AVNEIL FF: Forever and always

chapter 38

The party had ended and neil was in his room lost in his thoughts when he received juhi call as he was thinking about who must have spiked avni's drink and also about avnis confession

Neil: haan choti what did u find out

Juhi: dada there was alcohol mixed in avni drink and I got her blood test results... there is no sign of drug I just informed vijay bhai

Neil: k choti thanks a lot... and with that he cut the call after 30 mins juhi walked in to the palace and she saw that her parents were still awake.

Juhi: mom, dad y r u all still awake?

Shweta: just like that we were just going to sleep now. Prakash and shweta went to their room while juhi walked to neils room knowing he would be awake and knocked on his door.

Neil: come in... juhi came in and saw neil was sitting on the couch looking into space... she went and sat down next to him and placed her hand on his shoulder and that's when neil looked at her

Juhi: bhai whats wrong?... what r u thinking about?...

neil got up and went towards the window and placed one of his hands against the closed window while his other hand was in his pocket

Neil: choti im thinking who spiked avni drink... there was tight security nobody can get in like that.

Juhi: u r right bhai but y would someone want to spike avni drink.

Neil: seems like this person is keeping an eye on us

Juhi: bhai I guess we should go and see avni tomorrow morning and ask her who gave the drink to her... neil nodded he went and sat on the couch again and picked up his mobile from the coffee table to call the hotel manager.

Neil: suyash I need a list of names of all the workers that were in the party by 11am tomorrow morning

Suyash: yes sir I will make sure that is done by tomorrow.    

Neil: good and make sure all r present tomorrow exactly at 11am I don't want anyone to be late understand

Suyash: yes sir and with that neil cut the call.

Juhi placed her hand on neils arm

Juhi: dw bhai everything will be alright

Neil: I hope so chotti  and I can't wait to hold that persons.neck he said firmly.

Juhi: but I don't understand one thing this person called avni when all the elders went to devgarh and jaighar and said that she will receive some bad news and she did when dadi  told avni that she has to leave her dream of working in sanjeevani hospital even though we both got our.degree and were qualified as a doctor ...and then avni getting shot at the mall and now someone spiked avni drink for god knows what reason... I just don't understand y this person is after avni. Neil placed his hands on her cheeks

Neil: chotti whoever this person is wont get away this time...im sure tomorrow we will get some information somehow. Now come on go and sleep

Juhi: u also sleep . dont stay awake till so late ok... neil gave a smile to juhi and before she left neils room both said good night to each other.

At devgarh mansion vijay had placed a sleeping avni in her room and closed the door heading down to see everyone walking in to the mansion when dayawanti saw him she enquired about avni and he only told them how avni was feeling tired and also her arm was aching so he bought her back to the mansion and luckily everyone believed it and went to their own room.

The next morning it was slightly sunny and the birds were chirping like always... avni who was sleeping peacefully on her back turned the other way as the sunshine was falling on her face which disturbed her. But then she woke up slowly as she was putting pressure on to her left arm and sat up since her head was hurting a lot as if someone is hitting her on the head with a hammer... she placed her hands on her forehead trying to massage it to reduce some pain when she realised that she was still in her saree and her jewellery from last night

Confusion came on to her face as she tried to remember how she got into her room..she looked at the time on the wall and saw it was only 6am... she closed her eyes trying to remember what exactly happened last night but it was too hard for her to concentrate because of the annoying headache...

Avni got up and walked towards the dressing table and took of all of her jewellery and lastly her bangles... she was trying to think slowly while taking of her bangles and remembered that she was with sia having her juice that the waiter gave her then vijay came over telling her that neil wanted to meet her in room 101 and went there by asking one of the waitress for the direction and when she reached there she found the room empty. ...So she decided to wait for him and remembered how she felt a bit weird when she walked to the balcony...

when she was thinking about all this she had gone to the washroom to change into something comfortable  after a lot of difficulty in changing she  then came sat on the bed with her head resting against the headboard and eyes closed.

When she remembered a little more by getting few black and white images but when she started to see those vision clearly her eyes flew opened with a shocking look as she remembered everything from how neil called her on the phone and the way she spoke to him in a childish way, vijay and neil coming in the room and how vijay went back out again as he told her he will get her another juice and then lastly how she told neil the way she felt when he touches and kisses her and not only that she even showed it to him by touching and kissing him back which made her all blush and then those three words that she said to him

Flashback

Avni: I want to tell u another secret

Neil: what secret

Avni: that I LOVE U but shhh don't tell anyone

Flashback ends

Avni covered her face with her hands now knowing that all she felt for neil was love all this time and how she didn't realise she remembered how juhi tried to tell her once that she could see the love she has for neil  but at that time she didn't think it was love...

avni was nervous now she didn't know how neil would react.. yes it was true he was going to marry her and their relationship was beyond friendship... they always had intimate moment that still made her blush but it could be that he was only attracted to her...

avni placed her head on the pillow and laid on her back looking at the ceiling... right now the only thing she was thinking about how will she face neil before she could think of what to do sleep took over her once again and the thoughts fading away along with the pounding headache.

At 8:00am nandu was standing near the stairs waiting for his boss to come down so that they can see the news and when his boss arrived both walked towards the living room and nandu turned on the tv while that person sat down and soon the news started to come on which only showed prakash birthday party and how it was a blast...

the boss was looking at the news keenly but when it didn't show any news about avni behaviour nandu got a bit nervous as his boss was looking at him with a killer look... he gulped his salvia.

Boss: Nandu y isn't there any news of avni inappropriate behaviour. There should have been some news about her drunken state

Nandu: bo...boss... how would I know

Boss: well u were the one who gave her the drink right

Nandu: I did boss and u even saw that through the camera u set on my button that she took few sips

Boss: then y isn't there any news or is that her family tried to cover  it up.

Nandu: boss there is nothing written about yuvrani avni on the newspaper... the boss looked at nandu and then at the tv

Boss: devgarh and jaighar family were lucky this time and with that there was big crack on the tv as nandu boss threw a vase at the tv.

Back to the devgarh mansion

Around 8:30am

avni woke up again but this time it was vijay who was calling her name again and again and shaking her to wake up... she opened her eyes and sat up when she slowly felt the headache coming back though this time it was paining a little lesser.

Avni: good morning vijay bhai she said rubbing her eyes before looking at him

Vijay: morning avni now come on drink this... Avni looked at vijay and then at the glass he forwarded to her

Avni: what is this?

Vijay: nimbu pani (lemon water) it will make u feel a lot better and I know ur head must be hurting

Avni: how do u know I have a headache?

Vijay: avni for now don't ask any question just drink this before anyone comes and also take this tablet he said giving her one aspirin tablet 

avni did as he told her and she drank it slowly once she finished she placed the glass on the bedside table

Avni: y did u tell me to drink it before anyone comes? and how did I get to my room last night? she asked confusingly as she remembered after her confession to neil darkness had surrounded her and she didn't remember anything after...

Before vijay could answer neela walked in along with diksha..

vijay got up and allowed neela to sit down while he stood next to diksha.

Neela: beta how r u feeling now vijay told us that ur arm was aching and also u felt tired that is y u came back to mansion early... avni looked at vijay and he gestured her to say yes.

Avni: haan maa but now im feeling much better.

Neela: beta if u want u can rest and no need to come downstairs we will send u ur food upstairs plus u must be Hungry right now

Diksha: bhabi sa is right avni its best if u rest if u r not feeling well.

Avni: no bua  im feeling much better u guys don't worry and ma I am hungry but let me just quickly freshen up and I will be down for breakfast.

Vijay: avni the elders had their breakfast at 8 its 8:40 now plus nani saab told us not to wake u up however me and riya decided we will eat with u so u don't feel left out

Avni: ohhh... but I will eat after freshening up...

neela nodded and with that left the room along with diksha. Avni looked at vijay and found him sitting next to her again.

Vijay: avni the thing is last night I was just joking when I told u that neil banna is waiting for u in a room in fact I completely forgot about the prank when neil banna came to me and told how u sounded when he called you so we came up looking for u and with that he told her how they found her and what condition she was in and also how they gave her drink to juhi to get it tested which gave the results that her drink was spiked as it contained strong alcohol. Avni was shocked with the new information that her drink was spiked

Avni: drink got spiked... vijay bhai now I remember y I was speaking in that way.

Vijay: avni this is only between u, me, neil banna and juhi k. I will tell riya after k... avni nodded and vijay told her to freshen up and come down so she can have her breakfast

Avni went down around 9:30am and saw vijay bhai and riya sitting at the dining table annoying each other and she went and sat down beside riya while vijay was sitting opposite them... seema ji served avni some toast and some orange juice

Riya: so di how r u feeling now

Avni: much better riii. three of them were having their breakfast peacefully.

Riya: Di,  vijay bhai told me what exactly happened to u last night I swear whoever spiked ur drink gets the worst punishment ever she said angrily

Avni: calm down ri... in fact see im perfectly fine nothing has happened...after few mins riya spoke again

Riya: by the way I have an idea

Vijay: what idea

Riya: well y don't we go for a vacation to the farmhouse for a week. Only us youngster without any disturbance

Vijay: sounds good im up for it but what about the others

Riya: well we will see what days they r available. I will call ali and sia jiji today.

Avni: riya its best if sia jiji stay with her family as we all know she is expecting and it will be better if she has an elder person with her to look after her...I'll call akash and see if he available

Vijay: I agree with avni plus its not like sia jiji cant come she can but we will be having fun there and she will probably have to rest the whole day so its best if she stays at her in laws

Riya: k as u all say.

Avni: I will call juhi and ask her

Vijay: avni don't call juhi because here she comes with neil banna...

avni stiffened and  turned around along with riya to see that neil and juhi were talking to dayawanti... but briefly neil looked towards the dining table and saw how avni looked away from him when their eyes met before he looked back at dayawanti ... Avni quickly excused herself on the pretext of getting her phone from her room and before vijay and riya could stop her she had gone.

Once dayawanti had finished talking to them they saw riya and vijay heading to them and all went and sat down on the couch.   vijay told them that now riya also knows about last night incident

Juhi: but where is avni she was with u guys when we came and all of a sudden she disappeared.

Riya: god knows all of a sudden she was saying she needs to get her phone from her room but there is still no sign of her

vijay: looks like its takes avni 30 mins to get to her room I TELL U

neil: i will go and check

vijay: sure neil banna u can check and haan don't worry no one will come to disturb u guys. He said teasingly

Neil smirked and left from there and headed to avni room and when he entered he saw her standing near the balcony her hands on the railing with her hair flying due to slight wind...

neil walked towards her but avni still didn't notice as she was lost in her own thought.

Neil: morning princess he said nuzzling her hair... avni gasped when she felt neil behind her and his hand covered on top of hers which were griping the railing tightly. ..He slowly moved his hands away and turned her around to see her breathing unsteadily...

avni tried to calm herself down and leaned her back against the railing so there was some space between them giving neil a small smile

Avni: morning neil. Neil smiled and leaned towards her blocking her between him and the railing

Neil: trying to avoid me princess he said teasingly

Avni: no y would I try to avoid u

Neil: well it seems like that since u didn't wait for me downstairs when me and chotti came over

Avni: woh... neil the thing is I came to get my phone.

Neil: and it took u this long to get ur phone. Avni moved one of his hands away from the railing and walked back into her room followed by neil

Avni: neil I came to get my phone but at that time my friend called me so I was busy talking to her.

Neil: well princess I came here to talk to u about something as well

Avni: what? She said walking towards the small bookshelf in her room

Neil: about last night. Avni stopped midway and turned around to look at neil

Avni: what about last night? She said nervously.

Neil: u don't remember? he asked looking at her curiously

Avni: nope... all I remember is been a little tipsy that's about it... anyways neil lets just forget about this and go down otherwise others might come up to look for us she said trying to avoid the question.

Avni started walking towards the door when neil stops her and blocks her between the wall and him.

Neil: tell me what u said last night princess he said nuzzling her cheeks

Avni: I don't know what u r talking about neil she said trying to speak normally.

Neil: r u sure? He said looking at her while avni looked away

Avni: yes.

Neil: y does it seem like ur lying princess... avni closed her eyes for a brief second.

Avni: I am not lying neil. With that she was trying to get away from him but he didn't budge at all.

Neil: I know u r lying princess. He said challenging her while saying his hands were
caressing avni waist

Avni: neil I was not in sense that tim...avni stopped midway realising that she was about to admit she remembered every single detail and looked at neil.

Neil: so u do remember he said raising an eyebrow

Avni: neil...

Neil: say it princess I want to hear those words again

Avni: no. she said stubbornly. Neil smirked

Neil: princess I will make u say it soon.

Avni: lets see and don't forget neil im very stubborn too

Neil: yh and im more stubborn than u.

Avni: fine then we will see who wins... but for now lets go

Neil: no so easily princess first let me taste my favourite fruits as im eager to know what u have applied today he said looking at her lips and then back at her eyes... avni cheeks became red

Avni: neil... someone will come

Neil: nobody will come princess he said and leaned forward and captured her lips

avni hands automatically went up neil shoulder caressing the fabric in that that area and then put her arms around his neck while neil pulled her closer by her waist... suddenly avni gasped as she felt neils hand slid under her top caressing her bare waist making her shiver slightly he moved his lips towards her neck placing a small kiss and could feel avni shivering in his arm... he then moved his lips to her jawline and captured her lips again. After what seemed ages both slowly broke the kiss as they were out of breath and trying to calm themselves down.

Neil: seems like u love strawberry a lot he said licking his lips making avni go all red by that action.  He was about to capture her lips again when all of a sudden vijay, juhi and riya knocked on the door and then came in.

Vijay: neil banna I came up with this awesome idea where all us youngster go to the farm house for a week to enjoy what do u say. Riya looked at vijay

Riya: excuse me vijay bhai this was my idea not yours.

Vijay: but because of me u got this idea.

Riya: that is not true so just be quite... neil what do u think about this as juhi said she could take a week of from the hospital after two days

Juhi: haan bhai please say yes.

Neil: yeh that's cool I will finish the work at the hotel.

Avni: but have u guys called ali and vidyut yet?

Juhi: well I called vidyut and he said he could make it and also riya said said ali can.

Vijay:  avni have u asked akash yet

Avni:I messaged him so let's see

Vijay: well I guess this was easy everyone is free at the right time....

Avni: but have u asked dadi

Vijay: don't worry avni I will ask nani tonight.

Neil: vijay banna does anyone else know about last night

Vijay: nope just only us... neil turned towards avni.

Neil: princess last night who served u the juice

Avni: it was some waiter when I was standing with sia jiji he came up with the juice and offered it to me.

Riya: didn't he give any juice to sia jiji.

Avni: no he didn't plus he only had one glass of juice in that tray.

Neil: do u remember what he looks like.

Avni: no

Vijay: avni try and think maybe u might remember... avni tried to think but couldn't remember anything.

Avni: no vijay bhai I actually didn't pay that much attention and I only looked at him briefly when he gave the drink at that time.

Neil: so its confirmed that this person spiked avni drink and made sure to give it to her only.

Riya: now what

Neil: I will be going to the hotel riya and I have told my manager to give me a list of names of the workers that were at the hotel yesterday and also make sure they r present there today.

Riya: but what if they lie.
Neil: nobody will get away riya

Vijay: neil banna I will come with u. even I want to know who this person is neil nodded.

Neil: its already 10:30 I think we should leave now.

Avni: all the best... I just hope this time we find the person

Neil: we will princess let's go vijay banna and with that both neil and vijay left. While avni, riya and juhi decided to enjoy the day and hope for the best as they knew there no point worrying about this.

Around 10:50 neil and vijay entered the hotel and went straight into neil cabin and exactly around 11am suyash knocked on neils cabin door coming in with the list of names of the staff members and gave it to neil.

Vijay went and stood next to neil looking at paper

Neil: where are the workers?

Suyash: they r outside sir.

Neil: call them in he ordered. Suyash opened the door and told all the waiters and waitress to come in and they all stood in a line with their head bowed down.

Vijay: neil banna they all seem to be here so how r u going to find out

Neil: when I call out ur names I want u to stand in that corner...  one by one he started to call out the names and once that was done he spoke again but this time even more sternly... I want to know who served yuvrani avni drink last night.

all of them said they didn't

Vijay: look whoever did just be honest because if we find out that u were lying then trust me none of u will spared

Neil: and I will personally make sure u don't get a job anywhere. But all of them gave the same answer.

Vijay: neil they all r saying no what If it was someone else.

Neil: it definitely was a waiter and there is only one way to find.

Vijay: what?

Neil: cctv footage... He then turned towards the manager... Suyash I want the footage of last night party NOW.

Suyash: yes sir he said nervously and quickly went to the camera room to get the footage of last night party ...neil then looked at the workers

Neil: u all may go now but if I find out one of u were lying then the consequences will be very bad.  with that all the staff left his cabin.

After 5 mins suyash came back with the footage and neil told to him play it...

suyash was really nervous as neil was keep on telling him to forward and rewind... when the footage was playing it finally came on the bit where avni was talking to sia when they saw a waiter approaching them...they saw the waiter giving the juice to avni and she taking it and having a few sips.

Vijay: did u just notice that waiter looking back at avni it means he was waiting for her to have a sip and left from the ... they continued to watch the footage and saw how vijay came to avni after few minutes and then saw avni go away after... neil told suyash to stop playing the video.

Neil: suyash I told u yesterday that I want all the staff members to be present today then how comes this one didn't turn up and also his name is not on the list  he said angrily... suyash looked at neil

Suyash: sir I don't know where this waiter came from in fact I remember all the staff member who work in this hotel and believe me sir I have never seen him work over here this is the first time I saw him... and in last night party there were only 10 staff members working as waiter and waitress

Vijay: neil banna he went into the kitchen after he gave avni the drink maybe someone might have seen him there
.
Neil suyash call the chief that was present in the kitchen last night... suyash nodded and quickly bought the chief... neil showed the chief the small part where the waiter (nandu) went into the kitchen

Chief: ji yuivraj sa he came in yesterday and went through the back door I tried to call him and speak to him but he didn't even stop. So I left it thinking his is probably on his break or his shift finished.

Neil: u may go now...chief nodded while suyash was still in the cabin

Vijay: neil we need to tell commissioner uncle to find this person ASAP. I will call him and tell him that we will be sending him this footage. Suyash do one thing just delete the other portion of the video and keep the footage of the waiter giving avni the drink... Suyash nodded and took the cd to tell one of the assistance to do as vijay told him and till then vijay called the commissioner and gave him the information

Commissioner: don't worry rajkumar vijayendra as soon as we get that person we will let u know.

Vijay: thank u commissioner uncle but please don't tell any of our family member about this and whenever u find this person please call me or yuvraj neil khanna... the commissioner agreed and ended the call.

Precap:  all youngsters going for a vacation at the farmhouse... Some avneil  moments and nandu getting caught.

Phew finally done

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