AVNEIL FF: love will find its way

Chapter 7

Avni was getting juice for mishti when she heard Neil call out her name. At first she stiffened but slowly she took small deep breaths and turned around slowly

Avni: do u want anything from here?...She said trying to speak normally although from inside she was really nervous

Neil: no

Avni was about to turn around again when she heard Neil speak.

Neil : can we talk?

Avni looked at Neil

Avni: about?

Neil: about u and me he said straight forwardly

Avni: ok... Avni was surprised she was about to say no but blurted out yes and cursed herself in her head.

For the past 5 mins both were sitting near the pond and finally Neil broke the silence

Neil: Avni I know things didn't end well in the Past...After our break up we didn't communicate that much except me asking u what  was the reason

Avni: Neil y r u brining thi... but she couldn't continue as Neil interrupted

Neil: no let me complete it has been so many years since we broke up. We both r mature and have moved on somewhere in life. I agree that u broke up when I never wanted to and after that there was no communication between us two since u came back to Mumbai.

Avni: come straight to the point Neil. Neil smiled from inside as somewhere Avni still knew him well enough

Neil: we both could behave cordially right. Just because we broke up years ago doesn't mean we should be uncomfortable around each other...We could still be friends just like before.

Avni in her head: what do I do god if I say no then it would surely raise doubts in everyone mind as to y I don't want to have any type of contact with Neil and if I'm close to Neil then..... no no I can't let that happen maybe maintaining a cordial relation would be better all I will have to do is keep my distance

Avni: I guess u r right. We r mature enough and could at least maintain a cordial relation she said coming out of her thoughts.

Neil: I thought it would be hard to convince u

Avni: y? She blurted out

Neil: don't mind but u were the one to break up so thought  u wouldn't want anything to do with me.

Avni: and u? She said in a trance. Neil turned to look at avni... both continued to look at each other. For a sec Neil felt like it was the old Avni in front of him. He looked away

Neil: First yes I somehow wanted to be in contact with u. The break up had affected me.. I was just not able to come in terms with the reason u gave for the break up( its mentioned in the intro part if anyone doesn't remember) .. but slowly i realised I can't just sulk I had my family and friends who were concerned about me and somehow moved on.

Avni felt a sting in her heart which bought her out of her trance when Neil said that

Avni in her head: if only I could tell u how hard it was for me to see u in that state

Neil: but past is past right ...we both have moved on in our life he said looking at avni again to see her lost in thoughts

Avni felt butterflies in her stomach just with a mere touch of Neil hand on her shoulder and  looked at him

Neil: what happened?

Avni: nothing. So um it's all sorted right

Neil:. Yes I just had to let this out as I didn't want any type of uneasiness between us.