FF: We are together#1- (Chap 1-22) - Page 14

Originally posted by: the_rain

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Ar: One more time you land us into such a fix, and I'll have those silly girls throwing rotten eggs at you. *pause* If it hadn't been for Khushi we would still have been there surrounding by those curious cats, bombarded with a million missile bombs.

Aak: (grumbling) Yeah Khushi.

Ar: Now don't grumble like that you. She's done a favor. (His expression changing to irritation) and I am going to have to pay for it. Thank you so much for this Aakash.

Aak: Okay. Okay. Sorry. But Bhabhi shouldn't have driven us off so soon. I didn't even see Payal properly.

Ar: What would she do then? Entertain you with drinks? And besides, you had ample of time to look at her, not that you wasted half of it cursing the girls around her.

Aak: I wasn't cursing. I was just trying to move them away; they were coming in my way.

Ar: (retorting) As if they were listening. *pause* Cut it down now! You have already wasted much of my time in all this crap.

With that he paced off towards his car and signaled Aakash to come or else he was leaving without him. Aakash sped off towards the car and took his seat inside.

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Inside everyone looked at Khushi with menacing eyes. Only Payal stood beside her, obviously understanding Khushi's reason of carrying out such an unexpected action.

Pi: (glaring at Khushi) What in the world were you thinking when you sent them away? *pause* We could have had some fun with our two jeeju's.

Khushi kept silent. Opening her mouth right now was making fun of her self although she was dyeing to say 'Fun with them? Arnav seemed in a mood to break your face if you did that silly'. Arnav had literally got her into a terrible fix this time. The demanding eyes of the other girls looked scary and she felt uncomfortable. She just wanted to rush of to her room right there and then and call Arnav.

The other girls retorted cursing Khushi under their breathe and dispersing back to their 'pre jeeju entry' position. A moment later Garima and Buaji came. Seeing the glum look of the girls they were apparently surprised and asked Piya about the matter.

Pi: (annoyingly) Ask Khushi, she knows better.

Garima and Buaji walked towards to where Khushi now stood her hands still outstretched in an attempt to have the mehendi dried quickly.

Ga: Khushi? What is the matter?

Ga: (in a demanding voice) Khushi?

Kh: Well..Amma..they came here.

Ga: They who?

Kh: Arnav and Aakash.

Garima Buaji stood there still. Their jaw flung open wide enough for a swarm of bees to go into. There eyes popped out. Khushi suddenly felt a bit fidgety.

Kh: Don't look at me like that please. They just came here. Big deal.

Ga: (recovering from the shock) Big deal? It's not a big deal? They came here and you say its not a big deal! *pause* Anyways, where are they now?

Kh: (trying to sound as 'I am right' as possible) I sent them away.

Buaji kept her hand on her forehead.

Bua: Haire Nandkishore! You sent them away? You didn't think you should have told us?

Kh: What would you have done anyways? You would have send them away too.

Ga: (angrily) Since when have you started taking decisions for what has to be done or what shoudn't be done? You should have stopped them.

Kh: (surprised) Have them inside? Amma. What are you saying?

Ga: What Amma? I am right. You should have let them inside.

Kh: But. But. What would they do here? (Annoyingly) They weren't supposed to come here anyway.

Ga: They must be here for a reason.

Kh: (to herself) Yeah. Like sneaking onto random girls.

Buaji had caught her word.

Bua: Haire Nandkishore! I told you not to marry that Arnav Singh Raizada!

Kh: Oh please Buaji not again. I already told you I am doing what I think is right.

Ga: Shut up Khushi! Stop back answering for once.

Khushi was about to say something in protest but Payal ushered her to keep quiet. Khushi was obviously annoyed but tend to take Payal's signal.

Ga: Now disperse you people! Off with all the drama.

The girls all started back on with the Sangeet temporarily erasing the events that had just happened that day. Khushi's gloomy faced soon was back with the spark they always carried.

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Back at Raizada house Arnav lay on his bed eyeing his phone with despair. He knew it was always important to him but not like today. He mentally prepared himself about the tantrum Khushi was going to throw at him. Anytime, she'd call and throw her head off at him. The way she had send them immediately out without a moment of hesitance, he was grateful for that but at the same time it all felt odd. Out of place. No, he though, she never fails to surprise me anyway, what's so new about that. With that thought his mind wandered back to old memories.

Ar: (flatly) I don't believe in marriage.

Kh: Suit yourself then.

With that she opened the door and walked out of it while Arnav just stared at her in utter disbelief and horror. What the? She just walked out MY cabin? Humiliated me? And I just stood their standing? He looked at the odd position he was in. The kind of position didn't match the definition of 'standing' anyway. Quickly, he brushed his clothes off and straightened him self up, his face red with anger dying to burst out on anybody who appeared at his door way right then.

Ar: (to himself) What the hell does she think of herself? She walked out? Suit yourself? What am I suppose to make out of all this? How dare she treat me with such rudeness and disrespect, and to top it all of she just practically REJECTED me? F**K! How worse can this get!

Unable to control the fury in himself he dashed out of his cabin, determined to teach her how it is to disobey Arnav Singh Raizada. He walked towards her cabin just to find that it was empty, her bag gone and everything else out of place as well. Now where the heck did she vanish into?

Ar: (approaching a pune who just passed him) Listen you! (The pune turned around) Where is Khushi?

Pune: Sir, Khushi madam just left for home.

Ar: Home? With who's permission? (He saw the pune giving him a look like 'How do I know, you should be knowing that) Go away!

The pune scurried off. Crazy fellow, always yelling his nerves out. Arnav made his way out of AR industries, in an uncontrollable temper.

* 15 minutes later*

He walked into the house in a huff and went straight up the stairs opening the door of his room with such force, that even if it was pulled a bit more, one side of the door would come loose. Arnav threw himself on his bed in anger and pushed things in his room here and there. Out on the door stood a lady like figure throwing a shadow straight into Arnav's room. The figure walked in and sat next to where Arnav sat grumbling to himself.

Ar: Di? What are you doing here?

Anj: What I should be doing here. Trying to calm you. What happened now?

Ar: Di. Nothing. Go away.

Anj: (putting a hand on his shoulder) Did Khushi say something?

Ar: Di don't you dare talk about that girl! That..(He tried to continue but couldn't find the exact words to describe her. Beside's all the abuses he could work out were too much for him to describe her).

Ar: Doesn't my face tell you that?

Anj: Okay. Okay. So what did she say?

Ar: That's the best part. She didn't say anything. She just walked out.

Anjali looked at him in surprise. That girl walked out on him. Omg! Anjali thought to herself. She definitely is something. I have to know more about her and quick. In her state of shock she involuntarily uttered words that her mind was speaking.

Anj: (involuntarily) Is she alive?

Arnav gave her the most irritating look he could manage.

Ar: Thankfully. She escaped.

Anjali looked at her in bewilderment, almost unaware of what she had said to him earlier.

Anj: huh? What?

Ar: Di! Are you day-dreaming?

Anj: Yeah. I just wish I would have been their to see that sensational scene.

Ar: (annoyingly) You think this is funny? *pause* besides, it's all your fault.

Anj: My Fault? What did I do?

Ar: It was your stupid idea of me proposing her, that too in that ridiculous manner. What do you call it the SRK manner.

Anj: Wh..Chotte? You must have done something wrong. My idea was splendid.

Ar: I did something wrong? How can you say that anyway? We rehearsed remember, and you said that if I do it like that she'd say yes without a second thought. Then what happened?

Flashback of how Arnav had proposed came into Anjali's mind. Anjali had played Khushi's role, and Arnav himself, only that he had been so gross and irritating she had to finally tell him that all would be fine and she'd say yes.

Anj: I didn't know she was so different.

Ar: Like I didn't tell you.

Anj: Okay. Okay. We'll device something better this time.

Ar: No ways! I AM not doing anything now! I AM SO DONE WITH THIS!

Anj: You don't want her anymore?

Ar: No. *pause* On second thought I do. Still. Still. Still. I am not going to do that 'sit on your knees' thing ever ever again! It wasn't even that hard with Lavanya.

Ar: But I had to say 'yes' tou na.

Anj: What's the big deal in that?

Ar: That's my point. I am not doing the proposing thing again. It's just not my type.

Anj: (making her voice sound like a whisper a smirk on her face,) oh I thought nothing was impossible for Arnav Singh Raizada, but alas! I was wrong.

Arnav had caught her word and felt and urge to prove her wrong, even though he knew she said all that on purpose.

Ar: Okay. Okay. Enough of the drama. Tell me what do I have to do now.

Anj: Propose her again.

Ar: No use she's not going to say yes.

Anj: How can you be so sure?

Ar: She said so her self. It's a marriage or friendship case with her.

Anj: huh? What do you mean?

Ar: She directly hinted me to propose her for marriage, as there is nothing like friendship that exists between the two of us.

Anj: (excitement in her voice) She said she'd marry you?

Ar: No. I told her I didn't believe in marriage.

Anj: Chotte! You such a dumbo! Anyways, what did she say then?

Ar: Diii! You are too slow. I told you ( making a face) she walked out.

Seeing the anger returning back on Arnav's face Anjali tried to avoid anymore talk of what happened at the office.

Anj: Fine. So propose her for marriage then.

Ar: Di! Are you in your senses? Me? Marriage? No way!

OoO

Arnav snapped out of his flashback mode as his cell phone began to ring. Quick as lightening he picked up the phone.

Ar: Khushi?

From the other side came a manly tone, "Sinha".

Arnav mentally hit his head hard. How could I be so dumb no to look at the caller's name before picking it up. Sinha would defiantly think I am desperate to talk to my ' soon-to-be-wife'.

Sinha: Sir actually, I just got a call from Mrs. Oberoi. She has decided to cancel out order of designing dresses for her only daughters wedding. Out designs do not meet her demands, according to her.

Arnav suddenly grew concerned. It was a very important deal that he had signed, which he had hoped would earn him maximum profit as well as fame for his company. Cancelling of that contract, came as a big blow to him.

Ar: (trying to keep his calm) What do they want?

Sinha: She didn't say so. She just said our designs were way to modern for a traditional Indian culture wedding.

Like I knew she planned on a traditional one. Arnav though to himself. Why are these women so impossible?

Ar: Fine. I'll look into the matter.

With that he clicked his phone off, opened his laptop that lay neatly packed on his side table. He picked it up carefully, kept it in front of him and waited impatiently for the windows to boot quickly.

Voice from the other end: It's Khushi here.

Arnav felt dumber than ever. A mistake repeated twice. It was so not like him to do that. Khushi at the other hand could see Arnav deeply troubled, and momentarily forgot why she had called him.

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