Kapitel 2: the meeting
The first seminar is in GH 209. She is sitting in the first row with her supervisor. She is wearing a royal blue formal dress with beige stilettoes. He hasn't arrived yet, but he is one of the key organizers and hence he should be here any moment. She is constantly looking at the door and has a hell lot of butterflies in her stomach; after a long time, it feels like she is alive again. She dressed today for him and she can't wait to meet him.
Aditya doesn't know she is here and is coming in, in his usual stride, but he does feel that something big is going to happen today. He never contacted her… he even thwarted her attempts of reconciliation, but every so often he misses her and looks at her social media pages when the void is too strong to be ignored… a few months back he received a nasty hate mail, which he knew was from her, the emotions he felt on receiving the mail were complex and too many to pen down. But after that, he often wished for an opportunity to see her again. As he enters the hall, he suddenly remembers her strongly, the last two occasions they were in this hall together. They made the best team but between the two of them, they were so stupid, egoistic and stubborn. Always irritating and fighting yet they loved each other, they still do but don't know about the other.
Jeet was already present in the hall, he was sitting in the 3rd row on left-hand side. Zoya didn't see him but Jeet saw her sitting in the 1st row with a young handsome English man. The guy looked near her age. They were talking to Saurabh. To say he was shocked on seeing her here would be a big understatement. He was numb, he knew what his friend and this girl had was wrong but then it was also true. He knew it was not funny; nor could it be brushed off as an infatuation but alas, it wasn't meant to be. As he got over the initial shock, he tried to gauge who was that English guy sitting with her… they seemed quite comfortable and friendly with each other. He was contemplating if he should message Aditya about her being here…. He gets up and goes out, to tell Adi in person and collides with him as he opens the door at the same time. Adi is confused to see the pale expression on Jeet's face. 'bhai kya hua? Bhoot dekh liya kya? ''arre bhoot nai tere pyar ko dekh k aa raha hu. She is here!' listening to this, Aditya almost fainted. He opened his mouth to say something, but his throat felt dry and he just couldn't believe it. He didn't need to hear the name to know who it is… only one "she" existed. But could it be true? Could she really be here? What was she doing here? How will he face her? What will she say to him? Will she meet him?
As people went in and out of the room, Zoya caught a glimpse of him standing outside with Jeet and shock visible on both their faces. She knew that they know about her being present here and if anything, this just added to her anticipation and butterflies. At that very moment, Saurabh asked a student organizer sitting next to Zoya to go sit somewhere else as Aditya will be coming and sitting there. Shit!!! Zoya prayed almighty that her face didn't give away anything, and to give her the strength to endure the next 90 minutes in a dignified manner.
Aditya entered the room, to be honest, he was very much tempted to run away from there but then his ego and heart both were reluctant to do so. He went in and saw that a seat next to her was reserved for him. Jeet went and sat with Saurabh while he gingerly took his seat next to her. As he took in her appearance, he couldn't help but admire that she looked even prettier than before. She had lost weight and her complexion glowed like honey. Her legs were visible, because of the dress and how he wanted to touch them. Though he never told anyone, he always noticed and admired her dressing sense. He somewhere knew she dressed for him and that boosted his ego like anything. Today as he took in her appearance he was impressed by her charm. Her soft face, the light makeup which made her even more beautiful, those smooth shiny straight hair, dancing delicately with the wind… the dress was off-shoulder, giving a perfect view of the satin skin of her shoulders and chest. The trail from her soft wine coffee-peach lips to the hem of her dress made him go crazy… he just wanted to pick her up and have his way with her.
It is then that he noticed this irritating (read young and handsome) man leaning towards her and engaging her in constant not so important conversation. Aditya hated the cold treatment he received. She had just briefly looked at him when he had entered and ever since didn't even once look in his direction. He was constantly looking at her, more like shamelessly checking her out but didn't know what to say to her. And above that this irritating guy who was constantly talking to her. His name was Kevin, heard her call him that, and by the nature of their conversation he was probably her teacher and she was here with him. He doubted if Zoya knew but this Kevin guy was definitely into her. How did he know? Well, it is seen that just like girls, men too have a sixth sense in such cases and can recognize their competitor as per the "guy code". Well seeing the adoration in his eyes, Adi was busy pondering over the best way to punch this Kevin and hide Zoya in his arms at once.
Nobody noticed when the event started or what was being said. Zoya and Adi were busy playing their old game. Kevin who secretly adored Zoya was even more smitten by her when he saw her popularity with her former teachers. also, he just couldn't help but notice how much happy and at ease, she was at this place. Her unhindered laugh and confidence, which she never showed at Liverpool, was highly alluring. Now, Kevin may be young and a foreigner, but even he is aware of the guy code and hence could sense something was wrong with this Aditya guy. It disturbed him that this Aditya had just come in and sat down and didn't care for an introduction. And ever since has been looking at Zoya in a rather odd way and funnily enough, she didn't even once, by accident also spared a glance at Aditya. But Kevin could sense that she was nervous and perhaps was well aware of Aditya's gaze and hence pointedly ignoring it….
Zoya continued to look ahead while the two competitors now paid attention to each other and of course to Zoya. Jeet, on the other hand, was enjoying a rather amusing movie for free, from his seat. He couldn't wait for the seminar to get over and see how the drama unfolds when these 3 would be forced to talk, none the less acknowledge each other's presence. Afterall he had been a witness to the previous courtship games of Zoya and Aditya and knew exactly how headstrong they were. Ah… he too missed the drama sometimes. From his perspective, he had never seen his friend on fire, the way he did when Zoya was here. Aditya was married to Pooja, and she was a good person, but she was also kind of bland and didn't hold the fire that this girl did.
The event finally came to an end and everybody got up from their seats and started chatting and networking. The most interesting scene was with these 3, as they were adjacent but now when the chance came they tried escaping from each other like like-poles of a magnet. However, Jeet or more like destiny had other plans. Saurabh and Jeet took upon themselves to introduce Kevin and Aditya to each other, "formally". The moment was hilarious and full of sexual tension. As always happens, as soon as it became evident to Kevin that Aditya is possessive about Zoya, he sub-consciously behaved in a way to make him even more jealous. Zoya knew she must intervene before some disaster takes place…. But honestly, she is fed up of this game. She hates Aditya for claiming his rights on her in front of others but never confessing his feeling to her… for making her feel like a lunatic and always confused about the whole scene. As she asked Saurabh and Jeet to excuse them and she whispered to Kevin to go for lunch, Aditya felt hurt. For she is still giving him the cold vibe.
Adi is almost feeling sorry what he did to her on their last meeting. How he wishes that she once again tries to patch up and this time he promised himself that he will not screw up. But will she make an attempt? She was burnt too many times, to even consider trying once more. In fact, right now Zoya was desperately trying to reason with her heart to finally give up on Aditya, her Janab Hooda for good. She had always known and now even more so, how hopeless and dead-end their story was. Yet, her heart just loved him, no matter what. It still desired for her to be in his arms.
'shikasta dil the, musafir ne shikast payee na thi'
The pain in her heart gave her the strength to finally look into his eyes. The look he gave her, made her knees buckle, for there were love, sadness and the realization of hopelessness of it all. This look was the same as the one he had, on the last day of 3rd sem. That time Zoya was naïve and didn't understand what it meant, she was disturbed but hadn't realized yet that she was desperately in love with him. But, today she knows that this is it. That they both have now given up the stupid and unyielding fight against their feelings. But, the predicament remains the same… there is still no future for them and it will always be like this. However, at this point, Adi's wish came true, because Zoya decided for one last time, to try and get a goodbye kiss before moving on. Soon she left with Kevin and just somehow managed to not break down. As they came back from lunch and went to their room to freshen up and take rest, she decided to go and meet him. She and Kevin were going for dinner with all these center faculties in the evening and then leave for Chennai the following day after a final pitch in session. She doesn't know if there will ever again be a chance for them to meet and reconcile. So, she calls him to know if he can meet her. This time, he answers the phone and agrees to her question, without any drama. This in itself tells her that this time, he won't mess up. She changes into a comfortable palazzo and kurti and goes to meet him.
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