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Today Aarya had to go over at Amit 's house. It had been a week and she had kept avoiding it but now she had to go, she promised after all.

She was the kind of girl who took promises seriously once said it's no going back with her. God forbade if anyone ever didn't keep their promises with her she would totally explode and wouldn't forget for a long time. She was really stubborn that way.

Aarya had spent the last 2hours trying to figure out what to wear, which wasn't like her at all.  Usually she would grab anything which first caught her eye in the huge pile of clothes that lined her cupboard. She didn't wanted to seem too flashy but then not too casual either.

In the end she settled for  skinny jeans with a white crop top and a black shrug.  It was while she was waiting for Amit that her phone beeped.

It was Jack. Just like she had expected. They chatted for hours everyday but never ran out of conversations. From no one he had become a special part of her heart and her life. Earlier she had wondered whom he might be but in the end she gave up and just enjoyed talking to him. They would talk for endless hours a

Captnjacksparrow- hey
Annie Tomlinson07- hey

Captnjacksparrow- so what else do you like.
Annie Tomlinson07- I love reading books and playing guitar.

Captnjacksparrow- nah! Reading is too tiring I like hearing stories though. Tell me someday ok?

Annie Tomlinson07-  never gone. It's my favorite novel. There's a character in it Siddharth. He is just like you.

Captnjacksparrow- tell me its story.
Annie Tomlinson07- nope. It's a story you read not the one you recite. It's like you are disrespecting the novel which I won't allow.

Captnjacksparrow- tell me please...
Annie Tomlinson07- never in a million years.
Captnjacksparrow- I can't believe I am saying this, but ok I will read it. I want to know this Siddharth character of your book.

Annie Tomlinson07- you would do that????!!!!
Captnjacksparrow-  yeah! You aren't telling me and I really want to know.

Annie Tomlinson07- you are the best.
I gotta go, I am going over to  a friend's place. Bye.

Captnjacksparrow- bye. 
PS. Tell me something that I don't know ;)

A few seconds later , Amit was standing outside her house in a black SUV.
"Hey", he said after  opening the gate to the passenger seat.
"Hey!", She replied back after settling down.
"You look beautiful".
"You are not so bad yourself" she replied with a smile.

It took 10minutes to reach his home. It was a huge house with a beautiful garden full of lilies. She was busy noticing the flowers when suddenly a beagle came running towards them and pounced over Amit. Then after a few good licks  he started wagging his tail. Amit knelt down beside him and started petting him.
"Hey!  Big guy I want you to meet someone.
Pluto this is Aarya.
Aarya- Pluto. "
Pluto just stared back Aarya sniffing her.
" That's not how I told you to greet her, did I? Come-on give her a handshake".
While he was playing ,Aarya noticed how cute Amit looked. There's nothing cuter in this world then boys playing with dogs or children.
Pluto shook her hand ever so lightly and then left and They both started walking again.
"So , you trained him huh?"
"Yeah! I have had him since I was 11. He is my best buddy". Aarya noticed how cheerful he gets at things which excites him. He looked more cuter and she couldn't take his eyes off him.

"Cool! Can we sit outside? I love being out in the open", she added after a while noticing the beautiful weather.
"Yeah! Sure let me get my guitar real quick and then we can". He said making his way towards his room.

A few minutes later he was back with a blue and black Gibson's guitar. He found Aarya sitting on the grass.
"Should I get you a chair".
"Why".
"Cause it will get your clothes dirty?", He replied  as if it was that obvious.
Aarya looked at him as if it was the strangest thing she had ever heard and then she started laughing.
"I love sitting on the ground, it helps me connect with nature".
She patted  on the grass besides her indicating him to sit. They both were sitting under a  gulmohar tree with Amit's back resting on the trunk and aarya sitting with her legs crossed.

They both were sitting  silently. No one uttered a  single word , they were just enjoying the beauty of that moment. It seemed so perfect and speaking somehow didn't feel right.

"I really love your garden, especially the lilies ", Aarya quipped after a while breaking the silence.
"Thanks" he replied although untill now he had never really noticed it before.

" I love how you didn't follow the whole "rose" stereotype. It's like they have a monopoly on gardens wherever you go it's always roses and never chrysanthemum or lilies or petunia even though they are so much more beautiful".

"But they are beautiful and you do get a lot of varieties", he countered .
"Yeah! But come on there are more beautiful flowers with more strong fragrance  but they are like everywhere. Pizza is nice too and it does come in different toppings but can you eat pizza everyday?"
"God! You are hard to reason with", he said finally giving up.
Aarya smiled relishing her victory.
This rarely happened that Amit ever decided to give up and really he could have kept  going on, but the smile which covered her face made loosing worth it and he was ready to loose every single time if it meant he could see that smile.

"Play me something", Aarya said after a while.
"I am not that great, so bare with me alright", he said tuning the guitar.
He struck a cord and then imitated to be speaking on a mic. "This song is dedicated to my new friend, Aarya by her favourite band."
Then he started singing what makes you beautiful.

Baby! You light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair,
Get's me overwhelmed
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell you don't know that you are beautiful,
That's what makes you beautiful.

He was actually quiet awesome and by the time it ended she was blushing really hard. She was so red and wasn't able to utter a single word. In the end she just clapped for him.
"How did you know?", She asked surprised. It had taken her by surprise ,how he came to know about her love for one direction.

"Have you taken a look at your textbooks? It has 1D written all over it".
" Yes and nice observation skills", she said impressed.

They spent the next 2hours talking about random stuff. Time literally flew and the crimsoned colour of the sky was an indicator that now it was time for them to part ways.
"It's evening already, has it really been 5hours since you were here? It doesn't feel like it."
"Yeah! But I really got to go. I had a great time though, thanks for the lovely evening", then she dropped a slight courtesy.
"The pleasure was all mine", he said playing along . Then he took her hand and kissed it ever so lightly.

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