Chapter 8
1772 Words
Flashback continued
M: so Ms Murthy we have reached...
N: hmmm... come in na Mahir...
M: to your mom! No ways!
N: she won't eat you up! Come Na!
M: Nancy...
N: Mahirrr!
M: ok fine...
N: chal!
Mahir and Nancy walked over to her house and her mom welcomed them both...
N: hi Amma! How are you??????? And where is bro??
(Nancys Amma is living alone with her brother now after her father left; and her bro is Rishi, he is elder to her by around 5 years and is graduated and working as a doctor)
A(Amma): dear you know na this Rishi! Full day work!
N: hmmm Dr Rishi ..... ok so Amma this is Mahir Malhotra, my best friend and this is my beautiful mom...
A: hello dear how are you?
M: am fine aunty... by the way nice house...
N: You know this whole house is designed by me and Amma!
M: Oh so you also played a part
N: ha!
M: that made me think something was wrong...
N: Mahir!!
She got annoyed and started hitting him on his arms...
N: how dare you! Amma see na! Every day he is just teasing and taunting me!
A: arey baba stop fighting, and go n take some rest... I will arrange food for you both. Nancy show Mahir the guest room and then you go n freshen up n sleep ok?
N: ok beautiful! Follow me Mahir...
Nancy kissed her moms cheek and went away with Mahir...
N: so Mahir Malhotra... this is your room! I hope you have a pleasant stay!
M: stay??
N: ya you are staying here na for the week?
M: Nancy....
N: Mahir come on! Anyways I know you're not going there! So it's fine! Stay here with us!
M: I don't want to a pillion!
N: you won't!
M: really... that's so sweet of you....
N: No, what I meant was that if there is some secret talk na then we will talk in tamil as it is you won't understand... so it's totally fine!
M: you little witch!
N: hahahahaha same to you!
Nancy left his room and freshened up.
After 2 hours both woke up, and Nancy bolted from her sleep... she started shouting!
N: oh my god!!! Amma!!! Ammaaaaaaa!!
A: ha Nanz??
N: what are you cooking!
A: come here and see for yourself
Nancy ran away pushing all the sheets and went to the kitchen...
N: oh aiyappa!!! So much food mom!! And all my favourite... and maggiiiiiii!!! Amma I love you!
A: I love you too... ab do one thing tell me Mahir’s favourite dish I will make it for him...
N; ummm... Mahir..... he loves..... actually he is a punjabi... so I think he will...........
M: I love dosa aunty.... Mysore dosa!
A: Mahir dear! You woke up.... you're comfortable na? Slept well?
M: yes aunty! Thanks....
A: ok now give me some time to make your dosa and Nancy go set the dining table
M; can I help you....
N: no! Not at all! You are helping me!
M: but I want to help aunty!
N: no! You don't even know the F of food except for eating so pls just come with me... I don't want by beautiful kitchen to be destroyed! Please!
A: dear anyways go help her, coz you don't know her... if she is in a mood she will decorate but if she's not then she will mess up everything... so please help Nanz...
M: okk....
After an hour both Mahirs and Nancys stomachs were full from the delicious hogging of food they had just done!
N: yaar Mahir! My stomach will burst open!
M: me too!!
N: huhhhhh!!
Nancy sighed loudly and at the same time Mr Rishi murthy entered the house...
R: hello sweetheart!
N: oh my god!!! Brooooo!!!
Nancy ran and hugged him tight....
R: how are you little one??
N: I am totally fine... how about you... something new??
Nancy smiled naughtily and winked and he understood what she meant...
R: no nothing new! You know I am not interested in all that...
N: interest doesn’t matter! I am sure you will find someone...
R: forget about me! What about you!
N: bro you know! I am not gonna marry n all.... I don't trust marriages anymore!
R: you will get married before me!
N: Wait n watch... by the way, this is Mahir Malhotra by best friend... and Mahir this is Rishi bro, my bestest friend...
M: hi...
R: hii... ummm so I will get fresh n come, then lets have dinner.
Mahir and Nancy shouted a "noooooo" together
R: Whats up with you two!
N: we just ate and our tummies are aching with all the food we gobbled up!
R: okk... then let me go!
N: hmmm...
Nancy and Mahir lay sprawled on the couch, watching tv, Nancy was watching some movie while Mahir was getting bored... he slyly took the remote and switched the channel
Nancy got angry and shouted his name loudly in annoyance...
N: Mahirrrrrrr!!!! Give me the remote!
M: no!
N: Mahir pls!!
M: no!
N: uggghhhh!!!
Nancy started to snatch the remote from his hand and he started defending himself, on the midst of this game both lied straight on the couch Nancy on top of Mahir, and his hand on her waist.... it wasn't too much for them, but at this unfortunate time, Nancy nosy neighbor walked in....
Neighbor: Oh God! Nancy!!! Who is he? And what are you two doing?
Nancy immediately got off Mahir and stood straight
N: hello aunty...
Neighbor: who is he?
N: yeh mera bro hai....
Mahir whispered "what the fu....!"
N: ha my bro... Ma.... Mani Murthy...
neighbor: then why are you in such a position...
N: Aunty, sibling fights... we keep on fighting all the time...
Neighbor: Whatever, what do I care? Wheres your mom?
N: Amma has gone out with bro...
neighbor: call me when she comes...
N: Yes aunty!
Neighbor left and Nancy made a very bad face
M: What the heck?? I am not your brother!
N: I know that! But you don't know this aunty... of she will come to know that you are my friend only, then god knows what rumor she will spread about me... so it was better to make you bro...
M: okk.... so let's go somewhere out??
N: no! This whole week I have pledged to be home!
M: ok as you wish
N: tum??
M: I will also stay because honestly speaking I love this place and your family, they are very lovely and welcoming... I never felt like I don't know them and it's our first meet.... but ya... your bro.... he seems to be very possessive of you...
N: ya he is! He doesn't want me to leave him and go get married.... He loves me a lot...
M: hmm... I can see that... now Ms stupid... What do you wanna do...
N: ha so we can.... one second... did you just call me stupid??
M: duh...
N: you moron!! How dare you!! Mahir.... Mahir I will kill you!!!
M: ha ha and you have said this around a thousand times to me!
N: I hate you!
M: this one toh two thousand times...
N: Mahir!!!
This time Nancy literally pounced on him to hit him and he was dodging her blows, then he held her both wrists and pinned them behind her back and pulled her very close to himself. Nancy struggled at first and then looked at him to see him staring at her, she too got lost in his eyes and both were just staring at each other....
At this moment, Nancy's Amma and Rishi walk in together... shanoo sees this and lets out a quiet chuckle... she then fake coughed and both came out of their trance...
N: umm hi Amma!
R: I would appreciate if you got out of his embrace...
Nancy looked at Mahir and immediately jerked up...
N: hi bro...
R: hello little one...
she went to hug him and whispered in his ear "there is nothing like that... calm down!"
Rishi smiled and both parted the hug...
All of them had lunch together and Nancy went to sleep in her room...
after she woke up, she went over to Rishis room and saw something and stood shocked...
she coughed purposely and two people looked at her
N: I would appreciate if you got out of his embrace.... I never know about you two’s preferences.... I mean Mahir and bro!!
R: Shut up! And don’t run your rusting brain too much....
N: sorry! Sorry for disturbing you!Bye guys! Have fun!!
Nancy ran out and went shouting for her mom...
N: amaa!!!! Ammaaaaaa!!!! Listen!!
Mom: what...
N: where are you first tell me!!!
Mom: in my room!!
N: okk!!
Nancy ran there while Rishi followed her!
N: mom!! Bro is in love!!! He loves Mahir!!! They were at it.... when I entered!
R: No mom she is lying!!! I hate Mahir...
M: I hate him too!
N: Awww!! So sweet hate to love story!! Wah!!! Continue love birds!!!!
After Nancy left both Rishi and Mahir threw her on the bed and started tucking her fast and she went mad laughing...
N: leave me!!! Bus!!! Stop!!!!! Hahahahaha!! Please Mahir!! Bro!!! Stop na!!!
After a while they let her go and all started laughing and slowly fell asleep together because of all the running and laughing....
(Present)
After satisfying her heart with tearing all their memories, Nancy felt another pang in her heart... she couldn't see MaNan shattered like that... she hurriedly took all the photos and started to tape them up as if they were miraculously gonna join back...
Finally, after fixing all the photos she went off to sleep sitting near her bed, on the floor....
Next morning,
Nancy got up but she didn't have the courage to again go in front of Mahir and act normal seeing his and Soha's romance....
But, she had many priorities and she decided to ignore him...
N: (thinking) Nancy Murthy... you have a lot to do... you need to study, earn, become something, and make your mom proud just like bro did... she has very high expectations on you Nancy... besides people like Mahir anyways don't want anything and bitches like Soha wanted only one thing that people like Mahir would give her easily... ugghhh!! Again Mahir!!! I hate him aiyappa! I really hate him!!!
Nancy got ready and went for class, she was shocked to see something....
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