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Five seconds...

"Ann are you ready? Khanna is waiting for us downstairs..."

"Yes...I am...Almost!"

She packed and unpacked for the umpteenth time. They have been asked to join a weekend family vacation, at the Oberoi's Farmhouse in Shimla. She was nervous. She felt like a student in the final year getting ready for her exams.

"ANN..." Shivaay called out to her again,and she snapped.

"SERIOUSLY SHIV...GIVE ME FIVE SECONDS!!!" He smirked, knowing that she was getting annoyed. She sounded rather adorable when she did.

"Mon Chéri...You will look fabulous in anything you wear now you know that?"

"Says the man who can't see..." She snapped and he laughed as she trodded past him.

They got in to the car, and Shivaay held her hand, and started drawing comforting circles. Her hands were very cold, and her pulse was racing.

"Ann...You are just going to meet OmRu, Tea & Robin, and Daadi...They said Malika might come down...But now that you are she might not!" He smiled.

"Malika? Who is Malika?"

"Errr...One of my third or fourth cousins...Not too sure...She was my first kiss by the way...She always had a thing for me..." He winked playing with her fingers.

"Great! My husband, all of his exes and his brothers that hate me! Why don't you just give me some poison?" She snorted in anger, making him laugh out loud.

"Now Now...OmRu doesn't hate you...They just don't know you yet...Err Malika I am not too sure, last time I checked she was still single...So you might actually have to be careful a bit if she joins! She once put chewing gum on my high school girl friends hair...The poor girl had to cut it off..."

"Seriously another girl friend? Who is she now? A supermodel? You turned out to be a freaking Casanova...Lord, who did I get married to? I thought you said none of the women you dated wanted to get married to you! You lied to me didn't you? Urgh!"

"HAHA...I said didn't want to get married....I didn't say the didn't want a little piece of this..."

"Did you just gesture at....Oh my god...You are annoying...You are impossible...You are disgusting....EWWW" She slapped his hand away and closed her eyes.

"HAHA C'mon now, you will turn all green before we reach the farm house!" He held her hand again.

"He's lying Ms.Ann...He was a big nerd! I think I'd remember if he had so many girl friends..."Khanna chuckled from the drivers seat.

"Oh Khanna you poor man...Do you think I would have brought them along home with me to Daadi? She would have got me married right then and there to the first girl I brought home! HAHA Now, wear your earbuds...I don't want you eavesdropping!" He laughed.

"Okay Sir..." Khanna sighed and put on his headphones and started listening to some music. He was going to miss out on the live entertainment of Ann and Shivaay's bickering.

Ann couldn't stop smiling. She knew what Shivaay was up to. He was trying to distract her. She entwined her hands in his warming up her cold palms.

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Tea came running to the car, and hugged Shivaay. She placed two kisses on Ann's cheeks welcoming her too.

"You guys took a long time..."

"Ahem...Yeah I noticed that...Khanna keeps taking detours these days..." Khanna swiftly moved on to park the car.

" Ann, you look amazing!" Tea beamed, and Shivaay whispered in Ann's ear making her smile. "I told ya!"