Maurvi's POV
We reached my computer centre just in time. I saw Prachi and Naman going inside the centre. I thanked Gautam and was about to get out of his car. When he stopped me.
" When will your class get over? " He asked with a smile.
" At 6 PM, but you don't have to come back to pick me up. I will take a cab. " I told him.
" No, I will be there. Now go inside and don't talk to them. Bye and take care. " He said and after saying bye to him, I went inside.
The teacher was already in class. I asked the permission to enter and when he nodded, I went to take a seat.
I was feeling very good from within. Gautam gave me a lift here and will come back to pick me up. I can get used to it very easily. I just loved the way he cared about me, the way he was listening carefully. I didn't realise that I was smiling like a fool.
" ....... Maurvi? Maurvi? "
" Oh! yes sir? "
" Are you in the class? Are you alright? I mean you came late and now you are not attentive in the class and on top of that you are smiling all to yourself? I asked you a question and you are not even listening. " Sir asked me.
" I am sorry sir, It won't happen again," I said but the heat was creeping in my cheeks making them pink.
" It is ok, now pay attention. " I nodded and he started teaching again.
Just 5 minutes had passed when there was a knock on the door. Our teacher opened the door. Prachi who was sitting next to me asked me why I was late. Before I could say anything, sir called out my name.
I looked at him and he said,
" Maurvi, Someone wants to talk to you for a minute. Please come here. "
I got up from my seat and reached where sir was near the door. I was surprised to see Gautam standing there. He smiled and said, " You forgot your bag in my car. I thought you might need it. Bye. " I took the bag and thanked him with a shy smile. He was so good and I was so clumsy. He smiled and went back.
I kept looking at him till I heard someone clearing the throat. Sir was smirking at me.
" He is gone, Maurvi, will you please take your seat. I think now I know why you look distracted today. " Sir said in a low tone with a smile and winked at me. I blushed harder. Our teacher was just a few years older than us; he was like a friend.
He resumed his lecture and I went back to my thoughts. I could not help thinking about him and smiling. The class was over and I excused myself and came out of it. Prachi called my name but I pretended not to have heard it.
I reminded myself of the suggestion Gautam gave me about avoiding both Prachi and Naman. So I was looking for Gautam as I didn't want him to wait for me. All of a sudden someone caught my hand. I turned to find Naman holding my hand.
" Are you Ok? " He asked with fake concern.
" I am good, please leave my hand. " I tried to get my hand out of his but he tightened his grip.
" Are you trying to avoid Prachi and me? Please don't do that, we are your friends and are concerned about you. I am sorry that I couldn't reciprocate your feelings but you need to understand that I love your friend and not you. I am sorry for that but I can't change that. I really love her. " He was behaving like a nice man in front of Prachi.
" Just leave my hand, Naman. I don't care what you two do. If she has decided that she trusts you more than she can trust me, fine I will not say anything and stop acting. She doesn't know about your true colours but I do. What feelings are you talking about? I never had any feelings for you. In fact, you disgust me. Now please leave my hand. " I tried again but he was holding my hand very tightly.
" Oh come on Maurvi, these things happen. It's ok we are not judging you for having feelings for me... You don't have to deny them. I respect them, it is just that I can't reciprocate them. I am madly in love with Prachi. Please don't tell lies to her about me. Why are you poisoning her mind against me? "
" Shut up and leave my hand. " I shouted at him while he was smirking
" No, first you say sorry to both of us and accept your mistake. "
" What?? Never I never tell a lie. You are acting in front of her...." I was saying when I heard a deep angry voice.
" Leave her hand... " I turned to see Gautam standing there glaring at Naman.
" What if I don't? Don't mess with us just go and do your work. This is not any of your business. " Naman said carelessly.
" It is my business... Now leave her hand or I will punch you to pulp. " Gautam said in his angry voice.
" What is your problem? " He asked Gautam.
" My problem is that you are holding her hand. " Gautam caught his hand and released my hand from his grip with force. He came and stood between Naman and me.
" She is my friend, Who are you?" Naman said to him in a fighting tone.
" Hello I am not your friend Naman and for your kind information, he is my....friend." I retorted
" Boyfriend... I am her boyfriend. " Gautam said all of a sudden and I felt as if I was going to faint.
" What? No... you didn't have to. I told you... I don't want to tel-" I was saying but he interrupted me. He caught my hand.
" On come on Maurvi... I know you said that you don't want to tell them about us, but it is ok, they are your friends. We must not hide it from them. Trust me it is ok. " He smiled at me and placed his arm around my shoulder. I was going to faint. It seemed that both Prachi and Naman were shocked with what Gautam just said.
" Listen, you, just stay away from her or I will rip your hand off your body. Let me tell you that I have been a boxing champion during my college days. So don't mess with us. " He threatened Naman and then smiled at Prachi.
" Hi, you must be Prachi, Maurvi's best friend. I am Gautam, her boyfriend. She talks so much about you. I sometimes get jealous of you. I wish I was as important to her as you are. Bye, it was nice meeting you. Take care. " She just nodded and looked at me with shock.
It seems we all were shocked as only Gautam was speaking.
He turned to me and said, " Let's go beautiful, I am really hungry. Where would you like to go? Hey, show me your hand. " He caught my hand tenderly.
" Oh, it is so red, it is going to bruise. Next time if I see you anywhere near Maurvi, I will kill you. Understood. " He barked at Naman and caught my other hand in his and walked towards his car.
I saw from the corner of my eye that Prachi looked a bit concerned about me. She even looked angry at Naman.
He opened the emergency medical kit and took out a pain killer spray and sprayed it on my hand. He looked very angry.
" It's ok. He would not dare to do that again. But you didn't have to say all that. " I said to him.
" No it was necessary Maurvi, now he would not come near you. If he does just let me know. Did you notice that your friend was shocked and she is still looking in our direction? At least now she will not think that you have feelings for him. You just need to show some affection towards me. "
Oh God, how do I tell him that I already feel too much about him? What would I do now... Prachi is shocked by what he said because she knows what I feel about him. If he keeps saying things like that, I will fall in love in no time. I have to keep my distance from him.
Gautam POVI was going out when I heard my neighbour Maurvi talking to someone on the phone. She is tall, cute, beautiful, witty, smart, innocent like a child kind of girl. She looked very tense. I wanted to know what was bothering her." Prachi... please try and understand..he is bad news.. he is not good. I can prove it to you. Please just stop right there. He even has a criminal record, however small it may be. Please stay away from him." She was literally pleading.She then reminded her friend that he proposed to Maurvi but she was not interested. Her friend said something and Maurvi was shocked to hear that." Oh come on Prachi... I used to tell you about each and everything if I ever had a crush on him, I would have told you. You know very well that I have a crush on someone. "Oh, so she has a crush on someone... Lucky guy..." Please Prachi trust me yaar... I just want you to be safe and happy. He was just a friendly batchmate to me. Nothi
Gautam's POV" It's ok. He would not dare to do that again. But you didn't have to say all that. " she said to me." No it was necessary Maurvi, he would not come near you. If he does just let me know. Did you notice that your friend was shocked and she is still looking in our direction? At least now she will not think that you have feelings for him. You just need to show some affection towards me. " I said and she nodded shyly.I drove to a nice and calming eating joint. I wanted to talk to her. I wanted her to be comfortable with the situation. I needed her help too." Maurvi...actually I am sorry, I should have told you about it earlier but I was sure you would have refused to accept my help and you know it was the easiest solution. I could understand your situation."She was very quiet, but she nodded." Can I tell you something? " I asked her. She looked at me and nodded." First you promise me that you will listen carefully and calmly,
Gautam's POVWe kept talking for a few more minutes but I felt that she avoided the topic of her crush. She asked me another question and asked me about my profession. Why was she avoiding that?We shared more information like our birthdays. List of favourites, movies, actors, food, songs etc. I didn't even realise but we were talking for more than an hour. I loved every minute of it.Maurvi's POVWe exchanged information about each other. He asked me if I ever had a crush on someone? I was dreading that he would ask it... I couldn't tell him that I had a huge crush on him... So I avoided the question and changed the topic. We talked for hours and I loved every minute of it.Then he asked me, " So tell me about your first kiss. "" What? Seriously? " my eyes were about to bulge out." Now what does that mean Maurvi? "" Are you all right? I mean are you really asking me that? "" So what is the problem? Oh ... You have.. never.
Maurvi's POVI got up and went to college. I had to submit my assignment. Thank God! it was Saturday, I would be free soon. I attended all my classes and then I wanted to go home and sleep but Prachi said she would come and stay at my place. I would have been very happy a few days ago, but today it did not look like such a good idea. Though I was happy that she was talking to me again, the fact that she trusts Naman more than she trusts me was irritating me.I drove into my garage and was about to unlock my house. When I heard the sound of opening the door. I saw Gautam coming out of his house." Hello, girlfriend, how was your day? "I smiled and said, " Good But I am really feeling very sleepy. "" Why ? " he asked with a smile." Because I didn't sleep last night. " I opened the door and went inside and he followed me." Aww... you were so excited about being my girlfriend that you could not sleep. How cute. " He was smirking at me.
Gautam's POVI came back home. After about half an hour she came to our place. She brought Matar paneer and Jeera Aaloo with her." Hey, you wanted to sleep so why did you make this?" I asked her." I thought that aunty must be very busy doing her packing so cooked for her as well. " She said with a smile.Mom and dad are very fond of her, especially dad as she understands his jokes very well. He has an amazing sense of humour and according to him she also has that. Mom was packing for both dad and herself. She asked mom if she needed help. Mom hugged her and asked why she was looking so tired. She said she had to finish an assignment so she couldn't sleep last night. Mom went to the kitchen and saw that she had already brought food." You work really very hard beta but you don't take care of yourself. You must take proper rest. You should not have done it. " Mom scolded her and she smiled.We all had dinner together. Mom told me to take care of
Maurvi's POV" I went to an inauguration party with Gautam. His friend opened two showrooms in that famous new mall."" Oh, so you are already meeting his friends? " She said sarcastically." What does that mean Prachi?"" I mean that you are already meeting his friends means that his friends know about your relationship but you never bothered to tell me. " She said." Think before you speak Prachi, you are forgetting that I used to tell you about each and every single thing. It is you who did not tell me anything. Moreover, I would have told you about this if you were not avoiding me. But I guess you trust him more. You knew that I have always had this massive crush on Gautam.. why would I even think about Naman?"" But Naman said... " she was saying but I stopped her in mid-sentence as I didn't want to know what he said." He lied to you and you believed him. Anyways leave that, I don't want to talk about him. " I wanted to avoid that topi
Gautam's POVI reached the hospital and there were a few patients who had come for the scan. I attended them and went to look for Vikram. I saw him eating food in the cafeteria. I went to him." Hey man, where were you for the last 3 days?? I need to tell you something... What are you eating? " I took a bite of the food he was eating." Wow !! Awesome !! " I snatched the food from Vikram and started eating. He just rolled his eyes and let me eat." Umm... I really want to kiss that person who made this. Very tasty yaar... "" What?? n-no... " Ruchika shrieked, everyone was shocked, Including me." What happened? Why is she behaving like this " I asked, eating the food normally.Vikram was smiling like anything, he said with a smirk, " Because she made all this... " He was grinning like anything and looking at me...Oh, God!! I got embarrassed a bit when he realised what I said earlier." Come on Gautam, do what you just
Gautam's POVI got a call from Prachi saying that I must come to Maurvi's place as there is something wrong with Maurvi. I asked her what happened, but she said that she can't explain like that. I rushed outside to go to her place. I rang the doorbell. Prachi opened it immediately. I got inside quickly." Now tell me what happened? Where is she? " Prachi pointed towards the drawing room. I almost ran there and saw her standing there with a cake in her hand. I released my breath which I didn't even realise I was holding." Happy Birthday ..." She said shyly.She remembered my birthday, made a cake for me and is giving a surprise to me. It is my best birthday surprise.I wanted to take her in my arms and kiss her." Hello… she said something to you. " Prachi teased me. I just smiled and walked towards her. Took the cake from her hands and placed it on the table. I drew her in my