SS : Love Have Has It's Own Way Part 7

Part 7



Graduation . . .Ram repeats Graduation . . .he said again



Priya and Ram had made it to the island a while ago since they got there Priya had been sitting on the couch staring into space while Ram paces back and forth in the living room they were too shocked to discuss the issue Priya blinks and looks over to Ram still pacing



There's no way out of this is there? Priya asks quietly



Ram stops in his place looking over at Priya he shakes his head and looks away there's always a way out We just have to keep looking through the books he sighs and goes to his luggage



Priya gets off the couch and goes over to the kitchen the house they are staying in is a one story house but it's rather big for two teenagers a large living room with a kitchen in the other room and three bedrooms one of the rooms Priya claimed as hers a long time ago and always slept in that room whenever she was booted to the island



Ram goes through his luggage looking for his law books his mother packed up for him just like her to do such a thing for his father wanting his son to be a lawyer thanks dad Ram thought to himself bitterly



Priya searched the kitchen a lot of ingredients to use for when she feels like cooking just not right now after sucking on nothing but a lemon drop she wanted something salty to eat and fast she was dying of hunger she gets herself a pizza from the freezer and throws it into the microwave



He stares at the book before looking over to Priya in the kitchen whose back was to him he made the slip of her kissing him he knows now he was going to tell her about how he felt but she reacted to the slip and made him stop he wants to tell her the only problem is how she would respond this girl is too confusing stubborn as a rasher and ready to break anything next thing you know she's all nice and calm being around her is like hanging out with a ticking time bomb he looks away and takes a seat on the couch before opening up the book



Priya takes out her lunch for the day and places it on the counter as much as she likes fresh out of the oven microwave food she doesn't want to burn the roof of her mouth just yet so for a minute or two she will let the pizza cool she looks to Ram reading his book on the couch she sighs stuck with Ram Kapoor for two months



What the hell is mom thinking? leaving two teenagers of the opposite sex in an island house for two months? Real smart mom she scratches the back of her hand as she stares at Ram some more stuck with Ram for two months...she thinks to herself. she massages her temples out of irritation her feelings towards Ram keep changing truly an eventful weekend she thinks of their kiss as blurry as it is to her she couldn't help but blush a little before taking a bite of her pizza



It's obvious now . . . how he smells and how he smiles she shouldn't have asked him if it was him she just wanted a straight honest answer from him turns out he lied which actually frustrates her If they can't find a way to break the engagement how can she deal with his lies as his wife?



Ram had been looking through the books and still can't find anything maybe there's no way out of it with movies and books that his mother always liked that had something to do with arranged marriages there was no way out of it unless the betrothed was dead he doesn't think he and Priya are so desperate to become single as to kill each other maybe Priya might be seeing from the corner of his eye that she looks irritated as hell



Ram remembers his bas***d father remind him of how his marriage is a good business plan for the company That money is important and nothing else so any form of emotion towards one another doesn't matter what his father said pissed him off to no extent he will admit he doesn't have really strong feelings for Priya but it just wasn't cool to say something like that



Priya notices Ram's discomfort before she takes her food to her bedroom her room was full of posters she had bought from concerts pictures of her and her friends on the desk and a typewriter sitting on its usual spot on her work desk It had been a while since she used it to write her poems she didn't have a thing against using computers to write her poems she just liked the sound of the typewriter every time she pressed a button she pulls her bags into her bedroom and throws them onto the bed



She takes small bites of the pizza as she unpacks her things throwing her clothes out onto her bed finding something that would be convenient for running she just wanted to go out for a run she shoves her clothes into drawers in her closet with her shorts and tank top out on the bed before she undresses herself



Ram had just decided to unpack his things and explore the island a bit he takes his luggage and goes straight to his room past Priya's room out of curiosity he checks to see what her room looks like she left her door open anyway he took a quick peek and Priya saw him too shit Ram she exclaims before closing the door in his face



He accidentally saw her undressing he unpacks his things in the guest room trying to get the image of her out of his head but no matter how hard he tried to erase the image of her or thought of anything ugly on her he couldn't shake the fact that she has a nice smooth body no acne or scars besides the bruises she got from fighting the cops around her wrist and black eye she was trying to cover up under her makeup the rest of her was flawless dammit . . . of course the girl he was arranged to marry has a nice girl



Priya was frozen in front of the door her face bright red shit . . . he saw her like that she couldn't breath or think of anything else what the hell was he doing peeping into her room Priya sighs in frustration before quickly getting into her workout clothes she ties her hair up in a ponytail before getting out of her room and outside she stretches out her legs on the beach for a while watching the small waves and listening to water Its so peaceful here they had sailed all the way out to sea with the coast just over the horizon way too far to swim trees just behind the house and the quiet beach just in front of the house



She sighs and looks over to the house seeing Ram unpacking his things behind one of the windows she caught herself staring at himself too long before shaking herself out of her trance and starts running down the beach



Ram heard Priya walk out of the house but didn't bother to make any contact with her just to avoid her wrath for what he saw he saw her go out onto the beach and started stretching herself out how she's just teasing him did she know that she was basically doing that in front of his room window? Ram looks away and gets back to throwing his clothes in the drawers by the time he was done Priya had disappeared


Priya had run five laps around the island before she finally collapsed on the beach to puke she usually doesn't stop running until she throws up that's just how she was trained in cross country usually they let you run suicides as fast as fast as you can until someone throws up that's how the tennis team trains to when it came to running exercises Priya wipes her forehead and lays down in the sand she closes her eyes and stays there for a while to cool herself down



Ram was strumming his guitar when he saw Priya pass his window again but this time stopping and hurled her lunch jesus christ she lies down on the sand breathing heavily does she always train like that? he gets up off his bed to go into the kitchen to get two water bottles he walks out barefoot to Priya before siting next to her here he said offering the bottle to her



Priya looks to him and takes the bottle she sits back up and drains the bottle immediately she gasps for air after she had finished the whole bottle before taking her shoes off letting her feet air out Thanks she finally says



Do you often run that much? Ram asks not looking to her but around him since he had been inside the whole time he didn't feel like exploring the island like he had planned



She nods yes even though its summer break I shouldn't sit back and relax all summer I still have to keep training for next year Priya answers It's strange really whenever she came to the island she was frustrated and couldn't sit still now that she was back but with Ram by her side she felt a little more comfortable he was so close too



Ram stares at the water and couldn't help but chuckle under his breath remember the last time we were at a beach Priya looks over to him



How could I forget? It was the day our parents handcuffed us for engagement not to mention it was three days ago she says self-satisfied she also remembered the kiss . . . she blushes and hugs herself Ram watched her reaction and chuckled under his breath shut up . . .she mumbles she looks over to him and couldn't help but stare he really does have nice eyes



Her heart tells her to attack but her mind tells her to stay put ummm . . . it's getting pretty late I'll get started on making dinner she stutters before getting on her feet and taking her shoes with her she takes deep breaths to ease herself



The environment between them had intensified during that moment Ram noticed but maybe it was just him that noticed it that only he was the one that felt it his eyes followed her as she went back inside the house he brushes the sand off him before going inside to see her cooking something not microwaving, cooking



She had made broccoli with rice explaining to him that she had learned to cook herself when there was nothing electronically entertaining for her so during her free times was bored hours she ran swam in the water climb trees write stories and poems and cook



Wow it's not awful Ram said in amazement



Priya sticks his tongue at him to disapprove his comment even though it was his own way of a compliment She finishes first and cleans her dish I think I'm going to go to bed she says to him



Sleep well Princess Ram calls to her



Priya wrinkles her nose just from the sound of him calling her Princess again shit she liked it better when he called her by her name



Ram finishes his food afterwards and goes straight to bed not bothering to change out of his clothes he just jumps into bed and immediately falls asleep



Priya wakes up halfway through the night her body telling her to drink water since she was still dehydrated from all the running she drags her feet into the kitchen again to get herself some water and drains it down like she did with the other water bottle Ram gave her after finishing it she goes to her room



Priya . . . Priya stops to hearing her name and looks around for Ram but he wasn't standing outside Priya . . .her name was called again she slowly approaches his room seeing he was asleep . . . calling her name



Priya . . .


Priya stirs her cereal in her bowl slowly staring into space thinking of what she heard last night she couldn't think of any other meaning of what he was saying and that was what scared her she shouldn't be she was happy but she couldn't bring herself to accept it



Ram wakes up with the sun raying in his eyes he rolls out of bed in a daze he blinks a few times remembering that he wasn't at home anymore but on an island stuck with Priya he blinks hard before going out into the hallway and into the living room



Priya doesn't look up at him pretending that she doesn't notice him she keeps her eyes on her cereal before she starts eating it It's soggy



Ram walks into the kitchen towards the fridge finding orange juice in it he wonders how long ago the food was stocked most likely Priya's family has people that stock food for them if someone were to come stay for a while that and the fact that there's most likely no people on this island besides them hence the name



Priya takes her bowl and goes into her room just to be away from him he seems to drowsy to even notice she was awake anyways she goes to her typewriter immediately having the biggest need to write something just to get her thoughts out of her brain and on paper



She opens the window to let some air in since it was starting to get really warm in the house when she notices the typewriter looks far too clean for something that hasn't been used in two years probably the cleaning crew she takes a seat and starts writing



Ram can hear something weird coming from Priya's room what is that sound? Ram goes around the corner seeing Priya had left her door open again and sees Priya typing something on a typewriter she keeps those old things? weird chick he goes into his room with his glass of orange juice he checks the time seeing it's really early



While it's still morning he changes into his sweats finishes off his drink and goes out for his morning run he wanted to explore the island a bit anyways might as well take this change



Priya sighs and relaxes after finishing this dumb poem she just had to let it out she takes it out to dry the ink just when she sees Ram running by her window Priya bites her lip puts a paperweight on the new poem and turns away to get into her own sweats



Priya goes off into the other direction running into the forest the island has hills and caves hidden in the middle of the island since the land starts rising into the forest it gives Priya better training for other muscles of her legs she didn't get to use in yesterday's run



Ram comes back to the house after running around the island and does some cool down exercises It had gotten warmer really fast it was fortunate that he decided to run before it got too hot he picks himself off the ground and heads into the house to shower



Priya had stopped to rest for a little while massaging her legs to relax them a bit she had climbed up a steep hill to challenge herself and finally reached the top of the hill she embraces the quiet as she sits with her brushing her back with the light breeze she gets back up onto her feet and starts to slowly jog down the hill



Ram buttons his shirt as he goes out into the hallway he walks past their rooms only to notice that Priya wasn't in her room like he last saw her and there's papers all over the floor the window is open either the wind blew the papers around or Priya decided not to break stuff and instead chose to throw papers around to make a mess



He sighs and goes in to pick up her mess of whatever she had lying around most of the papers had poems typed on them others had actual pages to some kind of story he closes the window and puts all the papers back on his desk and sees a paper that had stayed on the table with a paperweight just on top of it



He calls

my name

in the dead

of night

in sleep



He saw that part written on the paper curiously he reads rest of the poem from that point making out parts of it that he had a feeling was about him or knew immediately that it is about him . . . and about Priya's feelings



She's confused she doesn't understand herself at all anymore especially when it came to him one of the stanzas read



I want to

tell him

but can not

bring myself

to do so



And



This feeling

that burns

when I'm

near him



He plops onto her bed her poem in hand and stares in deep thought of its meaning she's been hiding her feelings pretty damn well and here she has it written on a piece of paper in the open he runs his hand through his dark hair thinking



He called her name in the dead of night . . . was he talking in his sleep? did he say her name? and she heard him he sighs and couldn't help but have mixed feelings for the whole thing he likes her she must like him . . . but where does that lead them?



He puts her poem back in its place and goes outside skipping rocks waiting for Priya

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