FF: A Walk to Remember- Chap-6 (06/09/13)

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This part got a little bit delayed as I was out on vacation'I promise that the next update won't take this long'Hope you enjoy my work and pls do tell me if u have liked it or not'.

CHAPTER-2

"teri aakhon ke siwa duniya mein rakha kya hai sss" Nani was humming one of her many fav songs while arranging salad on a plate'A total Blast from Past as she wld put it'..This bought Khushi out of her thoughts and she for once got unsettled by her nani's choice of song'.

For one sec khushi thought that nani was able to read her mind, she shrugged the idea and decided to pay attention to what was happening to the dal that she was absent mindedly stirring for god knows how long'.She asked nani to pass the Garam Masala powder ...

"Here u go" nani said passing over the box to her and asked " So what did u think abt my team???" '"so far this one is the best im working with" she added w/o waiting for a response from Khushi'.

Khushi smiled at her nani impatience and added that " they are indeed very sweet, and respect each other a lot irrespective of what department or what role they have in the making of the show, I could sense the comfort that you all have there, with each other"''

"So u liked them???" questioned nani giving a side way glance to khushi'. " Well I have met them once, so my judgment is based on that one hour I had been there; I got a good impression about all of them is all that I can say"''Deviyani beamed hearing this as she knew that Khushi was mostly very direct and did not have the habit of beating around the bush'

Khushi was amused seeing her nani's expression and she continued "but the thing is; what I think is not important, what is important is that you love them and they love you and adore you, and I love anybody and everybody whom my nani loves"'.she said pressing her nani's shoulders from behind'.

"This seems to be the perfect time, chal deviyani marde mauke pe chauka "thought nani ' "Oh good that u like them, so then tomorrow won't be a problem for you" she said hurriedly in a matter of fact way w/o turning towards khushi'. Khushi who had just switched off the gas as her dal was ready asked in a confused way "Tomorrow!!! Meaning???"''Now is the time to add a dash of authority in my voice thought deviyani and said "haan, tomorrow morning you are coming with me to the set, Sara one of our producers has not yet met u, she was really upset that she was not there today, so I told her I would get you tomorrow, wont it be great, you will get to see how we actually shoot"'.

Khushi had gone quiet and was staring at her nani's back'.. of course it was not a lion's den where her nani wanted to take her, but this was the second time khushi was unsettled in the past half an hour'.Not getting to hear a prompt and stern "NO" from her grand-daughter deviyani turned around to face her, and when she saw khushi staring hard into nothing and having an indecisive look on her face, deviyani's hope were lifted'..she quickly said "my shift is at 10am, we leave at 9am"'.Khushi quickly made her face go blank and started serving food on the plates that were laid out and said "fine, but I won't stay long just an hour"'.if deviyani was surprised by Khushi's easy surrender she ddnt show it'.

As they sat down to eat deviyani helped herself with a spoonful of khushi's dal and simultaneously said "Did u meet Arnav, mmm, this is so yummmy"'..Khushi almost chocked on her food and looked at her grandma incredulously'.. "did nani just called Arnav yummy???" she thought while her mind kept on repeating her Nani's latest dialogue over and over trying to clear out the muffled voice in which her nani had spoken as her mouth was filled with dal'..

Nani saw khushi looking at her with a shocked expression and got confused' "What???" she enquired and before khushi could say a word she said "Arnav, did u get a chance to meet him??? If not then u have got to meet him tomorrow, he is my favorite baccha"''. "Oh thank god the world is alright again, it was about meeting ARNAV and yummy DAL" thought khushi and while her lips were on its way to form a smile, her mind processed the question nani had just asked her and her smile stopped midway as once again the image of two caramel orbs flashed through her mind unsettling her for the umpteenth time'.

She didn't reply and diverted the topic towards Anjali, Akash and others'.

(Next day morning in Sets)

"Its so good to finally meet you Miss Gupta", Sara said shaking khushi hand' "same here, and pls call me Khushi, nani talks very highly of you, what you have achieved with this show which is your first is remarkable" khushi said'.. "Oh Naniji is our lucky charm, we got you due to her and im very very very grateful to you for what you have done for us" sara said '.khushi waved her hand and started "it was nothing, I ddnt give it for free, plus I see this an long term investment, im bound to get good returns so pls don't thank me like this"'.khushi said getting a little embarrassed'.

"no matter what you say, we all know what kind of trouble we would have been in, had you not slashed the rent for us, I know the rent we are paying is a lot less than the market rate prevailing here, so I am not goona stop thanking you ever"'.sara said gratitude flashing through her eyes'. "and there is this another thing that I wanna tell you, actually I wanted to tell this the moment I saw u today, Khushi u are really beautiful" sara gushed'.Well if Khushi was getting embarrassed while Sara was thanking her earlier, now with her complimenting khushi on her looks was enough for Khushi to go back in her SHELL and think about ways to get away from this situation'..

looking at an embarrassed Khushi, Sara quickly added laughingly "areee, pls don't get me wrong, am the producer and here in TV land, the producers decide the cast so I look through a 1000 profiles each day, and thus have developed this sharp eye in locating real beauty, am very much straight and happily married" '..

Khushi laughed at this confession of Sara'.At that moment Aman came and informed Sara that the costume designer has arrived and waiting for her. Sara excused herself and told khushi that she will catch up with her in sometime and left with aman'

It was then when khushi was finally alone did she acknowledge this weird feeling she was having since yesterday, and which was more rampant now as she was sitting at the exact spot where she had encountered it for the first time ever'.She was at the POOLSIDE'.

(flashback)

"Hi, Im Arnav Singh Raizada"'.

"ummm o..ok" khushi shuttered looking straight into his eyes w/o blinking as if transfixed'.Arnav narrowed his eyes for a sec upon hearing her strange answer, then he said smirking a little "and you must be Khushi Gupta, naniji's granddaughter, rite ? " Upon hearing her name Khushi came back into her sense and said "yes, im Deviyaniji's granddaughter khushi"'

"Good to finally meet you Miss Gupta" said Arnav smiling'.Khushi was at loss of words, she ddnt know who this person was and on top of that she was shocked as she could register that she was staring at him bashfully, it was as if her whole body was screaming at her for looking like an idiot at this moment but her eyes simply were not following what her brain was commanding'.it was like her eyes had got its own brain and they had decided not to blink for a while'.

But whatever turmoil was happening inside khushi, her face was completely devoid of any emotion'thus all that Arnav could see was khushi staring straight at him, w/o speaking a word'Now Arnav got confused and said "Oye yaar, main sacchi mein darrawana dikhne laga hoon, now am totally convinced; should have heard my viewers petition ages ago",

"ummm...well i...i..i..d-o-n-t" stammered Khushi'...

"so its decided I will get my stubble trimmed so that it looks like a stubble and not like a beard; Man!!! This is the reason why for the past few weeks we are getting lower TRPs, im scaring my audience away, but now im goona do this, what do you think Miss Gupta , this might help rite? Our show might get its lost viewers and you might find your lost voice? " Arnav stated looking dead serious at khushi'.

The last part jolted khushi out of her trance and she blinked rapidly'she felt extremely embarrassed and stupid right now'her pinkish-white complexion had turned a shade darker'lowering her eyes she said in a low voice "am sorry, didn't mean to offend you in any way, actually that is not what I meant. am extremely sorry if I have''''" and she couldn't finish her sentence as she looked up in shock to see Arnav laughing out loud'..

That arnav was LoLing would be an understatement; he was holding his stomach and rocking back and forth in laughter'.

Khushi's mouth was open, eyebrows gone up and eyes had become complete round'she was caught completely off-guard by this laughter of Arnav's '.she had never seen a guy of this age laugh like a kid'this was a first for Khushi'

Arnav composed himself a while later and said "sor--sorry'I couldn't help pulling your leg'hope you ddnt mind'but was not able to resist myself, you looked like such a soft target"'he managed to say between his round of laughter'

At that moment a booming voice came from the loudspeaker "Arnav your shot is ready, come to Di's room"

"OK, gotta go, duty calls, but hey I hope I didn't upset you?" asked Arnav' "N-No its ok" managed khushi' "Ok will meet you after the shot, you are here for a while rite?" asked Arnav moving towards the door'.khushi was thinking about what to reply as she wanted to run away from there asap.

Just then akash came in looking for Arnav and said "Oye TG tussi yahan ho, oothey tumhare intezaar mein laxmiji ne Di ke bed par su -su , potty kardi hai, chalo jaldi" '. Arnav laughed some more and said "kya baat kar raha hai, Aman to pareshaan ho gaya hoga, chal chal dekhtein hai, Fun aayega"'..

Akash then saw khushi and said " hey khushi you here? Come and sit with Naniji will; chat after the shot"

"yea had come to attend a call , it's a lovely setup here" khushi said looking at akash'

"Yup she is staying akash, so will meet after sometime Miss gupta" Arnav said looking at Khushi and left with akash'

(end of flashback)

Khushi had managed to know yesterday through her nani's constant blabbering that Arnav Singh Raizada played the main lead of the show.

But hadn't nani once said that the male lead's character in the show was that of a Filthy rich, arrogant, harsh, ruthless, mature beyond his age types business tycoon'.but what little she had seen of Arnav, he was nowhere close to the character which he was portraying'Well that must be why nani keeps on saying that Arnav is a brilliant actor thought khushi sitting by the poolside'

"You looked like such a soft target" recalled khushi'. No one has ever referred to her like this before.. this was another first for khushi' she was extremely good in keeping her expression and emotions in check. Most of the time for most of the situations she would have a straight face'

No one told her on her face, but she knew for people who didn't know her well; she was the serious kindda girl'."You looked like such a soft target" again it boomed on her brains microphone'Arggghhh'.She felt more stupid about yesterday's episode'No matter how much ever she thought about it she could not find an explanation as to why she had behaved in such a weird manner yesterday in front of Arnav'

But she had concluded that what is done is done'no use thinking about it'its best to get out of this place asap, and not mess up her head anymore thinking about it'She would go find her nani, tell her that she is leaving'it had been almost an hour she was in the set'and she had no intention to come face to face with a certain someone'The mere fact that no matter how much indifferent she tried to be outside, heart of heart she knew she wanted to avoid coming face to face with Arnav; annoyed her to bits'

Arnav was a complete stranger to her, so then why was she giving so much of a thought to him'Why she just could not be indifferent to him? Why had she soo readily agreed on coming to the sets today?... "I better get out of this place" she thought and started picking up her bag, when she stiffened as she heard a voice behind her'.

"Hey, how come you ran away yesterday Miss Gupta?" ..'. "Great!!!! Just great"'exclaimed khushi mentally'..

Part 3 coming up soon''.

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