Originally posted by: m4manju
Btw, I finished editing that OS I was planning to post on june 6th. The concept was in my mind since a long time, but not sure how final product looks like. Anyway, as I promised you to post here, here you go-
June' 2009 Lakmé fashion week, Lucknow, India
Arnav's newly launched fashion house was participating for the first time in a prestigious fashion event of India, Lakmé fashion week and a 24 years-old Arnav was very nervous. After all his firm's future depended on their success in this event. He was the first one from his family to try his hands on a fashion business much to his parents' dislike. They wanted him to join their family business of real estates, where they now lived in Delhi. But due to his adamancy, his father agreed to give him some time! The event was hosted in a palatial house in Lucknow, Sheesh Mahal!
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Khushi was home for 2 weeks from her hostel, just to attend her sister's wedding. But her jiji had demanded a gift from her which was particular variety of roses that grew only in the gardens of Sheesh Mahal. Her sister wanted those red roses as a part of her garland to be used in the Varmala ceremony in the wedding.
Decked from head to toe for the wedding, she gatecrashed in Sheesh Mahal but to her surprise no one stopped her. Later she would know that everyone mistook her for a model who participated in a fashion show going on inside!
Reaching near the rose bushes, as she was about to pluck flowers, something caught her vision! The spotlights coming from inside, she automatically moved in that direction. Khushi loved fashion, posing and everything about it. If only, her parents were not strictly against her pursuing anything related to that fashion world she would have been a model one day...
Maybe I should also ask for permission to get these flowers, she thought and moved towards the first man she spotted.
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Arnav's manager, Aman was worried as their showstopper Lavanya ditched them on the last minute. And that was when a girl decked like a bride herself walked to him. He got an idea. this girl was beauty personified, looked nothing less than a model and needed a favor too!
"You can get those flowers, but in return you will have to help us save our show." Aman told Khushi, without even bothering to ask her name etc. He can ask that later, after the show, he decided.
"Fine, I will do it. You didn't have to blackmail me, I would have helped anyway." Khushi said and agreed to be the showstopper for the evening! Maybe this was her one chance to fulfil her dream to be a part of fashion world, she thought and smiled.
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But when she completed the ramp walk looking like a dream, and she was about to turn, her dupatta got stuck in her sandals and she tripped. And directly fell in arms of... Arnav Singh Raizada!
Tumse jo dekhate hi pyaar hua, Zindagi mein pehali baar hua,
Tum itane din thi kaha, main dhundhta hi raha
(I fell in love with you at first sight, first time in my life
Where were you until now, I kept searching for you)
It was a no-camera event, but everyone watched with awe as a beautiful girl in the arms of a handsome young man, it was like a movie pose! Everyone in audience assumed this was some innovative way of their event and started clapping. And Aman instantly knew, their show was now a hit!
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Arnav slowly put her down, both having their eyes still locked with each other's. To Khushi, he was like the prince in those fairytale stories she read. However, as her feet touched the ground, their trance was broken due to a tug on her pearl necklace. It had got entangled with his coat button. She pulled at it slightly, only to have his face pulled near her in turn, and his hot breath fanning her face. She got flustered and tried to pull the necklace more to free it as well as herself.
That was when he smiled a little, gestured her to stop and freed the necklace himself by unhooking it, only to free it from her neck and hung on his coat!
She blushed looking at his handsome face that showed an equally charming smile, saw as the necklace now dangled by his coat button as if garlanding him, and then without a word, she ran backwards and out of the venue!
Arnav was awestruck! She was like a dream, a fairy, a beautiful princess! For many moments, he kept staring at the direction she went. And then, Aman's hand on his shoulder broke his trance.
"Who was she, Aman?"
"WHAT? You didn't ask her, her name? I did not ask before the show as we did not have time but I thought we would, after the show."
And then Arnav realized two things, first was he had lost his heart to this mysterious beautiful girl and second, he did not know who she was! No camera meant he wouldn't even have a photo captured. The only way to search for her was this beautiful pearl necklace!!!
So this modern Cinderella did not leave her glass sandal, but a pearl necklace!
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The next day Khushi departed for her hostel. Her amma later mentioned that over the next week, there were a few people asking about a girl who had left a pearl necklace at a fashion show in Sheesh Mahal but no one knew who she was. Her amma told her how they denied that it could be one of their daughters...Thankfully, Khushi had lied to her amma that her own pearl necklace was safe with her, and she had taken with her to the hostel!!!
Thankfully there were no photos taken!
There was no way she can tell her amma babuji about her ramp walk fiasco! It will be her little secret. However, she wished she could meet that prince charming once again in her life.
Dec' 2009
Kitne kuche galiya chhaani, Mere dil ne ek naa maani
(I searched every nook and corner, my heart did not give up)
He was restless since last 5 months, he had checked for her everywhere, even using a newly launched social media site, Orkut, but couldn't find her. Even if he did not have her photo, he had her image imprinted on his mind so he was hoping to search himself. But it was as if she was a fairy who had disappeared into thin air!
Aman had told him she was looking for rose flowers for a wedding garland and taking that as clue, he even searched for whoever had weddings in Lucknow on that day. He contacted every single house and showed them that pearl necklace asking if they knew a girl who owned that necklace!
But he stopped his search when some greedy people started taking disadvantage of it, like a girl named Shital came forward to claim it was her who owned that necklace, not knowing Arnav knew the girl's face too!
"Cinderella chali gayi, necklace chod gayi (Cinderella went away leaving a necklace)." Aman said, while Arnav glared at him. If only Aman had asked her name beforehand...his 'pearl-girl'!
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Kaha kaha par tujhako dhundha, Tere liye main huyi deewani
Phir bhi naa teraa deedar hua, Yaar mere aisa kayi baar hua
(I searched for you everywhere, I became crazy for you
But still could not find you, this happened every time)
"Jiji, did you find who was that man who held fashion show there?" Khushi asked Payal, as there was no other way she could find out about that mysterious prince that had captured her heart that night! She was happy that he was also searching for her but she couldn't ask her parents to trace his men who had come looking for her...
"Nahi Khushi. That night, whoever participated were all foreign companies. yes, there was one Indian startup company who also hosted the event but it's owner is ASR and that's a woman called Anjali Singh Raizada." Payal told her and then admonished her to stop asking for that guy again as their parents would not like it if they came to know.
June' 2010
Prem paheli aisi ulajhi, zor lagaaya par naa sulajhi
(its a complicated love puzzle, could not solve it even after many efforts)
By next year, Arnav had already become established in his business, as AR was now well known in fashion world. However, the thoughts of that mysterious lady, his pearl-girl, never left his mind. Even when he had stopped looking for her using that necklace trace, he had still not stopped looking for other clues.
And one major clue was she lived in Lucknow, or at least came to Lucknow.
So with a lot of hope, Arnav came back to Sheesh mahal that year and started taking evening strolls around the area, seeking for his 'pearl-girl'!
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Pyaar pe koyi jor nahi hai, Dil mein koi aur nahi hai
Tere liye dil bejaar hua, Yaar mere aisa kayi baar hua
(There is no control over love, there is no one else in my heart
I became restless for you, it happened so many times)
Khushi had become very friendly with Payal's husband Abhishek, her jiju who treated her more like a younger sister. He was the only one with whom she could share everything that went in her head! He understood her, guided her but never judged her.
So that evening, standing in the balcony of her house, when she told her jiju, about her little secret from a year ago, at first he scolded her. But later agreed to help her look for her mystery prince, if she promised to never lie to her family again. Khushi got very happy when her jiju agreed to help her and hugged him like she would always do! Abhishek too engulfed her in a bear hug.
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Arnav was passing by a house, 'her house', when he saw her silhouette in a balcony of a house, from a distance and immediately identified her. HIS PEARL-GIRL! Finally he found her! But the scene in front of him shocked him. She was in an embrace with a young man. Who could it be? her brother? or-? Can he barge in and ask her? Will she even identify him? And what will he say, 'listen, I have fallen in love with you and have been looking for you for a year'? Wouldn't that be a perfect recipe to visit police station as after his little confession, she will surely hand him to police as a stalker?
But then he saw a ray of hope! He could ask the neighbors about who that person was. As he moved to ask, he overheard them speaking amongst themselves indicating to his pearl-girl and the man with her,
"Abhishek babu jamai hain uss ghar ke but bilkul unke bete jaise hain (Abhishek is their son-in-law of that house but is like their son)." their neighbor's comment fell on Arnav's ears and he was shocked to realize she was married to that guy!
And that was when Khushi noticed him. For a second, she could not believe if this was her imagination or was her prince really here. But when she noticed he was moving away, she ran to stop him.
By the time she reached near the street where she had seen him, he was no where to be seen!
6th June' 2011
Khushi was finally home after finishing her college degree, albeit as a topper! And today, her family had arranged a huge celebration in her honor, as her babuji was very proud of her success. She was the first college graduate of their family and a topper of her class!
But Khushi's attention was on something else. It had been 2 years she first met him, 1 year since she thought she saw him but she did not even know who he was? And there was no way for her to find out and probably ever meet him! Thankfully her babuji had agreed to give her a couple years before they would start groom hunting for her but she was still worried...she had lost her heart already, to that man who had been a part of her dreams from 2 years...how can she ever marry someone else?
"Hey Devi Maiyya, help me!" she prayed to her favorite goddess as she descended the stairs to enter the party hall in her house.
And as if on cue, she saw him, enter through the main door of their house!
Was she dreaming? This has to be a dream!!! How can he come here, to her house?
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Anjali was invited to a party in Gupta house by her college friend Abhishek and she dragged Arnav with her. A hesitant Arnav immediately went on alert when he noticed the house this party was going on in. It was his pearl-girl's house.
And as he was about to turn away and make an excuse to leave, he spotted 'her'!
Uparwaale ki hai maaya, Usane humko khub milaaya
(It's God's miracle that we are meeting again)
Khushi's face immediately lightened up as she saw him, a beautiful smile appeared on her lips making her look even more pretty and that sight made Arnav freeze in his steps. She had casted a spell, once again.
Bhule bhatake aaj mile hai, Dekho kitne phul khile hai
(two lost people are finally meeting, so many flowers are blooming in joy)
"Hey Anjali, finally you came! Let me introduce you to today's guest of honor, my cute little sister-in-law, Khushi." Abhishek quickly introduced Anjali and Khushi while Arnav received another shock! So, Khushi was not Abhishek's wife but his wife's sister! How stupid of him to assume things a year back...
"Congratulations Khushi! College topper huh? By the way, meet my Chote, i mean my younger brother, Arnav." Anjali introduced them and both eager souls automatically reached to hold hands-er-shake hands!
As soon as their hands touched, they both felt that same connection which their hearts had made 2 years ago!
Jaane do jo abb tak yaar hua, Milate hi abb ikraar hua
(Let it go whatever happened till now, we confessed on meeting again)
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"By the way I have something which belongs to you." Arnav said as they had found a quiet corner to talk.
"huh? What is it?"
"This." and he took out the pearl necklace from his suit pocket. She smiled beautifully while looking at it and then turned to show him her back, and moved her hair aside.
"Finally, I found you, my pearl-girl." he whispered in her ears, as he clasped the necklace around her neck...
Chalate hai dono waha, Mat pooncho abb tum kaha
(Let's go there now, don't ask me where)
I'm so proud of my girl Imlie, btw aryan also told jyoti in another scene that if Imlie's so sure that nothing happened and since he knows Imlie's gut feeling is never wrong, he won't worry either 👏
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