CELEB LOVE #2 Finale pg 127 30/1/2014 - Page 60

KHUSHI

Time passes by very soon, doesn't it? Arnav and I had been in a relationship for more than nine months. He has always been the loving boyfriend, who never cheats on his girlfriend. I know he can never do that to me.

Our careers were going on very well and over the months, he had won many trophies and awards. He even led the Indian team to victory , a series in which Rahul, the actual captain was rested. Arnav bagged the people's choice award for the best sportsman. He was all excited when he went up stage to receive the award from Shah Rukh Khan, his favourite actor of all time.

I was there with Arnav, Rishabh and Anya. Arnav went up to SRK and raised his acting while the latter praised the former's batting. It was quite a treat to watch. Rishabh was very confused after the conversation in which he was also supposed to be a part-of.

Getting into a relationship with him had been wonderful. I had never been in a relationship before, but that never mattered. He made me comfortable and I made him. We totally understood and and in my terms completed each other. Our relationship had started in the reverse gear when I overheard his conversation with his best friend, in which he confessed his love for me. That never was a problem because everything that happened after that was magical.

I sometimes have a feeling that this is all a beautiful dream, that came out of my imagination and I would wake up once to find it all gone. This, if is a dream, I would never want it to end.

I remember every moment spent with him, be it good or bad.

"Khushi, attend your phone." Arnav's dad said to me.

"Yeah." I said picking up my phone.

I will tell you guys about him in a while, after attending the call, promise.

"Hey Khush" I heard Nivi speak.

"Hey, why aren't you here by now?" I asked her after I looked at my watch.

"Where is that brother of mine, whom you sent to pick us up?" She answered me with a question.

"Arnav hasn't reached?"

"No. If he had then I would not be asking you about him. He isn't even attending my call."

As she said that I noticed Arnav's phone which was abandoned on the sofa.

"I think I know the reason he isn't answering your calls."

"Don't tell me he is still there." She said over the phone, more like screamed.

"No no no Nivi that is not the case. He forgot to take his phone with him. Look around, he would be somewhere there."

"I think you are right, I feel him behind me." She said to me and then there was a small pause.

"Nivi? Are you still there?"

"Yeah Khush, he is here. I'll see you soon." She said and cut the call.

"It was Nivi. They've reached and will be here soon." I said and we both went back to our work.

So now, I will tell you about what happened that day when we went to meet Mr. Kapoor.

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"Arnav, did you tell your dad that we are visiting?" I asked him. I was at his place, waiting for him to get ready.

"yeah."

"And what did he tell?"

"I think he told me that he will wait for me at lunch."

"Me? You didn't tell him that you were bringing me along?"

"Nope. I want him to understand that we are together. He will know when we walk hand in hand."

I was nervous when Arnav rang the bell. A man, probably in his late twenties opened the door.

"Arnav Kapoor?" He asked soon after he opened the door.

"Where is my dad?" He asked.

"Priya..." The guy called out and a woman came out.

Wait, I know her. Isn't she Mr. Kapoor wife, Arnav's step mom who was around his age?

"Oh god, what a pleasant surprise? My ex-stepson is here?"

"Ex?" I questioned as soon as the words left her mouth.

"Who are you?" She pointed the question at me.

"That is none of your business. Where is your husband?" Arnav asked with anger evident in his tone.

"Here." She said pointing to the guy next to her and continued.

"If you are talking about my ex-husband, he, for your information, doesn't live here anymore."

"What?"

"We divorced. Old man wanted to leave all his properties to you and your sister. After all those arguments, he agreed to give me this house if I promised to file for a divorce case jointly with him. I

Agreed and here we are today." She finished with an evil smile on her face.

"Do you by any chance know where he lives now?" I asked trying to calm Arnav down by holding his hands.

"One minute" she said and went in. We waited outside patiently.

"Here." She handed over a piece of paper to me and continued.

"Of all people I never expected I would give it to you." She said looking at Arnav.

"Thanks." I muttered before Arnav pulled me back to his car.

"He should have bothered to tell me that he has changed his residence." Arnav said as we got in.

"Actually he had Arnav." I said checking out his phone.

"How?"

"He had texted you his address after you cut his call earlier."

The door to the house was open and I entered the place without knowing what I would get to see in there. Arnav was parking the car.

"Mr. Kapoor, listen to me. You need rest." I heard a woman speak.

"Oh come on doctor. My son is coming to meet me today and I want everything to go well between us. For that he should not see you here."

"But Mr. Kapoor..."

"No buts doctor, I am going to make everything right between us."

"Excuse me..." I interrupted the small talk that was going on.

"I think it is time for me to leave. Take care Mr. Kapoor." She said.

"Arnav should not know anything about what happened here." Mr. Kapoor said to me as the lady left.

"But.. I just cannot hide anything from him. It is tough."

"Whatever is to be said, i will tell him, very soon."

"Okay." I said not sure of what to call him.

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"Call me uncle. I know I have not been nice to you, but I promise to change."

"Sure." I said. I had heard him say he wanted to make things right between his son and himself. Being nice to his girlfriend must be the first step.

I too wanted everything to be right with Arnav and his dad, so I gave in.

"What was that all about?"

"You will know...soon" That was all he said.

"Who was that woman? New candidate to take my mother's place?" Arnav asked with venom in each word he spoke.

"No, she is a good friend."

"Or maybe something more." I mumbled making sure that only Mr. Kapoor heard me.

"Congratulations. You did very well in the previous series." He said to Arnav, completey avoiding my comment.

"Thanks. By the way since when did you start watching that' stupid game?'" Arnav said air quoting his last two words.

"Recently. I know why you took up that game. Shall we have lunch now? I did not expect you would bring her along. I prepared lunch only for two."

"Listen old man, I am here not to have lunch with you, but to make it clear to you that Khushi, here, is my girlfriend, the girl I love, the girl I intend t marry and the one who would occupy my heart till my last breath, I don't want you interfering in my private life and I don't want you judging her." Arnav said without even a single pause in between.

"I understood. Now lunch?"

"Don't you understand...?" Arnav began, but I somehow managed to stop him.

"Okay." I said and went to the table to help him. Arnav stood there watching me in horror.

As I set the plates, I saw Mr. Kapoor pull out a chair for me before he sat down. The next moment Arnav came and pulled out a chair for me, completely blocking me from occupying the chair his dad pulled out for me. I looked at Mr. Kapoor and the glint in his eyes told me that he was genuinely happy for us.

I sat down on the chair Arnav pulled out for me, he on the chair his dad pulled out for me.

I noticed that all the dishes in front of me were absolute favourites of Arnav. Did Mr. Kapoor prepare all these himself? I wondered.

"Yes Khushi. I prepared all of these." I heard him say.

"Did I say that out loud?" I asked him.

"No, I estimated it from your expression. I think Arnav here forgot to mention to you that I used to be a professional chef. Our first two meetings were at restaurants recently taken over. I am sure Arnav and Samar had no idea about that when they came in. Our last meeting was at my own restaurant."

"Oh, I never knew." I said.

"I assumed."

I saw Arnav look at me and his dad regularly, probably wondering what was going on, well I had the same question in my mind too.

"Shall we leave?" Arnav asked me soon after lunch.

"Stay for a while more, I need to talk to you." Mr. Kapoor said.

"About what? There is nothing for me to discuss with a man like you." Arnav said.

"Arnav, at least give him a chance to speak."

"Khushi, what has got into you? I made this trip because I wanted to warn him to stay away from you. Remember the day you were crying because his words hurt you." Arnav tried to argue.

"Arnav..." I tried to stop him.

"Let his say Khushi." Mr. Kapoor said.

"What is happening?" Arnav asked. He was confused, so was I.

"Okay, can I talk to you in private?" Mr. Kapoor asked Arnav.

"Whatever you have to tell me, speak in front of her." Arnav said.

"I was talking to Khushi, not you." The sentence left Arnav gaping while I nodded.

We went to the nearby room.

"First of all Khushi I am really sorry for behaving like that to you all these times."

"It is okay..un.."

"I know it would be difficult for you. Take your time...not that we have much left." His last few words were not clear.

"Pardon."

"Nothing."

"Would you tell me about the lady who left when I came in?" I mean she is your doctor?"

"Right."

"So you are suffering from?"

"Leukaemia."

" oh, that is bad."

"Very bad, second stage."

"When did you come to know?"

"A few months ago. I mean it was diagnosed in the first stage."

"And you aren't taking up any treatment?"

"Correct guess."

"Why?"

"I don't want to be a burden on anyone. It would be nice if I dies as early as possible."

"But..."

"Don't worry, I am getting what I deserved. I am trying to make amends before I leave."

"Are you going to tell him?"

"I want to, but I don't know how he would react. I am not as strong, even emotionally, as I used to be. I also want to tell Nivi, but not before her kid is born."

"Yeah. So tell him now?"

"Should I? I don't think that would be a wise choice."

"Believe me, this is the perfect time."

Arnav was at first reluctant to talk. I somehow convinced him to. After about fifteen minutes I saw him leave the room where I had been before.

"We are leaving."

"Why?"

"Come with me Khushi."

I saw Mr. Kapoor wave at us as we exited, or more like Arnav pulled me with him in a hurry to get out of there.

"So I see he told you?" I asked him while we were in the vehicle.

"What does he think of himself, apologizing to me after all these years of torture?"

"Only that?"

"What do you mean by only that? What more is there to say?"

"Are you sure he didn't say anything else?"

"What? Khushi, come to the point."

"Your dad... he is suffering from leukaemia."

"What?"

"Second stage. He got diagnosed in the first stage and didn't take up any treatment. He apparently doesn't want to be a burden on anyone. He wants to make amends before he leaves."

"He didn't tell me any of that."

"Or maybe you didn't stay enough to listen."

"Maybe."

We had by now reached his place.

"I am leaving now."

"Be ready for dinner by seven, I'll pick you up I have to go somewhere now." He said.

"Or maybe we can cancel the dinner tonight so that you can talk to your dad a while more."

"How did you know I was planning to go back?"

"I know everything about you." I said and he smiled.

"Love you." He said giving me a quick peck on the lips.

"Love you too." I said and we both stared our cars to go to our different destinations.

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I, even today, do not know what happened between the father and son that day. One thing I know today is that they are in very good terms. In fact, we are all in very good terms and I was glad about it.

Arnav came in with his nephew, brother in law and his lovely sister.

"Give him to me." I said taking the three-month-old Rick in my hands. It was the first time I was face to face with him.

"You got the second chance; I had him in my arms first." Arnav teased me.

The little guy was gorgeous, he was so delicate that I feared that I would hurt him.

"You wouldn't hurt him if you hold him properly and don't worry he doesn't bite. Liam said to me.

"Arnav bhai, you sure held him first, but with her he isn't crying."

"He cried?"

"Haven't I told you? He is a real cry-baby, just like his dad."

"I wasn't a cry-baby."

"Yeah, your mom told me about it."

Nivi took little Rick from my hands and handed him over to his grandfather.

The day Rick was born, Liam had called Arnav.

"Arnav, a new mother is born." Liam had said.

"A girl child?" Arnav questioned.

"Nah."

"Then?"

"A guy, as handsome as I used to be."

"Then why did you say a new mother is born?"

"That is because Nivi became a mother as soon as she gave birth to him."

"Yeah, I didn't think that deep."

"Yeah, don't try even, you can't. Tell your girl and she will understand in a second." Liam had apparently said that, and yes, he was right.

As soon as Arnav said that line to me I had asked Boy or Girl?' and he was like What the'.

"He is small for a three month old." I heard Mr. Kapoor say.

"I guess he is." Nivi said.

"So were you both, I remember having you in my arms."

They were having a good family time and so I chose to leave.

"I will see you all later tonight." I said as I picked up my things to leave.

"Wait Khushi, I will drop you home."

"No need Arnav, I have my car."

"Okay, then I will drop you to the door."

I knew he had a hidden agenda.

"You are not getting that kiss Arnav, so stop following me around."

"What Khushi? But why? What did I do wrong?"

"Nothing, a girl can have mood swings without reasons." I said and winked at him before getting inside my car.

"Bye. I will get what I wanted tonight."

"All the best, I said before driving off."

As I drove to my place, my thoughts drifted to the past few months.

Mr. Sharma had bugged me a lot for Rishabh's interview. Anya was too shy to appear in front of the cameras. Finally, I had to trick her into it.

Rishabh had extended his full support and played along.

I called her and told her that I had forgotten an important file at home and she needed to get that for me. Rishabh was busy at practice and she ever suspected. She came in with a file that was unwanted and got pulled in by Rishabh, with him, to the interview room. I knew that she would not need even a touch up before appearing in front of the camera, because she was always perfect with the looks.

Rishabh was able to control her, after the interview, before she could kill me. Everyone at the office had free entertainment that day.

When Arnav came to know about the incident, he laughed his butt off and said that Rishabh should have recorded that. I had said to him Maybe I can demonstrate it to you, you play me and I can be Anya.' Those made him stop laughing.

I reached home and parked my car at the extra space in Ria's driveway. There was no space left at mine.

"Finally, you are here." Sam said as he saw me.

"Yeah bro, I had to wait for Nivi to reach."

He was now okay with everything. He had finally moved on, not that he had someone in his life. He was on the lookout for the perfect girl.

"How are they?"

"Good, that little guy is gorgeous."

"I will get to meet him tonight."

"So will I." Said Anya coming down.

"Who gave you the permission to come downstairs Anya?" My mom asked in a stern voice and she was back upstairs within seconds.

Wait, before you guys start making up things I will tell you what exactly is going on.

Anya and Rishabh are finally getting married. I will tell you guys what happened on the day my parents came home later. All you need to know now is that they arrived for the wedding a week ago.

My house was beautifully decorated for the sangeet ceremony, the first in the lot and we were all excited about it.

It was for the wedding that Niveda had flown back to India with her husband and that little kid.

So before we go back to the present, remember I had something to tell you.

About the day my parents came back. Here it goes:

Arnav was bugging me the whole time to go for a movie with him. I was in the kitchen doing nothing.

"Arnav, are you serious? A movie? There will be a lot of people around and they will know about us."

"Are you ashamed of us?" Was his immediate response.

"Come on Arnav, you and I both know that is not the thing. I love to be with you, but I will have a tough time at the office if they know I am with you."

"Are you implying that you want us to be secretive even after we get married?"

"No Arnav, that is not it, give me some more time, please."

"You don't have any problem in going out on dinner with me, what is the problem with a movie?"

"Arnav, we always go to less populous places which are outside the city and when we are inside the city we have our friends accompanying us. People will not suspect while in groups. You know that too."

"Okay, do whatever you want. I don't care anymore." He said and went out of the kitchen.

Anya was at Rishabh's place as his mother wanted her there to try out some dresses.

Arnav and I have had our fair share of fights. These fights were necessary occasionally to add spice to our relationship. I knew he would come around in a while, as it was his fault. He wasn't thinking about the consequences.

So, as expected he came around, a little earlier.

"I am sorry." He said as he hugged me from the behind.

"So you understood?"

"Yeah, I wasn't thinking properly."

I heard the sound of a door opening.

"Did someone come in?" I asked him.

"Come on Khushi, think only of me for a while."

"Okay." I said and he kissed the side of my head.

"Can someone explain what is going on?" I heard my dad ask.

OMG, that was embarrassing. Arnav left my side in a nanosecond and before I knew, he was in front of my dad.

"Dad?"

"Yeah. We wanted to surprise you and see who is surprised now?" He said referring to them.

To say I was embarrassed would be the understatement of the millennium.

Well, leave it all. Let us now concentrate on Anya's sangeet ceremony.

I went upstairs and made sure that Anya was ready. Ria came in dressed in a parrot green saree that had stone works on it. Anya draped her saree in the traditional Gujarati style, the yellow pallu covered her chest while the red body of the saree complemented her fair skin.

I took out my silver and pink lehnga with pink blouse and orange dupatta.

I applied Kajal, mascara, a little eye shadow and did minimal make up before I went down with the girls.

Rishabh, his mom and Arnav's family were expected any minute from now and so I decided to wait for them with my mother. Ria stood beside Anya while Karan and Sam helped out my dad. It was nice of Sam to help us out while his best friend was the groom. Well we made him his brother, so he has his duties to perform right?

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Originally posted by: rkapoor1382

Thr was fantastic update
So nw its all happy family n everything
Going great
Hope u not ending the story

Originally posted by: arshi07

awesome!!!

loved it

Originally posted by: rkapoor1382

Thr was fantastic update
So nw its all happy family n everything
Going great
Hope u not ending the story

Originally posted by: summaiyasayed

awesome part

luvd it

Originally posted by: --MISHTEE--

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