Chapter 17 - Match day!

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It is the day! The day I would go to the cricket stadium for the first time. I have never watched a match live! But I'm not excited about that! I'm excited to see him play. I've never seen him play cricket, but I'm sure he's amazing! His passion for cricket shows it all. Manik wanted di, Jiju, and Rishab to come too but they're all busy. I told him I'll see if Alya can come. When I told her the other day if she wanted to come watch the match with me, she screamed to the top of her lungs.

"Are you kidding me? We get to watch them play live? OMG! I'm definitely coming!" That was her response. If you all are thinking that OMG Alya seems like a huge fan of cricket, then let me tell you that you're wrong. She knows just as much about cricket as I do, which is close to zero. She's only excited to see all the hot cricketers. Typical Alya! I'm currently waiting in my car outside her house! I'll be five minutes she said! It's been 15 minutes already! This is why I set off three hours before the game was about to start. Yes! Three hours seems like a lot specially when the match is taking place in Mumbai itself, but have you seen Mumbai traffic? It's so busy on a normal day and today was both a Saturday and the match day. I knew there would be a lot of traffic. Finally, I saw Alya walking out of her house and towards my car. She was looking fabulous as always. She gave me a big hug as she sat in the passenger seat next to me.

"Before you say anything I'm sorry! I had to make sure I looked fabulous! Also, watch this!" She said as she took off her cute leather jacket to reveal what looked like an indian cricket team jersey. She turned around to reveal a number with the name Kohli written on top.

"Like it?" She asked with hopeful eyes.

"Love it!" I replied with a smile as I started the engine.

"Wait wait wait! I got you one too!" She replied and I immediately turned towards her in shock.

"No way! I'm not wearing it!" I shouted. I did not want to pretend that I was a huge fan of cricket. Wearing that jersey would mean just that and I did not want to do that.

"Please! Have a look at it atleast, and if you don't like it you don't have to wear it!" She insisted.

"Alya it's not about liking and not liking. The indian cricket team jersey is a special thing! Just like my doctors coat is special to me! I remember Manik telling me how proud he feels every time he wears the blue jersey to represent his country. I am not a fan of cricket Alia. Me wearing the indian cricket team jersey would be an insult to it. I have no interest in cricket and I would be wearing it for the sake of it. I don't want to do that!" I explained to which I received weird looks from Alia.

"Bro it's just a jersey! Why are you getting so deep?" She said in disbelief.

"Okay sorry, but you know what I mean!" I said with a frown.

"Okayy, but have a look at it atleast! Please! You'll love it! You don't have to wear it!" She said with excitement again.

"But Alya..." I tried to resist but she was not having it.

"Please!" She exclaimed.

"Fine!" I said as I rolled my eyes and looked out of the window while she pulled the t-shirt out of her bag.

"Here!" She said excitedly and I turned around only to be shocked.

"Seriously Alia?" I stated as I examined the number 14 t-shirt with Manik's name on it. Alia giggled and I just rolled my eyes at her.

"You have to keep it! Even if you don't wear it!" She stated and I took the t-shirt and put it in my bag which was lying on the back seat. She started giggling and I just started my car and drove off. What is it with everyone and teasing me with Manik?

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