Unknowingly Married

55. Karan Learns About Kriti's Crush

Karan: (smirking) Sure I'll have a happy session bro.. aaj shayad mujhe sab sach pata chal jayega ki Kriti mere baare mein exactly sochti kya hai.. this is going to be fun.. I hope good news hi mile..
(He reads few of her personal entries and fun moments between her, Khushi and Yash and could spot some hints of them teasing her with a boy but he wasn't sure exactly whom. He finally reaches another interesting page)
Yaar ye kaunse ladke ke naam se chidha rahi thi Khushi ise? Naam to likha hota naa.. shayad agli entry mein kuch mil jaaye..
(He turns the page)

Dear Diary,

Long time na? Today was fresher's party in our college and situational demand, he was my date for today!! Damn.. I had butterflies all over my stomach. All the time we were in car after taking cake the only thought all over my mind was the the day when I realised I had a crush on him for the first and and the way Khushi acted.. oh stupid stupid girl! It's been 6 years to that day. Just few days after I bumped into him and felt something for the first time was the day when I realised I had a crush. Oh wait.. I didn't realise.. Khushi told me I had a crush. That day me, Yash and Khushu were in the class and Khushi had forgotten her project at home and she was cribbing since morning about it. Jannu di saw her cribbing from class window and walked to us to talk to Khushi. We were just teasing her and chatting when all of a sudden Karan entered our class and don't know what happened but I was dumbstruck! I couldn't utter a single word in front of him and suddenly fell silent. He came and gave Khushi her project saying she forgot it on the breakfast table this morning she took it happily and hugged him. Yash was cute back then and Jannu di didn't fight with him. They were all talking and having fun and there I was staring at him, completely lost, not realising a single thing happening around me. I don't know for how long I was staring at jim but suddenly I came back to senses as Khushi pinched me and asked where I was lost. I didn't know. I stayed quiet. Even Jannu di asked me if I was ok and Yash irritated me but at that moment, I didn't care. I just couldn't say anything! I shrugged off their questions and started reading, whom am I lying to? Started pretending to read my textbook when Shiv shouted at them for disappearing suddenly and asked them to go back as recess was over and next period was going to start. They left with him but not before he giving me a cute smile and saying bye. He said bye to me... Did that mean I existed for him? Ok I know it's over thinking because he always greets me. Nothing he did for the first time but probably this time it felt different. It felt special. Something I won't feel for everyone around me. As they left and Yash was having fun with his Boy gang, Khushi started bombarding me to answer her and she kept asking me what was wrong with me. I avoided her for a long time but then gave in and told her how I was feeling about someone but making sure without telling it was her brother I was talking about. She listened to me carefully and exclaimed loudly "Omg Kritss! You have a crush?" I didn't know what that was so I asked her more about the concept and kept relating it to how I felt. She was a bookish freak and could perfectly describe whatever she read in her novels and soon I knew I had a crush! But it seemed to be weird. I had a crush on my best friends brother.. I didn't know how she'd react if I told ger so decided to stay quiet but how could she stay quiet and let things go? She kept pestering me to know who the guy was for one week straight but I didn't wanted to create a scene. I asked her to let it go multiple times but she didn't listen. After a week, I had to give in as she started blackmailing me on our friendship and secrets. I had no choice left and I told her I had crush on her own brother. I thought she would get mad at me or be shocked at least but to my surprise she started dancing!! It was weird! Really really weird! I just didn't understand what and how this girl would react to something. Later she said, "it's so cool you have crush on Karan.. ab dekh kuch din mein he will also have crush on you and then tu mere bhabhi ban jayegi." I couldn't help but just laugh. Shaadi? Seriously? 6 years down the line, today I was on my first date with him at a highly conjusgted place, surrounded by hundreds of people and moreover he was forced to be my date! Wow.. Khushi can think literally anything! Not her fault actually. All the novels she read always suggested happy endings.. Anyways, that day she was very happy and Purvi Aunty came to pick us up and he decided to go home with all of us. I took my usual window seat and normally when he joins us, me and Khushi sit together and he takes another window seat but today Khushi fought with him fir the window seat and made him sit between bith of us. My heart raced faster and faster as he made any moment sitting besides me. He kept humming song that car radio was playing. It was a lovely romantic song that felt even more melodious as he sang it. I wanted to.. hug him.. but I couldn't for obvious reasons and soon we reached my home. I quickly got off the car and went home with a big smile plastered on my face. Even today he was so sweet. He bought red velvet for me and was a gentleman all the time. It felt so good dancing with him. Oh god! When I think of him, I just couldn't think anything else. Ok enough.. bye diary.. love you!