Craving & Kabbadi League
She went to bed confused and troubled.
Tossing and turning mostly until 2 AM... and then falling into not so deep sleep waking many times, feeling his side of the bed
Awake fully at 4 ish and then going down for filter coffee, and then bringing her coffee up and encountering Ranjan in the steps
Who only observed didnt say anything...
Nodding at her...
"JET LAG" she declared as if he asked, the motor mouth that she was
"Jee puttar" he agreed readily, if she had thought abt it she would have known he didnt believe her
She went up and began to work, around 5:30 finally falling asleep
R&B texted Ranjan at 7 ish... when she didnt answer her phone
"Where is she?" he asked
"I saw her with coffee at 4 AM" Ranjan texted
"Uh" he said
"Maybe she went to work" Ranjan responded bluntly
"She got coffee at 4?" he asked worried
"before actually... before 4" Ranjan said with glee
"is she upset?" he asked
"Not with me" Ranjan texted and scoffed
"With me then?"
"I can go check if she is around?" Ranjan responded without answering his Q
"I am going to call her" R&B promised
Ranjan didnt bother to check upstairs, 4 of the 6 cars were in the drive way hers was there too so he didnt know if she was actually home
"Shes asleep" he texted his son at 7
R&B called her, twice before 8, she didnt answer, woke at 8:48 and scarmbled... giving herself a splitting head ache with the sudden awakening
She readied and left the house by 10
he called her for the 4th time at 10...
"Whats going on?" he asked
"Kya hua?" she asked
"Where are u?" he asked
"At work, got here at 5" she lied
He went silent...
"I am late for a meeting, main jaoon?" she asked in a sleep drugged voice
Manya wasnt home Ranjan had left for work shen she showed up at 9:45 downstairs
"U came in early?"
"Oh ya... I slept well and was up at 6 and at work at 7" she lied
I DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW I MISS YOU
IT IS NOT GOING TO MATTER
U ARENT GOING TO RETURN
U WONT CARE
WHY DO U WANT TO KNOW I LAY IN BED, ON YOUR SIDE STARING AT THE CEILING AT 3:45 AM?
WEVE MADE A DEAL, THIS IS HOW IT WILL BE BETWEEN US
ONE, TWO, A MILLION SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ARENT GOING TO CHANGE THAT
ITS JUST THE WAY OF LIFE
MY CRAVINGS ARENT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING
"What meetings did u have?" he pressed
"Umm... yahi... u know... Ashwini is not in twon for 3 weeks, so I am filling in as a IS grunt" she said disillusioned
"Some coding fun?" he asked
"Fun for who?" she mumbled
"Did the driver bring u?" he asked
"Haan my window is still stuck at 3/4th so I cant drive, I need my AC" she tried to sound like a snob
"II" he warned
"Its my window" she sulked
He was furious she was lying... she had no clue he has spoken to Ranjan
"The driver texted me, she is on her way to work now" Ranjan texted his son as his wife sulked
Call me when u get a chance?" he asked patiently
"Friday ko karoongi, ya Saturday ko" she said flippantly
TALKING MAKES ME HURT MORE
I CANT SEE U OR TOUCH YOU
SO NO MORE TALKING
IN A WEEK OR A MONTH IT WONT MATTER
"Whattt?" he asked confused
"I can call after work on Friday" she mumbled
"WEEKEND?" he asked
"Hmmm... tum to Geneva ja rahe ho... mujhe bahut kaam hai"
"Ashwini bhi nahi hai is week every night I have to check on Periappa" she spoke maturely
"If u quit lying that would help" he said
She bristled
"i will ask Ashwini to forward her Out of Office note" II shot back
"I didnt mean THAT" he blistered
"Aur kya baat hui?" she asked innocently
"Never mind... I want u to call me every night" he said gruffly
"Nahi karoongi" she began to cry
The pause went from Vasant Vihar to almost Gurgaon Express way
"Pahunch gaye Geneva?" she asked
"At the gate... its not yet here from Zurich" he said
"I have a meeting" she mumbled sniffling
"In your car?" he asked bitingly
"Why not?" she argued bravely
"U still wont admit will you?" he asked baffled
"OK fine... I deleted all the mountain biking documentaries from your TV's memory" she said smugly
He half smiled...
"Bally is here" she lied
"Can I say Hi!?" he asked
"Get lost" she said hanging up as she sniffled
He wandered by the Swissair gate...
Hands in his pockets, his laptop hung on across his chest, he wore loafers and her favorite navy anchor insignia shorts
A different shirt, orange...
"Did u meet her this morning?" he texted Ranjan
"Nope, I was here after 7 AM" Ranjan supplied with mirth
She wouldnt TALK to him... she was lying through her teeth, she was crying... and she was mad
"She was crying" he texted Ranjan and hit send and then cursed colorfully,
regretting his decision to have appeared vulnerable in front of him
"I think her favorite player lost the kabaddi league"
Ranjan informed him, enjoying his son's misery Did she even WATCH kabaddi? Who is she following in the league? Who is her favorite player?
He is sooo cute!! I love Your answers to him...
(I've read your earlier stories about your little one)
