10 Years~A wait worthwhile chap 5 Updated! pg11

Kulu, December 25^th, 2002.

'Jaa rahe ho tum'...asked a bubbly 12 year old girl warmly wrapped in her scarlet scarf, stood at the foot of the friendship peak.

'Jana padh raha hai, varna tujhe chod ke mein kahan jaata?' replied a 14 year old, smartly dressed boy. A sweet smile playing on his lips but at the same time his eyes wore a gloomy look.

'Jhoot bol rahe ho tum, humesha jhoot bolte ho. Tum chaho toh ruk sakte ho, kehdo Harish uncle se tum yahi Kulu main rehkar apni studies poori karoge.' She said facing him now, eyes pleading.

'Stupid, Dad ko apna business UK mai establish karne ka awesome chance mila hai. Woh yeh chance kaise chod sakte hai, mere bina kaise jayenge?' He replied in a lighter tone to cheer her up.

'Haan, par tum mere bina reh sakte ho na?' she asked him in an annoyed tone, eyes welling up.

Before he could reply his a little boy ran to him and said while trying to catch a breath '

'Bhaiya Avantika aunty is looking for you. Hurry up or else she'll eat you.'

'Arjun, look your Didi is angry with me. I don't know how to convince her, & I don't even have the time to do so. Or your aunty will eat me up' he chuckled.

He got down on his knees and pulled Arjun towards him and said '

'Arjun, would you promise me something today? I'll get you as many chocolates you want but make sure...that not a single tear flows out of her eyes.'

He said, staring intensely at her. A sweet smile started playing on her lips. She started saying something but was cut off by Arjun '

'I promise Bhaiya, but don't forget the chocolates okay!' Arjun said amusingly.

'Promise!' he replied.

He went towards her and held her chin up with his index finger, he playfully struck her nose and said '

'Merry Christmas hippo!'

Her eyes widened in shock and her jaws dropped, she ran after him to hit.

'Youuu...'

They ran for a while when Arjun reminded them of Avantika aunty.

They all walked down the snow covered path to reach the Gupta villa which was connected by the Kumar villa. Harish was loading the baggage into the car trunk while Avantika was bidding everyone goodbye.

Avantika & Harish hugging everyone, when Avantika saw her hiding in a corner...she went to her & in a single sec reasoned out the sadness in her eyes.

'Awww, my dear please don't cry. Look beta, we don't have any choice we have to go to UK. But I promise one thing once he completes his studies & uncle's business is set we will be right back.' Avantika said reassuring her.

The little girl flung her arms around Avantika and said '

'I love you...'

'Aww, I love you too dear.' Avantika replied.

It was time for them to go; they all got into the car and started. The whole Gupta family stood there waving them goodbyes, he looked out of the window and found her waving out to him from the balcony...with a smile on her lips & hope in her eyes! He quickly pulled out a camcorder from his backpack and stuck out his head again to capture this moment. He kept on recording till her scene blurred out of his vision.

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12^th December, 2012. Kulu.

'Pankhuriii...What the heck are you doing here? Don't you know we've got a flight to catch?' Neha remarked sarcastically.

'Ohoo Neha just chill, you go and get the baggage ready. I'll see you in a moment, okay? Now go...' Pankhuri replied pushing Neha away.

'Ah, you & your Friendship peak.' Neha muttered while her way down the foot of the peak.

Pankhuri stood at the foot of the snow-covered friendship peak, staring at the sky. Her eyes were gleaming with happiness, her face glowed with excitement. This had become a 'tradition' now, as she had been repeating this activity every now and then, before she had anything special to do she would first go to the friendship peak and spoke to thin air. If only someone knew that she was speaking to her best friend staring at the skies above. She thought that all those things she spoke would be conveyed to her friend by her Ramji.

'OMG, I can't believe it...I'm going to Mumbai. Finally! And the most awesome thing is Neha is getting married! My sweet little stupid Neha...Aww, my dear...I'm gonna miss her soo much!' she said pouting looking at the bluish Kulu sky.

'OMG', she looked at her watch and her eyes popped open in shock. 'I'm late...Oh Ramji help me. Maa is gonna bash me!' she said rushing down the snowy path to reach the Gupta Villa driveway. 2 SUVs were getting loaded with luggage by the servants while her Dadaji and Papa stood there discussing something, she walked towards them when she saw her Chachi, Maa & Neha coming out of the house muttering something. They had annoyed expressions as if scolding Neha, & that poor girl just stood listening to the ladies while keeping her head bent. She wondered what the matter was; she walked towards them and interrupted the ongoing conversation.

'Maa, what's the matter? Why are you both scolding the poor bride-to-be?' she said hugging Neha side-wise.

'PANKHURI!! Where the hell were you? Have you seen the time? We are already late & you are yet to be done with your packing. Oh Pankhuri what am I gonna do with you! You don't have any sense of responsibility.' Maa said with mixed expressions of anger, irritation and annoyance on her face.

'Uh Oh! Looks like we've entered the forbidden territory.' Pankhuri whispered in Neha's ear.

'What did you say?' Maa asked.

'Haan? Ah, no nothing...I was actually saying Maa that my packing is almost done, it's only my handbag that is to be packed. Just give me 2 mins and I'll be done with it.' Pankhuri replied trying to pacify her Maa.

'Uski koi zaroorat nahi hai, if you go now to pack we'll reach Mumbai in Neha's Baby shower!' Maa said sarcastically.

Neha blushed & excused herself while Pankhuri chuckled, much to Maa's annoyance.

'Here is your handbag, AND this time take good care of it unlike last time when you forgot it in a caf while our way back from Ujjain.' Maa said handing her the bag.

Punkhuri just rolled her eyes in amusement and followed the ladies to the SUVs. They reached the airport on time and got on to the flight.

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