The Firangi Gurukul

Manjot's...plans?

Edwin was crying from the past half an hour and Grayson was struggling to understand the reason behind it. It was nearly midnight and Sameeksha was still in Manjot's room. Grayson was rubbing Edwin's back and walking in the room. He called Sameeksha and heard her ringtone near the bedroom. He looked at the door, and she was finally there. 

"Sam, I fucking called you at least ten times!" Grayson said giving him Edwin, "I'm sorry" She said hugging Edwin. "No seriously! You never come this late, you could have spent time with Manjot in the morning" He complained. "Gray he's falling asleep, don't shout please" She said placing Edwin on the bed. Grayson laid on the bed and turned to make Sameeksha face his back. He switched off the lights and closed his eyes.

The next morning, Sameeksha woke up early and after having a shower, she woke up Grayson. "I'm sorry for last night" She said, "it's okay" He gave her a small smile. "Come downstairs when you're ready, I'll bring milk for Edwin" She said as she knew he was going to wake up soon. 

When she went downstairs, she saw Manjot struggling with making a cup of tea for himself. She greeted him and started helping him out. On the other hand, Grayson was on the bed, playing with Edwin. He looked at the time and realised that Sameeksha left the room almost an hour ago. He went downstairs with Edwin and saw Sameeksha and Manjot sitting on the couch, having their breakfast and enjoying their time together. 

Grayson didn't want to create a scene and decided to prepare milk for Edwin. He went to Sameeksha, "can you take care of Edwin while I prepare milk for him?" He asked. "Shit! I'm sorry I for..." She was saying but he raised his hand in the air to stop her. "Just take care of him" He said in a low voice, she lowered her lashes and hugged Edwin. 

Manjot was talking, Sameeksha was pretending to listen but her concentration was on Grayson, she was looking at him through kitchen's window. He put the pan on the cooker and looked up for a moment, his eyes locked with Sameeksha's eyes. Manjot tapped on Sameeksha's shoulder, she looked at him. Grayson saw this and looked away.

Milk was ready for Edwin, Grayson went to Sameeksha and forwarded his arms to get Edwin back. "Me pilaa deti hu" She said, he just looked at her. She took a deep breath and gave Edwin to Grayson. He went to his bedroom and started feeding Edwin. Sameeksha was spending a lot of time with Manjot. Grayson was lost in his thoughts when his phone rang. He looked at the caller's ID, it was a number starting with +44. Who was calling him from the UK!?

"Hello?" Grayson said, nobody was replying. "Who's this?" He asked, "it's...me Gray" Someone replied. Grayson recognised the voice. "It's Grayson for strangers" He said, "please don't say that Gray" Priya cried. "I don't want to talk to you anymore, Priya" He said, "bye" He hung up. Grayson didn't understand why Priya was calling him moths after their break up. Ethan came, Grayson told him about Priya's call. "Don't think about it too much. She must be missing you, it happens after break up" Ethan said. Grayson nodded. Ethan started playing with Edwin and Grayson went to take a shower. 

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It was Friday and every Friday night Ethan watched a movie with Bandana. It was raining and because of that, it was also cold. Ethan was excited, he went downstairs to call Bandana. She was playing UNO with Manjot and Sameeksha. Probably Bandana forgot about the movie night. The disappointed Ethan went back to his room and switched off the tv to go to sleep. 

"E?" Ethan heard Bandana's voice, she switched the lights on, "are we not watching a movie?" She asked. "I thought you were playing UNO" He replied, "naah, can't miss our movie night" She smiled and sat on the carpet. "Bring a blanket" She said. The movie started and he sat next to Bandana, with his back resting against the sofa. "I'm not comfy" She said looking at him, "sit here" He said patting on the carpet in front of him. 

Bandana sat in front of Ethan, with her back resting on his chest. He covered Bandana and himself in the blanket and wrapped his arms around her. They were watching the movie quietly when she spoke, "I'm sleepy" She said. "I wanna finish the film, you can go to bed" He said. "I'm gonna sleep here" She said resting her head on his chest. He hugged her and she fell asleep while he was caressing her cheek.