The Three-Way Love!(#Wattys2015, #YourStoryIndia)

Chapter 5:Drunken talk!

     I couldn’t understand if he was drunk or he was high. He gave me directions while I drove. We reached near Nat’s place. She was asleep( otherwise Rohan would be a dead man now). I woke her up and told her “We reached near your home, Natasha.”
      She removed her 4 inch wedges, held it in her hand and got out. She bid goodbye to Rohan and walked away.
      I started driving again. It was pretty late about midnight but still there was tons of traffic.
      Rohan started babbling again “Nat’s my girlfriend since a year….a long year.” I asked him out of curiousity  “Do you love her?”.
      I looked at him for a moment waiting for his answer. He said “I don’t know. Nobody asked me that before. I don’t think I love her….but I like her.”I gave him a grin.
     He lay his head on the head rest and closed his eyes and continued “”But it is fun to do things with her…she’s good..you know what I mean.” I knew exactly what he meant. I didn’t want to know more about how good she was, that would make me ears bleed.
     I refrained from looking at him. Before he could say anything about his girlfriend I decided to change the topic. “So you’re fine with me living at your home?”
     He replied instantly “Fine. I am delighted. You’re a 1000 times better than my asshole brother….and you are pretty and sweet!”
     “You don’t like your brother?”
      He moved his head from side to side.
      I asked him “Why?”
     I waited for his answer but he didn’t say anything.
     He said in a low voice “Its barely been a day that you have come but I can’t stop thinking about you. Don’t know why!” If people talk this way when they are drunk, I am never getting drunk.
    I did not say anything then. Finally after driving at the speed of a bicycle due to the traffic, we finally reached his place.
   This time I opened the door for him. He got out and started walking. Thank god he wasn’t that drunk that I had to help him walk.
   Margaret opened the door for us. I walked along with him till his room and stopped near his bed room door.
   He looked at me and asked me raising an eye brow “Wanna come in?”
   My face went blank for a moment. Before I could reply he said “Chill….I was kidding. Nat will bury me alive. Thanks for coming by the way. See you tomorrow. Good night!” Saying that, he closed the door on my face.
   I stood there for a second thinking about his drunken behavior and chuckled a bit. I walked up to my room. Noticed Raj’s room was closed.
    Followed the night routine, changing, brushing…all that and sat with my book. And I don’t remember when I fell asleep while reading.
   I feel you don’t need an alarm when you have a mother. My mother woke me up and she started blabbering something. God knows what!  
    It took me a moment to realize I wasn’t in my own room but at someone else’s place. I had to unpack all my stuff today and arrange it. I looked at my phone to check the time. It was barely 8 am.
   Mum was holding a newspaper in hand and saying something. I was in no mood to listen to herearly morning.
   I noticed the newspaper in her hand and saw a faint picture of Raj. I couldn’t see clearly without my specks. I was still covered with a comforter and mum sitting beside me. I stretched to pick up my specks and wore them.
  I took the newspaper from her hand and the headline startled me.
    It was a picture of Raj and me while coming back from the airport. I was trying to hide my face while Raj as driving. The tagline below the picture was ‘A new lady love or just a friend?’
    What the hell was that! My mum started talking (that’s what she usually does) “I told you Mumbai is a good place for you. You are already in today’s paper. But you shouldn’t have covered your face although.”
   Was she blind not to notice I was being linked with a playboy! All she cared was how I looked! She continued her blabbering “Raj is a nice guy although media trays him as this casanova.  By the way, your penthouse will be ready till July. So for two months, you will be living here.”
    Two whole months? That’s so long. “Papa and me will be leaving in the evening for Dubai. Your dad has some work there.”
    She held my hand and said calmly “Raj is a good guy. Try spending time with him. I am not asking you to date him or anything, just get to know him better.”
   I tried to act ignorant but she knew me too well so acting wasn’t going to work in front of her. I told her “How long will you and dad be gone? And I totally forgot about Arjun bhaiyya. When is he coming back?”(BTW..Arjun my sweet elder brother who’s in Spain for an internship)
   Mum replied “He will be back in July. Then both of you can live in the penthouse together.”
   She got up and patted me on the back saying “Get ready. We will be having a lunch together with the Singhanias’ today at a nice restaurant.” She walked out of the room as her heels made an annoying noise.
   I fell back on the bed. I didn’t want to get up. After lying on the bed for a while, I decided to get up and get dressed.
  Did the usual morning routine and got ready. I was too hungry, so I got out of the room to fetch some breakfast for myself. When I reached near Rohan’s room, I decided to check in on him after last night’s drunken state.
     I knocked but there was no response. So I twisted the spherical door knob and the door opened. I didn’t look around much but noticed him sleeping in last night’s clothes. Alcohol makes you sleep longer I guess.
    Should I wake him up or not? It wouldn’t be quite normal, would it? Just getting into his room and waking him up. So I got out and started moving towards the stairs. I needed to get accustomed to this maze like home.
    When I reached near the stairs, I heard the door open and close. I looked behind to find Raj standing there with his messy hair and sleepy eyes. He looked even better in the morning after a good night’s sleep.
   “Good morning” he greeted me.
   I greeted him back.
   “Going to grab breakfast?”
   “Yes. What about you?” I asked him.
    “Ditto. Let’s go.” He gave me a warm smile.
    We started walking together, he asked me “Enjoyed last night? Rohan was drunk, wasn’t he? I saw you guys from the window when you were back.”
     I gave him a slight grin and answered “He was…a bit drunk. But its fine. I enjoyed. His friends are nice. But I don’t like Natasha.”
    “I don’t like her too. She’s weird!” his reply was instant.
     We reached near the dining table. He pulled back a chair for me and I sat. He took a seat next to me. Neither of our parents were there. Just him and me.
      Margaret came and greeted both of us. She served us eggs with toasted bread, pancakes, muffins and dosa. Too much to eat.
     Raj started talking while I was busy stuffing my mouth with food “Till your college starts you have time to roam around.”
   After chewing the food I said “Yeah! I want to see all the places. Show me around sometime if you are free.” I had totally forgotten about today’s paper and our picture.
  “Sure. Why not! I will take you wherever you want when I am free.” He said.
   After gulping down some water I hesitantly asked him “Did you see today’s paper?”
   He replied “Not yet. Why? Is there something about me in the paper today?”
   “Our picture ... from the airport.”
   “Oh! You should get used to it. Ignore the picture. I apologize for it. You were clicked because of me.”
    So easily he said ignore it! He might be used to it but I am not. I couldn’t actually blame him for it. Mum was the one who did it. I gave a silent sigh.
    Before I could get up from the table, Rohan was standing near my chair. He looked sleepy. It looked like he dragged himself to come till the dining room.
    I greeted him “Good morning. You look a bit weary. Have some breakfast.” I asked him to take a seat.
    He took a deep breath and said softly “Can I talk to you please? Alone!”
    He looked at me. I couldn’t help but look at his beautiful shiny eyes.
    I took a glance at Raj, who raised one of his eyebrow in question. He said “I was just about to leave. Please continue both of you.” and he left the room. Now, it was just him and me and time to have a talk!
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