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Posted: 13 years ago

#121

Omgg heeey I'm absoultely loving this ff
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Posted: 13 years ago

#122

Hey Neaha, thank you so much! I might just update in some time ;-) Don't have a PM list yet.

Originally posted by: neahakhan
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Posted: 13 years ago

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~Part 8 ~

Arnav heard his Di go with Khushi. He had taken a quick shower and was just pulling on his clothes. He quickly checked his dark maroon shirt and pulled on his black blazer on top of it. Fleetingly, the combination reminded him of Khushi's saari. "Saari?" he mocked himself. "When did you see a saari? All she was wearing was.." Whoa! He needed to stop that train of thought.

He had spent the past few minutes in the shower thinking of what has been happening to him. If he was honest with himself, she has been filling most of his waking mind, not to mention those dreams, of course. He decided to think about this later, if not never. Right now, his full attention was required during the launch event. It was a high profile event, and just like Arjun Malhotra, he wanted it to be perfect.

He picked up his phone and wallet and walked out of the room. He glanced briefly at Khushi's door. Khushi's door? When did that become her room? She's just a guest. Didn't he just decide a minute ago to not think about her? He shook his head and walked away.

He walked into the living room and was just climbin the few steps to get there when he spotted Khushi. He missed a step, stumbled, dropped his phone, and bumped into a table causing the vase to fall down. Khushi, Anjali, and Nani looked up. Khushi rushed forward with one hand reaching out saying "Sir!" and stumbled on her saari herself, but Anjali steadied her. Anjali smiled inwardly seeing this whole scene unfolding in front of her.

Her Chote missing a step thanks to seeing Khushi and Khushi in turn stumbling on her saari seeing him about to fall. She wondered how no one else noticed what was happening between these too. For now, Arnav and Khushi looked embarrassed with the whole situation. Arnav, however, was having trouble looking away from Khushi. She looked mindblowing in her simple, yet elegant look. He was sure that no revealing designer outfit could look as ravishing as this. He smacked himself mentally. What was he thinking. But, he was suddenly in a good mood after seeing Khushi reach out for him when he stumbled. He couldn't help but like that warm feeling that enveloped him when she did that. Again, he thought. He needs to stop thinking on these lines.

"Theek hai aap dono?" Nani broked the silence. "Dhyaan se chala kijiye dono."

"Ji Nani ji" Khushi replied.

Anjali said "7 baj gaye. Chale?"

"Haan Di nikalte hai. Jeeju tayyaar ho gaye?"

"Woh nahi aa payenge. Unka phone aaya tha. Woh tumhe call karnewaale the lekin humne keh diya ki hum tumhe bataa denge. Woh jis kaam ke liye gaye hai woh abhi pura nahi hua toh aaj zara Noida jaake aayenge. Ya toh raat ko der se aayenge ya aaj wahi rukke kal aayenge."

"Oh achcha. I was hoping ki woh aa payenge."

"Hum jaante hai Chote. Woh bhi aana chaahte the."

"Koi baat nahi Di. Next time. Abhi chaliye. Hum nikalte hai, Nani."

Nani smiled hearing him talk to her normally after quite some time "Theek hai Chote. In dono ka dhyaan rakhiyega."

"Ji Nani" Arnav walked out followed by Anjali and Khushi.

Just as they reach his car, Anjali goes to open the door behind.

Khushi said "Anjali ji, ab toh koi dukaan nahi dekhna na aapko. Aap aage baith jaayiye."

"Nahi Khushi. Hume seat belt nahi pehenna. Humaari saari gharaab ho jaayegi aaj. Aap hi baithiye na please." Saying this, she got into the seat behind.

Khushi gets in reluctantly gets into the seat in front. She pulls out the seat belt carefully and latches it on. She wanted to look at Arnav and smirk, but didn't have the nerve to meet his eye. Anjali noticed how Arnav and Khushi were refusing to meet each others eye or even look at each other ever since they came down. She wondered what had happened just before she went to give coffee to Arnav.

"Khushi achchi lag rahi hai na Chote?" she asked.

Arnav looked up and said "Huh? Oh. Haan Di theek hi lag rahi hai."

Khushi tried her best to look like she couldn't hear them.

"Theek? Ab theek se uski taraf dekhoge nahi toh sirf theek hi lagegi na?"

"Di mai gaadi chalau ya Khushi ko dekhta rahu?"

"Theek hai baba! Waise dono ne kaafe color co-ordinated kapde pehne hai. Maroon and black. Achchi jodi hai"

Arnav and Khushi look up at each other and quickly look away.

Anjali says "humaara matlab hai maroon aur black ki achchi jodi hai" and she smiles.

They reach the 7 star hotel that was booked for the function. They get off the car to be swarmed by journalists. Anjali's phone starts ringing. She says to Khushi and Arnav "Inka phone hai, hum attend karke aa jayenge. Aap dono chaliye."

Arnav says "nahi Di, aap baat kar lijiye, hum rukte hai."

"Nahi Chote, aap logo rukenge toh in journalists ke vaje se hum baat hi nahi kar paayenge. Aap log jayiye, hume ye hotel achche se pata hai na, hum woh duusre entrance se aaram se aa jayenge, bas reception pe wait kijiye." She picks the call and walks away.

Arnav and Khushi start walking towards the entrance. They are swarmed by journalists clicking pictures and asking questions. As the crowd comes towards them, they are pushed together. Arnav reflexively shields Khushi from the crowd by putting his arm around her. Realizing what he did, they both look at each other for a split second remembering their moments in her room earlier. They quickly break eye contact and Arnav helps her wade through the crowd. They enter the hotel and the door shuts behind them.

Khushi decides to break the awkward silence between them and says "Yahaa pe toh in logo invitation mila hai na. Phir iss tarah bahar bheed kyu kar rahe hai?"

"Invitations kaafi organized thareeke se bheja gaya hai. Relevant magazines, news channels, aur newspapers ko. With limited number of passes. Bahar jo hai woh sirf chote mote scoops aur stories lene aaye hai. Unhe actual launch aur event mei koi interest nahi. Chalo reception wahaa hai. Di wahi aayengi."

They walk to the Reception area and Arnav gestures that they'll sit at one of the couches there. Just as they walking towards it, someone calls out "Arnav."

They turn around in time to see a guy dressed like Arnav in a dark green shirt and black blazer walk towards them.

He puts his hand forward to Arnav and says "Welcome."

Arnav shakes his hand and says "Oh hey Arjun. Welcome to you too."

Arjun Malhotra was a few years older to Arnav and had worked with Arnav for quite some time. While they couldn't be coined as friends, they had worked together long enough for Arjun to know Arnav's business and his family.

Arjun smiles and nods and turns to Khushi. "Khushi Gupta?" he asks.

She looks at Arnav and back at Arjun and says "Ji."

He puts his hand out and says "Arjun Malhotra"

Khushi again looks at Arnav and back at Arjun, but shakes his hand quickly so as to not insult him.

Arnav tells Khushi "Malhotra group of companies ka fashion wing humaare calendar ko sponsor kar raha hai aur ye uske owner hain." He looks at Arjun and asks "But how do you know Khushi?"

Arjun replies "I don't. I saw her on the calendar and found out who she was. With all due respect to Lisa, I would love for Khushi to be our only face next time." He looks at Khushi as he says this. Although he said it very matter-of-factly, she looks a bit taken aback and is unsure if she is supposed to say anything.

Arnav replies "we'll talk about that when we meet. Do you want to go in?"

"Sure. I thought Anjali was joining us for the launch?"

"Yes she is. She's just taking a call. Should be here any.. oh there she is. Di, Arjun aapke baare mei puch hi rahe the."

Anjali smiles at Arjun "Arjun kaise hai aap? Saal mei mushkil se do teen baar mulakaat hoti hai aise functions pe."

Arjun smiles at her and says "I know Anjali. Sirf aap hi mujhe ghar bulati hai. Arnav likes to keep it professional always, right?"

Arnav shrugs and says "Chale andar?"

Arjun says "haan bilkul."

They get into the hall where the launch is supposed to happen and Arjun says "abhi function shuru hone mei thoda time hai. Shall we get a table?" and he gestures to a table next to them and they all go and sit there. Arnav notices Arjun pull a chair for Khushi and sit next to her.

"Toh Miss Gupta, aapne AR se pehle kaha kaam kiya hai?"

"Ji?"

"I mean modeling. Aur kiske liye modeling ki hai aapne?"

"Ji woh hum modeling nahi karte. AR ke liye bhi humne sochke toh nahi kia tha. Zarurat aa gayi toh kar diya bas. Aage se nahi karenge."

"You don't mean that! Look Miss Gupta, fashion and modeling are part of my work aur mai aapko objective view de raha hu. I think you have a future here. You have a freshness about you that is so rare in our field."

"Ji humne bas Arnav sir ke company ke saath kaam kiya hai. Aur vaise bhi hum jald hi Lucknow jayenge."

Arjun was about to say something when Arnav said "Arjun, we were supposed to meet today. Do you want to catch up now?"

"Sure. Let's go fix ourselves some drinks. Ladies, we'll be right back."

They walk off together.

Anjali smiled inwardly noticing how unpleasant Chote looked throughout the conversation between Arjun and Khushi. In a way, she thought it was a good thing. Maybe Arjun would inadvertently help Arnav sort out his feelings.

~End of part 8~

Edited by Janet.Das - 13 years ago

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neahakhan

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Posted: 13 years ago

#124

Omggg I think I'm the first one yay;)
omgg loving it dear. Keeep up with this amaizng work;)

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Posted: 13 years ago

#125

Hahahaha glad to see this excitement to be the first! Thank you! :)

Originally posted by: neahakhan
Omggg I think I'm the first one yay;)
omgg loving it dear. Keeep up with this amaizng work;)

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kiran255

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Posted: 13 years ago

#126

wooo janet ,

i am struggling in between getting a first position :(

anyways first thing first

janet plz plz plz put index on firstpage some times i got late and its a head ache to find last update

sooo plz do it for me

plzzz

now comig to FF

wooo , last part first , ahem ahem

the dori scene (in in dream land )

love it , the intensiry , the way they were looking at each other wow

love it

and part 8 :D

love how Arnav didnt like Arjun malhitra talking to khushi !
im so loving this FF

great work dear :)

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Posted: 13 years ago

#127

Hey Kiran, thank you for the note! I took your feedback and have included an index on the first page. Will keep updating that with links whenever I post. Thanks for taking the time to read! :)

Originally posted by: kiran255
wooo janet ,

i am struggling in between getting a first position :(

anyways first thing first

janet plz plz plz put index on firstpage some times i got late and its a head ache to find last update
sooo plz do it for me
plzzz

now comig to FF

wooo , last part first , ahem ahem
the dori scene (in in dream land )
love it , the intensiry , the way they were looking at each other wow

love it

and part 8 :D
love how Arnav didnt like Arjun malhitra talking to khushi !
im so loving this FF
great work dear :)

Edited by Janet.Das - 13 years ago

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Posted: 13 years ago

#128

Thanks much! :)

Originally posted by: monkeydog18
wow it was so good :)

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Posted: 13 years ago

#129

~Part 9~

The launch went off perfectly. The only hitch was that Lisa and Lavanya were not present for the function. But, it turned out that no one, including Arnav and Arjun noticed this until Anjali brought it up and that too after most of the event was over and it was time for cocktails and food. Arnav was about to call up Lavanya to check on what the hell was going on, but Arjun stopped him.

"Forget it, Arnav. I know I insisted that everyone be present. But, since the revised version mostly features Miss Gupta's photos, it's fine that Lisa didn't make it."

"OK cool" said Arnav, but he wasn't sure why he wasn't feeling relieved that Arjun didn't mind Lisa's not turning up.

Arjun turned to Khushi "Miss Gupta, Anjali was telling me that you postponed your trip to attend my event. Thank you very much. Iss launch ke success mei aapki presence ka bahut haath hai."

"Ji hum Arnav sir ke liye.. humaara matlab hai ki unke kehne pe ruke the. Kyunki hum filhaal unhi ke saath kaam kar rahe hai na." Khushi wasn't sure why she felt it important to clarify that she didn't do it for anyone else.

"Achcha toh hume Arnav ko thank you bolna chahiye. Arnav, thank you very much for making sure that Miss Gupta attended the launch. We owe a large part of this success to her presence."

Arnav replied "No worries. Nothing to thank anyone about. It's part of our jobs - Khushi's and mine." But, he didn't know why he felt good that Khushi said she did it for him.

Arjun smiled "Anyway, I know ki aap log shaayad dinner yahaa nahin karna chahenge. But, Arnav, as hosts, you and me should be around for dinner. What do you think?"

He replied "Of course. We were going to stay for dinner. Abhi toh buffet khula hai, we should wait a bit before serving, I guess."

"You're right. Let's go say hi to some of the chief guests."

Just as Arjun finishes his sentence, the lights are dimmed, and the DJ announces that the dance floor is open. People start rushing on the dance floor and the DJ announces that they are going to start with slow ballroom dancing or waltzing type of songs and then move on to the popular disco tracks later into the night.

Arjun remarks "I guess there isn't any point in trying to go and talk to anyone while the music is on."

Arnav nods and tells Anjali "Di chaliye uss table pe jaake baiththe hai." He turns to Arjun and says "Do you wanna join us or would you rather go and dance?"

"Well, jaise tumhe pata hai, I usually never dance, but Miss Gupta has taken a lot of pains to be here tonight for our function, so if she wants to dance, I would be happy to accompany her." He turns to look at Khushi.

Khushi looks very flustered and looks at Arnav. When he just stares at her, she looks at Arjun and says "Ji hume dance nahi karna. Hum Anjali ji ke saath baithenge."

Arjun smiles and says "Chaliye mai bhi aap logo ke saath baiththa hu." Then he turns to Anjali and says "Vaise Anjali you know that that offer is always open for you by default. Ye baat alag hai ki you keep turning me down."

Anjali laughed and said "Haan Arjun, hume pata hai. Jab dance karna hoga hume toh aapko hi bataayenge."

While they were walking towards the table, Arnav wondered how he could ever like Arjun and think he is a nice guy. He's anything but nice tonight. Arnav pulled a chair for Anjali and left a chair before seating himself at the next one. Seeing this, Anjali smiled inwardly before gesturing Khushi to sit next to her essentially making sure Khushi was seated between Arnav and Anjali.

Arjun's phone starts ringing just as he was about to sit, so he excuses himself and picks the call. Arnav turns to Anjali.

"Di Arjun aur mujhe yahaa der tak rukna padega. Aap chahe toh Khushi ko lekar ghar jaa sakti hai."

"Arre koi baat nahi Chote. Khushi hai na hume company dene ke liye. Hum rukte hai. Saath mei ghar jayenge."

"Lekin Di bahut der ho jayegi. Aapko vaise bhi yahaa ka khaana achcha nahi lagega. Aap aur Khushi ghar jayiye aur khana khake so jayiye."

"Arre hum chale bhi jaaye toh Khushi ko toh rukna chahiye na. Woh bhi toh is launch ka hissa hai."

"Hissa toh hai Di lekin uska kaam ho gaya hai. Use ab rukne ki zarurat nahi hai. I'm sure woh bhi rukna nahi chahti. Vaise bhi woh aana hi nahi chahti thi."

Arjun gets back just then and says "Kis baare mei behas ho rahi hai bhai behen mei?"

"Mai Di ko bol raha tha ki hume der ho jayegi toh woh ghar chali jaaye."

Arjun nods "of course. Vaise Arnav, feel free to go and drop Anjali. Mai hu na Miss Gupta ko company dene ke liye."

Arnav reminds himself not to scowl "Mai soch raha tha ki Khushi ka kaam bhi yahaa ho gaya now that the event is over. Ab toh sirf dance aur khana hai. I was thinking of calling the driver and getting both of them dropped off. Was there anything else we needed Khushi to be present for?"

"Oh not at all. Of course, I was hoping to catch up a bit with her since I hardly got any time to talk to her. But, I guess, if she works with you then I can always meet her at your office tomorrow?"

"Yea, she'll be there tomorrow. You can gimme a call and drop in any time."

"Perfect. Toh phir aap dono nikal jayiye. Vaise Arnav, my driver is here, so you don't need to get anyone to drive all the way from home. Woh aap dono ko drop karke vaapis aa jayega." Then, he adds "Actually, Arnav, on second thoughts, hum log bhi nikal sakte hai. Saare press waale nikal chuke hai. Whoever is left is too drunk to have a sane conversation. Our managers are here to make sure the party closes properly. So, we can all push off now. What do you think?"

"Yea, makes sense. So, I'll see you tomorrow at office then?"

"You bet. Congratulations on another successful launch, Arnav" they shake hands. "Anjali, iss baar zarur ghar aaunga at least for one meal"

Anjali smiles "of course Arjun. Aapko invite karke toh mai thak gayi, ab bas aa jayiye kabhi bhi."

"Bilkul." He turned to Khushi "Miss Gupta, it was an absolute pleasure meeting you. Vaise toh kuch khaas baat ho nahi paayi, but I'm looking forward to meeting you tomorrow at work."

"Ji bilkul" replied Khushi.

"OK Arjun, goodnight, see you tomorrow" said Arnav and started to walk out with Khushi and Anjali.

Once they were seated in the car, Arnav said "tumne number bhi le liya kya Arjun ka?"

Khushi says "aap mujhse baat kar rahe hai?"

"Nahi toh kya mai Di ko tum kehke baat karta hu?"

Khushi mutters "aap kab kisko kya bolte hai uska hosh jab aapko hi nahi hai toh hume kya hoga?"

"Kya?!"

"Kuchi nahi. Aur nahi, humne kisika number nahi liya."

"Toh phir diya hoga apna number usko?"

"Ji nahi. Aur vaise deke bhi kya faayda. Humaara mobile toh aap tod hi chuke hai na."

Arnav says "Oh agar maine tumhaara mobile toda nahi hota toh tum number de deti usko?"

Khushi stares at him "Aap paagal ho gaye hai? Hum kyu denge unko apna number? Hum kahaa jaante hai unko? Woh toh aapke dost hai na"

"Aaj toh lag aise raha tha ki woh tumhaara dost hai" says Arnav.

Khushi glares at him "aapko kuch laga hai toh samjhiye ki woh galat hai kyunki aapko kabhi kuch sahi lagta hi nahi hai."

"Achcha? Mujhse zyaada toh tum baat kar rahi thi usse."

"Hum nahi woh. Woh baat kar rahe the humse. Aksar log ek dusre se baat karte hai. Sab aapki tarah nahi hai ki khudko bhagwan samajhke kisi se baat na kare."

Arnav swerves the car while saying "Woh baat kar raha tha toh karne de deti. Woh uska kaam hai. Tumhe haan mei haan milaane ki kya zarurat thi?"

"Ajeeb zabardasti hai. Jab woh humse kuch kahe toh kya hum putle ki tarah chup khade rahenge? Vaise humara bhi toh kaam hi hai na. Aap hume apne parivaar ka hissa banaake toh nahi leke gaye the na?"

Arnav brakes hard and turns to Khushi "parivaar ka hissa banaake le jaata toh baat nahi karti usse?"

Khushi swallows "Ji? Ji woh.. aap kya bol rahe hai?"

Anjali cleared her throat before things got out of hand. "Chote?"

Arnav shook his head, settled back into his seat and started the car. "Sorry Di"

"Tum hamesha galat insaan ko sorry bolte ho Chote. Kya ho gaya hai tumhe? Aise beech raaste mei gaadi rokke tum Khushi pe chilla kyu rahe the?"

Arnav was about to say something, but Anjali continues "Koi safai mat do, hum yahi the, humne sab kuch sun liya. Ye bolne ki koshish bhi mat karna ki galti unki hai. Kabhi kabhi pata nahi tumhe kya ho jata hai. Kiska gussa kispe nikaalte ho. Aur vaise bhi ye Arjun ke baare mei bhi kya bol rahe ho. Hum sab unko itne saalo se jaante hai. Aur woh tumse bade hai. Humaari umar ke hai. Kisi baat ka koi hosh nahi hai tumhe."

They reach the house and get out in silence. As they enter the house, Anjali says "pehle khaana khaake upar jaao dono. Kaafi der ho gayi."

Khushi says "hume bhook nahi hai Anjali ji. Hum bahut thak gaye hai bas so jayenge" and smiles at her and starts walking away.

"Di mujhe bhi. Aap khaake so jayiye" says Arnav before rushing after Khushi. He catches up with her at the stairs, grabs her elbow and spins her around.

"Di ke saamne bechaari banke kya saabit karna chahti ho tum?"

Khushi grabs his hand and takes it off herself "Aapki pareshani kya hai Sir? Aapko gussa kispe aaraha hai? Gaadi mei aap humpe chillaye woh bhi bina vaje ke aur kyunki humne kuch nahi kaha toh hum bechaari banne ka naatak kar rahe hai?"

"Abhi Di ko kyu bola ki bhook nahi hai? Khaana khaake nahi aa sakti thi? Di ko kya dikhaana chahti ho?"

"Arre? Ajeeb zabardasti hai! Hume bhook nahi thi toh humne nahi khaaya. Aur aap toh aise bol rahe hai jaise aap petbhar khaake aaye hai! Aapne bhi toh nahi khaaya!"

"Usse tumhe kya farak padta hai?!"

"Koi farak nahi padta!" she yelled. "Kisi ko kisise koi farak nahi padta! Na humaare bhooke rehne se, na aapke bhooke rehne se, na humaare Arjun ji se baat karne se aur na hi Lavanya ji ke iss ghar mei rehne se. Kisiko kisi baat se koi farak nahi padta!" She felt her eyes welling up, so she ran up the stairs.

With her vision blurred due to her tears and her foot stepping on her saari, she fell just above the stairs.

"Khushi!" yelled Arnav and reached her side within seconds. He helped her up, but she refused to look at him. She tried to walk, but limped and fell on Arnav. He wordlessly picked her up, walked to her room, pushed the door open with his shoulder, walked to the bed and placed her on it.

"Ab ro kyu rahi ho tum?"

"Woh.. woh.. humaare per pe lagi na toh dard ki vaje se.. hum vaise ro nahi rahe"

"Haan bilkul. Tumhaari aankho se paseena nikal raha hai. AC toh on hai na?" he smirks.

Khushi, too, is relieved to see the tension diffused. "Vaise hum khud chalke aa sakte the."

"Jaanta hu, par maine socha roz ek baar ya toh tumhe ya phir tumhaare dupatte ko uthaana hi chahiye na."

"Hum theek hi hai. Abhi hum uthke change karnewaale hai."

"Thank you for the offer" smirks Arnav "lekin mai usse pehle nikal rahaa hu." He gets up and goes to the door.

Khushi blushes when what he said registers.

He turns around at the door "I mean, aisa toh nahi hai ki maine already nahi dekha, right?" he shuts the door before he could see Khushi turn into the color of her saari.

~End of Part 9~

Edited by Janet.Das - 13 years ago