Pyar Ki Love Story | Short Stories | 1st Book |

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"you are late, that too on your first day." As she entered her office R.K group of commercial, HR Meghna Mam said

"I'm really sorry mam! But actually I got stuck in traffic that's why."

"Zayyan! Where were you?" The HR said making Anum's eyes wide, she turned her behind and saw Zayyan coming to them with sheepish smile,

"Traffic, by the way you are looking beautiful mam." Zayyan said to Meghna with smirk, making her blush

"Yeah whatever! Meet Anum she is new graphic designer and Anum meet Zayyan he is writer." Then Anum realized she was checking him out, she closed her mouth

"Tum?" (You?) When Zayyan turned to her the word left hi mouth

"You two know each other?"

"No." There goes her hope that he recognized her

"It will be so much fun trust me." In lunch break Zayyan was with his colleague when his eyes fall on Anum

"Excuse me." Zayyan said and went to Anum

"Hi!" Anum who was busy in making coffee for herself got frightened with sudden voice

"Oh hi!" Seeing Zayyan behind her she nervously smiled

"I'm sorry for behavior of earlier,...... Actually I don't like it when someone touched my bike and........"

"You really don't remember who I am?" Anum paused stirring her coffee and asked him

"Of course I remember you....... We met in the morning." Zayyan said

"Forget it." She said and left

"But....... I was trying to be friendly." He called after her but then whispered to himself

"Yeah Maa I had my dinner." In night he was talking to his mother on the phone and working on his laptop

"Achha maa listen I've gotta go I have really important work." Saying he hanged up his phone and put it on the the table which was beside his bed

He again groan up when he got the scene wrong, their company has signed a big project and he is supposed to write the ad but right now his mind couldn't come up with anything and he had to submit it next week.

He scratched his head thats when his phone beeped, he picked it up and saw someone has add Anum to their office group,

"Anum Khan!.... That's sound familiar." He said to himself and forgetting about his work he searched her name on Facebook,

He found her account in just two minutes, he checked her profile, she hadn't post many pics of her just some pictures of nature and her pet who's name is maybe Brojo

he decided to stalk further and read her bio

Studied at St. Xavier convent

"Ohh Teri! Anum Khan? The birthday girl?" He said to himself

"That's why she was saying I didn't remember her........"

"Anum Khan! Roll number 12." Next day he found her in canteen making coffee for herself

"So now you remember me? Roll number 13." She turned to him

"How can I remembered in first place? I mean just look at yourself you have changed alot." He pointed at her attire

"For good I hope?"

"That I don't know." Teasingly he shrugged his shoulder

"You haven't changed a little bit." Shaking her head she said as they both started walking

"That's a compliment I hope?"

"That I don't know." She replied, as they both laugh

"When did you shift to Mumbai?" In lunch break they both sat together facing each other

"After 12th, Bhai got job here and he didn't wanted to leave me and mummy alone so we moved here, when did you shift here?" She took a bit of her burger and asked

"Three years back, when I got a job here." She looked at him and then laugh a little

"So you are doing this job for three years?"

"Nah at first I used work somewhere else as assistant writer, but my boss who was total prick used take credits of my work so I left that job." He explained her as he was also busy in his fried rice

"Never knew you could be a writer." Anum said

"But I always knew you will do something with art, I mean you were so good in it," he said then he lean a little forward to her

"In fact I used to copy from you in papers."

"Oh hello! I used to let you copy from my notebook." She remind him

"Really?" Zayyan asked

"So you thought I write my paper while showing everything?" She took napkin whipping her mouth then she asked him

"And here I was proud of myself that I cheated from you and you never realized." He said making Anum laugh

"Anum! why are you standing here?" It was almost past 9:00 when Zayyan left the office taking his bike out from parking lot he saw Anum standing on the footpath, stopping his bike in front of her he asked

"My car is in garage for servicing now I'm waiting for my brother pick me up." She said

"Main drop Kar du?" (I can drop you?) He asked

"No it's okay Bhai is coming."

"Oh come on Anum! We live in a same building I'll drop you."

"We don't live in a same building, my apartment is in Marine drive and yours is in bandra."

"Ohh! Then what were you doing there yesterday?" He got down from his bike and stand beside her, she looked at him with furrowed eyebrow then looked at the road,

"My soon to be bhabhi she lives there."

"Oh! What's her name?"

"Soniya Khan." She turned to him

"Never heard of her." He take his tongue out a little making Anum laugh

"I can still drop you if you want?" He point at his bike

"No it's okay and I don't think your baby will like it." Saying this she again laugh

"Seriously Zayyan you hadn't change nor your obsession, in school it was your cycle and now its your bike."

"That's not obsession. I just love my things and I take good care of them."

"Really jaha tak mujhe yaad Hai, school mein tum kisi ko bhi apni cycle chune nahi dete the apne dosto ko bhi nahi, aur yaad Hai ek baar tumhara jhagra Shahid see hi gaya Tha kyuki Shahid fottball galti seetumhari cycle se takra gai thi." He opened his mouth to argue with her but then close it when he saw her laughing

(I remember very well that in school you never let anyone touch your cycle and do you remember once you've got in fight with Shahid because his football got touch in your cycle.)

"What happened?" She stopped laughing and looked at him who was looking at her with smile, he nod his head negatively the same time a car stopped just before his bike

"My brother." She said, looking at Zayyan then she left before getting in the car she turned to him and pass him a smile which he returned

Zayyan made sure first her car leave then he started his bike and left