"To stay by my side, forever!!"
Aryan stood silent, Tara took a deep breath!
"Do you think I would be this happy if I came here alone! Remember Aryan, deepest sorrows evolve from unforgettable memories! Mostly the happy ones!!"
"I am happy because you are beside! To care for me!!" she inhaled deep again, feeling whatever she was feeling, completely, "When you know there exists someone, you are then rest assured! Not at all bothered by creating mess cause you know!! There is someone who's ready to clean it up all the way till the end!!"
It felt like a confession again! "And why am I that someone?!"
Tara was surprised by the sudden trial, and she stood soundless!
"Cause I'm your doctor?!" he asked with a brow raised!
Tara smirked, "You better not forget that you took it up on yourself!! But trust me, the role is worth it!!"
"For me!!" she added, as she turned away, "Snoopy's gone! Gotta find!!" said Tara continuing to walk!
"Just when will you confess?!" he wondered, asked himself under his breath, before he decided to follow her as well!
Everything between them was clearly something they felt but didn't think to define! And why was it that way?!
When he reached the castle, Aryan noticed that she was searching! With a frown he questioned, "Is he still gone?!"
Tara just nodded as she then made through the rooms, covering every corner to find him, with no other option being left, he began to search for it as well!
He was almost startled when he heard her call his name, and when it was twice, he rushed to find her! Where he found her was in the room, two rooms away from his! And that seemed to be a library, as Aryan entered in, he searched for her, as if she saw him, she called his name again!
"Aryan! Here!!"
Her voice was a bit low now! Aryan reached her but was taken aback to see a huge shelf filled with bottles of wine while Snoopy was just asleep on the floor! Did he find this place comfortable to sleep?! And wonder was that a library had such a place to treasure! A huge table covered half of the sight of the large shelf, almost making him think of a wine cellar!
"He's tired I guess!" her voice reached him!
"He played a lot! Let him rest!!" he said with a glimpse of smile as he crouched! His hands now caressing him, Aryan slowly lifted him up without disturbing his peaceful sleep!
Tara getting up watched them in silence as Aryan left along with her pet! She didn't ask where, she knew!
Aryan after gently tucking Snoopy to bed, on a soft mattress in Tara's room, returned to where he left her behind witnessing her now holding a bottle of wine! His brows raised as he reached!
"You look at it like you want to have it!"
"I want to!" she confirmed!
"I always wanted to!!" Tara placed the bottle she held gently on the huge table as she reached for the shelf! "Mother said these were the gifts from grandfather! Well father used to enjoy them a lot! So, I wanted to as well!"
"And you never got the chance!" he completed!
Tara sighed, "There's always a chance to take!" she smiled wide!
Aryan watched her as if he could see through her!! "Aren't they expired yet?"
She gave a denying nod, "These are all of fine wines which can be stored for decades! Here we have....." she turned to look at the shelf, "Riesling, Sparkling wine, Viognier, Muscat, Rose wine, White wine, Sparkling wine, Red wine, Malbec, Syrah, and few Fortified wines!"
Aryan inhaled, "You know a lot!!"
Her head swayed to right as if she was feeling proud, "Tara Nethin owns a lot of businesses!"
Aryan chuckled making her smile with a shook!
"And this is...." she reached for the bottle she placed on the table, "Zinfandel!"
Tara smiled, "Mother used to like this!!"
Aryan smiled as well, "And your father?!"
"Perhaps... Syrah?!" she shrugged!
"But I always wanted to taste this!!" she said with all her interest as she gently took out the bottle of Red wine!
"You better keep that back!" he warned!
Tara scoffed, "Why do you hate me so much?!"
"My love, I don't hate you! I just fear you aren't that good with drinks!!" he said dramatically!
Her eyes rolled, "Just a glass sweetheart!! I won't drink much as well, cause I'll start speaking random stuff then!!"
Aryan chuckled, "You are even experienced!!"
Tara laughed, "It was Deep who handled me!"
"Poor him!!" Aryan shook his head making her do the same at his reaction!
"Well...." Tara leaned forward, her hands resting on the table, "Would you like to join me Mr.Waqt?!"
Aryan stared her with a raised brow, "Only if one glass!!"
Tara bobbed her head, he stared her for a moment more, his eyes narrowed, until with a sigh he decided to leave in search for glasses!
As he left, she decided to open the seal, to smell! Even after twelve years, it smelled like it was just prepared! Fresh and new! She looked ahead the entrance for him to return with glasses, but as time passed by, she just sighed impatient! And with no thought, she decided to taste it! Atleast a bit before he returns! He definitely wouldn't know!!
Aryan had to search for a while, though those two men cleaned everything, all he could see were casual, daily used cutlery, and so he had to go through every shelf to search for a pair of bordeaux glass! After minutes, when he found them, a sigh of relief escapes from him as he decides to return to her!
When Aryan reached up the library, he reached the table, his brows furrowed as he watched her, her hands behind, her eyes droopy! Something was not right, as he could see, she was clearly having trouble keeping her eyes open!
"Tara?!" he called with eyes narrowed!
"Yes boss!" she said standing on her toes for a second as she reacted, like any military soldier would do!
Alright....nothing is right by now! "Where's the bottle?" he asked slowly as he gently placed the glasses on the table, she was leaning all over the table as if she was loosing her control!
And well no response!
"Tara!! Where's the bottle?" he asked making her droopy eyes blink so that she could see him!
Tara smiled as she watched him, perfectly showing out her white teeth, "Here!!" she said, her hands coming front as she placed the bottle on the table gently, very gently!! And well, it was empty!!
His brows raised, alright, this was it!!
"You had it all?!" he asked with a sigh!!
Tara bobbed her head, "I am sorry.....that I didn't leave....any for you!!" she smiled, "I really liked it!! We can....have another bottle!"
Aryan shook his head, this lady! He did wrong going down!!
"It's enough! You need to rest now!!" he tried to be calm!
Tara shook her head vigorously, "First.....I need to talk to you!!"
Aryan wanted to face palm! "No!! Not now!"
Tara's droopy eyes narrowed even more as she looked at him with a frown, she attempted to pull herself away from the table, and while she did, she began to lose her control!
"Hey! Careful!!" he tried to reach her but her raised hand didn't let him do so!
Tara yelled, "Why is that I always have to....listen you!" Hiccups! "Now!! You would..." Hiccups! "Listen me!!" Hiccups again!!
Aryan sighed! "Tara!!"
"Hush...!" she motioned her index finger, reaching him slowly!
As she staggered towards him, his hands raised instinctively as if trying to balance her, even before she could reach him! Tara instead of standing, lost her control and fell over him making him fall down on the floor as well!
Aryan sighed, probably trying to get her off, who was effortlessly having all her weight on him! Does drunk people behave like this?! "Get off me Tara!"
"No!" she said like a kid, shaking her head before raising half her body to face him, with the support of her hands that now firmly rested on the floor! Probably, unintentionally, locking him even more!
"I need to talk to you!!" a hiccup again!
Well, she was getting onto his nerves! "I said you will rest!"
He was observant enough to notice that slight frown on her face!
"Who do you think you are?!" she startled him almost, with her high pitch voice! He was sure, every corner of this castle would have echoed with her voice for a moment!!
"Are you a god?! That I have to listen to you always?!" she yelled with those droopy emerald eyes looking down him!
And this was the second time that she said the same thing!
"Tara! You might not realise but you aren't in any situation to talk!!" he still managed to say it out!
"Shut that trash mouth of yours!" she yelled again!
Trash mouth?!
Wow!!
"And listen to me!! Today.....it is you..... who'll listen to me!! You!!" she said almost swaying left and right! He worried for a moment that she would fall again, though they were already on floor!
A sigh!!
Fine! Let her be! "Alright! What's it?!"
Tara smiled, again showing her purely white teeth, now her left her caressing his cheek for a moment, almost shaking his face, so much that he had to shut his eyes until she stopped doing it! "Good boy!" she praised while doing it!
Boy? Good boy?!
He was sure she had lost it! And now she would make him lose his mind as well! Night was young and wild, and he was the sufferer! Why God?! Why?!
"You know what?!" her voice reached to peaks again! Aryan shut his eyes not even being able to shut his eyes, he was locked, completely, by this lady!
"What?!" he asked calmly, taking a clear view of her now!
"I...." she raised her right up to the sky before sharply pointing it down to his chest, poking him, almost choking him, "Hate you!!" she scoffed, well surprising him!
She hates him?! Done! Now even if she intends to stop it, he won't let her!!
"Why?!" he asked, "Why...hate me?!"