Chapter 13:
Nandini's POV:
Oh god!! This can't be happening, I have to spend the whole night here with Manik. It's hard enough to control my over flowing emotions when everyone is around, how will I control myself when it's just him and me ALONE! 'Manik, the whole night?' I asked terrified of what might happen, what if I accidentally tell him something, what is he asks me something.. What will I say. 'Yep, we don't much of a choice. Look calm down, you're not alone.. I'm with you so just relax.. Come have a seat' Manik assured me as we both got comfortable on the couches placed near us.
Manik POV:
You can't be serious man! First we get locked in this room, then we lose the signals on our phone and now we're surrounded by darkness, this day just can't get any worse than this. Above all Nandini looks really scared, I am unable to make her comfortable, what should I do to make her comfortable!! Manik think! 'Erm so you never told me how you know FAB 5, I mean my best friends know you and I don't.. Weird isn't it? Considering we all know each other's friends..' I asked her the question I've been dying to ask since last week and also to distract her from being so nervous.
Nandini's POV:
And finally the thing I was most afraid of happened, Manik asked me how I know FAB 5.. I can't lie to him, no Nandini you can't. Maybe it's time, to tell him the truth. Wait! Is it time to tell him? What will I tell him.. I can't tell him about our relationship.. I was debating with myself whether to tell him or not completely ignoring his presence, 'Nandini!' he shakes me to take me out of my thoughts. 'Erm we met in SPACE' I say much to Manik's shock.. 'SPACE?' Manik asks me looking very confused, 'so I was right, you met them in the years that I have forgetten due to amnesia?', 'yeah, I am from Mangalore.. I came to space on a scholarship, that's when I met the FAB 5.. The biggest baddest bullies around' I said with a smirk where he frowned. Cabir had told Manik how FAB 5 used to bully everyone. 'Did we bully you?' he asked very quietly, embarrassed by the fact he used to be a rude arrogant monster! 'Did you bully me? You guys were after my life.. You all made my life a living hell' I said angrily remembering those days when he made me his spot girl. 'Sorry' he mummered under his breath, I just smiled 'it's okay, that was a long time ago after that everything was normal'.. 'But how did everything get normal.. Nandini tell me everything I want to know.. Please?' he asked me making a puppy face which I couldn't resist.
I narrated our entire story to him, how Navya broke his guitar and FAB 5 targeted Navya first, then how I came to Navya's rescue and became FAB 5's most wanted victim. His jaw dropped to the ground when I told him I punched him for breaking my appa's pen. Then I told him about how he made me his spot girl, how me and him worked together to help Dhruv and Cabir.. I continued telling him our story but stopped at Diwali, I couldn't go further than this. I couldn't tell him me and him loved each other. 'And after Diwali everything started getting better, Cabir respected me for helping him with his secret, Dhruv and I were already friends. Alya and Mukti still hated me but eventually we became friends too' I said and smiled remembering some of the best days of my life. 'Aur hum?' he asked me randomly, looking at me very intensely, which of course made me nervous. I took a deep breathe and said 'hum kya Manik?' I asked him avoiding his gaze, 'hum kya the Nandini?' he was still gazing at me.. 'Hum bhi dost the' I continued to avoid his gaze, 'sirf dost?' he asked very huskily that I was having a hard time controlling myself from telling him everything, 'yeah Manik, we were friends very good friends' I said and smiled.
Manik's POV:
So my intuitions weren't wrong, I had met Nandini before... But why didn't she tell me this before? My thoughts were again interrupted by her as she asked me if I was okay as it was dark around. My masculinity was hurt when a girl asked me if I, MANIK MALHOTRA, was scared of the dark.
Nandini's POV:
'Erm Manik you're okay right? It's dark' I asked as I knew he hates darkness. 'So?' he asked in his I-am-too-cool-to-be-scared-of-the-dark attitude. 'Manik yaadash tumhari gayi hai meri nahi.. I know you in and out, I know you're scared of the dark' he glared at me 'sorry I meant I know you have hatred for darkness' I said in a melodramatic tone smirking at him. I turned on the flash light from my phone so it would get a little less dark; and turned the switches on for some dim lights in the room. 'Thanks Nandini' he said again gazing at me, oh god his gazed will kill me someday.
I got up and walked away pretending to look around when in reality I was just trying to avoid his gaze. I stood at a corner and he came and stood beside me, 'how comes FAB 5 never told me about you? And why didn't you tell me that we have met before, and were friends before my accident?' he asked looking very surprised, 'I moved to London way before your accident; we all lost touch with each other so maybe they didn't think it was important enough.. You were already so stressed and had bigger things to worry about, this isn't important.. And we met after so long so suddenly and so much was going on so...' I said and just smiled again suppressing all my feelings inside. There was a moment of silence, we both were leaning on the wall behind us looking ahead with a little bit of space between us. I expected him to ask me a lot more questions, but he was surprisingly quiet, he didn't ask me anything else about our past.
After a few minutes Manik randomly spoke 'dance?' Did I hear him right.. Did he just say dance.. 'What?' I asked looking at him very confused. 'I said dance, as in will you dance with me?' 'Manik now?' 'Abhi nahi to kabhi nahi' he said gazing at me as he took my hand and took me to the centre of the room. He took out his phone and flicked through the music gallery to pick a song for us to dance on and he chose the one song that gave me goosebumps. He played the song as he entwined my right hand with his left hand, he took my left hand and placed it on his shoulder and put his right hand on my waist.. As soon as the lyrics of the song started he pushed me closer to himself.
Baatein ye kabhi na tu bhoolna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Jaaye tu kahin, bhi ye sochna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Tu jahaan jaaye mehfooz ho
Tu jahaan jaaye mehfooz ho
Dil mera maange bas ye duaa
Baatein ye kabhi na tu bhoolna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Jaaye tu kahin, bhi ye sochna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Humdard hai, humdum bhi hai
Tu saath hai toh zindagi
Tu jo kabhi door rahe
Ye humse ho jaaye ajnabi
Tujhse mohabbat karte hain jo
Tujhse mohabbat karte hain jo
Kaise kare hum usko bayaan
Baatein ye kabhi na tu bhulna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Jaaye tu kahin, bhi ye sochna
Koi tere khatir hai jee rahaa
Jaagi bhi hai royi bhi hai
Aankhein ye raaton mein mere
Kyun har ghadi milke tujhe
Lagti rahe bas teri kami
Hum toh na samjhe tum hi kaho
Hum toh na samjhe tum hi kaho
Kyun tumko paake tumse juda
Baatein ye kabhi na tu bhoolna
Koi tere khatir hai jee rahaa
Jaaye tu kahin, bhi ye sochna
Koi tere khatir hai jee rahaa
We kept dancing lost in each other's eyes, in this moment nothing matter to us. It was just me and him, the rest of the world didn't exist.. We were so lost in each other none of us realised just how close we had come during the dance, I could feel his warm breath on my face.. Surprisingly, unlike what happens usually when he comes close to me, our closeness an proximity didn't increase my heartbeat but calmed it, I was at peace. This is where I need to be, in his arms..hamesha. We were still dancing when I saw something that shook me to the core, I stared at it without a blink as my heart sank and made me forget to breathe for a moment.
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Edited by Ramisha_manik - 8 years ago
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