Arshi SS: Hamesha & Forever

Chapter 13

Aarav sat with Arnav, Khushi and Payal to have dinner at their apartment.

"Why doesn't Aaron stay here?" Aarav asked.

"Aaron? You call him that?" Arnav asked surprised.

"He asked me to!" Aarav said confusingly, "I called him uncle and he screamed no! Strange guy....but he's cool!"

Arnav and Khushi looked each other smiling.

"No one ever told me that you had a twin!" Aarav said.

"That's because Sheetal hid it!" Arnav said.

"Why?" Aarav asked frowning.

"She doesn't like Aaron!" Khushi said.

Aarav nodded and continued eating his food.

"Waise Aarav, what's the plan after dinner?" Khushi asked excited.

Aarav frowned and said, "Normal people go to bed Mrs. Raizada. I don't know about you since you don't belong to that category!"

Arnav and Payal hid their smiles and Khushi muttered under her breath, "Definitely Aaron's son! Did he inherit that long tongue of his father?"

"Did you say something?" Aarav asked.

"Nahi Aarav ji, aap khaayiye" Khushi said.

Arnav went to his room and Payal was cleaning at kitchen when Khushi used the opportunity to go to Aarav's room.

"Hey" Khushi said walking into the guest room they had cleared up for Aarav.

Aarav smiled politely.

"I wanted to talk to you" she said and he looked at her.

"Do you still hate me?" Khushi asked sitting on the bed.

"Why would I hate you?" Aarav asked frowning.

"You used to....back in Delhi! Remember, two years back you used to shout at me for each and everything!" Khushi said.

Aarav sighed and said, "Mamma said that you snatched papa from her. She said you're a bad lady and I should not respect you. That's why I shouted at you! But you're nice. I realized it late! I'm sorry"

"It's ok. What else did mamma say?" Khushi asked softly.

Aarav blurted out without second thought "That I should behave like papa in front of everyone so that everyone would accept me! I'm nothing like him. I love to jump around, play, be jolly, tease others but papa is different."

Suddenly he closed his mouth with his palm and looked at Khushi wide eyed who was sitting with no expression. Oh god! What have I done? Aarav mumbled inside.

"Nahi main..." he started stammering when Khushi said, "No its ok. It's really late. So Mr. Normal person, go to sleep while me, the abnormal mental woman, will go and irritate Arnav ji!"

Aarav giggled and Khushi ruffled his hair.

"My hair!" he whined and ran to mirror.

"God!" Khushi groaned under her breath, "Definitely! Aaron's son!" she said to herself remembering her vain brother-in-law.

"Hey, it's all set!" Arnav said as Khushi entered the room.

"What is set?" she asked bored and sat down on the bed.

"I told everything to Akash!"

"WHAT?" Khushi asked shocked.

"Yeah. About Aaron, about Aarav....Khushi, I need to because only he can block Sheetal's return journey to Toronto!" Arnav said.

"What did he say?" she asked.

"Well shocked! Hurt that he didn't believe! Angry that I didn't tell him about his brother! And yeah, agreed to keep his mouth shut before family and also trouble Sheetal for some days!" Arnav said.

Khushi nodded and Arnav said, "And yeah, the Paynes are gonna leave for a vacation to Hawaii leaving Aaron alone. We should now make an excuse to Aarav and shift him to Aaron's house!"

Khushi chuckled and said, "That, you leave it to Khushi!"

"No need. I'll ask Payal to! She is intelligent than you!" Arnav said.

Khushi glared at him and he said, "Come on! You go to my brother for plans and I'll go to your sister!"

"Oh so this is a payback?" Khushi asked raising an eyebrow.

"Just fair play! Me and Payal have decided to team against you and Aaron!" he said smiling.

"WHAT? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?" Khushi shouted.

"When you were busy scrubbing the floors!" Arnav said laughing.