CHAPTER 2

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Alveera's POV:

The next day:

It was afternoon and I was standing in the courtyard, telling the boys where to put what. The decoration was almost complete, just the railings of the staircase were mainly left. And my cousin Sarif(I don't know why)got really excited and started decorating the stairs himself and he actually messed it up.

"I am telling you Sarif if you make a mistake now then I will definitely beat you up, we don't have time for your nuisance", I was really furious with him. 

"Come on sis", he said while hanging the flowers down the railing, "You shouldn't be that angry, I thought you will be happy today."

"And may I know what made you think that?", I said resting my hands on my waist.

"Well, your best friend, Mr.Xanir Agnes Resf is coming to meet you after 16 years", he said emphasising the word 'best friend'.

"It would be better to have ten enemies than having him as my best friend", I said rolling my eyes, "And he is not coming to meet me Sarif, he is coming- well I don't even know why he is coming."

"Finally", Sarif said hanging the last bunch of flowers, "I don't know about you but, I am very happy that he is coming, just think about it: the Australian captain is coming to our house, I would have not even imagined it in my dream."

"Whatever, now if you have stopped dreaming then please go and arrange for the chairs, I want them here tomorrow morning." And finally, he went away.

It was about 4 in the evening and the decoration was still going on. I was telling the catering boys where to put the sofa.

"Excuse me", a not so familiar voice said behind me, and I turned around to meet Xanir!, "There used to be a girl named Alveera, do you know where she is?" Ok, first I have to admit that he was looking more handsome than he was on T.V, his eyes were mesmerizing and his body, "Ok snap out of it Alveera", I told myself.

"Well", I said to him sadly, "Alveera actually died a few months ago." He was a bit surprised but he became normal again and said, "Oh! why wasn't I called on such an auspicious occasion, that's why there is so much peace in this house." He had just entered the house and he had already irritated me.

"Now as you have got your answer you may go as I am very busy", I told him boorishly. Maybe my boorishness surprised him because he looked at me weirdly and said, "Ok jokes apart, I know that you are Alveera only." How the hell did he recognise me!

"When was the last time you met her?16 years ago? There is no way you can recognise her now."

"Well, there is only one person in this whole world who can talk to the Australian captain-the second-most respected person in Australia in this way", he said arrogantly.

"Oh, hello", I said snapping my fingers in front of him to bring him to reality, "You might be the second-most respected person in Australia but let me tell you that this is India and especially this is my house, so, I don't care if you are the 1st or the 2nd most respected person. Now go away 'aur apni aukat me rehna'", I said the last line in hindi(Trans: be in your limits). That only baffled him and he looked at me angrily and said, "What did you just say?"

"None of your business."

After finishing my work I went to the living room to meet aunty and uncle, ignoring Xanir. Later I showed them their rooms that were on the terrace, next to my aunt's room and my cousins were going absolutely mad to meet Xanir. Why does everyone love him so much? 'Cause he is an amazing cricketer', my conscience said. Aargh!!


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