Waited For You

Chapter 27

{ The past }

It was around 2 am in the morning when Sanchi's mobile phone produced a shrill ringing. She woke up during the third ring and reached for her phone. Still sleepy she murmured a groggy hello.

"Sanchi !", came the voice from the other side.
"Yes Atharv" , she replied.

Atharv - "Are you visiting the temple tomorrow?"

Sanchi - "Yes, tomorrow is the first day of Navratri na."

Atharv - "The same one where we first met?"

Sanchi - "No that one is Shiv ji's mandir. I will go to Mata Rani's temple tomorrow."

Atharv - "Ohh!..... Where is it?"

Sanchi - " Are you playing truth & dare and someone dared you to ask this question?"

Atharv - " What? No."

Sanchi - " Are you drunk?"

Atharv - "NO!"

Sanchi - " Then why the hell are you asking about temples at 2 in the morning? Normal people sleep at this time. Are you an alien?... Cursed spirit go away come again another day, little Johnny wants to play come again another day."

Atharv - "That is literally a children's rhyme butterfly and no spirit will go away from that.... Now I am sorry but please tell na where is Mata Rani's temple?"

Sanchi (producing a yawn) - " Your this behaviour of apologising cutely makes me feel like I am the villian but technically it is you who has called at 2 in the morning. Let me sleep."

Atharv - "Please, please, please my cute little butterfly, my ever practical butterfly, my sweet as honey butterfly."

Sanchi - "Fine. Stop your butterfly poem. Remember the lake side area where I took you the first time? We took the right lane after that sweet shop named Vinayaka Sweets, so for the temple we have to take the left lane and walk straight for around 10 minutes. Got it?"

Atharv - "YES!"

Sanchi - "What are you going to do?"

Atharv - "Nothing."

Sanchi - " Then why are you asking this?"

Atharv - " Just casually."

Sanchi started murmuring the Hanuman Chalisa.

Atharv - " What are you doing?"

Sanchi - " I am reciting Hanuman Chalisa. Let me finish it. All the evil spirits fear Hanuman bhagwan."
And began reciting it again.

Atharv - "Sanchi yaar! I am fine."

Sanchi - "Doesn't seems like it.... Goodnight now or goodmorning if you are going to be awake and all the best for your competition."

Atharv - "Goodnight."

The next day Sanchi woke up around 6 in the morning and got ready in a kurti pajama set with just lip balm and headed downstairs to find both her mother and brother ready in their own traditional wear.

Sanchi - "Mumma yaar, you should audition for films. You look so pretty."

Sid - "I said the same thing. Mumma you should wear saree more often."

Swati - "It is quite difficult to manage saree daily and it needs strong will power and strength to manage daily chores with it."

Sid - "Ya and maa gets that strength only when papa is around or when there is some puja."