ARHI FF: That one fateful night pt 11 pg 92 updated 23/03 - Page 30

wow, looks like Khushi remembers what happened and he doesn't.

Chapter 7

Khushi had gone back down and headed straight for her amma and just stood there with her.

Arnav had followed not long after and watched as Khushi just should with her mother and his. He wanted to head that way but his father called him over making him groan in frustration.

Anjali had come out of the washroom to find the room empty wandering where Khushi was. She left her room and went downstairs to find her brother still checking his friend out. Anjali went straight up to Khushi. "Hey Khushi why didn't you wait for me?" Anjali asked. Khushi looked at her friend then saw Arnav behind her looking her way before looking back at Anjali. Anjali turned to look at where Khushi had just looked to see her brother and Anjali knew that Arnav must have followed them. Anjali turned back to look at Khushi. "Don't worry about him. He can't do anything here not with dad watching his every move" Anjali whispered. Khushi just faked a smile at her but she couldn't say a word. Anjali saw Khushi withdraw again like she had seen a while back making her wonder what was going on. Khushi had never really spoken properly nor was her cheerful self since the night of the party where they both were separated and Anjali had never managed to get the truth out of Khushi.

Khushi on the other hand wasn't paying attention to anything anyone was saying her mind going back to that night and making her more nervous and afraid of being where she was even though she knew she had to stay it being her sister's roka ceremony.

Arnav had tried to get to speak to Khushi after that but he couldn't as Anjali wouldn't leave her side nor would Khushi look towards him.

The Gupta's left around an hour later once the other entire guest's had gone.

Arnav was pretty pissed at not getting the opportunity to talk to Khushi. He couldn't believe any girl would ignore him. He was used to girls falling all over him or if he went after someone and they were not interested which happened very rarely they would tell him to his face but here was this girl completely ignoring him which he really didn't like one bit.

He looked at Anjali and walked up to her. "Hey Anjali, what is it with your friend and ignoring me? I'm not that bad a guy" smirking and cocking his eyebrow at his sister. Anjali turned to look at him with both her hands on her hips. "Really bro, not a bad guy hey, should I remind you of the number of girls I know you have been nice to?" Anjali replied dripping with sarcasm. Arnav's eyes opened wide at his sister's remark before he smirked. "Come on Anjali at least let her get to know me" Arnav smiled trying to convince his sister. "No way bro. Like I said Khushi believes in commitment not a one night stand" Anjali retorted before heading off to help her mum clean up.

Arnav looked at his sister's retreating back feeling very miffed before he headed off to his room.

Arnav got to his room closed the doors behind him and began pacing, thinking what he wanted to do next when an idea stuck him and he just smirked but to execute his plan he needed to wait until it was later in the night.

Around midnight when everyone was asleep Arnav sneaked out of the house. He knew where gupta house was so he got into one of the cars and drove there.

Once he was close enough he left his car out of sight so none the neighbours could see it. He got out of the car, walked over to the house and started walking around it to see if there was any way to get in to the house. He found a pipe, leading up towards the balcony which he started climbing silently thanking his brother who taught him how to climb trees to such a great height. He smirked at the memory because it was the only time he could really remember Akash getting a telling off by both his parents.

"Akash come down here at once and bring Arnav with you" Amit shouted looking up at both his sons with his eyes showing anger and rage. Akash and Arnav both climbed down from the tree and headed towards their dad with their heads bowed down and their hands behind their backs. "Look at me when I am talking to you both" Amit spoke still angry at the boys. "Akash I thought you were the sensible one out of the you two? Being the eldest you should be setting an example not showing Arnav how to climb a tree. Do you realise both of you could have fallen and broken something?" Amit bellowed scaring both Akash and Arnav due to his tone. "Now get inside both of you are to stay in the house until I say so" Amit shouted pointing towards the house.

Once inside Aparna grabbed both of her boy's ears and twisted them making both the boys scream 'mum' but Aparna didn't heed. They got a right telling off by their mum while Anjali looked on covering her mouth to stop herself from giggling so much at her brother's misfortune.

Arnav sighed as he reached the balcony and climbed over to find he wasn't on a balcony but the second level of the house but the one thing he didn't know was where Khushi's room was. He moved along the balcony while trying to see where Khushi's room was. He ended up trying to open every door, some them opening but not finding anyone but others being locked suggesting they were bedrooms. He was now stuck on what to do, so he walked down the stairs which led towards the outside courtyard where he had been a couple of days ago. He went to the front door and unlocked it quietly trying not to make any noise. He headed back to his car, opened the boot to see if there was anything there to help where for some reason he had forgotten he had left the fireworks he had purchased for Akash's wedding in the car. He took some in his hands, found the matches, closed the boot and walked back.

Arnav walked back into the house, he carefully locked the door, walked back up the stairs, walked towards the edge of where he had climbed, lit the fireworks and threw them outside the house before running into the one of the empty rooms.

As the noise of the fireworks began it woke everyone up and around the gupta household including their neighbours. Everyone came out of their rooms to see what the noise was. Shashi went downstairs to see where the noise was coming from closely followed by Garima but buaji, Payal and Khushi were all out of their rooms and stood near the edge and also saw the commotion going on outside where most of the neighbours had come outside also.

Arnav the whole time had been inside the empty room slowly opened the door to see where Khushi was and saw both Payal and Khushi outside but he couldn't distinguished who was whom but as he opened the door a little more he saw buaji making him close the door. Oh crap he thought now what? He opened the door again and slowly came out trying not to make any noise as he didn't need the attention. He moved quietly along the back as everyone else still had their eyes on the road outside. He slowly moved towards his right and kept an eye on the tree women in front so he could duck if need be to avoid any of them seeing him. He eventually reached one of the rooms which had opened and went in and hid himself hoping amongst hope that he was indeed in Khushi's room.

He was about to find out when he heard the door close and lock. Arnav happened to be hiding under the bed. He saw someone come in, sit on the bed, switch of her lamp and went to sleep.

After a while he heard nothing except someone breathing so he came out from his hiding place slowly and got up, looked around only to find himself in Payal's room.

Oh shit bhabhi he thought. He wanted to run but he was rooted to the spot. Slowly he moved away but as he was heading towards the door which he managed to open quietly Payal heard something and saw a shadow making her scream waking up the whole household but Arnav managed to escape to the empty room again.

Everyone woke up again at hearing Payal scream and ran into her room.

Arnav knew he was in trouble. He looked around the room to see if there was any way to escape but couldn't find one so he knew he had to hide but where. He again walked back towards the door only to hear someone's footsteps heading his way. He quickly managed to open the door and hide behind the door. The door opened and Shashi walked in. He looked around but didn't find anyone so he closed the door and moved onto the next room. Arnav still couldn't believe the situation he was in. He quietly went over to the window, opened it and looked out to find another pipe which he used to climb back down but he was not going to give up. He went back to the other side where he climbed up before and went up again but this time he had to very careful. He managed to move towards the balcony, checked to see no one watching as all the lights were still open, climbed over and carefully went into another room which he first checked that it was not the parents or buaji's. He looked around to find a room full of stars, salman khan's poster and a lot of pink around the place. So he knew he was probably and more than likely in Khushi's room.

Arnav hid himself under the bed again and waited.

Khushi was still with a scared and crying Payal trying to console her sister while hugging her. "Jiji please don't cry. Whoever it was has gone. Please jiji" as Khushi carried on rubbing Payal's back but Payal was still upset. So Khushi thought of calling Akash. "Jiji I am calling jiju" she announced making Payal stop sobbing and back off from the hug. Payal looked at Khushi while Khushi had a mischievous glint in her eye. "Jiji I am sure jiju will want to come after hearing what has happened to you plus just to see you would be an added bonus from him" Khushi said while cocking her eyebrows before receiving a slap on her shoulder from Payal. "Oww jiji what was that for. I am just telling you the truth" Khushi giggled while Payal's frown was slowly becoming a smile as a blush crept up her cheeks just by thinking about Akash.

Shashi came back after a while into the room where all the women were to say whoever it was had gone because he didn't find anyone.

"Jiji you want to sleep with you tonight?" Khushi asked. "No Khushi its ok I am fine. You go get some sleep" Payal cupped her cheek while smiling at her little sister.

Everyone then left Payal in her room but as Khushi was leaving she saw Payal pick up her phone and she knew that Payal would be calling Akash. Khushi walked out with a smile on her face feeling happy for her sister.

She walked into her room, locked the door, walked over to her bed, pulled the covers over her, switches the lamp off and went to sleep.

Arnav had been watching someone get into bed but stayed very still waiting for the right time before moving. He waited for about half an hour before coming out from underneath the bed. He got up, turned around and saw Khushi. The moonlight was shining into her room, directly onto her face making her angelic face look more beautiful and Arnav couldn't help but stand and stare. He had known many girls ever since he had had his first kiss at a very young age but he was feeling an unknown pull towards this girl for the first time in his entire life. He moved from the edge of the bed towards her. He sat carefully next to her making sure he didn't wake Khushi up. He couldn't move his eyes away from her face. A lock of her hair was on her face tickling her in her sleep making her nose twitch. Arnav looked at her with a smirk trying not to chuckle but she looked so cute doing that. He moved his hand towards her face moving the lock away from her face making sure she didn't wake up only to receive a sweet smile from luscious pink lips which meant she must have dreaming about something nice. He was in her room and looking at her beautiful, sweet, angelic face was bringing all his desires to a forefront. He wanted her then and there he knew that for sure but not here but her lips which were now pouting were calling to him. He bent forward as to kiss her senseless, her scent engulfing him and his desires becoming stronger but as she moved her face to the other side he came back to his senses. This was her home and what he wanted from her would not bode well with his family or hers. Arnav took his phone out of his pocket and took a photo of Khushi capturing her face in the moonlight before he moved out of her room and went home.

Once got out of her home, he got to his car and went back to sheesh mahal. He also had to sneak back in as he wasn't really supposed to be out but as he got into his room he found Akash there waiting for him.

"Where did you just come from?" Akash questioned sternly. Arnav jumped as he heard his brother from behind him making him turn and look at him. "Since when did you become dad?" Arnav chuckled. "Don't talk to me like that. I know you very well. You were at Payal's weren't you?" Akash pointed out as Arnav looked at him wide eyed being caught. "Look Arnav I did happen to notice you taking particular interest in Khushi and I for one am warning you keep your ideas to yourself when it comes to her" Akash warned. "What is it with people in this family? First Anjali warns me and now you" Arnav commented as he took his shirt off. Akash looked at his brother in surprise as he heard that Anjali had already warned him. "Well I am glad Anjali had said that but Arnav stay away from Khushi. She is not the one night stand girls. She is a strong believer in marriage and you aren't. So stop whatever you are planning" Akash said with authority in his voice. Arnav wasn't listening anymore god Akash is sounding more like dad everyday he thought while getting another shirt from the closet.

Akash walked up to Arnav and put his hand on his shoulder making Arnav turn his face and look at him. "Look Arnav Payal means a lot to me and Khushi means a lot to her so I am asking stop what you have planned" Akash said. Arnav just looked at his brother before carrying on with what he was doing. Akash left him to it but Akash knew his brother too well and he knew he will not stop until he got what he wanted.

Arnav changed into his night clothes, headed towards his bed but he couldn't sleep so he reached out for his phone which he had placed on his bedside table when he had got in, clicked it open and looked at Khushi's photo. He kissed her photo before putting the phone back and falling asleep.

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