To Love Again !!!

Chapter - 31

Amrit looked at the set table and was happy with her efforts. It was the first time she had made the entire breakfast for Abhay. Though she thought she had made a little extra but she could eat that for lunch too. There were parathas, toast, omelets, fresh cut fruit, orange juice and tea. She knew Abhay liked to drink tea in the morning and of course coffee was for her. She hoped he liked it. She didn't drink any tea so she rarely made it. At Chandigarh there were servants in the house to do these things so she had only made parathas one time. And they had turned out well. She heard Abhay come down the stairs.

It was a two story quarter allotted to Abhay. A small patch of grass in the front and a small porch in the back with a small shrub fence to demarcate the property from others around them. There was a small driveway where Abhay parked his car. He had told her that this quarter was normally allotted to officers with higher ranks but he had gotten it because they didn't have a smaller unit available for him. It was a strangely structured house. Right off the entrance to the right was the sitting area with a sofa set, a couple of chairs and a coffee table. The television set was mounted on the wall so it didn't take much space. Then going further there was an open area which Abhay used as a dining space with an oval dining table and six chairs. The kitchen was a huge room. Lots of storage space with a small space for pantry and another allotted to the fridge. The tiles were old and well used but they were clean. It was not their own house to make changes and she didn't complain. In Delhi she had stayed in a one room apartment and had paid an atrocious amount as rent. So small spaces didn't make her feel uncomfortable. There were two bedrooms and both were upstairs. One Abhay used as his office where he had a book shelf and a computer table and chair and a small bedroll on the side. He told her last time Jay had visited him he had used that room for himself. The other of course was his bedroom. There was a double bed, a dresser and two wardrobes. He told her he had bought an extra one before he had come to Ambala for their wedding. The thoughtfulness had impressed her but she had come to expect it of him. She had yet to unpack she had been tired. They had had an early dinner that her mother-in-law had packed for them and then she had gone off to sleep while Abhay had worked in the other room. She had heard him come in to the room at about two in the morning.

She had risen up early and had quickly showered. She had found it a little irritating as the bathroom was not attached to their room. And then there was only one. So she had to carry all her toiletries and clothes to the bathroom and at that it was really small. Then she had prepared breakfast. She needed to tell Abhay they needed to go grocery shopping as they were out of supplies. She made whatever was available to her. He had his breakfast sharp at eight. While she had been busy in the kitchen Abhay had gone for his morning jog and had come back and gotten ready to leave. As she waited for him at the table she saw him come down the stairs. This was the first time she had seen him in the uniform. And she couldn't look away. He was made for that uniform she decided. Man was he handsome. She looked all the way from his neatly combed short hair down the tall lean length of him all the way to his shining black boots. He carried his cap in his hand as he walked towards the table.

"You didn't have to get up early," Abhay said casually, "you were tired, you could have slept in," he said.

"I am an early riser," Amrit replied finding her voice and getting her brain to function. She could drool later over how good he looked. "And I rested well last night," she said and shrugged.

Abhay came to an abrupt halt when he looked at the table. It was as if she had cooked for the entire colony.

"Are we expecting company?" he asked in a strange voice.

"No," she said confused, "why?"

"Who is going to eat all this?" he asked incredulously.

Amrit looked at the table and then at him.