TejRan : A Little Beyond Forever

Part-26

Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

Karan woke up and checked his phone. It was 11:30 in the morning. They had a flight to catch in the evening to Bordeaux.

He sat up and rubbed his eyes and sighed remembering last night. He was uneasy. Everything that was happening was making him uneasy. He quickly freshened up and heated the water in the electric kettle and made his tea and called Ravi.

"Haan bhai...." Ravi picked up the call.

"Are you free now?" He asked while sipping his tea.

"Haan bol nuh...." Ravi could understand the discomfort in his voice.

"Can we meet now?wahi hai toh use bhi laa...." Karan said restlessly.

"Okay okay....we will be in your room in 5 minutes...." Ravi disconnected the call.

The door bell rang in around 5 minutes and Karan opened the door.

"Kya ho gaya tujhe?" Wahi looked at him with concern.

"Aajaa pehele...." He muttered and both the guys went inside and sat on the bed.

"Kal ek siyappa ho gaya...." Karan said nervously.

"Kya?" Ravi asked him.

"Teja told me directly that she likes me...." He said nervously.

"What?" Both the guys screamed and then started to dance while sitting on the bed and karan looked at them amused.

"Ek second....siyappa kyun?" Wahi stopped dancing and frowned at him.

"What did you tell her?" Ravi asked him immediately.

"I obviously denied...." He shrugged.

"Abbey yaar...." Wahi slapped his own forehead.

Ravi made a disgusting face at Karan.

"What?what else was i supposed to do?" He asked in confusion.

"Do you like her or not...." Ravi asked him seriously.

"I do but...." Karan started but wahi cut him off.

"Tere but ke chakkar mein humare butt aur head dono jagah pain ho jaana hai...." He rolled his eyes. "If you like her then what is your problem in life?and don't give me that bullshit that you don't want to hurt her and all...."

"Yes because you decided to go and tell her....saale tu toh chup hi reh...." Karan snapped at him.

"Shut up both of you...." Ravi shouted at them. "Tell me what exactly is your problem...."

"Dude you guys know my reputation....you think her parents will ever agree for this?" He said as a matter of fact.

"Don't you think Teja has a phone and internet....she can google about you....she knows all that is written on the internet if she has a thing for you....if after that she is coming and telling you that she likes you....you think she has not thought about her parents?" Wahi asked him making a face.

"I don't know man....it is complicated....and i don't know how to tell her....maine already apni lassi karli hai....mai kitna fuddu hoon...." He covered his face with a pillow.

"Bhai tu itna sochna bandh kar....take it slowly and organically but do not point blank refuse her....give her hints....she anyway gets you....she will understand this...." Ravi patted his back.

"But i already kind of refused her...." He said im fear.

Ravi and Karan looked at each other and then looked at Wahi.

"I can't do anything...." Wahi quickly jumped off the bed and Ravi and Karan held him just in time.

"Bhai ke liye itna nahi karega?" Karan asked dramatically.

*****

Karan came out of his room in the afternoon to go downstairs for their check out.

"Hey...." Teja said from behind him as he was closing the door.

"Hey...." He looked back and smiled at her.

They started to walk to the lift lobby.

"How....how is uncle aunty?" He asked her as they entered the lift.

"Hain?why?they are good....touchwood...." She looked at him.

"No....no just like that...." He fumbled as the lift started going down.

She frowned and nodded.

"Umm....uncle aunty....they....do they...." He fumbled.

"Karan....what do you want to say?" She asked sternly.

He was about to open his mouth to say something when the door of the lift dinged open.

"Yaar tu...." Teja shook her head hopelessly and went out.

He went behind her and made a face.

You are an idiot. Kuch nahi hoga tujhse. Reject karte time toh fat se bol diya. Ab nahi bol sakta? He muttered under his breath.

"Whom are you talking to?" She looked at him and frowned.

"No....no nothing...." He fumbled.

"You are behaving so strangely...." She rolled her eyes.

And you cannot even understand what i want to say. You keep telling me that you understand me. Ab kaha gayi understanding me? He looked at her angrily.

She went to the others who were standing near the bus.

Wahi and ravi raised their brows at Karan gesturing him whether he had said anything or not. Karan shook his head and made a face at Wahi asking him to help.

"Teju...." Wahi looked at her.

"Haan?i need to talk to you...." He said seriously.

"Okay...." She shrugged.

She was about to go to him when she suddenly felt light headed. She suddenly stopped in her track and blinked a few times.

"What happened?" Karan asked immediately.

"No no...." She touched her forehead and stumbled a few steps back.

"Teja...." He held her shoulder immediately and asked in fear.

"Teju?" Wahi came forwarded and so did Vidhi.

"Guys i am fine....just a bit light headed...." She said immediately with a huge smile and stood straight.

Karan didn't leave her shoulder , still not convinced. He kept looking at her with concern.

She walked a few steps and stopped again. She closed her eyes and opened them again. And before she could what was happening she felt like falling asleep. She felt dizzy and sleepy and couldn't keep her eyes open and the last thing she heard was him shouting her name as she blacked out.