DevAkshi - FF - On Location *UPDATED PART 4* Pg - 30 - Page 20

Part 4

Dev jumped out of the bed and stumbled over his own slippers. "What a first impression, Dev" He thought.

"S..SS...ir... I... I" He fumbled.

"I can do with uncle" Mr. Bose declared with a smile.

"Ummm... Uncle... actually I..." He stood there like an Army cadet in attention. NCC (National Cadet Corps) habits die hard.

"At ease, young man" Dev followed his instruction like an obedient child. Mr. Bose chuckled.

"Come, let's have a chat over breakfast" Bijoy Bose winked at Sona and left. Dev hung his head and ran into the bathroom to brush, sighing under his breath. "This is going terrible..." he mumbled under his breath.

Sona sat there on the bed, dumbstruck, "Did that just happen, Champ?" She muttered softly "Woof!" replied Champ and showered her with a round of sloppy licks. She put champ down and pranced out of the room. Bijoy lifted his hand to call her but she changed her route and marched into Saurav's room instead.

Dev stood in front of the mirror, his hair strands facing every wrong direction possible. He tried adjusting them, but failed miserably. He looked him in the eyes, ready to give himself the motivating talk, "Oh God, I am miserable" he hung his head again.

Once brushed, she was pacing up and down the room, "What's happening outside?" she thought biting her nails. "I can't just hide in here. I need to be there with him." Tying up her hair in a pony she took a deep breath, prepared an answer and walked out to find Dev and her father having a good laugh, joined in by Asha, her mom, and her brother Saurav. Her granny spotted her and called out loudly, "Sona, come here." Sona smiled and joined them at the dining table.

Soon, Dev left. Sona closed the door behind her, "What's going on? Come on! Speak up. Tell me how much you hate him."

"But we love him beta" Asha said, sipping her tea.

"I think he is cute and hot" Sona's granny chirped. Sona rolled her eyes and dropped herself on the sofa, "I know you are pretending. I won't feel bad, just tell me."

"Beta, he is a gentle man. He is good. Trust us when we tell this. We like him" Her father said looking at her.

Sona sat up, "what did he do to impress you so much?" she asked in doubt.

Saurav laughed out loud, "why don't you ask him that"

"Don't think too much, come we'll show what all we got for you. Aayat aaja (come)" Asha called out.

As the sun bid goodbye for the day, Bose family had cuddle up in front of the TV, Feluda movie (famous Bengali detective, based on whom many movies have been made) was on and being a highly functional Bengali house hold they just couldn't miss it.

Dev had remained unavailable the whole day and it worried her. She badly wanted to know what had gone so right for her family and presumably wrong for him.

She tried calling him one last time before she dozed off, Dev was still unavailable.

Sona was early to the set, the next morning, she wasn't able to handle the suspense anymore, she flipped through the pages of the script given to her and realised she had no scenes with Dev. She ran out of her room and catching hold of one of the ADs, "Is Dev on leave today?" He informed that he had night shoot and that he will be coming down in the evening.

Evening had decided to be late. Sona felt terrible. She had never missed him so much. She took another look at her phone, it was almost five in the evening. "When exactly is evening for this Dev?" she mumbled. "Five may be" He smirked entering her room.

Sona jumped off her seat, "Dev, where have you been? I must have called you a million times."

"I had gone to meet my sister. My phone was with my niece, I came directly from... Oh Bhaisaab... 52 missed calls!!" He looked up at her guiltily, "I am so sorry Sona" He hugged her. "By the way, what happened?" He asked breaking the hug. "You tell me!" she snapped at him. "What happened at my home?" Dev smiled, "I had a great time with your family."

"I know that..." she said rolling her eyes, "What did you say to them? They are so impressed"

"Personality baby" he winked.

"Come on tell me!!"

"Uh-huh, not so easily"

The night swept in smoothly. Arjun and Ashna were stuck in Ashna's house and he was making sandwiches. Dev showcased Sona his knife skills and finally threw a cucumber in the air and as he caught it in his mouth he stole a glance at an impressed Sona.

The interviewer was waiting for them outside, Dev and Sona came out for the interview.

Dev sang "hum tum... ting ting ting..." and Sona too joined in.

"Ashna is a bad cook" Sona mumbled, "But you are not, right?" He looked her and chuckled.

When the interviewer asked Dev, what was Sona's favourite dish, he smiled and said "Bheja, Zuban... tongue" He giggled and got a soft push from a laughing Sona.

On their way home,

"You seem to like my cooking. Join us for dinner" Sona offered, punching something on her phone.

"But your family is here" Dev halted the car in front of Sona's apartment.

"So? They seem to like you, you seem to like them. It's perfect. Come."

"Oo, you are doing this to know, why they liked me so much..." He said raising an eyebrow. "When you know, then tell me na" she asked making a puppy face. "This ain't gonna work. Get down, Go home" He said poking her arm. "Huh! I am going and I'll not see you tomorrow!!!" She slammed the door behind her.

"Oh, hello? But why?" He followed her out.

A cheeky smile on her honey coloured face, "First you tell what happened up there, and then I'll tell you."

"Never." Dev went back to his car. Sona stood there in shock. He stuck his tongue out and drove away.

That Night,

Sona lay on her bed with Champ next to her. She smiled at the thought of Dev and her enjoying the view from her terrace. She was dozing off slowly when her phone buzzed. She picked it up to see a WhatsApp message from Dev, "Come to the terrace. Emergency"

She sat up and seeing her Champ too lifted his head, he gave a soft bark, "Down baby" she whispered and Champ lied back.

She tried calling Dev, but he won't pick up. "I must go up what if he's in trouble. Should I take Dada with me?" Chucking out all possibilities, she tip toed out of the house with a bat in her hand. The lift went up and her heartbeat became faster.

The lift opened at the 15^th floor and she stepped out. Her hold tightened on the bat as she kicked the terrace door, ready to attack. She looked around but Dev was nowhere to be seen. She was puzzled, she put the bat down to take her phone out from her pocket, and just then she felt a hand on her shoulder, scared to death she turned and hit her phone on the person's head.

"AAA!!! SONA!!" Dev yelled, "Oh Stunt man, it's me" He said rubbing his head. "Oh! Shit I am so sorry..." She held his hand.

"I'm fine. Chodo. Come with me." He took her by her hand and stopped in front of two coffee cups and a candle kept on the roof railing. "I want to tell you something." He held her hand.

"What happened Dev?" Sona looked at him. He bent down and picked up a gift wrapped box. "This is for you."

"Okay, but why suddenly?" She blinked.

"It's not sudden, Sona. I wanted to give this to you before I leave for Indonesia. You are actually not going to see me for the next week."

"But... No one told me about this"

"There is no shooting for a week we are ahead of schedule. They must have sent you a message. Check your phone."

Sona checked and looked up. "Ya, they texted" She looked up at him sadly. "When are you leaving?

"Now. I have my flight in 2 hours." He replied looking away.

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Up Next - How Dev impressed Sona's family? What's in the box? and Finally, Sona's week without Dev. Will Sona realise something new?

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