Arshi: Story 2 Part I Completed! - Page 10

finally you are back
and am so glad too
chapter 13
so she is thinking of opening her dabba service again
well go for it dear
and it seems azi and nk know of what that silly person did to khushi
and all about creepy crawly
wasie about time there was some proof for the same naa
and she got that finally
but it shall be good bye arnie by the end of the contract one hopes and now she has two allies with her which makes things easier for her
awww nk and azi are gonna help her in the business teaching her english and using computers
can it be better than that
dost ho toh aise right
man these guys are so funny naa
so right nk you are about nannav
man he cant think beyond his sister for sure
di puran of arnie shall never finish that much am 100% sure of

chapter 14
no how can she be his bhabhi when she aint your wife technically speaking
and after what you have done naa no way is he gonna listen to what you say mate
so the training begins for sure and am glad of it
hah this will teach that silly man to stop doing silly things like he did to khushi when she goes away from him
awww i loved this training period of the three friends
am glad they are with her though
and azi sure is good guide for sure bless her
dost ho toh sach mein aise
and azi is right she shall need a laptop for sure for her business
wow is khushi qiuck learner or what
what to do with this man yaar
he is missing both his wife and azi talks with him and yet he wont do anything about it
really man he is unbelievable
kabhi toh aone ego ko chodiye ji
but no that wont happen soon
and he will loose her for sure

chapter 15
lo karr lo baat we have azi screaming for Hp and not arnie
isnt that usually his doing man
sach mein no wonder the poor man was confused
wonder why she is yelling for HP like that
dont tell me inka kharab asar padh gaya hai
nahinnn aisa nahin ho sakta not azi man not her please
wait why does HP need a helmet
aisa kya karr diya unhone ne unless she is real mad and chances of getting hurt are high
oh that explains it all dont it
blooming heck she is pretty angry like arnie and am glad he did deny the same
awww he aint feared that much even more
and he thinks he should be after all its hitting his huge ego naa
but thats okay that someone else can give him takkar in this department
blesss that was fun for sure

chapter 16
well it seems azi had asked for forgiveness something which arnie can never do
and thats the difference between the two
so they are going for vacation woohoo
and to see the taj mahal and other places
about time they did that
waise she plays hockey interesting
and am glad she is taking them all out for it
this shall be real fun for sure
poor arnie right he doesnt even know whats happening in his house anymore
who the hell cares anyway since he never does why would we
ahh so off to hockey then
course she is a genius hello she did open such huge company and does manage the same so this is nothing my dear people
maybe arnie should do the same
yeah right as if he can do that
well i think that will be hard to do in AR akash with arnie as the head
but lets give it a try mate

and finally chapter 17
got there in the end didnt i
what is azi doing i wonder
and yes his family is crazy for sure
but mostly his wife and azi more than others
this girl is one hell of a person right
chalu hai yeh ladki right hai naa
she fooled the security guard like that good move dear
wow only she would have come up with such an idea
i salute this girl man for what schemes she comes up with
hah now he realises it does he
tab toh nahin socha tha apne jab inse zabardasti shaadi ki thi
well now she has people who are with her
and she is making sure she aint affected too much by you
which is good as she shall leave soon wont she from here so its best she do this
well i hope nani and that anjali dont start their nautanki to get these two together
as there is no point to it until and unless arnie knows of the truth the real one and repents his doings
well i sure enjoyed all the chapters you put up
cant wait for more now

finally finally

u write well ...if we try and promote this FF will ya continue dear?

please tell me you shall come back with this and soon please
pretty please

18: The Lucky Khushi of Lucknow

"Jiji! Remember Bantilal's milk shop?" Khushi yelled to her sister who was seated behind her in the private bus. They had crossed the city bus that said "Lucknow" and Khushi had immediately begun to point the various places that she used to visit. It was the place where she spent some of the most memorable years of her life; how could she not be overflowing with excitement that everyone else on the bus could physically touch? She jumped from seat to seat, from window to window, to get a better look of the outside. Her exhilaration helped Arnav forget the bitter memories of his past - that and the fact that they were still away from the Shesh Mahal.

NK and Azmih were sitting happily on the seats that no one else wanted to sit on - the back seats. Everyone was aware that the roads in Lucknow were going to be bumpy, and if you wanted to have a healthy hip, you wouldn't sit at the back - but these are NK and Azmih...when are they ever normal? They seemed to be playing a game of "Who bounces the highest", and although one would expect NK to win (due to the height difference between a 4'11" girl and a 6'5" man), it was, surprisingly, Azmih that was winning. In fact, her head seemed to be hitting the roof at every other bump.

Akash was...um, who cares about him anyways - we can skip him!

The bus driver was driving with full concentration...not the road, but on his lunch box that was placed very close to Nani's spouse and was in danger of being eaten.

They were all headed towards the Gupta's old house; Azmih had selected the location to bring some happiness to Khushi, her didi, who had been smiling for the past couple of weeks, but never allowed it to reach her eyes. Azmih and NK both thought that Khushi would be happy if they visited her old house, which was apparently a haveli that could house them all.

* * *

By the time the bus stopped in front of the haveli, they had gathered quite a crowd - it wasn't every day that a big private bus came into these areas.

As soon as Khushi went out of the bus, they all heard a loud, manly voice calling "Khushi? Is that you?" The man pushed through the crowd and came face to face with Khushi. As soon as they saw each other, they both hugged tightly. The sight did not go well with Arnav. But when he got past his anger, and had decided to act on it, the man hugged Payal too and left Akash fuming. When that hug ended, NK and Azmih both spread their arms out and said, "Us too!" and went towards the man to give him a hug - a big hug by the looks of it. Although the man wanted to move back, he was too slow, and was caught in the hug from two strangers, who both said, "We missed you!" leaving everyone confused.

Khushi's thoughts - I'm so happy to be back! I want to get some chat from that lady by the corner of the block, and then some mistan from the kind grandpa on the other block. Oh, I can't wait!

Payal's thoughts - ... (You need a brain to have thoughts.)

Akash's thoughts - Payalji hugged another man, right in front of me? In front of the family? She doesn't even speak to me in our room, always looking on the ground...

Anjali's thoughts - I hope woh is all right. I miss him so much.

Nani's thoughts - The breath of fresh air of home! There's no place like Lucknow. But who was the man hugging Payal and Khushi bitya?

Mami's thoughts - Who ijj this boij? Izz he past luver? Investigation kari ka padi! (Who is this boy? Is he a past lover? Must investigate!)

Mama's thoughts - Manu will still were her heavy sari and gold in Lucknow's heat?

Lakshmi's thoughts - That food in the lunch box on the bus was amazing!

Arnav's thoughts - What the! Who is this guy! Why was Khushi hugging him? And why are NK and Jivvy hugging him? Do they know him? How? Why isn't Khushi making the introductions already! If he is anything other than her brother, I will physically assault him for touching MY Khushi (conveniently forgetting the times he was hugged or kissed by his female models).

After struggling out of the hug, the man looked at the two weirdoes and asked, "Who are you? I've never seen you before?"

"Oh yes Azmih and Nanheji! How do you know him?" Khushi asked, after swallowing the water that had crept up in her mouth from just thinking about all the food.

NK cheerfully opened a Lay's packet and munching on it said, "We don't know him!"

Azmih added, "That's why we said we missed him!" and dug her hands into NK's packet.

"Huh?" everyone seemed to say.

"We missed you means, we missed meeting you before!" NK clarified, fighting for a chip with Azmih (who finally bit his hand and ate from it). Arnav could not believe that this was his business associate - the one that many of his business contacts feared (although they'd never met her).

"So, tell us! What's your name? I'm Azmih and he's NK, my buddy."

"Aare, aisa ha toh pehla puchna tha na ji!" the man spoke up. "I'm Lucky. Lucky Singh." He pronounced his name proudly.

But the proudness washed off as Azmih started laughing and translated, "Lucky peanut! Ha ha ha." (Singh is peanut in Gujarati.)

"Hey! Don't make fun of his name." Khushi defended her friend after laughing with Azmih for a while. "We are the Lucky-Khushi pair of Lucknow okay?" With that, Khushi and Lucky both turned their backs on each other, so that they were touching, and made an imaginary gun with their fingers and shot at Azmih.

Unfortunately, Arnav wasn't feeling lucky after seeing Lucky-Khushi.

19: The Moment of Truth

If Arnav were a poet,

He would hide his face in his palms

And cry for the guilt, the pain, and the agony

That he was experiencing.

After a while,

He would take a feather pen,

Drop it in ink

And let the words flow,

Creating a poem that could touch the hearts

Of the readers and publishers

By its words

And the additional effect of the

Tears on the parchment.

If Arnav were a poet,

He would write

To find the strength to bear the pain.

But he was no poet,

And so he didn't write

But merely stared at the evidence

Not thinking, not breathing,

Only suffering.

Khushi's diary lay open in Arnav's hands as he sat on the bed in Khushi's Lucknowi room. In the diary, he read the truth about everything that had to do with the two of them - he learnt of how it was because of him that HE entered Khushi's life, how he hurt her every time they met, how she got engaged to HIM, how she found out the truth about the low life bas***d, how she was unable to tell the truth to any of the Raizadas, and how she was excited about Payal's marriage. She did not write any more after that - the last time she wrote in it was at her wedding. Arnav saw the exact dates at which the events unfolded, and knew that she wasn't lying.

So, he confronted her, and asked for forgiveness. And she granted him that immediately, but still continued to ignore him.

When he confronted her again, she said, "I have forgiven you Arnavji, but that does not mean I forgot. I still remember how I became an orphan again because of you, how you made it clear enough that you would never treat me as your wife, and how we are married for six months. I want the remaining months to go by peacefully - I want to enjoy it with everyone, so please don't ruin it for me." She spoke, and he wordlessly listened, tears pouring out of his eyes, blurring his vision of the angel in front of him - the angel that he'd considered to be a demon, while in reality, it was he who was the devil.

After that confrontation, Arnav was heartbroken. Khushi still behaved like his wife in front of everyone - she took care of his needs, and spoke to him, but it all ended once they were alone.

When he hurt his hands from a paper cutter in their room, Khushi glanced at it, and said nothing. The Khushi he knew would have panicked and shouted the entire house down, but he had pushed that Khushi away.

She refused to sleep on the bed with him, and insisted on sleeping on the cold floor. So, late at night, when she would be asleep, Arnav would carry her, in his arms, and put her gently on the bed. But she never held on to his collar like she did before, and he noticed. He would then lie on the ground, surrounded by Khushi's smell on the pillow, and try to sleep, but it never happened.

It had only been a week in Lucknow that all these changes took place. Everyone could see the changes in Arnav, but couldn't figure out what caused them - in their eyes, Arshi was an adorable couple. Only Azmih and NK knew the real story, but they made no attempts to solve the issue between them.

Azmih had no sympathy for Arnav, who, according to her, deserved the sadness. She didn't agree with his reason for marrying Khushi - even if Khushi had been in a relationship with Shyam, what made Anjali superior that Arnav decided that between the two females, his sister should have her love, and not the other lady? Wasn't Khushi as much of a human as Anjali? Truth to be told, Azmih didn't have a soft corner for Anjali either - she was too submissive, docile, annoying, and dependent. She had polio and a defective leg, but that was all! She could live her life independently, but still chose to do nothing with it.

NK had his own reasons for not helping his cousin. Nannav needed to understand the importance of Khushi in his life; NK did not want to temporarily resolve the issues between the two, only to see regret in Khushi's eyes when her husband picked his sister over her. NK, despite being a fool in appearance, knew that Arnav would still hold Khushi second to Di, and any time a conflict arose, Khushi would be blamed. So, NK sat back, with sadness and sympathy for his friend, and a growing dislike for his cousin.

It was a good thing they were in Lucknow, because Khushi was able to forget her terrible marriage life with the presence of her childhood friends, including Lucky Peanuts! She spent her remaining time training under NK and Azmih, and her willingness and hard work allowed her to finish her "training" during her stay in Lucknow. She was ready to start a new life in Delhi - after paying a few debts of course!