RaghVi FF - Melt into me

CHAPTER 10

It was the day of Nikhil's haldi, Pallavi was in the kitchen having her banana as her pre - workout food. Though Raghav woke up and kicked Farhad out of the bed, he went to sleep again as Farhad went to shower. Raghav freshens up and is searching for him everywhere while he sees Pallavi in the kitchen, she is in her active wear and her arms contrasting in her mehndi design looking absolutely like a newly wed bride ready for a war.

R: ghar pe koi hai nahi kya?

P: wo, Amrutha, Farhad, Shaan, Ruksaar aur bacche zoo gaye hue hai, haldi tak aajaayenge aur keerti gayi kunal ke paas kuch decorations ke kaam se

R: acha,

Pallavi hands him a couple of bananas and raghav looks at her

P: farhad ne bataya tha, once you are done having these, terrace pe workout area hai jaha dumbbells hai, i suppose you can manage?

R: ofcourse! Thanks !

She was done with her pre-workout meal and she headed towards her room. She took her water bottle and her yoga mat and headed out while she dashed her cupboard and a black color scrapbook fell from the top of her cupboard. She hurriedly kept it back on top of the cupboard. She then opened the cupboard and took out the scrapbook of her mother. She kisses her picture and keeps it inside safely shutting the cupboard.

Raghav reaches the terrace only to see her doing pilates on her pilates machine. He was stunned! It was clear that the room on the top of terrace was something else which was converted to an indoor gym. There was a treadmill, cross - trainer, a static bicycle, abs couch on one side, a pilates machine on the other, dumbbells and kettlebells on one side. An AC on a wall and mirrors totally reflecting one another on the wider walls. He was really impressed with the maintenance as well.

He got on top of a treadmill starting his warm up with cardio and she was doing her workout quietly.

After a long hour of him finishing all his weighted workouts, he stands at the entrance of the room only to see her gardening on the other side of the terrace. She was actually standing on an aluminum ladder trying to chop off some infested branches off a tree which has grown to the level of the terrace from the ground. She was not at all scared of climbing a ladder, she's such a pro. She then took a spray bottle and started spraying it all over the leaves so that there won't be any new infestation on the tree. Once she was done with it and got down the ladder, Raghav approached her.

R: tum gardening bhi karti ho?

P: haa...

There was an awkward silence, both of them not understanding how to continue the conversation.

R: ye konsa ped hai?

P: ye sitaphal hai. Mere aayi ne plant kiya tha... Bohot pyaar se bachaati aa rahi hu

R: oh! Great! Toh aap kisiko distribute karte ho iske fruit?

P: vendors ko dete hai. seasonal hai na...

R: baaki ke flowering plants?

P: ye sab Maine hi lagaye hai.. gardening ka shauk aai se hi aaya hai. Aur unhe ye white roses bohot pasand the. Inhe bhi bohot carefully sambhaal rahi hu.

Rajan comes up to the terrace saying that Milind is calling pallavi and Pallavi leaves. Meanwhile Raghav tours the garden and smiles thinking about the spark in her eyes as she is talking about her plants.

Pallavi enters her room and keeps her bottle on her table and while she exits her room, she ran into her own cupboard while a black covered scrapbook fell down on the floor. A couple of photos fell out from it. She panics and looks around frantically if anyone sees it. She then throws it on top of the cupboard and opens her cupboard. She takes out a similar black covered scrapbook in which her mom's picture was there and caresses it . She then leaves her room to attend to Milind.