Fates

Part 25- The Diwali Series- Love In The Air

Aryan had finally caught up to Shahana by holding on to her wrist as she tried to outrun him. They had stopped in the middle of an empty hallway.

"Shahana wait please let me explain." Aryan said desperately.

"You owe me no explanation. You are no one to me." Shahana said angrily.

"Shahana please listen to me. Priyanka is just my dad's friend's daughter. And I was just hiding from her... because of reasons. When you tapped on my shoulder I thought that Priyanka found me, so that's why I said her name. There is nothing in between me and Priyanka, I promise." Aryan quickly told Shahana before she could storm off again.

"She's just a friend?" Shahana asked, turning to face Aryan. Aryan nodded his head yes.

"Okay." Shahana said smiling, turning to walk away again.

"That's it? Just okay?" Aryan asked unbelievably holding Shahana's wrist again to keep her from leaving.

"Yup." Shahana said trying to break out of Aryan's hold.

"So let me get this right, I run around in my own home to catch you, trying to give you an explanation and all you have to say is okay." Aryan said exasperated.

"Oh, hello! I never told you to run after me you did that all on your own." Shahana said in her defense.

"But you were running away. Why were you running away? Were you jealous?" Aryan asked her, raising his eyebrow.

"Pfft! Me, jealous. I was never jealous." Shahana said inconceivably.

"Okay then, let me just go find Priyanka and-" Aryan said to test if Shahana was really jealous or not.

"Don't you dare." Shahana said angrily interrupting Aryan.

"So you admit you were jealous, don't worry I would be too if the situation was reversed." Aryan said invading Shahana's personal space. Shahana smiled in return, and as Aryan was lost in her eyes, she used his distraction to get out of his and ran away, this time happily. Aryan just looked dreamily at Shahana's retreating form.

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Drishti stood awkwardly at the back of the room, she didn't know any of these people, and she didn't know where Riya had gone. She just felt out of space here. Then she saw that girl from outside come her way, she remembered that Riya had called that girl Priyanka.

"Oh, behenji I finally found you. Listen Riya told me to apologize to you, so I'm sorry." Priyanka said but Drishti could tell that she didn't mean it.

"It's really okay, I forgive you." Drishti said not wanting to prolong the issue.

"Not." Priyanka said grabbing a drink from the waiter's tray and tilting it so that it fell on Drishti's clothes.

"Oops." Priyanka said sarcastically.

"Did you really think that I would apologize to a lowlife like you? Who even are you? Nothing. You're Nothing. And if you think that I Priyanka would apologize to you, you are mistaken. Well, whatever, honey enjoy the party, God knows when you will get to attend such a fabulous event again with your status." Priyanka said smirking and pushing Drishti with her shoulder as she walked away.

Drishti felt tears fall down her face and she quickly wiped them away before anyone saw them. Priyanka was right she was nothing, Drishti thought. She was a nobody and she didn't belong here. So with that in mind Drishti decided that she would leave unnoticed, but first, she had to go to the bathroom and clean up her clothes.

As Drishti was trying to find a washroom she collided with a hard body. She closed her eyes, thinking that she was going to fall when two strong arms wrapped around her waist and prevented her from falling.
She opened her eyes to look up at the face of Rakshit Shergill but she did not know who he was.

"Watch where you're going." Rakshit told her rudely, letting go of her, making her hit the floor, and walking away. Drishti sat on the floor in shock after her fall, but she got her bearings together and got up from the floor.

"What was that?" Drishti thought out loud.

"First he saves me from falling and then makes me fall by himself. These rich people are insane. Go Drishti, go find a bathroom so you could get out of this place as soon as possible." Drishti said speed walking to find a washroom.

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When Abhi opened the guest room door he only found Prachi sitting on the bed.

"Are you okay Prachi? I heard that you ripped your dupatta. Did you fall or something?" Abhi asked concerned.

"No uncle, I'm okay thanks for asking. My dupatta caught on a plant and I wasn't looking, so it ripped. I'm clumsy like that." Prachi said embarrassedly.

"Don't be embarrassed, it happens to the best of us. You wouldn't believe how many times Riya ripped a jacket or hoodie when she was little, she even does that to this day." Abhi said smiling, to put Prachi at ease.

"Thank you, Uncle." Prachi said smiling because she knew what Abhi was trying to do.

"Well let me just call Alia to get you another dupatta." Abhi said reaching for his phone in his pocket.

"There's no need for that, Mumma went to go find a sewing kit in the storeroom and she is very good at sewing, she'll make this dupatta good as new." Prachi said reassuring Abhi.

"Oh okay, well let me at least go help you're mom find the sewing kit, there is a lot of random stuff in the storeroom, it's hard to find anything in there." Abhi explained to Prachi.

"That'll be a great help, Uncle, thank you." And with that said Abhi headed towards the storeroom Pragya was in.

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