The Mystery of my life

43. Long drive

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"Hey... Aarav why are you standing there? Come in." Jake told Mr. Agrawal. He nodded and entered the room. Then he removed his suit jacket.I tried to look anywhere but at him. Okay I tried. He was now in his white button down shirt, lowering the Ac temperature he sat beside us. I moved a little backwards to give him space to sit.

"So about tomorrow's interview...." He started, looking towards Jake and then at me.

"Tomorrow's oh..ya.Okay." was my reply.

"But aren't parents supposed to accompany the ward." Jake asked. Wow, thanks Jake for making it more awkward.

"Yes, we will be playing that role tomorrow." He informed Jake, addressing me and him as we.

"Ohh... Yes because Abby won't come." He said more to himself than anyone else present in the room.

"We should start knowing about you more for the interview tomorrow. So, which is your favourite subject in school?" I asked him.

"My favourite subject is physical exercise." He answered.

"Huh. I mean like Maths, English or anything like that?" I asked him.

"Umm... No, not till now." He answered after thinking for a while. I groaned rolling my eyes.

"Which 3rd language will you prefer? Sanskrit, French or Japanese?" Mr. Agrawal asked him.

"I don't know, any of them will do." Jake replied. I looked at him with wide eyes.

"I don't think that till 5th grade they have to choose any third language." I told Mr. Agrawal and like this our question- answer or mostly argument session went on and on.

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I glanced at my cell, it was already 8:00 pm. I needed to leave for home.

"I should leave now." I told Mr. Agrawal.

"I will drop you." Mr. Agrawal said, it was more of an order than a question.

"Umm... I will go by my car." I said.

"It's too late... Your car will be at your place tomorrow morning, just give me your car keys." Mr. Agrawal stated. I did as I was asked because I was too tired to argue.

"Jake... Will see ya' tomorrow." I said to half asleep Jake. He looked like he was about to sleep. He just smiled with his eyes closed.

"Let's go." with that Mr. Agrawal left Jake's room and I followed him. After walking for 5 mins which almost what felt like half and hour we reached his parking space. It was the Lamborghini again.

"So you like racing?" He asked curiously.

"Yeah..." I told him honestly. I liked to see cars or bikes racing, it was fun. He raised his eyebrow as if he did not get what I said.

"I love it." I tried again to convince him.

"Let's see." With that he slid in the driver's seat, leaving me on my own. 'Wow! What a gentle man.' I thought. I sat on the passenger seat and buckled myself.

"Umm... From straight take a right." I started giving him directions to my house.

"I know your address." He replied rolling his eyes. I murmured a small 'okay' and looked outside the window. The car roared to life and after that everything went into a blur. I didn't meant 'I love it' by I love to race. What I meant was that I like to see cars racing eachother.

I felt like I was flying but not in a good way. I was lucky there weren't much vehicles on the road. I closed my eyes as tight as I could. I felt like I was in some roller coaster ride.

"Fuck... Fuck." I started shouting loudly. A truck was about to crush us. My eyes were as wide as a soccer ball.

"AGRAWAL... Slow down." I half shouted half pleaded for my life. I had goosebumps and I was scared for our lives. Note to myself: Never sit in Mr. Agrawal's car when he is driving.

I was not able to take it any more, water started dripping from my eyes. Everything was much more blury than earlier. I always had motion sickness when I was a child and it hadn't been cured completely yet. I used to take medicines before traveling by cars so I don't throw up or fall sick. Eventually it faded but it just faded, it was never completely gone.

I was hugging my knees and locked myself like a ball for my dear life. I heard him say something but didn't get what was he saying. The next thing I know was that I was being lifted and then slowly I loosened up to realise that the car was already parked and I was in Mr. Agrawal's arms bridal style. Water was still flooding from my eyes. I was so angry, sad and scared at the same time.

"You idiot... How could you do that?" I yelled at him, now standing on my tip-toes to match his height. I tried to remove his hand which was around my waist, but his hold was very strong. I was feeling dizzy. I would have fallen if it wasn't him holding me by my waist.

"I.. I didn't.. know." He stammered. I grabbed his collar for two reasons, one because I was angry and two I needed something to hold onto in order to stand straight. I still felt like I was sitting in that car praying to God and then Mr. Agrawal did something very unexpected all of a sudden.

He hugged me, he hugged me tight. I felt better in his embrace, his warm hug. I closed my eyes and inhaled his scent. This would be only place I would like to be forever.
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