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Song : Pagal by Baadshah

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"Neenu! She's awesome. Her room is awesome. Her mom is awesome. Her bro is awesome. Her dad is awesome. Her dogs are awesome. And she has a cute baby brother who is awesomeeeeee."

"That's a lot of awesome." Naina replied from the other line.

"Yeah. They are awesome."

"Let me guess, her baby brother's name also starts with an 'A'?"

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Their names are Ashley and Asher. Their mom is Annalisa. Their Dad is Aiden. So they're basically an 'A' Family." Naina said.

Ohhkkkkk. Never thought about it like that.

"Her baby bro is just 6 and his name is Aaron." I said.

"Aarav must have hit it off with him from the beginning?" Naina asked.

"Is it surprising? Babies and dogs love the Mukherjee twins." I said.

"First of all, don't speak like the two of you are the O'Sullivan twins. Cause you're nothing like them. And second, they've got dogs!"

"Two Huskies. Bruno and Browny."

"The only 'B' s in the family."

"True dat. They kinda remind me of Browny the Golden retriever. The one my neighbors in Mumbai had. I was so scared if her." I said.

"I couldn't sleep last night because of the time difference thingy. It's almost midnight back home and I am feeling sleepy now."

"Neither did I. I was binge-ing Lucifer."

"Anyhoo, I need to go eat breakfast and then I'll meet you at the subway station." Naina said.

"I do too. Bye."

"Done talking to Neenu?" Aarav asked.

"Only I call her that. And yeah." I said.

"I just got off the phone with Sam and he said that Scott and he are meeting us at their sub station."

"So did Neenu."

"Did you call mom?" He asked.

"Shit! Waito."

"You remember your mother after an entire day?" Mom said.

"Mumma, eto senti hoyo na. Kono laabh nei. Shakal 7 tay uthechi. Khushi thako." I said.

(Mom, don't be so sentimental. Be happy that we woke up at 7 in the morning.)

"Wow! You woke up at 7! On a Friday!"My mother fake exclaimed.

"Anyways, how's everyone back home?"

"Same old. It's almost 5 in the evening here. I still have half an hour until my shift is over. Rishi just texted me that he's home. Your father has an important meeting today. So he might be late. "

"So it's basically everyday."

"And yeah, Kriti came home last night with her boyfriend."

Aarav and I looked at each other.

"Does Rishi know?" Aarav asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Just asking." I said.

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