The Secret Love Story

Part 9

Next day Abhimanyu woke up early. He was pretty much excited to give Natasha a surprise. When Natasha was leaving, he could sense that sorrow in her eyes. He could see that she didn't want to leave, she didn't want to leave without Abhimanyu, but she had to. She needed him, he needed her. It was that time that Abhimanyu decided to do something that would surprise Natasha make her happy. While he was thinking about all this, his phone beeped. It was Natasha's text:

HEY LOVE I KNOW YOU MUST BE MISSING ME. BUT DON'T WORRY I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU SOON. BY THE WAY JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE PROGRAM PEOPLE SO NEED TO GO. WILL TEXT YOU SOON. TC!

Abhimanyu's smile grew wide. He actually missed her from the moment she left. He was mad for her. He got up and started preparations for Natasha's surprise. A while later, he messaged Natasha.

BABY, JUST THINK OF ME AND I'LL BE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

He waited for her reply. It came, a bit while.

Natasha: LOL! AS IF U'RE A MAGICIAN OR SOMETHING.OR AS IF U'VE LEARNT TO FLY.

Abhimanyu: I'M ALWAYS THERE WITH U SWEETIE. AND FOR U I'LL LEARN EVERYTHING ;)

Natasha: OHH! U'RE SUCH A FLIRT ABHI.NOW WE ARE TOGETHER ATLEAST NOW U COULD STOP FLIRTING.

Abhimanyu: HAHA! OF COURSE I CAN'T. THAT'S MY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.AND BY THE WAY I'LL FLIRT WITH YOU ALWAYS TILL I STAY ALIVE.

Natasha: ABHI.....

Abhimanyu: OK OK. I'M SORRY I WON'T TALK ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH :D

Natasha: HMM... GOOD! U BETTER DON'T.

Abhimanyu: OKAY NOW YOU SLEEP. IT'S GETTING LATE. U'VE TO GET UP EARLY TOMORROW. A NEW DAY, A NEW START.

Natasha: OHH MY PHILOSOPHICAL BOYFRIEND, I WILL WAKE UP EARLY AND THEN WON'T LET U SLEEP. AND THEN U'LL GET LATE FOR SCHOOL NEXT DAY. HAHAHA!!!

Abhimanyu: LOL! OKAY MADAM AS YOU SAY.

Natasha: YOU'RE MAD! I LOVE YOU, GOOD NIGHT :)

Abhimanyu: MAD ONLY FOR YOU!;) I LOVE YOU TOO.GOOD NIGHT. SWEET DREAMS.

Next morning, apart from the good morning text they didn't talk. Natasha had left for the program thing and Abhimanyu was executing his surprise plan.

At the lunch hall that day, Natasha sat with her plate in her hands and eating and looking at her phone for Abhimanyu's text. She had messaged him but hadn't got a reply. Suddenly her chair got a slightly banged by someone sitting behind Natasha. She thought it might be a mistake and ignored it. But the person behind her did this continuously which irritated Natasha. She kept her plate on the table and got up. As soon as she turned back she could not believe what her eyes saw. She was surprised. It was Abhimanyu who was sitting on that chair looking and smiling at her. She wanted to hug him tightly but since everyone was there she didn't. She pulled out the chair and sat next to him.

They both talked for around an hour before going to their respective rooms as Natasha had to get ready for meeting up the other students there. They hugged each other and waived off and moved towards their rooms. While going Natasha turned back. Abhimanyu was still looking at her. She winked at him, Abhimanyu winked back at her and smiled.

The day ended well for both of them. Natasha met other students from different countries and did a few activities that were scheduled as per the Student Exchange Program.

Abhimanyu spent the rest of the day checking his mails, scrolling through his Facebook and Instagram, looking at Natasha's pictures and thinking about her.

It was strange that a happy-go-lucky girl just changed a quiet Abhimanyu into a lover Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu himself had noticed changes in him after he met Natasha. He used to write poems and quotes. But after Natasha came into his life, frequency of his writings had increased.

Abhimanyu was waiting as to when will Natasha come back from that program thing and text him back. After the Day 1 at the program ended, Natasha headed to her room, changed her clothes and picked up her phone to do a Skype call at home. It was already 8.30p.m by then and she had ordered her dinner at the room only. While she was talking to her parents, she received a text from Abhimanyu. She did not read it at that time because she knew that whenever she read any of Abhimanyu's messages, she had that wide smile on her face. And she did not want her mother to notice that smile and have any idea about what was going on.

Abhimanyu and Natasha had decided that they won't do any such thing that would give her mother any hint that she is involved with somebody in a relationship. At least not at present. The only thing Natasha's mother knew about Abhimanyu was that he was her favorite teacher whom she admired and had utmost respect for him in her heart.