Melting Hearts

Part 25 - Embarrassment part 3

***Sahana's P.O.V***

Could the Earth please split open right now and just swallow me in?! Why?! WHY WHY WHY OH GOD WHY?!

Why do such things keep happening to me?! Did I ever wish to get embarrassed like this?! NO!!!!

Then why?! You know the old saying 'Between rock and a hard place'?!  Well, did I ever say I wanted to experience it?! NOPE!!

I could neither look up at Arush, nor turn to the other side to look at Raj and Riya who'd be smirking like crap by now!! So I did the only plausible thing - trying to act nonchalant, I turned my back on Arush and started moving away from the scene.

"Hey Sahana wait where are you going?!" I heard Raj's gleeful voice from somewhere behind me.

"I uh need to pack up... I and Riya are leaving early today right..." I trailed off, still keeping my back to all of them.

"Well Riya is here and she actually came here to talk to you" came Riya's gleeful voice, and I inwardly cursed myself for the nth time - I could have avoided all this crap if I'd just informed about leaving early to Arush via the intercom!! 

But no!!! I had to come here and make a fool out of myself!! Not to mention the flutters of my heart whenever I recalled how Arush had held onto me!!

Oh God let's not open that door now shall we?! God blood is even now rushing to my cheeks as I remembered the way I felt when he touched me......damn his perfume and his warm hands!!

"I didn't know you guys had a thing going on" Raj said in a gleeful voice and I heard Riya's chuckles and yet I didn't turn back.

"So Raj will come with me and Sahana today evening....Arush can stay back and entertain Kabir?" I heard Riya asked in a sudden serious tone.

"Yes ma'am...Raj Malhotra at your service" I heard Raj's voice too.

They gave up on teasing me so easily?! What the hell how's that even possible?!

"Hey why Raj?! Why am I to deal with Kabir?! He knows you're going out with Sahana right?!" I heard Arush's shocked voice.

"Yeah he does...well he wants to timepass till I'm done with shopping....so Raj offered to chauffeur me and Sahana, and that left you to give Kabir company" Riya said in an offhanded tone.

Slowly, I turned at my spot to face those three people - a shocked and slightly pissed-off looking Arush, a smirking and very proud-looking Raj, and a smug-looking Riya.

"Yeah so how about Raj stay here and I'll help out my best mate and my bhabhi?" Arush said in a very kind voice, with this radiating smile on his face that made my jaw touch the ground!!

Arush and warm smile?! Hello?! That's like.....like.... A dog with a straight tail.... or Ranveer Singh and being serious or Ranveer Singh and not adorable - HIGHLY IMPOSSIBLE!!

My eyes almost popped out of their sockets as Arush....THE ARUSH... smiled showing off all his teeth, and made a tiny-little bow to Riya as he added "Your chauffeur at your service...madam"

Well it was a shock to Riya and Raj too by the looks of it because both of them too looked like they'd just seen ghosts!!

Arush turned to look at me and raised his eyebrow slightly, and that's when I realized that my mouth was still hanging wide open so I quickly closed it and cleared my throat to cover-up my embarrassment - I've had enough embarrassment for the day!

"What?!" Arush asked, sounding slightly hurt, as he looked from me to Riya.

"Or all of us could go....All five of us" Arush said, shrugging, his hands deep inside his pocket - damn he's hot!!