"Om, I want to meet him." Gauri said looking straight in Om's eyes.
Daggers pierced Om's heart and it hurt him very much; but he couldn't deny her. She too was right in her place. She had the right to know about her past.
"Are you sure?" Om asked.
"I need my answers Om. I need to meet him and clear things once and for all." Gauri said fiercely.
Om quietly handed his phone to Gauri.
Gauri opened his phone and took the contacts and sent them to her mobile.
She texted this to Andrew-
G: "Hi. Gauri here."
A: "What is it?"
Andrew replied to her almost in a few seconds.
"Huh, he is drunk. Just like I expected." Gauri said.
This hurt Om and he thought.
"She knows him so well."
G: "I need to meet you. It's been a long time since you and I have talked. Why not catch up? What say?"
A: "After the way you reacted yesterday, I don't think you can talk any more like a normal person; but sure let's catch up. Details?"
G: "Thank you! King's row café. 5 pm. Today."
A: "Ok. Done."
"Done." Gauri said looking at Om.
King's row café:
Gauri was waiting in that café when Andrew came in. She forwarded her hand and to shake while he went in for a hug. This left them in an awkward position.
They just sat down and the waiter came for the order.
"Two espressos please." Andrew ordered.
"Uh actually, one espresso shot and one Frappuccino." Gauri changed the order.
The waiter wrote it down and left.
"Frappe- what now? I thought you drank nothing other than espresso. Changed in all these years I see." Andrew said curiously.
"Yes, I have. You see one needs to change as per time." Gauri said.
"Really? What else has changed?" Yash asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Well, let's see. I don't like onions in my omelet anymore. That's one habit I changed after you were gone." Gauri said.
"Wow and how did you change all these habits? You hated an omelet without onions." Andrew stated.
"You remember? It's been 4 years." Gauri asked curiously.
"Your topping in omelet is not the only thing I remember. I haven't forgotten anything." he said proudly.
"Now tell me, how did you forget me? How did you move on?" Andrew asked again.
"Therapy, counselling. I was mentally disturbed, for a long period of time. I blamed myself for what had happened; or at least I thought had happened. I needed therapy. I was off surgery for a long time. I literally had 4 sessions every week." Gauri told him.
"Oh, poor therapist!" he joked.
"Hey!" Gauri laughed and giggled.
"Glad that I still can make you laugh. You haven't forgotten everything. Your smile is just as I remember it." Andrew said smiling.
Although not very clear, Gauri felt that she had blushed again.
They talked for hours and cleared their differences to some extent.
Just then Om heard some noises outside his apartment. He opened the door to see Gauri and Andrew smiling and laughing.
Gauri saw Om and walked towards him.
"Om, you two haven't officially met. Om meet Andrew, Andrew meet Om. He is my...uh neighbor and my best friend." she introduced each other.
"Hi! It's nice to meet you." Andrew forwarded his hand to shake his hand.
"Hi! Gauri told me about you guys." Om said with the least interest.
"Uh, Gauri I have some work. I will just go back." Om said and left instantly.
Gauri felt bad but shook the feeling.
"Men and Gauri! The list just doesn't end! First that Jackson and now Andrew! Uh!! Why am I never on that list?" Om thought to himself and went inside banging the door.
