Inevitable - sidnaaz Journey post BB

Inevitable Part 17

"Abhi ke abhi Shehnaaz se baat kara meri Shehbaaz.. ja uske room mein.. "

Shehbaaz wanted to say no, that its almost 4 am now and they should talk tomorrow morning.. But Sidharth's tone left no room for argument..

"Put me on video call ... I want to see her right now.. "

Shehbaz put him on the video call and walked towards Shenaaz's room.. He rang the bell and waited.. The light was on and saw some movement inside.. a few seconds passed and she opened the door.. She was still in her concert clothes minus the jacket.. makeup gone and eyes tired..

"Shehbaaz tu pagal hai.. is time pe kyu bell baja raha hai.. "

2

Before Shehbaaz could say anything, Sidharth shouted at her, "aur tu pagal hai? Tune bina dekhe darwaja kaise khola?? Koi aur hota to??"

Her eyebrows furrowed listening to his voice, and as soon as she realized he was on video call on Shehbaaz's phone she slammed the door shut..

And Shehbaaz slammed his hand on the forehead..

"arre yaar ek min wait ni kar sakte the.. mujhe andar to jane dete.. abhi wo mere se bhi naraaj ho gayi hogi.. kya yaar aap bhi.. "

Sid realized what he had done.. but he couldn't just stop blurting out as soon as he saw her open the door without even checking who it was.. It was 4 freaking am in the morning.. how could she just open the door... doesn't she have any self-preservation instinct at all?

3

"Sana darwaja khol.. mujhe to andar aane de.. "

Shehbaaz tried again for the n'th time.. and he did not get any response at all ..

Sidharth disconnected this call and tried calling Shehnaaz again.. only to get it unanswered again..

This is exactly what he was afraid of.. that she will just be unreachable now that they have this physical distance between them.. He was feeling angry and helpless and frustrated all at once.. He won't be able to sit calm until he can get in touch with her..

He messaged her .. asking her to pick up the call.. He saw the blue ticks on the message but no response.. He sent series of messages after that and she read all of them but no response..

'Ek baar meri puri baat sun le uske baad tera jo man kare karna Shehnaaz.. ek baar phone utha.. tuze acche se pata hai mein intentionally kuchh nahi karunga tuze hurt karne ke liye.. please?'

4

To his utmost frustration, this message did not even get delivered.. he just kept checking and praying every other minute to turn the single tick on the message into two..

He tried calling her one last time and he got a switch off tone this time. He threw his phone on the bed exasperated clutching and unclutching his fists unable to sit still..

He even entertained an idea of getting on the next flight for a moment, but he knew it was highly impossible given his schedule...

It seems like he was pacing forever when he heard his phone ring.. He ran towards his phone and picked it up even before the first ring finished.

"Sana???" Though he saw Shehbaaz's name on the screen he was hoping against the hope that it might be Shehnaaz on the phone..

5

"Bhai mein hun... meri baat hui Sana se.. wo abhi so rahi hai.. mein subah uthate hi aapki baat karwata hun.. aap bhi so jao abhi.. tension na lo.. ' Shehbaaz spoke in a low voice..

"kaisi hai wo?? " Sid couldn't help but ask..

"Pataa ni yaar.. jyada baat ni ki usne hai na.. aur mene bhi abhi jyada tang ni kiya usko.. thaki bhi hogi hai na.. to subah aaram se baat karte hai? Mein aapko call karta hun subah uthate hi.. "

"Kitne baje? " Sidharth was desperate to talk to her and he did not want to waste even a single minute..

"Bhai aap please abhi so jao.. kaffi raat ho gayi hai waha bhi.. mein India ke subah 8-9 baje call karunga, ok? tab tak 5-6 ghante aaram kar legi Sana bhi thik hai? "

6

Sid looked at his watch.. it was almost 2 am.. 6 more hrs..

"I don't care what time it is here Shehbaaz.. you call me as soon as she wakes up.. agar wo abhi 2 ghante mein bhi uthati hai to tu mujhe tabhi ke tabhi call karega without thinking yaha kya time ho raha hai samjha??"

"Samjha???" he reiterated hearing no response from Shehbaaz. .

"Haanji thik hai.. aap kyu itna pareshan ho rahe ho lekinn.. mein baat karunga usse.. aap abhi so jao please.." Even Shehbaaz was worried hearing Sid's wrecked voice..

"Yeah yeah.."

Sid disconnected the call.. it is going to be longest few hours in his life.. he slumped in the bed rubbing his face in frustration..

7

He did not know when he finally fell asleep, but he woke up as soon as the morning light entered his room.. He opened his eyes and felt a little disoriented.. he had fallen asleep in the same position he had slumped on the bed his feet dangling on the side..

He sat up straight and checked his phone.. no missed calls and no messages.. he checked the time again.. its 6:15 and its only been 4 hrs since he spoke to Shehbaaz..

He messaged him reminding him again to call back as soon as she wakes up..

He was just feeling restless and decided to hit the Gym to burn this frustration.. He did a rigorous 2 hrs workout in the gym checking his phone every now and then for any notification only to get disappointed with each passing moment..

8

He got home, freshened up and tried Shehnaaz's phone.. it rang this time and went unanswered for the 10 th time.. he saw his last message was delivered and read too an hour ago.. He pinched the bridge of his nose and dialed Shehbaaz again impatient to get the phone connected..

"Hello.. mein aapko karne hi wala tha call... but usne mana kar diya tha.."

"Kaha hai wo? Put me on speaker uske pass jake.."

Shehbaaz did what he asked despite Shehnaaz's glare telling him not to..

"Ji aap speaker pe ho abhi.."

"Shehnaaz??? " his voice was a strange mixture of authority, plea and desperation..

9

"Shehnaaz, you cannot do this with me.. you need to talk to me, and you need to talk to me right now.. "

Hearing no response on the other end he used his last resort..

"Tuze meri kasam Shehnaaz... tu abhi ke abhi mujhe video call karegi aur mujhse baat karegi aur meri puri baat sunegi... " and he disconnected the call.

She gasped hearing that.. he knows she won't be able to ignore this, how-much-ever angry she is at him.. this she won't be able to refuse..

And she didn't !

He breathed a sigh of relief as soon as saw his screen lit up with his favorite name..

"Moti calling...."

*** TBC ***