#11- THE DEAL ON THE TERRACE
"I don't have anything to give to a Richie-rich like you." She made a face and said.
"Oh you do," I smiled, "you have some things that I would want."
"Like?"
"Like...." I leaned forward and her face tensed up.
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"Like this." He snatched the diary from her left hand.
It took her a moment to come out of the trance, and the moment was enough for Manik to open and read the title page.
"'Dreaming Overload'...Woah!" he said loudly. The expression on his face was a mix of surprise and confusion. He expected it to be her diary, where she'd write what people usually write, like she might have written how Fab 5 tortured her, how she found that friend of a jerk and so on. But what he held confused him from the title itself.
"Manik how dare you??" she came and tried to snatch, not willing to understand that a 5 ft anything is definitely no match for a 6 ft 1.
"Nanduu," he touched her nose while she retreated, "Tumne isme kuch toh likha hoga, now someone should read it na, nahi toh what's the use. Hmm?" he held the book high up.
"This is not done Manik Malhotra," she shouted, "give my book back."
Manik raised a brow and continued opening till his eyes landed on the first handwritten page. From the condition, it seemed like a child's handwriting, both the cover page and this poem.
"Poems hai yeh toh.." he whispered. All of Nandini's pleas, warnings, etc. fell on his deaf ears. He moved away from her as she trailed behind. Flipping through the book, a random page caught his eye and his lips gave the way to his voice.
"Just wishing on a shooting star
Shimmery streak in the night sky
Wistful eyes, clasped palms, mouth ajar
Countless desires piling up high
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