Chapter 8

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The thing that bothered me though was not knowing whether or not , he had moved past all those feelings of  hurt and betrayal, and there was only one person who could clear all my doubts, Margon. So, here I was dialling his number.

It was 8 pm. when I decided to give him a call ,I took out my diary looked for his number but I wasn't able to find it. Either I had never got it written, or I had misplaced it.

I flipped through the pages and found two of Saif's number listed there. I didn't want to call him because I knew that his parents were super strict , but still I dialled his number, for the sake of it. I was lucky enough, that he was the one to answer my call.

"Hey Saif, its Nova here , I hope you are free, I wanted to ask you something. " Meanwhile I was fidgeting with my dress, my nerves were kicking in.

"Yes, Nova what is it? Something urgent? ". Okay, he sounded like it was a good time to call.

What a relief!

"Umm, ya sort of. I just. Ok this is going to sound weird, but, no matter how I say it, it would sound bad, but do you think Ivaan really  loves me?
I am just worried that one day he will get up and realise, how unworthy this relationship is, and walk out of the door, abandoning me. I know it's wrong of me to bother you at this time.
But my insecurities , bring out the worst in me...you know what, forget it. It doesn't matter, its just that I act on impulse sometimes, without really thinking...."

He cut off my rant mid sentence, saving us both the  time and the second hand embarrassment we would have faced if I had kept talking.

"Hey, hey ,hey ....calm down okay?", he was such a sweet guy.

"Nova, since the day you guys have been together, it has been different. Though Margon and myself haven't had a talk about this with Ivaan, but one thing that I have noticed in him  is that, his smile has grown a lot wider and genuine and his eyes shine when he is around you. If this isn't an answer to your question then I don't know what is ", I could feel the smile in his voice on the other side.

To say I was shocked and relieved at the same time would be an understatement , I could literally hear my heart pounding in my ears.... I felt special.. I understood what Saif was trying to tell me.

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Do you find Saif cute?
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