Inside the car:
Mu: Dei puthusa da? She asks pointing to Kanna's new phone..
Ka: Aama..Kathir annanum, Jeeva annanum vaangi koduthagae...
+2 la pass panniten la athukku..
J: Engae vazhkailaiyilae bayangaramanae athirchi na, athu ivan pass pannathu dhan pa..
Mullai laughs.
She likes being with Jeeva.
She is comfortable with him.
J: Intha panathae kadai la kuduthuttu approm polam...apadiyae neenga kuda kadaiyae pathamari irrukum la.
He says looking at the girls.
Mullai feels a sliver of unease.
Kathir.
He will be in the shop...
Oh God!
She knows that this is inevitable...
She has to face him one day...
But just not today...
M Mindvoice: Please Kadavulae....indhae Kathir mattum kadailae irrukke koodathu.
They reach the shop...
Her eyes scan the street for his bike and it is not there.
She sighs in relief and gets out of the car.
The ladies are welcomed inside with cool drinks and when a customer comes in.. Jhansi immediately begins helping Moorthy. Anandhi and Priya are chatting away happily with Kumeresan Maama.. Gayathri and Kanna are eating Choco Fills...
As for Mullai, she just wants to leave.
She asks for the car keys from Jeeva and sits inside, plugs her earphones into her phone and starts listening to music. Hopefully everyone would come soon and they can leave fast..
Three of the girls arrive...Anandhi is in the shop waiting as Moorthy is packing some snacks for them. Kanna is on the stairs of the shop talking over the phone...
She can hear the girls giggling and saying something...
Jh: Yaar di ivan...semmaiya irrukan..
Pr: Ohhhh avanoda arms eh parru di.
Ga: dreamily sighing...
Mullai turns around to see all three of her friends jostling for space near the window.
Curious, she leans and puts her head out of the window to see who it is...
And pulls it back right in so fast...she almost cricks her neck.
IT'S KATHIR!
Oh God!
Her heart begins to pound.
She takes deep breaths...
At least she is inside the car where he can't see her.
She slides over to the window and slowly adjusts the side mirror.
He has changed so much...
He looks stronger...
His arms are sturdier..
Beard much thicker..
Hair a bit longer.
He is in a tight fitting navy blue cut banian...
Behind her the girls are still admiring and commenting on him.
Mullai feels a small flash of irritation.
