Say You're Mine (Lovestruck In Bangalore #1)

Chapter 2

I MEERA I

Remya rushed towards me with a squeal that could've burst my eardrums, as soon as she sees me. She pushed Vinash aside like you would swat at an annoying fly and jump-hugged me, making me lose my footing. If it wasn't for Vinash putting a hand against my back, I would've fallen on my back with this dumbass on top of me.

"Remya! If I had fallen, I would've had to attend the wedding in a crutch. Stop jumping on me", I say loosening my grip on her hips. She still does that, after all these years.

"What!? I missed you. Is that such a crime? You're so ungrateful. I should probably go find someone who's actually happy to see me", she says looking fake hurt.

"And you say I'm dramatic", I say to Vinash who just rolls his eyes.

"So, where's shraddha? I haven't seen her anywhere. Is she staying at the cabin?", she asks looking around.

The cabin almost looks like a twin of the summerhouse, albeit a little bigger version. It's where the adults are staying for the wedding. It's farther from the beach so they don't have to worry about getting sand in the house. The summerhouse, technically a beach house, is where us kids and few adults who doesn't mind the sand much is staying. Since it's closer to the beach you can always expect sand and sometimes even tiny crabs crawling inside.

"No she was just here yelling at me for dropping the bags in the living room a few minutes ago", Vinash says "maybe she's gone to find some other unsuspecting poor soul to yell at." He mock shudders. I swear all of them are drama queens and they have the audacity to call me dramatic. The nerve of these people!

Just then Ambika aunty and Tej uncle calls me and vinash. We exchange hugs and Ambika aunty scolds me to eat properly. Apparently I have too much bones. Tej uncle just pats my head after kissing my forehead.

"Where is Jai and Rekha?", Tej uncle asks, referring to my parents.

"They're at the cabin. They're making some last minute arrangements for Karthik's family since they'll arrive tomorrow", I say as I squish between Vinash and Remya on the couch. They both huff, I just ignore them.

"Well, then you kids stay here. We'll help them and don't cause any trouble. You're grown ups now, so behave like it", Tej uncle says maintaining a stern face before smiling and dragging Ambika aunty, who keeps huffing at him to walk slowly, with him.

"Well everyone's gone. And I'm starving.", Vinash says and as if on cue both mine and his stomach grumbles like the hungry monsters that they are.

"We'll order take out", Remya says pulling her phone out, laughing at us. We just flip her off at the same time.

I get annoyed when I'm hungry. As Remya places the order, Vinash turns on the T V and logs in to his netflix account. We search for movies and shows to watch and a dozen arguments later settle on Friends as usual, re-watching it for the gazillionth time. Just as we finish singing along to the intro song, our food arrives. We spend the whole evening munching on snacks and watching friends and switching to Big bang theory after some time.

"So.. did you invite your hot friends to the wedding?", Remya asks Vinash as she drops her head on my lap and throws her legs over the armrest.

"Nope", Vinash says popping the 'p'.

"Why not?", I ask in a whiny tone. His college friends are hot as hell. There is this dude who rides a harley and he has the whole badass biker vibes going on. It's so hot. Remya and I had a huge crush on him when we met him at one of their college parties that Vinash took us to.

"Because", he says rolling his eyes.

"Weddings are so boring without hot guys lifting heavy things to ogle at." Remya says as she places my hands on her head and wiggles it slightly beckoning me to give her a head massage. I reluctantly oblige.