Will She Accept?

Chapter 11

Siddharth
She asks me if I find her worthy of sharing such deep talks with her. Who's going to tell her that even though we don't know each other well, I feel a connection with her? My heart says to open up to her, but my mind and my past doesn't allow me to. I just vaguely nod my head at her question and look away from her. She's still looking at me, I can feel her gaze. She nods slightly and turns her head to the window on the passenger side. We both just sit quietly inside the car, the soft sound of raindrops filling in our ears, and I close my eyes wanting to fall into a slumber right there.

I've been listening to the thunder for quite a while now. Avneet hasn't spoken anything. But her phone rings and I come out of my half slumber, realizing that we've probably been here since an hour and mom must be calling her. She picks up the call, it's mom's. “Drive fast, she wants us in the food court of the mall within 30 mins”, Avneet said as she hung up the call. We drive away to the mall. She's busy texting someone. Who could it be? Boyfriend? Parents? Friend? I don't know. I shouldn't be bothered anyways, and so I focus back onto the road. Mumbai doesn't have traffic for once, God is merciful today. We reach within 20 mins, thanks to the rain clearing away all the roads.

We're all in the food court, dada is ordering Italian. The food arrives, and it looks so good but I don't feel like eating at all. So I eat just a little, and find a lonely corner in the food court, plugging in my earphones, while waiting for the others to finish eating. I was on Spotify, creating a playlist when I see Avneet coming towards me. She's probably done eating, I don't see her plate on the table. I stop the song that was playing and look at her. “Why didn't you eat?” “Didn't feel like it”
“Okay.”

We're driving back to the mansion and since I can't drive anymore because I'm sleepy as fuck, bhabhi is driving our car. I put my head on maa's lap and lay with my eyes shut, trying to fall asleep. The rain has stopped, and the roads are dead silent for some reason. Not feeling like Mumbai tonight. Though most of the shops and clubs and malls are still open and will be so till late at night.
I woke up to maa patting on my shoulder. The sleep was so good, I couldn't remember where I was for 5 minutes straight. Then I realised we had reached home just now, and stepped out of the car and went straight upstairs to my room. I feel so sleepy today, for some reason. And a bit relaxed too.

I come out of the shower, wearing my shorts and I just fall onto the bed. I don't want to do anything else today, just sleep. And I fell in a deep slumber very soon.