PYAAR KI MANZIL

EPISODE 45

"What? Who's it? I swear I'll.........." Rhea began shouting at the top of her voice.

"Stop screaming. I'm about to go deaf." the person at the other end mocked. "By the way, I'm Aarav."

"How dare you call me your girlfriend! You don't have the standard........." Rhea began.

"Yeah. I know I don't have the standard to be your boyfriend. Why should I lower my standard for an idiotic girl like you." he replied coolly.

"Did you call me at this time to blabber your nonsense? If yes, I'm going to sleep."

"I had to do all these to wake you up. Don't go to sleep again or I won't survive the pain of calling you as my girlfriend again. I have some important news." 

"Cut the crap and get to the point." Rhea was highly irritated. None had dared to speak to her rudely earlier. If it was not for their plan to defeat Prachi, she wouldn't have spared Aarav.

"Do you know the updates about Prachi?" he questioned.

"What's there to know? She is enjoying the jail along with that chatterbox sister of hers." Rhea said sounding satisfied.

"You are far behind in time. She is now sleeping peacefully in her home." Aarav informed.

"What! How did she get out?" Rhea was surprised.

"Your beloved dad bailed them out and later her mother proved them innocent with the help of Ranbir and Aryan." he gave her the details.

"I can't believe it. Why does dad and Ranbir have to help her always? I'm the one they should be concerned about, not her." she complained.

"Stop whining and consult your bhooji for some plan." Aarav said and cut the phone.

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Ranbir was moving closer to Prachi. He took a step closer while she moved backwards. Neither of them was willing to break the eye contact. Prachi's back hit the wall. Now she had no where to go. Ranbir caged her by his arms. He began bending down slowly to kiss her. She closed her eyes in nervousness.

Just then someone called Prachi's name. Ranbir began vanishing. 

Prachi......Prachi.....

Prachi tried to hold on to him.

Prachi.....Prachi.....

Suddenly everything blackened. Prachi opened her eyes.

"WHAT? We were about to......" Prachi snapped.

"Wo.....Be cool......What happened?" Shahana was amazed at her behavior.

"Why did you wake me up?" Prachi asked crossly.

"The questioned should be why didn't you wake ME up?" Shahana questioned back.

This made Prachi look at the clock. It was already 8:00am and they had to reach college by 9:00am.

"We will be late!" she exclaimed worriedly and rushed to get ready.

After troubling Pragya by their endless shouting and bumping into each other uncountable times, they were still running late.

"We can't make it on time." Prachi said making a cry baby face.

"I can drop you both." Rishi offered.

They thanked his gratefully.

"By the way Prachi, you were dreaming of Ranbir, weren't you?" Shahana whispered in her ear.

"No.....No.....I was.....not." Prachi replied stammering.

"Leave it. Your smile contradicts your words. Why don't you accept that he is more than a friend to you?" Shahana said with her usual teasing smile.

"How many times will I have to say you that your tiny brain overthinks." Prachi refused to accept the fact.

"Why won't you like him? He is different from others and both of you look so good together." Shahana pestered.

"We have reached." Prachi said and dashed out to avoid Shahana.

She wasn't looking where she was going and hit something hard. In a few minutes, she was in Ranbir's arms, lost in his magnetic eyes.

"Ahem.....ahem......This is a public place." Shahana's voice brought them out of their trance.

"Are you fine?" Ranbir asked Prachi.

"Ye...Yeah." she replied shyly.

"Let's go to class." he said and held her hand.

When Prachi wasn't looking, Ranbir managed to give a victorious smirk to Rishi.

"I think we should tell him the truth, else he may kill me someday." Rishi laughed when Ranbir and Prachi were no more in sight.

"No ways! I want them to confess their feelings and you are a great help." Shahana forbade him.

"I really like them as a couple." Rishi said.

"Me too. Wish I too had someone like Ranbir." she replied dreamily.

"I think you have." Rishi muttered.

"Who?" Shahana asked eagerly.

"There he comes." Rishi said pointing towards Aryan who was trotting towards them.

"Aryan? No way." she said rolling her eyes.

"I bet I'm 100% correct." Rishi said confidently.

"The bet is on then." Shahana challenged.

"Be ready to loose. See you later." Rishi said coolly.

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"Prachi, what type of boys do you like?" Ranbir asked out of the blue.

"Why do you want to know?" 

"Umm......You say that you dislike boys like me, so I'm eager to know what type of boys you prefer if you think the most talented boy like me isn't suitable choice." he made up an excuse.

"Who on the earth told that you are talented?" Prachi rolled her eyes.

"I'm The Ranbir Kohli and I'm unique." he bragged.

"You don't have a single quality a good boy should have." she wouldn't praise him at any cost.

"What's your criteria for a good boy?"

"Well.....He should be kind, selfless, caring........Humble and........" Prachi had her eyes closed while narrating her imagination of a perfect boy.

But, she had to stop suddenly when Ranbir's face flashed in front of her. She opened her eyes with a jerk.

"And what?" Ranbir prompted. He was making a list of her likes mentally.

"Nothing. Excuse me, I need to go." she stood up abruptly and walked away.

"What happened to her?" Ranbir bent his head sideways and thought.

Prachi stopped just outside the class. She pressed her back against the wall and tried to logically reason with herself.

"What happened to me? Why am I getting flashes of Ranbir? Am I.......No, no......It can't be. Moreover, he knows about the incident and considers me only as a friend." she thought.