Chapter 12: You Inspire Me

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As Aditya, Arjun and Zoya finished their dinner,  Pooja's eyes fell on the juice menu board hung over there.

"Arjun, come...let's check out the special juices for today...!!" Pooja said, as Arjun too went with her, leaving Aditya and Zoya behind at the table.

Aditya looked at Zoya, who was taking glances at him in instances, as they exchanged light smiles towards each other, while Aditya observed her being all quiet and secluded. He saw her looking at a family sitting to the side of them, with a longing look. She saw the couple having petty fights over the food, and their parents feeding the kids.

Aditya looked at her, and quickly tapped the table, and asked, "Is Pooja really your friend??"

Zoya looked at him, hearing that, while she nodded her head with a puzzled look, "Yeah...why??"

"You know Pooja..." Aditya moved forward in the table, "Pooja is live wire...I have never seen her sit quietly even in a library. But you don't seem to open your mouth other than required. I mean...how did you both end up as best friends??"

"Nothing like that...I..." Zoya said looking down, "I don't have anything to speak...so, I prefer being silent..."

"Lol!!" Aditya smiled, "And you thought we three were talking about global economic crisis during the dinner??"

Zoya looked at Aditya and chuckled hearing it, while Aditya didn't miss noticing how cute she looked when she laughed.

"Or is it that, you didn't want to be in the dinner with me and Arjun??"

"No no..." Zoya said, "Nothing like that."

"I know we brothers look a bit crazy..." Aditya said circling his index finger near his temple, "But, we don't bite people or break things around. So you can be cool with us. As you can see, Pooja has survived even after knowing us for many years."

Zoya smiled hearing it, while Aditya too smiled looking at her.

"When Pooja said...she wants me to meet some special person in her life..." Zoya said, "I thought, maybe her boyfriend or so..."

"Please!!!!" Aditya said with a horrified look, "Pooja and I can be anything but lovers!! And about Pooja...she brings every other random girl to meet me, to patch me up with her. She has this marriage broker acumen in her you know."

Zoya asked with an amused look, as she asked with a giggle, "Sorry??"

"Yeah! You know..." Aditya moved the chair closer to the table, as he looked around to check if Pooja was there, "Whoever she meets, if they are single, after they interact to Pooja they get into a relationship or they get engaged within a year...she has that power in her...in fact, an uncle in our society, who didn't get married till 45, got to know Pooja, through his niece...he went and proposed the next door unmarried aunty in a few months...but unfortunately she already had an affair going on with the constable in our society...and poor uncle got beaten up so badly that he actually vacated his house the next week."

Zoya couldn't hold back any long and laughed hearing it, looking down, as she covered her mouth, while Aditya too laughed with her, while he heard her laugh for the first time, since he met her.

Pooja and Arjun came with a tray with two juice glasses and milk shake, while they stopped looking at Aditya and Zoya laughing.

"Woww!! Guess they have bonded so well!!" Arjun said with a smile, while Pooja had a smile looking at Zoya laughing from her heart.

"My decision to introduce Adi to Zoya was perfect..." Pooja smiled looking at them.

Pooja and Arjun walked to the table, while Aditya and Zoya stopped laughing, looking at them.

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