The Elevator To Realms

Chapter 7: Angel

Kriti"I took a deep breath and then proceeded to ring Aaryan's doorbell. I was quite nervous. I pulled out the pen drive from my right pocket and gave it one last look. Hoping this would work. He opened the door and invited me inside. He was a little confused about my visit, but I had it all planned inside my mind. I knew what I had to say. I told him that I came for a proper closure of our relationship and that I would never ever tell anyone anything about our relationship. He went into his kitchen saying he would get us some water.'Kriti. It's now or never. Insert the USB in his router.'Said Vaibhav through the tiny com inside my ear..."-------------------------------------------------------------------

I had my lunch and noticed the wall clock. It said 2'o clock. I called up Pooja and Kajol in a conference to talk for a while.

"Pooja? Yaar, I'm so scared. This will go right na?" I said.

"Don't you worry. Everything will be fine."

"Isn't this wrong? Like, invading someone's privacy?", I asked.

"Abe bhai tu pagal wagal hai kya?! Tere privacy ka kya? Bakwaas band kar aur chupchap jaake pendrive daalke aa.", exclaimed Kajol.

"Kriti, Kajol sahi keh rhi. Kabhi to apne baare me sochle yaar! Go and do it. Vaibhav abhi ghar me hi hoga, he has to go to his cousin's wedding today evening so you better get it from him", said Pooja.

After talking for a while, I got up let out a sigh, and said to myself. Let's do it. In no time, I got ready and went to Vaibhav's home. While I was driving my scooty, several different thoughts prevailed. Will I even be able to do this correctly? What if Aaryan finds out.

"Hey Vaibhav! All set to go?!", I greeted Vaibhav as he opened the door.

"Kriti come on in! Yes, just some chores, and I'll be good to go.", he said. I wondered if in any way I might be causing any problems.

"Vaibhav, all of this is okay, right? I hope I'm not disturbing you..."

After listening to this, he chugged and said, "Aye! It's nothing. Sit. Kya chalega. Chai ya coffee?"

I said anything would be fine. He then made me sit on his bed.

I looked all around his room. Damn. His room was full of all sorts of geeky stuff! Electronics, soldering irons, laptops, modems, antennas, and whatnot! Out of curiosity, I asked him.

"Wow. So this is your room. You got so many gadgets, didn't you? Karte kya ho ye sab cheezo ka?"

"Oh! Those. Well, these are the stuff that keeps me going. Whenever I can't sleep", Vaibhav smirks while saying these. I never thought he was such a nerdy boy.

"I listen to people chattering over walkie-talkies... pilots from airplanes talking to Air traffic control and stuff like that." He said. I was shocked. He really knows what he's doing. He got up and made us some coffee and got us some biscuits. He asked me for the pen drive. He started typing out codes rapidly on his desktop computer. And then, he put the drive inside the computer.

"Only a matter of time!" said Vaibhav, he clapped and joined his hands and smiled. He came back, grabbed a chair, and sat in front of me.

"Seems impossible na?", I said.

"What's impossible?", he replied.

"The person whom you've loved with all you have turns his back on you and starts blackmailing."