Clean Bowled

Chapter 32

*Aslesha*

I'm in love.

Yes, seriously! I'm in love with Viraj Singhania.

It's been a month since that trip to Chaddha's farmhouse. And my feelings are getting stronger and stronger day by day.

The first few days, I tried to deny it. Bass attraction hoga, liking hogi ya sirf ek simple crush develop ho raha hoga. But that day I knew it was not just a simple crush. I knew it was so much more.

~•Two weeks back•~

"Achhi movie thi. Varun Dhawan kitna hot hai na" Pari says dreamily and Rudra scoffs.

"Totlaa hai vo" Rudra says and she punches his arm. I try to laugh at his joke but stop when my eyes land on Viraj, walking in front of us.

During the movie, pura time uska phone bajj raha tha. I had peeked a glance and saw that it was a girl named Divya calling him. He kept declining it and it was irritating him a lot.

Jab se theatre se nikle hai, vo phone pe baat kar raha hai. Divya se hi obviously. And by the sound of it, it seems like they're arguing.

I feel like taking his phone and then continuously banging it with a hammer. Or just throwing it in the gutter. Or better yet I could just kick his ass and snatch his phone and scream at that girl to hang up.

Jealous jealous!

This is not jealousy. But friends ke saath ghumte time bhi kya girlfriend se phone pe chipke rehna. I hate such people. I mean Rudra aur Pari toh saath me hai.. and... ugh whatever!

They are walking behind me hand in hand doing all their lovey dovey stuff. Viraj is a few steps ahead engrossed in the phone call. Itni bhi kya baat kar raha hai? Irritate ho raha hai usse fir bhi phone nahi rakh raha.

We reach an intersection on the road and I see Viraj crossing the road without looking sideways. The road is fully empty and dark at this hour. The only light coming from the street lamps.

And due to that, I see the light of headlights that flash on him and the sound of a vehicle speeding from the other direction.

Shit!

I loudly call his name and run towards him as my heart rate gets doubled. He doesn't seem to notice. Rudra and Pari also start running behind him and I reach him exactly on time and pull him back as the car misses him by just an inch.

The car driver slurs some curses at us. He was drunk I guess.

My heart is beating so fast, I guess it will break free from my chest and jump out. Viraj ka abhi accident ho sakta tha. He could've gotten injured so badly or worse...

No no no no...

I look at Viraj and take a deep breath as he looks at me with his mouth slightly open and his eyes alarmed.

I can hear a girl's voice coming from his phone. "Hello Viraj? Viraj.. VIRAJ!"

Bloody blind idiot.

"Phone kaato" I say in a low voice.

"Huh?" he says in a daze.

"PHONE KAATO!" I shout at his face and he gasps and quickly ends the call.

I stand there glaring at him as he stands there toying with his lower lip.

Don't look at his lips. Stay angry!

"Um.. hum log thoda aage jaate hai" Pari says and starts walking ahead with Rudra.

"Um vo.." Viraj starts speaking.