FROM DARE TO LOVE (Editing)✔

CHAPTER 14

One month later, I have to once again go to the nerd champu for my physics assignment. This assignment is really tough and I want to concrete on other subjects and not wanting to crack my head on the physics I decide go to the Great Riad Nawab Ali. I ring his door-bell, Adnan has come along with me. He just needs excuse to meet Urooj. I wonder if they have kissed yet. I am not comfortable with Adnan coming with me, if knows I am making Riad do the entire assignment he will not approve of it and scold me.

Urooj opens the door, I roll my eyes as she and Adnan both look at each other and blush. She welcomes us in, we are asked to wait in the living room. Riad comes from inside his room.

'Hey!' Adnan says and the boys boy-hugged each other. Riad takes a chair and sits beside Adnan, I and Adnan are seated on the double sofa. I wish the time passes soon.

Urooj comes in carrying a tray with two glass orange juice, Adnan and Riad are chatting. Riad informs us that his Khala and Khalu have gone out and will come late. I noticed Urooj blush as she forwards the tray towards Adnan, both looking into each other's eyes. Accidently I look at Riad who is staring at me dreamily. Yuck!

After having juice and some chit chat, I suggested that Riad and I should start work on my assignment (I have told Adnan that Riad is helping me with my assignment, Adnan is good in sports rather than academics and so he agrees to drop me to Riad's place) Urooj also makes some excuse and goes into her room. Adnan says he will stay back and watch TV. Riad is smiling funnily as he leads me to his room.

I just have to kill time, at least half an hour, to make it look like I am studying. I have been to Riad's room before too, his room is like a total nerdy room and one can whiff the fragrance of his jasmine hair oil, his whole room practically smells of that. I see posters of some cricketers stuck to the wall, I walk towards the study table. There is a schedule plastered above the table, there is pile of few big fat books. How can someone read these books, they look so heavy and are so boring to read. I sit on his bed.

'Here' he says bringing a chair next to his, I look at him with a bored expression on my face. I lazily get up and take my seat next to him. He opens the book and begin to explain me stuff while writing the assignment. I kept nodding but my mind is somewhere else. Fifteen minute later, I yawned. I asked him to continue writing and go sit on his bed again. He adjusts his glasses and nods. I take a nail filler from my pocket and start to file my nails.

I am more than happy that half an hour is over I leaped from my seat and asked Riad if he is done with the assignment, he says negative and that he will complete tonight.

'Whatever' I shrugged. Riad like a gentleman comes with me till the living room, where Adnan is sitting at the edge of the sofa and Urooj in the other corner. TV is going on in the background but Adnan has his eyes glued on Urooj with a dreamy smile while Urooj has her gaze lowered and is fidgeting with her fingers, looking at them it seems like even after one month of their relationship is still in the initial stages. I clear my throat and Adnan and Urooj snaps into reality.

The boys bid their good byes, I wink at Urooj who blushes hard.

'Dude, you are so lucky. Riad is such a gentleman...he is so sweet...'Ruchi says as I show her my physics assignment in the bus. Ruchi wanted to copy from it but I refused, I will get an A for sure. All the assignments that Riad does gets me an A.

'I don't want to talk about him...' I say simply

'Don't be so mean yaar' Ruchi says nudging my arm, but I glared at her. That doesn't stop her, she nudges my arm again, she gestures towards few seats which are diagonal to ours.

I see Riad stealing glances at me, he is sitting few seats diagonal to us at the front of the bus. I feel my ego rise a notch when he swoons over me, I wish he was good-looking I would have totally dated him.

Riad blushes when he catches me looking at him, I quickly look away.