Pyaar//gxciimuke

Chapter 3: Calling quits

" Beta! You look so handsome! Its been so long since I've seen you," said my grandmother as she covered him with kisses. Shahid blushed bright red as everyone laughed at how cute my grandmother was.

" Enough, enough," Shahid said inbetween giggles. Everyone tried to push granny away as they tried to hug Shahid.

From the corner of my eyes I could see my other cousin's rolling their eyes away, obviously jealous at the amount of affection Shahid was getting. Shahid was never close to my cousins as he was not part of the "family". He did not have the same blood as us or have the family heritage as us. It never bothered me as Shahid and I frequently met in our childhood since our mother's were close friends. Soon, his family became a part of our family. We would attend family gatherings together, celebrate diwali together and we would call them our relatives. That's how close we had become. So close that even Shahid's father's death effected us greatly.

"Uh, hello? We're hungry, can we get some food here?" Anitra, my older cousin, said. All my other cousins nodded in unison.

"Alright, Anitra's right we need some food. Ma, what have you got?" My aunty said rubbing her hands together.

My granny rushed into the kitchen followed by my mother and aunts. My father and uncles starting helping with carrying the suitecases up the stairs.

"I already chose my room guys!" I shouted after my cousins who were running up the stairs to choose their own.

Remembering my makeup was smudged, I turned around to go to the bathroom and accidentally bumped straight into someone's chest.

"Oops, sorr-"

"No, its my fault. I'm sorry," Shahid said cutting me off.

"Its okay, whatever," I said trying to walk pass him. I couldn't because he was blocking my way.

I looked up at him signalling to move aside. He didn't.

"Uh, Shahid...is there anything wrong?" I asked raising my eyebrow.

"Yes, your makeup." he said snikering.

My eyes widened, ugh how embarrassing.
I quickly looked down avoiding his gaze," Ha.Ha. Very funny. Now please move aside so you don't have to see my smudged makeup anymore,"

"Hey I was just kidding," He said raising his hands in defense.

I took that as an advantage and walked right pass him, pushing him slightly in the prosses. I could literally sense him smiling at my awkwardness.

I quickly rushed into the toilet and slammed the door shut behind me. I prepared myself to see my reflection in the mirror. I almost fainted as I saw the ghost like person in the mirror. I groaned as I hit myself with the cold tap water rubbing the make up off. I swear to god I don't always look this bad!

I cleaned my face off in my shirt's sleeve and walked out of the bathroom. The first thing I see is my aunty running towards me with a box in her hand.

"Oh dear, look at how much you have grown. You are so beautiful now! Look, I got this for you from America. I don't know if it'll fit you but try it on na? Go go!" My aunt pushed me towards the stairs.

I walked up the stairs slowly looking down at the box in my hand. I opened it revealing a gorgeous lehenga. It was blue, green and orange and came with a beautiful tikka piece. It looked like it was made for me. Wow, it had been forever since I've worn a legenga. Would I even look good in it anymore? I walked into my room locking the door. I picked up the lehenga from the box and held the skirt around my waist. Perfect size! I smiled at how beautiful it was. I put it back down and picked up the tikka and held it against my forehead. Ugh so pretty! Not me the tikka. Me, on the other hand, looked dirty, tired and half-dead.

I quickly put aside the skirt and stepped into the bathroom. The shower felt like heaven as the hot water collided with my skin. I stared down as the soapy water pooled around my feet. Soon, I turned off the water.

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