Sorry for the late update! My life has been so so hectic! Skools finally over that means I have to work :( but ill try to update faster than this one! Hopefully if its up to ur guys' expectations and worth the wait. If not then im sorry and I will try to make it better!! and sorry if its short it was 8 microsfot pages! i thought it was long enough :S.
While driving home from his evening classes, preet's thoughts wandered about his incident-packed day. The brief encounters with meher skittered in his mind. The accident had in fact been his fault; he should've apologized and accepted his fault. But he was too hard headed and he didn't. He felt a little twinge of guilt for being for mean. And he didn't stop there he was mean to her afterwards too. His mind replayed what happened after he dropped her off at the uni.
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He recognized the roads and the streets. They were familiar too but from where? He couldn't put his finger on it. When he pulled into the campus's entrance it hit him! This was where his classes were too! This was where his univ. was too! He'd been going here for almost 4 years and he didn't even recognize the streets! Well he had been taking the back way'.so he wasn't totally crazy.
"you go here too"? preet asked meher.
the question came out with more force than intended.
"what do you mean too, do you own it"?
Preet rolled his eyes
"I don't own it but I go here too"
"what? Really? Ive never seen you on campus? Do you have any classes this hour?"
"I don't have any this hour, this is the east wing ,im in the west building."
"yea I guess what explains it"
"well atleast I wont be bumping into you anymore'seems like you bring me nothing but bad luck." Preet said before he could realize what he said.
Ouch.
"excuse me"?
"sorry---I didn't mean--"
"look mr juneja'
mr.juneja? wth?
mujhe bhi koi shok nahi tumhara manhoos chehra dekhne ka..par phir bhi 'you don't have to be so rude about it"
with that said she walked off leaving preet feeling bad.
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He smiled to himself when he remembered how easily she switched from English to hindi and then back to English. It wasn't an amazing talent, he could do it too, so could almost everyone in his family. but hearing her speak Hindi out of the blue and being mad at him at the same time, struck something within him. He pulled into his spacious garage and noticed the other car was missing.
he shrugged.
PB probably took it..
He went inside and yelled for his mom and asked what was for dinner.
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"anyone need a ride'? He smiled a smile making her heart do a little somersault.
She got in the car and prem drove off.
Prem turned the heat on a little seeing how drenched she was.
" im sorry you had to get out and come in this weather. She said referring to the rain that kept getting heavier, along with the occasional lightning and the thunder that made her jump.
"its not a problem, after all im the one who should be apologizing ,it was our fault that you even have to be stuck in this predicament"
He smiled that smile again. She felt self-conscious. He was dry, wearing an American eagle shirt with jeans. She soaking wet, uncomfortrable and wet. Her jeans clung to her legs making it very uncomfortable for her to sit. Thank god she was wearing a black shirt not white or else'lord that would be embarrassing! Her wet hair stuck to the back of her neck and was dripping everywhere. God,she was a mess!
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God she was beautiful!prem thought
She was wet,her clothes hugged her curves,he long hair dripped,and tiny drops of water ran down her face now and then from her rain-soaked hair.she kept wiping them from her with her arm. Desir hit him hard and by surprise. He was surprised how attracted he was even though he hadn't even known her for 2 days'
He gave himself a mental shake,how could he think that? This morning he told heer his intentions were strictly honorable, and he would follow through with what he said. Even though he just wanted to gather her in his arms and kiss her.
"my house is a bit far away, sorry it's a bit of a drive.
Prem smiled at her. "stop apologizing". "I told you im the one who should be saying sorry,and I feel really bad about the accident. And the least I can do is drop you off safely to your house"
Heer smiled at him. And it was his heart's turn to do a little flip,
Changing the subject prem attempted at small talk.
"so'where are you from? I mean originally"?
"im from'achooo"
Prem chuckled.
"bless you"
"thank you"
Prem handed her his handkerchief. She took it and wiped the tip of her nose and returned it.
"yea so im from india"heer told him.
"that's nice so am i,what part are you from?"
"ambala"
Prem: wow really? My parents used to live there but they moved to Ludhiana and then came here.
"So do you want to be a doctor? "He said continuing his small talk
"oh no,I want to be a nurse,a pediatric nurse, I love kids" she said with a smile.
He drove on as heer told him the directions
"Turn left and go down the small hill after the next light"
Prem followed her directions and started slowly down the slick hill.
He felt the control slipping and the car begin to skid. He pressed the breaks but the car kept sliding.the car bumped up and down and skid into the grass making him to jump in his seat and heer to hit her head hard on the window.
When they both stopped screaming,prem started apologizing.
"im so sorry'the road'it wouldn't stop'"he was so shocked he could barely make out his words.
Her head throbbed .she hit it pretty hard .. She felt the back of her head for bleeding but saw no blood on her fingers and felt none on her scalp. She touched it carefully and concluded that it was going to swell for sure.
He turned to heer and saw her clutching her head in pain.
Concerned he asked what happened.
"my head, I hurt it"
"o god im so sorry! Here let me look at it"
He reached out his hand but she shrank away.
"please, no im fine---"
ignoring her protests he told her to open her ponytail. For some reason she did what he said without arguing. He dark hair tumbled down her back and dropped until her waist.
He leaned toward he head trying to look at the wound, inhaling her shampoo.
Desire hit him hard, surprising him. He mentally scolded himself for thinking such things especially when she could've gotten injured pretty badly.
He ignored heer's protests saying that she was fine.
"part your hair so I can see"
She did as he said and saw the beginning of a swelling form. He accidently touched a tender spot by the swelling.
"ouch'!!"
"I'm so sorry"
He looked into her eyes and she into his burning eyes.
She realized that they were so close only a breath away. She watched breathlessly as he closed the space between them. He did it so swiftly that she was being kissed before she could gasp. His lips captured hers with his. At first she was shocked, surprised even hesitant. But as the kiss deepened she melted and kissed him back. She couldn't think, a tiny part of her told her this wasn't right but swept up in the passion of the moment, she pushed the thought aside. She finally came to her senses and abruptly broke the kiss. They were both breathing heavy. She felt her face grow hotter by the second, she felt flustered and confused. She looked at him with the corner of her eyes and saw him looking at her with an unreadable expression. She felt mad at him, all men were the same! They all wanted one thing! She felt mad at her self she let him, she probably gave him the wrong idea coming into his car willingly. She didn't even stop him from kissing her! She felt appalled at herself. She felt fright climb up the back of her neck, what now? Would he force her? Would he take her to an unknown place and finish wat he couldn't do in the car? Would he turn the car around to be brutalized and never to be heard from again? "Come on think reasonably", she thought to herself. Meher was right she had been reading too many murder mysteries. She shuddered.
Prem looked at her, she was flustered and embarrassed. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes looked away. When he finally caught her gaze, her brown eyes had fear in them. She shivered, probably from the chill or most likely from fear. He felt like an idiot, a total fool, he liked her, and was surprisingly attracted to her but he shouldn't have kissed her and scared her like that. He shouldve controlled himself. He felt disgusted with his lack of self-restraint. He didn't know how he could even apologize to her for his behavior.
"heer,im so sorry, I didn't mean to- - he reached out for her but she shrank back from his hand. He felt like kicking himself. She was frightened of him! Probably thought that he was gonna have his way with her now.
He ran his hand through his hair.
"please,don't be scared, im not gonna do anything- - I shouldn't have- - im sorry". She felt tears come in her eyes. So many thoughts ran through her head. Before she could say anything her phone rang making her jump. She took a calming breath and answered it
"hello"
"heer! Kahan ho tum!",yelled the angry voice from the other end.
"vo bauji main'"
"itni raat ho gaye hai'aur tu abhi tak ghar nahi aye, meher bhi aa gaye tum se pehle"
"bauji main- - main bas raaste main hoon"
"ghaar aa ,tumhe dhekta hoon"
Before she could reply he hung up.
Tears streamed down her face. This was nothing new, he was always mad her for one reason or another. He was never happy with her...god now this new problem! She had enough on her mind'
Fresh tears ran down her cheeks. Now he was really on edge! He couldn't stand when a girl cried, he felt helpless against female tears. Except veera's because she was usually crying about something petty. Tears were falling down her cheeks and she kept wiping them away and it was because of him. "heer- - im sorry ' are you ok?"
"no im not"! she snapped at him
"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap."
She was apologizing to him? He wanted to laugh, hes the one who frightened her'he should be apologizing'
"Its just my car is wrecked,im soaked and cold and now my dad's mad'"
"your dad's mad?"
Heer smiled a humorless smile, he didn't understand. He didn't know her dad.
"About what"?
"About me not being home yet'and my sister there before me and- - "
She looked into his eyes that seemed understanding, she gave herself a mental shake
Here she was talking about her self to a guy she barely knew and that she was kissing only a few moments ago!
"It's nothing" she continued.
"if your going to get in trouble do you want me to come in and talk to your dad? I mean it was our fault'your car and all'"
"NO!" heer said horrified. If her dad knew that a guy dropped her off and that she was alone in his car, she would have hell to pay.
She realized how rude sounded and apologized. "It's fine, thank you though.
"can you please drop me off to my house? It's the one after the next turn."
Heer stopped him at her intended destination. The rain had gotten harder; she hesitated about getting out but then finally got out. She stood in the rain getting drenched immediately. Before she close the passenger door she thanked prem. And started running to another house and then another house down. Curious prem watched her run two houses down. She stood there in the rain waiting until someone finally opened the door.
Prem drove off looking for a nearby McDonalds'he felt hungry!
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Heer prayed all the short prayers she could think of while she prepared herself to face her dad. She entered the living room where her dad was watching TV. Her dad looked at her wet clothes and asked her "hospital se pedal chal ke aye kya?"
"No- -"
"ja kapre ja ke change kar,!"
Heer went to her room and stripped off her wet shirt and pants and put on her zebra stripped silk pajamas.
Her mom came to her room and told her that her dad was calling her.
" o great" heer thought
Her dad was still watching tv on the sofa when he told her sit down.
He turned the tv down and asked her why was she so late.
"vo'um'"
"aur meher tumhare se pehle aa gaye thi'maine kaha tha ke tum dono ek saath jao ge aur saath hi aao"
She took a deep breath and just spit it out.
"vo humara accident hua tha"
He sat up "accident"?
She told him the story of the accident and how they agreed to pay the prices. \
Eyeing her suspiciously he asked how they got to where they needed to go.
"vo'um'mere pass thode tute hue paise the and meher put some in and we managed a tazi" silently asking god to forgive her lie.
If her dad found out that she or her sister got a ride with guys he would kill them.
He was pretty strict about that kind of stuff. It was like he didn't trust her!
"tumhare hi galti hogi, koi kaam theek tarah sai nahi kar sakti tum'"
"Actually bauji - -"
"tu chup kar,main tumse nahi baat kar raha" her dad snapped. "you know how much it will cost to get it fixed and whar will you drive until its fixed? Definitely not my car'maine pehle se kaha tha ye manhoos nursing ka program na karo kuch bada bano,doctor bano'but no you don't listen to me"
"ok first off they said their lawyers would figure it out and pay for it and what does my nursing have to do with anything? I actually make good money!"
"dekha! Dekha kaise zabaan chala thi hai? Bhout batameez ho gaye hai dono behnein" talking to his wife.
Angry tears fell down from heer's eyes.
"Don't start this drama, go in your room and don't come back" her bauji snapped.
She stormed in her room and sobbed. This always happened, always! He was always complaining, never content. He wanted her to be a doctor and study for 6 years'wait it took like more than 6 years'shed be like 35 or older when she finished! He expected her to spend her whole life studying'she refused to and did what she wanted to'he never let that go'he never let anything go.
Meher came in and sat on beside her. They just lay there for a while not needing to say anything. They both hated when their dad did this. It wasn't anything new.
"life suks'"meher sighed.
"tell me about it" heer said.
"you know I expected it to be worse'"
"yea..so did i'.he's crazy!..."
"I know didi,I know,"
"meher you go to your room now im fine"
"you sure"?
"yes im sure,go"
"k"
"And close the door behind you!!"
Meher went to her room and flopped on her bed.
Preet went to the same uni. as her'.
He went to the place as her!
Arrogant, pompous'..freak! Even if he was kinda cute hes still so'.rude!
She remembered what he had said '.he called her bad luck! Her? He was the bad luck!
She hadn't bumped into him before she found out they went to the same place , she wouldn't bump into him after either'.atleast she hoped not..
Heer laid down as the events of the day unfolded before her. The car crash, meeting prem,the long hours, the rain, the kiss.
She sat upright and shook her head as if trying to get the thought out of her mind.
She felt so..confused'it was her first kiss'she was 20 and it was her first kiss. She never let anyone kiss her nor did she want to kiss anyone.
She always imagined her first kiss on her wedding night or someone that she knew for a long time'not someone she just met off the street! It sounded so 'so'cheap.. that she met someone today ,on the same day she she made out with the same guy that she didn't even know!!! No'not made out..he kissed her'it was just a kiss..just a kiss'
She remembered his lips capturing and molding hers. She shivered. She didn't want to feel like this. She didn't want to like it. And he made the first move so that didn't make her cheap'.that made him the person to blame!
Oh god im such an idiot!im over thinking it! Its not like im ever going to see or hear from him again.
She checked her phone for any text messages. Nope. It was only 10:30 but she was tired. She turned off the light and was about to get in bed when her loud "desi girl" phone ringer startled her.
Ughhh Shut up!
She picked up the phone "hello?"
Silence.
Again she tried. "hello?"
Then she heard him. His familiar voice that did something to her insides and made her feel all weird.
"hello heer"
plz comment!i hope u guys like it! im sorry if u dont like tht much! believe me its gonna be soooo much better!!!i have an amazing story in mind! Edited by aishu_fan - 15 years ago
