CHAPTER 17

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Meera's POV

We were at the mall for more than 4hrs. Alia is an obsessive shopper, and I was exhausted but we had fun. We return home and find Nikhil parking his car. Alia gets Nikhil to carry all the bags while I carry Reyansh .  We enter the house and I place Reyansh on the couch. Nikhil, Abhi and Alia are talking , I excuse myself and head up to my room. 

After about 30mins Alia bursts in and says,

"I have a big test tomorrow and I don't know anything, can you pls help me?", she asks holding up a huge book.

"Ok, sure. What is the test on?"

"The entire cardiovascular system ", she says. 

"And how much do you know of these", I ask hoping she knows a little at least .

"Nothing at all", she says and I look at her in horror. She wants to complete all this in one night.

"Well then , we better get started", I say cracking my knuckles for a dramatic effect.

"Yay, you are the best", she says while hugging me. I open up her books and start explaining the first topic, while she listens intently.

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It's 9pm now and we have do this for 4hrs straight. All the books and notes are strewn all over the room and currently we are sitting on the propped against the foot of the bed. Alia lets out a yawn.

"We cant sleep now, we haven't completed even half of it", I say.

"Ok, but can we take a small break, I'm hungry", Alia says  and as if on cue Sarla aunty enters with 2 bowls of noodles and cups of coffee.

"Thank you so much aunty , we needed this", I say gladly accepting the food and coffee.

"Koi baat nahi, I just thought to give this to you girls before leaving", saying this aunty leaves.

Both of us take a break to eat . Energized after the meal, we begin again . Alia is really smart and understands everything very easily.

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It is a little after 3 am , and the last thing I remember is asking some potential questions before darkness engulfs me.

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Abhimanyu's POV  

Alia has gone to Meera's room to study and Nikhil also has left. I finish my remaining work and have dinner. I'm about to enter my room when I see that the door to Meera's room is ajar. I slightly push is open and find both of them sitting on the floor with books and papers scattered all around. Meera is explaining something to Alia while she is listening intently. They are so engrossed that they don't even notice me. I close the door and go to my room and sleep.  


I wake up at 5 the next morning and go to the gym on the second floor. After I finish my workout I make my way towards my room. On the way I notice that the light to Meera's room is still on. I open the door to find both of them fast asleep in an uncomfortable position with books and notes still scattered everywhere. They both are propped against the bed. 

I enter the room and wake Alia up. Its 6.30,now and as far as I know , she has to reach college by 7.30. I shake Alia trying to wake her up. She mumbles something incoherent and puts her arm around Meera snuggling into her. I sigh and shake them both awake a little harder this time . Both of them wake up with a start.

"What's the time ", Alia asks while Meera is rubbing her eyes sleepily. She looks cute. Eh, no.

"Its 6.30", I reply and Alia's eyes widen. 

"Shit, I'll be late. I cant go home and then college , I only have one hour. I cant believe we fell asleep. We were up till at least 3.30. I don't remember after that. We still have a little left"

"Calm down Alia, you've got this and we covered all the important things anyways. Why don't you freshen up hear and take my clothes, this way you wont be late", Meera says and Alia nods. 

I leave the room and head downstairs. Meera comes down a few minutes later and puts her head down on the table, clearly tired. I start making coffee for myself. After a few minutes her phone starts ringing. She answers it sleepily on speaker. I don't think she realizes that I am in the room.

"Hello", she replies sleepily

"Meera pls don't tell me you are still asleep. I called to remind you that you have to meet up with the investors at 10 today and the receptionist told me remind you that you have an appointment at 8", a man says.

"Shit I completely forgot Karan, You are a life saver, don't worry I'll be there "

"Yeah, ok bye", the man- Karan says and hangs up.

Meera rushes upstairs while Alia comes down in a hurry.

"Bye , I'm going and tank you so much. Also I love your wardrobe so don't blame me if a steal a few clothes", Alia says to Meera. I'll never understand Alia and her obsession for clothes.

"Bye , All the best and you are welcome to rob my closet whenever you want", Meera replies and goes upstairs. I too go up shower and change. When I come own Meera is sitting on the dining table sipping coffee while scrolling through her phone. She gets up and grabs her bag and heads out. She doesn't notice me behind her.

I see a file lying on the dining table. I don't remember leaving any file here. I open is find Meera's dads name. Its his medical report and it states that he has lung cancer . 

I find out that he has 4th stage lung cancer which has no cure and he has only one or two month to live. I'm shocked at this news. I had no idea of this. Does ma and dad know? I look at the date of the report. It came yesterday . She must have been so disturbed yet she spent the day and entire night helping Alia. Meera dint even show a hint of her sufferings on her face. What else is she hiding. 

I know for a fact that she is not after my money and all this made me realize that she is not who I thought she was. She is not like the other girls I meet. She doesn't apply make up and is naturally gorgeous with a killer body. She went out of the way to help Alia even when she dint have to. Reyansh is also happier these days, he too likes Meera a lot. She takes care of him too when she doesn't have to. On top of all this she is so down to Earth and kind and sometimes feisty which is kinda hot.

In that moment I realized that I wanted to get to know her , become her , uh.. friend I guess, I don't know.

I keep the file back where I found it and go to work.

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I come home a little early hoping to speak to Meera but she's not home yet. I ask Sarla aunty if Meera had come home in between but she denies. I go up to my room and change my clothes. I eat my dinner and feed Reyansh as well. 

The weather is pleasant and the sky is clear today. I take Reyansh up to the terrace for some time. When we come down, I'm about to go to my room when Reyansh starts struggling in my arms pointing towards Meera's room. The door is ajar and the light is on indicating that she is inside. 

I knock twice but there is no response. I open the door slightly and find her sleeping on the bed, wearing shorts and a tank top, exposing her long legs. 

"See Rey, she is sleeping, meet her tomorrow ok", I say but Rey doesn't seem to agree. He lets out a cry pointing in her direction. She stirs a bit at the sound. I shush Reyansh not wanting to wake her up. I enter the room and set him down beside her hoping he wont wake her up. 

I take the opportunity to look at her closely. She's in deep sleep and her mouth is in a cute little pout.

Reyansh goes and  snuggles into her. She unconsciously puts her arms around Reyansh snuggling into each other. I wanted to put him to sleep in his room but I dint have the heart to take him away. 

Tomorrow, I'll talk to her tomorrow.

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The next morning I wake up a little later than usual . I get dresses quickly hoping that Meera hasn't left yet. I look in her room but she's not there. I rush downstairs and find both , Meera and Reyansh in the drawing room. I walk up to them and say,

"Uh, Meera, Can we talk", I ask hesitantly and she nods. She gets up and we head into the dining room.  

"So what did you want to talk about?", she asks.

"Why dint you tell me that you father has cancer", I asks and her head snaps towards me.

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Opps, a cliffhanger .

Abhi is finally confronting Meera, the next chapter is going to get spicy, stay connected for it.

xoxo

Sakshi



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