She had hit him hard twice. She stopped when she recognised the stranger's yelp. It was familiar sound. "What the hell? Why are you here?", she asked, startled by Sameer's presence. She was thinking about him few minutes back and he appears out of nowhere.
She wondered about ways to be away from him. And God finds ways to bring him anywhere and everywhere. "Happy Birthday!! I wanted to surprise you", he wished while rubbing his tummy due to pain. He ran towards his bike and bought the flowers and cake for her. "What is all this?",she asked, feeling guilty for hitting him as well as irritated that he had reminded her of the dreadful day.
It was this day her father had left her mother and her to their miserable selves. Instead of being there with them during the hard times, he had left them with huge debt and poverty for better life that came in form of an extra martial affair.
Her world came crashing down as she saw her mother coping up with life and her. She had always thought her father loved them. She was so wrong. After her father's departure from her life, she had erased the word called love from her life. She hated men from then.
"You are always snobbish like this? I mean if it was my birthday, I would be jumping and surrounded by many friends.",he said excitedly. "What's so cool about birthdays? They are normal days like other. They come and go every year. In that way, you must celebrate every day because you don't stop growing every day.",she said.
"You are so boring! Won't you take me home? Aunty must have prepared some sweets...", he said but he couldn't complete his sentence. "Why will my mother be awake so late? She is earlier riser and one to sleep early. We don't believe in birthdays at home.",she argued. "Oh come on! Atleast cut this cake at home",he said, dragging her towards home.
(To be continued)
