Chapter 62
'Are you still awake Moti?' Nivi smiled at the message on her phone and looked up to see if Divya had come up yet but she hadn't. She sat down on the huge king sized bed and started to reply to Viren's text; it was almost 11.30 in the night and they were at the Sood farmhouse. They'd got here this afternoon and it'd been a nice evening, full of laughter as the families relaxed and Nivi was feeling glad she'd come even though she had brought some work with her too.
Viren had been in his element all evening; cracking jokes and making everyone laugh and although he'd teased Nivi a lot, he hadn't tried to get her alone or held her hand or anything... Nivi knew she should be glad about that but she couldn't help wondering if he was up to something; he hadn't mentioned whatever it was that she'd lost yet either. She'd just come up to the room she was sharing with Divya and was getting ready for bed when she got Viren's text.
'Nope, I'm fast asleep Viren...' Nivi leaned back on the pillows and looked around the room as she sent the message and waited for Viren to reply; it was a beautiful and spacious house and every room was fully furnished and theirs even had an en suite bathroom. 'Haha very funny Moti... what're you doing? I can't sleep...' Nivi laughed as she read his message, 'It's almost midnight Viren, what do you think I'm doing?!'
A minute later the phone rang, 'Mere baare mein soch rahi thi?!' Viren asked without even saying hello and Nivi laughed, she'd seen him about an hour ago and he was only a couple of doors down the hall sharing a room with Sid. 'Nahi toh...' She lied, 'Why are you still awake anyway? You came upstairs ages ago...hold on a second, Siddarth kaha hai?!' Viren laughed on the other end of the line as Nivi sounded a little panicked.
'Relax Moti, he's snoring away! Wait a sec...' Nivi waited and was surprised to hear rustling and then loud snores as Viren held the phone out and sighed, 'That's actually why I'm still awake!! How am I supposed to sleep through all that?!' He sounded so hopeless Nivi couldn't help laughing and then she thought of something else, 'Oh my god, poor Di...!' Viren started laughing too, 'Poor Di?! Poor Sid after Divya finds out!' Nivi was still laughing when Divya walked into the room, yawning, 'What's so funny Nivi?' Nivi shook her head, 'Uhh kuch nahi Di...' she said at the same time as Viren whispered in her ear, 'Don't tell her or she'll call the whole wedding off!'
Nivi laughed again, 'Don't worry Viren, I won't say anything! Goodnight...' She was about to put the phone down when Viren said, 'What? Wait Nivi! You're going to sleep?! But what about me?' Nivi thought for a second and then smiled, feeling a little evil, 'There's plenty of wool in the pillows, use that! Night...' Nivi laughed and Viren made an annoyed noise as she put the phone down and Divya asked what was up as they got into bed. 'Kuch nahi Di, Viren can't sleep or something...' Divya rolled over and winked at her, 'Toh tu jaa ke usse lori suna de...!' Nivi went red and hit her over the head with a spare pillow.
Divya laughed and rolled back over to her side of the bed as Nivi's phone buzzed, 'You're so mean...' Nivi rolled her eyes at Viren's dramatics via text, 'Maybe I'm mean but you still love me...' she replied, using his own words. 'True...' Nivi could almost hear Viren sigh as he replied and she smiled as she sent a quick, 'Sweet dreams Viren.' She hadn't expected him to reply but he did and Nivi hid her face in her pillow and wondered how she'd ever fall asleep after she read his response, 'Only if you're in them...'
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'Nivedita, tum mera ek kaam kar do gi please?' Nivi nodded in answer to Chanchal's question; it was the next morning and she was helping Vandana with breakfast when Chanchal had noticed her there. She handed Nivi a file, 'Yeh file tum Siddarth ko de aao; aur kehna Jawahar ne di, teek hai?' Nivi nodded but she must have looked a little confused because Chanchal sighed and pointed out of the window where they could see Jawahar talking loudly on the phone as he paced the lawn. Nivi turned to go but Chanchal called her again, 'Aur suno, agar Viren ut jaaye toh usse breakfast ke liye bula le na teek hai?' Nivi nodded again and Chanchal smiled as she left.
'Siddarth?' Nivi knocked on the door and waited but there was no response. It was early and she'd expected Viren to be asleep but she thought Sid would have been awake; she knocked again and then tried the door when there was no answer. The curtains were open and Nivi could see the room was empty as she peeked in. She took a few steps in and saw this room was furnished in bright colours and had two single beds, one of which was neatly made with light blue covers and another which was messy and unmade with purple sheets and pillows hanging off it.
Nivi smiled as she easily guessed which one was Viren's and then laughed when she saw a couple of purple pillows by the floor near Sid's bed and she wondered if Viren had chucked them at him in the middle of the night. She shook her head and went to Sid's bedside table and set the file down next to his watch. She was turning to leave when she noticed Viren's duffle bag open at the foot of his bed with tee shirts and jeans spilling out of it like as though it'd exploded. Her fingers itched to clean the mess but before she could move, she suddenly heard a door she hadn't noticed before open behind her.
Edited by anjaani07 - 12 years ago
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