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Chapter 9

Dhruv walked behind Ishika. While later, he broke the silence and asked, "Are you alright?"

She stopped, looked at him, and then continued walking. A second later, she replied, "Yea. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing' You just look a bit disturbed to me." he replied.

To lighten up the mood, she replied, "Oh so you're an expert on reading faces too?"

Both of them laughed and they had reached Dhruv's car by then. The conversation was forgotten as Dhruv held the door open for her. Gratified, she sat in the car and Dhruv rounded to the other side and both drove away.

In the middle of the drive, Dhruv started the conversation, "You know, I never thought I would see you again after that night."

"Neither did I. But see, here we are!"

"Yup, here we are. Together again, and this time, seems like it'll be for a long time!"

Ishika replied with doubt, "Oh I hope!" Dhruv gave a confused look at that unexpected reply but continued looking ahead. She continued, "Well whatever. I'm just glad to meet Antara again. It's been a really long time."

Dhruv adored their friendship. "I noticed. You both seem really close. You know, both of you seem so different then each other. It's hard to believe that you both are best friends."

"Then you don't know her at all. Me ' you wouldn't as we've just met. But her, there's a lot she keeps to herself. I just happen to be the only person to see it," she replied freely.

"Maybe. I happen to be her best friend as well. But the thing that you both share, it's different for sure."

"Maybe that's because we know each other longer and have seen some tough things together." She blurted out without realizing that he might question the sentence. Much to her praying of him not catching that, he did ask.

"Tough things? Like?"

She bit her tongue and replied, "Nothing that needs to be told."

He gave her a questioning look and she did her best to assure him. "It's nothing important. Really. It was long ago and doesn't even matter anymore."

"Does it matter to you?" he asked looking deep into her eyes. She lowered her eyes half a minute later and Dhruv got his answer. It does still matter. He replied, "Then it matters to me too."

He didn't understand why he said such a deep thing but something inside of him urged him to say it. And somewhere, it felt the right thing to say as well. Again, it felt like she meant a lot to him when he didn't even know her at all! It was as if their hearts just connected. It was the same for her.

The thing he said captured her breath and soul till they reached her house. She didn't say a word and kept looking ahead. Looked everywhere but at him. While, somewhere inside of her, she was happy to find another caring person, it was a bit awkward for her. She avoided looking into his eyes.

Getting out of the car, she thanked him for dropping her and he simply replied back with a soft, "Good night." She smiled back, mouthed the words instead of letting her voice out and just waved back after entering the gates of the house. He drove away and she entered the house.
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Closing the door behind her she removed her heels and holding them by the ankle straps she walked in further. Walking in, past the family room she saw her aunt sitting on the couch comfortably reading a gossip magazine. Ishika smiled, only her aunt could read magazine at that time of night.

Standing at the in-between of the family room and the living room, Ishika greeted, "Happy New Year aunt," with a cherry smile.

Kalika mumbled, "Great, how can a start to a new year be happy after seeing your face."

Ishika said, "Sorry, I didn't hear you."

Kalika said looking at her heels, "I asked, where have you been? Coming home this late at night."

Ishika replied, "Oh, I was at the University with Antara, remember I had told you before I left about the New Year's eve party held on campus."

Kalika just shook her head and told Ishika to go along and change, then go straight to bed. "I don't plan on dealing with any trouble. I would love to have a peaceful night."

Ishika shrugged her shoulders, not sure what her aunt meant. But, she knew better than to question her thought. Shrugging of her aunt's weirdness she made her way towards the stairs, just when she set her foot on the first step, the door bell rang.

Kalika called, "That must be Shekhar, will you get the door?"

Putting her heels near the stair's foot, Ishika retraced her steps. Opening the door she said, "Happy New Year Uncle."

Shekhar smiled back, "Happy New Year my sweet niece, how was her day?" Ishika closed the door behind him as he opened the hallway closet and hanged his scarf and jacket inside.

After removing his snow boots, he gave a warm hug to Ishika, "God, that's one New Year night. By morning the whole place will be sparkling white."

Both peeked out the long designer tinted glass lining the door frame. Ishika smiled, "Well, then I hope you took your morning off from your office. You know if you ask, I wouldn't mind helping you mow the snow out."

Shekhar patted her back, and both turned around to walk into the warmth of the house. Going in the living room, Shekhar sat on the platform of the fire place and Ishika went in the kitchen.

Five minutes later, she came out with two cups of hot cocoa in her hand. Giving one of the cups to Shekhar she sat down besides him.

Taking a sip, Shekhar said, "Ah I nearly forgot that you are all dressed up. Nice dress."

Ishika smiled, "Thanks, AT got it for me as a meet back present."

Shekhar said, "Well, what to say, Aantara has always got her own taste. I have no doubt one day; she will be a great fashion designer."

Ishika replied, "True that. She is already a great designer."

Shekhar smiled and took one more sip glad to feel the warmth. "So, you didn't tell me how your day was?" he asked.

Ishika told him all about the party and all the people she met. Glad to have someone to talk with and tell them how your day went. Shekhar was glad that Ishika had finally got comfortable enough and made new friends. At least it will not make her feel alone.

Kalika, who was getting tired of listening to Ishika's perfect day got up and made her way in the living room. "You are still downstairs? I thought I told you to get ready for bed and snooze in."

Both looked up at Kalika. Ishika got up and went in the kitchen to put her mug in sink.

"Don't leave that for me to clean up. You better wash it." Ishika heard Kalika telling her.

After washing and putting the mug away, making sure to not get her dress dirty she made her way towards the stairs. Picking up her heels she went upstairs to her room.

Downstairs Shekhar looked at Kalika, "What was that? She was not doing anything wrong. If you know I had asked her to sit here with me."

Kalika replied, "Well, you have to get up early tomorrow and take care of your business. I am not going to let the business suffer because of some girl coming in to leave with us. She lives in this luxury, is good enough for her pity life."

Shekhar got up fueling with anger, "Kalika! That's my daughter you are talking about!"

Kalika reminded him, "Niece, remember that. She is not yours, but your brother's daughter!"

"Whatever you think, she might be Arjun's daughter, but she is not less for me. You better accept that I treat and feel of her as my own and she is going to be living here from now on." Making himself clear Shekhar left from their.
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Coming out of the bathroom changed, Ishika picked up her guitar that was leaning by her study table and went and sat on the window sill. Absentmindedly, she strummed the strings of the guitar making a sweet sound. She continued trying different notes until a flowing music was composed. Suddenly, she remembered her first meeting with Dhruv at Christmas Eve. A smile formed on her face as she strummed another note out of the guitar.

On the other hand, Dhruv was driving back to his house thinking about Ishika as well. Everything about her amused him and he just couldn't stop the thoughts. He seemed really happy from his heart to have been able to meet Ishika. He started humming as the night wind blew across his face as he zoomed by.

Their close dance played again at the back of her head. She continued smiling and playing the guitar, composing all the random notes she had never practiced before. When she stopped, she couldn't understand how she did that. But just playing and thinking about Dhruv and everything that had changed for her since that night had taken her attention away from the logical things. Then her meeting Antara again. She had another person to share her thoughts and feelings with.

Looking back at the time, she decided to get some sleep before the sun would rise again. As it was, it was already late in night.
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Next Part: Chapter 10

Two weeks up and there goes the next update. hope you all like it.

P.S. This chapter was typed before Khushi went inactive and thus we both have equal share on this chapter.

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Good luck Moni. I know you'll doo just as great. I will read surely as I get time to 🤗

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Monal Thank you for continuing this..

This was a wonderful work..
Loved reading it..
The way Ishita felt and the caring words from Rohan are same..
Her Aunt is so mean..Ever on New year she is harsh gosh..
Her Uncle who treats her as her own daughter .Hope she feels sure with him..
the bond between Antra and ISh will always be cherished..
The tunes from the guitar and the memories of Dhruv must say this has to be really sweet.:)