New Beginnings - chapter 13- page 16 (Epilgue) - Page 8

B amazing update. Finally Yash realizes or I should say Arpita gets him to realize that he loves Arti. Poor girl can't even take up the offer of an internship as she has lost all self confidence and doesn't know what she is capable of. Hopefully he will somehow get Arti to do the internship for her sake. Anxiously waiting to find what happens next. Please hurry.

Chapter 9

He popped in more than from time to time. He was quite a lot actually and now with the girl's 5^th birthday coming up they had decided they wanted a fairy party and this time they wanted their pappa and their mamma at the party. Up till now they always celebrated two birthdays at their two houses. But as he was visiting them at Mamma's house, they wanted to have both their parents at the party together. They also wanted to have their aunt, uncles and grandparents as well their cousins. Aarti at first tried to talk them out of it but she got no support from their father so it turned out that the party was planned at her house with both of them there.

He helped her plan the party, with the girls input much to their amusement. She made the most perfect fairy costumes. And the girls insisted that she wear a fairy queen outfit and he have a fairy king outfit. She was surprised that he would agree to this. She also made costumes for Vendant and Vedhika.

Finally the day of the party came and everything came together beautifully. He was there early to help with the preparations. She had just finished dressing her pretty fairies and they ran out to show their pappa how they looked. He was also dressed in his finest fairy king outfit as per his daughters instructions. Of course they thought he was the best looking fairy king in all of fairy land. Aarti stood watching this spectacle. Her lips twitching as she was trying to control her laughter at the sight of him. The minute the girls left he said.
"It's fine Aarti. Go ahead. I can see you find this very amusing."

She didn't need a second invitation. Her animated laughter rang throughout the house. And he stood there and calmly waited for her to finish.

"Are you done now?"

"Yes, she said still giggling."

"You see the lengths I am willing to go through to keep your daughters happy, Mrs Scindiya?"

His reference to her sobered her immediately.

He realised what he had said and he knew he needed to diffuse the situation quickly.

"Anyway, now that you have had your fun, you have to make me a promise."

"What?" she asked.

"You have to promise not to laugh at me anymore and especially not in front of the guests."

She realised what he was doing and played along.

"I don't know if I can keep such a promise but I promise to try."

"Not good enough. You have to promise"

"Ok, I promise. But now I will also have to get dressed." and she left to go to her room.

He looked after her as she walked off. He had a smile on his face. He was happy. He had never heard her laugh with so much abandon and he didn't mind being the brunt of the joke. If he could see her like this all the time, he would be happy to be a fool. He looked forward to the day even more now.

The guests started arriving and the party started in full force. She didn't manage to keep her promise. When his brother arrived and saw him in the costume they nearly fell over themselves with laughter and she couldn't contain herself again. He gave her a warning glare and she ran inside.

Even Arpita was there and she brought a friend.

"Aarti, this is my friend Priya. She really wanted to meet you."

"Me? Why?"

"Aarti" Priya spoke "I am from Prestige Couture. "Arpita sent us your designs but she told us that you declined our offer of internship"

"Yes, that's correct" said Aarti.

"I am here to beg you to reconsider. You see, we receive many designs at our firm but what we have seen from you is the best we have seen in a long time. We can really benefit from having a designer of your calibre on our team."

"But I am not qualified"

"Your talent more than makes up for that. Here is my card. I really do hope that you reconsider."

She took the card.

"I will think about it." she said.

It was happy day for them and when all the guest had gone, the Scindiya's stayed behind and they were having coffee and a nice chat. The kids were opening presents. Finally when it came time for all to leave, Vendant and Vedhika asked to stay with Aarti for the night. She was happy as it was a treat for the girls to have a sleepover with their cousins at their Mamma's house.

Aarti was washing the coffee cups when he came into the kitchen.

"Finally I got those crazy monkeys to sleep." he said.

"You offered."

"That I did" he chuckled."

"Yash, did you arrange for Priya to come here?"

"No, Aarti. She has been hounding Arpita ever since we sent the designs to their office. I promise, I didn't even know Arpita was bringing her. Please believe me."

She looked at him and nodded. He continued,

"Thank you for letting me and my family be part of this day Aarti"

"No, thank you Yash. You made this day so special for the girls. And I see that you have grown attached to your costume, you're still wearing it." she smiled.

"I am happy to be the fairy king if you are my queen." Again he spoke without thinking."

"Yash..." she said but he carried on hurriedly.

"Anyway I have to go now. I will see you in the morning. I will pick you and the kids up to meet up with the family at the beach. Good night Aarti."

He was gone before she could say anything else.

She stood there for a while. She was totally confused. He seemed so different these days, He was genuinely helping her with the girls. He made no demands on her, he hasn't been the angry Yash that she knows. They were getting along well these day. She felt a tinge of jealousy when she saw him with Arpita today but it was soon clear that they are friends and nothing more. She didn't know what to make of this new situation. And today she felt part of their family. They had included her and even invited her with them to the beach the next day. But she knew his parents would not be there just like they weren't here today. But it still felt nice, almost as if she belonged. She felt happy today. Happier than she had in a long time. Before that, her happiest time with him was the day at the apartment when he bought the groceries and she cooked for him. Those moments were happy moments till they parted ways. She fell asleep thinking of that night and the following morning. And she dreamt of him that night.

He couldn't wait for the next day. He was up early and went to her house before breakfast. He knocked on the door and when she eventually opened she was flushed and couldn't look him in the eyes. He couldn't understand.

"I'm sorry I was still sleeping"

"It's fine. I will go and wake the kids."

"I will start with the breakfast" she was so thankful that he couldn't read her mind and that he didn't know what she was dreaming about and who. She could still feel the effects of it.

"Aarti are you ok?" he asked.

"Fine. Come for breakfast when the kids are done"

She fled to the kitchen and away from his prying eyes.

They had a lovely day at the beach and when he dropped them the evening she asked him

"Yashji, please can you take the girls to school tomorrow?"

"Of course, but why?"

"I meeting with Priya and her boss to discuss the internship"

"Good, I'm glad. Good night, Aarti. See you tomorrow morning" he smiled.

Nanny was finally back and it was his weekend with the girls. He never thought that he would have a problem with his girls being with him. But now he couldn't see her and he missed her. The girls were asleep on either side of him in his bed, but he couldn't sleep. He got them out of his arms gently and got up. He told Nanny that he was going out for the evening and he left. He didn't know what he was going to say to her when he got there but he wanted to be with her.

She had been out to dinner with Prashant but the atmosphere had been very strained so they came home early and now they were having a full on argument.

"Aarti, I don't believe this. How can you allow that man to suck you in again?"

"That's not what's happening. He was helping me with the kids while Nany was away."

"Really? Do you really believe that?"

"He is different Prashant. He is good with the girls. He is even allowing me to work."

"Can you hear yourself Aarti? He is ALLOWING you to work. You are divorced. He doesn't have any rights on you. He can't dictate whether you can work or not."

"You're right. I will rephrase it. He is not allowing me to work. He is encouraging it, he has even arranged it. He has changed Prashant. Before he would never have done that."

"Do you remember how much he hurt you Aarti? How you lost everything because of him. How broken you were. How you had no confidence in yourself till very recently. People like him don't change. He will break your heart again. Your love for him is blinding you once again."

"I can't help it Prashant. I didn't choose to love him. And I have tried to stop but I can't. Please just be my friend and try to understand."

"No Aarti, No. I can't stand by and watch this. And I am not picking up the pieces. Good bye."

He walked out the door and left her crying.

Yash got out of his car as Prashant came out the door. As usual they stopped and stared at each other.

"It seems you have won again, Scindiya." and he walked past Yash.

He was confused and went inside and found her crying.

"Aarti what has Dubey done. I swear I will kill him" he said about to follow after Prashant.

"Yash, wait. Prashant has done nothing. We had an argument."

"About what."

"What else could we argue about other than you?"

"Why were you arguing about me?"

"Because he thinks that I am setting myself up for heartache and disillusionment again. He thinks it is just a matter of time before you change back to the old Yash. Maybe he is right. I don't know what to think anymore. I am so confused."

"Aarti..."

"And why are you here Yash. The girls are at your house. Why are you here?"

"I missed you." he said simply.

"What?"

"I missed you. I haven't only been coming here for the girls Aarti. I wanted to be with you too."

"Why?"

"I love you Aarti"

She stared at him in stunned amazement.

"Did you hear me, I love you, sweetheart"

Finally she said, "How can I believe you? After everything that has happened, how can I believe you?"

"Trust me Aarti, I have fought against my feelings for you for years and now I have finally realised that I lost my heart to you the first day we met. But because I was so afraid of my own feelings and afraid to get hurt that I hurt you instead. I love you Aarti. More than anything. I realise that you might never be able to forgive me, but please don't ask me to leave you. I won't expect anything from you. I only want to be around you and the girls, like it's been for the last couple of weeks."

"This is too much. I can't do this." She walked out of the room to her bedroom. He followed her.

"Aarti, I'm afraid to even utter this but Dubey's words are giving me a little hope."

"What did Prashant say?"

"He said I won again. Does that mean what I think it does? Dare I hope that you still have feelings for me Aarti?"

She looked at him.

"I still love you, Yash. But I don't know what that means for us. All I know is that I am not ready to be with you. I don't trust you. I am still waiting for you to break out in a fit of rage, to accuse of something that I am not guilty of. I can't put myself through that again."

He heard her and he understood but he was encouraged. This was the beginning. He had a chance. She loved him.

He came behind her and hugged her. She didn't resist.

"I won't ask anything that you are not ready to give. I just want to spend time with you. I want to have chance to prove my love."

"And what if I can't move on from here."

"I will still be here. Always. I always want all my girls in my life. I love you."

He gave her a peck on the cheek.

"Good night my queen" and he left with a happy heart.

That was so beautiful i hope everything works out for them it will take time trust don't grow overnight especially when you have been hurt like Aarti was by Yash but like Yash i have hope.

Wow for the first time palak & payal got their birthday party together with their parents

B another amazing update. I am happy to see that Yash is really trying very hard and being genuine about winning his Arti back. I can understand Arti not able to trust him. Also glad that she is going to meet Priya for the internship. I love this Arpita who is not being selfish at all and doing all she can do to unite ArYa. I just hope that despite everything that Arti will continue to allow Yash to spend time with her and try to give him another chance to him. Not sure what to make of Prashant, and about how genuine he is about his feelings for Arti, he has grey shades. She should stop seeing him as I think he is only messing with her mind and confusing her more. Impatiently waiting for the next part.

A happy update B. Yash has so far managed to demonstrate he has changed by his actions. Finally he admitted to Aarti that he loves her. The fact that Aarti has always loved him too will help him regain her trust. I also notice that they are communicating better and Yash is more patient. Awesome. Waiting to see how Mr. Schindya will show Mrs. Schindya he loves her.

Ooh my god B that was awesome. I hope things will work out for them and hope aarti will let yash prove himself to her. Plz continue soon.

superb! amazing! I loved, loved, loved it! ❤️ Mr Thick-skulled is coming around! Aarti's confused by this change which is understandable! the little darlings are unwittingly playing cupid! I most loved the last part! his showing up more than let's her know he wants her back! I still don't trust that he had nothing to do with Priya showing up though 😆
waiting for the next soonest of soon B!

super one B👏 finally our tubelight started showing that it works too 😆...

B missed your updates/stories today. Hope you will post your writings soon otherwise the day seems very dull. Update soon.