Page 10 of Always? Forever.
She looks at me for a good two seconds before her eyes widen, “Hold up, your mother is Adhira Kapadia and your dad is one of the best architects in India, right?!”, she gasps as her mouth forms into a devilish smile again. “Interesting”, she mutters. Huh so this girl isn’t as clueless as her Samaira.
“I am Aria, Samaira’s best friend,” she says as she extends her hand to shake, I return the gesture giving her a small smile.
I look over at Aarush who has been awfully quiet this whole time and find him in awe looking at Aria. In my entire life, I’ve never seen this man at a loss of words, it is so surprising to witness it. It should be noted down in history.
Just then Samaira enters the living room where we are standing her face morphs into anger in a quick second before she shouts, “GET OUT”
I open my mouth to speak but this time it’s Samaira who cuts me off by quite literally pushing me towards the door. Once I am standing outside she shuts the door in my face! Good lord give me the patience and strength to deal with this girl!
Although she did look extremely hot while she was angry…no why do I get distracted again and again by her!
I bang on the front door, and Aria reluctantly opens the door. Behind her, Samaira wore a fierce scowl, clearly in no mood for visitors.
Before I could utter a word, Samaira jumped in, once again monopolizing the conversation. It seemed like these girls had a habit of not letting anyone else get a word in.
"Didn't I already kick you out?" Samaira demanded.
I hesitated for a moment but then began, "Yes, but..."
Samaira cut me off abruptly, her patience worn thin. "No. Out!" She moved to shut the door in my face, but I acted swiftly, placing my hand on the door and pushing back against her force. She scowled in frustration.
Samaira
“I think you need your food before you kick me out!” He says smirking, that arrogant jerk!
Ugh, that’s when I realize he is telling the truth because that certainly looks like 3 containers and 3 boxes of food whereas the takeout I got home has just 3 containers, huh, who orders food in odd numbers?! God really forgot to put some brain in this guy, or no this guy was just standing at the looks counter and didn’t bother to get brains.
I narrow my eyes at him while he keeps on smirking and Aria for some reason still looks amused! I look at her and think, what a backstabber! She smiles broadly at me. I roll my eyes.
She quickly exchanged our takeouts. As Kartik tries to leave, she speaks up, “Wait a second you still didn’t tell mehow you know Samaira lives here?” She asks him, raising her eyebrows.
Oh, that’s right! How does he know where I live, is he a stalker? I’m about to say something when he cuts me off, “My best friend---” he gestured to a man standing behind him who was so silent you could hear a pin drop. “... lives downstairs, I believe Samaira has met him”
He says the last sentence a bit bitterly
Now I am confused, what’s up with this guy and his attitude?
"Aarush," he sighed, as though he was already weary of this conversation when Aarush still didn’t say a word.
Oh, right, Aarush – that cute guy. It was hard to believe he was Sugarcup's friend. Aarush had been so pleasant, unlike his friend, who was quite the opposite.
Seeing my realization, he continued, "You know who I'm talking about, don't you?"
Aria, always one to appreciate an attractive face, chimed in, "He is kinda cute but I’m worried he hasn’t spoken ever since he got here. Is he mute?"
Kartik chuckled, noting Aria’s reaction, "He does have his moments, especially when he's happy. Too bad his personality doesn't match that adorable face. I'll have to tell him that Cruella has a cute friend considering he seems to be zoned out." He winked at Aria, who blushed and beamed at the compliment, breaking the unspoken girl code that suggested she should dislike the same people I did. Well, perhaps "dislike" was an exaggeration, but still.
Kartik and Aria exchanged the food bags and he hurriedly muttered his thanks, dragging his friend away who still hadn't spoken a word and made a quick exit from the house. Aria closed the door behind him, turning to me with a smile.
"Shall we eat?" she suggested.
I sighed inwardly, knowing that this lunch was going to be a long one!
Chapter 8
Kartik
We returned to Aarush's apartment, and he had our favorite show, How I Met Your Mother, playing on the TV. As I walked into the living room, he walked behind me still in trance, raising an eyebrow inquiringly about what had transpired upstairs. I was about to be worried but then he shot me a lazy smile. “I think I’m in love.” I rolled my eyes. This dude falls in love four times a month. “No for real this time, she is so pretty.” he clarified. I stopped thinking he may be talking about Samaira. I had no idea why it bothered me if he happened to like her. Not that I had any interest in the grumpy princess.
