College Romance

Chapter 24

I sat on my bed patiently as I waited for my mom to shut the door. She looked quite serious but I couldn't understand why.

She sat down next to me and patted my leg. "What's wrong ma?" I asked her. My question finally broke the silence in the room.

"I want to talk to you about Rohan" She said calmly. I straightened up when she told me what she wanted to discuss about.

"What about Rohan" I asked. "When I came to New York..." She started. I had a feeling she was going to talk about this.

I knew my mom was not okay with Rohan and I being this close after everything that I had told her about him.

"...you told me some awful incidents relating to Rohan" I nodded. "He passed many mean comments about you" She reminded me.

"He had worked up trouble for you" She told me. "And he had made fun of your reason to be an actor" She said.

I remembered saying everything about him to my mother. I didn't know how I was going to explain this to her.

"I just want to know Suhana, that what has suddenly changed between the two of you?" She asked softly.

"Ma..." I didn't know where I was going with this sentence but I had to say something. "...Rohan and I had many disagreements" I started.

"We competed a lot with each other up till the last day of our first year" I told her. "But..." She listened to me carefully.

"...when we came here and I met him through bhaiyya and Ruhi..." She nodded. "...There was something different" I said.

"Different?" She asked. "Yes different" I repeated. "I don't know how to explain it" I told her very honestly.

"I started liking to spend time with him" I said. "I started to enjoy him making fun of me and calling me nicknames that I used to hate" I said.

I watched my mom smile at me as I continued. "I started liking him as a person" I fiddled with my fingers.

"Now I just want to spend every moment with him" I told her. "If he's not around me I get so restless" I said.

"Am I weird? Is this normal?" I asked nervously. "It's normal trust me" My mom said as she placed a kiss on my forehead.

"I just wanted to make sure if everything was okay and it seems perfect" She told me. "Just be happy baby"

She squeezed my hand lightly. "That's all I want for you, always" I smiled and leapt into her arms to hug her tightly.

She got up from my bed and said, "Don't worry I will give your papa an earful on his little act earlier" She joked with me, making me giggle.

"Good night jaani" She said as she walked out. "Night ma" I said right before she closed my door completely.

I fell back onto my bed with a sigh of relief. I was thankful everything went well with my mother. Her approval was important to me.

Papa and bhaiyya are very emotional when it comes to my dating. Ma is the only one who gives proper advice to me.

I took out of my phone from my pocket and gasped. There were a few missed calls from Rohan.

I quickly called him to ask if he was alright. He didn't pick my call this time. I looked at the time. It was already past one in the morning.

He was probably sleeping already. Tomorrow was bhaiyya and Ruhi's graduation ceremony. We were supposed to be there early in the morning.

"I should go to sleep" I told myself before quickly changing out of my outfit and slipping into something more comfortable.

"I love how it's bhaiyya's graduation and we're the ones taking our pictures" I joked as papa put away his phone after our twentieth selfie.

"Well he hates the camera not us" Papa shrugged. We sat in our designated chairs as we waited for the ceremony to start.

"I can't believe our son is graduating" Ma said to papa. I smiled as she put her head onto his shoulder and he kissed the top of her head.

"Ladies and gentlemen please settle down" We turned our attention to the announcer. "Where's bhaiyya?" AbRam asked.

"He's gonna go on stage soon" I told him. His little head peered all around to spot bhaiyya. My brother's name finally got announced.

We clapped for him as loudly as we could. He got his degree from his dean and stopped for the camera.

"Only time bhaiyya has willingly stopped for a camera" I joked with my family. "I know right no one had to physically pull him back" Papa added.

We smiled and clapped when Ruhi's name got announced and she came up onto the stage to receive her degree.

"Bhaiyya you looked so cool" AbRam and I hugged him. "Hello people who gave you life are still waiting" Papa's sarcasm was beyond repair.

My brother hugged them as they congratulated him. Ruhi and Rohan came up to us and we went back to the house to celebrate with a pleasant dinner.

Once Rohan and Ruhi left, I asked my mom to help me pack. Rohan and I were supposed to go back to New York soon.

Our flight was in a week. Bhaiyya was also packing since he was now permanently shifting back to India after his graduation.

The rest of my family will leave LA about a week after my flight. I was saddened to go to New York and be alone.

My entire family will be in the same city and I'd be in the other side of the world. At least I'll have Rohan by my side.

"Make sure to stay in your apartment most of the time okay?" Ma told me. "This whole virus is spreading way to quickly"

She peered over to the tv that displayed the news that papa was watching. "I promise ma don't worry" I assured her as we continued packing.