A couple of times

Soon, Sindhu started her usual mindless chatter which kept Karthik out of boredom. Whenever she felt sleepy, they would stop to have Tea before continuing their ride.

After dinner, Sindhu couldn't help it any

longer and slept off in her seat.

Seeing her sleeping with her arms

tightly wrapped around herself, Karthik

reduced the AC in the car and tried to

concentrate on the road.

When they are an hour and half away

from Hyderabad, his eyes started

drooping down and he stopped the car

to close his eyes for few minutes.

"What happened?" Sindhu asked, getting up from her sleep.

"I am feeling sleepy" he replied, shaking his head to ward off the sleep.

"Oh. I will drive then"

"It's OK. We can take a break. I don't

want any risk with you feeling sleepy"

She rubbed her eyes "I don't feel sleepy

while driving. Come on, let's shift our

positions"

After Karthik got down, not having the

strength to argue with her, she took a