Rahul’s Story –IV

Rahul had a very disturbed sleep that night. He couldn’t calm himself enough to sleep soundly. He kept on thinking about what lay ahead of him the next day. He dreamt that he was with Jaya in his secret place enjoying her company. They were completely alone, sitting close to each other and talking, laughing, sharing good the good times. He saw a car approaching them. He couldn’t figure out the colour or the make of car as everything was hazy. The car stopped and someone came out.

He felt himself being shaken….who was it…who is coming out of the car he was scared thinking if someone sees him here like this, what would his family say…what would his friend think. He was literally shaking with fear and his breathing was laboured. He thought he would choke to death…

Suddenly he woke up and realized that it was just a dream and nothing more. He could hear his mom yelling at him to wake up as it was 10 am already. “Ohhh shit, jaya must be waiting for me” he said to himself.

He grabbed his mobile and saw 2 missed calls from Jaya. He cursed himself loudly for keeping his phone on silent mode. He called Jaya’s number but there was no response. He went to the bathroom and after a quick shower and shave, put his (and jaya’s) favorite deo. He wore his favorite light blue denim shirt and a well worn jeans which gave him a rugged, handsome look. He had a quick breakfast and told his mom that he would be late since he was going to meet couple of friends. He had been trying to reach Jaya but this time on, she wasn’t taking his calls. He must’ve called atleast 4 times before giving up.

He reached Jaya’s apartment block hoping that she would see the missed calls and call him back. After loitering around for about 15 minutes he got frustrated since the shopkeeper and children playing there were giving him strange looks. He moved away from there and went to his secret place hoping to hear from her. He spent about 2 hours waiting endlessly, biting his nails, looking at his cellphone, reading all the messages in his inbox over and over again. The heat was taking it’s toll and Rahul finally decided to go home and sleep. He was absolutely furious. There is nothing that could’ve described his anger and frustration.

In the evening, he went to Rajesh’s place to catch up with the past couple of weeks. He was tempted to share whatever happened with him during these days but he decided against taking such a stupid step. For all you know, it could be just a figment of Rahul’s imagination that Jaya was interested in him.

Finally when Rahul was once again alone in his room, Jaya called.

“Hi Rahul, how was your day?” She asked.

Rahul was seething with anger. “It was simply wonderful! I caught up with a couple of friends and spent the morning lazing around at home.”

“I called you this morning, but you didn’t pick up the phone.” Jaya said.

“Yes I saw that, and called you back may be half a million times but you never replied.” Said Rahul with sarcasm evident in his voice.

“I am sorry Rahul, but my uncle dropped in unexpectedly and I couldn’t reply to your phone calls.”

“You should’ve told me that we can’t meet today. I was worried about you.” Said Rahul, obviously lying.

“Ohhh that is so sweet of you dear. I am really sorry, it wont happen again.” Said Jaya in a very soft, sensuous and inviting voice.  “So tell me what did you wear today?”

“Nothing….” And before Rahul could say anything, “ohhh you naughty boy!!! You didn’t wear anything?” Teased jaya.

“Noo baba, I was going to say nothing special, just my old faded jeans and a denim shirt.”

“And what about brut?” she asked

“Of course. I don’t go out without spraying that.”

“Hmmmmm, I wish we could meet today.” She sighed.

Rahul was getting excited with all this talk. He also got bold and asked her “So tell me what did YOU wear today?”

“Well..whole day I was wearing saree since my uncle was home and now since I am alone, I can’t tell you what I am wearing.”

It was getting impossible for rahul to control his feelings and emotions. He was getting desperate. He gathered all his courage and asked her “Tell me, don’t you feel the need to be with a man?”

“What do you mean?”  she asked with irritation in her voice.

“Please don’t act so innocent. You know what I mean.”

Rahul’s heart was beating really fast now. His breathing was shallow, his mouth went dry. He knew that the  next few minutes would seal his fate.

“Why don’t you tell me exactly what you mean.” She challenged him.

“Nothing. Let us forget it.” He chickened out.

“Well, if you feel so shy speaking about it on the phone, what would you do if we were together right now.” She teased.

This was getting way out of hand for Rahul. He hands started trembling but he knew that this was his only chance to find out what Jaya wants.

“Well, if you want to find out what I would do if we were alone, why don’t we meet?”

“Now?”

“Yes. Right now.”

“Sorry not possible, it’s too late. I can’t go out right now.” She said.

“Who is asking you to go out? I can come to your place.”

“Are you serious?” She asked in a surprised tone.

“Yes I am.”

“All right. Come to my place asap. But don’t ring the bell. Just give a missed call on my mobile and I’ll open the door. I am waiting for you dear.” She said in her sweet honey-like voice.

Rahul wore his clothes and rushed out of his house. When his mom asked him where are you going so late, he lied about going to the railway station to drop a friend who had to catch a late night train.”

He reached Jaya’s place and did as he was told. After waiting for about 10 minutes, he thought this is another of jaya’s pranks and decided to find out. But he would have barely walked about 10 steps towards the apartment building and he got an SMS “Come up.”

He went to Jaya’s floor and saw that main door of her flat was slightly open. He went inside and she was right there, waiting for him in the darkness. She closed the main door quietly and joined him in the drawing room.

To be continued