Kya Yeh Hai Mohabbatein?

Daraar

"Thank you." Ishita said as she was getting into Raman Bhalla's car. She went to the back seat.

"Agar tum chaho, tum aagar beth sakti ho." Raman growled just to keep Ruhi happy. So much had happened in the past hour. Somehow, Ishita managed to persuade Ruhi to come with him. He didnt understand what Ruhi saw in that mad woman. Honestly, he thought it was quite hilarious that her heart had been broken and that also through secretary, not even face to face. But in all seriousness, what kind of cheap person would do that? No, he thought. Why would he even feel bad for this lady, after all the newspaper incident had irritated him so much. But, in the end, she was a woman and no one deserved to go through that. Although he did not have a wife at the moment, his maa had taught him to respect women no matter the circumstance.

"Thank you. Ruhi? Mein yaha baith jaoon?" Ishita asked just to make sure. Ruhi was the whole reason why she was going with this Raman Bhalla. She wasn't exactly overflowing with excitement but it was okay because she saw the girl was happy.

Raman, Ishita, and Ruhi closed their doors in sync. They all turned to look at each other and Ruhi let out a small giggle. Raman started to drive and was deep lost in his thoughts. Ishita was staring at the window to her left. How her life had changed within a few minutes. She was more worried about what Amma would say when she found out. Amma hadn't been home and when Amma had come home, she told her she was going to the event with Prateek but that he could come to pick her up because of his job.

Raman stopped the car smoothly and looked to the back to see Ruhi had fallen asleep. It was raining outside so he figured she must have fallen asleep with the rhythm of the car. He cared about her so much but  her mole, it disturbed him so much that mole. Shagun, his ex-wife, also had the same mole and it aggravated him to the max. He looked to his left to see Ishita staring outside the window. What kind of misery, he thought. Mein toh yaha ram sevak ke jaisa driver aur yeh behuda aurat aaram se bahar window mein dekh rahi. He had to admit though, without all of the noise Ishita had very natural beauty. He could see she was wearing dark black kohl exaggerating her beautiful eyes with gold eyeshadow. RAMAN! he thought. What are you thinking about this girl. The way she taunted you yesterday, you cant possibly be staring at her. But he couldnt stop. He looked at her clothing. Unlike Shagun who was always trying to show off more skin, Ishita had worn more modest clothes which he liked. He hated it when Shagun would always try to taunt him for his  old thinking. She always was always talking about Manish Malhotra's newest saree collection, the newest heavy  gold jewelry, or the western dress styles. Even when she wore western dresses, it was obvious that she wasn't trying to dress modest. Ishita in comparasion was perfect. Modest but elegent clothing and light but statement-making makeup. The only thing missing was a good personality which he failed to find in Ishita or Shagun. Maybe all women were the same.

"Ishita?" he called. There was no response. "Ishita?" He called again. Once again, there was no response. He gently tapped her shoulder to get her attention.

"Hmmm. Ha, sorry. Hum poch gaye?" Ishita asked startled. She hadn't even realized they had reached, she had been in such deep thought.

"I know hum dono friends nahi hai, aur hum ek dusere ko pasand bhi nahi karte lekin lagta hai ki tumhe bahot hurt hua hai." He had absolutely no clue why he was saying this. He tried to stop but it was like his mouth was just on a totally different agenda. "Mujhe pata hai tum kaise feel kar rahi ho. Tum agar chahti ho tum tum apana dil halka kar sakti ho. Mein tumhe judge nahi karunga." Raman was so surprised he even said these things to someone he despised let alone that they barely knew each other.

Will Ishita accept or decline his offer and if she does tell him, how will he react? I'll be back with the update tomorrow!