Caught In The Middle- GUNUR FF(upd pg 61) - Page 41

Chapter 13

Next Day

"Dia main college ja rahi hoon" Gunjan said gulping down a glass of water in a hurry.

"itni jaldi?" dia asked as she applied some jam on her toast.

"yeah library se books issue karni hai" gunjan replied not wanting to lie she went for half of the truth.

"to? Waise bhi college main tum jaise bohut kam hain, aur library se books bhag nahin rahi hai"

Gunjan smiled "sorry dia par main kaam time pe karna chahti hoon"

"okay baba, kaise jaogey? Auto se?"

"auto? Kaun?" suhaani asked as she joined the duo at the breakfast table.

"gunjan" dia replied "college jaldi jaana hai usse"

"don't worry di" gunjan spoke to a very concerned suhaani "samrat mujhey lene aa raha hai"

"samrat?" suhaani asked surprised.

"haan usse bhi kuch kaam hai, meri usse baat hui to usne kaha ki mujhey ghar se pick kar lega"

"okay" suhaani replied.

Gunjan smiled glad tht she could make excuses n do a little bit of lying as she left the duo awestruck at the table.

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"Dia" suhaani spoke after a moment's silence.

"yeah?"

"samrat- gunjan….Gunjan-Samrat? I mean they are"

"am wondering the same" Dia mumbled as she sipped her drink.

"Awesome!" suhaani gushed holding dia's arm.

Dia rolled her eyes 'typical suhaani' "m not sure okay, she didn't say anything about him….yesterday we were awake all night long, and I don't think she would hide anything from me now" Dia mumbled.

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Samrat smiled as Gunjan appeared at the gate, she smiled though on approaching him it slowly died.

"hi" she greeted him eyeing his bike.

"hi" samrat smiled admiring her, she looked like an angel "this colour suits u"

"really?" gunjan felt heat around her face

"yup really" samrat smirked as gunjan turned a shade of pink, similar to the colour of her dress.

"Lets go"

"ermm I have never been on a bike before" she mumbled but the little of her voice was drowned by his bike's roaring engine.

Gulping hard she tried to understand how she could get seated on it comfortably.

Samrat waited for Gunjan to sit behind him, but she seemed to be rooted at her spot.

"anything wrong?"

"main pehley kabhi bike main nahin bethi" gunjan spoke embaressed.

"ohh"

Samrat got off his bike and balanced it as he offered his hand to gunjan.

"Climb on" he smiled.

Hesitant to hold his hand, she placed her palm on the bike's seat and climbed up.

Samrat withdrew his empty hand and smiled softly at gunjan.

"Chasmish mere liye jagah to choodo" he joked.

Gunjan shifted a little as samrat climbed on.

"Hold on tight" samrat grinned as gunjan placed her hand on his shoulder.

Smiling he drove on happy as gunjan's finger digged into his skin.

"achha ab kaam ki baat" gunjan began "kal raat dia ne mujhey benji ke liye apni feelings ke bare main bataya"

"achcha kya kaha?" samrat asked a lil surprised at the discussion as it had completely slipped from his mind, a small blush crept up his face as he recalled the emotions he had gone through yesterday and the way his heart had craved to see his chashmish followed by the content he was in with gunjan next to him.

"well usne kaha ki benji aajkal bohut weird sa behave kar raha hai, ar use yeh bilkul bhi pasand nahin"

"okay that's gud"

"haan tumhari benji se baat hui?"

Samrat coughed thinking of some excuse as he had completely forgotten about their mission.

"abhi nahin, college main" he replied.

"okay"

"chashmish"

"hmmm?"

"tumhe kya lagta hai?"

"kis bare main?"

"u knw pyaar vyaar"

Gunjan grew conscious of her hand clutching samrat's shoulder, she loosened her grip but got scared and held him again.

"chasmish?" samrat called.

"mujhey kya pata, kabhi pyaar hua hi nahin, tum kyun pooch rahe ho?"

"main…woh hamara project hai na…isliye"

Finally they reached college.Samrat and Gunjan entered, at first gunjan felt wierded out as every eye was on her and samrat, samrat played it cool as he was sued to the usual attention he got, but the snide remarks on gunjan reached his ears pretty soon.

"They came together, in sammy's bike" a girl whispered.

"wonder what magic she has done on him, he never gave any1 a ride on his bike before not even Dia!" another girl exclaimed.

"She's hot, after him, I will have a go"

"Hang on guys" Samrat bellowed " what r u guys talking about?"

"well u and gunjan are together right? the new fairytale couple of Excel, thts wat we heard" a girl smirked.

"Ohh Shut Up" samrat yelled, he turned to find gunjan but she had already left.

"Shit" samrat cursed kicking the floor, thinking hard as to where the rumour came from "Armaan?"

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Nupur smiled at herself in the mirror as she gave her hair one last swipe with the brush. So what if she was with the sadu mayank, it was a glorious morning in this beautiful hotel and she wanted to live every moment of it.

Nupur spun around and picked her purse, the thought of not being with gunjan crossed her mind but she let it drift away, knowing very well that one day or the other , gunjan will have to live without her. Her chan of thoughts was interrupted by a knock at her door.

Pulling on a nice smile she attended the person at her door.

"Nupur" mayank began but was let speechless as he noticed the angel that stood infront of him.

Meanwhile Nupur was lost in her newfound mayank dreamland as she couldn't take her eyes off him, he was dressed in casual jeans and shirt, his hair a little messy and not the usual spikes… he looked different.

Mayank coughed coming back to his usual self.

"Wanna join me for breakfast?" he asked.

"sure" nupur agreed.

Together the two headed downstairs to the the food counter.

Mayank pulled out a chair for her, she took the seat timidly.

"what would you like to have?" Mayank asked as he went through the menu, he read out a few names of Italian cuisines.

"ermm anything Indian?" nupur murmured.

"O-kay" mayank smiled.

He ordered some Pasta for himself and rajma roti for Nupur.

Nupur kept silent focusing to keep her gaze anywhere but not on mayank, while mayank was quite intrigued by nupur's shy behavior.

Soon the food was served to them.While mayank used his fork n knife, nupur went for eating with her hands. Not liking the continuous silence bridging a gap between them nupur decided to break it.

"so u don't like Indian food as well?" she asked.

Mayank took a few seconds as he munched his food.

"I do, infact its my fav n yours?"

"well I have never tasted anything else so it will be wrong of me to answer that"

"well then go ahead, give it a try" mayank smiled nudging his plate a little towards her.

"are you sure?" nupur asked amazed.

"ofcoz" mayank smiled.

Nupur picked her fork and took a bite of pasta.

"so?" mayank asked hoping for an honest answer this time too.

"Not Bad, but I prefer mine" she grinned and took another bite of her Rajma Roti.

"really? Can i?" mayank asked.

"ofcoz" nupur grinned.

Smiling Mayank took a bite too "that tastes really good" mayank said.

"So is the presentation ready?" mayank asked after they had finished their food.

"somewhat" nupur murmured.

"somewhat?" mayank asked shocked.

"well I have checked through it again n again dont think I will be able to relax until the meeting is over"

"Don't worry, it's a very small meeting our presentation is valuable and of top quality, there's no way they will reject our offer"

Nupur smiled a little "its not about rejection, its about my performance, I wonder if u will chuck me out on a bad performance on the very first day"

"chances are high" mayank answered.

Nupur's little smile disappeared and tension replaced it.

Mayank chuckled at her reaction "don't worry, as its your first, let me offer u some help"

"u will?" nupur asked surprised.

"yes" mayank agreed wondering to himself as to why did he offer her help at the first place, wasn't it supposed to be her performance on which he was going to judge her? Make sure whether she was the right one for the job?

Another look at Nupur blurred away all the questions, she seemed happy n content, and that somehow made him happy.

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