Let's keep it simple

part 34

It was a beautiful hill track ..... Covered with
Pine trees.....
They had a day off and he proposed for a morning jog above the hill top close by there base.

She wore her best jogging suit
And just lots of moisturizer and lip balm
As it was a chilly winter morning.
They were supposed to meet by the West gate by 0500 hrs...
And she was on time so was he

He was there with two sports cycle grinning at her....
"We are gonna cycle there"
She asked excited

"Yupp...
It's 15 mins from here"

He looked here and there and gave a quick peck on her lips
To which she grabbed his face and pecked him back

"I have got coffee "
She showed him a thermos

"That's why I love you"
He winked

They started cycling it was Just beginning of the dawn, morning twilight when the Sun is still below the horizon, but its rays are already reflected by the Earth's atmosphere, lighting up the sky.

Birds were ready with their playlist
The fog was disappearing
Still they were slow.... Feeling fresh air

He teased her to race and they chased eachother.... And soon they were at the foot of the hill....
They lock their cycles
A beautiful track with pine trees hovering on the edges.
Leaves as green as they can be
They started walking holding hands , close enough to brush their arms ....
Feeling positive and gay
This peace they feel nowdays when they are together
Just knowing that they belong to eachother now....

This simple activity of walking beside eachothers....
Is such a luxury
It has been so difficult to reach this point that they truly understand eachothers value
They can never take eachother for granted
They know what they have got and they will appreciate it for rest of their life.

It was light finaly and they were bit warm with walking for an hour
They decided to sit under a tree on stones and grab that coffee....

"Can I ask you something"
She asked

"Do I have another option".
He mocked and she threw some twigs on him

"Untill you discovered about Dr. Mishra....
Did you never doubted her....
I mean before that....
I mean you two were quite interactive and use to spend time a lot"
She asked with clean intention

He gave a thought and looked straight.... Wondering about it himself.

"I can't say I doubted her.....
But now when I can think about it
I never really trusted her completely
There was something about her that always made me put my gaurd on...
I can't explain exactly but it's  like my gut feeling always told me to stay at alert when around her
I think it was in my subconscious
I never processed it consciously

It really saved my ass ...."

He rolled his eyes making her chukle

"You remember she had made pasta for you
And you were having lunch in your quarters"

He paid attention as he recalled it

"I had seen her going through your cupboard
She was startled when I came in suddenly and made an excuse "

"You should have told me this"
He was surprised to learn this....

"I had felt something fishy but
I shrugged it off considering you two were getting along well...
And at one point I was so sure that you two were gonna work things out....

I had absolutely no idea about her intentions"

She said as she took another sip...
But he felt really uneasy