"Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this true Chotte? I mean I'm not day dreaming, right?", Anjali asked with joy as she couldn't believed that her Chotte was ready to get married.
"Yeah Di. And I'm sorry for the way I behaved before", Arnav said, trying to be apologetic for the way he blasted out in anger towards his Di.
"Uffo Chotte, I will forgive you for every wrong doing you have done in this lifetime. This was the best apology ever", Anjali said in a teasing manner.
"Ha Chotte, Anjali's right. Thank you for making your Di, the happiest human being on earth", Nani said with a smile on her face.
"Well, well, it's time to party. I mean we have to get ready for both the marriages, right?", said Mami in a cheerful voice.
"Yeah, we will talk to the pandit tomorrow and fix a date for the engagement", Nani said.
After a long time the whole Raizada house was full of joy. They were so excited in planning the weddings of their two grandsons. Arnav and Akash were blessed by every adult in the family. Both of them thought that they must have been the luckiest people on earth to be blessed by such a wonderful family. And both of them would do anything to keep this family, happy forever.
After talking to the Pandit, the engagement was planned to be held after two weeks. But since there was no auspicious time near by, it was decided that the wedding would take place four months after the engagement.
There was only one week left for the engagement, and Anjali wanted to take her two Babhi's for shopping. Although Arnav and Akash were both busy, they knew one of them would have to accompany their Di, as she would feel hurt. So Arnav agreed to go for shopping. Anjali was overjoyed. She really didn't expect her Chotte to be so thoughtful. So Anjali had called the Gupta's and asked their daughters to join her in the shopping mall. They have agreed, as they were so happy to see things turning around in their favour. When Arnav and Anjali entered the mall, they saw that Lavanya had arrived early. When Lavanya saw Arnav, she was thrilled. But she didn't show it much as it would not help to carry out her plan. Lavanya was dressed in a short maroon dress, which as usual enhanced the gorgeous curves of her figure.
"Hi Di!!!!!!!!! I hope you wouldn't mind if I call you Di", Lavanya greeted Anjali hoping that she would be able to win her heart.
"Of course, why not?", said Anjali, while giving her a welcome hug. Arnav was surprised by Lavanya's behaviour, trying to be all cozy with his sister on their second meeting, but he kept his thoughts aside and felt someone was missing.
"Hey Arnav!!!!!!!!!", said Lavanya, trying to get Arnav's attention, as she knew whom his eyes were searching for.
"Hi Lavanya, where is Khushi?", Arnav asked curiously.
"Arre wah, My brother has already started to be the possessive boyfriend type? NIce", Anjali said teasingly.
Although Lavanya hated to join Anjali on this teasing venture, she had to.
"Yeah, seems like Khushi would be dead when she comes. Actually she had to meet Payal, so she said that she will come soon after meeting her", Lavanya said
"Di where is Akash?", Lavanya asked showing as if she was interested.
"Well, you future hubby was a little busy. So he said he will come next time", Anjali explained.
"Oh okay. Di why don't we start shopping. Because else you guys will get late. Khushi will join us when she comes", Lavanya said, as she knew by now Arnav's anger must have increased, due to the late arrival of Khushi. Lavanya felt thrilled as she was successful in her plan of impressing Anjali. When she got to know Khushi would get late, she thought of arriving early, so that she could impress both Anjali and Arnav.
"Yeah Di. She is right. Why don't you both start shopping. When Khushi arrives, we both will join you two", Arnav said. When Lavanya heard what Arnav said, she felt a little worried, but she made up her mind.
"Ok Chotte. Then you come with Khushi after she arrives", Anjali said.
Lavanya and Anjali waved a bye at Arnav and went towards the shops.
It had been 20 minutes and Khushi was no where to be seen. He couldn't imagine how she could be so late. Although his anger had risen a little bit within him, he didn't want to give the wrong impression to Khushi this time. Because every time he would let anger dominate him, it would result in a fight between them. So he tried to be patient. "Which idiot said patience is bliss", he thought to himself. It was nearly 30 minutes by now and he couldn't wait anymore. "Damn my patience", he said and dialed Khushi's number.
As soon as he dialed, he heard a soft voice answer, "Hello Arnav".
"Where the hell are you dammit? I have been waiting here for 30 minutes", Arnav barked to the phone.
"Look, I'm in front of you", answered Khushi in a cool tone, hoping that Arnav would cool down as well.
Arnav shifted his head up a little bit and his eyes stopped at the beauty in front of him. Was this the girl he was about to marry? True, he had seen her many times. But every time he saw her she looked beautiful in a different way. She was wearing a multi-green coloured halter neck dress(http://www.milaneze.com/illustr/goodphotos/mediumimages/50707.jpg) and her hair was left open and her shoulders were covered by her hair. She looked like a Greek goddess. As she came near him, he started to observe her carefully from top to bottom. Her eyes were hazel coloured and if you concentrated on them for few minutes, anyone would be hypnotized. Her cheeks glowed just like a living rose. Her small, curved lips were like rosebuds peeping out of snow. She had a small smile playing on her face. Her ears were adorned by a simple pair of green earrings(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4671877244977808&pid=15.1). As his eyes traveled down, he was amazed by her swan like neck and the fairness her neck was contrasted by the simple necklace and pendant(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4601697433026749&pid=15.1) that she had worn. He was lost in her beauty, until the snap of her fingers in front of his eyes, broke the trance.
"Where were you all lost?", Khushi asked in a cheerful mood.
"That's not your problem. Why were you late?", Arnav asked, in a rough tone.
"That's it? I thought you would jump at me as soon as I stood in front of you. Well, at least that's what I felt according to the way you barked at me on the phone. But now you are all lost. Well, Look I'm sorry...", she couldn't continue as he started to speak.
"I know you are sorry. Since you have already wasted 40 minutes of precious time, why don't we go and find my sister", he said.
"I'm sorry. Let's go", she said playing a smile on her face. Her smile was like the glowing sunshine. It could brighten up the day of anyone. He really liked her smile. He felt it was one of her best features. They walked towards the shops.
Khushi felt different today. All this time he had been her boss, nothing mutual. But today he was her fiance-to-be. She felt different. She felt there were a lot, she didn't know about him. And this silence wouldn't help her to uncover the things she wanted to know about his life. Khushi couldn't bear the silence anymore. So she started without any hesitation.
"You know, today I went to meet Payal. And guess what, she had got a proposal", Khushi said with excitement.
Arnav couldn't believe that she had started to blabber without any hesitation. She was totally different than the Khushi he had met in the office. She was all professional and reserved. But this Khushi was all joyful, lively, bubbly and chirpy. He felt there were a lot of things that he should know about her as well. So he thought of giving it a chance by continuing the conversation.
"Yeah Lavanya told that you went to meet Payal", he said normally.
"But you didn't know that she had got a proposal, right", Khushi questioned enthusiastically.
"Oh come on, how can I know about you friend's personal life? She is not my fiancee", Arnav said sarcastically.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Anyway do you at least know who the guy is?", Khushi said, hoping that he would answer.
Arnav couldn't believe this girl. Was she out of her mind? How can he know who Payal was being proposed to?
"Okay. Stop asking stupid questions. How can I know about the guy?", Arnav said firmly.
"Seriously, you didn't know that your personal assistant was going to propose to your fashion designer? What kind of a boss are you?", Khushi asked with surprise. By now they had stopped walking, and they were lost in their own world. They had forgotten why they were there. Both of them found this conversation more interesting, than shopping.
"Firstly, I don't pry into others personal lives and secondly I don't care about the others, except my family memebers", Arnav said trying to be serious.
"What the... Hey, I'm not prying okay. Unlike you, I'm friendly with the others. I got to know this because Payal told me", Khushi said with a little anger.
"Watch your tone Khushi. You know I don't like people talking to me like that. I'm your boss", said Arnav roughly.
"You should have thought about that before you agreed to marry me. Did you forget that your not my boss anymore. You are my fiance and I'm your fiancee, not the employee. So you can't just order around", Khushi said without thinking. But once she stopped, she realized what she had said. She felt a little shy and she looked down as she could feel that she was blushing.
Arnav was taken in by surprise by what Khushi said. He saw that she had spit out the words without thinking. And now she was blushing? She was really innocent. So he thought of lightening the air for her and said, "Are you kidding me? Aman proposed to Payal? I mean the guy who barely speaks in the office, had the strength to propose to a girl? Wow, you gave me the news of the day", Arnav said laughing.
Khushi looked up and saw Arnav laughing. This was the first time she saw him laughing and she was shocked. She was actually successful in making the most gloomy person in the world laugh. Her heart skipped a beat seeing him laugh. The smile reached his molten brown eyes and sparkled like the sea when first lighted up by the rays of the sun. She felt really good, and said, "I know, Aman barely speaks with me even. Even I was shocked when she told me this. But I'm glad for her, he is a nice guy.", she said smiling. They were really enjoying each others company and they forgot that they were supposed to meet their Di. Sudden ring on Arnav's phone reminded him that it must be his sister.
"Shit, must be Di", saying that, he answered the phone.
"Sorry Di, we are on our way", Arnav said and hung up.
Arnav and Khushi were about to go in search of Anjali, but the call of Arnav's name from behind stopped them. Both Khushi and Arnav recognized the voice, it was Rahul. They turned around and smiled at him.
"Hey Rahul, what are you doing here buddy?", Arnav asked Rahul, hoping to reduce the tension that has started to surround them.
"Well, well, what have we got here? The newly, about to be engaged couple. You know when your Di called and invited me I was surprised. Because two weeks before your Di gave me the news, Khushi rejected me. And if I remember right, she said that she didn't want any guy in her life, right now or something like that. At that time I thought may be she was telling the truth. But as soon as I heard the news, I realized she was lying and Lavanya was right. She wanted you. And that's why she declined my proposal. I don't know whether she wants your money or whether she loves you or whatever, I don't trust her", continued Rahul sarcastically.
"Look Rahul...", Arnav started to speak, but was cut off by Rahul.
"I don't need any explanations. You don't have to feel guilty. It's not your fault. I still consider you as my friend and I will be with you in every occasion. All I want to say is be careful dude. Remember what happened last time when you trusted a girl? Don't do that mistake again", Rahul said in a firm, cheeky tone.
Arnav's temper was rising again. Khushi felt that Arnav was about to explode, but she didn't want to create a rift between the two best friends. So she touched Arnav's palm and squeezed his hand. He was amazed by this sudden gesture of Khushi and they shared an eye lock. They were again disturbed by Rahul, who couldn't bear the sight of the girl in front of him.
"Well congratulations to you two!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta go. I don't want to waste your precious time. But remember Khushi, don't break my friend's heart. If you do so, I will be the biggest problem in your life", said Rahul in a threatening tone and left from there.
Arnav couldn't believe what was wrong with his friend. He never thought that Rahul would become so desperate and act in such a way. He turned towards Khushi and he saw the tears that had started to descend down her angelic face like a broken necklace of pearls. He cupped her face, wiped the tears off and nodded his head, gesturing her not to cry. Khushi was touched by Arnav's sudden gesture and she felt as if all her sorrows were gone.
"Chotte!!!!!!!! Khushi!!!!!!!!!!!!! What are you both doing here??????", both Arnav and Khushi heard the voice of an angry Anjali from behind.
"Uffo Chotte, I will forgive you for every wrong doing you have done in this lifetime. This was the best apology ever", Anjali said in a teasing manner.
"Ha Chotte, Anjali's right. Thank you for making your Di, the happiest human being on earth", Nani said with a smile on her face.
"Well, well, it's time to party. I mean we have to get ready for both the marriages, right?", said Mami in a cheerful voice.
"Yeah, we will talk to the pandit tomorrow and fix a date for the engagement", Nani said.
After a long time the whole Raizada house was full of joy. They were so excited in planning the weddings of their two grandsons. Arnav and Akash were blessed by every adult in the family. Both of them thought that they must have been the luckiest people on earth to be blessed by such a wonderful family. And both of them would do anything to keep this family, happy forever.
After talking to the Pandit, the engagement was planned to be held after two weeks. But since there was no auspicious time near by, it was decided that the wedding would take place four months after the engagement.
There was only one week left for the engagement, and Anjali wanted to take her two Babhi's for shopping. Although Arnav and Akash were both busy, they knew one of them would have to accompany their Di, as she would feel hurt. So Arnav agreed to go for shopping. Anjali was overjoyed. She really didn't expect her Chotte to be so thoughtful. So Anjali had called the Gupta's and asked their daughters to join her in the shopping mall. They have agreed, as they were so happy to see things turning around in their favour. When Arnav and Anjali entered the mall, they saw that Lavanya had arrived early. When Lavanya saw Arnav, she was thrilled. But she didn't show it much as it would not help to carry out her plan. Lavanya was dressed in a short maroon dress, which as usual enhanced the gorgeous curves of her figure.
"Hi Di!!!!!!!!! I hope you wouldn't mind if I call you Di", Lavanya greeted Anjali hoping that she would be able to win her heart.
"Of course, why not?", said Anjali, while giving her a welcome hug. Arnav was surprised by Lavanya's behaviour, trying to be all cozy with his sister on their second meeting, but he kept his thoughts aside and felt someone was missing.
"Hey Arnav!!!!!!!!!", said Lavanya, trying to get Arnav's attention, as she knew whom his eyes were searching for.
"Hi Lavanya, where is Khushi?", Arnav asked curiously.
"Arre wah, My brother has already started to be the possessive boyfriend type? NIce", Anjali said teasingly.
Although Lavanya hated to join Anjali on this teasing venture, she had to.
"Yeah, seems like Khushi would be dead when she comes. Actually she had to meet Payal, so she said that she will come soon after meeting her", Lavanya said
"Di where is Akash?", Lavanya asked showing as if she was interested.
"Well, you future hubby was a little busy. So he said he will come next time", Anjali explained.
"Oh okay. Di why don't we start shopping. Because else you guys will get late. Khushi will join us when she comes", Lavanya said, as she knew by now Arnav's anger must have increased, due to the late arrival of Khushi. Lavanya felt thrilled as she was successful in her plan of impressing Anjali. When she got to know Khushi would get late, she thought of arriving early, so that she could impress both Anjali and Arnav.
"Yeah Di. She is right. Why don't you both start shopping. When Khushi arrives, we both will join you two", Arnav said. When Lavanya heard what Arnav said, she felt a little worried, but she made up her mind.
"Ok Chotte. Then you come with Khushi after she arrives", Anjali said.
Lavanya and Anjali waved a bye at Arnav and went towards the shops.
It had been 20 minutes and Khushi was no where to be seen. He couldn't imagine how she could be so late. Although his anger had risen a little bit within him, he didn't want to give the wrong impression to Khushi this time. Because every time he would let anger dominate him, it would result in a fight between them. So he tried to be patient. "Which idiot said patience is bliss", he thought to himself. It was nearly 30 minutes by now and he couldn't wait anymore. "Damn my patience", he said and dialed Khushi's number.
As soon as he dialed, he heard a soft voice answer, "Hello Arnav".
"Where the hell are you dammit? I have been waiting here for 30 minutes", Arnav barked to the phone.
"Look, I'm in front of you", answered Khushi in a cool tone, hoping that Arnav would cool down as well.
Arnav shifted his head up a little bit and his eyes stopped at the beauty in front of him. Was this the girl he was about to marry? True, he had seen her many times. But every time he saw her she looked beautiful in a different way. She was wearing a multi-green coloured halter neck dress(http://www.milaneze.com/illustr/goodphotos/mediumimages/50707.jpg) and her hair was left open and her shoulders were covered by her hair. She looked like a Greek goddess. As she came near him, he started to observe her carefully from top to bottom. Her eyes were hazel coloured and if you concentrated on them for few minutes, anyone would be hypnotized. Her cheeks glowed just like a living rose. Her small, curved lips were like rosebuds peeping out of snow. She had a small smile playing on her face. Her ears were adorned by a simple pair of green earrings(http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4671877244977808&pid=15.1). As his eyes traveled down, he was amazed by her swan like neck and the fairness her neck was contrasted by the simple necklace and pendant(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=I.4601697433026749&pid=15.1) that she had worn. He was lost in her beauty, until the snap of her fingers in front of his eyes, broke the trance.
"Where were you all lost?", Khushi asked in a cheerful mood.
"That's not your problem. Why were you late?", Arnav asked, in a rough tone.
"That's it? I thought you would jump at me as soon as I stood in front of you. Well, at least that's what I felt according to the way you barked at me on the phone. But now you are all lost. Well, Look I'm sorry...", she couldn't continue as he started to speak.
"I know you are sorry. Since you have already wasted 40 minutes of precious time, why don't we go and find my sister", he said.
"I'm sorry. Let's go", she said playing a smile on her face. Her smile was like the glowing sunshine. It could brighten up the day of anyone. He really liked her smile. He felt it was one of her best features. They walked towards the shops.
Khushi felt different today. All this time he had been her boss, nothing mutual. But today he was her fiance-to-be. She felt different. She felt there were a lot, she didn't know about him. And this silence wouldn't help her to uncover the things she wanted to know about his life. Khushi couldn't bear the silence anymore. So she started without any hesitation.
"You know, today I went to meet Payal. And guess what, she had got a proposal", Khushi said with excitement.
Arnav couldn't believe that she had started to blabber without any hesitation. She was totally different than the Khushi he had met in the office. She was all professional and reserved. But this Khushi was all joyful, lively, bubbly and chirpy. He felt there were a lot of things that he should know about her as well. So he thought of giving it a chance by continuing the conversation.
"Yeah Lavanya told that you went to meet Payal", he said normally.
"But you didn't know that she had got a proposal, right", Khushi questioned enthusiastically.
"Oh come on, how can I know about you friend's personal life? She is not my fiancee", Arnav said sarcastically.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Anyway do you at least know who the guy is?", Khushi said, hoping that he would answer.
Arnav couldn't believe this girl. Was she out of her mind? How can he know who Payal was being proposed to?
"Okay. Stop asking stupid questions. How can I know about the guy?", Arnav said firmly.
"Seriously, you didn't know that your personal assistant was going to propose to your fashion designer? What kind of a boss are you?", Khushi asked with surprise. By now they had stopped walking, and they were lost in their own world. They had forgotten why they were there. Both of them found this conversation more interesting, than shopping.
"Firstly, I don't pry into others personal lives and secondly I don't care about the others, except my family memebers", Arnav said trying to be serious.
"What the... Hey, I'm not prying okay. Unlike you, I'm friendly with the others. I got to know this because Payal told me", Khushi said with a little anger.
"Watch your tone Khushi. You know I don't like people talking to me like that. I'm your boss", said Arnav roughly.
"You should have thought about that before you agreed to marry me. Did you forget that your not my boss anymore. You are my fiance and I'm your fiancee, not the employee. So you can't just order around", Khushi said without thinking. But once she stopped, she realized what she had said. She felt a little shy and she looked down as she could feel that she was blushing.
Arnav was taken in by surprise by what Khushi said. He saw that she had spit out the words without thinking. And now she was blushing? She was really innocent. So he thought of lightening the air for her and said, "Are you kidding me? Aman proposed to Payal? I mean the guy who barely speaks in the office, had the strength to propose to a girl? Wow, you gave me the news of the day", Arnav said laughing.
Khushi looked up and saw Arnav laughing. This was the first time she saw him laughing and she was shocked. She was actually successful in making the most gloomy person in the world laugh. Her heart skipped a beat seeing him laugh. The smile reached his molten brown eyes and sparkled like the sea when first lighted up by the rays of the sun. She felt really good, and said, "I know, Aman barely speaks with me even. Even I was shocked when she told me this. But I'm glad for her, he is a nice guy.", she said smiling. They were really enjoying each others company and they forgot that they were supposed to meet their Di. Sudden ring on Arnav's phone reminded him that it must be his sister.
"Shit, must be Di", saying that, he answered the phone.
"Sorry Di, we are on our way", Arnav said and hung up.
Arnav and Khushi were about to go in search of Anjali, but the call of Arnav's name from behind stopped them. Both Khushi and Arnav recognized the voice, it was Rahul. They turned around and smiled at him.
"Hey Rahul, what are you doing here buddy?", Arnav asked Rahul, hoping to reduce the tension that has started to surround them.
"Well, well, what have we got here? The newly, about to be engaged couple. You know when your Di called and invited me I was surprised. Because two weeks before your Di gave me the news, Khushi rejected me. And if I remember right, she said that she didn't want any guy in her life, right now or something like that. At that time I thought may be she was telling the truth. But as soon as I heard the news, I realized she was lying and Lavanya was right. She wanted you. And that's why she declined my proposal. I don't know whether she wants your money or whether she loves you or whatever, I don't trust her", continued Rahul sarcastically.
"Look Rahul...", Arnav started to speak, but was cut off by Rahul.
"I don't need any explanations. You don't have to feel guilty. It's not your fault. I still consider you as my friend and I will be with you in every occasion. All I want to say is be careful dude. Remember what happened last time when you trusted a girl? Don't do that mistake again", Rahul said in a firm, cheeky tone.
Arnav's temper was rising again. Khushi felt that Arnav was about to explode, but she didn't want to create a rift between the two best friends. So she touched Arnav's palm and squeezed his hand. He was amazed by this sudden gesture of Khushi and they shared an eye lock. They were again disturbed by Rahul, who couldn't bear the sight of the girl in front of him.
"Well congratulations to you two!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gotta go. I don't want to waste your precious time. But remember Khushi, don't break my friend's heart. If you do so, I will be the biggest problem in your life", said Rahul in a threatening tone and left from there.
Arnav couldn't believe what was wrong with his friend. He never thought that Rahul would become so desperate and act in such a way. He turned towards Khushi and he saw the tears that had started to descend down her angelic face like a broken necklace of pearls. He cupped her face, wiped the tears off and nodded his head, gesturing her not to cry. Khushi was touched by Arnav's sudden gesture and she felt as if all her sorrows were gone.
"Chotte!!!!!!!! Khushi!!!!!!!!!!!!! What are you both doing here??????", both Arnav and Khushi heard the voice of an angry Anjali from behind.
Will Anjali get to know about what happened between Rahul and Khushi? Will Arnav meet Rahul and blame Rahul for the way he talked to Khushi? Will Arnav try to console Khushi?
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