The girl next door - Ch 103 - pg 108; note pg 109 - Page 7

Chapter 27

"Phew!!!...man this moving-in thing is such a kill. I don't think I'll ever leave this place again..." Aditya slumped on the couch when everything was in place. Slapping Rohan's shoulder who was sitting next to him he said "thanks dude..." and then both looked at each other and said in unison "Dosti mein no sorry no thank you..." and burst out laughing. That was one movie they always made fun of...

"By the way Simi, where's Keerti?" he asked Simran who was still trying to set things up in his kitchen.

"She had to go to someone's house. She'll be back by evening though" she responded from inside the kitchen.

"Tabhi toh! She's not here that's why you were able to work properly, no?" he teased Rohan in a whisper elbowing him and giving him a cheeky grin. Rohan chose to ignore his comments...he had been doing that for a long time now but couldn't ignore the comment that came from behind them "I heard that". He closed his eyes and opened them only to give Aditya an irritated look. He knew he had put his foot in the mouth when he accidently told Aditya about Keerti's incident after the fresher's party and what had followed was bombardment of questions for the poor guy...there was no escaping his curiosity.

"So what were you saying?" she got straight to the point and both knew there wasn't any escape when she takes things in her hand...just like Aditya...that was a trait she had picked up from years of togetherness from him... but they tried nonetheless "Should we order lunch here or go out?" Aditya said and Rohan immediately slapped his hand on his head while Simran had a good laugh. When Aditya shrugged his shoulders to ask "What?" in a confused tone, Simran replied "He knows there is no escaping my question...so don't even try. So tell me, I didn't talk much about Keerti to you so how have you heard so much about her?" she questioned Aditya but she was looking at Rohan now.

Being a no-nonsense guy, he didn't beat around the bush as he replied "I just find her cute okay? No drama, no nonsense, no expectation...I just want to be her good friend..." and the way he worded it and from the seriousness of his tone Simran bought it. She didn't question him further...she knew he despised being teased... specially by girls.

They ordered lunch and watched some funny videos on youtube while eating. The clock struck 5 which made Rohan jump to his feet. "I need to go home...we have plans tonight" and with that he zoomed out of Aditya's apartment and vanished in no time...


She came back to her senses soon enough before anyone could notice that she was staring at him. He walked inside the house and towards them...when he was close, Kabir said "Bhaiyya meet Keerti..and Keerti meet bhaiyya..."

He extended his hand to introduce himself then "Hi...Sharan...Sharan Malhotra..."

Is Rohan and Sharan same? or Sharan is new character?

aree...ye rohan nahi tha...man ...i so wanted him to be rohan...anyways tqs for update

ye kya?😕 golmal 4 bnane ke mood me ho kya? :o :D

Don't tell me you stopped here!!! I'm dying outta curiosity !! Who is this Sharan?? Now I think Pyaar mein hain twist!!

Chapter 28

37 hours and counting...this had become the state of Rohan's mind by mid morning on Sunday. He had seen her 37 hours ago and was now counting the time till he was able to see her again. The arrangements for Diwali pooja were his responsibility and even amidst taking care of last minute glitches, his mind was running to her every now and then. He wondered if she was going to come for the pooja...she was invited but had not sent in her confirmation.

He texted Simran asking if they were going to come and if they needed him to pick them up. To his dismay she replied that she was on her way. Simran had read his text a couple times before replying...she knew exactly what he was looking for and she held back exactly that bit of information...she was smart and knew how to work around such closed mouthed people as him. She decided she was going to have some fun with all this...ah fun days lay ahead.

Simran and Keerti entered the hall that was reserved for the pooja and as if on cue...he turned and looked right in their direction. She wore a blue salwar kameez that didn't fit her like second skin but it didn't hide her curves either...her hair was left open that played hide and seek with her danglers that ended at the base of her neck. Unlike any other time he had seen her, she looked very calm and complacent...very much at ease... even around him...because when he got to them, he hugged them both to wish them Happy Diwali and to his surprise she had responded well...or rather reciprocated back with a hug. But he didn't know this was an effect from the day before...

She shook Sharan's hand and had introduced herself too...but they had kept holding it a bit longer than required without realizing. He had removed his shades and she had completely drowned in his reddish brown eyes that looked right into hers...but she couldn't read them which she found odd...she was used to reading people's eyes when talking to them. He had told her that he had heard a lot about her and had asked her to stay back a little longer and she had wanted to too...she very much wanted to stay back...to talk to this helluva handsome hunk...but something happened and she felt a sting in her heart when suddenly Rohan came to her mind and she found herself guilty for eying him. She didn't know what brought that on or why she felt like staying back and guilty at the same time... She had promised them she would be back and had asked Kabir to drop her off...she had needed to get out of there desperately.

She was still under the effect of her guilt from the previous day because she didn't look in his direction directly...she only stole glances of his immaculate form in a white kurta payjama and a red bandhini dupatta...and the red tikka from after the pooja...and only wondered why she was feeling so guilty about admiring another man that she couldn't meet eyes with Rohan's...