Night Changes

CHAPTER 14

I ran towards the gate, which was about to close. Stupid AM-PM shit of alarm, I thought. Thankfully,  I made it to the plane just in time. Panting, I sat beside Jasprit.

"Did you talk to Ritika?"

That was the first thing he said to me.

"Good morning, Jasprit. How are you doing? " I said with a sarcastic smile.

He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, whatever. Good morning. Just didn't want to waste time. Rohit's really upset,"
He said with a look of concern.

"I know," I sighed. "He's genuinely afraid about losing Ritz and it's justified, I think. If Ritz is talking to a guy this regularly and is hiding the fact, that's something to worry about,"
He nodded.

"And yeah..I couldn't talk to Ritz. I told you she's too busy nowadays with Sam..I guess,"

"Maybe. What do you plan to do now?"

"I think... I'll go to her house and check her phone. I know her password so unlocking it won't be a big deal. If  I don't get any leads, Rohit's gonna inform us if she leaves home. Then we'll follow her and see what's up. Might be a bit time consuming, but important,"

"Okay, we'll do that. But I don't care about the plan, the first thing I'm gonna do after returning to India is meeting Sam. It feels like it's been ages since we met, I've been dying to see her,"

I furrowed my eyebrows. I don't know why, but when it comes to Sam baby I became really possesive.

"What?" He looked confused.

"I just don't like the way you act like you love her more than I do," I narrowed my eyes at him.

He laughed hard.

"Seriously?! You're no less than a kid. You're getting jealous about Sam..hahaha.."

"Shut up," I rolled my eyes, "Of course I'm not jealous, okay? Er- I just..don't like that you copy me. Only I can call Samaira as Sam," I shrugged and looked away.

He gave me a twisted smile and leaned forward.

"You're jealous, miss." He said as he smirked and then drew back.

"Well, keep being jealous but that's not gonna work," he shrugged, "I'm Sam's favourite person and she loves my company,"

I let out a sarcastic laugh.
"Haha, you wish, Jasprit. I am her mother's best friend and thus her favourite person after her parents. So stop hallucinating for your own benefit,"

He opened his mouth but the plane was ready to take off so he paled.

I smirked at him. Coward.

He looked at me for a moment and bit his lips as he then looked down.

Huh! Regret teasing me?

"If you say you're sorry, " I said and smirked.

"I did nothing wrong," he shrugged.

"You teased me, Mr Jasprit Jasbir Singh Bumrah,which is a punishable offence. And now you need me. Say sorry and we'll be good to go,"

He rolled his eyes and when the plane started to move, he quickly apologised,

"Okay, sorry. Happy?"

"Yep!" I grinned and gripped his hands.

The jet lag killed half of my day, as always. In the evening I decided to call two people, and started with Ritz.

"Babe, what's up?"
She sounded euphoric.

"Jet lag and stuff, you know. By the way you sound so happy, what's up with you, huh?"

Silence.

"Ritz?"

"Uh..yeah?"

"Where did you get lost?"

"Um..nothing. Actually,  Rohit's home so Samaira's happy and isn't bothering me much,"

"What about you? You must be delighted too, Rohit's returned after so many days,"

"Hmm.." was all she said after a brief silence.

"Ritz..is everything alright?"

"What?" She gulped.

"You sound different. And worried nowadays. Is something going on?"

"No...no. Everything's..fine. Really."

I sighed.

"Fine, but I want you to know if you ever want to share anything,  or if you need any help, any advice, I'll be there,"

"Thanks," she said softly.

The second person I intended to call,called me himself.

"We haven't talked for so long,"
Shreyas said.

"It's hardly been a day, Shreyas." I rolled my eyes.

"Yes and it feels like an year,"

"Eww ! I could literally make a bowl of pasta with that amount of cheese," I cringed.

"You used to like it before, you would turn as red as a tomato,"

I sighed.

Yes, and you were different before. You were a cool, flirty, hot crush. Not a possesive pressurising boyfriend.

I remembered a quote from a movie:

When you don't know people, they're interesting. They can be anything you want. But when you get to know them, they have limitations.

"Hello?"

I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Er..sorry. Yeah you were saying.."

I looked at the clock ticking on my wall. Shreyas went on but I couldn't really focus on what he was saying. It felt like he was miles away, his voice like a whisper. I thought about Ritz. Could my bubbly, loving mom-and-wife bestie actually do something like that? Can't she see the love for her in Rohit's eyes? Or the happy family she has? Can't she see that she's lucky to have such a beautiful family people strive to get?

People like me.

I sighed.

Perhaps people don't realise they're blessed untill they lose all that they have.

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