Two faced

Chp 22

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As time passed, bond of friendship bloomed between Farhan and Maria. It all started with a random encounter that day at the library, soon daily formal texts were replaced by long phone calls and informal chatting with duration increasing from minutes to hours.
One day Farhan insisted her on meeting her, the next day he found her waiting for him outside his college. This was part of their daily routine.

And once she told him her addiction for the Gloria's blueberry chiller, since then he never fails to surprise her with one,  everytime they meet.

She revealed him everything about her past without him even asking about it and he never judged her on the basis of her condition, while he told her everything about his previous years, how he had gone through the pain to score the right marks in order to fulfil his dream and how he was always mocked by his fellows for his out of the box personality.

They were like the complementary pieces to an incomplete jigsaw puzzle!

Despite of his tough study schedule and assignment deadlines, he would spend hours talking to her, enjoying the melody of her voice and admiring the shine in her eyes while she despite of the fact that she was a shy introvert girl , would love to go out with him without feeling anxious or afraid of the haunting crowd.

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Maria POV

Beep......
I immediately took the call as I realized it was him. A shy smile crept my face as I greeted him.
"Hello." I said.
"Hey, you already up?" He childishly asked.
"Yeah, wasn't feeling like sleeping any more." I replied.
"Okay so you are coming tonight." He plainly declared to me.
"Coming where?" I asked.
"Terrace." He added silently.
"Umm okay." I answered patiently.
"Don't okay me! You are coming, that's it. I am sending you the address and time. I got to go now, I am late for my class. See ya." He disconnected the phone after reciting his plans.

I smiled and replied to him in a murmur as he had already cut the call.

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Maria POV

At about seven in the evening, I stepped out of the cab right in front of the place. My block heel tapped melodously as I stepped onto the wooden pavement leading to the main entrance of the cafe.
Along with this I adjusted my appearance in the two way mirror right along the pavement. I brushed my hair to the back of my neck, to reveal my grey long flared shirt falling till my calfs and my black laced jeans falling to my ankles. I unlooped my dangling earring as it had knotted with strands of my hair and walked until I reached the main door.

I unlocked my black handbag, and fished through the things to find my phone. As I found it I dialed his number which he picked on the first ring.
"Hey, I am here. Where are you? I asked him.
"I am on the top floor. Just take a right from the  staircase." He guided me and I followed his words, walking up the stairs and right from the staircase.

It was a corridor leading to some private dining space. It was totally vacuum, I could see no one around me which made my heartbeat shoot up.

Well isn't it too isolated from the rest of the cafe. I don't even see Farhan. It's not that I don't trust him but this is making me feel scared. I hope I didn't made any mistake by trusting him. What if he is a bad guy??

Just then I saw Farhan emerging through the corridor and I signed in relief.
"What took you so long?" He asked excitedly.

"My heels." I sarcastically pointed at them while he laughed. He directed me towards the balcony on the right side lined by a beautiful aromatic plants and painted canopy. All my favourites.

"You like it?." He asked me while looking into the darkness.
"I love it." I answered while inhaling the essence. As I turned back to him he excused me and left walking towards the left . I was busy glaring those enchanting flowers and lamps when I heard him shout.
"Maria close your eyes."
I turned to him to demand an explanation but he cut me again.
"Please." He said in the most adorable way he could ever talk so that I couldn't argue with him.

"Okay." I replied and closed my eyes softly.
I could feel him coming towards me step my step until he was few inches away from me and I could smell something, something sweet.

"Open." He said and I raised my eyelids.
He was standing next to me with a huge cone of chocolate ice cream adorned with candy floss, marshmellows, chewy candies and sprinkles. I couldn't help myself from laughing out at it,  Just above the level of the chewy candies on top of the icecream I could see his eyes, shining with awe and looking right through mine. He was now just a few inches away from me.

"Happy birthday." He whispered to me while I felt my eyes getting wet.
"Thankyou." I replied still looking into his eyes.
"I never told you about my birthday, how did you get to know about it?" I asked him.
"Because I love you Maria." He declared his feelings for me.

He took my hand in his warm hands.
"Listen Maria, I love you, and I want to be with you as I do my graduation. But there is one thing you don't know about me, I can't reveal it to you until few more weeks, but I promise I love you alot.
That secret is not by any terms related to my feelings towards you. Please promise me you won't leave me after I tell you the truth." He pleaded while I was just smiling out of happiness and nothing else knocked my mind.

'I still hope it's you and me in the end....'

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Hey, finally updated after months....phew .
Taura5