Falling In Love Again |ArSh| #2 Part 23 Pg1 10/2

Part 23

2 weeks later

Shilpa was in Armaan's room as usual at night while reading a novel with her reading glasses on. She had made a routine to go to his room every night with her novel and fall asleep while reading it. That way she missed him tiny bit less. And today she was waiting for the clock to struck 12 so he can call her and wish her. He usually calls early but he hadn't called today at all, in fact he hadn't called from past 2 days. She thought he might call at 12 for her birthday and so she waited for his call.

"Shilpa get outside…NOW!" Muskaan screamed from the living room.

"Coming" Shilpa replied rolling her eyes. She quickly checked the time and it was exactly 12. She grabbed her phone just in case if Armaan calls and went to the living room.

There stood Rahul and Muskaan. Rahul had cake in his hand and was grinning.

"Happy Birthdayyy cousinnn" He placed the cake on the mini table in front of him and went forward to hug Shilpa.

"Happy Birthday!!!" Muskaan pushed away Rahul and hugged Shilpa.

"Leave her Muski, let's cut the cake" Rahul said pulling back Muskaan by her elbow.

"Omg my favorite cake…cookies and cream" Shilpa grinned "Thank you Rahul for remembering my choice" she added still staring at the cake.

"Sorry but I had forgotten that you liked cookies and cream" Rahul said biting his lower lip.

"Muski? I never told you about this na?" Shilpa said giving her a confusing look.

"Nope you never did…" Muskaan smiled.

"You guys just picked it randomly right…thank you so much though" Shilpa beamed.

"Wasn't random…Armaan got it" Muskaan said and looked towards the balcony where Armaan stood smiling at her, leaning against the balcony door.

"Armaan" Shilpa's mouth hung open seeing him. She wanted to run and hug him but she stopped herself as she was mad at him for not calling her form past 2 days. She stared at him for a few seconds and ran back to her room; yes she went to her room and not Armaan's, even though all her stuff was in his room.

"Ise kya hua?" Rahul raised an eyebrow looking at Armaan.

"Naraaz hai…I'll be back with her. Give me 5 mins" He winked at them and went to Shilpa's room.

Shilpa was on the bed, laying on her stomach and playing with her little teddy bear.

"Happy Birthday Shona" He said, sitting beside her and caressing her hair "Am sorry" he whispered.

Shilpa closed her eyes, enjoying his caresses. She loved it when he caressed her hair and called her Shona.

"You can't be mad at me today…come on get up" He held her arm and made her sit. She opened her eyes and looked at him intently.

"You didn't tell me you were coming" She spoke after a moment.

"It's called surprising" Armaan replied rolling his eyes.

"You were supposed to come next week though" She said.

"I'll leave if you don't want me here" Saying that Armaan got up, but she held his hand and got up from the bed.

"I've been waiting for you stupid, why would I want you to leave?" She said throwing her arms around his neck, embracing him tightly.

"I missed you" He whispered and kissed her hair.

"I missed you too" She mumbled.

"Come let's cut the cake…Rahul and Muskaan are waiting" Armaan said parting the hug.

They went back in the living and to cut the cake. Shilpa was beyond happy with Armaan's surprise. Armaan was glad to be back as well, as he missed her like hell. None of them had ever thought that it would be that horrible to live without each other, but one thing they realized was that the love between them got stronger even when they were miles apart.

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Armaan was pacing around in his cabin anxiously thinking how will he do this and he really wished that this time his plan works.

"Armaan your making me dizzy" Muskaan said closing her eyes "Sit and think…that's better" she added.

"I am NERVOUS. You've been through this, can you help?" He said finally sitting next to her on the couch.

"I would if you tell me what you exactly wanna do" Muskaan said irritatingly.

"I wanna make this day special for her" he replied with a slight blush.

"You always say that…it's like you want to make each and every day special for her. Which is good…but I mean for her birthday…can you give me all the details on how are you planning on making this day special. If you keep saying that you want to make it special then I won't be able to help"

"Ok ok sorry, now listen carefully…" He tells her his plan and all the while he was telling Muskaan was grinning like an idiot.

"Dude! You are so romantic…" Muskaan said dreamily.

"Don't worry I gave some lessons on romance to Rahul as well" Armaan winked making Muskaan blush.

"Ok am gonna get back to work…I'll text you ok. Good luck" She gave him a quick hug before going back to her cabin.

Being in love changes everything, you keep finding ways to make each other feel special. That's what Armaan was trying to do with Shilpa. He wants to make her birthday her best birthday ever. And for that he needs to do millions of things in the next few hours. Shilpa on the other hand was busy with her work after talking to her parents for like an hour. She so want to spend this day with Armaan. Only him and her. But that didn't seem possible with all the work they had. She even told Armaan that she doesn't want to have a birthday party due to their busy work schedules and Armaan agreed as he didn't want to argue with her on this topic, no arguments today he thought. Shilpa told him that she wants to spend the evening with him and he agreed for that as well, but will his plan work? Armaan is busy planning a surprise party for her and will have to do all the arrangements, how will he take out time to spend time with her.

"Shona am leavening for a meeting and will come home late" Armaan said leaning against her cabin door frame.

"Noway! You can't be leavening today Armaan. We had plans remember?" Shilpa pouted walking up to him.

"Yes but its urgent" He leaned forward, giving her a kiss on her cheek.

"It would've been better if you hadn't come back today at all" She folded her arms around her chest and looked away. Armaan noticed her teary eyes and felt bad for doing this to her. But he was doing it for her only.

"Am sorry" He tired pulling her into a hug but she pushed him away.

"Leave me alone. Go to your damn meeting" She yelled.

"Ok listen I've got a plan…I'll be back for an hour ok, at 6 so be ready. And no more tears" He wiped away her tears and pulled her closer by her waist "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry" He whispered against her lips.

"No am sorry, I shouldn't be asking you to stay with me all the time" She sighed.

"If I could, I would spend every second of my life with you" Saying that he captured her lips with his. This was their first kiss after he had returned from London. The gentle kiss turned into a passionate and intense kiss. They relished each and every moment of the kiss until the kiss left them breathless. Shilpa, who had her eyes closed, opened her eyes slowly looking straight into his eyes. His eyes made her realize how much he loves her. Words weren't even needed. They stared at each other for minutes, loving the warmness of each other's arms. If they could, they would stay in that position forever.

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"You look beautiful in your naturally curly hair, don't straighten them" Rahul said caressing Muskaan's hair adoringly.

"I will, for the party…" She grinned playing with the buttons of his shirt.

"I said don't" He said placing his hands on his hips.

"I will Rahul" Muskaan replied narrowing her eyes.

"Ok fine, don't get mad if I just compliment your clothes and not hair" Rahul smiled as Muskaan made a face "Just kidding, you look beautiful with straight hair too" he winked.

"Done with romance? Can we get some work done now?" Armaan said putting his arms around both of them.

"Uh sure…see you guys around" Muskaan ran away biting her tongue.

"You were lying about the straight hair na…be honest" Armaan said raising his eyebrows.

"No, I wasn't. I really do love her in both the styles" Rahul blushed and looked down.

"Good or else she would've murdered you tonight" Armaan laughed patting his back "Ok it's almost six am heading out. You sure you'll be able to handle it all?" he asked.

"Yeah don't worry about it. And take two hours if needed…don't worry about the arrangements" Rahul grinned.

"Thanks dude…" Armaan give him a brotherly hug before leaving.

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Since Shilpa was still at work, she didn't get time to get dressed and had to go out wearing the regular clothes.

"Armaan…mera gift kahan hai?" Shilpa asked as they walked arm in arm in the parking lot.

"What if I say I forgot to buy you a gift?" He asked just to tease her.

"What?? I am so not talking to you" Shilpa said narrowing her eyes after unlinking her arm from his.

"I was just kidding Shona…It's in the car" He smiled pulling her back.

"What is it?" She asked grinning, just like a kid.

"Have patience…you will see it" Armaan said and unlocked the car.

Shilpa searched for the gift as soon as they got into the car.

"Where is it?" She asked looking around impatiently.

Armaan smiled at her and grabbed the bag from the back seat.

"Here you go…hope you like it" He said handing her the bag.

She took out a nicely packed gift box from the bag and carefully opened it. Her smile turned in to a grin see the very beautiful navy blue sari with silver borders and matching beads work on it.

Armaan stared at her, admiring her smile while she checked out the sari.

"Omg this is sooo pretty" She said finally looking up at him "Thank you so much Armaan" She closed the box and put it back in the bag.

"I want you to wear this for me tonight" Armaan said flashing his dimples.

"Tonight? Why?" She asked curiously.

"Awein, I can't wait to see you in this sari" He shrugged his shoulders trying to sound normal.

"Hmm okay I will…thank you once again" She leaned forward and gave him a kiss on his cheeks.

"Stop saying thank you…" He said finally pulling the car out of the parking lot.

"Acha where are we going?" She asked.

"Tumhe kahan jana hai?" He asked concentrating on the road.

"Umm I wanna go shopping but am too tired for that so let's go to some relaxing place" She replied excitedly.

"Wanna go eat? Are you hungry at all?" he asked.

"Yes actually I am, let's go eat"

They went to the restaurant. Armaan ordered a small strawberry cake for her with a candle on it just to make the dinner more special.

"Are we going to eat dessert first?" Shilpa laughed.

"Yes why not?" Armaan replied feeding her a large piece of cake.

"Can we order some wine?" Shilpa giggled with the cake still in her mouth.

"Are you 21?" Armaan asked teasingly.

"Shut up Armaan…can you order some?" Shilpa said pointing a fork at him.

"Uh actually it's too early to drink wine…wait till night na. I'll take you the club if you want" Armaan replied, he doesn't want her to get drunk before the actual party. That would just ruin the entire night. Actually he wants to see her drunk coz she is cute and funny when she is drunk but not at the moment. It can wait till night.

"Are you hiding something?" She asked raising her eyebrows.

"Nope not at all" Armaan replied quickly "So club tonight ok?"

"Alright…we can invite Rahul and Muskaan to the club as well" She suggested and he simply nodded "So how's everyone doing in London? Are things better?" She asked placing her hand on his.

"Yup much better" Armaan smiled taking her hand and kissing it "It's all because of you" he added.

"As I had told you before…it was your choice not mine"

Even though it had just been a day since Armaan was back, Shilpa had noticed a change in him. There was a new spark in his eyes and he seemed happier. She had never thought that he will come back for her birthday, but when he did, it made her realize how much he loves her and how much she loved him. Armaan had given her many surprises. And now it was her turn to surprise him. She knows he was hiding something and she was sure that Muskaan probably knows about it. So she made a note in her head to ask Muskaan as soon as Armaan leaves. But she hadn't seen Muskaan all day so she decided to plan something by herself.

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