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

Chapter 13

I VIKRAM I

"I'm telling you, Ali's Dum has the best biriyani around town", Remya says from the backseat as we drive along the beach.

After a few more hours of shopping and wandering around aimlessly, the girls were so hungry they couldn't walk, their words not mine. So we decided to get something to eat. And here we are in the car driving around since they can't make their mind up about where you'll get the best biriyani.

"Oh please! Their biriyani is far too overrated and overpriced", Meera tells her from the passenger seat looking sideways at Remya who has her head stuck between our seats.

"No, they're not. Vikram, take us to Ali's Dum", she orders at me.

I look between Meera and Remya taking in their don't-deny-me-and-do-what-I-say look, before coming to a conclusion.
"How about we get some pizza. I saw a Domino's on the way here. You can't go wrong with pizza", I say.

"But Pizza hut is better than Domino's and- ", Meera starts but I interrupt her before she could start another debate. I mean , any other time, I would love to hear her reasons for believing Pizza Hut is better than Domino's. But I'm fucking hungry right now. And from the look on Remya's face, she doesn't share Meera's opinion about Pizza Hut and I can't have another which-is-better talk.

"I don't care. I'm hungry and if I don't eat in the next hour, I won't be responsible for my actions. It's just fucking Pizza, for god's sake", I tell her.

She looks at me hesitantly before saying, "fine, but only because it's pizza and I can't say no to pizza and not because I'm agreeing with you or anything", she says and Remya rolls her eyes at her.

"Right. So it's settled. Domino's it is", I say as I look for the domino's that I saw on the way over in google maps.

Yes, I'm seeking help from google even though I have two girls who grew up here with me.

'Why', you ask? Because apparently it's been too long since they've been here and some of the roads and buildings have changed. And they didn't bother to tell me this until we were lost and they couldn't decide which was east or west. And from that point I've followed google maps.

"In two hundred metres, turn left to beach road. Your destination will be on the left", I hear the Google maps monotone say after a few minutes of driving along the beach.

Meera hums along with the song playing in the radio and Remya bobs her head to the beat as I reach beach road.

"Turn left to the beach road." "You have reached your destination."
I drive the car to the last slot in the parking lot.

"Finally!", Remya says as she hops off the car. But before Meera could get out, I lock the doors. When she looks at me questioningly with an eyebrow raised, I ask her, "Are you fine with this? I mean if you want to go someplace else, it's okay."

Okay... Where the hell did that come from. I mean I'm not really a gentleman or a nice guy for that matter, so it caught me a little off guard when I realised that I meant what I said. I'm definitely going crazy.

She doesn't say anything for a moment, and just stares at me as if I had two heads.

"Are you bipolar?", She asks after a few moments.

"What?, I can be a good guy if I want to", I tell her with fake hurt.

"Pizza is more than fine",she says with a soft smile.

Wow. That's the first time she's smiled at me like that. And it's safe to say that I'm a goner for that smile.

She's about to say something when Remya Knocks on the window of Meera's door. I unlock my door immediately and get out. And before Meera opens her door, I lock the car and I make sure to press on the child lock. And when I see Meera trying to yank the door open a few times before turning to glare at me, I laugh.