An Affair In Summer

5. 'Trust'

Sonakshi and Neil sat in a small cafe having sandwiches made with bread that came from France. It was a light meal full of vegetables and a few different types of Italian and Spanish cheeses. Neil loved the meal with a light wine while Sonakshi couldn't eat another bite after her first one. The bread and the cheese tasted delicious but the sandwich as whole was tasteless, absolute nonsense and a waste of money. The wine, so light it tasted like water. Sonakshi wanted to toss the meal and go to Burger King to Carl's Jr. for a nice, spicy, chicken sandwich.

"It's a perfect meal." Neil commented as he took his last bit and finished his fifth glass of that nonsense wine. "Don't you think so?"

She gave him a straight smile.

"You didn't like it, did you?" He looked at her carefully and then her sandwich that has only been bitten once.

"No, No." She gave him a wider smile. "I'm just not feeling very well since last night."
Your such a liar Sonakshi Bose, she told herself. You said almost the same thing last Saturday.

But what could the poor girl do? Neil has the taste for rich foods. He didn't care if they tasted good. The wine they were drinking was the most expensive. She was shocked when he has said, "Get the most expensive wine you have. It's got to be good."

Rich people, she thought. Everyone in this world should once be thrown into the position Sonakshi once lived in. Taking care of younger siblings and a sick mother. Taking care of her medical needs and the food to full everyone's stomach. Between everything study and get accepted into Berkley but to deny and go to RCC. Working as a Nanny later as a journalist, instead of a lawyer. Sonakshi hated her life and Neil wasn't making anything easier for her.

After once again Neil spent money on Italian furniture and French decors they sat down in Starbucks because Sonakshi had asked him. She ordered herself iced green tea which was cheap and for a fact a million times tastier than what she had to drink earlier. While they were sitting and discussing something Sonakshi felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and stood when she saw Shivani with a wide grin standing behind her.

"Hi Shivani."

"Hi Sonakshi. Hi Neil." She wiggled her fingers at him. "Mind if I join for a few minutes?"

"Of course not." Sonakshi moved to the chair beside Neil and let her sit down where she was sitting. "Where is Erin?"

"She's stuck at Forever 21 and I hate that shop. How are you guys enjoying your date?"

Sonakshi opened her mouth and then closed it when Neil spoke for her. "Well it was excellent but it's even better with you here."

So he was trying to flirt with her as well. For gods sake she was like a younger sister to him. Maybe Dev was correct, Neil isn't the right guy for her. But she pushed the though aside. He was only flirting, it was fine.

Sonakshi was quite for the next fifteen minutes while Neil continued flirting with Shivani and Shivani continued to avoid his comments and change the topics constantly. When Sonakshi saw Erin coming their way she smiled. "Hi Erin!"

"Hey, how are you?"

"Great." Sonakshi smiled. "Now you guys have fun shopping we have to get going ourselves."

"Yes we do." Neil stood and Shivani quickly said bye and left with Erin.

Sonakshi smiled at Neil as they sat in the car about thirty minutes later. "Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" His fingers moved to her hair.

Sonakshi wasn't the type of girl to back off until things really got out of hand. They were dating each other which meant he had the right to do small things like kiss her or just stroke her hair with his fingers. She had dated before and these were normal actions. But for the first time, she felt like she wanted to push him away.