Rehashing nights
"We need to drink to that" Oscar raised his glass "You did great... congrats... well done son!!" he winked, appreciatively at his best friend redeeming himself
Ashvin clinked glasses un enthusiastically.
"Just remember most of the guys from that night have moved on" "You SHOULD too"
"How do you know?" Ashvin snapped
"Umm.. well I dont know any of them, but based on what youve told me, it seems to have hurt you the most"
"Well we wont know what Navneet felt, because he is gone" Oscar patted his shoulder
"I am sorry dude... I know... I know"
Ashvin pushed his hand away
"Tu dekh tere plan mein kitne holes they. You married her, you thought your old man would be shocked and throw a
fit did not happen, you thought the girl would be tortured, did not happen, you thought her Dad would beg for forgiveness"
"I actually did not think of her Dad"
"You wanted to punish your old man more?"
"Umm... yeah... I think so"
"Or are you saying that because you feel differently about this girl now"
"What I feel doesnt matter Oz, she doesnt care"
"So lets just move on... let your Mom set you up" he teased
Ashvin scoffed letting his eyes rove the evening rush hour pub crawl. the same crowd came to the same haunts every night...
the nights repeated itself and so did some folks
"Navneet didnt even grab that woman, he spoke about her in his stoned state. It was Nikunj and..."
Oz patted his shoulder
"Ive heard it many times..." he muttered
And does it change?" Ashvin asked
"No it doesnt... but it doesnt bring Navneet back either, boss... it doesnt"
"Hmmm" Ashvin sipped his mocktail quietly
"chal kahin chalte hain"
"Umm.. no... we are trying to add a couple more licenses, i totally sucked at the meeting yesterday"
"Why?"
"There was only 568 pages of market research reports to read"
"Shittt I hate those man. I get dizzy when I look at pie charts"
Oscar was a dentist
Ashvin laughed for the first time
"If I was gay, I would have dug that laugh"
"Well.. I am glad you are not" Ashvin's lips twitched
"You dont look bad dude when you laugh"
"Xcuse me"
"Matlab... keh raha hoon saale" Oz laughed
"You think she thinks about me?"
"Who?"
"Umm.. Trisha"
"WHY would she... you had nothing in common... you let her leave uneventfully... based on what you said about the town and the house, I bet she is married now"
"If she was, my old man would have told me... gleefully"
"Itna khoon ka pyaasa hai kya?" Oz asked surprised
"Oh yes... he would twist the knife happily" Ashvin said sadly
"Good you did not give him any more pleasure of back and forth... you let her go... you told him he can take his billions and shove it, so he cant expect groveling anymore"
"I am assuming he would have told me if she was married" Ashvin repeated, tracing the rim of his glass
"Good luck to her then!!"
"I want to talk to her" Ashvin said before Oz could serve more of his cold prescription towards him
Oz sat down
"what happened man?"
"Umm.. nothing... nothing really"
"Leela ne kuch kaha kya?"
"Nope... she is her usual obnoxious insufferable self"
"then why do you want to call Trisha, do you want her to give you a piece of her mind?"
"I just want to hear her voice... maybe" Ashvin said inaudibly
Oz let out a audible long pained sigh...
"Abey yaar!!!" he punched Ashvin...
The two men said no further
A lot was said in that exasperated exclamation...
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Edited by Nisha0604 - 6 years ago