Chapter 16

Siddharth's POV " You have the recording of that conversation? Where? " Bhai asked her. She smiles and touched her forehead and said, " Here.. " " So you lied??? With so much confidence?? " Bhai asked. " Correction Mr Doctor, I acted with so much confidence. I was acting, In fact, I had forgotten my phone at home that day... That is why I was personally going to call both of them." " Oh god, Bhai !! Just never mess with this woman. You must be the best actress in the world. The best actress award goes to Maurvi... " I said with a big grin and we all laughed " Let's go and have food, I am really hungry. " Bhai said. " No, I am going home, you both go for your date. I just want to go and sleep. " " But it is lunchtime have lunch then go... " Maurvi said but I refused and went home. Shruti's POV I was so annoyed with him, why does he keep bothering me?? He left in the middle of the trip but his friends kept bothering me. I was enjoying my Holi party so much. But he came there as well. How dare he behave as if everything was normal?? Nothing was normal... He was still flirting with girls. Then why was he behaving as if he cared for me?? He was pleading with me to talk to him and all of a sudden one of the girls, he was playing Holi with, came running. She said something about someone called Maurvi... And he was shocked and worried. He almost forgot that just a minute ago, he was pleading with me to talk to him. Was she so important to him?? It seemed she was. But then why was he after me now?? Does he think that I am so stupid?? Ughhh... I hate him. No, please stop lying to yourself. You like him... Liked him... Now I hate him. I was an idiot back then. I had an idea that he was a rich brat and flirt. But he behaved so well those days that I thought maybe... Just maybe, I was wrong. He helped me with a group of my seniors who were misbehaving with us in the name of friendly ragging. He scolded them for being their senior. And once those boys left he also turned on his heels and left even before we could thank him. I felt a bit embarrassed about my behaviour that day. I had been quite harsh with him. But he didn't want to talk to me now. He helped me many times over the next two years........ Once I wanted some information on a particular subject, I was looking for the material in the library, he took out 4 books inserted the bookmarks in them and placed them in front of me and again he left before I could say anything or even react. I also got to know that he was the topper. He topped his every term. So I was wrong in assuming that he was not serious about his career. Another time I needed some help in some practical as I was not present when it was done in the class. So I asked the particular doctor to explain it to me. He asked me to come to his cabin later on and when I was about to go and meet him. A senior girl came and advised me not to go as the reputation of that doctor was not at all good. The girl explained to me what I wanted to know. I was surprised at her behaviour as I didn't even know her. I asked her, how did she know what I wanted to know and that I was going to meet that doctor?? But she didn't tell me anything and just said that someone requested her to help me. That day I came to know that Dr Jindal was the one who had sent that girl to me. I wanted to thank him but I felt embarrassed as I had said so many things to him earlier. Two years passed and he kept helping me now and then. I couldn't help thinking about him. It was getting on my nerves, as he was not at all like I accused him to be years ago. So, finally, I went to him and thanked him for everything he did for me and at the same time apologized for being prejudiced. He just smiled and accepted my thanks and refused to accept the apology. He said, " Oh, Please... it was ok. Please don't feel bad about it. But I would appreciate it if we could become friends and he asked me to out for a coffee again. I accepted his offer to go out for a coffee this time. He smiled and we both went out for coffee. I was a bit hesitant and was prepared that if he does anything wrong, I would slap him hard and walk away. But to my surprise, I enjoyed his company. He was not that bad. In fact, I really liked him. He was easy to talk to. Slowly we started going on dates but he never tried to do anything wrong. We got to know many things about each other. Like he preferred coffee and sandwiches, muffins, foot longs and other such things from expensive cafe. While I preferred tea with samosa, kachori and chaat from small inexpensive shops. I liked spicy food while he liked home-cooked food but his family lived in New Delhi, so he used to miss it. One day we went out and we ordered food for me while he ate the packed lunch I got from home. We were different but he always found some new place, where both of us could enjoy. We used to go to Sukhna lake for long calm walks. I always liked those walks. One such day, he got some snacks packed for us and we had a little picnic there. I liked it so much that it became our usual hangout place. It went on, for almost a year. We both were getting closer but he never crossed the line. I could see that his eyes were always following me everywhere in the college. He was a sweet guy. He used to look at me lovingly but never said anything. He told me about his family and even I told him about my family, family background, traditions customs and beliefs. I even told him that how much I fought to get admission to the medical college. He said that he would always help me in reaching my goals and I was sure of it as he has been helping me even before I asked him. He even taught me some of the topics I had problems with Understanding. He gave me his notes as well to help me. I also topped in that term and It was because of him. Our friendship was getting better day by day but I was feeling that there was some kind of an undeniable attraction was there between us. I could feel it whenever we were together. His eyes were full of some kind of emotions for me but he still didn't say anything. He was overprotective towards me yet he never made it obvious in front of others. Only I knew that he was taking care of me all the time. But I could see that girls liked him a lot as he was a very attractive, popular, intelligent, fun-loving, witty, happy go lucky type of man. I saw many girls batting their eyes at him. He used to smile politely with them. There was a senior of mine, Dr Isha Goyal. She seems to have a solid crush on him. She was always roaming around him. I don't know how, but she came to know that Siddharth and I were dating. One day she came to me and gave me a subtle hint that Siddharth belongs to her. She even gave me a mild warning to stay away from him. She has been glaring at me for almost a week now and I was planning to tell this to him. His best friend Dr Parth seemed to have an idea about this friendship between us and he used to take care of me too like an old friend or brother though we never talked to each other. Siddharth used to ogle at me all the time but never said anything to me. I was falling for him as well. He was not at all, how I thought he was. In fact, was a very good man.