SOULMATES???

CHAPTER 23

Chapter 23
When Arnav came down it was already 8...but he din find Khushi anywhr...so he thought to ask Nani...Nani was in the hall instructin HP abt somethn...
ASR:Nani....whr is Khushi??
Nani:Chote ...she told she is gng to her dance classes as she missed few weeks in btw...she ll be back by lunch....is everythn alright btw u two chote??
ASR:Yes nani...u don worry...
Nani:(smiles)OK
ASR(thinkin):Again she is nt thr when do i spk to her i have to leave to London tonight....bfre that i have to set thngs right....
Nani:Anjali beta n Lavanya are cmn over tdy fr lunch...as they ll be planning abt Goa trip...
ASR:Ok nani..I’ll be at home only tdy....
Nani:OK chote....
12.00P.M
Khushi came from dance class n went to their room where he was working ...he saw her...but she avoided looking at him..n straightly went to have a bath..n after takin bath she headed downstairs to see last minute preparations of lunch...as HP has prepared everythn already....n Arnav din knw wat to tell or how to tell her...so he thought to spk after lunch...
1.00P.M
Anjali along with her 2 kids n Lavanya came who were welcomed by Nani,Arnav n Khushi...after a bit of chit chat they all sat to have their lunch...where as HP n Khushi served everyone...but Khushi made sure that Arnav is served by HP itself...making him even more guiltier....
Nobody noticed this except Anjali noticed this cold behaviour btw 2,where she could see Arnav glancing at Khushi every now n then but Khushi nt even lookin at his side...she thought to spk to him abt it later....
ANJALI GETS A CALL...SO SHE MOVES FROM THE DINING HALL TO RECEIVE IT...
In dining hall Anjali’s little daughter was bein cranky fr havin food so Khushi made her sit on her Lap n started feedin her food....
Lavanya thought this as a chance as Anjali was nt thr... to bring Khushi down infrnt of all..
Lavanya:So Khushi...which items did u prepare?
Khushi:I din prepare anythn Lavanya....as i had dance classes I din get enough time to prepare anythn...HPji prepared everythn...
Lavanya:Waww...so lucky...look at u..u r treated as the princess of this house where as if it is other house they would have made u work like hell...n being born in the middle class family u could have never thought ur life like this...isn’t it??
Khushi:(Just saw her once n continued feedin Ananya)
Arnav just wanted to punch this grl who was sitting infrnt of him...if it was nt fr di he would have kicked her long back out of his house... bcs yesterday itself he hurled those words n tdy Lavanya is also insulting her...n she choose to remain mum fr both of us without defendin herself....Y Khushi??Y don’t u shout at me n Lavanya...n tell us u r right n we are wrong...Y???He thought to give a befitting reply to her..but bfre that his Nani spoke...
Nani:Lavanya beta...grls r always princess of their familes no matter wat their status is or their families...bcs it is grl who sacrifices everythn fr the betterment of her closed ones...sometimes as a mother,as a daughter,as a sister,as a wife...but i think being a grl u should be happy knwing that ur frn is happy leading a good life than spkn useless thngs...
By this time Ananya started shouting loudly...so Khushi just took her frm the dining hall...so that she could pacify her....after she went....
Nani(sternly):Lavanya beta...u r still young...so i frgive u this time...next time if u try to insult my daughter in law ie Khushi...i won’t tolerate...is that clear??
Lavanya:sorry nani...(she thought this paln has also failed as everybody is supporting her )
Arnav gave a cold stare to her n left frm thr to his room....
ANJALI CAME TO HIS ROOM
Anjali:Chote...
ASR:Ya di...
Anjali:U n khushi had a fight na??
ASR:Di how do u knw?did Khushi tell u...??
Anjali:No chote...i might be close to her but she doesn’t share her family issues with me...she keeps everythn to herself.. I came to knw bcs of ur behaviour n she avoidin u...in the dining hall
ASR:Ya di...
Anjali:N I also knw its ur mistake only
ASR(shocked)How do u knw di??
Anjali:If it was her mistake she would have asked sorry by now...n u would have sorted but since its u n considering ur famous temper...i guessed..n the way u were stealin glances at her ..i am sure its urs only...
ASR:Ya di...its mine only...I shouted on her yesterday...
Anjali:Hold on chote...i don want to get in to details..its btw u n her...but fightin is common in marriage chote but depends on u both how u overcome that fight without any hard feeings from both the sides..now its up to u u sort out...by askin sorry or by spkn to her...u decide...but remember chote she is ur better half chote...ultimately only she ll be thr with u in ur rest of ur life...so its very necessary to keep thngs btw u n her clear frm the beginning...
ASR:Thank you...di...i ll spk to her...
MEANWHILE DOWNSTAIRS
NK came to RM....shouting
NK:Hy ladies....
Nani:Come beta...we just finished lunch...did u have urs??
NK:Oh...ya nani....I finished....I came to take u all fr a horror movie show its at 4.P.M
Nani:No beta u kids go n wtch...I ll stay here only...may be ill take some rest...
NK:R u sure nani??
Nani:Yes beta..
ANJALI  N ARNAV CAME DOWNSTAIRS
NK:Khushi ur cmn na?
Khushi:No..NK..i don feel like...
NK:OH....common Khushi...plss fr me...
Nani:Go beta...Y aren’t u feelin well??...u look tired from yesterday?
Khushi:(Din want to make anyone dowtful)Ok nani I’ll go...
NK:Ok bro...even u have to cm....don say No this time....
Arnav was abt to say NO...as he hated movies bfre that anjali spoke....
Anjali:Y not?Even chote will cm...
(she nodded her head indicatin khushi....)
ASR:Ya ...ok
Lavanya:Even i ‘ll cm...
NK looked  at Anjali...n she signalled him to take care of Lavanya to which he signed OK
Anjali:NK i would stay back...with nani....u ppl go..
NK:OK di...
Arnav had to cover his head with scarf n hide his face with shades considering him to be the ASR he din want any media attention unnecessarily...
IN THE CINEMA HALL
NK made sure to send Lavanya in the first so that she would get...corner seat...next to her he gt seated to avoid her bein seated next to Arnav n then Khushi cm n sat n came next to NK...n next to Khushi was Arnav...so the seating arrangement was.....ASR...khushi....NK...lavanya makin Khushi sit btw...Arnav n NK...
Movie started.. NK N Lavanya were in to the movie where Khushi had  a headache fr nt getting enough sleep yesterday night...n she never liked horror movies frm bfre itself...but she couldn’t turn n spk to NK as he was enjoyin the movie...n the other side Arnav was glancing at her every now n then...she was aware of that...but din acknowledge....him
Here Arnav knew she was nt comfortable as she shifted her position in the seat every now n then...but he din knw wat was makin her uncomfortable his presence or anythn else??he thought....
Khushi just thought to close her eyes n take rest...so that she would be fine in sometime....Arnav saw her closing the eyes n rest n let her rest...lookin at her tired face...
Movie was gng on...but there were other thoughts in Arnav’s mind abt how to ask sorry frm her...when he felt somethn soft fall on his shoulders...when he saw it was Khushi’s head that was rested on his shoulders in sleep as she was in deep sleep bcs of tired ness...he just let her be...so that she can sleep well...
It was interval now...n NK n Lavanya were shocked to see Khushi sleepin peacefully on Arnav’s shoulders...where as NK gave a smile to Arnav...where as Lavanya came forward to wake up Khushi...to which Arnav glared n told...DONT...so they left them there to get some refreshments...
Movie started again..where as Arnav was concentratin on the grl who had her head n face on his shoulders...he thought to make everythn alright btw them soon n held her hand which was on her lap...as if silently promising her n rested his head on her head n soon dozed off thr only as he was tired of thinkin abt it..from yesterday...
Finally movie gt over...NK n Lavanya gt up frm their seats to move...but were shocked to see both of them sleepin with Arnav holdin her hand which was on his lap...Khushi’s head on his shoulders..n his head placed on her head...both were in deep sleep....he took out his mobile...n took pics of them...n moved to wake him up...
NK:Bro...get up(he nudged his shoulder lightly)...
ASR:(he opened his eyes n shocked to knw he was sleepin in the theatre...with Khushi....)
By this time Khushi had also gt up...n freed themselves avoidin each other...whereas Nk giggled seein both n Lavanya was fuming in anger....
It was already 6.45....so they rushed back home..as Arnav had his flight at night....while Arnav was thinkin fr the opportunity to spk to her...
NEXT:ARNAV IN LONDON,MEETING SOMEONE