ArHi FF: Here We Go Again (13/08) COMPLETE - Page 28

Hey Guys, thanks to everyone who liked and commented on the last chapter. Now before you read this part, I recommend you read: I will love you till the end of time and things that keep me away from you, in that order. Trust me, just go back and refresh your memory if you didn't do it already last time I asked you. As always, the green bits are meant to be Hindi. The bold bits are the past. Oh and you might want to do what the title says and make some popcorn. Enjoy :)

Chapter 26: Make Popcorn

Khushi looked over at the person who had grabbed Arnav's hand and stared at him for a moment in disbelief before she flung herself at him.

"Oh my God! I have missed you so much." She said. She then proceeded to kiss him.

Arnav stared with a broken heart as the love of his life passionately kissed another man. It only got worse as the other man was the man who he was collaborating with on the biggest project AR had ever done, Logan Lawson Sr.

Payal looked over at Akash and they both silently agreed that Krish and Nandani should go to bed now. Things were about to get messy and they were too young to understand it. They grabbed the twins and headed for their bedroom.

Mamiji and Mamaji had gone to bed early because of their old age. And thank God, otherwise there would be a constant stream of inappropriate comments added to the confusion.

Anjili, Viren, NK and Diane were all hanging around feeling awkward and not knowing what to do. Anjili knew she had to stay to support her brother and her husband stayed to support her. Whereas NK stayed to support Khushi and Diane stayed to support her husband.

As for the kids; Priti had ordered one of the servants to make popcorn. Max, Jake, Sanjay and Sachin had gone off to get some chairs so they could watch the show' in comfort. Tara and Aarav were the only people who were uncomfortable with this situation. They tried to leave but the rest of the kids made them stay to watch as the drama enfolded.

Khushi and Logan had finally broken the kiss.

"How are you here?" she asked trying to catch her breath.

"Karan told me. I would've come sooner but I needed to make sure that LJ could handle the business before I left. Also I couldn't find any flights later than this." He replied.

Arnav turned to stare at Amba accusingly. "You never told me that she was engaged!"

Amba shrugged. "Ok, A: I thought the constant warnings would be enough. B: it's none of your business. And C: you never asked." She then looked over at where the kids had sat down and chose to sit down with them. She saw no reason in being extra uncomfortable in this uncomfortable situation. Plus she knew that this was going to take a long time.

Even though Karan hated Arnav, he felt sorry for him. "Arnav, that's why I've been giving you countless amounts of warnings, I didn't want you or her to get hurt."

"Karan, you don't need to give him an explanation. Lets just grab our things and go." Said Khushi.

"Khushi the man loves you-"

"No he doesn't!" she yelled. "He only ever wanted to own me. He never really loved me and he said so himself."

"I never said that." Protested Arnav.

"Oh really? I have a dvd that says you did."

"What?"

"One day I was sitting at home minding my own business, when a letter comes addressed to me. I open it and find a dvd."

Khushi held the dvd in her hand. She couldn't understand why anyone would send her a dvd. She looked inside the envelope and she finds a note. The note said, Watch the dvd if you really want to know how Arnav feels about you." She's sceptical but she puts it in the dvd player tentatively.

The video starts, showing the Raizada house and its occupants. Naturally, Khushi is confused. She watched as the events unfolded.

"Get out." He said in an eerily calm voice.

(That sounded like her Arnav. Always telling people to get out.)

Garima froze. "Beta-"

(For some reason, he was addressing her mother.)

"I said, get out!" He turned towards Payal. "You too."

(And her sister.)

Payal was confused. "Arnavji?"

"You heard me. I don't want any of your filthy family in my house. You're all gold diggers and home wreckers. First your sister and now your mum. How do you expect me to trust you Payal?"

(Khushi gasped. She couldn't believe that Arnav had called her family filthy. Or the fact that he had called her and her mother gold diggers and home wreckers.)

"Arnavji, how can you say something like that about Khushi and my mother?"

"Because it's true! She seduced my dad and your sister seduced Shyam. I think this kind of thing runs in your family. It's disgusting! But what else can I expect from a low class family with desperate women. Get out of my house now!"

(Khushi was beyond hurt at this point. She clutched her chest and tears began to fall down her face.)

"Arnavji, that's not true and you know it. How can you say these things about Khushi, especially when you know all that she's been through? I thought you loved her."

"If I really loved her Payal, why haven't I gone to look for her and brought her back?"

It was true. It was all true. She didn't want to hear anymore. She turned off the dvd player, curled up into a ball and sobbed her heart out. From that day on, she promised herself that she would never go back to India and definitely never go back to Arnav Singh Raizada.

Arnav was speechless. "Khushi-"

But Khushi held her hand up to stop him from speaking. "What? Are you going to tell me that it wasn't you? That it was someone else? Are you going to tell me that you didn't mean it and that you said it because you were angry?" Arnav stared at the floor in shame. "I know you too well Arnav. Unlike you, Logan is very reliable, he never says anything that he doesn't mean and that's one of the many reasons why I love him."

Arnav looked stung when Khushi mentioned that she loved Logan. "Khushi please." He begged.

Khushi looked hurt. "I loved you so much Arnav. So much that I didn't want to leave you and when I did leave I wanted to come back straight away."

"Why didn't you come back?"

"I got pregnant, I'm sure Amba told you how. I didn't want to travel in my condition and I didn't know how you'd react. Plus I received that dvd, I even called Jiji to confirm that you did actually say all of that and it wasn't edited. I loved you but you didn't love me. So I moved on. I raised my daughter and I went on dates. I don't know if Amba told you but whenever someone proposed to me, I'd always say no because even though I wanted to believe I was over you but I wasn't. Slowly, Logan made me forget about you. Now I don't feel anything for you. Not love or hate. I had forgiven you for all that you ever did to me."

"Who sent that dvd?"

"I don't know and I don't care. Come on Amba, we're going." She bent down to pick up her bags.

Arnav was desperately grasping at straws. He did not want to let go of Khushi. "But you said that you didn't want to leave. Why did you leave?"

Khushi put her bags down and turned to look at the person who made her leave. "Because Anjili wanted me to."

Alright guys, my college is going to start again this week so it means that I'm going to be updating this story a lot less, once a week or once every two weeks. AHEA will be updated every day because it's a short story. I really need to concentrate this year because I didn't get the grades I wanted. I'm sorry but this is how it is. I will try and get another chapter of HWGA before my college starts but no promises.