He watched her as she went up on the stage. Her beautiful hair which was left open covering most of her back and her graceful red churidar clinging onto her body outlining her delicate and petite figure making her look ravishing. She could feel his eyes upon him but didn't want to look at him. She knew she would become captive of his eyes and she didn't want to do that in front of so many people. So tried to keep her breathing even and walked straight onto the stage with even once looking at him. As she reached the middle of the stage muskaan smiled at her and pointed the mike towards her. She smiled back at her. She dazzling smile which made his heart beat at a double rate and this time he was the one trying to keep his breathing even. She took the mike from muskaan gladly and rahul and muskaan walked downstage. She finally raised her eyes and looked at the crowd of her besties sitting in front of her looking at her with curious and adoring eyes. After a few seconds she finally said that "as you guys know that I am armaan are engaged and this is an engagement party for u people so can join us and share our happiness with us. Last night as I was sitting across my bedroom window and gazing at the ring on my finger I could help but the cherish all the moments that destiny had allowed me to spend with one man who taught me the meaning of LOVE." she finally looked at him and found him starring back and her and got lost in his eyes. the crowd waited for sometime but when there was no sign of anyone of them of coming out of the trance they started hooting and both of them looked away blushing. Shilpa continued when the crowd calmed down "so as I was saying…last night while cherishing those moments I wrote something ….i want to sing it for u people and specially for one person I love the most in the world…okay so I have a very bad voice kindly don't throw your shoes at me…" she looked once again at him who was know even more curious and said "so this is how it goes"
"She closed her eyes and started singing the song….
She said I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, like pretty lights
And our dadies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love
And our mama's smiled and rolled their eyes
And said "oh my my my"
She had a melodious voice and up till now only armaan had the opportunity to hear it. she always thought that she sang bad and used to encourage her and today she was singing for him. He fell in love all over again. He got lost into a train which lead him to the station of old memories.
Shilpa was seven and armaan was nine. Both of them were standing in front of their dadies with their hands crossed upon their chests and looking in the opposite direction with a scowl on their faces. There dadies looked at them and smiled saying what happened now….
Shilpa :dad he broke my truck….
Armaan: yeah….only because she slammed it on my head…..
Dadies: armaan shilpa say sorry to each other.
They looked at each other with hatred and said in a grave tone "SORRY" while their dads laughed out loud and said while laughing " I am telling u. they are gonna fall in love when they grow old" their mothers saw that sitting on the front porch rolled their eyes at their husbands, smiled at each other and continued drinking tea.
Shilpa continued singing still with her eyes closed as the same memory played in her mind and smiled a little remembering his shocked face when she slammed that truck on his head. Armaan saw her smiling a little and smiled himself as he knew what she was thinking
Take me back to the house in the backyard trees
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
Take me back when our world was one block wide
I dared u to kiss me and ran when you tried
Just two kids, you and I
Oh my my my
Armaan smiled a big smile remembering that incident…..
After they had said sorry to each other they barged into the backyard and armaan dragged her under a big tree. There he threatened to beat her up if she ever made his dad scold him. She became literally frightened and her eyes filled with unshed tears. He saw that and felt bad for scolding her and then started laughing saying "she is such a coward" shilpa became angry and said with her hands upon her hips "oh if u are so brave then why don't you kiss me" his eyes popped out upon hearing that and replied "ewww…." Shilpa smirked and replied "what happened Mr. Bravey….." he looked at her angrily closed his eyes and brought his face near her cheek but she shrieked and ran away while he stood there laughing.
Armaan remembered her running into the house and couldn't help but think how would she reach when they would actually kiss….shilpa finally opened her eyes and looked at him and then looked away blushing thinking the same thing. While armaaan whispered to him "oye hoye"
I was sixteen when suddenly I wasn't that little girl u used to see
But your eyes still shinned, like pretty lights
And our dadies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we would really fall in love
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said oh my my my
He heard her say those words and his mind rolled back to the time
when he saw shilpa after two years. She was sixteen and was wearing shorts and a tank top. She had long legs and was the first time they were exposed to him. He saw her coming towards her and actually noticed for the first time how beautiful she was. He lingered his gaze upon her for sometimes and noticed her delicate body and face feature and actually thought she was indeed beautiful. then he looked away when she glared at him for starring her shamelessly….and he himself didn't knew what happened to him.
He shook his head at that memory as he had to pay a big prize for starring her like that. She kept teasing him for that he was checking her out for days. Shilpa flashed an evil grin towards him as she remembered the same thing and he chuckled.
Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
Two am riding in your truck and all I need
Is u next to me
Armaan still felt his heart beat at a double rate at the memory when they went to their first date. It was a complete blissful experience and both of them came really closed to each other that night. Holding each other's hand while driving back home.
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
Slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnite
You stayed outside….till the morning light
Oh my my my
Both shilpa and armaan looked at each other and got lost in world of different emotions as that night played itself in their minds
Armaan "shilpa I was not the one who kissed her…..she kissed me and I didn't even kissed her back"
Shilpa "get lost armaan…I don't wanna hear anything" she shouted at him as the tears ran down her cheeks and slammed the door upon his face. She couldn't sleep that night as his words kept ringing in her mind. She didn't saw the whole scenario herself. Should she trust him? She had asked herself this question a million times and her mind and heart both gave different answers and she didn't want to believe either of them. she went upstairs to get some fresh air as soon as the sun came out and saw him standing under the same tree. His eyes swollen from crying all night and still had tears in them when he looked at her. she looked back at him and got the answer of all her questions and the next thing she knew she was running downstairs into his arms.
Armaan and shilpa still kept starring at each other as she continued the song silently reminding each other from their eyes how much they loved each other.
A few years have gone and come around
And wewere sitting at our fav. Spot in town
When u looked at me, got down at one knee
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said "I do" and I did too
Both shilpa and armaan looked at the ring now meaning that they were bonded together for seven lifetimes and remembered what happened a few days back.
Shilpa and armaan were sitting near a small water fall. They loved that spot and always went there whenever they would visit their hometown. Shilpa was lost in her own memories when armaan suddenly bent down in front of and asked with a ring in his hand "will u marry me shilpa?" shilpa looked at him with nothing else but pure love in her eyes and nodded her head in agreement before hugging. But both of them were unaware of the fact that their mothers had seen the whole scene.
Armaan and shilpa were standing in front of their father. When billy asked armaan "do u love her?" and he replied "yes I do" and then sashank also did the same and shilpa also replied the same. Both of them were scared of their reaction but they hugged each other saying "mun meetha karo bhai" armaan and shilpa became shocked and looked at each other with big smiles playing upon their faces. Their mothers came from behind with a tray of sweet meats and two boxes containing two rings and armaan and shilpa got engaged the exact same day.
Take me back to the home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
After all this time you and i
I'll we 87 and you'll be 89
I still look at u like the stars that shine in the sky
Oh my my my
After they got engaged armaan and shilpa went back to the house where they met first time and armaan painted a beautiful picture of their married life in frnt of her and then teased her saying they will have atleast 8 kids and they will them on the evry front porch where their parents rocked them.
Shilpa finished the sing and every clapped. Armaan also rose from his seat and went towards her on the stage. She saw him coming towards her and her heart skipped a few beats. He walked upto the stage and they shared an eye lock. Everyone hooted and clapped even more while he grabbed her hands tightly and said "I love you" and she replied "I love you too" then he looked down in her eyes telling her once again how much he loved her with her eyes and she replied back in the same manner and neither of them no longer cared about the crown watching them.
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