Night Changes

CHAPTER 12

  "We should really stop this shit,"

As the words slipped out of my mouth, I looked into Shreyas' eyes. Dark blue. Filled with exhaustion.

"Yes," He sighed.

"Listen- whatever happened that day, wasn't right. This was a big fight and I really didn't know things would turn out this way. It was stupid of me, really. Meeting your family is not an issue. I freaked out for no reason,"

"So you're gonna meet them?" He beamed, a glint of happiness in his eyes.

"Yeah,why not?" I smiled and shrugged, "Have you forgiven me now, though?"

"Yes, of course. And aboug that day, I just.. I just don't like the fact that you act like you ain't serious. So I wanna ask you straight- are you? Are you serious?"

I closed my eyes and took in a breath.

"Exactly. You should ask things straight. Yes, Shreyas,  I am. I am serious,"

"Then why did you say that-"
He wanted to continue but I beat him to it.

"Yes, I said things like that because I am serious but not sure,"

"I knew it. This is what I have been fearing- you aren't sure about this-"

"What I mean by sure is- I don't wanna jump, Shreyas. I want to see through this. See if things work out. I want to take it slow. Slow but strong. If we rush things everything will just get worse,"

"We are not rushing, Ayat. And you are not sure about this? Like really ?" He threw back his head and let out a sarcastic chuckle, "so I am the only one who thinks this is damn real,"

"Shreyas! You are making wrong interpretation of my words. This is my life, Shreyas. I might be really hopeful and serious about this relationship, but if this is serious,I need to know more about you. I need to understand you. See through you. Same works for you. I know enough to not jump into life decisions and regret later,"

He looked genuinely pained for a moment. And then his face flushed with anger again.
"You think you will regret this?"

I sighed. Things were really getting out of hand now. Why can't we not have a romantic chat like normal couples have? I guess when two short tempered people interact, shit happens.

"That's it, Shreyas. I'm just freaking tired! Don't talk like fools, please. If you wanna live with someone for the rest of your lives, don't you need to learn how to live with them? For God's sake it's our life Shreyas, not a child's play. Just see- we end up having a fight even when we are having a normal chat. If we can't sort this thing out now,don't you think we're gonna regret rest of our lives when we'll fight every day?"

His face softened. Maybe he could at last get my point, thankfully.

"I don't wanna fight, Aly. I really don't. Since our last encounter I couldn't rest for a moment. I kept thinking and regretting about our fight. But again, your word's hurt me. I really love you, Alayna. That's why I feel frustrated when you say things like that. I'm afraid you aren't deep into this as much as I am. I don't wanna lose you,"

I looked at his puppy eyes and felt like drowning in them.

We stood for a moment silently.

"I'm sorry,"
He said.

I sighed.
"I'm sorry, too."

He took my hand and smiled softly,

"Let's move on, okay? Whatever happened in the last few days, wasn't right. But let's just forget all that. And focus on things at hand-like the family dinner, okay?"

"Okay," we smiled and walked along the lake.

  I sat comfortably on my hotel room's couch and nibbled on my cookie as I watched some mindless television. I was feeling calm after a long time. Things were fine, at last. No more drama.

   Wrong.

   I heard a knock at the door of my hotel room and opened it to find Rohit and Jasprit standing  on the other side.
Rohit looked dumbstruck, color drained out of his face. Jasprit hesitated, and then spoke:

"Hey, sorry to disturb you at this hour. Uh.." he looked at Rohit who seemed lost, oblivious to anything Jasprit was saying. Jasprit continued:

"It's sort of an emergency. Can we come in, please?"

Jasprit and Rohit! What happened? *panic*

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