SecretLounge#4 **CLOSED, link pg 152** [IO] - Page 10

Originally posted by: rulama

Loved the update TINA.

STATUTORY WARNING:

Read this at leisure. I have already cautioned you!😉

When Khushi ran, it was without any sense of direction and her aim was just to get away and it was an act of fear. Only thing that penetrated the haze of fear was Arnav's voice that made her stop in her flight. For Arnav it was also his fear of Khushi getting mauled by men like the one who had tried to take advantage of her. He felt his animal instincts rising to the fore to defend his territory when trespassed. Arnav who knew for him she alone was the one who could bring peace, happiness and satiate was unyielding to let go of her. Through her innocent ways, she had slowly enmeshed and had woven with the fabric of his life and he was not going to and also not let others rip of the weave. He knew the power Khushi wielded over him but she did not. For her, it was an overpowering sense of being the soft target by others that would put his life in jeopardy that made her flee. Seeing that because of her he was being hit by a rod that could have ended with him loosing his life had made her realize how precious he was to her and how precious she was to him, how he would put himself in tough situations that could occur only due to her presence and how seeing her in peril he would come out with out of control behavior! She also realized that if the same situation gets repeated he would not hesitate to repeat the barbaric ways all over again. It was way beyond her comprehension, the desert barbarism for she who had been brought up in Lucknow. She knew the life in the desert was tough but not this way. Though he asked her to understand the way he is by spelling it out, he was stumped to realize that she had understood this part but still she had run away from him! It was due to her perception of helping him keep away from danger he would face because of her had him take her in his arms. He acknowledged that his life was always in danger and it will always carry risks with it. But that cannot be let to have an upperhand in his life. His soothing words to focus on nothing had happened as Raj had him covered and he was one who chose his battles wisely since he was a kid. Had her query that did he have put himself in such a peril with a drunk? His answer was that it was because the target of the vile man had been she, his Khushi and she mattered to him and he needed her in his life not just as a friend but as his other self. This gave her an idea as how much he values her and it was for the first time after her parents death she found someone other than Simran wanting her for herself and valuing her and her presence in their life unconditionally. His final remark, that she is still a child and he would wait patiently for her makes her determined to show him that he is far from the truth. While she was thinking of ways to set him up with the knowledge that she too was ready for him and her thoughts on him were not as innocent as he thought, he was having a tough time to control his feelings. What a position to be in! Both are with the same feeling but not acknowledging it openly. Arnav is a bit presumptuous in thinking that she doesn't feel the same as him and is still a green horn at love. He seems to forget that with a good teacher a good student picks up quite fast and girls do mature earlier than boys!! What do you say doc?

Raj and Taj bickering is really nice to see. I can imagine, Karan Wahi and Karanvir Bohra doing it. When you think about it, they do resemble, though Bohra is with brooding looks, Wahi is with a child like face and twinkling eyes, they can pass of as siblings! Both are for going to Gypsy camp! For Khushi, Raj reminds her of Arnav! It is said the whole world looks yellowish for jaunciced eyes and Khushi is now one such person! She does say that Raj is not as regal or handsome as Arnav! Khushi is introduced to another female of the gang after Maya, this time Sia! Loved this Gypsy camp pics. Interesting!

What a way to get greeted by his loved one! Raj has his hands full. The veggie missiles bang on target! All had their fill of laughter while Raj tried to get in a word edgewise. Sia's vocabulary had Khushi blush. Though Raj gave her the reason for being late, Sia nods only after confirmed by Arnav and again Raj is subjected to her admonitions as to why he had not told her earlier. Seeing the rest, her eyes fall on Khushi and asked who was that and was told by Maya it to be Khushi!

What a pleasant surprise! Maya turning up at the gypsy camp and Aman groaning oh No! and had him fuming mad! Once more Khsuhi is enveloped by the warmth of friendship. Sia and Maya take her under their wings even though she and Arnav are reluctant to be away from one another. Sia gives the men a stern warning, that they could have food only if they clean up and they obey meekly! The mighty tigers turn to meek cats in front of these girls and Sia is able to control them with her little finger!

Sia's statement query that she was with ASR has Khushi nod. If the same had been asked a day or two earlier it would have got a blinking look! Now though not really able to answer with conviction, she could consider it so. So Sia's query about the other girls brings Khushi down from her euphoria. It was a bubble bursting query but Maya tells her that it was of no importance as he had never been with others like he is with her. She was told by Maya that she need not be clairvoyant to know that Arnav was smitten with her. Khushi's statement that he thinks her as a child has both in laughter and they said it was so obvious that the heat in his eyes is not the one that gets there if she is thought as a child. Maya's wish if only Aman had seen her that way convinces Khushi that Arnav does see her as a woman. Khushi is introduced to another female, Zara, who is living in her village and who had been engaged to Imran to be married but was broken-up by him in his quest to liberate his motherland from the clutches of Akash Singh Raizada and the atrocities of his entourage!

With the help of the other two, Khushi puts her plan into action and Maya's crystal gaze senses, the assault on boys and pulling their heart strings by the girls! Sia's words that she pities ASR who has no idea of what is going to hit him is quite funny! Khushi feeling that she is dressing up for Arnav and the happiness and excitement it generates in her is quite heartwarming! She is for the first time trying to lure him wantonly, and is suddenly assaulted with the dark cloud of Singhs that was sensed by Maya. Her mind is put to rest by Maya's words that to listening to her heart is where her salvation lies and not many people are bestowed with such gift to be able to find the other half in their life. For the first time since she met Arnav she felt free to be able to go to him with a clear conscience and happily expect to have a future with him! Khushi so far had felt the menacles of betrothal and Maya's words had set her mind at rest that it would not rear its ugly head and even if it does, she would have Arnav by her side.

Loved the update and once again it has become a runaway engine TINA! Looks like I am taking the place of the naughty Thomas!