"I'll call you back later" Sanskar whispered into his phone and quickly hung up the call as he saw Swara seated next to him. Crap he thought she is back so soon.
He looked at her with the corner of his eyes to see her bite down the side of her inner cheeks to stop the flow of tears which were fighting their way out. He turned to her not being able to control himself and said "So you missed me?"
Swara just sat there not answering any of his questions. She leaned forward towards the driver seat and said "Chal ye, Bhaiya yahan se"
After letting the driver know to proceed to the coffee shop at BT Road she quickly sent a text message and slouched down in her seat while pulling the barrier that separated the front of the car for the rear of the car.
She inhaled and exhaled deeply. After a few second being certain that the driver wouldn't be able to hear anything she turned to Sanskar who by now had started playing Temple Run on his iPhone.
"Yeh Sab kya tha?" She questioned him but he turned a deaf ear to it. She tried a second time but getting no response from him, she proceeded to grab his phone from him but he was too quick "Yeh mera high score tha" he motioned to the game showing his player was caught and eaten by the beast. "I am going to tell mom and badi maa that Swaraji achi ladki nahi hai. You made me lose my game and are mad at me because I asked for Bonvita at you mom's place"
"Uggh!!" About to pull her hair out. He isn't going to let the cat of the bag she thought. There was no point in talking to him further unless she planned on become a bit cuckoo herself. She turned in her seat facing the window until her destination arrived.
As soon as the driver Mohan stop the car she flung the door open and was about to disappear into the crowd he pulled himself out of half out of the car window that was now opened and yelled at her "Swaraji, Mohanji and I will be back to pick you up in a hour from right here. Varna Mom daatange kai akela hi vapas aagaya"
Without turning around she just shrugged her shoulders and continued walking towards the double glass doors to the coffee shop, she made a rough mental note of the time she had to be back not really planning on giving into the hour limit he had just set for her.
She quickly found an empty corner table in the crowded barista after placing an order of her favourite dark roast black coffee and a butter croissant and waited for person she texted to arrive.
While she waiting she managed to polish off the entire croissant and was on to her second cup of coffee when she heard a teasing voice call out to her. "Kardvi...bilkul teri shakal ki tarha"
She looked up to find her sister Ragini standing there in her businesswear "Di!!!!" she called out looking embarrassed that Ragini was making fun of her choice of beverage in front of Lakshya who sat down in front of her after pulling the chair next to him for Ragini to sit.
"So what happened? You here instead of Badi?" Ragini asked looking tensed at Swara.
Swara told both of them what had happened and how she didn't know what to do next."Lakshya, Ghar pe yeh kaise bataye ki aap dono ki shaadi ke liye Baba nai mana kiya hai"
"Don't worry Swara, Ye Devar kis din kaam aayega. You won't have to say anything since I have a business trip I need to go on. Hopefully by then everything will come into place" He said trying to console Swara.
"Right Laksh you really don't know how Baba is" Ragini explained that the world will turn upside down but when their dad fought for injustice nothing will make him change his mind and he had a right to be upset at the Maheshwari's since no father wants to see him daughter married to someone who wasn't in the right state of mind. Lakshya started feeling guilty after hearing Ragini. He had no idea that his Family had cheated them, he was under the impression that like everyone the Garodia also knew about Sanskar's mental condition.
Swara drained the remains of her coffee and said "Okay enough dwelling on the past, what do we do now? Unless you two want out, Then I have nothing to worry about. I can walk right back to Baba and apologize for my rude behavior from this morning"
"Out!!!!" They both shouted out to Swara
"Swara, Tumhe pata bi hai mein college mein kitne saare papad belle hai Ragini Madam ko manane mein. Aur tumhe lagta hai ke mein iska chor doon? Bawled Lakshya as he tried to make Swara understand that there was no going back for him in this case.
"Laksh stop being dramatic, Swara was not here to know about our college love story. She is still under the impression just like everyone else that we are having an arranged marriage. But I have an idea. Na Rahega baas na bajegi basuri" Ragini said feeling extremely happy in coming up with a plan to solve all of their problems.
"Really funny Ragini. You mean Sanskar ko?"
Lakshya understanding where Ragini was going with her train of thought, took over and explained what their next step would be to complete their mission. Just as the three of them agree on their execution of their mission Swara's phone buzzed.
"Okay Di and Gij, I have to go." She said as she scanned over the text she had received. With a quick swift in her steps she discarded the empty coffee cup in the Trash Vestibule and proceeded to the exit and into the awaiting white BMW, which was parked in the very same stop where she had been dropped off earlier.
The ride back to Maheshwari Mansion was a quiet one. She didn't look at him and he didn't say a single word, while the whole ride he was buried in his phone.
Sorry for the delay.
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