. See you." I snapped my
cellphone shut and looked back at Manik.
"The whole weekend? I don't get to
sleep for the whole weekend?" he whined,
as soon as I had shut my phone.
"Sorry, but I couldn't say no. Her parents are going away for the weekend and
she doesn't want to stay on her own." I
looked at him apologetically.
He sighed looking defeated. "OK sure.
But you do know you've just agreed to watch
a scary ass zombie flick and I'm not going to
be there for the next two nights," he stated
with a cocky grin.
I gasped. I hadn't thought about that! I
didn't sleep very well without Manik there, I
had nightmares, bad ones, about my father,
and now on top of that I would have zombie
dreams too? Since I was eight years old I
had only ever spent a few weeks away from
Manik, like if one of us went on vacation, or
one time he had chicken pox and I had to
stay away from him for four days. Every time
I was on my own, my dreams would be so
bad that I would wake up screaming. I'd
asked Cabir to sleep in with me a few times
when I was younger, but he didn't stop the dreams so I just stopped asking him.
I knew that Manik didn't sleep at all
when he wasn't with me. He literally laid
there awake, not being able to get comfortable. He always said that his bed felt strange
because he hadn't slept in it since he was
12 years old. He hated it when my friends
came to stay and bitched about it the whole
of the next day, dropping not so subtle hints
that he wasn't impressed at having to sleep
in his own bed.
"Well, I don't know why you're looking
so cocky about it; you're not going to sleep
too brilliantly either." I grinned, sticking my
tongue out at him.
"Hmm, is that an invitation?" he
asked, raising an eyebrow. I instantly realised what he was talking about, he was asking if I wanted to kiss him again because I
showed him my tongue. I sure as heck did.
"Sure," I purred, looking at him seductively, knowing that he couldn't reach me
over the table so he would have to wait until
after we left the restaurant.
He immediately jumped out of his
chair and bent down next to me, taking my
face in his hands and kissing me, not seeming to care where we were or if people were
watching. I took the initiative this time and
traced my tongue along his bottom lip, he
opened quickly and I slipped my tongue in.
He moaned into my mouth, pulling me closer
to him. The kiss was so good that it was
making me slightly dizzy. He didn't once try
to touch me other than holding my face,
which I was surprised about. Maybe he
wasn't just using me for sex after all. I smiled
against his lips and he pulled away, smiling
at me too.
"Thanks," he whispered, kissing me
again quickly and then sitting back down
opposite me as if nothing happened. OK, I
am so not used to this whole dating and
making out thing!
"We'd better get going; I
need to speak to your brother." He frowned,
looking sad and a bit scared.
"You're not going to tell him, are you?"
I asked, horrified at the thought of Cabir
knowing and going crazy.
He nodded. "Yeah, Angel. He's
known that I've liked you all this time, but he
didn't think that you liked me, so I need to
talk to him about us actually dating." He
winced as he spoke; I would imagine that he
was thinking about the ass kicking Cabir
would give him when he told him.
"Manok, why don't we just leave that for
a while, and then maybe in a couple of
weeks, if everything is going well, then we
can talk to him together. I mean, we don't
even know if it's going to work out, do we?" I
asked with a shrug. I didn't really see the
point in talking to Cabir and upsetting
everything if this wasn't going to work out. In
reality, how long would it last once he realised that I really wasn't planning on sleeping
with him anytime soon? When he got bored
or desperate, he would run away from me to
the nearest easy lay, screaming as he went.
He looked a little scared.
"You don't
think it'll work out?" he asked, his voice
sounded hurt.
"Honestly? I just don't think that you
can wait, Manik. How long is it going to be before you decide that you've had enough and
sleep with some bimbo?" I replied, hating the
hurt expression that crossed his face.
"I promise I will never cheat on you,
ever. I've waited too long for this chance; I'm
not going to screw it up." He took my hand
and I could see the honesty in his eyes, he
truly believed that he wouldn't cheat, but he
was a boy after all and his body would say
something else eventually.
"Let's just wait a while, OK?" I suggested, pulling my hand away and waving
for the waiter. He came over immediately.
"Hi, can we get the check please?" I asked
with a smile, he nodded and walked off.
"I'm just going to go to the bathroom.
If he comes back before I'm back, then use
this, OK?" Manik instructed, handing me his
wallet and walking quickly to the bathroom.
I winced; I think I really hurt his feelings saying that. Damn it, I could be so stupid sometimes! I watched him as he walked
away, my eyes unconsciously focused on his
ass. Wow, he really does have a nice ass!
Someone cleared their throat next to me
making me blush because I had just got
caught staring. I looked up and the waiter
was standing there with the check.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't realise you were
there," I muttered, embarrassed.
"Don't worry about it." He handed me
the receipt and bent down next to me so we
were at the same level. He put one hand on
the back of my chair and one on the table so
I was trapped. My heart started to race. He
was too close.
"So, I've not seen you around
here before. I definitely would have remembered a face as beautiful as yours," he
said, his eyes were boring holes into me, as
he looked like he was imagining me naked.
I squirmed in my seat.
"Er no, I've not
been in here before," I muttered uncomfortably, looking at the amount that was due and
grabbing Manik's wallet from my lap.
"I'm Simon." He held out his hand for
me to shake. I looked at it and gulped; I
really didn't want to touch him so I just
fiddled with Manik's wallet and pretended to
be looking at something. I felt him playing
with my pony tail and I felt sick.
"So, what's
your name?" he asked, with a flirty smile.
"Her name's touch her again and I'll
break your face," Manik growled possessively
from behind me. I physically relaxed.
The guy stood up immediately. "Sorry,
I was just talking to your girlfriend that's all.
No harm done," he said innocently.
"Right," Manik replied, sounding really
annoyed. He reached out and took the receipt and his wallet out of my hands, looked
at it and then handed the guy the money still
glaring at him. My breathing still hadn't returned to normal, my heart was still racing.
Manik held out his hand to me. "You ready,
Angel?" he asked, not taking his eyes off the
waiter. I took his hand and stood up, following him as he led us out of the restaurant. Once he closed the door he turned to
me.
"You alright? You look a bit pale." He
stepped closer to me and put his lips on my
neck. I wrapped my arms around his waist
and pressed myself against him, letting his
smell fill my lungs, his breath blew down my
back and shoulders, making everything in
my body relax.
I pulled away after a couple of
minutes. "I'm fine now." I smiled at him reassuringly and he stroked the side of my face
lightly.
"Come on let's get back. I need to
help Cabir clear up so he'll buy pizza tonight,"
I teased.
He smiled and as we walked to his
car, he slipped his hand in mine. I couldn't
help but smile. It felt right for some reason;
his hand just seemed to fit mine perfectly. It
was so natural that it was almost too easy.
So that's the end of the beautiful date part. So I want to tell all the new readers that I will be updating 1st 2 parts of the story which I have skipped in this thread tomorrow. It will be basically a short summary of their life in childhood with their father.
It will be basically a random flashback chapter. No relevance with the on going track. So previous readers don't need to panic n read it again. Also ll update a fresh chapter tomorrow with the continuation of on going track after date. I don't want u all who already have read those chapters to just wait till Friday for next update.
So guys enjoy it. Do leave ur comments about this update.
Udne Ki Aasha
Kumkum Bhagya
