More than all the stars in the sky - An Addicted Prequel

Crazy in love

Manvi was in standing in the airport looking at Swetha and her parents check in at the counter. They soon come and  bid her goodbye. "It was so good to see you Manvi. Take care of yourself, okay?" Swetha's Dad tells her.

"Yes. You both should visit New York more often." Manvi smiles at Swetha's parents. "And it was so nice to see you Uncle. I felt like I was meeting my Dad again." Manvi tells him sadly.

"Aw...are you crying?" Swetha looks at her making a face.

"I will miss you so much Swe. You've come for barely a day!" she hugs her.

"I will see you at the terminal Mom." Swetha tells her parents as they leave them to say final goodbyes.

"Listen to me..." Swetha tells her seriously. "Do not get married right now. Virat is nice and I can see how crazy you are about him but Manvi, you are too young. You should focus on your career."

"WHAT! Marriage? where did that come from?" Manvi looks at her shocked.

"Just saying..."

"Forget marriage, all I am worried right now is what I have to wear today evening." Manvi tells her as if confounded by an universal problem.

"Ah...your valentines day date." Swetha teases.

"Its not a joke! There is this party at his office. Do you even know the kind of girls that work with him. They are all crazy gorgeous."

"Then I wonder why he is fixated on you?" Swe asks.

Manvi just blushes. "Shut up..."

"You will be fine...Do that thing you do to your hair with the big rollers. Wet wavy curls are sexy on you."

"Really?"

"It's Valentine's day Mannu. Show him your hot side."

"You think I have a hot side?" Manvi squints at her confidence.

~~~

"What are you doing?" Manvi asks Virat gloomily on the phone, walking back to her campus after Swetha leaves.

"Sad that your friend left?" Virat asks.

"Nooooooooooh." she sighs.

"Aw..and I know I haven't been hanging out with you too much these last few days."

"You haven't but you have your finals." she explains.

"Last one today. We'll have fun tonight, promise."

"Don't remind me about tonight!!"

"Jeeeeeeez, will you stop fussing over your dress. You will look sexy to me even if your wear a sack."

"All those girls at your work keep giving me that look." Manvi accuses.

"What look?" Virat smiles.

"That challenging look - the lets see how long you hold on to him kinda look."

Virat laughs. "Yeah? How long do you think?"

"VIRAT?" she warns him.

"I love you, Precious. You know that."

"Reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally?" her voice goes all mellow. She could not understand why she craves to hear that from him every day. Every single time, it makes her heart beam.

"Really...but right now Trade ethics exam calls. Talk to you later."

"Good luck Jaaan..." she hangs up looking through the window at a small designer boutique.