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I was frozen to the bone when I'd made it back to the hotel.
"Pretty sure I'm starting to hallucinate thank's to the weather." I thought out loud and remembered how I'd bumped into someone who looked like Aditi.
"I think that only happen's during extreme heat but ok." Shami, being the know it he is, spoke up. I glanced over at him, he was perfectly comfortable inside a mountain of blankets and pillows.
"Make some room," Shreyas grunted appearing next to me, the tips of his hair were white with snow.
"Look's like someone aged." Jassi laughed.
"Shut up." Shreyas dusted his hair, the snow shook off.
"Now, scooch over." Shreyas started toward Shami who clutching his blanket mountain.
"No." Shami glared at Shreyas, who returned it.
"Kids," I spoke in an elderly voice and waddled (You have no clue how uncomfortable it is to wear frozen pants!) over to my room. I saw MSD, Virat, and DK standing next to a small figure. The figure's body looked feminine, safe to assume.
"Hey." I greeted. The girl turned around. My breath was sucked away like a vacuum cleaner had chosen to turn on inside my lungs. She had copper skin that shimmered in the brightly lit hallway. Her eyes were liquid chocolate, they turned lighter and darker shades. I felt as though I could just stare at them all day. She had plump lips that were a light shade of pink. Her bone structure on the face looks delicate and carefully made. There was something familiar about her. Her simple style of clothing or just plain beauty. Then it hit me.
Her eyes.
They truly were a gate to the soul, beyond the churning of shades of brown, they held pain and mischief.
"Aditi." I breathed quietly.
"Shubman." I heard her voice for the first time in three years. My name sounded so gentle coming from her. Almost like honey. But I sense a hint of disgust and disbelief in the word. I recalled the last thing she ever told me.
"I Hate You, Shubman Gill."
I winced inwardly, not a very good way to meet again.
"So... how are you?" I tried for conversation. Aditi scrunched up her nose and let out a sigh.
"Been better," She muttered under her breath.
"For example, I was having a perfectly decent day till you showed up." She added quietly.
"Look, right off the bat I'll say it." I sighed and massaged my scalp.
"I'm sorry," I mumbled and looked down at my feet. MSD, Virat, and DK just watched us, looking back and forth like a very tense tennis match were going on.
"It's fine. We were kids." Aditi smiled at me. A very forced smile.
"Look at you." I gestured to her and her camera. "A very hot photographer."
She raised an eyebrow at the word hot. She smiled a bit, a genuine smile. But the emotion was as gone as fast as it came.
"Look at you though." She countered and gestured to me. "Same old Shubman."
Cheeku bhai coughed, as though to say: I exist here. MSD hid a smile and walked to his room, DK eyed me distrustfully.
It appears DK is now the possessive big brother.
"I heard that," DK called out as he slammed the door shut.
"Really same old?" I asked her with mock hysteria.
"Yep." She grunted. "Playboy and overconfident."
"Aditi, I'm really sorry about what happened. I want the both of us to start on the right foot." I met her furious gaze.
"Friends again selfie?" I suggested, Aditi gave me an odd look before agreeing.
"I have to go." She snorted, her shoulder nudged me away as she walked down the hallway. Shreyas waved at her and Aditi returned the greeting. I felt a feeling I'd never felt before.
Wait... why am I jealous?
I decided to facetime Anand. My close friend who may be gives me dating advice. Anand picked up on the second ring.
"Bro, don't you have practice or something? I was in the middle of a nap." He whined and shook the screen angrily.
"Nah, it's snowing and totally off-topic, but do you remember Aditi?" I laughed at his expression and quizzed him.
"That adorably small bumpkin from school?" Anand frowned and tapped his chin, looking deep in thought.
"Yeah, that one." I nodded my head.
"What about her?" I had Anand's curiosity now. I whipped out my phone and went into photos. I had edited myself out of the photo that I'd taken with Aditi.
"That's her." I shoved the phone in the direction of the screen. Anand whistled appreciatively.
"God dang, she's hotter than Suhana." He noted. "Talk about a transformation."
"Dude she hates me," I admitted and switched off my phone. I fell face-first onto the bed and landed with a thump.
"Just flirt with her till she slaps you. It's always a good ice breaker." Anand shrugged before popping a hang-over pill.
"You had a drink?" I guessed, Anand massaged his temple.
"Yeah, I broke up with Ananya." He sighed unhappily.
There goes his 23rd girlfriend.
"Well, finish up that nap of yours, I'm cutting the call." I smiled, Anand waved goodbye.
Should I take Anand's advice? I mean usually, I do the opposite...
"Shub! The photographer wants to take a group shot." Washy stuck his head in and called out to me.
The Photographer, Aditi.
I stood up and made my way to the front hall where Aditi was arranging the group.
"Umm... could you move a bit to the left? Your blocking Ashwin." She gestured wildly, her eyes looked sunken and tired.
"Can I help?" I shoved my hands into my pocket and tried for a smile. Aditi shot a grateful look toward me.
"I got it." She said in a promising tone and got back to organizing the ragtag team. I stood in between Virat bhaiya and Shreyas.
"Say ICT." Aditi smiled and called out. I saw a flash come from her camera. She gestured for us to go back to what we were doing, she stuffed the camera into a satchel and began to pack up.
"Where are you going?" I leaned forward toward her.
"Home." She shoved my face away and put some kind of cloth into her bag.
"Aditi, you know you're gorgeous." I tried for a compliment.
"Playboy." She spoke the word as though it was some kind of insult. She finished packing up and stood up. She marched away toward the door.
"Turn," I murmured to myself. She didn't turn.
"Turn," I added a hint of hope to it, once again a failure.
"Turn please?" I tried to be polite. Surprisingly she turned around to look at me. I seized the opportunity and winked at her. Her nose scrunched up and she rolled her eyes to the heavens.
Why am I suddenly attracted to my former best friend?
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