Chapter 7: Chapter 7

She has a train back on the same day in the evening. “You girls, need to take care and stay safe, okay?” The mother warned them nth time.

“Yes mother” they replied.

Location:- Mumbai international Airport

Aarav and Aarnav have already reached the airport and are waiting in an SUV for their darling baby to arrive.

“Aarnav, you said the flight will land at 7pm, it’s already 7:30pm and there is no sign of her. Are you sure this is the right gate she will exist from?” Aarav questioned looking out of the window.

“Yup this is the right gate. She sent her the details before boarding.” Aarnav confirmed checking the details again. “But there is no sight of passengers coming out.” Aarav questioned wondering. Just before Aarnav could say something, they heard an announcement.

“For all passengers waiting for American Airways, AA-002 the flight has been delayed by 2hrs due to extreme turbulence in the weather. The arriving time would be 9pm. Thank you for your attention. For all passengers waiting for American Airways, AA-002 the flight has been delayed by 2hrs due to extreme turbulence in the weather. The arriving time would be 9pm. Thank you for your attention.” The announcement was repeated twice.

“You kidding me? Oh gosh” Aarav rolled his eyes at the announcement and looked at the sky to see dark black clouds, indicating heavy rain to arrive and a bad wind. Aarnav just pated his shoulder and nodded his head in agreement with some announce.

“I told you Aarnav, bring her in our jet. But you” Aarav scolded his younger brother. The younger brother, Aarnav pouted. “I told her!! But she wanted to this flight only! What can I do, brother!” He whined. Aarav looked a bit annoyed and sad. “She’ll be here soon brother, until then should we go to Starbugs, please?” Aarnav looked at him with pleading eyes.

Aarav looked at his brother acting like a cute baby and chuckled at his cuteness. “Sure, let’s go.”

Meanwhile at the girls’ hostel, the girls have settled down and unpacked their stuff. The mother as well took a small nap and woke up just now. The mother looked a bit worried which Ishaani noticed. “Mother, is something troubling you?” The mother looked a bit surprised to see her daughter noticing her worry. But she didn’t want her daughters to be worried unnecessarily so she replied saying, “Oh no no there’s nothing to worry at all.”

“Mother, what are you hiding from us?” Naina asked this time. “Oh its nothing my children.” The mother insisted. “Mother, please don’t hide anything from us.” Ishaani politely asked. “Yes mother, tell us what is worrying you.” Naina insisted.

The mother let out a sigh. “Actually, your uncle is not well.” Both the girls had their eyes wide open at the sudden news. “Is he okay?” “What happened to him?” Both the girls asked at the same time. “Even I don’t know. He was fine until a few days ago. But before we left, he was complaining about chest pain. Just a few hours ago, your dad called and said your uncle is in hospital now.” The mother replied and the girls nodded their heads in understanding.

“Is that why you are returning today only mother?” Naina asked to which the mother said yes. “why didn’t you tell us before mother?” Ishaani asked. “I didn’t want to hold you both back before taking such a good huge decision in life.” The mother said. “We understand mother.” The girls said and hugged their mother giving her comfort.

“I’ll call the taxi mother.” Naina said while picking her bag up. “Wait, wait” Her mother called her out. As Naina turned around, she saw her mother digging into her bag and soon she revealed two rectangular boxes. “These are for you.” She said while handing them out to both her daughters.

“What is this mother?” Ishaani asked while shaking the box slightly.

“It is kind of heavy..” Naina commented weighing the box.

They looked at their mother for answers. “I don’t know either. Your eldest brother gave me these to give you, before I leave” The mother answered picking her bag. And the girls looked at each other in hopes to understand what is in it. “I’ll leave by myself; you both don’t worry about me and take care. Beware of strangers.” The mother once again told them.

“Yes mother” they said in unison watching their mother leaving. Both the girls rushed to the window to see their mother waving her hand at them as she gets into the taxi with her bag.

“What do you think our eldest brother got us?” Ishaani asked. “I don’t know Ishaani. Let’s check it?” Naina answered back and Ishaani nodded. They sat on the twin beds and opened their respective gifts. As they unwrapped, they saw two brand new Samsung smart phones. The shock was evident on their faces. Naina got pink color while Ishaani got golden color.

After a while they got back to the work, Nana started to think whether she should message her friend that she met 4 months ago and get him know that she reached Mumbai. “Should I message or not” she wondered. She thought for a while about whether she should message him or not because she couldn't speak to him today and she assumed that he would upset with her. after a while of pondering, she finally decided to message him.

Naina:- Hi

LoverBoy:- Hey, you finally free huh?

Naina:- Sorry was a bit busy..

LoverBoy:- I understand.

Naina:- I’m sorry..

LoverBoy:- No no..

Naina:- What happened?

LoverBoy:- Nothing happened.

Naina:- You angry with me?

LoverBoy:- A bit.

Naina:- Please don’t be angry with me,

Even mom went back.

LoverBoy:- Wait what? Why? Is everything okay?

“Does he care that much about me?” Naina thought to herself.