FF: Jiya Jale| Chapter 15, Page 67 - Page 17

Virat reaches his car and looks behind to find Maanvi still following. But he still didn't understand why she suddenly became so quiet.

"Are you stalking me now? I mean I do have many fans out there, maybe you've become my no.1 fan," he tells her. Maanvi cringes, but she doesn't reply back. Virat opens his car door when he realised the car was out of petrol. "Dammit," he says annoyed. Maanvi raises an eyebrow, confused. She just opens her mouth to ask him why he's annoyed, when she realises she's giving him the silent treatment; it was funny to see him talk to himself. Instead she taps him on the shoulder and he turns around.

"My cars out of petrol, we're gonna have to walk to the nearest petrol pump and fill up this," he says, taking out a 2 litre plastic tank from the boot, "then my baby will run smoothly," he carries on. Maanvi rolls her eyes. They then start walking north, hoping they would find a petrol pump nearby.

"Could you please talk now, it's freaking me out," he pleads, but she carries on ignoring him. They keep walking along the long road and he keeps pleading her. "I'm begging you please!" he exclaims, getting fed up. Virat was now on his knees, touching her feet. Maanvi couldn't stop herself from laughing.

"Does that mean I'm forgiven?" He asks, hoping that the laugh meant she won't stay mute anymore.

"Nope, you did nothing wrong," Maanvi replies back to him. That makes him much more confused, and he stands up.

"Then why were you ignoring me?" he asks.

"Because it's hilarious watching you pissed out," Maanvi says. He makes an annoyed face. "Please don't turn into your girlfriend now," She tells him, and they both start laughing.

Jeevika turns in the bed, she couldn't go asleep. She looks at the wall clock; it was 2:30am. Then she turns to face the door, when she realises Viren wasn't there. Could he have left me? Jeevika thinks to herself.

She quietly gets out of bed and looks around. After looking around the room and not finding him, she makes her way towards the door. That's when she hears Viren's voice.

"But darling, I promise to visit you tomorrow in the morning," he tells someone. Must be Nupur, Jeevika tells herself.

"I went home sweety after I found Maanvi," Viren carries on lying.

"Why would I lie to you? Look, we found her at one of her friend's house and they both walked home," Viren tells her.

"Sweetz, maybe you didn't see them because they went in through the back," He says annoyed. Nupur was finding it a hard time to believe Viren.

"Look darling, I'll come and visit you tomorrow, and I'm really tired right now, its 2:45am," he says to her. Then Jeevika hears footsteps coming towards the door and she quickly rushes to the bed. He settles down on the mattress, which is on the floor beside the bed, and he sits there; thinking.

Jeevika turns around pretending to sleep, but she doesn't realise that she was blinking loads. "Jeevika are you awake?" Viren asks.

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep," Jeevika says giving up on the pretending. She then sit on the bed and looks at Viren.

"Did you hear my conversation?" Viren asks, and Jeevika slightly smiles.

"Sorry I kind of did," She tells him.

"Don't be sorry, she annoys me so much at times," he says.

"Nupur?" Jeevika asks.

"Yeah Nupz," he replies back.

"Why, what did she say?" She asks.

"She was asking where I was and why I didn't come to visit her afterwards," he sighs.

"And you lied," She says, and he sighs again.

"I had to, or she would have had a go at me," he quietly says.

"Then why are you going out with her?" She asks, "I mean it seems like you don't really like her that much."

"Well, my parents want to arrange my marriage with her, but apparently she doesn't approve of arranged marriages. So my parents forced me into a relationship with her, but then I didn't know what she was like," Viren explains to her.

"Is this the same for Virat as well?" Jeevika asks, curious again.

"Kinda, Virat only did it so that I wouldn't feel bad and we'd get to hang out together. Also he loves to tease Maya," he replies back.

"I feel bad for you two," Jeevika says, and Viren laughs.

"Don't be, it's worth it though. We're always teasing them," he says. Then they both laugh.

"Hey look, there's the petrol pump," Viren says, nudging Maanvi to move.

"But I'm so tired," Maanvi complains.

"So am I, and we had to sit next to each other on the plane remember," Virat tells her.

"I'll sit here, and you go and fill that tank up and then come fetch me," Maanvi says.

"Alright but don't go anywhere," Virat warns her. She nods, before dozing off.

Virat walks on towards the petrol pump, looking back every so often to make sure Maanvi was still there. He fills the tank up with petrol, and heads towards Maanvi; only that she wasn't there.

Oh God, please don't tell me I've lost that girl again, Virat silently prays whilst looking around for Maanvi. He approaches a tree when Maanvi comes out and shouts, "Boo!" Virat jumps back, and Maanvi laughs.

"You should have seen your face! I really got you scared!" Maanvi exclaims.

"Of course I wasn't scared," Virat says, trying to act as if nothing had happened.

"Sure," Maanvi says smiling to herself.

"Fine don't believe me then, but I knew you were behind that tree, I saw you," he says, but Maanvi still keeps her grin on. Damn, I need to find a way to get her back, Virat thinks to himself.

Virat then decides to do the silent treatment on Maanvi and see how funny she finds it. He immediately walks on, leaving Maanvi behind.

"Oye! Wait up for me, I can't walk in these shoes they're killing my feet," Maanvi exclaims as she tries to run to catch him up. That instantly reminds him of Maya and he decides to tease Maanvi instead.

"Someone's turning into Maya here," he says, smiling to himself.

"Please wait up for me yaar," Maanvi says, ignoring her comment.

"Yaar? When did we become friends'" he carries on teasing.

"Ugh, you're impossible," Maanvi says slowing down. She was now about 2 feet away from him.

"Ah, look I can see my baby," Virat says, and Maanvi laughs. "What?!"

"Seriously who calls their car a baby?" She asks.

"I'm sorry that I happen to call mine a baby," Virat sarcastically says. He refills his car, and Maanvi gets into the front passenger seat. "All done, it should work now," he says and the car roars to life.

"Woah! It's 4am," Maanvi exclaims.

"Yes, and if you hadn't run away then we all would have been home right now," Virat tells her.

"Well you shouldn't have said that hurtful comment, and anyways, you should be thanking me," Maanvi says.

"Kyun?" Imran asks.

"Because I made you stay away from Maya naa," She carried on.

"Of course you did," Virat says, and then he turns on some music.

"Could you turn it down, or do you want me to sing?" Maanvi says.

"I don't mind really," Virat says, grinning. This annoys Maanvi and she turns the music down. She soon drifts off to sleep after having a very tiring day.

There's a knock on the door, and the bright light blinds Jeevika as she opens her eyes.

"Do you people want some breakfast or what?" The woman shouts.

"We're coming!" Jeevika exclaims. She rubs her eyes and half-consciously walks towards the bathroom. But suddenly she trips over something and she finds herself in Viren's embrace. "What happened?" She says in confusion.

"You tripped'" Viren says, and then he lets go off Jeevika.

"Thanks," She says embarrassed.

"No problem," Viren replies back.

It was now afternoon and Viren had dropped Jeevika off before he went back to his own house. The woman had given the directions out of the forest, and it hadn't taken them much time to get some petrol to refill their car. Jeevika approached her sister who was sitting on the bed thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" Jeevika asks Maanvi.

"Well, I went asleep in Virat's car by accident, so how did I end up in my bed this morning?" she explains.

"Maybe he carried you into the house and tucked you into bed," Jeevika suggests.

"Don't be silly di. Anyways, what should we do this afternoon?" Niha says.

"Let's watch a film?" Jeevika says.

"Yup let's do that, but first let me fetch the popcorn. You set up the TV," Maanvi says, before going into the kitchen. Jeevika walks into the living and switches on their TV. Maanvi still has a lot of movies to watch, Jeevika thinks to herself. Maanvi comes back with a bowl of popcorn.

"So what are we going to watch?" Maanvi asks, poping a popcorn into her mouth.

"Housefull 2, it's hilarious!" Jeevika tells her.

"Shh' can you hear that?" Maanvi says in a whisper in all of a sudden. The two sisters quieten down to hear what the noise was.

"Yes I can, it seems like there's an argument..." Jeevika replies back.

"And it seems to be coming from Nupur's and Maya's place," Maanvi finishes off. The sisters' then leave everything were it is, and head towards the Patel's house to find out more.