Partie Deux/Part Two
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"Yuvi…." She breathed out slowly in and then turned around at him in utter surprise.
"What…what're you doing here?" Yuvi didn't reply motioned for her frantically to take off…his eyes on the narrow road off Maurya from where a beam of a car's ight was coming.
"What?" she asked again confused.
"Just take off..come on ashi…please," said Yuvi and he hastily grabbed hold of the bike handle from behind and put on the accelerator. The bike zoomed away, just as the car came fully into view. Yuvi kept his head low on her shoulder, hiding behind ashi as much as possible and still not giving her control of the bike. They drove like for about 10 minutes at the end of which Ashi was highly annoyed with him.
"Now, will you please give me control of my bike?" she asked him emphasizing the "my".
"No. We need to get away from here as quickly as possible. Dad's dumb henchmen will be after us soon."
"We? Look psycho, mujhe koi shauk nahin hai tumhaare saath hide and seek khelne ka. Tum aur tumhare dad…dono milke khelo…waise bhi both are dumb,"
"You keep telling yourself that wacko,' he said still checking the rearview mirror for any following car.
"Yuvi stop the bike now or else I'll make you stop," she said grabbing the handles and trying to brake.
"Come on Anvesha..just a bit more…please…then you can go wherever you wanna go." His eyes met hers in the mirror and she softened at the look in their dark depths.
"Fine," she grumbled grudgingly as he grinned back at her in the mirror.
"By the way, where are you going…with all this bag n all?" he asked, glancing at the mirror again to check for the car which had disappeared by now.
"Ladakh," was the reply.
"You're going on a bike to ladakh????"
"Obviously psycho!" she replied rolling her eyes as thought it was the most normal thing for a girl to frisk off on a bike to Ladhak in the night.
"Wacko…do you even know ki ladakh kitna durr hai?" asked Yuvi, not able to believe the nerve of the girl sitting ahead him.
"Haan Yuvi…main tumhaari tarah kam akal nahin hoon….maine saari preparations kar li hai!" They were driving through the main roads now, and he drove a tad bit faster, cutting through the chilly air.
"Tum akeli jaanewaali ho wahaan tak?" he asked.
"Haan…MP is too busy and Vrinda is too scared!"
"Haan…tum jaisi wacko jo uski friend ho….anyone will be scared of you…especially in the dark!" he replied laughing, unable to resist the jibe. Ashi made a face at him which he caught in the rearview mirror and laughed even more at the way she had confirmed his statement.
"Ha ha very funny! Atleast I'm not running away from my dad like a certain 'someone'." Yuvi sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Accha..toh tum..itni raat main…beech sadak mein, apni bike pe kya kar rahi ho?" he said smirking.
"Oh shut up psycho…and now get down!"
"Thodi aur durr…then I'll get down".
"No no no…get down NOW! Ab yahaan se mujhe turn leke jaana hai," And she made him stop the bike and get down forcibly. "Bye," she said and left without much ado and Yuvi was left standing in the middle of the road staring after her with an unscrutable expression. He watched her reach the signal and then he saw a traffic policeman stopping her. From their expressions and actions, it was clear that ashi was having trouble with her driver's license. A grin snaked across his face as he started to walk towards them.
He walked up to them and showed his special license to the police. The police looked shocked for a moment but then saluted Yuvi and went off to his position, gesturing them to go on their way. Yuvi got on the bike now grinning smugly and then smirked at Ashi.
She kicked at a stone in annoyance and then looked back at him grudgingly. He honked the horn in response indicating her to get on.
"Look Yuvi..now..you're…really…"
"So how many miles to Ladakh?" he asked bluntly. She stared at him for a moment and then got on, a hint of a smile tugging at her lips.
'I dunno all that. Maths makes me mad. You take care of all that stuff ok?" she said as she got on to the bike behind him.
"Sure..if you want us to land up in Chennai instead of Ladakh!" he joked, grinning as he accelerated the bike into action. They were off. To Ladhak.
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Edited by xMarauderx - 18 years ago
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