When Love Is In Air

chapter 9

Hey guys,this chapter has a lot of telephonic conversations..I hope it doesn't bug you...but I really couldn't help.. :)

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We our on our way to home when Akash notices Sam's cell phone flashing light.

' Sam, someone is calling you.' Akash informs.Sam glances at his cell and stops the car at the roadside.

' Hushh...Its from home.' Sam cautions us before answering the call.Akash and Netra nod.I want to do the same but a small chuckle escapes my mouth and I instantly put my hand over it.

' Hey dad...' Sam says cheerily. 'Yeah, I am on my way to home....What?!' Sam exclaims in horror.His body tenses and so does ours.I can see Sam turn from white to pale.Netra leans forward in her seat and puts her hand on his shoulder.Everything is dead silent as Sam speaks to his dad.He mostly utters low oks and after some minutes he disconnects the phone and stares ahead.Blankly.

' Sameer,what is it?Is everything alright back home?' Netra asks worriedly.Her face clearly shows the pain that she feels as she looks at Sam.

Sam lets out the breath he has been holding since he heard his dad.He looks at Netra and takes her hand in his.

' A little problem.But you need not worry.Relax.Ok?' Netra nods her head but I know that it is impossible for her to not worry when Sam seems so lost.Something that rarely happens.

' Sam, tell me,what is it?' Akash says assertively.Sam hesitates first but finally gives up.

' My grandma.She has been hospitalized.She is said to have had a heart attack today morning.' He imparts in a rush.

Now even Netra turns pale.I hug her sideways and whisper that she will be just fine.

' I can drop Ria at her place.We will get a cab.You need to hurry to the hospital.Go.Don't worry about us.' Akash urgently tells to Sam.

' Yeah.We can drop Netra at her home too.' I offer.

' No! I will go with Sameer.I don't care what aunty and uncle think of me when they see me with him at the hospital.' she says to me.' Please Sameer, let me come with you.Please.' Her forehead crinkles with worry and she literally begs.

Sameer looks at Netra and nods his head.

' We will think of something.Come.' He says to Netra.

Without wasting any other second, Akash,I and Netra are out of the car.Netra sits in the passenger seat and I and Akash wave them bye.

' Take care.' I say to both of them before the City zooms away.

I let out a sigh.Akash puts his arm around my shoulders to calm me down.But instead of calming me his arm does exactly the opposite.

He let goes after a while and runs to a stationed cab.I follow him as I am known to the tantrums thrown by the cab drivers in the evenings.

' Sam is very close to his grandma,right?' Akash asks me when we are travelling the distance to my house.Even he seems to note how badly Sam was affected by his grandma's news.

' Yeah.Netra had once told me so but today I saw it too.' I turn in my seat so that I am face to face with Akash.

' His paternal grandma has been staying with him since he was a baby.He was looked after by her when his mom and dad would be at office.Sam used to do a lot of mischief both inside and outside their house.In those times,she was the one who would cover up for him.' I give a slight smile.