Abhi's gut dropped hearing this , as he instantly shared their worry , though in a much higher proportion. He felt himself getting sweaty and for the first time in his life panic gripped him .What if Nikki was in some danger and what if ''.what if he lost her ' Suddenly the full impact of what he felt for her hit him and left him shocked and shaken. .
Some commotion shook him out of his trance and he realised that Nikki had arrived in an auto and her friends were crowded around her asking her well being . Relief washed through him and he almost ran to her but stopped himself on time as he couldn't even hug her openly. Their relationship was still a secret ...
He could do nothing but stand afar and watch her intently .After some time Nikki looked up and their eyes met and she reassured him with her eyes and a small smile that all was well with her and she was perfectly fine. But he still needed to see her alone and experience the relief of holding her close to him and ridding himself of all his fears and worries . As they walked back into the house Armaan hung around her . But Ridhima had not missed any of the emotions on Abhi's face since the time he had arrived and heard of Nikki missing ,she understood what he was going trhough as he walked inside both lost and confused , Nikki was faring no better , forcefully smiling at Armaan whereas she clearly wanted to be somewhere else.
Stopping Abhimanyu from walking any further by calling out his name , she immediately went to the heart of the matter and reassured him that she would set him up to meet Nikki alone by the poolside in half an hour.
Abhi was restless, behaving like a school boy but he couldn't help himself ,as he brushed his hair for the 5th time , checked himself out in the mirror and straightened his blue shirt. And then fisting his hands to get over his anxiety walked over to the pool , eagerly waiting for her to arrive.
As minutes passed , his restlessness only increased."Nikki , where are you ?" , he repeated to himself , anxiously and then after a gruelling wait of almost 10 minutes , he saw her walk in , dressed in a strappy white salwar kameez , her hair flying with the breeze. His heart almost stopped breathing as he took in her appearance . God ! She looked stunning ...
She saw the look in his eyes and her eyes dropped down shyly . She fidgeted with her dupatta and stopped abruptly , as she saw him walk towards her and cover the distance between them .
"Nikki" , he said stopping just a few steps away from her and pushing a few lose strands behind her ear . She absently leaned into his touch , enjoying the warmth of his fingers.
"Nikki" , he said again , this time urgently and she looked up at him .
"I was so worried Nikki when you did not show up . The mere thought that something could happen to you and I might lose you forever almost killed me Nikki . I love you Nikki . I love you more than you'd ever have imagined." , he said as Nikki's eyes widened , first with surprise and then with happiness .
She took a step forward in his direction , but the next instant , he pulled her into his arms and hugged her ,as if worried that he would lose her . Nikki hugged him back , her arms desperately pressed against his back.
"I love you Abhi" , she said against his chest as Abhi closed his eyes and held her even more protectively , cherishing this togetherness , cherishing how his first true love made him feel.
After the party , Abhi dropped her to her house . He got outside the car and walked her to her door , he didn't want to let her out of his sight '.Nikki was unable to leave him and get inside her house. Unable to stop herself, she invited him in . Abhi tried hard to decline the invitation , tried hard to get away from her . But , he realized all his efforts were futile , as he agreed and got in.
They smiled at each other , completely filled up with awareness for each other . She had never looked this beautiful before '..Abhi stepped towards her and gently caressed her cheek , as her eyes closed and she sighed. She was so beautiful...
"Nikki" , he called out her name slowly and she looked up at him , a very different expression in her eyes , an expression he instantly recognized as desire.
He bent down and kissed her on her eyes , followed by her cheeks and then finally took her lips in a passionate kiss .He couldn't stop himself from drowning in her beauty as he softly kissed her on her shoulder and then lowered the silver strap of her dress and continued to kiss her . His hand went into her hair and the other moved to her back to unzip her dress .He lowered the dress and kissed her all over . Soon she was free of her dress and his lips moved all over her body .Rest of their clothes too joined the floor soon after.
Nikki had closed her eyes as she was not left with enough strength to handle all this, her senses were not in her control . Abhi called out her name and she opened her eyes only to see love , passion , lust and wantoness in his eyes . She couldn't deny him anything now and silently gave him consent . With her permission , they let their desire reach its conclusion . Now for the first time in her life she was not alone , he was with her too and the feeling was precious . They lay spent on her carpet with his arms around her .
As her strength returned she got up and picked up her clothes and left the room to dress up . When she came back Abhi was buttoning up his shirt .. He looked embarrassed and unsure.
Men! Nikki began thing to herself. They were always like this , did things in the heat of the moment and then felt scared of the consequences, they never realised that a girl would not give herself up in the heat .. what had happened had happened out of her consent.
But Abhi still kept looking around apprehensively . "Abhi I am going upstairs to sleep . You can sleep in the downstairs bedroom if you like . ", she said , trying to keep her voice as normal as possible.
" NO " , he almost screamed. " I need to leave " , he added urgently.
But observing her calm face , some of his confidence returned and he gradually relaxed.
"Nikki I'll pick you up tomorrow morning , later we will go to the marriage together.." he said tentatively . Nikki gave him a soft smile and a nod , there was no shyness or embarrassment on her face .This gave him more confidence as he turned to leave and then stopped and turned around abrubtly. In no time Nikki crashed into him and hugged him fiercely . He hugged her back hard ,letting her feel secure about her love.
Next day he came to her house in the morning and led her to the car , some of his shyness had returned . Nikki just smiled at his silliness. In the evening both came to her house to dress up for the wedding . Nikki gave him the downstairs guest room to get dressed and herself went to her room upstairs .He was in her house and with all that closeness and comfort , they almost felt like a couple. After Abhi finished dressing up , he decided to check on her and came upstairs . Nikki was done dressing too , in her beautiful magenta Sari and was just applying her bindi .She turned on sensing his presence and smiled at him.
"How do I look?" , she asked shyly .
He sighed .She looked delectable and if he had his way , he would not let her leave this room tonight ' He walked up to her and cupped her face in his hands , gently kissing her on her forehead ..
"Lets go abhi ," . Nikki said and broke the moment as they walked to their car hand in hand.
During the wedding , Abhi kept talking to dr shashank and padma . Arman was irritated at his presence and Abhi felt a little lonely but feeling underconfident was not his style. Only Nikki was so far from him that it made him miss her.
After the wedding everyone moved to the lawn ,a buffet was laid out in the open . Nikki walked past her friends sitting at the table and walked up to Abhi , smiling happily.
"Abhi food?" , she asked him sweetly. Abhi was happy and surprised that she had come to him inspite of being busy with her friends . "Sure" , he nodded smiling
"Abhi lati hoon " , she said and turned to leave .
"No Nikki lets get it together . " , he said , holding her wrist and stopping her ,his smile still persistent.
They sat eating their food at the table even as Armaan looked at them ,completely irked .
"What is Nikki doing with that Modi?"
"Relax Armaan they have been working together for so long. And Dr Modi is not a bad guy . Just let them be ." , Riddhima said gently and turned his face so that he looked at her smiling face . Armaan nodded half heartedly and smiled at her , even as he continued to steal some glances at them , wondering what exactly was going on between them.
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