DIL, DOSTI.. HUM!! ch25: pg 148,thread #2 link:pg1 - Page 20

Chapter 7

"it has 2 b bro coz it wasn't me!!" dev answered her..

He said, still lookin at me,bt my gaze shifted 2 d person in question..

Its just a co-incidence I told myself..

But lukin in his eyes which held sm sort of magic, I felt myself being pulled into der depth..,bt he almost instantly looked away as if..!!

"so maan veerji loves Italian cuisine!! Gr8.. u know geet di makes awesm Italian food.. n her pasta,lasange n tiramisu.. its simply d best!!" meera said

"geet beta u shud definitely make a meal for dese two..!!" added daadi..

I just smiled as I remembered hw I'd started learning 2 cook Italian., once we had started chatting online dd used 2 often complain abt hw he wud miss Italian food in india!! Evry1 preferred Indian plus even if dey made it it had spices n d food just dint agree wid him!! I used 2 feel bad for him.. while I ate Indian food at home n njoyd it too bt listening to him crib abt it put me off.. bt I cudnt expect maa to change her style eithr.. 'twas den I remembered aunt polly.. yes he loved her food I thot I shud learn it from her, bt dint know hw 2 go abt it.. I used 2 go to her place n sit n watch her make various continental dishes.. I never understood much bt just watched her.. one day wen I went 2 meet her, she was making pasta, his favorite!! I paid special attention n tried memorizing wht all she did! I was arnd eleven or twelve n had hardly vetured in d kitchen.. bt tht day I was determined to try making pasta at home..

Unfortunately maa wasn't at home.. bt nthng cud deter me nw.. so I headed straight der n took out all d ingredients and smhw tried 2 recal all wht aunt polly had done.. needless to say it had turned out to be..

Umm..

a complete disaster!!

It was d weirdest thng I had ever tasted.. pasta was half cooked.. I puked out whtevr lil bit I had.. not 2 mention d chaos I had created..!! almost as if d kitchen had been hit by a storm!! It was precisely den tht maa was bk.. horrified at wht I'd done!! She was very angry wid me n I thot she's nvr jet me in d kitchen again!

But once she'd cleared up d mess n her anger had cooled down, she came to me.. n she explained to me tht I shud hv waited for her n den tried smthng!! I told her I wanted 2 learn cooking.. she was shocked bt dint say nythng.. bt bcoz of all dis I had to learn Indian cuisine.. I cudnt say no 2 her!! But I wanted 2 learn Italian.. so making all sorts of excuses n finally managed 2 get permission 2 learn fm aunt polly!!

It took me very long to perfect it.. but ovr d yrs I had perfected it..!! poor meer had bcm guinea pig for my cooking!! after all I practiced it so often!!

"di.. cm out of ur dream world!!"

I looked up 2 c meers..!! lost in my thots I didnot even realized wen I did I cm n sit on d swing in d common terrace attached to meer n my room!!

"di.. r u listening 2 me?"

"yeah meers.."

"u haven't heard a word hv u?

"hmm.."

"wht still lost in ur dd?" she teased..

"don't call him tht.."

"possessive haan?"

"no.. its just.." I dint complete my thots actually I felt weird calling him DD nw coz evry time I thot of DD it wasnt just darling dev tht came to my mind.. it was dhak dhak too.. n smhw wid tht mixed feelings.. of guilt on not having recognized him n of an undefined feel of satisfaction of some kind of solace!! N bth dese feelings confused me to no end.. my mind n heart wer playing games!!

Seeing me silent, she probably thot I was angry..

"chill di.. fyn I wont call him tht..!! nd u know wht I m so glad we came here.."

I looked at her surprised.. she was d only one who wasn't all tht happy abt comin here.. she had to leave behind her frndz..

"why.. I mean all of a sudden!!"

"yeah.. otherwise hw wud I meet maan veerji?"

I was shocked.. she spoke of him almost wid reverence!!

"meer.. u really seemed 2 hv gotten really attachd to him.. but I never saw u guys talking!!"

"oh di, actually I had cm 2 ur room to call u.. bt I guess u wer wid ur dd.. I mean dev.. n maan veerji was just passing fm der..!! then wen he saw me he smiled n started a convo on his own.. one thng led to d othr n I felt so comfy wid him.. it hardly felt tht we'd just met.. it was as if he knew abt me since 4evr.. he even told me he had contacts who cud help me wid my further studies!!.. he's simply awesm!!

Meer yawnd n then walked off saying she was sleepy coz of jet lag..

I felt smthng snap in me n I refused to call it jealousy.. he still hadn't spoken a word to me.. Dusht Danav!! Khadoos..

I stood der for long, lost in my thots..

...wen I felt two arms encircle my waist..

I dint hv 2 turn arnd..

I knew 'twas him..!!