Apple of your eye-Part 2

Few minutes passed like hours and silence seemed eerie between them. He wanted to speak but he couldn't find right words to start a conversation. He had never been in company with any girl since he was in army school. The only time he saw any female species was during vacations when he would meet his mother and sister.

Beautiful! Petite! All the words that described beauty was not enough. She was even more pretty when she was so close to him. He couldn't keep his eyes off her. “How can anyone so beautiful live in fearful conditions? “, he thought. She didn't look at his side. Her head was bent down. She simply stared at her nervous hands shaking with fear. The only thing he wanted was to hold her hand and drive the fear away.

Suddenly he felt her hand touch his hand that was on the gear. He quickly felt his pulse rise to highest level and instantly looked at her wide fearful eyes. Later he saw at the same direction where she was looking. A frightened man of small built with huge tummy was almost close to get hurt At once he applied the brakes and bought the vehicle to halt. He sighed with relief to see nothing happened to the man.

However the man came barging to his side and shouted, “ How ridiculous of you! You were about to kill your good friend - Nanda and I am sure you wanted that from the beginning. And my dear friend, you proved it right.”  Abhinav simply nodded his head in amusement at his friend. Nanda looked at the girl sitting next to his friend and joked, “ Oh I see! When you have a pretty girl sitting beside you, dearest friend is of no use.”

Aafreen gaped at the two men with fear. She got out of the vehicle when Abhinav stopped her. “ You are leaving! We haven’t reached your destination yet.”  She left without saying anything. Abhinav angrily turned at his friend’s side. “ Don’t look at me like that. I didn’t do anything.”, Nanda said innocently.

Abhinav didn’t speak much while Nanda tried to hop into the vehicle without opening the door. He failed miserably. He ended up hurting Abhinav and shaking the whole vehicle in process. In fit of rage, Abhinav spoke irritably, “ Why do you have to try stunts instead of sitting properly. I am not leaving you stranded and we are not in hurry.”  Later he regretted and said sorry for his sudden burst of anger. Nanda simply hugged him tight and signaled him to go.

(To be continued)