Chapter 12

Jake's Pov

Today, the first thing which I did soon after waking up is checking my whatsapp. And when I saw that Shruti had seen my message just a few seconds ago, I thought to call her and clear our misunderstandings, but then I received a message from her, " Good Morning... Yesterday I felt guilty for disturbing you, you were already tired as you had come to pick me up and then again you had to accompany us for our shopping. So when I so you sleeping in the car, I felt it responsible for dragging you there when you had to take rest. And that is why I didn't talk to you, I just wanted to end the shopping and allow you to take rest. I am so sorry for that, I know I was an idiot for not talking to you and making you worry about me. I am soooo sorry, please forgive me." Seriously, yes its true that I was really tired, but all my tiredness vanished when I met her, I was actually happy for meeting her. But the fact that she was worried for me gave me an inner joy. She cares for me. One of the greatest blessings that we can get in our life is having a person, other than our parents, who cares for us. I immediately called her and greeted her a good morning and she too greeted me back and told, "Good morning, and I am so sorry, Yesterday when I saw you being tired and sleeping I felt that I am responsible for it. So I felt guilty that is why I couldn't talk to you. I am sorry for making you angry... But still you could have at least messaged me telling that you had reached home right, why should you ask Anu to inform me? " As she completed telling me her worries I asked, "Have you finished your ranting, Shruti It is true that I was so tired yesterday, but I had no other choice because everyone were busy and no one was free to accompany you all to the designer studio. But when I was asked to drive to your home, actually I was happy. Though I had to sacrifice my sleep, I could see you, and that made me happy. So when I met you I really was happy. I am happy to spend time with you and to accompany you wherever you go, that is why I didn't allow you to go alone anywhere. I have already accepted you as my life partner, its just that we have still got time to get married. For me you are my life partner, my better half with whom I would like to spent rest of my life with. So never think that you are responsible for my tiredness. And yesterday when I saw your silence I decided to give you some space and that is why I asked Anu to message you, and then I slept and when I woke up I was busy with the preparations so I couldn't take a look at your calls. "

And then she became normal, and she told, "Jake even in the future we will fight, argue but still we have to finish our fights that day itself okay? We should not sleep without settling the disputes between us. Because yesterday I was so sad. Promise me that we will always try to solve the problem the day itself. " What she told was true, we should not allow misunderstandings to take a place in any of our relations, it will definetly affect our relationships and also it will affect our inner peace. So we should always settle our disputes as fast as we can. So I promised her, "Shruti I promise you that in the future when we fight and argue, we will always settle our disputes that day itself we wont drag it for days. But I want you to tell me your worries, I mean you were unnecessarily overthinking and being responsible for my tiredness when you were not the reason. So whenever you feel something like that you have to tell me that ok? And also never skip your meal. I know that you were sad but who told you to skip your meal. Yesterday when I came to know that you had skipped your meal I felt so bad." When I told her about skipping the meals, she literally felt so surprised and she asked me, how come I came to know about the same. I told her how I called Alayna, I told her about our conversation. "Actually when you didn't pick up my call, I thought you were ignoring me, so I felt sad, so I didn't feel like to eat anything. I am sorry and yes I promise you that I will always tell you about my worries, but I can't help with my habit of not eating any food if I am sad or worried, so I can't promise you that. " as soon as she told me that, I told her to remind me to make a tab on her meals. I am not at all leaving her like this, even in the morning she was lazy to have her breakfast. She had told me and even showed me the photos of her chubby look when she was studying in higher secondary section. And she had even told me how insecure she was when she was chubby, but I found her cute. And that is the reason why she started to neglect eating food. But I told her to have some healthy food, because if she doesn't eat any food, she may get affected by many diseases. And I am not going to allow it to happen. Then we talked for few minutes and ended our call.

Today I am so excited, from today onwards I can call her mine. A new definition will be given to our relationship. Till yesterday we were the couple whose marriage is yet to be fixed. But from today evening, we will have the complete freedom to call and to hangout. Literally we will be engaged. And the ring which I would be making her to wear will show the world that she is MINE. We had kept it as a surprise for Shruti, till now we didn't tell her that we would be exchanging the ring. For her, today's ceremony is just a function in which our parents will be giving each other the promise to get us married at the relevant time. I had told Pappa and Mamma to keep it as a secret for Shruti. And it was Mamma who gave me the ring which she used to wear, so that I could select a correct size of ring for her. I am eagerly waiting for her arrival. I am so excited to see her in her costume. In every ways I am soo excited today.

Alayna's Pov:

Today when I woke up I saw a vibrant Shruti, and I had to assure that it was the same person who was sad yesterday. Yesterday when I saw her sad, I was feeling restless and I had asked her if she had any problem but she had denied it. She was the one who was waiting to have dinner with uncle, but she suddenly turned it down, I was so worried, not only me but even aunty was worried seeing her sudden change. Then when I saw Jake jeeju calling me, when I picked up the call, he asked me about Shruti. And I was surprised, they used to talk before going to bed, but today when he asked me about her, I understood that they had a fight. Especially after seeing them when we went for shopping. Both of them were glancing at each other, but none actually spoke. Then I told him how upset she was and how she slept without having dinner. I asked him whether they had an argument but didn't force him to tell the reason. I believe him with Shruti. I had seen his love for Shruti, so I am sure that he will make everything to fall into the right place. So today when I saw her happily talking and walking around I felt relieved. I sent a 'Thank You' note to jeeju's number.