I'm blessed to be me

CHAPTER 40

"Ammu! Tanu! Yadav!" I yell "Bye, we're leaving"

I was bidding my goodbyes to my cousins and relatives with a heavy heart. However I was reassured by the thought of the marriage. My parents were bidding their own byes somewhere.

"Bye, Anuma! Bye Iniya!" they chorus.

"Vachinde...pilla mellaga vachinde" I hear the Jerk singing softly, mocking us.

(The meaning of the lines being 'He's here. He's in no hurry' where 'he' generally refers to the groom or lover)

I turn around to find him slowly approaching us, lifting his collar and rolling his sleeves, heroically.

"Hey!" I say smirking, hand on my hip.

"Nice dance!" he compliments us, smirking.

"Same to you too" I say.

"You were amazing!" Iniya adds.

"Thank you!" he takes a mighty bow.

"Anyways, have a good sleep" he says looking at me "You are tired"

"I'll try my best" I reply.

"And dream of me!" he winks subtly making Iniya do gagging noises.

"You wish, Jerk!" I grin.

"Every pair of eyes were on you girls" my dad huffs once we are in the car "Evil eyes have been cast"

"As if your daughters are beauty pageants!" my mom chastises him.

"You know very little!" my dad counters.

"Darling, sleep well tonight." He says looking at me "You've exerted yourself too much and you've got to go to school tomorrow"

"Yeah, yeah dad" I reply, busy posting our pictures and videos online.

Just then a message pops up from jerk.

'I've got something of yours with me' it says.

'What? Heart?' I text away.

'Love? Not a chance!' I send again.

'Memories, Mirchi' he replies and I grin.

Sorta expected...

'I had a wonderful day. Partial thanks to you' he adds.

I send him a thumbs-up in return.

But as my intuition said, I spend the night sleepless, with my dad fussing beside me.

The Jerk's eyes flashing through my mind kept me going, the whole night.

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"Hey, guys!" Arjun yells in excitement "Finally we're going on the tour in 3 months"

"Yay!" we exclaim.

We received the tour acknowledgement today. It was our yearly educational tour. This time to Banglore!

Of course, I'm excited!

But was also under the constant terror as to if I'll be fit enough to be able to attend it.

"We're gonna rock it!" Mirni says, as if reading my mind.

"Yeah!" I high-five her.

"And Athisya, how was Jaanu Akka's engagement?" Kavi asks.

"It was..." I begin.

"Were there any hot guys?" Mirni asks intervening.

"Actually..." I begin, looking at Mugilan.