# 1 FF: THE SEED OF PASSION- Chapters 1 to 8 - Page 11

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Prologue

"Ready Sir!" The pilot called out to Arnav above the roar of the AR helicopter.

Arnav put on his goggles and strapped the helmet to his head. He gave the pilot a thumbs up sign and jumped out of the plane! The fresh cool breeze rushed towards him welcoming him into the clear blue skies! It was difficult to believe that there was a forecast for rain in the evening!

Sky diving was always an exhilarating experience for Arnav! He smirked as a small cloud whisked past him moving rapidly towards the mauve horizon. He stretched out his hands falling free at the speed of about 100 miles per hour.

"Maa, I am back! I am with you... I can feel you now..." he sighed. He closed his brown eyes for a second before opening them and focussing on the green mist four thousand feet below him.

He suddenly noticed a vigorous movement about twenty feet below him. He tensed. A fellow diver was struggling to open his parachute!

"What the!" he gritted his teeth and immediately plunged towards the parachuter!

Arnav stretched his hand and gripped the person's upper arm. He then pulled the chord of his own parachute to slow his fall and get a better hold on the skydiver. The parachute flapped open above him and he quickly snaked his arms around the person's waist tightly and turned him around.

A woman!!! He was totally unprepared for a scared but beautiful pair of hazel eyes staring at him in midair! A lovely young woman at that, he mused, glancing at her full trembling lips.

"Arnav!" The pink lips formed his name under the helmet.

Arnav blinked. Was he imagining things! Though she seemed vaguely familiar, he could not place her. He had always been encircled by gorgeous females in the twenty three years of his life, but he was not likely to forget a pretty face like hers!

There was something about this girl, he thought as he pulled the chord of her reserve parachute and gently pushed her away so that her parachute did not get entangled with his. She will be safe now, he thought, as he watched her drifting away from him, her mouth a perfect O'!

He landed smoothly on the ground below and took off his gear, his gaze searching for her all the while. But it was a Saturday, a busy day at the sky diving club. He realized that it would be difficult to find the girl among the many parachuters on the ground. "And anyway why should I look for her! She must locate me and thank me for saving her life!" Arnav huffed .

"I was thinking about you, and there you are," a sweet voice said behind him. He spun on his heels. It was her, the same hazel eyes, the same moist pink lips...

She was lovely! Her jump suit was unzipped and she had removed her helmet. Strands of her long black silky hair had escaped her thick braid and were caressing her cheeks. Her creamy face was flushed and glowed like the setting sun that suffused the blue with its orange hue. The grey clouds in the background surged forward as if to witness their meeting.

"How do you know me...?" Arnav asked, looking deep inside her doe-shaped eyes.

She avoided answering him, glancing upwards at the darkening sky.

"Arnav, I want to thank you for saving my life," she said instead in one breath and sighed, smiling shyly at him.

Before he could respond grey clouds burst upon them in shimmers. The forecast for rain had been proved correct. There was a flutter of activity around them as everyone rushed for shelter. But they stood rooted to the spot.

As if in a trance Arnav walked towards her. She smiled slightly and backed away from him, her chest heaving, her hazel eyes wary, her thick curly eyelashes blinking away the raindrops.

Arnav stopped inches away from touching her and clenched his fist. He did know why, but all he wanted to do at that moment was to take her in his arms and kiss her soft nervous lips.

The passion in his eyes startled her. The heat of his gaze was not doused by the downpour. A tremor passed through her...

"I have to go," she whispered.

"No!" Arnav's heart skipped a beat. This was ridiculous. He had been intimate with so many girls before but...

His phone rang...it was Di. He hesitated for a second before picking it up.

"Yes Di?" he spoke into the phone

"Chottey, where are you? Umm...can you come home?"

"What is it Di?" Arnav coaxed.

"Your Jijaji is on a tour and..."

"And what Di?

"I am not feeling well, Chhotey," Anjali's voice quivered.

Arnav panicked but his voice was calm and reassuring, "I am on my way home. I will be with you as soon as I can Di. Meanwhile call Dadi and tell her to come over. She must be at her hotel."

"I know she has come over from Lucknow today, Chhotey. I had called her. But she said she is busy in a meeting."

"Meeting? I will be damned!" Arnav muttered. "Don't worry Di. Relax and stay in bed. Ask HP to be at standby, though I doubt if that nitwit will be of any use! I am coming along with the doctor immediately."

He snapped his phone shut and looked up. "Listen..." he said softly and stopped. She was gone...He raked his hand through his hair and looked around in desperation. But she was not there. The rain swirled around him mocking him. He dug his hands deep into the pockets of his trousers and kicked the rain in frustration.

A pair of hazel eyes stared at him from behind one of the pillars of the portico of the club building as he ran to the parking lot, jumped into his SUV, and screeched the vehicle down the road at break neck speed to the Raizada Mansion.

Behind the building Khushi gnawed at the end of her dupatta in her nervousness. "Hey Devi Maiyya, hummey kya ho gaya tha Arnav ke samne? Hum kyo bhaag aaye?(Hey DM what had happened to me in front of Arnav? Why did I run away from him) ?" She kicked the thick wall without thinking and yelped out in pain !

"Hey what happened Khushi?" her close friend NK rushed up to her, concern lining his face.

Nand Kishore alias NK had remained in touch with his school friend, Khushi, inspite of moving to Sydney with his mother after his parents divorce. After the sudden and premature death of his mother, he had returned to India a few months ago to join college and also to help his father in his new business in Delhi.

NK groaned, "Khushi first you had a mishap with the parachute, now this! It is my fault! I know you have been training for skydiving but I should not have allowed you to go alone! Yeh to ghutna pe ghutna ho gayi (This is like a knee followed by another knee)!!"

One of NK's aim in life was to master the Hindi language! He had never passed a single Hindi examination in school and his stay in Sydney had dwindled whatever little knowledge he had! But that did not deter him from trying his luck at speaking the language and his friend from correcting him!

"Ghutna pe ghutna nahi, NK! Durghatna pe durghatna. (Not knee followed by knee, NK, but an accident followed by another accident)!!" Khushi laughed. "Don't worry I am fine. I am glad you brought me here. Skydiving was a heavenly experience and..." Khushi stopped and looked away dreamily.

"And what?" NK questioned.

Khushi smiled and stepped out in the drizzle.

"I met Arnav," her eyes shone.

"Arnav Singh Raizada !" NK said incredulously.

Khushi nodded. NK looked at her in frustration. Then he said in a serious tone, "I know you have a soft corner for him Khushi. But ASR is not a nice guy. I found out. He is rude, arrogant and a philanderer."

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