Hello!
How are you all?
Thanks for waiting and for all the support and love through all your posts and likes.
Finally I'm back to France!
Got time in flight to write this part!
Hope you all like it!
Link for the previous part : Part 23 : Garlands & Gauze Happy reading!
*****
Part 24 : Past & Present
"Di!" Chakor came back to earth with her sister's call.
"Coming Imli!" She said as she put the first aid kit on the bed.
Nodding her head, Imli left from there saying, she will arrange coffee for everyone.
"Adi?" Suraj pronounced as he stood straight, making Chakor halt in her step.
She turned to face him "My coach!" She said with no sentiments in her voice but a pool of emotions crossed her eyes.
'He is just our past! And in our past he was our friend and coach! That's it!' Her mind said seeing the confusion of how to react in front of the guest.
'He was our coach and friend but the feelings we had can't be compared to anything else!' Her heart in a sad mode.
'Which feelings your are talking about? The small infatuation you had on him? For him, we were a trainee and now, we are friends, that too after he got our friend for himself. Be happy for our friend!'
'I'm happy for my friend!'
'Then go!'
'Why is she reacting like this?' His heart questioned.
'I feel like seeing you in her now!' His mind helped him.
'No way! She said that day she doesn't love anyone!'
'So you accept that you love her!' His mind stated.
"Aren't you happy to see your coach?" He asked when she was going to get out of the room.
"Nothing like that!" She brushed away without looking at him, stepping out of the room followed by a curious Suraj.
'Is she disturbed by his presence or it's something else?'
'Let's see!' His mind replied generally to the heart's question.
"Hi Chakor!" The man seated on the couch stood with a smile seeing Chakor near the hall while our hero looked on the scene which is unfolding in front of his eyes.
Chakor neared him plastering a smile "Hi!" With her left hand asking him to sit.
"How are you my twin?" The lady near that man asked as Chakor went to hug her.
"Let's talk about you! How are you my dear Tina, the bride to be?" Facing her.
Smiling shyly "You tell how do I look like?" Eying the man.
"As a bride to be!" With a wink which made Tina to shake her head.
"Adi! Take the card! I heard that our Imlu is getting married and you didn't invite me! Too bad! So when is your marriage?" As she turned to check on Adi, she noticed Suraj and passed a smile which didn't go unnoticed by Chakor. So she did the needed thing here which is to introduce each other.
'She just said that you are her sister's future husband brother and not even a word that you are her friend or something!' His heart felt hurt.
'What else do you expect from her? Call you husband!" Mocked his mind.
"Hi!" Adi came for a hand shake which was returned coldly by Suraj.
"Just a sec!" She said as she disappeared in the direction of the kitchen without replying to her friend's question, followed by Suraj with few seconds difference.
"Are you really okay Di?"
"What is there to be not okay?" She replied by asking a question as she put the plates on the tray.
"He! You! Liked! Hurt!"
"Imlu! You are so apt for director Mani Ratnam's films!" She smiled leaving back all of her emotions as she turned to get back to her guests.
'I was right! You see!' His mind.
'Can't you keep quiet!'
"Who is" she started as she was pulled by her hand when she came out of the kitchen "Thank god it's just snacks and not drinks Suraj!"
"Why did you lie?"
"Huh?"
"Why did you lie?"
"You are just repeating the same thing!"
"Why did you say that you" he got interrupted by the call of Tina.
"We will talk later!" She said with a nod as she left from there.
"Sorry yaar! Need to go!"
"Can't you afford few minutes for your twin?" She said with a sad expression which made the new couple to smile while someone in the corner was boiling in a hot ketchup.
"Drama queen!" Her friend said.
"Who is saying that?" She questioned as she passed the plats to Tina and then Adi when their hands touched, making someone feel awkward while the other one just brushed it off whereas the boiling heart just blasted with jealousy, pulling him to move towards Chakor.
"When is the marriage?" He asked Tina changing his demour while jealousy was still visible in his eyes which was noticed by Adi.
Getting the needed reply from Tina "Oh oh! It's on the same date as Our siblings wedding!" He made a sad face but a glint of happiness crossed his eyes.
"Ohhh" Tina exclaimed as she and her would-be husband passed the card to Chakor and invited everyone at least for a post wedding visit.
"I will try my level best to come yaar!"
"You should else I will come and murder you!"
"I don't want my wife to be in jail, so please try to come!" he tried to joke but got a warning look from Tina for his bad joke.
"We will come!" Suraj replied even before Chakor could say something with his eyes making contact with hers and asking if she is okay with it through his brows.
"Yes!" She replied eyeing him with a bit of anger which was remarked by the needed person, Suraj.
"Okay then! Time is going in a jet speed nowadays!" Tina commented as she directed her vision towards kitchen to find Imli by there and motioned her to approach them "Happy married life!" Tina wished hugging her.
"You too! Always be happy Di!" And turning to Adi "Happy married life!"
And the wishes were exchanged before the guests started to leave.
"Chakor is blind!" Adi commented as they got inside their car.
"What?"
"Nothing!" He shook his head "Leave it! You will see!"
"You are becoming crazy with the work load!" She said as she was waving her hands at her friend and family.
"You too you are blind!" He murmured in his mouth as they exited from there.
"What was the need to say we will come? How can you choose what I should do? Do you know"
"Wow wow wow is a rapid fire round is happening here?" Turning everywhere "I don't see any camera for my interview!" He said.
'He is impossible!" Her mind screamed while her heart had it's own unspoken words.
*****
Thanks for reading buddies!
How was it?
Did you like it? Was it in a rush or normal? Let me know!
I want a bit of hurt, jealousy, fun... So didn't go for full on jealous mode for Suraj as it will make it too much. Hope I can get a jealous Suraj in some other story ;-)
Okay okay! Back to this part!
If you enjoyed reading it, hit the LIKE button and COMMENT buddies!
See you all soon!
- Maithili
Edited by maithu_ - 7 years ago