Kismat Connection

Part 7

By the time the bus strolled into the Sterling resorts, Riya was in deep sleep, her head resting on his shoulder and she was cuddling closer to him with her hands around his upper arms, owing to the cool climate.....She didn't know when she bridged the physical distance that she was deliberately keeping intact...and snuggled close to him.......He knew she was quite exhausted and so didn't disturb her.........He kept looking at her innocent face that was perched next to his chest........She was sleeping peacefully like a small child.......there was a faint smile on her lips even when in deep sleep.....

He lightly kissed her hair and then hung back his head to his seat rest and closed his eyes.........But he couldn't sleep.....He wanted to keep a watch on her......There were jerks and sudden brakes all along and he had to make sure that those didn't hurt her.........He knew that she was sleeping mindless of all those and subconsciously entrusted herself in his hands.......

Once the bus came to a stand still inside the resort, he slightly shook her "Riya.....utto.....hum resort paunch gaye"

Riya: [unwilling to wake up, brushes aside his hand and in a childish sleepy tone] ummmmm.....sone dho na Arjun.....mujhe bohat neend aa rahi hai......plzzzzzzzz

Arjun: [looking at her and smiling at what she called him.....that "Arjun" sounded so cute from her...] utto Riya......room mein jaakhar phir so jaana.......koyi tumhe disturb nahi karega......RIYAAAA RIYAAAAA

Riya: [that loud call woke her up.....she was stunned to see her entire team witnessing the scene...the bus was almost empty by then and the last few people were getting down] Sir....aap.[shook herself out from Arjun's hands] sorry sir.....[stiffened her dress and glided her messed up hair backwards]

Sameer: [gesturing her to stop calling him Sir] hum aage chalthe hai.....tum dono aa jaana..........[turning to Sonali] chalo sona....[he picks up the hand luggage and steps out of the bus]

[Shree and Chotu pass glances at each other and then grin at Riya......they nod at her and stand there like statues......Irritated by it, Arjun gets up to face them.......]

Arjun: ab tum dono ko special request dena padega kya? [gestures them to go]

[They follow Sameer and Sonali]

Riya: [posing a stern face and trying to tie up her hair in a clip] aap mujhe thodi dher pehle uttaa nahi sakthe teh Sir???.......oh God.......woh sab kya sochthe honge???

Arjun: [with a naughty smirk] RIYAAA......kuch galath nahi sochenge......bas yahi sochenge ke hum apne roles acche se nibaa rahe hai.....aur sawaal pehle uttaane ka....maine tumhe kitni baar call kiya......par tum tho gheri neend mein thi..........[pauses and smiles at her annoyed face] ab jaldi chalo, warna woh sab phir se kuch na kuch sochenge [winks at her....he takes the bag and walks to the door but stops after 2 steps and turns back to bump into Riya who was close behind him....He whispers into her ears] aur haan.....yeh sir sir kehna bandh karo.......waise bhi tumhe neendh mein 'Arjun' bolne mein koyi problem nahi thi.....

Riya: [shocked to hear that.....she wonders what she blabbered in her sleep......] neendh mein??? [rolling her bead like eyes] Kya kahaa maine????

[Arjun is over excited seeing her tensed face and smiles cheekily........he leans his head further closer to her deciding to play a bit...]

Arjun: [in a romantic voice] waise zyaada kuch nahi....par......[pauses for a moment] parrrr jo bhi thaa bohhat cute tha.....[he lightly touches her nose with his fingers and moves away! She looks stunned by his casual yet cute romantic gestures.......]

[They hear someone calling out to them...."hello bhaii saaab........yeh Romeo Juliet ka khel room mein jaakhe khelo......chalo....jaldi uthro bus se".........Arjun And Riya were so close to each other that anybody would get an impression that they were romancing..........they feel embarrassed by the remark and also by the fact that all were witnessing their cute act......