I Will Hold You.... Little Longer

18 - Why.?

"Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes." ― Roy T. Bennett

It's been a couple of days since she had made that confession to him about her knowing that he liked her and wanted to move ahead with this proposal. What she doesn't know was the day she understood that she wanted to go ahead with it was the day he realized he loved her.

She might think that they both are on the same ship now after her being able to figure it all out if she was but she wasn't aware of it. Not aware of it in both senses.

Firstly, she was neither aware of the fact that she moved a step ahead with a formal yes while he moved a step ahead on the emotional level.

Secondly, nor she was aware of the fact of her own feelings, she sure finds it great to be around him with all the gentlemanly nature of his but that's all that she was naming it even after Muskaan tried to knock sense into her. Which she dismissed saying she sure liked him but not sure of love as she doesn't feel air telling her about him or music playing around as they show in movies of her origin aka India. What she forgot is that the movies are literally fiction when it comes to romance and when Indian romantic movies start filming logic had to run out of the window instead of the bank balance of the producer. Everyone knows either of the two can stay, Bank balance or logic.

(PS - No offense to movie lovers, just fun intended. Anyway, moving back to the track.)

All they could recall was what followed after getting to know that they are moving ahead. And that was nothing but a simple question they both had and that was simple why?.

They both knew the answer to the why's of the person in front of them but they didn't know how to say it out loud. For him it was like confessing again a step ahead could make her uneasy while for Ridhima it was a common practice to be silent by words out of lips but word storm in her head was already on.

This was a weekend again followed by the last one. This time they both are sitting in a restaurant talking their heart & mind out. No-no does not get excited they both were not talking about it Infront of the other. They are sitting at different tables unaware of the fact that they are in the same restaurant.

Armaan is there with Rahul while Ridhima happens to be there with Muskaan. Coincident you may ask but we all know it can be such a happy coincidence when the two notorious people are involved in planning this outing.

Rahul came up to Armaan earlier in the day claiming that he is in the mood to have a lavish dinner today and doesn't want to spend time in the kitchen. Since it was Rahul's cooking week Armaan agreed to go with his plan. It was unsaid that the one skipping to cook in his time will pay for dinner and also not allow others to be the proxy. So no choice given they sat here.

While Muskaan came home too excited about the huge success of the exhibition that automatically made the two girls hit the road to have a lavish dinner to celebrate the success. Muskaan could have partied her ass off but she wanted to celebrate it with Ridhima when Rahul approached her with the plan. Hence they both are sitting there.

"So Ridhima, what do you want to order?" Muskaan asked forwarding the menu to be returned to her which she returned back to Muskaan "Muski you know how much I hate to decide the menu for us at the restaurants. Please order for yourself and me as well. Pretty please" she made a very cute face which Muskaan couldn't deny too.

"Fine Ms. Not-A-Menu-Person. I will order. Let me see." saying so she digs her head in the menu before calling a server (person serving them food).

"Can we have 1 Cheese Ravioli, 1 Zucchini Mushroom Sizzler, and also 1 chickpea falafel. That would be all for now. Thanks" once the Person was gone she looked at Ridhima who was smiling at her.