I am overwhelmed with all your love and support. Honestly, thank you guyz for encouraging me. I will keep trying my best to make the chapters as interesting as possible.
Here is the chapter two. Hope You enjoy! :)
A few days passed , and all the best friends did not get a chance to meet. Alya was busy looking after her mother. Mukti was on vacation with her family and Navya was also busy with her job.
It was a friday afternoon. Nandini was extremely happy, why should she be, it was the last exam day for her. She was done with all her exams. She was loving how her city Calgary was looking beautiful. Spring brought new energy to the city after almost 6-7 months of winter. She decided to go home and call her friends. Finally, she had all the time to have fun with her buddies.
She reached home. Had some snacks, and went straight to her bedroom. She called Manik, and to her surprise, he picked up first time.
MANIK : "Tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho, Zindagi ab tum hi ho..."
Those words brought a big smile to her face. She realized how her cheeks turned pink, when she looked in the huge mirror in her room. She mentally slapped herself for overthinking about every thing. She very well knew that he is not singing for her. She thought he must be driving, because the only time he sings song so loudly, that even such romantic songs, when he is driving. So she asked him.
NANDINI: " HI ! u r driving. Aren't you?"
MANIK : " aha..like always, you are right."
NANDINI : " Oh yeah? ..cool I will call you later then. Focus on driving."
MANIK: "No. I can drive while talking to you. And please dont give me ur traffic rules lecture. No one follows those many rules except for you."
NANDINI: "Accha. Lets leave that. You know I am so happy. Finally done with exams. Last few days were so stressful."
MANIK: " Come on MS.PERFECT . You love taking stress. You know if I was as smart as you are, I wouldnt have touched notebooks."
She loved when he called her Ms.Perfect. He always told her how she is the perfect girl there can possibly be.
NANDINI: " Aha..sure! And I am not perfect. "
MANIK : " Oh please. You are PERFECTTT. You are sucha perfect person ...that... I would love to marry you and have you as my wife."
Nandini felt as if the whole world stopped right there. She felt butterflies in her stomach. She knew it is just his nature to flirt with every girl , but for some reason she could not She was blushing so much. She did not know what to say next. She felt like she was out of words.
Thank God, Alya came to her rescue. Before she had to say anything, Manik said.
MANIK : " Ms. Perfect! Our kiddo is calling. Wait lemme put it on conference call."
Yes, Alya was our kiddo. She was the youngest in our group. We all loved to pamper her all the time.
ALYA : "Hellooo"
NANDINI : " Baby..whay are you so excited?"
ALYA: " What do you mean by why? Are not you excited?"
NANDINI: " Excited for what?"
ALYA: " Wait! Manik didnt tell you anything?"
MANIK: " Oh yeah. Nandini. I forgot to tell you. We are all going to Toronto. "
NANDINI: " Toronto? When? Why? "
ALYA: " Baby,,you ask so many questions. Ok! so plan is to go today in eve. We will have some fun. I am so excited YAYYY.WOHOOO."
MANIK: "Alya. You are seriosuly a kid. Kiddo is the perfect name for you."
NANDINI(stressed) :" Guyz..listen to me. You know my parents na. They wont agree. Let say even if they do, I havnt done any packing and what about the tickets?"
ALYA: " Tickets? Ohhh.. no baby. We are not going by plane. We are driving to Toronto."
NANDINI : " What? are you guyz serious? Its 30 hours of driving at least. "
MANIK: " NANDU . It wiill be fun by car. Come on. "
ALYA: " and yeah.. as far as packing is concerned. Your baby has done it all."
NANADINI: " Alya. What do u mean? Where did you get my clothes from?"
ALYA : " Come on baby. I am not letting you wear your boring clothes. I bought all new trendy dresses and stuff. "
Nandini knew how Alya's choice of dresses are going to be. She never wore short dresses. She was already scared to death.
NANDINI: " Alya. see baby I love you but you know na, I cant wear those."
Nandini almost pleaded.
MANIK : " Guyz guyz guyz. You can have your 'baby-baby' talk afterwards. Nandini, listen to me first. I know your parents wont be ready. So I have a plan."
NANDINI was excited.
NANDINI: "What plan? Tell me . Tell me"
MANIK: " I was jsut texting Abhi. Abhi is also coming with us. When Abhi is coming, you can come too. You know what I mean right."
Nandini understood his plan. Actually, Abhi's family and Nandini's family were very close. Thats why, Abhi and Nandini were friends since childhood. In fact , they were really close friends. Mukti met Abhi through Nandini, and thats how They started dating each other.
Their parents loved to see Nandini and Abhi together. In fact, they were planning to get them married once they turn 22. Abhi and Nandini dont know about that plan. Also, both families dont know about Mukti and Abhi. Coming back to the plan, Manik decided to send Abhi to Nandini's place to ask her parents if they could allow her. Nandini's family trusted Abhi a lot. They all knew that her family will definitely agree if Abhi goes to ask.
NANDINI: " Wow. PLan is good. When is Abhi coming?"
MANIK: " He said he will be there in an hour or so. So get ready . Trust me, this is going to be best trip ever.
NANDINI: "hmm. I hope everyhting works out great. Accha. Manik? Hvae you talked to Navya and Mukti?"
MANIK : " yeah. I did. They were kinda mad at me for not letting them know about our kiddo's mom. But u know Manik the genius knows how to handle such situations"
NANDINI: " Thank God! I was actually really worried."
MANIK: " Ok my lovely ladies. I need to pack my stuff. Will be coming to pick u up with Abhi around 5 .So be ready by that time. And Ms. Perfect, Abhi will be coming soon. "
NANDINI: " Ok! sure! Fingers crossed! Hopefully, Abhi can convince my parents."
ALYA: " Bye ! Love u guyz! see ya at 5 then."
All three : "BYE"
Even though Nandini was excited, she was still doubtful about her parents' reaction. She knew Abhi will be able to convince them, but what if that doesnt happen.
She decided to leave everyhting to God, and started packing small things that she needed because her baby Alya had instructed her to not pack any clothing.
An hour passed, she was waiting for Abhi. She was extremely nervous. She did not know how many rounds of her whole house she took. She was praying to God constantly, because she really wanted to go with her friends. Then, the moment came. Door bell rang and she ran to the door. Abhi was there.
------------------------------
So here is the chapter 2! I know its not that interesting. I wanted to explain the relationships a bit more. A lot of interesting stuff is coming up , though.
I will post the next chapter very soon.
Lemme know what you guyz think of this update. Your feedback matters a lot. :) <3