“I'm so excited that my stomach is in a jiggle-jaggle of nerves. There they go again. Jiggle. Jaggle. I'm a mess.” ~ Susane Colasanti
I reached home and ran to Anushka and hugged her. She started laughing. Gaurav was confused with our behaviour. I danced around her and she laughed even more.
“He took my number,” I squealed with delight.
She looked at me and smiled. Gaurav came and sat next to her still puzzled.
“You have to let me date him. Please. Please. Please,” I pleaded to Gaurav.
“Miss here, has a long standing crush on Mr. Akash Mehra for ages now,” Anushka explained it to him.
“Akash?” he asked. He started laughing too now. I looked at him with great expectations.
“You want my permission?” he asked with a shocked expression.
“Uh-huh,” I said nodding furiously.
Anushka was looking at both our expressions as if she were watching a tennis match.
“You will have to get off the case,” he said.
“I don’t care,” I said in one breath.
He smiled now. He came and hugged me. What was wrong with him?
“You have my permission,” he said with a laugh, letting me go.
I squealed again with delight. I went jumping to my room. Anushka and Gaurav started laughing.
I tidied up my room. I was so jumpy. I couldn’t sit quietly. Finally the excitement got to me and I lay down on the bed tired from the entire thrill. Anushka came in my room.
“Are you done bouncing up and down?” she teased me.
“If I had more energy, I would have jumped,” I said with a smile and a wink.
“I am so happy for you,” she said and gave me a hug.
“Thanks for sending me back,” I told her.
“It was my pleasure,” she said sincerely.
“We are going out for dinner. Interested?” she asked.
I didn’t want to leave. I was exhausted.
“No I’ll order in,” I said. “Have fun,” I added.
“You too,” she winked at me and left.
I ordered a pizza for myself and poured some wine for myself. I wanted to celebrate. The pizza arrived shortly. I planted myself in front of the television and sifted through the channels. I finally settled on watching Serendipity since it was the theme of my life right now. Midway through the movie I cleaned up all the pizza mess and got my blanket out. I lay on the sofa watching John Cusack search for Kate Beckinsale at Bloomingdale’s.
After the movie ended on the ice rink with the both of them finally united, I couldn’t help fantasizing about Akash and me. I carried my blanket inside my room and brushed my teeth. I planned on reading a book. My phone beeped just then. I checked my phone to see a message from Akash.
Good night! See you tomorrow :)
I was smiling now. I replied to him. I kept the book aside. Thinking about him was all I could and wanted to do.
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Not Around The Corner
ChickLitAll her life Rhea had wanted just one thing. She wanted to be with Akash. With him in her life, her life is bliss. Everything is going smoothly when her childhood friend, Jai reenters her life. Will she still fall in love with Akash? Or will she end...
