THE WAY WE LOVED

Chapter 10: There's No Escaping from Fate

After spending the night gossiping and chatting with popcorn and horror movies at Saniya's home, the next day the girls went out on a shopping trip. After hitting Sarojini Nagar, Lajpat Nagar and Kamla Nagar, the girls couldn't hold up their shopping bags. So they all dumped their bags at Ahana's apartment near Kamla Nagar and raided the nearby MacDonald's for lunch. After that the afternoon rolled in and they all crashed at Ahana's place. Neha was dead tired and flopped down on the couch when her phone rang all of a sudden. The caller id showed Ananya.

"Hey babe, missing me already?"

"Yeah you wish. Listen I'm here in Gurgaon at Sonia's house. Wanna come over?"

"Can't today. I'm spending the weekend with my girls. Meet you at Tuesday?"

"Sure thing."

And the weekend passed away in the blink of an eye. Neha enjoyed with her friends a lot and she was glad that she had such a great time. But soon it was time to leave. Saniya and Ahana dropped Varsha and Meeta to the airport and Neha took the taxi to Gurgaon. It was time to meet her best friends from school, Ananya and Sonia.

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"Hey bitches." Neha strode into Sonia's drawing room and was smothered with hugs.

"So good to finally see the sexy bitch." Sonia grinned from ear to ear as Neha sat down with them, "Now our three musketeers are complete."

"So Neha we are actually planning a reunion between our old school friends. I need to invite our group to my wedding. It will be a great chance for you to meet everyone after such a long time." Ananya smiled and took a sip from her coffee.

Neha was just about to ask about Suraj when a voice boomed from the doorway, "Hello pretty ladies."

"Shit," Neha muttered and stood up. The person she had been hiding from for the whole weekend was here, that too for a reunion.

Suraj remained calm as he set his bags down and hugged Sonia. He knew Neha would come to the reunion and he wanted her to be here. He had made his decision that night when he left her apartment, he wanted her back. There's no going back on that.

"Hi," he simply smiled at her.

"Hi." Neha almost whispered and fled inside to calm her rapidly beating heart.

After Neha came back she vowed to be in control and in her best polite behavior while Suraj was around. As they were chatting about school and teachers Priyansh also arrived. He was the 'hot-shot' banker now, but still a complete flirt. He hugged Neha and others and sat down for coffee. Their group was complete.

While the conversation was going on smoothly, Suraj stole a glance towards Neha, who was laughing at some joke Priyansh cracked. Even in her simple white t-shirt and jeans, she looked amazing. Her carefree laughter warmed his heart. How he longed to listen her laugh, he only knew.

What he did not know was that between her laughs and non-stop chatting, Neha also looked at Suraj and caught him staring at her. In his grey shirt and dark jeans, he looked hot. But there's no way Neha was telling him that.

"So Neha how come a good-looking guy still hasn't swept a sexy and intelligent girl like you off her feet?" Priyansh suddenly poked Neha.

"Because if you keep flirting with me no one else will get a chance to impress me Priyansh dear," Neha poked her tongue at him.

"Excuse me guys. I need to make a call," Suraj suddenly stood up and walked towards the balcony. The others resumed their chatting, but Neha noticed the slight anger in his voice and his rigid body when he walked away. Was he jealous of Priyansh's flirting? Neha wondered and went back to her coffee and friends.

The evening soon came and they had dinner at a nearby restaurant which was Sonia's favourite. After a delicious meal the girls settled in Sonia's apartment while the boys settled in the next apartment, since Sonia's neighbors left on a trip and left her with the keys.

Neha couldn't sleep. A bad feeling kept her up all night. She constantly thought about those dark eyes and the love they used to hold for her. She got up and unlocked her phone and texted. Can we talk?

A second later her phone beeped. Sure, come over.

Neha wrapped a robe around her nightgown and went over to the apartment where he was. She knocked on the door lightly and Suraj opened.

"Priyansh?"

"He's sleeping like dead. Come in."

Neha stepped in the apartment. It was a cozy two-bedroom place with a balcony. Neha was about to say something when suddenly she was thrown over Suraj's shoulder and carried to one of the bedrooms. Neha couldn't scream but hit his muscular back with her fists.

"Suraj put me down. We need to talk."

"I think we have talked enough Neha. I want you, right here, right now."  

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