This chapter will be in Shivam's point of view.

LAST NIGHT- The party at lemon bar.

I spotted her at the entrance of the club. She was looking gorgeous as usual. She wore a short black dress and almost every guy was staring at her and her friends. I wanted to rip their eyes out.

She is mine! How dare these bastards stare at her!

Only, she won't let me make her mine. I was so crazy mad at her. I know she loves me! She says she is confused but her actions point at something else. 

She humiliates herself infront of everyone in my engagement party to let me know she loves me.

The next day she moves out of her boyfriend's place and breaks up.

She tried to fix things with me but after I refuse she runs away to Goa.

She drunk texted me in Goa and asked me to be there with her.

Why would she do any of these things if I did not effect her? And obviously none of these are just friendly! I remember how she kissed me the morning I went to confront her after her announcement at my party! It was passionate, slow and yet desperate. You don't kiss someone like that unless you have feelings for them.

And then she expects me not have doubts over this. When she started dating Anshul she was so happy, I could have choked that guy! But I kept my anger to myself because she was happy and that is what matters.

I confuse her once and she decides to move on. I regret calling her. I regret going to Goa on her whim.

She wasn't even there when I got to Goa as luck would have it. With my luck, if I ever get to marry her I will probably get lose motions on that day.

To make things worse, I am pretty sure she has no recall of her calling me. 

Knowing I have no control over this issue, and will probably not have any control anytime soon, I let my friends talk me into celebrating my promotion. I have been made new north manager and chief engineer at DeSca, a company originating in Japan and known for its electronics. I thought I would go out, have a few drinks and maybe lose a little. But miss Nehal, just wouldn't let that happen. Seriously, does she not like it if I party a little? My attention after seeing her is completely gone from my friends and now completely on her. 

Arvind returns with a tray of tequila shots when Abhi, my best friend's head whips towards the entrance. 

"Man, I see your girls here." Now Arvind has lost all happiness on his face as well, when he sees Sanya. The girls have now settled in a booth of their own and having their drinks. No no, not again. Don't get drunk Nehal.

"What the hell are they doing here?" Arvind asked me. 

"How am I supposed to know?"

"Guys, chill. Lets have some fun, alright? Let them be!" Abhi adds. 

We decide to ignore the women and continue on our party. The men are cracking silly jokes but I find myself laughing at none. My attention, involuntarily goes towards Nehal and her only. Looking at Arvind, I find him distracted out of his mind as well. 

"Hey, its look like they are leaving." I point in the direction where Anidhi seems to be pulling Sanya towards the exit and Nehal is following. 

"Sanya appears wasted." Arvind said. I don't know how he could tell her from up here. 

"Okay, thats it you guys. If you miss them so much, just invite them here. Your eyes have been wandering over there since the evening." Another friend, Vikas pipes in.

"I agree. Arvind, go over there and invite them."Abhi tells Arvind. Arvind thinks to himself for a minute and then gets up to do as told. 

"No way, guys. Don't invite them!" I demand. "That girl is the reason I need these drinks. So its best if we are not around each other."

"What if Nehal is drunk too and drives herself home like that?" 

That did it. I let Arvind invite the girls over here. From up here it looked like Nehal was resisting and didn't want to come as Anidhi was the first one to join us. Soon, Sanya and her followed and joined us. All the guys greeted them and made some respectable space for them to sit. Arvind got attacked Anidhi, who was questioning him about Divyam. Dude, probably lied to her about speaking to Divyam. I guess thats why she ditched her friends and joined her. Normally I would tell the truth but this was the reason Nehal was here and that gave me some sense of relief. She did not appear drunk though and was awkwardly sitting across from me. 

  "Couldn't leave me, could you?" I can't help myself and start to tease her.

  "Shut up. You are following me."  She says scrunching up her nose in anger, looking cute as always. 

  "Right. And I am Obama too."  I reply sarcastically. She was visibly growing angry and I couldn't help but enjoy it. 

  "Oh shut it. Enjoy your party here." How can I? Since you are here to distract me again. Or maybe I will enjoy it more. Its been awhile since Nehal and I have gone out to have some drinks together or dancing. How I miss the old  times. 

  "I can't now that you are here." I tell her and immediately regret saying it. Okay, cut the rude Shivam. 

  "You don't have to be so rude to me!" she cries and looks hurt. 

 "I am just being honest."  Okay, I know. I know. I am just too angry and its hard to hide it!

  "Lets not talk to each other for the rest of the evening."  she says making a face. No, I want to talk to you!I have been dying do that ever since things became so messy!

 "Gladly."  I say instead. Yes, we men have crazy egos.

But looking at the woman in front of me, who can't just admit that she is in love with me just because I refused once, I think she may have just the same amount of ego. 

I find Abhi intently listening to the conversation. Oh, the jerk. I think from the conversation he has gotten himself the permission to flirt with Nehal, thinking we don't have feelings for each other. Bro code dude!

Sanya, who is truly wasted gets up to go to the bar and takes Nehal with her. Abhi joines them and I find myself growing extremely angry.

From up here it looks like they are having tequila shots, all three of them and Nehal is laughing at something Abhi said. I turn around and try and ignore them. She is not mine and she can do whatever she wants, without me. 

I find Arvind growing really irritated by Anidhi's questioning and I decide to tell her the truth. "We didn't meet Divyam, Anidhi. He lied to you."

"What?" She says growing red and smacks Arvind on his head. "Hey!" He cries and she smacks him again. Now this is fun to watch.

But before she can smack him again, she gets up holding her stomach. Oh right, I completely forgot. Anidhi is pregnant.

"Are you alright?" I ask her. She nods but then a weird sound escapes her mouth. 

"Lets take her to the emergency room, dude." Arvind says getting up but before any of us can move she runs towards the restroom. 

"Is this normal in pregnancy?" I ask Arvind.

"Do I look like I am carrying babies to you?" Arvind replies sarcastically. "How am I supposed to know!"

We wait for her and ten minutes later she gets up. Sanya, Abhi and Nehal are nowhere to be seen anymore. 

"Are you okay?"

"Do you need to us to take you the hospital?" This was Arvind.

Before she can reply, she runs for the restroom again. That was it for us and Arvind went outside to make a call to Divyam. I look around for the three musketeers but find only Sanya and Abhi coming towards  me. 

"Hey, where is Nehal?" 

"She must be over by the booth, I told her to wait for me over there." He says looking over some booth and looking disappointed. "Sanya thought mickey mouse was here and rushed to see him and I had to go get here." 

"Mickey mouse?"

"She thinks the bouncer is Mickey mouse."

"Oh."

"Look, look, Momma is dancing!" Sanya points to the dance floor and yes Nehal was dancing in the middle of it. 

"Hey, Arvind is out making a call. You guys wait here for him, I am gonna go get her." I order and leave to go towards the dance floor. On seeing me Nehal runs away from the dance floor and go sits on a table where four men are already eating. 

"Can we help you, mam?" One of the men ask her. 

"That is enough for today, Nehal. Let me take you home." I ask but she starts whining like a child. "I don't want to go home, I want to dance!" She cries. 

"You can dance with me, mam." A man tells her. 

"No, you won't. You are a terrible dancer." I glare at her and she slaps me softly. 

"Rude man!" And she takes this man's hands and let her escort her to the dance floor. What the fuck?

They both start moving on the floor and I decide I can't watch this. This man obviously knows she is drunk. Before I know it, I rush to the dance floor and pull her beside me. She starts protesting but I grab her by her waist and put her over the shoulders, carrying her out of there. 

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As I was driving towards her home, Nehal who resorted to napping immediately after I put her in the car finally got up.  

"Where are you taking me?"

"Your home."

"Nooooooooooo!" She screamed. "You can't take me home like this, my mother will kill me!" 

"Don't be a child Nehal, you are a grown woman." 

"Please, please! Don't take me home, no no no no!" She continued this for twenty minutes until I had no choice.

"Fine!" I turned the car around. 

"Where are we going now?"

"To my home." 

"But this is not the way to your house." So, she has road sense when she is drunk. Just not common sense.  Sigh.

"I got a new place since I got promoted."

"Yay!" She shouted in delight. "You love me."

"Yes, I do." I reply. 

"Then why are you so rude to me?"

"Because you have been playing with me."

"I did not mean to."

"I know." I sigh. She looked adorable. Oh, Nehal. What are you doing to me?

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#466 in ChickLit. Yay!!!!!!!! ;D (In Nehal style) [15/04/2016]

This Part is 17.1 because there is still more to add ! Because we need to know what happened when Nehal was completely drunk. Lol. And how Divyam and Anidhi, made up. 

I want to dedicate the next chapters to my regular readers, so can you please comment or PM  me so I know who to tag? Thank you!;) 

17.2 coming soon!

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