Confessions

It was the same routine every week day. It used to start from 0700 hours when they woke up till 0900 hours when they left. She would get up go to his room and wake him up with a peck on his cheek & a warm smile. He never budged till she opened the curtains and let the sunlight hit his face. Finally he would sit on the bed mumbling. 0800 hours on the clock, Savita Bai would ring the bell. Ananya would open the door with her toothbrush in her mouth and picked up the newspaper dropped on the door mat. As Savita Bai starts to prepare breakfast they would have a bath & get ready. They meet at the breakfast table discuss about the days’ affair stocks and other issues they need to talk about. They gulped their juice and toast or any special menu prepared by Savita Bai who knew their palates well by now. Anaya would then decide the menu for the dinner obviously with Arjun’s consent if he would be having dinner or felt like eating anything specific. And at 0930 hours they would finally leave the house for work. But that day things were different…

They returned home at 0300 hours from Noel & Ira’s wedding. And that too drunk. Ananya laughed crazily all night at the party and Arjun held her by the waist close to him all the time so that she doesn’t trip and fall. Thank God they had decided to take the driver along. None of them would have been in any condition to drive back. Arjun was dead tired – best man and best friend what could one expect. And now he was her caretaker. He had no count on the number of drinks he had but he knew he was still stable.

It was time to leave. Arjun and Noel shook hands as they hugged patted each other on the back, typically how guys hug and said a goodbye. Ananya and Ira held on to each other for more than 15 minutes now and both men waited. Ananya yelled, “I’m so happy for you!!” And Ira yelled back, “I know!! So am I!!!” and both would giggle with tears in their eyes.

“Oh boy! She’s gone too” Arjun said & let a sigh.

“Yeaah!” Noel replied with a smirk.

“Have fun! Tonight surely is a good night, mate” Arjun winked as he said it and Noel agreed with a nod.

Finally Ira & Ananya let go each other and it was time to go. They waved a bye to each other and sat in the car. Ananya snuggled into his arms and started yapping. Nothing she said made any sense. She laughed at her own jokes, then would close her eyes and try to sleep and then again open her eyes and start laughing. He loved every moment of this. Not one did he miss. He kept looking at her with a smile and couldn’t help notice how cute she was. He was in love. Every bit of her he couldn’t get enough of it. He felt like telling her everything – every minute thing of how he felt today but “now is not a good time” he thought. He had to wait for what, he didn’t know. She finally slept off in his arms and he held her close to his heart and placed his head on hers. "Sahab, paunch gaye!", the driver woke them up.
 
He woke her up and held her once they were out of the car. She couldn't even walk properly and somehow managed to enter the lift. She held his arm and dozed off waiting for the 8th floor to reach. He made her rest against the wall till he opened the door. He then picked her up in his arms like a baby and made his way to her bedroom. She was completely taken aback and the state of mind she was in she started laughing aloud. He dropped her softly on the bed and caressed her hair. She was muffling her laugh now. He smiled and asked “you want to change into something comfortable?” She nodded a no and started stretching her hand and cuddled into her blanket and muffled “Too tired to change and all ya!” He bent to kiss her on the cheek, like always just near her lips. They still had some of the maroon lipstick that she had worn for her party complimenting the dress she wore. She looked beautiful! Once he kissed she always smiled and she did it this time too. Unexpectedly she spoke, “You always miss the mark!” Her eyes were closed but her smile grew by the second. He was a little taken aback by that comment and didn’t know what he should do. He let his heart rule. He kissed her on her lips. It was a peck and then a small kiss. She kissed back.

He held her close by the waist and slipped into her blanket. She held on to his collar and pulled him further close to her. This time they kissed. Every nerve in her tingled and every single thing that he felt for her he wanted to show it to her. They both had pictured this day in their minds. And now they were together and it felt like it should never end. He cupped his hands on her face and kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes. She kissed his neck. Even at the end of the day he smelt awesomely sexy. She rested on his chest and he started to play with her hair. His heart beat at an express speed.

“I love you!” he said with a lump in his throat.

She looked up to him and moved closer to his ear and whispered “I love you too!”