TILL I MET YOU

chapter 12....

SHAM:Whats with the voices, arnav anjali

ANJALI:why don't you ask him...ask him where he spent the night

ARNAV:what am i?? An eight year old..di its my life

Arnav walks away from there leaving anjali fuming and an amused sham...

SHAM:dont worry i will talk to him..don't give it too much attention..i will see whats bothering him

ANJALI:i will just head out for the conference..i don't have time to deal with his tantrums as he said..he isn't an 8 yr old

SHAM:anjali calm down..i will speak to him

ANJALI:you know how hot headed he is..he wont listen

Arnav isnt that far and can hear their talks its only when anjali leaves when he approaches sham...

SHAM:arnav

ARNAV:we need to talk

SHAM:go ahead am listening

ARNAV:not here in my study room

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SHAM:dont you think we should first talk about today's incident

ARNAV:who is nandini??

SHAM;what??

ARNAV:i believe you heard me quite clear the first time...why??

"Did he find out are the thoughts constantly running in sham's mind...this isn't good..not one bit"

SHAM:arnav what are you talking about??

ARNAV:so you don't know wat am talking about?? You don't know the girl i...the girl that i....why did you lie to me that the girl i almost raped was an extortionist when that tag suits you well...right from the hospital you told me she asked for money..how come i didn't get to know she became blind..you were at the hospital with her

SHAM:i did it for you

ARNAV:what??

SHAM:arnav that night..you were shaken up i could see the guilt on your face..you were blaming youur self..you weren't okay..your still not ...telling you she became blind would have ruined you..you would never come out of that guilt

ARNAV:is thaat why you asked me money not more than four days ago..to protect me..

He throws some books lying on the table down and sham hopes for a miracle)

ARNAV:i might have believed your lies once but am not that gullible to believe in you again...there was no nandini there never was

SHAM:brother in law

ARNAV:what did you use the money for any way?? If all you wanted was money you could have just said so to me..not cheat me

SHAM:fine..i did a mistake..i needed a large amount and i couldnt ask you directly..so i used that excuse. am not perfect but your no saint either...am not the one who almost raped "khushi" thats her name right..its all your fault she is blind..don't take out your frustrations on me..its all you...and oh by the way how are you so sure she doesn't recall you..for all you know it might be just a scam...and drama to get back at you...

A slap lands on his face as soon as he says that..arnav is raging with fury and so is he..but he plays the brother in law..he is already gotten in his bad books why worsen the situation...

ARNAV:not another word...not one more word....

Three days later....
PAYAL:khushi why arent you putting your phone down?? I have been noticing you for quite a while now..clutching onto it...

KHUSHI:its nothing

PAYAL:nothing? Then why are you so sad??

KHUSHI:its nothing

PAYAL;you cant just tell me nothing...am your sister you can share your sorrows with me

KHUSHI:actually its a friend of mine

PAYAL:which friend of yours are you talking about??

KHUSHI:arnav

PAYAL:arnav singh raizada

KHUSHI:yes

PAYAL:and what about him

KHUSHI;its just that am worried and scared..he hasn't come to see me at the park..nor called me..that's unlike him..its been three days...

PAYAL:this explains your bad moods in 3 days...khushi don't you think its for the better

KHUSHI:why do you say that??

PAYAL:the answer lies in this room..the cut outs of pictures of him on the walls...you have been crashing on him for as long as i remember...

KHUSHI:payal its not serious..its just a tiny mincy crash..don't presume i like him

PAYAL:i never said that khushi...you two are from different worlds..worlds apart...there is no space for you in his world khushi...what if he doesn't want to be your friend any more

KHUSHI:he is not like that

PAYAL:you have just met him, how can you tell...i just don't want you to get hurt....

She kisses her on her forehead and leaves her alone to think...
Khushi remains seated there wondering if ARNAV is really ignoring her...her phone just then rings...she answers it hoping its arnav only for the person on the other line to be quiet ...

KHUSHI:hello who is this??

(Hearing no reply infuriates her)

KHUSHI: you call me and keep quiet..listen my number isn't any public line for idiots to call..do you just sit there and ask your self..."hey what would an idiot do..and then that's what you do"

Arnav on the other side cant help but smile..its been 3 days since he is been avoiding her or heard her voice...though that doesn't mean he hasn't been seeing her behind her back....each day at that park he has been going there each evening just staring at her trying to find courage to face her or at least talk to her but how can he look in her eyes knowing he is the reason she cant see...he is the person with whom she hates with all her soul...

KHUSHI:thanks alot for wasting my time jerk...

AMAN:arnav here are your files

KHUSHI:arnav???

Arnav cuts the call with in an instant glaring at aman who intruded his phone call not that he was planning to talk no just to listen to her voice...he just hopes khushi didnt hear this idiot shout his name....

ARNAV;damn you aman..cant you knock

AMAN:i didn't know there is a new protocol for me..i will be sure to follow it next time...

ARNAV:i don't even have the ounce of energy to shout at you

AMAN:my lucky day...whose phone call was that ...that i had to knock..you got a girlfriend...which means am alone now in bachelor hood

ARNAV:say one more word and trust me you will be out of this office and out of my life for good

AMAN:you wouldn't get rid of me even if you wanted to....

....its evening and arnav passes by the park only to see khushi seated on a bench with her head sets on listening to music....he decides to approach her secretly...he settles him self near her bench slowly staring at her...

KHUSHI;arnav

ARNAV;what the!!

KHUSHI:"dolce" i can sniff you from miles away...dolce the brand perfume you use am familiar with it...that's how i could tell as you approached i just chose not to show...why are you avoiding me arnav???