Clean Bowled

Chapter 15

*Aslesha*

"Kya chal raha hai tere aur Veer ke beech?" Pari asks narrowing her eyes, as soon as we get down from my scooty. I knew she was dying to ask me questions.

And the answer for this, even I can't seem to find out.

Kya chal raha hai mere aur Viraj k beech?

He said that he is just persuading me with his charms so that I take part in the competition. Ye aise hi chalta raha toh mai sahi me part na le lu.. It's impossible to resist his charms.

He is being so fun to be around ke kabhi kabhi mai khud bhul jaati hu ke iske peeche uska ek maqsat hai.

Kabhi kabhi nahi, hamesha.

I just have to keep in mind that he is doing it for his benefit.. not friendship. He doesn't want to be friends with me..

"Back to Earth Aashi! Bataa kya chal raha hai?" she asks again as we enter the building.

"Arre baba kaha kuch" I say.

"Mujhse jhut bolegi? I've known you since the time tu sarr pe dupatta baandh ke, vo tere lambe baal hai aisa pretend karti thi" she says raising her eyebrows and I chuckle.

She'll easily catch me if I lie. Faayda nahi baat ghumaa ke.

So I tell her.

I tell her how it started when he saw me in the dance studio, how he got my video, and is now persuading me to take part so that we reach the number one spot in the list of colleges.

To say that she is shocked is the understatement of the year.

"Why didn't you tell me bitch?" she says angrily and I just shrug and give her a apologetic smile.

"So he's persuading you to take part by being super nice?" she asks curiously as we settle down on our place.

"Yes".

"Hmm.. but kal ka kya. What were you guys doing in the kitchen?" she asks wiggling her eyebrows.

"Shut up Paro! I just made him a sandwich, he was hungry" I say.

"Achhaa? Mere liye toh kabhi nahi banayi sandwich" she says narrowing her eyes playfully.

"Ek laafaa maarungi na. Tere liye toh three course meal banaa chuki hu mai" I say and she grins.

I don't want her to ask me more questions, so ab baari hai baat ghumaane ki.

"Tera aur Majnu ka kya scene hai?" I ask.

She sighs and removes her book and starts drawing gibberish on it.

"He really likes me" she says not looking up at me.

"Kya baat kar rahi hai? Sahi me? Mujhe toh pata hi nahi tha" I say sarcastically. She hits me with her pen.

"He loves you Paro" I state.

"I'm scared" she says folding her hands on the table and keeping her head on it. I smile at her.

I somewhat understand why she's scared. This is not just some lame ass crush that he has on her. It's been a decade that he's in love with her. 10 saal ek ladki se pyaar karna vo ladki ke liye bahot overwhelming hai.

"Vo Rudra hai. He'll never hurt you" I say.

"Aur mai usse hurt ki toh? If I let him down? He's loved me for so many years Aashi. When we went to the beach for the assignment na.. tab he said uske liye pyaar ka matlab hi mai hu. Love is equal to Pari. Pari is equal to love. And that made me feel so special but... Kya mai iss pyaar ke laayak hu? If pyaar ka matlab hi mai hu toh what if I hurt him? Uska toh pyaar se bharosa hi uth jaayega. He deserves much better than me" she sighs.