Blinded by love

Chapter 7-New family

"Hey Aarthi",the lean guy said as if he has known me for years.

"Hi..",I mumbled.

"I'm Abishek and he's Virat",he continued,pointed towards the handsome guy.

"Meghna's friends??"

"Sort of"

"What do you mean by sort of?",I asked,staring at Virat,who remained silent.

"Well,Virat and Meghna are friends but.."

Meghna came in just then.Looks like she had gone out for some groceries.

"Intro's over eh?",she asked,as she came in.

"Yeah,I was just gonna tell her that you are my girlfriend but before that you came in with such elegance and now I'm in loss of words"

"Stop cajoling me.I know its all for the packet of lays you asked me buy for you.Here,it is.",she told,throwing a packet of lays to him.

"Aarthi,Abishek is my boyfriend and Virat is my friend.I thought we could hang out together."

"Oh sure!That'll be fun."

We decided to watch some movies to spend the day cause we can't go out anywhere after this.Its late afternoon already. Virat suggested that we watch Rowdy rathore but I wanted to watch yeh jawaani hei diwani.After a few minutes of argument,Virat gave up.

We watched the film sitting on the sofa.I never thought it would be such a pain to sit between lovers.I was sitting between Meghna and Abishek and Virat sat on the other side of Abishek.Trust me,I just died.I swear I didn't watch even one scene of the movie properly.Both of them were constantly tickling each other behind me.

"Meghna,you know what!Lets swap places",I said,pausing the film.

"Why?",she asked,putting on an innocent face.

"Don't act.You show me that face and I swear I'll kill you."

Meghna and Abishek looked at each and burst out laughing.

"Your fault.You should have known,you silly girl",Virat said between fits of laughter.

"Shut up,Virat.And Meghna.,will you please...",I said,indicating her to move to my place.

"But Aarthi,I wanna sit with you."

"Damn it,girls.Aarthi,come,lets swap places.",Abishek said.

And so we did.As the film neared its end,the romantic giggles and whispers of Meghna and Abishek also ended as they fell asleep on each other.Virat and me helped them to Meghna's rrom.I glanced at the bed where they both lay next to each other and thought how cute a couple they were.

I went to the hall and found Virat looking through a magazine.

"Hey...want some coffee?",I asked.

"Please."

I went to the kitchen and he followed me behind.

"Meghna told me that you just finished twelfth.What's your score?"

"Ninety four percent"

I handed him a cup of coffee and made one for myself.

"Waah!That's fantastic.What are you planning to do next?"

I told him about how passionate I am about Psychology but how my parents were against it.I also explained how I finally landed up at Meghna's house.

"That's so sad to hear.You deserve a lot better."

"How do you know that?"

"Your eyes says it all.I could see the glitter fading from your eyes when you told about how your parents opposed it.I can see how much it means to you."