His cell buzzed..
her cell too was ringing, but it was difficult for her to find out where it was.. as usual in some side of her hand bag..
his mechanic had finally found the Oakwood society..
“Sir.. I’ve come in the society..”
“You’ll find my car parked at the turning of the 7^th lane..”
“Ok sir.. will be there in 2mins.”
it was Gargi on the other end..,
“ We’ve entered your society.. will pick you in 2mins..”
Oh no.. she thought to herself they had come to pick her up.. it wasn’t the plan.. she thought they would call n she would say.. she was still out and come directly.. n then tell that her brother had called her home for some work… it was perfect excuse.. timely planned…
“hey.. wht happened..?” Advaid asked.
“My friends are coming to pick me.. a party at café Purple..” sitting down on the sofa she answered as if someone had given her a punishment, he kept the Cadbury in his pocket.. and said, “I’ll go n take a look at my car.. the mechanic must have reached..”
her mom said, “ if any problem persists.. come home, Advaid will drop you..”
“yes aunty.. but I guess the mechanic will manage.. thanks for the tea..”
“and yaaa.. lets do a round of FIFA 10 this weekend.. wht say??” advaid reminded him abt their plan.., She wondered to herself where was I till all this bonding happened..!!!!
“yaaa ya.. meet you at my place on Saturday then.. Ciao!!”
she looked at him making him aware that bcoz of her he was in that house.. having tea.. playing video games……….
n he was lik.. ya ya I knw.. but you n I isn’t happening.. isn’t it?? 

She picked up her bag n went in…
Advaid n Nani came till the door.. actually Nani was goin to take her walk in the garden. They shook their hands.. n he was gone….
Darshana n Gargi were at the gate.. Honking.. they saw him pass by.. Gargi as usual made a remark abt the jacket that he was wearing.. he thought to himself, that's the reason she must be not goin out with these girls.. n smiled to himself..

Advaid opened the door.. he introduced himself to advaid, and all the family members.. Mom knew he would come to collect his car and she would get a chance to see him.. they all had were havin a chat about this and that.. tea was served with toast.. it already was 5.. and mechanic hadnt arrived yet..

                                            
An auto waited outside, he thought the mechanic had come so he went to open the door.. n there she was getting out of the auto.. with so many bags.. n her sweet happy face.. he stayed at the window itself lookin her through it.. she hurriedly walked towards the steps.. ringin the door bell almost 5-6 times.. granny was reciting smthg.. n was a bit annoyed but, as she saw her grand daughter at the door.. she knew there’s nothin new with the door bell ringin..

“Mamma.. Dyadda.. Aduuu…. Naaanaaaaa a surprise for all of you… surprise surprise…”

She kept shouting in the whole house while swinging her ccarry bags.. n suddenly stood still as she saw him… may be his presence wasn’t a surprise for her.. it was more lik a shock.. she was quiet.. tryin to compose herself back to normal.. she kept the bags on the sofa.. n said, “hi.. you here..?”
“hii.. jus had come to take my car..”
“ oh yaa..”
“ was jus waiting for the mechanic to turn up..”
“hmmmm..”
he was waiting to hear that word from her.. he felt he knew her well..

they both realised that everyone in the room was curious to see how easily they had connected but both had denied anythg.. her mom asked,
“why were you shouting so loudly..? n wht are these bags..?”
“ ohh..” goin near to the bags on the sofa..

Tryin to hold her excitement she managed to say..
“I got promoted..!!!!”
Seeing at him.. she tried to keep her voice down.. not that she was bothered wht he would think of her.. but still..
She took out Nani’s gift, touching her feet.. she gave her the beautiful saree.. then lighting the diya in the small temple they had.. she placed the envelope she had received, givin her mom, dad and advaid their respective gifts.. she felt guilty for not havin anythg to gift him.. n he too was a kid sittin there expectin smthg from her.. she bought a Cadbury from the refrigerator and gave it to him, he felt he had won smthg.. n she jus was satisfied to see him smile..

He got up, leaving the game..
“ you are leaving the game.. that means you accept that you’ve lost!!”
“ Dad.. you know I never lose..”
“but you are quitting the game.. so you lose!! Simple..”
“ Dad.. I’ve to get my car.. cant keep on playing..”
“that means you lose!!”
“ We’ll continue it.. as I’m back..”
“ okay okay..”

if it was some other day, he would have forgetten his car n sat there to finish the game.. winning it.. but today he was going to her place.. he was thinking more about her.. not the car…. Dad n mom both had understood why he wanted to get his car fixed and why he himself was taking care of it..

She was in her favorite saree shop.. buying saree for mom, nani was first on the list..
Nani always wore pastel colours, so the choice was easy.. she picked up a sky blue saree with delicate white floral work.. for mom it was maroon.. mom looked so ravishing in a single colour, bold bordered saree.. there were many shades of red, browns, maroons.. but she has to keep looking.. and finally she found a deep crimson coloured saree with a silver border with a little silver thread work.. and she thought it was perfect.. leaving the store she saw a pearl white saree with golden border and golden work.. she hesitated for a while.. went back in, thought it was sort of her day.. and may be she was ready to carry off a saree.. buying it brought a smile to her face.. although she didn’t know from whom she had bought that saree for.. but she liked it, so she bought it.. simple..!!!
walking across the street she saw a jewellery store.. the showcase was filled with a variety of pearl ear rings.. she wondered it would be a nice gift for Gargi.. not going to the party and then giving the gift on Monday would surely make Gargi feel better.. she knew how Gargi always had matchin pair of ear rings n how she loved flaunting them..

Seein the Louis Phillipe store, seein the classic polo tee shirt she thought a moment abt him.. not knowing why she thought of him.. she shook her head.. feelin weird.. but somehow she entered the store as she knew buyin a green blue checkered short sheelves shirt for Advaid would be the best idea and for her dad the blue n white classic polo would do the needful.. she eventually bought a classic polo, she thought but was for her dad not smone else.. sm thought crossed her mind making her smile to herself…

He took his jacket.. although it was a bright sunny day, last night’s rains had left a chill in the air.. he took auto to her home.. Oakwood society, he was thinkin abt does she work on Saturdays.. or.. will she be home.. should I go to her place first or later.. he never thought he would face so many questions.. coz he knew rather their conversation wasn’t about knowin each other.. it was more lik professional talk..