The Road Trip

Chapter 7

We spend the next week roaming around Queensland, spending our days at different beaches and attractions. Most of our nights were spent experiencing different restaurants and foods and not to mention, relaxing in the pool right below our hotel.
As the days passed by I couldn't help but think about Krish. Although I did my best not to make it obvious to the girls, I just couldn't get him out of my head.

I was continuously thinking about the limited detail about his life that he had mentioned. For some reason, I could help but think that there is more to what he said. Like there is some sort of hurt in his heart that he is hiding from the world. As if he needs to share his heart with someone, someone who can understand him. I feel like he wanted to talk more but instead, I shut him out. 

This curiosity is continuously killing me from inside. Why am I getting so drawn to him and what for? I only met him like a week ago and that too for only a day or so. Why do I feel the urge to share his sorrow with him, to feel his pain, to stand by him through his hurt. 

"No Allena. Stop. You can't be so attracted to someone right after your break up. You loved your ex", or at least I thought I did. 

"So how does that sound?" Hazel asks, interrupting my inner battle. 

"What?" I question.

"Did you even hear what I said to you or you in some sort of day dream", she says.

Daydream? More of a dilemma, I think to myself. 

"No, I was just thinking about something", I respond. 

"Anyway, I was saying that maybe today as out last day here let's go out shopping and just chill for today. How does that sound?"

"Umm...yeah sure. How about you guys go, I wanna stay in today and take some rest, it's gonna be a long drive back",  I semi lie. In all honesty, I actually wanted to go and meet Krish. 

"Are you sure, you're gonna be all alone here", Hazel says. 

"No I'm fine. Besides I need a break and some peace and quite from all of you girls", I joke. 

"Alright then, suit your self, we won't be back for quite a while so enjoy the peace while you have it", she laughs back. 

After about an hour of all of them leaving, I decide to get a cab and head to Krish's house. Thank-god I paid attention to where he lived last time we went to go drop him. As I reach the doorsteps of his house, I start to hesitate. Maybe this was a bad idea. What is he gonna think, that I am following him, I gonna look like a complete desperate. 

Just as I was thinking about all this, a middle aged woman, who most likely would be his mum walks out of the front door and looks straight at me. 

"Can I help you", she asks politely. 

"Umm...yes... actually my name is Allena, I am looking for Krish", I somehow manage to say. 

"Oh my god, so you're Allena! Ever since Krish has come home, he wont stop talking about you", she says. 

"Oh really, that's...that's  nice", I say surprised. "Am I able to meet him?"

"Oh darling, he isn't at home. I am actually not well today so he has gone to take over for the cafe that I own", she says.

"Oh umm...that's alright. I will just meet him some other time", I reply.

"No, no darling, the cafe is just around the corner, about a 5 minute walk, not that far from here. He's planning to go back down to Melbourne today after he is done at the cafe, so if you want, you can go meet him there", she suggests.

"Umm...okay...I think I'll meet him there then. Take care of yourself Mrs...", I say. 

"You can call me aunty", she says nicely. 

"OK, take care of yourself aunty. I'll see you soon", I reply.

As I am walking down the street, I think to myself, "What are you doing? Why are you so desperate to meet Krish? What are you even gonna say when you see him?" As all of these questions are taking over my mind, I don't even realize when I reached the Cafe. 

Here I am now standing in front of the Cafe, just a couple of meters away from Krish. He hasn't seen me yet, he's too busy with a customer. He looks so cute when he is trying to work hard. I can see his jawline clearly and it adds that extra attraction to his face. "OMG Allena, you need to stop. Stop thinking about him in this way. What the hell is he gonna think of you, that you just broke up with someone about a week ago and you already started to like someone else. What on earth is that gonna say about the way that you treat relationships?" I think to myself. 

I somehow push all these thoughts out of my head and build the courage to go inside. As I open the door the little bell on the top jingles, signaling Krish to look towards the door. As he looks my way,  it is like the two of us freeze. Our eyes lock and it was as if everything else around us has been silenced. I slowly started walking towards him, as if a magnetic force was pulling me closer. 

At that point it was as if I allowed my heart to take over my mind and my whole body. My actions were out of my control, under the command of my heart. I couldn't stop anything, no action no thought, I don't know if he felt the same way but at this point in time, I felt as if his eyes had hypnotized my heart. I was drawn towards him so much, I don't know why, I don't know what would happen or what will be the result of this attraction but right now all I knew was that I would let my heart take over and I would follow it.