Safar : A journey - AvNeil

Chapter 8

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Tara(laughed): Hahaha! You just said 'yes' to a proposal which you had been rejecting since the past six months? Seriously? Haha..!!

Avni: Tara.. Suno na yaar (Listen to me)

Tara: Kya sunoon ab? (What should I listen to now?) Was he that hot that you agreed in 45 minutes?

Avni(facepalmed herself): Tara.. Let me explain.

Tara(speaked sternly on phone): Ofcourse you should Miss Avni Mehta! You should explain as to what the fuck is the issue with you? I always told that your reasons to reject a person whom you haven't even met are baseless. How rude were you to everyone and now?

Avni: I felt a kind of security with him.

Tara: Ahaan?

Avni: It's like.. I felt everything is fine at that moment. There is nobody to judge me at all. I like that about him. And he is very keen on my studies too. I mean.. that's rare.

Tara(smiled): Yes. That's rare.

Avni(smiled): Tum samajh rahi ho na.. (You understand right?)

Tara: Ofcourse. But no reply has come from their side right?

Avni: Yep. He may also have his own concepts. Par..

Tara: Hmm?

Avni: I don't know. It feels like he is the one. What kind of a feeling is that? I don't know if he feels the same too.

Tara(smiled): Patience rakho baalike... (Be patient girl)

Avni: Two other proposals are alse there Tara. One family is coming tomorrow and one the day after that.

Tara(smirked): It's good na! May be you'll find someone from them better.

Tara imagined a 'not possible' expression on Avni's face and gleamed in happiness.

Tara(crossed her fingers and prayed mentally): Please Krishnaji! Put this confusion to an end. Aur disappointments math do. Please. Mujhe pata hai aap meri Avu ke saath kuch galat nahi karenge. Mujhe bhi Neil hi sahi lag raha hai.. (I know you won't let any wrong happen to Avni. I also feel Neil is the right one). Fingers Crossed!

###### At Khanna Mansion ######

Droplets on her downcast eyelashes...
Pink hue on her plump lips...
His footsteps approaching her...
Her slow but fierce gaze into his eyes...
Them being drenched in rain...
His decreasing distance from her...
One look onto her face...her smile..

Neil shot his eyes open and looked around puzzled by what he saw in his dream. He was leaning back on his cusion chair with legs crossed and raised to rest on the open window side. A faint smile crept upon his face.

Neil(to himself): What is wrong with you Neil? This is the first girl you met. Since the moment you met her, her eyes and lips never left your thoughts. Aisa kya hai khaas usmein? (What is so special in her?)

He pressed his temples and thought harder to find answers. He was scared to say 'yes' to the first proposal. It could have been a simple attraction. But at the same time, mouthing a 'No' and letting her go was becoming an impossible task for him. Just then..