Fates

Part 26- The Diwali Series- Surprises

Pragya was using the flashlight of her phone to search for the sewing kit in the storeroom since she couldn't find the light switch in all the mess when Abhi entered the room.

"Hello, Ms. Anuradha are you here? Prachi told me that you were looking for a sewing kit, and I think I can help you find it." Abhi said, but Pragya was too busy trying to find the sewing kit, that she had zoned out and didn't hear Abhi.

Getting no response, Abhi turned on the light in the storeroom, it was his storeroom so it was easy for him to locate the light switch. When the light illuminated the room, Abhi saw the back of a woman. When the woman turned to face him because she saw the light get on. Both Abhi and the woman were left shocked.

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Prachi was getting restless, both her mom and now uncle had been gone a long time. So Prachi went outside to check what was taking so long. As she was wandering in the hallways of the Mehra mansion Prachi realized that she had no idea where the storeroom was, and defeatedly made her way back to the guest room. As she was walking she collided with someone.

She lost her balance and was about to fall when two arms wrapped around her waist, preventing her from falling. She looked up at the face of Ranbir Kohli, getting lost in his eyes, and he in hers.

"Oye hoye! It's like you love to fall into my arms." Ranbir said jokingly, still holding on to Prachi, effectively ruining the moment.

"Leave me." Prachi said annoyed and straightened herself, getting out of Ranbir's grip.

"No thank you, no happy Diwali, I swear there is no goodness left in this world." Ranbir said dramatically as Prachi was walking away.

"Oh! Why should I say thank you to you when it was you who made me fall? And my Happy Diwali stopped being so happy as soon as I saw your annoying face!" Prachi said in her defense coming back to stand in front of Ranbir.

"Well, I don't know about you but my Diwali just got 10 times better as soon as a saw your cute angry face." Ranbir said jokingly, but deep down somewhere in his heart, he meant every single word.

Prachi made an aggravated noise and walked away, though there was a hint of a smile on her face and a light blush too. Ranbir looked at Prachi's retreating form in wonder, he couldn't figure out why he had bothered Prachi even though Riya and him had quit the plan, maybe it was a force of habit, but little did Ranbir know that more emotions were at play here than simply habit.

As Prachi went away, she realized that she didn't know her way back to the guest room, so after wandering around the halls of the Mehra mansion, Prachi finally found the guestroom, little did she know that the room she was entering wasn't the right one.

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When Riya came back into the Mehra mansion she instantly bumped into Alia.

"Oh good I found you, Riya, do you know where Aryan is?" Alia asked grabbing Riya's hands in her own.

"Uh, Sorry Booji I have no idea where Aryan could be. He's probably hiding- I mean he's probably here somewhere." Riya said catching herself before she told Booji that Aryan was hiding, it wasn't a complete lie because she truly did not know where Aryan was at the moment.

"Okay, I guess I'll just have to look for Aryan some more. Now you tell me why your hands are so cold? You know that Abhi bhai told you to take it easy, and standing outside for a long time isn't exactly taking it easy." Alia said worriedly.

"Calm down, Booji. It wasn't like I was standing outside in Antarctica, I'll just go get a sweater from my room and then my cold will go away. You worry too much, relax from time to time." Riya said jokingly.

"How do I not worry about you? You're more prone to sickness from when you were little and-" Alia said about giving Riya a long lecture.

"Yes, yes, I was four, I almost died, blah blah, but I'm here now alive and healthy, so all you, Dad, and Purab chaacho need to calm down." Riya said interrupting Alia before she could give a whole lecture, joking so she could lighten the mood because she knew how serious everyone got when they thought about her sickness.

"Impossible it's our job to worry about you and Aryan, you know your Purab chaacho is still mad at you for getting hurt." Alia informed Riya.

"Yes I know, don't worry I'll convince him somehow. Where is he anyway?" Riya asked.

"Well you know Purab he only comes to a function when it's about to be over. But enough talk about Purab, are you sure you don't know where Aryan-." Alia said once again starting her interrogation.

"Nope, I have no idea. I'm cold, I'm going to go now, love you, bye." Riya said quickly walking away from Alia before she had to answer any more questions about Aryan.

"I love you too sweetheart." Alia said to Riya, but she had already walked away. Alia rolled her eyes at Riya's antics, smiling at the similarities between Abhi and Riya. Alia let out a sigh, once again beginning to look for her son, now having a little clue about where he could be from Riya's slip-up.

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As Riya was speed walking to get away from her Booji's questions she bumped into Drishti who was coming out of the washroom.

"Oops, sorry I didn't see you there." Riya said apologetically. Then Riya spotted a stain on Drishti's dress.

"How did that happen?" Riya said pointing towards the stain.

"Oh, uh it-, I, I dropped a drink on myself- by accident." Drishti said fumbling to come up with an excuse because she didn't want to cause another issue between Priyanka and Riya.

"Oh, okay. Come with me I'll lend you some of my clothes, I don't have the most traditional clothes so you're going to have to look for something you like in the closet." Riya informed.

"Uh- there's no need for that, I'm okay." Drishti said trying to reassure Riya so that she could leave the event unnoticed.

"Nonsense, you saved my life the least I could do is give you some clothes to borrow." Riya said grabbing Drishti's hand and leading her to her bedroom, ignoring Drishti's protests.

Once Riya and Drishti reached the bedroom, Riya opened her door, and was shocked by who she saw in her room.

"You?" Riya said accusingly, shocked, surprised, and wondering what that person was doing in her room.

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