He sipped his coffee once again, his luggage was placed next to him while he was looking out for his friend who should have been here half an hour ago, he shook his head, no wonder, back in school his girlfriends used to call up Reyaansh in order to ask where he was. He was always late.
He turned back in order to get himself another latte, he was damn sure that he would have to wait for another forty five minutes, only then will hi best friend realize that he had been waiting on the airport since so long.
The air conditioner blew constant freezing waves, and even though it was hot, he was finding himself to be slightly cold. But it was something else that caught his attention.
She.
She was draped in a yellow kurta that hugged her curves closely, her legs were clothed in green, and she carried a green dupatta which seemed to constantly fall from her shoulders and she managed to put it up over and over again, her hair were wavy and scattered around her shoulders, while her lips were thin and light pink in colour, her eyes were large and dark pools of chocolate. The phone was glued to her ears and she was surrounded by five fat bags, all red in colour.
Her lips were down, frowning, and she had large earnings in her ears which made a little tinkling noise as she moved from one place to another.
Soon enough, she ended the call, and tried picking up her bags along with managing her dupatta, which seemed to go out of place everytime she bent. And even before she could straighten herself he found himself making his way towards her, "May I help you?" he said.
She looked up at him, her dark eyes boring into his, her eyes were round, almond shaped, and she had a light sprinkling of freckle on her nose, her face was angled, and before he could observe her further, she looked somewhere else, straightening herself and speaking in her little voice, "Thank you but-"
Before she could continue, she found his strong arms picking up her bags, his fingers brushed against hers as he picked up the heavy weight. "Let me handle that" he said, his voice was calm and patient.
Kriya could not help but nod, she shivered at the touch of her fingers against hers, her eyes merely danced on his physique, loving the way his muscles flexed as he picked up another one of her bags, he was wearing a black tee-shirt paired with a stone washed grey jeans, his jawline was strong and his eyes were black, his nose was not sharp but it matched his broad physique and face. His lips were thin and right beside it was a little hint of beard.
She looked away, but could not help notice him time to time. "Where would you want me to place these?"
She pointed towards the gate, as the words seemed to be stuck in her throat. Gently, he placed the bags down on the floor, then straightening himself he said "Here"
"Thank you so much" he stared at her, as a hint of smile approached her lips.
"You're welcome" he said "How are you going to take them from here?"
"I think my parents might be arriving any time now" she said
He nodded, then offering her a little smile which sure was genuine. He stood next to her, wondering what he was supposed to say.
"You" she started off, feeling the need to ask "How are you going from here? Is someone picking you up?"
"My friend, he will be coming in sometime, I guess" he said "I'm-I'm Reyaansh by the way"
He pulled out his hand for a shake, but it was nearly the time, when he saw an elderly man and another well built person moving out from the car, their face looked hard sculptured, as though it had been made by some of the hard metal. He suspected they were her father and brother.
"I think I'd better leave" she said, her eyes stuck on the two of them.
He gave his head a harness shake, pulling back his rejected hand.
"Thank you Reyaansh" she was now looking at him, her big bold eyes, boring into his face, as though creating a hole "for everything"
"You're welcome" he hushed, and for a moment his eyes met hers. and her eyes looked rigid, scared, afraid that something might happen. It was that moment when he wanted to assure her that everything will be fine, and that he would be there for her, but then she looked away, back at the two men, who were now pacing towards her.
"You sure you okay?" he asked
She gave a brief nod.
"I think I'll go sit near my stuff" he was waiting, waiting for her to look back at him once again. just once. She nodded. her eyes still fixed at the two men, and a ghost of smile was visible on her face.
He walked away, his mind flittering over to her, he turned various times as if to check, if she were looking at him, but the results were disappointing, because all her attention was now drifted to her mobile.
After getting himself another Latte, he turned back to look at her, but all that he could see was her curvaceous figure that moved away from him. and it was a little voice inside him that asked him to stop her, but maybe it was too late. He could already see her yellow attire blurring in the view.
He sat down, almost disappointed. But what was he expecting anyways? That she might look back and wink him and ask him to follow her? the way girls at New York did? It was pretty obvious that Indian girls were always taught not to catch a glance at boys, and her family encountering her talking to him might invite her some problems. But that's how Indian parents were, conservative. And they believed that people who gave children some freedom were child monsters. That's the mentality which continued to go on.
Also, he was pretty oblivious to the fact, that girls did not like males like him, the ones who were a little shy and tended not to speak what into their heads. Though he had been much of an extrovert while helping her and making a conversation, he never did that with most of the crowd-especially with females, he was about to finish his current latte and get himself another one when suddenly Anurag emerged.
"Five cups of Coffee. You're giving me back all my money, that was wasted because of you" He said getting up from his seat.
"You can never really improve" Anurag muttered, embracing him into a brotherly hug.
"Breakfast?" Anurag then asked.
"Dude, its past twelve. Don't tell me you just woke up" He said, a slight hint of shock audible in his voice.
Anurag muffled his hair then spoke, giving him a toothy grin. "You know why I'm late, don't you?"
Rey nodded his head, then spoke "What do I do with you?" he then continued "American last night?"
"Punjaban" Anurag winked.
"Seriously? You're telling me all about it dude" He slapped his arm playfully, as the two made their way to the car.
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Rey was constantly fumbling with words "I-er-sorta, met someone"
"Met someone? When did you start being so good with words?" Anurag said, concentrating on the traffic "British? American?"
"I guess she was Indian" Rey said, then continued "I met her this morning while you were late"
"Seriously? How was she? How long did it go?" Anurag asked giving a sheepish grin.
"I barely had a conversation with her" Rey replied
"Don't tell me that now you've seriously fallen in love at first sight with a girl" Anurag said
"I'm not saying that I love her or something, but its just that, she-there was something disappointing about it" Rey said
"Yes, sure as hell it was disappointing, since you just talked and nothing else. When you had forty five productive minutes" Anurag cracked.
"Not funny" Rey said "I mean, she looked happy and normal, but there was a certain sadness attached to everything she said or did. I mean, I wish I would have asked her about it"
"And she would have wrapped her arms around you and would have cried that Dr Octopus has been troubling her and that she wanted you to take her and fly with her to neverneverland" Anurag finished.
"Shut up sarcastic species" Rey shot him a glare "I wish I asked her once, she looked so disturbed, I mean, she acted fine, but there was a certain sadness in her eyes, as though she were afraid, scared that something might happen"
"Interesting Specimen" Anurag remarked.
"Shut up!!" Rey said "You can really never improve"
"You're saying that second time today" Anurag said
And the journey went on..
It was the night already and his thoughts were still haunted by her, her eyes, her hair, everything. She ruled the insides of his mind, the way her lips formed into a little smile, whenever he said something, the way she said "Reyaanshh..". The way her eyes bored into his, and the way she avoided looking at her, the way her little hands covered in bangles adjusted her dupatta as she bent, the way her lips curled down in a frown, the way her large earrings tinkled, and it was just everything about her that haunted him, reminded him of her, and everything, all of this, led him to believe that, there was something going on with her, without her will
He took his Ipod and his earplugs and stood up from the bed, he was just in his black vest and white Pyjamas, which he wore as a nightwear, he knew, that this was going to be a sleepless night, as it was already past one and he found no hint of sleep which drowned his eyes usually by this time.
Catching hold of his slippers, he walked out of Anurags place, where he was staying for another one month, he walked around the streets of Punjab, where he spent his childhood, playing with his best of friends, walking in the fields, the street was dark, just lit by a streetlamp, which casted a little amount of light, falling on the streets. He scanned the houses, walking out of his neighbourhood, he started walking towards some streets which he had no idea about, most of the houses were huge, and were covered in glass, which allowed you to see inside out. No doubt, Punjabis were so rich, almost each house owned a field which was irrigated, and earned them some good bucks.
His life in New York was so different, he used to party at Saturday nights like this, and was pretty used to it. But since he had been employed, there was no chance of him wandering like this so late, he often slept at past ten and woke up at seven in the morning.
He was just scanning another house when he saw something, or heard something, he heard more closely, there was a light music playing from one of the houses here, but which? He scanned all of the houses, and then it caught his eye.
She.
So, that's all. I would like to tell you people, that I have the entire two shot ready with me and I would post it as soon as I get some reviews. So, its all upto you!
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