Until We Met

3

Anjali

After Aarav’s family went home, I ask Anu for help.

“Anu I want Aarav’s number,” I say.

“What? But why?” she asks.

“Anu I will explain that to you later. Right now I want his number,”

“Ohoooo someone is so impatient to talk to her would be,” she teased, and I rolled my eyes.

Later, she came to my room and quickly locked it.

“What happened?” I asked.

“Shut up, because of you, today I have become a thief,” she pants.

“Ok ok drink some water” I hand her some water.

She drinks in it one go then look at me.

“Really Anju, today I have done something I never thought I would do in my life,” she looks at me angrily.

“Cool down tigress now tell me what happened,” I ask her.

“Take this,” she gives me her mobile.

“What is—,” I look at her and she nods.

“God Anu, I love you,” I say hugging her, as we both jump in joy.

“Tell me how you did it,”

“Listen—” she tells me how she robbed my dad’s mobile and how she got the number.

“Oh God I was afraid, thinking what if uncle came to know I robbed his mobile then he would kick me out of the house,” she says in a terrified voice. My dad is strict so everyone is afraid of him, except for me.

“Ok now tell me why you want his number,”

“To talk to him,”

“Really? I didn’t know that,” she says sarcastically.

“I told you that I‘ll tell you later,”

We talk for some time then she left for her room.

I quickly call him. After three rings he answers.

“Hello,” I hear his voice. It sounds deep and husky. I ask him to meet me at Inorbit mall and he agrees.

The following day, I wake up early and go down to have breakfast.

“Mom, make it quickly, I am going out,” I shout.

“You woke up early, and cherry on top, you are going out, that too on the weekend?" my mom taunts.

These days my mom has become more sarcastic.

“Stop taunting me and give me my breakfast. I am hungry mom,” I say pouting, and she brought my breakfast.

I had my breakfast and got ready and went down.

“Bye mom I will come back at lunchtime,” I say, then took my scooty and went to meet him.

“s**t” I look at my watch. It is 11:15, and I am fifteen minutes late. This traffic is too much these days.

I call him.

“Hello,” He spoke up first.

“Hello, Aarav where are you?”

“Come to the fifth floor,”

I go to the fifth floor. “Now where are you,” I look around.

“Come to the food court,” he says.

When I found the food court, I went there still looking around for him “Now where are you,”

“Can you see a person in a grey shirt?”

I look for the grey shirt person, and finally, I saw him. His back was turned to me.

“Why are you asking me to see some i***t in a shirt?” I am getting impatient.

“Because that i***t is me,”

“So what—,” I stop realizing what he said. He turns towards me and waves his hand.

Anju what have you done!? I thought while going to him.

“I am sorry” I hold my ear.

“For what? Calling me an i***t? Or for being late?”

“Sorry for both” I give him a sheepish smile.

Aarav

I wait for her. It’s been fifteen minutes. I get a call from her, and finally, she is here.

I asked her to come to the food court, and if she sees a person in a grey shirt. She didn’t understand and calls me an i***t. When I tell her I am that i***t, her face is worth watching.

She quickly comes and says sorry. She is so cute when she apologizes and holds her ear. She is wearing a simple red top with blue jeans. Her hair is tie in a ponytail and she is looking beautiful.

“So why did you call me?”

“To have a romantic lunch with you,” she says with much sarcasm.

“Haha…I would love to have a lunch date with my fiance,” I wink.

“Please stop flirting,” she shows her right hand.

“Ok, all jokes aside tell me,”

“Your order,” the waiter asks us.

“I want a cappuccino. And you?”

“I want black current ice cream,” she says to him and he went away.

“Black current?” I ask her.

“Yeah, it’s my favorite,”

“Anyway, I will ask questions and you answer me,” she says, and I nod.

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So what is she going to ask...???