When you Say Goodbye

Meet you again

Friday morning was always a drag. Ditiya couldn't believe it was already four years passed after her sister's marriage and three months that her sister gave divorce to Arjun, why do times always go by so quickly. Ditiya was already twenty three years old.

That was a day like every other day, Ditiya came back sweating and out of breath from the run, she always felt better, ready to take on the world after morning runs. Ditiya immediately fell down on the sofa and lifted her feet and placed them on the coffee table directly in front of the sofa.

And like all other days, Aditi came out of the kitchen carrying two cups of aromatic hot ginger tea. She handed Ditiya one and sat down on the opposite couch. Aditi's face looked joyful. "Any good news, have you discovered anything exciting?" she asked thoughtfully, wrinkling her brow.

"Dhruv is coming," Aditi answered smugly. Ditiya tried to understand her sister's reason of so much happy, but she couldn't understand it. Dhruv was not a very pleasing new at least to her.

"Dhruv ...why?' Ditiya questioned in stark disbelief. She hasn't spoken to him for three years, give or take a few months. In fact, she would never want to speak to him again; he was just a spoilt brat.

"He got a job in Chicago and wants to spend the weekends with us in Hammond" Aditi replied, taking the empty cups of tea in her hand and then she walked through the living room and toward the kitchen. Ditiya slouched against the cushions like this news had used up every ounce of her energy; she sucked in a deep breath and blew it out.

Two hours later, Ditiya found herself opening the front door and welcoming Dhruv inside. Dhruv couldn't take his eyes off her. She was more than just pretty and soon gave her a short hug and said hello. Ditiya hugged him back lightly; the feeling of his toned body in her arms was so ducky—and yet so strange.

The first question he asked her was untangling him from the hug "how is Bhabi?"

"She is fine, went to school. Tell me about yourself," but before he could reply, she added, "Hey Dhruv would you like some coke? I am too tired to make tea."

"Coke is fine."

"Great." Ditiya breathed as she escaped to the kitchen. When she came back out she was carrying a tray with two bottle of diet coke and a bag of peanuts. She set the tray on the coffee table and then handed over the drink to Dhruv.

Dhruv smiled and asked Ditiya as he joined her on the sofa, "So what do you do for a living?"

She took a sip of her coke before answering him, then she said, wearing a serious face "I am a strip teaser"

Dhruv gave her a horrified look and all the color disappeared from his face; he coughed, trying not to choke on his nuts. He takes a sip of his Coke and, swallowing, asked "really?"

Ditiya giggled while she shoved a handful of the salty nut into her mouth. "You should see your face! Wow! Of course, I'm not doing that!" she laughed and laughed until she had to hold her stomach.

When she could stop laughing, she answered him "Dhruv I am working as a junior executive at the horizon,"

He leaned forward, put his elbows on the table and used his palms to cover his face and then shook his head, "Idiot," he mouthed quietly

"Hey don't call me an idiot,"

"You are but," He looked at Ditiya, smirked, and shrugged. She would never admit it even to herself, but deep down she enjoyed, teasing Dhruv no not actually she was enjoying her this time with Dhruv.

"Don't have trust on you can do that kind of job too," Dhruv said, quoting the word job with his fingers.

"Why?" Ditiya asked with confusion, taking a sip of her coke.