~Love Without Borders~ Note Pg. 30 (Aug 11th) - Page 20

Originally posted by: SuhanaSafar

Lovely part Rushvi and Meera! 👏 Thanks a lot Rabia!😃

Gosh, what is it with Reena and Roshni? Why can't they just let Rushvi live in peace. Well I'm glad so far things are going well for her and Robert. Oooh, I wonder who Serena's Jai is....any connection with the Jai that Maya meets? But wait, that doesn't seem right...he has a girlfriend in Darjeeling....I'm confused. 😆 Anyway, Harshad's jealousy was just adorable. He did take it a little too far though...I understand Maya's pain. Hopefully he'll apologize soon.

Ahh they're snoopy sisters na? 😳😆 I'm glad too! 😃 They deserve happiness! 😳 Ahh if you remember the first few updates...Jai is Rushvi's co worker, and Sere has a crush on him! 😛 That Jai is outta the picture! 😃😳 Awww you think it was cute? 😛 Ahhh we'll see what he does now! 😆

Sorry for taking so long to respond...can't wait for the next part! No problems hun! 😃😳

Maya digs out her cell phone and hits speed dial 2.

"Hello?" Rushvi's groggy voice greets her on the other end.

"Oh crap! I'm so sorry Rushvi! It's too early there isn't it?" Maya says looking at her watch. "Never mind—it's really late there instead, I'm so stupid."

"Don't wo—" Rushvi yawns. "Don't worry. I'm waiting for Roberts' call anyways,"

"Isn't it kinda late for him to call?" Maya asks.

"He's in Paris for the week." Rushvi tells her.

"Oh okay. God it's been so long since we've talked on the phone!" Maya says in a happy voice.

"I know! So tell me what's up? You wouldn't call for the heck of it." Rushvi asks.

"Harshad's being weird," Maya tells her.

"Explain!" Rushvi laughs.

Maya tells Rushvi about how Harshad behaved with her and everything they said in the car to each other.

"Were you laughing with Jai?" Rushvi inquires.

"Umm...I think so yeah..."

"Seems to me like Mr. Harshad Chopra sounds jealous..." Rushvi teases.

"Jealous...yeah right." Maya rolls her eyes.

"And judging by the way you felt when he said those things I've come to a conclusion." Rushvi announces.

"Uh huh...and what's that?" Maya asks.

"You are falling in love with him." Rushvi tells her plain and simply.

"Me? Falling in love?" Maya asks.

"Better believe it. He sounds jealous to me and if you were hurt by the accusations it makes sense..." Rushvi tells her.

Maya and Rushvi talk a little more with Maya denying it, but when she hangs up she stands, facing her reflection in the mirror. I couldn't be in love...could I?

Somewhere in Darjeeling, Harshad's standing by a cliff overlooking a magnificent waterfall, thinking about everything that happened today.

A few minutes later he hears voices coming up the path from behind him and so he walks off towards a corner to give them some time alone and that's when he sees the same guy from the plane who was chatting with Maya.

"Look at his nerve, first with Maya now someone else," Harshad mutters under his breath. Harshad moves a little closer to them to try to hear their conversation but when he does hear, he's surprised.

"Seriously Jai—this is too sweet," The girl blushes.

"It's nothing compared to you sweetheart," He slowly tucks a strand of her hair

behind her ear.

"What made you think of doing all of this?" she asks.

He smiles in response. "A girl I met on the plane helped give me the idea. She was really sweet,"

Harshad gets confused. "Maya helped him surprise THIS girl? I thought THEY were flirting..."

The two of them continue walking down the path hand in hand and so Harshad takes out his phone and calls his sister.

"Hello?" Rinki answers on the fourth ring.

"Took you long enough,"

"Oh I'm sorry. Are YOU the one planning a wedding that's in about 2 weeks?" Rinki's voice is dripping with sarcasm. "I didn't think so. What's up?"

"I—think I made a mistake,"

"You usually do. What happened?"

Harshad quickly narrates everything that happened on the plane and on the drive to the hotel and now what he just saw.

"Arre bhagwan!" Rinki slaps her hand against her forehead. "Why don't you have any brains? Oh wait...I got your brains as well."

"Ha ha funny. Help!" Harshad whines.

"You—my stupid stupid brother, need to go apologize to Maya first of all. And then tell her how you feel."

"How I feel?" Harshad repeats.

"Yes you duffer! And you better do it otherwise I will slap you silly!" Rinki threatens.

"Okay—okay," Harshad says quickly. "I'll see you when we get back."

"Bye," Rinki hangs up her cell phone and Harshad makes up his mind on what to say to Maya back at the hotel.

In Los Angeles

"I have a bad urge to skip today," Serena confesses the minute she sees Rushvi.

"Skipping is BAD! Remember?" Rushvi laughs.

"But—I wanna put your plan in action," Serena pouts and whines.

"I only have to make sure my lit paper's emailed to the prof today—what about you?" Rushvi asks her.

"I've already handed in all my work...we just have bio to worry about," Serena tells her.

"Well since I've already skipped one class to meet with Rob, I think this time you can go give her an excuse," Rushvi says happily.

"M—me?" Serena makes a face. "Fine—"

She walks off towards their bio teacher's office while Rushvi giggles after her. "Bet she wishes she didn't like Jai so much NOW," Right then her cell phone beeps and so she checks it.

I miss you xxx

She giggles seeing his message and then type's one back. As if I don't...you forget that I'm the boring girl while you're the huge actor,

Huge actor who misses his girlfriend

Well then come back soon...

I'd get on a plane this instant if it was up to me...

Rushvi sighs and just smiles at her phone when Serena comes skipping back to her. "Guess what?"

"Oh what?" Rushvi asks trying to gauge Serena's expression.

"I made the excuse that you're desperately sick—and so I needed to go visit you and SHE herself said she'd email me the coursework we do today!"

"Nice job!" Rushvi says, "Although I find it hard to believe that she'd do that without suspecting....hmm," She shakes her head. "Let's get out of here before she changes her mind."

The both of them get into Rushvi's car and drive off towards the mall. When they arrive there Serena develops nerves. "What if he's weirded out to see me or something?"

"He won't be. Now will you please just chill?" Rushvi says dragging her along towards the store.

Serena quickly turns to Rushvi and stops. "Are you positive he's even working today?"

Rushvi nods. "I already checked his schedule."

"You're good," Serena grins.

"I know," Rushvi giggles as they walk towards the shoe's department. Right when she sees him Rushvi grins and waves. "Hey Jai,"

"Way to be obvious," Serena mutters under her breath.

He looks up and waves to both of them and then walks towards them. "Hey what are you girls doing here? No classes?"

Rushvi shakes her head before Serena could say anything. "Nope—we just had to hand in some stuff...so we thought we'd come by and visit you,"

"That's cool—I'm on my break in about 10 minutes—wanna look around and then we can meet up?" Jai offers.

Rushvi and Serena look at each other and they both nod. "Works for us,"

"Awesome, see you girls then." He smiles and then goes off to greet his other customers.

Rushvi takes Serena aside. "Now listen when he calls on my phone to meet up, I'm not going to answer; he has your number right?"

Serena nods. "I think so."

"Good—then he'll call you. You'll tell him that I went off on my own to get something from upstairs or some crap like that and that you two should go grab a coffee and that I'll join you later,"

"Me? Rush—"

"Ssh! I don't want to listen to your arguments." Rushvi smiles. "This is your big chance. Don't blow it!"

"Sheesh! Fine," Serena sulks as they both walk around the store.

In Darjeeling

Maya's cell rings as she comes out of the washroom and so she hesitatingly goes to answer it and sees Vaishali's number so she picks it up. "Hello?"

"Maya! Kahan ho?" Vaishali asks. "Hum sab lunch khaane ja rahe hain. And we figured it's okay if you're not a cast member—you can still join us," She giggles

"Thanks!" Maya says back. Sab matlab woh bhi hoga.... "Theek hain—I'll be down in 2 minutes okay?" Maya slides her phone shut and freshens up before going down to the lobby to meet everyone else. When she gets there she only sees Additi, Vaishali and Sushant waiting for her.

"Where's Harshad?" She asks trying to be casual.

"Humne socha ke woh tumhare saath hoga," Sushant tells her.

"Mere saath kyun?" Maya asks.

"Tum dono ki flight earlier thi na? Isiliye," Additi explains.

"Aur woh apna phone bhi nahi utha raha hain." Sushant adds.

Abhi tak bewajha naraz hoga...bhudhu kahi ka... Maya shakes her head. "Hum chalte hain, he'll call whenever he wants."

The four of them head to the hotel's restaurant and have lunch there before heading back to their own rooms to rest before their night shoot. Maya starts working on the upcoming storyline when a knock sounds at her door. She slowly gets up and peers through the peephole and sees Harshad on the other side. She rolls her eyes before reluctantly opening the door. She could feel her heart ache as she saw him standing there looking a lot sadder than when she last saw him.

"Harshad? Where were you? We were all trying to call you for lunch..." Maya says walking into her room, expecting him to follow her but she was surprised to see him still standing there. "Kya kar rahe ho? Come inside." She tells him and so he follows her in and closes the door.

"Maya—" He trails off when she turns around and speaks.

"Don't—I don't want to talk about anything else right now, I'm here for my job. That's it. I'm going to do that and not think about anything else." She says turning away again. "If you want to discuss the storyline, fine,"

He slowly walks up to her and puts his hands on her shoulders and turns her around to face him. "Maya, I'm sorry,"

She just shakes her head and shrugs out of his grip. "Don't bother saying sorry. You don't realize the way you made me feel...never in our friendship have we talked to each other like that. It hurt me Harshad. It really did."

"I know that's why I'm so sorry. I behaved like an idiot,"

"Yes you did." Maya frowns and hugs herself.

"Ma—"He doesn't say anything and walks closer to her, making her instantly walk back until she hits the wall.

"Why?" She whispers. "Why were you behaving like that?"

"I just, I couldn't see you like that." He says running his hand through his floppy hair.

"See me like what?" She asks again.

"With someone else, talking and laughing so much," He admits slowly. "I don't know what came over me." He slowly puts both his hand on her face, cradling it in his palms. "I've never felt such jealousy in my life."

"Why?" She asks again her voice in a whisper. "Why were you jealous?"

They both knew he was about to say something they had each wanted for a long time but when he spoke the world stood still. "I—I think I'm falling in love with you Maya,"

So I kinda get the feeling I butchered their "confession," not that Maya's said anything back to him of course...but still! 😛 Let me know how good/bad it was! 😛

Love you loads,

Rushvi & Meera😳

Originally posted by: angelic shaz

omg meera just catched up wid the 2 chapters and they just fab!!!!!

i loved it i liked how rushvi trying to get serena and jai close and the text msg from robert was sweet Awww thanks so much Shazu! 😳😃 Glad you liked it so far! 😛

and the whole maya and hearshad scene was amazing !!! i mean when harshad realises that he made a mistake inj misunderstanding is realli gd and this last scene was fabb just could imagine it happening Teehee, thanks a lot! 😛 I'm glad you could see it! 😛

cnt wait for more

continue soon Thanks a lot! 😃

Rushvi's sprawled out on her bed when her phone suddenly rings. Without even checking the ID she knew who was calling.

"Hello," She greets him happily.

"Did you know it was me?" He asks her.

"Nope—this is how I greet everyone." She giggles.

"Right—missed me?"

"More than you know." she whispered. "Oh—and before you think I'm psychic, I'll have you know pictures from your arrival to LAX are already up on your site,"

"Wow—people are fast, and I've missed you too." he sighs. "Are you free anytime soon?"

"I thought you wouldn't ask," Rushvi smiles at her reflection in the mirror.

"How about tomorrow afternoon? At the park?"

"Sure," Rushvi agrees.

They talk a bit more until Robert finally has to go and so they hang up and Rushvi goes to sleep feeling happier than she had in the last week.

In Darjeeling

Maya didn't know what to think. Could what he said be true? She closed her eyes not wanting to look into his eyes afraid of getting too lost in them; but then she felt his fingers slowly tugging at the end of her braid. He started taking off the elastic and let her hair unravel in his hands and he started running his fingers through her hair while keeping his face close to hers.

"Harshad, I—" Maya starts saying right as a knock sounds on the door throwing them both apart from each other. "Who could it be?" she whispers to him.

"Just go check," He gently places his hand on her lower back and pushes her forward.

Maya makes a face as she opens the door and sees Sushant.

"Took you long enough!" he says when she opens the door. He sees Harshad there and shakes his head. "Where've you been man? We were all really worried,"

"I was thinking...about some stuff." Harshad answers, while looking at Maya who just looks down at the floor.

"Anyways come with me—I need to sort out some stuff with Rinki and you need to be there too," Sushant says dragging Harshad out of the room with him.

Maya sighs as the door shuts behind them and just collapses on the sofa clutching her head with both hands. "What was that?" She couldn't help but think that it was just a dream, there's no way Harshad would ever feel that way about HER could it? She shakes her head trying to clear her thoughts when she goes out to her small balcony.

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"Remind me again WHY you need me here?" Harshad asks for the fourth time while Sushant's on the phone, planning things with Rinki.

Sushant covers the mouthpiece and glares at Harshad. "Before your sister decides to come out of the phone to slap you—shush!"

Harshad just shakes his head. "Then you shouldn't have brought me here."

"And what were you doing in Maya's room anyways?"

"He was in Maya's room?" Rinki asks Sushant on the phone. "Why?"

"Your sister wants to know why you were in Maya's room."

"I had to talk to her," Harshad says simply.

"Hmmm—" Rinki says to Sushant.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asks her.

"Tell him to go away and then I'll tell you."

"Got it." Sushant smiles at Harshad. "I need you to go,"

"What? Why? You're the one who brought me here." Harshad looks at him with a confused look.

"Just go please? It's private talk."

Harshad just shakes his head and walks out to the balcony and as he turns to his right he sees the person he wanted to talk to desperately. She looked so lost—just looking up at the open sky.

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"Thinking about someone?" Maya turns as she hears a voice coming from the darkness. When she turns left she sees him.

"What are you doing out here? I thought you were with Sushant." Maya says in an accusing tone.

Harshad gestures inside. "He's talking to Rinki so I've been banished."

"Hmm," Maya stares back at the view of the garden in front of her which had now lighted up with dozens of lights hanging from the trees.

"You never answered my question," Harshad leans on the railing between their balconies. "Were you thinking about someone?"

Maya nods and turns to him, and leans on the railing the same way he was. "I'm thinking about something a friend said to me,"'

"What'd they say?"

"Something that startled me."

"In a good way or a bad way?" He asks.

Maya shrugs. "I'm not sure yet."

"Anything he can do to persuade you?" He offers.

Hearing him say that prods Maya to raise her eyebrow at him and walk back into her hotel suite.

"So at least she didn't get mad," he mumbles to himself.

On the other side of the glass wall Rinki was trying to decipher the motive behind Harshad's behaviour while Sushant was patiently lending his ear.

"So—you said he was in Maya's room and they both looked kinda startled?" She asks.

"Yes Rinki. Seriously can we stop discussing this on the phone? We can talk about it easily when we come back." Sushant offers. "Abhi wedding ki planning kare?"

"Right!" Rinki laughs as she starts telling him about more guests who have rsvp'd.

In Los Angeles

Rushvi didn't know why she felt such apprehensiveness. It was only Robert yet there was a part of her that had her doubts—as if this trip would change things between them; that was when she saw him and all her nervousness left.

"Hey," he smiles as he embraces her.

"Hi," She smiles as they break apart. "How was your trip?

"Horrible. I missed you—and it just got tiring with Kristin and Taylor."

Rushvi couldn't help but smile. "Not according to some reports,"

"Don't believe them," He pulls her closer to him by her waist. "I've got some news for you."

"Oh?" Rushvi asks.

"My sisters are coming to town,"

"Oh! You must be so excited!" She smiles up at him.

"In a way." He tilts his head making her smile. "Well I want them to meet you,"

Rushvi was stunned the minute he revealed his ulterior motive. "Are you serious? You don't think it's too fast?"

Robert shook his head. "I really like you Rushvi—I want to see where this is going to go; but really if you don't want to, it's fine too."

"I'd like to," She smiles at him.

"Besides that gives us more time together," He winks at her while she shakes her head as they keep walking along in the park. "So now tell me about the stuff you heard,"

"It wasn't very interesting, and in all honesty—not fun to read."

"I'm sorry." He pulls her close to him and just lightly brushes his lips across her forehead.

"What if someone sees?" Rushvi asks, suddenly remembering that they were in a public place.

"Rushvi—don't worry about it,"

"How are you so nonchalant?" she asks, baffled.

"Remember the last time we met? My driver driving around the Hollywood Hills right now." He tells her.

"You're crazy,"

"About you,"

Rushvi's heart slammed in her chest. These were words that she longed to hear in this last week but his velvety voice just made it all sound 100x better.

In Darjeeling At The Shoot

The next morning Maya had woken up with a smile on her face. She wasn't sure if that was because of what Harshad had said the night before or because of the glorious morning outside her balcony. She quickly got ready wearing her white swishy skirt and her blue beaded tank top over it. Her hotel phone started ringing the minute she stepped out of the washroom and so she ran for it. "Hello?"

"Hi—you sound out of breath." Harshad's voice greets her.

"I'm—uhh I just stepped out of the shower," Suddenly that seemed like an intimate detail to tell him and she could feel the awkward silence clouding over their conversation.

"I—uhh just wanted to make sure you're coming to the shoot today?" Harshad asks.

She couldn't help but smile. "Yeah Harshad, I'll be coming. It IS why I agreed to come on the trip na?"

"No other reason?" She could hear the hinting in his voice.

"No," She teases back until a knock sounds at his end.

"Sorry someone's here. I'll see you in a bit?"

"Yeah," She sighs as she hangs up the phone.

When she walked onto the set for the shoot, she was overwhelmed with the romantic feeling oozing from each corner. The only light emitting was from the candles that were lit around the room with flowers strewn around the bed, and put in patterns around the candles.

"Isn't it nice?" she turns to see Harshad standing too close to her.

Consciously she stepped back. "Yeah,"

Harshad puts his hands in his pockets as he leans against the wall. "Mujhe lagta hain ke tum mujhe avoid kar rahi ho. Kyun?"

Maya shrugs as she walks towards the desk set up for her to view the shooting from and then sees him follow her there. "Kal kisi ne mujhe kuch kaha aur tabse woh peeche para hua hain.. Kyun?" She raises her eyebrow at him while still smiling when she sets her laptop bag down and starts pulling it out.

Harshad just steps back from her and shakes his head while still smiling. Tumhari 'kyun' ne to meri jaan hi leli,"

Slowly Maya looks up and sees him gone from there and so she relaxes when Additi comes to greet her.

"Hey Maya."

"Hi Additi. Nervous ho?"

"Bahot," Additi sighs dramatically. "Aise aise scenes diye hain tumne."

"Sorry baba lekin zaroori hain script ke liye." Maya responds.

Then Harshad comes and slides his arm around Additi's waist. "Chale? Sir bula rahe hain," He takes her away swiftly with Maya silently watching. She starts up her laptop and starts typing her storyline with her fingers pressing down the buttons super hard, so hard that Sushant came up to her.

"Ki hoya?" He raises his eyebrow and then puts his hands on hers and takes them away from her laptop. "What's wrong?"

"Kuch nahi. Why should anything be wrong?" Maya says her eyes still focused on Harshad and Additi who were laughing away.

"Okay," JC called. "Shoot shuru karte hain," The clap boy comes and adjusts the surroundings for the scenes. "Harshad, Additi yaad hain na? Kya karna hain?"

"Ji sir." Additi and Harshad both respond.

"Action!" He calls out.

Maya watches as Harshad slowly comes closer to Additi who was standing by the window and slips his hands around her waist. "Mere baare mein soch rahi thi?"

"Main kisi aur ke baare mein kabhi soch sakhti hoon?"

He turns her around and keeps his hands on her waist, while slowly bringing his face closer and closer to hers until a certain crash sounds from outside the shot and everyone turns to face Maya whose foot got tangled in all the camera cords along with her laptop cord. "So—sorry," Harshad couldn't help but smile when he saw the embarrassment come onto her cheeks with a deep shade of red.

"Chalo—sab break for two minutes," JC calls while he takes his assistant director to sit with him to watch however much of the scene they got.

Harshad takes this minute to come near Maya. "Aaj mujhe jaalne ki boo arahi hain. Kyun?"

Maya looks up at him, while still trying to take her foot out of the tangled mess. "Aaj subah se koi meri hi paas aa raha hain. Kyun?"

"Hogaya?" He asks her and so she shrugs. He quickly takes her by the wrist and moves her behind the corner.

"Harshad—what are you doing?" she takes her hand out of his, and stops talking when his finger lightly brushes against her lips. "Sssh!"

"Nowadays I get the feeling I'm somewhere, yet my heart is somewhere else. Kyun?" He whispers to her.

"I can't sleep all night—aur din mein kuch hone lagta hain—kyun?" Maya whispers back and then suddenly comes back. "Harshad, whatever's happening here between us—it's not right."

"Between us? What's happening between us?" He teases her.

She pushes him away from her. "Haan. Nothing's happening between us." She stalks off back to where they were shooting, leaving him smiling after her.

It got kinda long I know...and too Maya-Harshadish but it'll go back to the more exciting love story soon! 😃 Hope you guys liked it! 😃

Love you loads,

Rushvi and Meera😳

Ahh...i have offically read all 20 parts in one day. And i loved it.

Originally posted by: -Anza-

Ahh...i have offically read all 20 parts in one day. And i loved it. You're insane!😆😆😆

I really like how Rushvi's and Rob's relationship is developing. I feel like something bad is going to happen.Awww you like? I'm glad! 😃 Something bad? would I really do that?😳😳

And Maya and Harshad are in love!! I love the scene when he says 'i love you'. hai, i could die. ☺️ I also love Maya-Harshad story. Are they? 😉 Maya hasn't really said anything has she? 😛 But thanks for liking it! 😃

Sushi 🤣 what a brilliant name and i love the whole explanation behind this name. I really like Rinks and Sushi story. They are really cutee and yayy, they're getting married. YAY! [:D] I'm glad you liked it! 😛 They're awesome! 😳

Bring Alekh back! 😔 He'll be back soon! 😳

Well, can't wait to read the next part! Continue soon okay! I don't think I'm going to post here now...I shud just direct all the readers to the Kis Desh one! 😃😆😆

love you

Anzaa 🤗

Originally posted by: indiandoll89

"And that wraps up this entire shoot!" JC claps. "Kya baat hain Mr. Harshad? Aaj to sab ek take mein ho raha hain?"

Harshad shrugs before glancing at Maya. "I've never been more focused on my work."

Maya rolls her eyes in response while she puts her laptop back in the bag. "JC, can I catch an early flight tonight? I need to help my friend with her wedding preparations."

"Isn't that his wedding too?" JC nods towards Sushant who grins. "He should leave with you."

"I'll go too," Harshad adds quickly. "She IS my little sister,"

Maya puts her hand over her mouth to keep from smiling.

"Alright, you three can leave tonight," JC tells them.

"Thanks," the three of them say together.

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"Guess what?" Serena jumps on Rushvi the minute she walks into class.

"What?" Rushvi asks.

"Guess!" Serena laughs.

"Hmm...You're looking SO excited; gotta be something to do with Jai?" Rushvi guesses.

"You're brilliant!" Serena exclaims.

"I know," Rushvi props her collar and laughs. "So tell me!"

"Right!" Serena laughs. "Well after you 'deserted' me at the mall yesterday he did end up calling me and we met for coffee."

"And??" Rushvi prods as they sit down on their seats.

"He FINALLY ASKED ME OUT!" Serena whispers loudly to her.

"WHAT?" Rushvi eyes go wide hearing that. "How??"

"I was kinda dropping hints about seeing this new movie, but not having anyone to see it with, and he just offered." Serena giggles. "Isn't that awesome?"

"I'm so happy for you!" Rushvi grins. "Meant to be!"

"So you tell me; heard Rob's back in town?" Serena asks.

Rushvi nods. "He called and then we met up yesterday,"

"And?"

"He wants to introduce me to his sisters," Rushvi smiles, hoping to control the blush that was coming to her cheeks.

"That's great!" Serena says happily. "So now when do I get to meet him?"

"That will be based on judging how well this whole sister meeting goes." Rushvi winces.

"It'll be fine!" Serena reassures her.

"I sure hope you're right," Rushvi sighs, looking down at her watch quickly realizing it was in a mere 11 hours that she was going to meet them at 7pm.

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"I can't believe we're here already," Sushant stretches after getting off the plane.

"Go get our luggage," Harshad mutters under his breath.

"What? No. I'm supposed to be getting respected Harshad. I'm marrying your little sister; you get the bags, I'll go freshen up." With that Sushant walks off to the restroom leaving his hand luggage with Maya and Harshad.

"So—" Harshad starts before Maya interrupts.

"Saman kaun layega Mr. Chopra?" Maya raises her eyebrow.

He rolls his eyes as he reluctantly goes to get their luggage. When he gets back he sees Maya laughing on her phone. "No Rinkz—yeah he's back one second." She silently hands the phone to Harshad.

"Rinki?" Harshad asks.

Maya nods. "She needs to talk to you,"

"Hey little sis," Harshad greets her as he single handed puts one the bags on the cart while Maya shakes her head and swats him away putting the suitcases on herself.

"Hi—are you coming straight here?" She asks.

"No—I need to drop off Sushant and Maya first na?" Harshad points out.

"No, I want you to just drop Sushant off." Rinki tells him. "Or actually bring him over too; I've decided that Maya's going to stay with me for the duration of the time for the wedding now."

Harshad almost wanted to leap for joy. ALMOST. "That sounds okay—did you talk to her?"

"Na—I figure we'll just hold her hostage or something."

Harshad saw Sushant come and help Maya with the suitcases and smiles. "Sounds like a plan; I'll see you in a bit."

Harshad hangs up Maya's cell phone and walks over to help with the suitcases.

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"Come on," Harshad says as he pulls in at the gate at his house.

"You guys live in a bungalow by the sea?" Maya asks looking around.

Harshad nods. "Our bua owns it but she's not staying here anymore."

"Wow," Maya exclaims as she steps out of the car and feels the salty air from the ocean breeze.

"Yes. Very nice. Ab chale? Rinkz mera intezaar kar raho hogi."

"Haan haan," Maya laughs. "As if you're not dying to see her either."

As if sensing her name being mentioned Rinki threw open the door. "You guys are back!" She rushes up and hugs Sushant while waving to Maya and Harshad.

"Don't you just love her?" Harshad glares at her retreating back while she goes into the house with Sushant.

"I do," Maya smiles as she grabs his arm. "Come on! Show me around the place!"

He nods as he leads her into the house. They both see Sushant and Rinki curled up together on the coach.

"Seriously..." Harshad shakes his head while he takes Maya along. "Living room, kitchen, and bathroom." He says while pointing out various parts of the house. He takes her upstairs and shows her the two guest rooms and then Rinki's room.

"Which one's the master?" Maya asks.

"My room,"

Maya could feel the atmosphere change around her. Should she want to see his room or would that be too intimate.

"Do you want to see," his voice got softer as if he knew what he asked seemed different now.

Maya silently nodded as he led her towards the last room and just opens the door and lets her walk in herself.

The first thing that hits Maya's eyes is the bright sunshine coming through the huge wall to wall window with a window seat overlooking the view of the ocean. Then she steps inside and sees the large poster bed against the wall with two night tables on either side and two closed doors on the other side of the wall.

"What are those doors for?" She asks.

"One's the ensuite bathroom and the other one; go check." He answers with a tinkle in his eyes.

Maya slowly goes and opens the door and her eyes widen. Harshad smiles seeing her reaction and goes to open the balcony.

"Umm...wow!" She exclaims a few seconds later. "How is this whole walk in closet not filled?" she asks finally. The entire thing was empty except for a quarter of it.

"I don't have that many clothes," Harshad tells her.

"No kidding! I'd probably fill up the entire thing," she says then bites her tongue. "I mean—uh..."

"It's okay." He says to her.

"Maya! Harshad! Come down guys," Rinki calls up the stairs. They both quickly rush down the stairs only to see Sushant with his hands wrapped around Rinki's waist while his chin rested on her shoulder.

"What's up?"

"I was wondering what we should do for dinner?" Rinki asks.

"Actually I should get going now," Maya says slowly.

"What? Why?" Rinki asks.

"I need to get some work done...."

"Oh. He hasn't told you yet has he?" Rinki asks as Harshad shakes his head.

"Told me what?" Maya asks cautiously.

"You're staying here for the next 10 days till the wedding!" Rinki says happily, clapping her hands.

"I what? Rinkz I can't."

"Actually you can. We've put all your luggage in the 2^nd guest room next to the master and I've also arranged it with Nivi for you to do all your work on your laptop and just send it to her."

"You're insane," Maya says two minutes after just looking at her unbelievingly.

"I know, but you still love me." Rinki grins.

[COLOR=BLUE]Yes Maya's gonna stay with them now! 😛 And don't worry the next part will have more Rushvi-Rob! 😃 I miss writing about them 😳

Love you all loads,

Meera & Rushvi😳