Elite Chicks

When they were all done with breakfast, Shivaay found his way to Vedant and Anika who were discussing something. He discreetly put his arm around her, looking at them curiously.

Anika would have answered, or given him a haughty reply but him casually holding her like that messed up whatever thoughts she could conjure.
She looked at him, surprised but Shivaay and Vedant had gotten busy in talking about something else and all Anika could do was stare as his eyes crinkled when he laughed or how his whole body rumbled with laughter. She had seen him this way with his brothers and even then, he would tame himself down around her. His smile would often vanish and he would just stare at her, making Anika feel like an outsider. So what changed?

It was when Avni snapped her fingers in front of her that Anika came out of those thoughts. "Stop staring at your man. We know he is yours." Avni mouthed.

Anika rolled her eyes and shrugged. "I can if I want to." she winked, making Avni raise an eyebrow at her sudden courage.

Before their banter could continue, Aryan came with lots of papers in hand and completely indulged in his phone. Everyone looked at him curiously. He looked up and found everyone looking at him.

"Well, Avni wanted us to have a breakfast date to mingle together and I want to show the ladies of our lives what it was like, for the three of us to come here every year. So, I call it Beach Day today!" Aryan grinned widely, making Shivaay and Vedant beam too.

"I don't know what you have in mind but you said 'beach' and that is everything I need to hear to get excited." Avni squealed.

"So, get walking already." Aryan pushed Avni ahead. Then turning to his guys, he smiled, "John is waiting for us.

Shivaay and Vedant needed to hear no more, they led the girls and Isha of course, to their favourite part of the beach.

"This isn't the way to the beach." Anika frowned when she saw them leading towards the market, the one she and Shivaay had visited a couple of nights ago.

"Well, this is also a private part of the beach. Just that this isn't open for events like the one you are using for their marriage." Ved explained.

Aryan was busy on call, talking in French which was lost on Anika. So she took her time in appreciating the market which was almost shut down the last time she was here. Shivaay was walking on her left, Isha in his arms while Vedant was giving Meera a piggy-back. Anika looked at all of them fondly. Vedant and Meera were clearly so much in love, Shivaay was so different right now and the way Avni was continuously distracting Aryan was adorable.

Annoyed of Avni, Aryan grabbed Avni by her waist and swung her while she laughed and Anika smiled at them.

Anika turned towards Shivaay who was looking at them too. When he turned to look at her, he grinned widely. He whisper shouted Vedant's name, making sure to not catch the couple's attention and winked at him. It was probably some sort of inside joke and they was Shivaay and Vedant looked at Aryan, Anika was sure it had got something to do with the way Aryan was laughing with all his heart.

Then, all of a sudden, Shivaay pulled Anika close and bent down, murmuring in her ears, "Let's take another route and leave them alone for a while."

Anika nodded and they all slipped away, without being noticed by either Aryan or Avni.

When they reached a rather secluded part of the beach, huffing from all the jogging that they did, Vedant and Shivaay crashed onto the sand, making Meera and Anika gasp. This was probably the reason why Shivaay handed Isha to Anika, Anika thought.

"Wooh, visiting this part of the beach is so relieving." Vedant spoke, still trying to gather his breath.

Anika looked around. It was definitely beautiful. In front of her, she could see vast stretches of water and behind, was a mass of trees. She sat down, following Meera who was now sitting beside Vedant. Shivaay had sat up too, looking around wistfully.

"So, who is John?" Anika asked, looking at them expectantly.

"Did I hear a beautiful lady just asking about me?"

Anika turned around to find a man almost their age smiling widely. She smiled back.

"And here is our man." Vedant grinned, raising his hand.

John walked over and pulled him up, taking him in a hug. "It's been what, three years since I last saw you?"

"Yes and now, you do have my daughter to meet."

John looked at Isha and smiled. "Vedant is always the fastest. I knew Aryan wouldn't be able to beat you at this." John shrugged making Vedant turn pink in the cheeks.

"And of course, Shivaay has to be the last one. I swear, by the time Shivaay actually finds a girl, even I would have married Janet."

Shivaay rolled his eyes and got up taking John in a hug anyway. "Sorry to say but I did get a girl."

John looked at him in shock and then at Anika. "Damn, I thought you were not one of Shivaay's elite chicks."

Anika looked at Shivaay awkwardly, wondering exactly how many elite chicks had he introduced to John.

"Who even told you about Tia?" Shivaay gave him a blank look.

"You guys forgot me, I didn't. You were easy to Google man."

Shivaay shrugged and walked over to Anika. "Despite what opinions you have of me, Anika is not one of what you claim to be, elite chicks. She is my girlfriend not only because she wanted to be but also because I wanted her to."

John chuckled and elbowed Vedant. "He still hates me, right?"

Ved agreed and then whispered quite audibly, "But this time Shivaay is truly whipped."

Anika was flustered even though she didn't understand half of what they were saying. Why would Shivaay hate such a sweet man? More importantly, how many chicks had he introduced to John?

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I know, horrible filler. But, I am still trying to get into the mood of writing this one.

Vote if it was bearable. There is hardly anything for reviews but you can drop in what you think I should work on.

Will try to update ASAP. Sorry for being such a lazy writer.

BlackManiacx

P.S. Thank you to those nominated ASR in The Ishqbaaaz Fanfic Counity Awards. We are up there for two categories, Favourite Romance and Favourite On going Fanfiction. You can comment a '+1' against A Secret Rendezvous if you think we should make it in to the next round. Link to the book can be found on my message board.