Lone Girl

Chapter 14

Dev’s p.o.v:

I waited for lunch as I could talk to Anu and she would be telling me her answer. I don’t know what to do if she says no. I was hoping she would accept my proposal. As I sat there in my own world, she came and sat beside me.

“Hey Anu.”

“Hi. I know you have been waiting for my answer.”

She stopped for a moment and my heart started beating faster. As I sat there waiting for her answer she continued, “You are a very good friend of mine Dev. To be frank, you are the only friend in college. I don’t want to lose you and I don’t want to make things awkward. So I thought, why not give it a try.”

I was on cloud nine after hearing her words. I was so happy and she literally had to hold me back from dancing. It took me sometime and I finally settled.

“Ok Anu. But remember one thing. No one should know about us.”

I can see the confusion on her face. 

"But why?"

“I don’t want anyone to think about us in a wrong way. Moreover, what we would say if someone asks about us when we’re only not sure for ourselves” 

She thought about it for a while before speaking finally, “Are there any other reasons?”

 “Jay hates you. Karan stays away from you and he won’t do anything that Jay doesn’t like. So they knowing we are together leaves me to choose among you and them. I will probably choose you resulting me losing my best friends. I don’t  want that to happen." I said with a small sigh.

Her mood significantly got bad and it took a minute for me to understand the impact of the words I just spoke. I inwardly cursed myself for hurting her. I went near her, cupped her cheeks and spoke while looking in her eyes.  "I will tell them when the time is right and I wish you will accept me one day".

I really do hope she wouldn’t tell anyone about us yet. ‘Not until she completely falls for me.’

Anu’s p.o.v:

We started spending more time together. Our evening walks soon included small breaks at PizzaHut or Dominos. Every time we used to hangout, Dev talked about ‘us’ and I never felt ‘us’. The only thing I felt when I was around him was the constant warning of my mind telling me that he is not the ‘one’. I don’t know why I can’t listen to my mind. ‘Because you like someone giving you importance in your sibling’s circle and you don’t want to lose the feeling.’

I really didn't spend much time with Swetha lately, I need to fill her with everything happened since she left for the trip. ‘Of course except my current relationship with Dev.’ This weekend my parents will be out for a business meeting, so we will get the whole house for us and it will be the best time to talk to Swetha. I know she would make a scene if she gets to know that I got into a detention.

The weekend came by quickly. Everything went by as I expected. My parents left for the meeting on Friday itself. Trisha went out with her friends and will be returning only on Monday. The only unexpected thing was Jay getting a leg sprain and taking rest at home.

This made my plan for the weekend end without even starting. But then my phone went off.

I answered the phone without even looking at the id. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's me, Dev. How about a movie today?"

As I wanted to spend the weekend with Swetha I didn’t have any other plans. So I decided to go out with Dev. 

"Okay but only if you buy me my favourite ice cream after the movie".

"Sure baby girl. I will be there at the end of your street in 45minutes. Don’t keep me waiting.”

"Ok then, see you there. Bye", I hurried to my wardrobe to find something presentable.

I changed into my jeans and a tank top, told Swetha I would be late for dinner and went out wearing my jacket. 

By the time I reached the end of my street, Dev was already waiting for me in his car. I quickly got in the car.

“Hey beautiful. Thank you for getting ready so fast.”

“Let’s hope the movie will be good.”

“I don’t know it’s a new one.” He said shrugging.

“Well at least I will get my favourite ice cream in the end.” I said grinning at him.

We watched the movie and it was a decent one. After the movie we went to the ice cream parlour. We sat there looking out of the window. It started to downpour outside and we happily spent the extra time sitting there.

When the rain finally stopped, Dev dropped me near our street and drove off. I was happy thinking about how nice the day turned out to be.

When I reached my home I saw Jay sitting at the couch with an ice pack to his bad leg. I would have gone without caring much as usual but his eyes were filled with hatred and disgust. I am used to the hatred but this disgust, I didn’t quite get it. I was about to ask him what was his problem but I heard someone coming down the steps.

When I looked up I saw Karan. 'What the hell is he doing in the house at this time?' 

"She is sleeping now. There is nothing to worry". He said to Jay not even looking at me. I hate when they ignore me like this. "Come on let's get you to your room now". With that he started helping Jay to walk to his room.

'Why is Karan here? Are they talking about Swetha? Is she ok?'