A VS ff 'dreams come true'the end, pg14 - Page 11

what can i say. more chapters. you are smokin here. 👏 👏 👏

that was sooo much fun, cant wait for the next one, being greedy hehehe

Part 23 :

The Real World ... The Real Truth ...

So here I am, wet, sad, finally in my senses and leaning against a door that separates me from the world. The world of Veer Khurana. A world where K-serials, frizzy hair, tripping, slipping, falling and among many other things people like me don't exist. We are just mere experiences, people they come across and then laugh about later. The same way Veer and Jeet are right now, on the other side of the door. How did I end up here? Veer was supposed to be someone I only admired from a distance while he never even acknowledged my existence. I was supposed to end up with someone just like me, penniless, clueless and of course careless. How did I end up falling for a guy who is perfect? How did I end up wanting the moon when I am suppose to be satisfied with just watching the stars from my window?

The door knob turns and I realize Veer is coming in. I quickly jump up, wipe my tears and run to the washroom to wash my face. He comes in and I walk out of the washroom. He smiles at me, I look away.

"Soni are you okay?"

Am I okay? What a question to ask a girl who just realized she can only want the moon but never have it. And even if she gets it for a little while she can't keep it. I look at him, straight into his eyes, hoping he can read them and for a second I think he can but then he starts to laugh, I look away. "Jeet is a complete joker; he does stupid things like that all the time. If I had known you were so afraid..."

"...you would have saved me. My knight in shining armour!" I interrupt with a certain unwanted bitterness trailing my voice.

"Soni...?"

Oh I wish he wouldn't look at me like that, or say my name with that confusion in his voice. I want to run into his arms and cry. Tell him how much I love him and how I wish he wished for me too. "I am just not feeling too good. Can I be alone for a bit?"

"Oh yah, yah. Do you want me to do anything for you?"

Yes, I want you to love me back. "No, I am fine."

"Soni..."

"Yah..."

"Sorry."

"For?"

"I don't know. Just ...I don't know if I have done anything to be sorry about. But if I have I want you to know it was not intentional because I would not do anything to hurt you."

Did he read me? No, because that is not what my ears are yearning to hear. I smile back. "You have not hurt me." Only introduced me to the real world. The real where you and I don't belong together. A world where I belong in your jokes and you in my heart.

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I wake up to a dark room and hold up the clock beside the bed. Squint and use the little ray of light coming through the drawn curtains to look at the hands of the clock and where they point. It is 5:15 pm. Two hours and four minutes since I spoke to Veer. I fall back into bed not wanting to wake, every muscle of my body aches and I feel so weak. There is a knock. I ignore it. Again. I ignore it. Again. I can't ignore it anymore. I drag myself out and lazily walk to the front door open it. Jeet.

"Hey Soni!" He beams.

"Hi." I reply in a groggy tone leaving the door open and taking a seat on the couch. He follows.

"Soni I hope you are not mad because of me and what I did?" He sits across me on the coffee table.

"I am not mad..." A lump starts to ache in my throat.

"Good, you have no idea how mad Veer is with me. He was fine at first but when he came back after seeing you he was furious at me. I felt so bad."

"Really?" Veer is worried for me? Don't get too excited, he might just be concerned like a friend is concerned for another.

"Soni, to tell you the truth I never thought Veer would be like this. I mean, you can imagine with his good looks and good family background quiet a few girls were after him. He dated many too, but he could hardly even remember their names. But with you..." He pauses.

"But with me what..." I urge him like a five year old begging for their birthday gift. A thousand hypothetical sentences that could follow 'but with you..." popping in my head. But with you... he loves you. But with you... he can't live without you... but with you ... he is in love with you. But with you ... he would die if you left. All of them confessing Veer's love for me, or telling me how meaningless his life would be without me.

"But with you..." Why is he pausing again? If he does not continue soon, I should not be held responsible for murdering him. "He remembers every little detail."

He remembers every detail? How anticlimactic. He remembers every little detail because he can then joke about it later. My spirits are dampened again. I let my head hang low as I feel a new surge of depression overcome me.

"So will you come downstairs now and join us?" Jeet asks with a hopeful tone.

"Hmm..." I look up in a daze now. "I..." Another knock on the door. I turn around to look towards the open door and find a beautiful and lovely Siya smiling at us. She walks in.

"How are you feeling Soni?" She asks in her melodious voice.

"Fine..." I smile back.

"You are fine, but Veer isn't. He is sitting down there sending all of us up here one by one because he is afraid you are mad at him." She let out a quick laugh.

I look directly at Siya and notice how her skin is glowing and her eyes glittering. Anyone now looking at her would be able to tell how happy and in love she is. "Siya what is like to have the person you love so much love you back?" I instantly ask a tear escaping my eye. Siya looks at me first a little surprised by my question and then at Jeet and then back at me, this time smiling.

"Soni, you do know Veer loves you right?"

"Huh?" I am taken back by her question.

"You don't know! He hasn't told you!" She almost screams in shock. "I can't believe this!" She now turns to Jeet. I can't believe that guy who has done nothing but talk about Soni this entire trip, hasn't even told her how much he is in love with her." Turning back to me now, she continues. "For the last two hours he has whined, cried, and cribbed about how you are mad at him and he doesn't know what to do. And he has not even told you he loves you." Once again turning her attention towards Jeet, "can you believe Veer is the one who got Abhinav and me to confess our loves in school to each other and here is on a romantic island with the love of his life and he hasn't even told her he loves her yet!"

"He loves me?" I ask not feeling excited or happy or sad or depressed. I feel nothing because I still can't believe it. Nothing ever goes right with me, how can this? How can Veer be in love with me?

"Yah, tell her what he told you today Jeet!"

"Oh okay, today when we coming to see you up here Soni I asked Veer if he loved you and..."

"And he said I watched those K-shows that you used to make fun of…"

"Yah he did, how do you know?" Jeet is in a daze at my knowledge of their conversation.

"Because I was listening to you both from the room." I say blushing a bit out of embarrassment for having to confess to my eavesdropping.

"Then you must know he loves you, if you heard us."

"How does that prove he loves me, all it does is tell me that he thinks I am silly and just a joke. And anyways I shut the door after that, I couldn't stand it anymore." A few more tears roll down my eyes now, as my cheeks heat up feeling a bit of anger remembering Veer and Jeet laughing at my expense.

"Soni, you shouldn't have shut the door..."

*Flashback*

"Do you love her?" Jeet asks suddenly

Veer snickers, "do you know she watches those K-shows that we used to make fun of…"

"No way…are you kidding!" Veer and Jeet both share another laugh. "But you still love her, despite all that. Right?" Jeet asks as their laughter ceases.

"No, I love her because of all that. When she makes things bigger than they are, I get to hold her and calm her down. When she told me she was pregnant because we kissed, her innocence touched me and made me fall in love with her more. When she lies to her friends about me, I love her for her hopefulness. And her K-shows, well ..." He laughs now, and Jeet joins him. "Her K-shows make her resourceful, any problem and she can find a solution for it. I love her for all that, and a lot more. I am in love Jeet."

"I can tell!" They both laugh again.

*Flashback ends*

I am laughing and crying at the same time now. He loves me! He loves me! But before I rejoice any further I just have to curse myself first. All those years of watching K-serials and the only thing worth learning, when eavesdropping listen to the ENTIRE conversation and not just bits and pieces of it because it can lead to misunderstandings. And what do I do? Shut the door just before he is about to confess his love! How could I do that! Argghhhh!!!!!!

Siya throws her arms around me and I can't stop crying, because of my stupidity of shutting the door. "I am so happy for you Soni!" Siya announces. "Should we go tell Veer?"

"Wait a minute!" I jump up and run to the washroom, and look into the mirror. Oh goodness what a disaster. My eyes are puffy and red from all the crying. My hair is standing up right making me look like an electrocuted person. I come out sulking, "Siya look at me! I am a complete mess; I can't see him like this!"

"You don't look that bad Soni..." Siya lies and now Jeet is not looking at me, trying to avoid having to lie himself.

"How about I meet you all downstairs for dinner later?" this will give me a chance to run to the beauty saloon I saw in the hotel lobby earlier and pretty up.

"Are you sure?"

"Look at me Siya."

"Okay, okay, I will tell Veer you are feeling fine and will come meet us for dinner you just have to freshen up. Okay?"

"Yah, thanks." I smile more to myself than to Siya.

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Part 24 :

Dreams come true...

Can you believe Veer loves me? Let's see now when we started our journey together I was so unsure where it would lead, and now I am so sure it could not have been any better than it has been. I agree I could have done without some of the embarrassing slips and falls, and bad hair days, but who cares, right? The point is Veer loves me.

*ding* I step out of the elevator and run out into the lobby, I have a hard time turning the corner and almost slip on the marble floors of the well lit gallery that leads to the saloon. But I am a girl on a mission I have to look beautiful, more beautiful than I have ever looked before, which should not be very difficult considering Veer has seen me in some very disastrous hair dos and fashion statements. Huffing and puffing I come to halt before a man who could not be better groomed. His nails are polished, his hair a funky blue and black, his sleeveless tight tank exposing his muscular arms and lining out his worked out abs.

"Make… me… beautiful!" I say catching my breath.

"Honey, you are already beautiful. You just need a bit of brushing up." He tells me smiling, and glancing at me up and down.

I look back at him in a bit of daze, with my sloppy slippers, ripped and worn out jeans, red t-shirt that has bleach stains all over and not to mention crazy-has-a-mind-of-its-own hair, what does he find beautiful? I am bit sceptical as he takes my hand in his and leads me to the back of the saloon. Seating me on a very comfy reclining chair he asks me, "how much time you got honey and what is the occasion? Tell me everything."

"Well…" I take in a deep breath and then like I am going to miss a train I blurt out everything in one breath. "I married a man I did not know and fell in love with him for his kindness and sweet nature and all this time I thought he didn't care for me until this morning I found out that he does and he is the love of my life and he is going to confess his love for me tonight and I have to look more beautiful than any girl he has ever dated or seen … I have very little time only about an hour and well I need help!" Phew, I breath out.

"Girls we have a code red!" He yells. And in about a second half dozen girls assemble around me, with scissors, combs, nail polishes, creams, sprays and every other vanity accessory possible. I shut my eyes tight as the girls dive in like a hungry pride of lions on a piece of meat.

When I finally feel safe to open my eyes I look around and find the room to resemble a war front after the war is over. The girls who looked so prepared and ready earlier now lay on different chairs like wounded and exhausted soldiers, there are things strewn all over the place from a stepped on blush cake to the trimmings of my hair. In front of me stands the same man who had greeted me, witb wide grin plastered on his face he wipes a little tear as he admires me. "He will be floored!" He beams turning my chair around so I can finally catch a glimpse of myself.

The girl I now see standing in front of me pretending to be my reflection is beautiful. Her hair in loose curls, brushing against her smooth shoulders, her make up very light, accents her dark eyes, her rosy cheeks giving her a permanent blush and the light glittered lip gloss giving her smile a new dazzle. The dress she wears in heavenly, off the shoulder black dress that falls just on her knees. Little embroidered pink roses running around the bottom and with a few reaching up towards the waist. Her shoes light pink bringing out the pink of the dress and making her stand taller and feel on top of this world. "He will be floored!" I repeat to myself in a whisper.

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I hold onto my cute little clutch purse a little tighter as I enter the dimly lit, and beautifully decorated restaurant where I will be joining Veer, Abhinav, Siya, Rajji and Jeet. The hostess decides to escort me to the table and walking in I notice how the intricate mirror work on the walls twinkles as the rays from the candles on the tables reflects brilliant on them, giving the room a hypnotic ambience. The chatter on individual tables goes down to a whisper as I walk by, I wonder if it is the intoxicating scent of my perfume that had been drizzled on me as I had thanked each stylist who had helped me look my best. I feel everyone's eyes on me as heads turned to glance. However, my eyes only search for one.

There he is, with blue jeans, a white dress shirt and black dress coat, his famous causal yet dressy look. His hair gelled back and his face half shaven, he sips on a glass of wine as he shares a laugh with Rajji and Siya. I stop a moment to admire him in order to engrave this moment into my memory forever. Veer turns his head to look my way and then looks back. Maybe he didn't notice me, I am a bit disappointed, I downcast my eyes. When I lift them back up I find Veer standing at his chair and blatantly staring at me. He continues to look at me, without a smile or any other expression other than that of a complete surprise. Only when I smile back at him and going further stand beside him does he say hi and smile back. He pulls the chair beside him so that I may take a seat there, smiling to myself I do so, happy to have such an effect on him.

"Soni you look … just wow!" Abhinav compliments me and I smile back trying to steal glances of Veer through the corner of my eye; he seems busy reading the menu.

Soon the waiter comes beside me, hands me the menu and starts to pour wine into my glass. I glance up at him and immediately ask for a glass of water instead.

"Oh come on Soni, I ordered this wine especially for you." I hear Veer say, not looking up from the menu.

"But Veer…" I nervously laugh "wine?" I emphasize trying to remind him of what we had decided last time. Everyone's attention is now on us. Placing the menu down Veer places his right hand behind my ear and rubs my cheek with his thumb. Okay and I am officially a goner, I could faint this minute and I feel completely intoxicated, forget the wine. Who needs the wine when you have Veer's dreamy eyes to look into? "Little bit, it will make it easier for you when we throw you into the pool after dinner." Veer jokes, winking at Jeet. I don't laugh, and don't appreciate Veer's joke either.

"Veer, stop bugging her. Soni, you have whatever you want. Waiter please get her a glass of water." Siya jumps to my defence and I mouth a thank you to her.

The rest of the dinner is spent with all of them sharing old stories and jokes. Veer ignores me for most of the time and says nothing. I play with my food and wonder why he is not saying anything. Could it be because I refused to drink the wine he ordered and he is mad? The evening isn't turning out anything like I expected it to. Veer was supposed to shower me with compliments during dinner and then take me to the dance floor where he would confess his love for me. Rather here I am, sitting beside him, yet feeling like I could not be further from him.

Finally as everyone finishes their meal and dessert, we all decide to take a walk on the beach. I don't feel like going at all, now I just want to go up to our room, put on my pajamas and roll into bed. Maybe all that happened this morning was a big illusion of my mind. You know maybe it was my mind playing a trick on me. Maybe it was a dream. Maybe this all is a dream. I pinch my arm causing myself to scream in pain.

"What happened?" Veer worries.

"Huh…" It is real. "No…nothing. Let's go to the beach." I follow them. And the next couple hours are just as boring and depressing as dinner. Veer continues to ignore me and laugh and joke with the others. They all seem to be a group with me left as the outsider. I can't take it any longer. "Veer!" I yell louder than I expect, and everyone goes quiet.

"Yah…?"

"I am going to our room. I don't feel too well." Saying that I leave. Glad to be away from their gang.

Once in the room I kick my sandals off and fall onto the bed. I lay there in the dark and wonder why Veer acted so distant and cold. Shutting my eyes I rub my temples trying to relax. Suddenly I feel a presence hovering over me. Panicked I open my eyes to find Veer towering over me, smiling. Instantly I stand up and come face to face with him.

"Are you okay Soni?" He asks.

"Yah…"

"Then why did you come up here? Why didn't you stay on the beach with us?"

"Oh… I just…"

"You just …what?" He says coming closer, causing me to fall back onto bed. I look up at him and swallow hard, as he kneels down to me. "Soni, you know you look very beautiful today. Only I know how I suffered through dinner and that walk on the beach with you by my side."

"You … did?"

"But now, that we are alone, I don't know how to hold back?" Veer says, his eyes twinkling with mischief and a naughty grin playing on his lips.

"Veer…Vee…Veer!" I put my hand before me stopping Veer as he leans in to kiss me.

"What?" He asks wondering why I stopped him. But I have to hear him say those three words to me first.

Stuttering I start, "Vee…Veer… I was wondering what you feel about me?"

"How do I feel about you?" I nod my head to confirm, he then continues, now standing up and turning his side to me. "Just as a friend feels for another friend."

"Just as a friend…" My heart is breaking again. "But what Siya said today…"

"I knew it. She told you didn't she?" He interrogates in a calm voice placing his hand in his jean pockets and coming back closer to me.

"No…" I try to cover up my cheeks now burning up.

"You are terrible liar you know that soni."

"But is it true?" I probe further, my heart racing.

"What do you think?"

"What do I think?" Oh gosh if only I could think! This is what I think, I think I am in a dream, despite pinching myself half to death earlier, I still don't think this is reality because it is too good to be true. I also think Siya lied to me as Veer lied to Siya about loving me. Why did he lie? Well because he has some secret motive behind it, that totally bizarre like if he confesses to me then the stars the rule his astrological sign will change their course and make his life better and more perfect, like he needs it. However, right after he confesses he must take it back, as it is the only way to keep the stars aligned that way… and then…

"Soni?"

"Huh?"

Veer smiles at me now, "I don't even want to know what you are thinking. Right?" He jokes, "well actually you don't want to know what I am thinking right now either…" He smiles his mischievous smile again.

Okay ladies it is time, I can't hold this truth within me any longer. Veer looks at like that one more time, and I will sure melt and faint then and there, but before I do I have to ask him what he feels. Take a deep breath, shut my eyes, and speak… "Veer do you love me too?"

"No!"

"What!" I open my eyes in shock and look at Veer's unchanged expression of the same naughtiness and mischief. "I knew it. I knew it was too good to be true! Why would some like you love someone like me? You are the moon and I a small pebble of the ground…" Before I can continue any further Veer grabs me by the waist and gently pulls me closer.

"Shhh…" He says placing his index finger on my lips. "If I am the moon you are my sky. If you are a pebble than I the dirt. Whatever, we are, we are nothing without each other. At least I am not. You Soni are my life, my love, my everything. And without you…" Now I can't help it, and I let out a little giggle and then trying to conceal my rejoicing I press my lips together. "Soni…" Veer narrows his eyes at me, and then pushes me back. Pointing his finger at me he continues, "Siya! Siya put you up to this!"

"She told me it was the only way you would confess before me!"

"I can't believe you would deceive me like this Soni. I am so heart broken. How can I carry on a relationship with you when I can't trust you anymore?" Veer buries his head into his hands and I feel terrible. What have I done!

"Veer… I am so sorry. I didn't…" He looks up and has a naughty grin on his face.

"Well Soni you are just going to have to pay the price now!" He says coming closer and closer. "And this time I am not going to be the one to unbutton my shirt!"

"Veer!" I yell, running out of the room. Jumping over the table I dodge the couch. He follows, then running back into the room I hop onto the bed but before I can get to the other side, Veer grabs my arm and we both lose our balance landing right onto the bed. Suddenly all the laughter ceases and as we catch our breath I avoid Veer's gazing eyes on me.

"You are trapped Soni!" he announces, I say nothing, and downcast my eyes. Veer comes close very close to me. His lips brush my lips and I expect him to kiss me, but then he sits up.

"Veer?"

"Soni, I just want to finish what I was saying… I love you. I love you a lot. I don't know when I fell for you. Wait here a second…" Veer walks to his suitcase and after much searching pulls out a white shirt with a bunch of paint on it. I recognize it at once. "I have a feeling it was love at first sight Soni. Because if it wasn't I wouldn't have kept this shirt would I have?" Clasping my right hand over my mouth I grab the shirt from Veer and can't believe he actually kept the shirt, he even brought it to Goa.

"It's your turn now." He nudges me lightly, taking his seat beside me. I look into his eyes and smile.

"I love you too." Veer leans in and kisses me, then in true K-style all the lights that are already very dim, dim even more, so much that nothing else can be seen.

What? You didn't actually expect me to tell you everything now did you? Come on girls, you have to wait to find your own Veer Khurana, in order to find out what happens next. But before I sign off here, I want to leave you with a little piece of advice and this time it is not from any K-show, rather something that was once told to me long time ago and today it is making a lot of sense. 'Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land up in the stars.' However, if you are as lucky as me, you might just get to keep the moon. 😉

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Well you guessed it, this is the end of dreams come true... and in my opinion this is was my least fav. part... 😔... I will come back to give replies to the comments later...hopefully you all enjoy this part more than I enjoyed writing it 😔 ...it is true...I really did not feel the 'zing' I normally feel while writing new parts for dreams come true...maybe cuz it is the last part...😔...but I got to run now... hope you all like... and please do let me know what you thought of the fan-fic over all...any suggestions, improvements etc...would love to hear it all...😃 ....THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY COMMENTS...🤗

~* Preeti *~😳

Great sory of veeni. Great Work Pooja 👏 👏

awwwwww so sweet. Excellent job pooja yaar 👏 👏

wow ur finally done. the ending was excellent. good job. 👏 👏 👏

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Outstanding. Excellent work Pooja. 👏

awwwwww the end of the story. great work pooja. it was amazing and outstanding. 👏 👏 👏

this ended so quickly. very skilled. outstanding 👏