PG 118 - FOR NOW AND FOREVER - Page 72

Beautiful, cute, magical and the most amazing OS, Amy! 🤗

OK... OMG... tht was my first reaction after reading and then I was grinning from ear to ear.. If someone had seen me like that i m sure they would have got ideas.. ok.. leave my condition..

OMGGG...😍😍😍

OMG Amy wht di u just write🤣🤣🤣

KILL ME...coz i still havn't crossed the first 3 paras...till their kids leave.yet to read Niranjan's n Rakesh's parts...😳

SERIOUSLY...Girl..how do u do it SO PERFECTLY EVRYTIME...???????????!!!!!!!😲😍😍... this is sooo how they r going to b after their marriage...,witht hose smiles,those blushes,his teasing n her bkushing n then...n my,...my.the twin s r the CUTEST!!!!!!!!!!!!ek ladka-ek ladki..woh bhi itne chote...!!!!!!!!😍🤣

that was so cute Amy :) I had a constant grin on my face reading, :) very very sweet :)

Hi Everyone :)
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Here is the next OS...writing after long so hoping it reaches up to your expectations :)

LONELY WITHOUT YOU

"I miss you...," I said, then after a second's pause, I added, "Baby." The reporter gave me a weird look but did not say anything. I could feel my friend, Mohit, give me a surprised glance but he too did not say anything. I did not regret what I had just said. It was a free world, dude, and damn, I was missing her. I knew she would be missing me too. I had dropped her off at her dance practices before coming to my own. She was supposed to perform for the same show as I but she had completed her rehearsals earlier on since she was supposed to perform for another show too. And all because of that, I had missed the chance to perform with her. I remember being highly disappointed when she had told me she was to perform for two award functions and therefore, couldn't perform with me since her timings would not match mine. As if performing without her wasn't bad enough, she wasn't even around during my rehearsals. And she was my soon-to-be-official life partner, man. I had full rights to miss her. And to tell my woes to the world, too. Indirectly, though.

After the interview ended, Mohit pulled me aside. "Spill the beans."

"I don't have any, Mohit," I said, laughing.

"You know what I am talking about, Arjun," Mohit said, a serious look on his face. "What was that missing bit all about? You tell me you aren't dating her yet what I see is different."

I sighed. Should I tell him? He had been suspecting since we had been doing the same show earlier. And I had always managed to skirt the issue when he brought it up. He was one of my closest friends. Maybe I should just tell him. I trusted him.

I was just about to speak when he said, "You are together, aren't you?"

I guess he knew me a bit too well. He had probably read the confirmation from the expression on my face. I smiled and nodded.

He was quiet for a few seconds before he broke out in a huge grin and hugged me tight. "I am so happy for you. You guys deserve each other. Perfect, I must say. So, when is the wedding?"

I laughed and pulled back. I had gone slightly red at the mention of a wedding. "Well, as soon as I can convince her that the uneasiness she feels at my absence is a sure-shot indication that we should get married to each other. ASAP."

Mohit laughed. "Can I help convince her?"

"Nah! I will manage it."

xxx

On the night of the awards, she went earlier than me so I did not see her. I got dressed as fast as I could. There was no way I was going to miss her performance. It was to be one of the first performances and she had not even shown me the outfit she was to wear for the performance, just so that I could go earlier enough to catch her performance. What she did not know was that even if I had seen her in her performance outfit, I still wouldn't have missed her performance. No ways!

I met Mohit on the red carpet and later we both headed to the green rooms. He wanted to meet his girlfriend who was also performing on the show and I was supposed to change into my performance outfit. My costume did not require any hassle and so I got ready faster than usual. I was lurking out in the corridor, looking for her green room when I was called over and informed that I would be performing next due to some change in schedule. Damn! I headed towards the stage to perform.

xxx

As soon as the performance ended, I rushed backstage once again. In the hurry of looking for her green room once again, I accidentally bumped into a news reporter who requested me to give an interview with Mohit and his girlfriend. I sighed inwardly and headed with the reporter towards the green room where Mohit was. Despite carrying on with the mischief that was a part of me, I could not take my mind off her. I wondered where she was. She had definitely not performed because I had heard all the announcements for the performances and hers had not been one of them.

Mohit could tell I was uneasy despite all my mischief, so to lighten up my mood, he mentioned her. I could not stop the smile on my face when he told the reporter that lately I was imagining Rati at every place. I played along with him and said, "Rati is here, Rati is there, Rati is in every thought of mine." Which was pretty much true. I was missing her even more. Was this normal?! Now that I thought of it, I was missing her way too much. I don't think I had ever missed her so much so that my head was always crowded with her thoughts.

'You need to get married, Bijlani,' a voice said inside my head. 'Oh yes, I do,' I thought.

xxx

I got out of that green room on the next chance that I got. I looked around to see if there were any other reporters as I walked along, still looking for the door that had her name on it. I was not looking ahead and again I bumped into someone. This time it was my dance partner.

"Arjun! What on Earth!"

"Sorry, Rubina! I am just looking for someone," I said.

"Rati's green room is four doors away," she smiled.

"Thanks," I said, absentmindedly and was about to head away when I realized that I had not mentioned looking for Rati, then how had she known?

I looked at her with a quizzical expression on my face and she smiled again. "Remember yesterday when we were discussing our performance and you got a call?"

I nodded, remembering Jas had called me to ask me whether I would attend the function with Rati.

"So well, I just observed the way you smiled when you mentioned her name. And it reminded me of the way Avinash smiles when he hears my name. That, plus the numerous amounts of requests from fans at every possible site to see Arjun-Rati magic once again made me draw a couple of conclusions. But don't worry; your secret is safe with me. Now go on ahead. Enjoy." She said and winked.

I laughed and after murmuring a 'Thanks' to her, I jogged to the green room I had been looking for since ages.

xxx

I knocked and opened the door an inch. I heard someone laughing. It sounded like Ashwini. So I opened the door a bit more and caught sight of Ashwini. Right! This was the room. I opened the door completely and entered, only for the world to fade away because all I could concentrate on was the beautiful lady dressed in white, her dark, beautiful hair curled just right. She looked ethereal and I could not stop staring. Ashwini must have realized she wasn't needed and quickly excused herself, closing the door as she left. The beautiful vision drew closer to me and snapped her fingers in front of my face.

"Earth to Arjun," she said, laughing.

My heartbeat accelerated on hearing her laughter and I pulled her into my arms, hugging her tight.

"Arjun, what's going on?" She asked.

"I missed you. A lot." I said, tightening my arms further.

She kept quiet for a few seconds before pulling away and said, "Really now? I don't believe you."

"Huh?! Why not?!"

"Well, simple logic. If you missed me, you could have been here way earlier than this," she said. There was a light smile on her beautiful face and I knew she was teasing but somehow my mind hadn't comprehended that fact clearly as yet.

"Don't blame me for that. Your green room had disappeared all of a sudden and then those reporters! All their fault! They get hold of me at the wrong time and..."

She put a finger on my lips to stop my tirade.

"It's okay, Arjun. I know you came to meet me as soon as you could, seeing as how you haven't even changed your costume."

Then she moved a bit further away, but not out of my arms, and looked me from top to bottom. "Let me see how you look. I couldn't see you well in your performance from where I was viewing it. Hmm! You make a pretty cute kid. Think our son will be as cute as you?" She winked at me.

I was out of words all of a sudden so I just shook my head and hugged her back. She hugged me tight and for a few moments, none of said anything, just content to hold each other close. After a while, I pulled back and looking into her eyes, I lowered my head to claim her lips. I was just about to kiss her when she turned her head at the last moment, landing my lips on her cheek instead.

I kissed her cheek and then frowned at her.

"Bijlani, as much as I would love to kiss you, I have gloss on my lips and my performance is in the next five minutes so I really don't have time to enjoy your kiss, freshen up my gloss and head all the way to the stage. So why don't you let me go now, get changed from this cute costume and get to a place where you can watch me perform and then we will see about this kiss later. What say?"

My frown straightened but I did not smile. She was right but I hated this. I was not ready to be interrupted by anything when I had just met her. But yet I moved away and was going to go out of the room when she held my hand. I turned to look at her. She moved closer and gave me a light peck on my lips. "Until later," she whispered and walked out of the room.

I was smiling as I jogged to my green room to get changed and then run to look for a place from where I could view her performance perfectly.

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I got the perfect location just as the music commenced. I watched her move gracefully to the beats of the music and her body, encased in the white body-hugging outfit, glided beautifully. Her hair flew around following her body and head movements and I was gripped. It was one of the times when a bomb blast could have occurred around me and I wouldn't have noticed. She was the only person who could have such an effect on me and I liked it. In fact, I loved it. I knew that I wouldn't want to change this for the world. Her performance ended and she headed off the stage at the same time that I headed back to the rooms.

xxx

When I got to her room after a while, Ashwini was there once again. I fought to prevent a frustrated sigh and smiled at them. Ashwini knew how I felt about her presence I guess so she requested me to take a pic of hers and Rati's and then she would leave. I couldn't refuse so I took a couple of pics of theirs in different poses and then she left as fast as she could. 'Thank God for small mercies,' I thought.

I moved closer to Rati and she held my hand and pulled me close then took a pic of ours while we were looking at each other. Then she moved to my side and motioned at the camera. I just turned to that direction, wordlessly, and smiled. I was in no mood to get pics taken but somehow a slight smile just appeared on my face. 'The Rati Effect' is what I called this. She could make me smile in any situation.

Two more poses and then she dropped the camera on the dresser and put her arms around my neck.

"You can kiss me now, Bijlani. No more need for gloss," she whispered.

"Really?!" I asked, a sarcastic tone in my voice.

"Don't sound so frustrated, yaar. I had to go for the performance otherwise I wouldn't have minded any number of kisses," she teased.

"I am not frustrated about the kiss. I have just missed you. A lot. And it is unusual. I miss you whenever you are not around but this time round things are way worse. And I can't seem to think about anything else apart from you."

She laughed. "Is that a bad thing?"

"No, it isn't. Just that...Ah, let it be! I can't explain it," I said.

"The Great Arjun Bijlani at a loss of words!! Unbelievable!" She said in a laughing tone.

I sighed heavily and said the next thing that came to mind. "Marry me, Rati."

She was surprised and went speechless for a while, letting the words sink in, I guess. Then she spoke, "We will, Arjun. Soon!"

"I want us to get married tomorrow. Tonight, if possible."

She put her hand on my forehead as if to check for fever and asked, "Are you sure you are fine?"

I rolled my eyes.

"Okay, Okay. We will get married soon, honey. What is the hurry, anyways?"

"I can't stay away anymore. I need you in my life, for good. I need to be able to move around in public with you and not hide from anyone. I...I just need you. Period!"

"I need you too, Arjun. I wish the same for us. More than you will ever know. I might not show it but I am as incomplete without you, as you are without me," she said, all of a sudden turning emotional. I thought I even saw a trace of tears in her eyes as she said these words to me. Then she blinked and looked up at me smiling. "Tell you what?! My parents are coming home tomorrow. Want to meet up and discuss things?"

I opened my eyes wide. "You are serious about this?"

"More than you think. Come home tomorrow, Arjun. Let's get bound to each other for life. Forever," she said and hugged me tight.

I hugged her back, happiness blooming in my heart. I was going to get married to the love of my life. Finally!

We hugged each other for a while before she pulled back and said, "About that kiss, Arjun..."

I did not let her finish the statement and pressed my lips to hers. I could feel her smiling against my lips and I kissed her deeper and harder, showing her just how much I had missed her. She had missed me as much too, because she matched my ardor and ran her hands over every part of me that she could reach. It was a passionate kiss and we were soon out of breath. We pulled away and I placed my forehead on hers.

Then I moved my lips to her cheek and placed tiny kisses there, moving over her jaw, her chin and finally her neck and throat. She was pressed hard against me and I could feel her heartbeat increase against my chest as I pressed kisses and nibbled her neck and throat. My hands tightened on her waist and back and she did the same in reflex. My heartbeat accelerated too and suddenly both our hearts were beating in sync with each other. Suddenly, she put her hands on my chest and slightly moved away.

I raised my head to look at her in confusion, wondering what had made her stop me. I got my answer soon enough.

"Enough, Arjun. I can't take more of this. And I know you can't too. Don't test our restraint, please. This is not the right place."

I chuckled lightly. "I was going to stop in a while," I said and hugged her lightly because I couldn't bear to be far from her any longer.

"No, you weren't. I could feel it. And, as much as I did not want to stop you, I had to. Anyone could have walked in, you know."

I nodded. "It's okay, baby. Anyways, why don't you get changed and then we can go out for dinner. Unless you want to watch the award function."

"No ways! I'd rather have dinner with my love," she said, looking at me and flicking my nose with her finger.

I got hold of her hand and kissed her fingers. "Get changed then."

"I will, but first, you go out and wait. You expect me to change with you in the room?" she said.

"If you insist, I wouldn't mind. The view would definitely be interesting. Oh yeah, I wouldn't mind in the least," I teased.

She blushed and smiled shyly. "That time will also come soon. But for now, you will have to wait outside, Mr. Adorable Bijlani." She lightly pushed me in the direction of the door.

xxx

It took her less than 10 minutes to change and become the Rati Pandey whom I loved with every breath-simple, yet elegant and sexy in her own beautiful way. She came out of the room with her bag and I held out my arm for her. She smiled and placed her hand on it and we walked away.

I wished we would have come across a reporter at that moment. I would have loved to give an interview with her. A short one at least. It was always fun to tease her in front of the camera because she blushed so gorgeously and could not say anything to me. But unfortunately, the reporters never got their timings right. Not that I minded, because I knew I was going to spend a lovely night ahead with my love. As we walked towards my car, I thought of meeting her parents the next day. An involuntary smile appeared on my face as I thought of why I was going to meet them-our wedding plans were going to be finalized. And I could not wait to make her mine-for life, for better or for worse.

Love ya all...Enjoy :)

Amy.

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