Forgotten Love ~ Part 15 ~ Last Part

 

 

 Arnav and Khushi had a quiet breakfast and then went and sat in the living room. They looked through their anniversary pictures together.

 

“I’m sorry Arnav. I’m sorry I jumped to the worst conclusion.”

“It’s ok. I can understand how you might have been feeling.”

“Really, I don’t know why…”

“Khushi I told you, its ok.”

 

Khushi cuddled up to Arnav and he smiled he leaned in to kiss her, but Khushi stopped him. Khushi stood up.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

Khushi took Arnav’s hand and signalled for him to get up. She then led him up to their bedroom. When inside she shut the door.

 

“Khushi what’s the matter?”

“I want my mangalsootra.”

“Oh yeah! I forgot! One second.”

 

Arnav rushed out of the bedroom and went into his one. He then came back a little while later. He came back and walked towards Khushi slowly and placed the little necklace on the neck and clasped it. Khushi touched it, smiling.

 

“It’s so pretty.”

“It is, but you’re prettier.”

 

*****

 

A few weeks had passed since Khushi had found out that she was Arnav’s wife. Their relationship had grown steadily.

Anjali had just had a baby girl and she and Shyam decided to call her Shalini. Payal was due any time soon, so everyone was keeping a close eye on her.

Arnav and Khushi were in their bedroom, talking about sweet nothings.

 

“Bhai, Bhabi! Payal’s in pain!”

 

Arnav and Khushi jumped up and rushed out of the room. Akaash had already got Payal into the car and Mamiji accompanied them. Arnav rushed down the stairs with Khushi a tiny bit behind him. The heel of her sandal got stuck to the bottom of her shelwar and Khushi lost balance. Slowly Khushi tumbled down the stairs.

 

“Arnav!”

 

Arnav turned and saw her falling. He rushed forward’s trying to maybe catch hold of her. Khushi feel to the floor and Arnav scooped her up.

 

“Khushi? Khushi! Baby speak to me!”

 

Anjali rushed forward and looked at Khushi.

 

“Oh god chote, take her to the hospital, her heads bleeding badly!”

 

Arnav gathered Khushi into his arms and rushed outside to the car. Shyam opened the door and Arnav placed Khushi carefully in the back seat. He then jumped into his seat and they were off within seconds.

 

5 minutes later

 

They had just got in through the large doors of the hospital and a nurse called for the doctor to come quick.

The nurses got Khushi onto a bed and then they wheeled it into the operation theatre. Arnav sat down. How could this happen, again this had happened. And both times he let it happen.

Akaash called then.

 

“Bhai where the hell are you?”

“Hospital.”

“Come here quick, they’ve taken Payal into the delivery room!”

“Akaash, I cant, Khushi’s in the operation theatre.”

 

Arnav explained what had happened once he and Payal had left.

 

“You take care Bhai, bhabi will be fine.”

“I hope so.”

 

Arnav disconnected the call and sat and waited.

 

A little while later

 

“Mr Raizada, we have stopped the bleeding and according to her x-rays we have taken, there is no lasting damage. So don’t worry. We’ll let you know when she comes round.”

 

Arnav nodded.

What would happen if she lost her memory all over again? Would he get her back so easily?

 

Arnav’s phone rang. He answered it.

 

“Bhai is bhabi ok?”

“She’s still unconscious but they’re saying she’ll be fine. How’s Payal?”

“She’s just had the baby! It’s a girl!”

“Congratulations bro! Akaash I’ll come and see you guys in a bit, I don’t want to leave Khushi.”

“Don’t worry about it. Its fine. No one can see Payal and the baby yet any way.”

“Take care of yourselves Akaash.”

“You to Bhai.”

 

Arnav disconnected the call.

 

1 hour later

 

“Mr Raizada! Mrs Raizada is coming round!”

 

Arnav nodded and rushed into the room they had moved her to. Arnav rushed in and practically ran to Khushi. He took hold of her little hand and held it tightly.

 

“Arnav…”

“I’m here, I’m here Khushi.”

 

Khushi’s eyes slowly opened. She looked at Arnav and smiled. She pushed herself up slowly.

 

“Let me help you.”

“Its ok, I can do it.”

 

Arnav wasn’t listening; he held Khushi carefully and helped her sit up.

 

“Should I get them to get you anything?”

“No I’m fine.”

“Khushi…”

“How’s Jiji?”

“She’s had the baby, it’s a girl. They’re both fine. I just talked to Akaash.”

“I’m so sorry for all of this. If I had been careful.”

“It’s not your fault Khushi.”

 

They looked at each other and smiled and then Khushi’s expression changed.

 

“I remember! I remember everything! How we met, how we got married, our life up until the accident and then everything after that as well! Arnav, my memory has come back!”

“Khushi…”

“No I’m serious! I remember! I didn’t accept our marriage to start with and then I slowly began falling in love with you, and then on our anniversary I forgot to get you something and then we went out and then…”

 

Khushi couldn’t continue because Arnav had silenced her with a kiss. His kiss was deep, searching. Khushi responded to the kiss with the equal amount of passion and Arnav realised that she indeed had got her memory back. They hadn’t kissed like this in what felt like eternity. Slowly Arnav pulled away from her.

 

“I don’t believe this. I’ve got you back. Well and truly this time.”

“Yes you have.”

“The last few months have been tough.”

“I know. It’s been hard for you Arnav, I’m sorry.”

“Why are you apologising Khushi?”

“It’s because of me things have been so tough.”

“No, it was what was destined to happen. Whatever happened for the best. I feel that all of these things have strengthened our relationship.”

 

Khushi smiled and she kissed Arnav again.

 

“It feels so good to be back!”

 

5 months later

 

Khushi was baby-sitting. She had a 6-month-old Shalini sitting in front of her on the floor and little Akaashi in her lap. Arnav walked into the living room and saw the 3 princesses. One, his brother’s princess, the other, his sister’s princess and then the third was his personal princess.

Khushi had finally managed to get Akaash, Payal, Anjali and Shyam to leave the kids and go out so they spend some time together as couples. Nani, mamiji, mamaji and Ankina had gone to a close relatives house and NK had just gone out. Arnav looked at Khushi. It would have been the perfect time for them to spend some time together, preferably locked in their bedroom, but they couldn’t, they were stuck, baby sitting!

 

“Remind me again why we are stuck with the babies?”

“Because their parents are spending quality time alone.”

“What about us!”

“We are spending time together too.”

“I meant me and you, without the babies!”

“Mr Raizada, how dare you speak like that about my nieces? Now be a good uncle and play with them too!”

 

Arnav shook his head and came and sat beside Khushi. Khushi passed Akaashi to Arnav and he held her in his arms.

Arnav rocked the little girl in his arms slowly and she soon fell asleep.

 

“You are a natural with kids Arnav.”

“I guess I am!”

“Arnav, maybe its time we…”

“I know what you’re going to say.”

“What do you think then?”

“If that’s what you want, then yeah.”

“Really?”

“Yes Khushi. I agree and think that it is time that we started thinking about having our own baby.”

 

Khushi jumped to her feet and wanted to hug Arnav, but couldn’t because he had little Akaashi in his arms. Shalini began crying so Khushi had to pick her up off the floor.

After a while Shalini too fell asleep. Arnav and Khushi took the two little girls into their room and placed them onto the bed. Khushi got up and hugged Arnav.

 

“I hope we have a boy.”

“I was a pretty little girl. And I hope she looks like you.”

“I love you Arnav.”

“But you have to make a deal with me.”

“What’s that then?”

“You can’t forget my love once we have a baby.”

“Can I ever forget your love?”

 

~The End~

 

Finally finished this story! Don’t be too sad though guys. I’m going to be starting a new story next week; it’s going to be called ‘Scars.’ Its going to be something completely different to what I have written so far, with a completely different theme to it. I hope you enjoy it as much as you have enjoyed ‘Forced to Love?’ ‘He’s Amazing’ and ‘Forgotten Love.’ I will be posting the thread for ‘Scars’ soon, as soon I have all the banners in.

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 14

 

 

Arnav began talking to Aman and their conversation lasted a while. By the time the call ended Khushi had fallen asleep.

 

*****

 

Khushi awoke the next morning and stretched. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. This wasn’t her room. She slowly turned and saw Arnav lying beside her, asleep and she remembered what had happened the night before. Khushi smiled and then leaned over and kissed his cheek. Arnav’s eyes fluttered open and he saw Khushi leaning over him.

 

“Good morning Khushi.”

“Good morning.”

 

Khushi moved back blushing.

 

“How are you feeling?”

“Good.”

 

Khushi took hold of the extra blanket at the edge of the bed and wrapped it around herself and then got up.

 

“I want to have a shower now please.”

“Sure, go ahead.”

 

Khushi slowly got up with the blanket around here and left the room. Arnav looked at the clock and saw it was still quite early and decided to rest his eyes for a little while longer.

 

Khushi walked into her room, smiling to herself. She went into the bathroom and peeled the blanket away from her and looked at her body. There were slight red marks everywhere. These were the placed where he had bitten her. She let the blanket fall and looked at her body thoroughly. He had made her feel so special and then the best part was that they had done it before. Even if she couldn’t remember, they had slept with each other before, meaning last night hadn’t just been a mistake or something. It made her feel good, knowing he wanted her. She then suddenly remembered that he had wanted to talk to her about something before the call came in.

 

“I’ll ask him during breakfast.”

 

*****

 

Khushi walked back into Arnav’s room a little bit later and saw Arnav sleeping. She was going to walk out when he woke up and looked up.

 

“Khushi?”

“Yes?”

“Are you going downstairs?”

“Yes, I’ll start getting breakfast ready for us. You get ready and come down.”

“Alright.”

 

Khushi left and Arnav got out of bed and went into the bathroom.

The water cascaded down Arnav’s body. He shut his eyes and he saw Khushi’s naked body before his eyes. He opened them and smiled.

 

“I need her so badly.”

 

*****

 

Khushi pottered around throwing ingredients together happily. She felt like she was floating.

There was a knock at the door and khushi rushed to open it.

 

“Yes?”

“I’ve come to give Mr and Mrs Akaash Singh Raizada and Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s anniversary pictures.”

 

Khushi looked at the little man.

 

“Whose sorry?”

“Mr and Mrs Akaash and Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s ma’am.”

“Right.”

 

Khushi took the two big envelopes and shut the door. She walked to the dining table slowly and sat down and put the envelopes down. The man’s words echoed in her ears.

 

Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s, Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s, Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s, Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s, Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s

 

Over and over again she could hear the same words and suddenly everything fell into place. When they had gone to the restaurant the reservation was made for Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada, people at the hospital addressing her as Mrs Raizada. It all made sense.

Arnav walked down the stairs happily and saw Khushi at the table. He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder and then slid into the chair beside her. His eyes fell on the two large envelopes.

 

“What are they?”

“Pictures.”

“What pictures.”

“Jiji and jiju’s anniversary pictures…”

“They’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for these.”

“And Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada’s anniversary pictures as well.”

 

At this point Khushi looked up and looked straight into Arnav’s face. Arnav felt slightly unnerved, this isn’t how he wanted to tell her about their true reality! He stood up and Khushi too got up.

 

“Khushi, I told you I wanted to talk to you about something…”

“You lied to me Arnav! You lied to me! You told me, you wanted to marry me! You told me you were married! No one told me you were married, everyone lied to me!”

“Khushi we did it to protect you.”

“Protect me, protect me from what!?”

“From losing your memory further!”

“And in the process of that, you made me fall in love with you, made me SLEEP with you, never the less, keeping me in the dark all the time!”

“Khushi…”

“How could you do that to me?”

“I love you.”

“No you don’t! if you did you wouldn’t have lied to me about all of this! If you loved me, you wouldn’t have let me become your MISTRESS!”

“What?”

“Well that is what I am now! You’re mistress! And you had explained last night that, that wasn’t our first time! So yes I am your mistress.”

“Wait, Khushi, you’ve misunderstood!”

“No I haven’t. I’m you’re mistress! But I don’t understand why your family allowed all this! It makes no sense.”

“Khushi…”

“Where is she?”

“Where’s who?”

“YOUR WIFE!”

“What?”

“Where is she Arnav?”

“Khushi.”

“JUST TELL ME WHERE THE HELL SHE IS!”

 

Khushi was almost in tears. It was tearing her apart. Her silhouette man wasn’t actually hers!

 

“She…”

“Please Arnav, just tell me the truth.”

 

Arnav was now getting angry, she wasn’t listening to him. He grabbed hold of Khushi by her shoulder and pulled her close.

 

“Have you looked at the pictures?”

“I don’t want to. Let me go!”

 

Arnav pulled the envelope with his name on and tore it open and took the pictures out and thrust them into Khushi’s hands.

 

“There, look at her. Look at my wife!”

 

Khushi hands trembled as she looked at the picture. It was her. She looked up at Arnav, who was no longer looking at her. She flicked through all the pictures. There she was, feeding Arnav cake. There was Arnav, feeding her cake. There was a picture of them talking to some people. There was a picture of them dancing together. There was another, Arnav kissing Khushi’s cheek. Khushi kept flicking through, looking at some pictures twice, maybe thrice.

She finished looking at them and looked to Arnav. She had tears cascading down her face. Arnav had his back to her.

 

“You had the accident the morning after our anniversary. We went shopping; you wanted to buy me something because you forgot. You dropped your purse in the car park and I was going to get it, but you stopped me, you leaned down and a car… A car came and hit you.”

 

Khushi slowly walked to Arnav and hugged him from behind.

 

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.”

 

Arnav turned and held Khushi close to his body.

 

“I thought I lost it. It was my entire fault. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to react. I couldn’t tell you the truth about our relationship and I was scared you wouldn’t want me again.”

 

Khushi held his face and kissed him.

 

“I would always want you.”

 

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 13

 

 

 “Khushi I can walk. I’m fine, really I am. You don’t need to do all this.”

“But I want to!”

“You’ve already become my wife.”

“I guess I have, haven’t I!”

 

*****

 

“Are you both sure you’re going to be ok here on your own?”

“Di, don’t worry about us. We’ll watch some films, eat some nice food and then we’ll fall asleep.”

“Chote this doesn’t feel right leaving you and Khushi like this though.”

 

Arnav looked around and then spoke.

 

“Di, come on. I really want some time with Khushi alone.”

“Fine.”

 

Anjali rushed away and got into the car. Everyone was waiting for her. Arnav and Khushi saw them off and then they shut the door and walked back into the house.

 

“So we have the whole house to ourselves!”

“I guess so!”

 

A week had passed since Arnav’s accident and he had recovered fully since. He had spent a lot of time with Khushi and Khushi had spent a lot of her time fussing over him. She made sure that his medication was taken bang on time and not a minute later or earlier than usual. Their relationship reached heights he didn’t think was achievable, but how he wanted her, still remained incomplete. Despite everything, despite knowing that if he wanted to, she would give, he still didn’t have the courage to try and make love to her, because he was scared she would push him away. He had asked the doctor if it was safe to reveal their marriage to her now, seeing as they were now again in a secure relationship, however the doctor had disagreed and said that it wouldn’t be safe and there would still be the chance of greater damage.

 

“So what do you want to do?”

“Can we watch a film?”

“Ok.”

 

Khushi and Arnav made their way to the room Arnav was staying in. Arnav put ‘Titanic’ on.

 

“Titanic?”

“Don’t you like it Khushi?”

“I love it, but I never knew it was the kind of film you would want to watch as well.”

“Anything for you my darling.”

 

They cuddled up and began watching the film.

 

Midway through the film Arnav moved back on the bed and leaned against the headboard. Khushi noticed he’s moved back and she did too, and sat between his legs, with her back against his chest. Arnav wrapped his arms around Khushi and they continued to watch the film. They came to the part where Rose was getting her picture drawn by Jack in the nude. Khushi blushed and felt Arnav’s grip on her waist tighten.

 

“I would love to draw a picture of you like that.”

 

Khushi bit her lip and pretended she didn’t hear what Arnav said. Arnav lowered his lips and began kissing her neck and shoulders. Khushi stifled back a moan.

 

“Arnav, please, I’m watching this.”

 

Arnav pulled away grinning. They continued to watch and then came the bit where Rose and Jack began making out in the car.

 

“After this, they’re going to make love.”

“I know.”

“I want to make love to you.”

 

Khushi turned around at Arnav’s words and their eyes locked.

 

“What?”

“I want to make love to you Khushi.”

 

Khushi got to her knees and turned around. She sat on his legs, straddling him and pressed her lips to his in a passionate kiss. She pushed her tongue into his mouth and she searched the corners of his mouth, pulling him closer. Khushi blushed and pulled away because she heard talking from the film.

 

“Arnav, the film.”

“Forget about it.”

 

His voice was husky and demanding. Khushi could tell his voice was laced with need. Arnav held Khushi tightly and flipped her onto her back and took her down onto the bed.

 

“Let me show you how much I love you Khushi.”

“I’m scared.”

“Do you trust me?”

“Yes.”

“Do you want this?”

“Yes.”

“Then…”

“But Arnav, we can’t. We’re not married, what will everyone think when they find out what we’ve done.”

“Why does anyone need to know that? And it’s not wrong. We’re serious about each other, we have plans for what we want in the near future, what’s wrong with making love now?”

“I don’t really have any objections to it.”

 

Khushi smirked and kissed Khushi. He then held Khushi and pulled her, so that they both got off the bed. Once off, he slowly began undressing Khushi. He felt her tremble in his arms as he took her kameez off.

 

“Are you sure you’re ok with all of this?”

“Positive.”

 

Arnav undressed Khushi slowly, leaving her in her bra and panties. He felt like a little boy again, unwrapping a birthday present. He moved away from her slightly and peeled his own clothes away.

Khushi looked at him with big eyes and blushed. His body was so toned, so strong looking all she wanted to do was run her hands down his abs. Arnav moved back in and pulled her flush against himself and took her lips into another passionate kiss. His hands travelled down her back and he carefully unclipped her bra. He broke their kiss so he could watch her expression. Khushi’s eyes were shut and she was breathing heavily. He slowly slid the straps down her arms. Khushi felt the air of the room hit her now exposed breasts and she covered herself with her arms. Arnav smirked and lifted her off her feet and took her onto the bed. He then slowly moved her arms away.

 

“Don’t hide you’re gorgeous self from me Khushi.”

 

Once he had moved her hands away completely, he slimed looking at he body. He had forgotten just how beautiful she really was. He lowered his mouth and kissed her neck. Khushi tangled her fingers into Arnav’s hair, the intensity of his kissing was something alien to her, but felt vaguely familiar.

He trailed his lips down from her neck to her chest and then around her mounds.

 

“Arnav…”

“Trust me Khushi.”

“I do.”

 

He took one of her buds between his lips, kissing it. Khushi felt his tongue brush over the sensitive tip. She gasped and held him tightly.

 

“Arnav.”

“Trust me baby. This is all about you.”

 

He sucked on her taking her moan lightly. He rolled the other bud between his fingers, feeling it get tighter all the time. He sucked on her harder, making her moan almost in agony. Arnav stopped.

 

“Am I hurting you?”

“No.”

“Are you sure?”

“Please, carry on doing what you were…”

 

Arnav felt his heart beat speed up dramatically. He pulled Khushi panties away and Khushi pushed her legs together. Arnav took his boxers off and placed his knee between her thighs, moving her legs apart. He gently pushed his fingers into her tight, went sheath. Indeed she was wet, however she wasn’t dripping, not the way he liked to take her. He pushed his fingers in, thrusting slowly. Khushi moaned and Arnav increased the pace of his fingers. He felt her getting wetter with need and desire. He pulled away and reached for the drawer beside the bed. Khushi opened her eyes, not understanding what the delay was for. She saw him take out the condom box and he opened it. He then took out another little wrapped packet and opened it. He pulled the condom over him erect length and then placed himself over Khushi once more. he smiled at her.

 

“Is that comfortable to wear?”

“Not really.”

“Then why are you?”

“To protect you from an unwanted pregnancy.”

 

Khushi giggled and Arnav took this opportunity to plunge himself into her. Khushi’s eyes widened and she looked into Arnav’s eyes.

 

“Are you ok?”

“Yeah.”

 

He slowly thrust in her, making her feel how hard he actually could get. He penetrated deep within her. Khushi bit her lip, stifling a moan.

 

“Let it out Khushi.”

 

Arnav continued his deep penetration and Khushi moaned. Arnav went faster, feeling her bathe his hard length with her liquid desire. Arnav felt Khushi walls beginning to clamp down on his length this is when Arnav knew what had to be done; he increased the intensity of his thrusting and angled himself so he was now hitting her most sensitive spot over and over again.

Khushi was literally screaming his name, over and over again, scared, but enjoying the sensation that was taking over her body. Just a second before she climaxed, she felt Arnav’s hard length pulsate and then shoot a warm stream through her channel and then she felt the length that had been as hard as a steal rod, go soft. That was when she climaxed.

They remained in the intimate embrace and Arnav pulled the covers over their body. Sweat made their skin glisten. Khushi suddenly realised she was sweating profusely and tried to push Arnav off her.

 

“What’s the matter Khushi?”

“Please get off me.”

“But I like is being linked like this. You’re so warm inside.”

“Please.”

 

Arnav nodded, realised she may have wanted her space. He slowly withdrew his length and lay beside her.

 

“What’s the matter?”

“I’m really sweating and I stink!”

“And?”

“It’s not attractive for a woman to be this smelly!”

“But you are a woman who has just made love and given immense pleasure to her lover, you are allowed to smell. The more you smell, the better.”

“Arnav, you’re teasing me!”

“I’m serious!”

 

Khushi hid her head in Arnav’s neck, enjoying the moment and taking in what had just happened between them.

Something then hit her and she sat up, clutching the covers to her body.

 

“I wasn’t a virgin.”

 

Arnav realised what she had just said and looked at her. He sat up. It wasn’t a question, it was a clear statement and she wanted the answer.

 

“No you weren’t.”

 

Arnav saw her expression change. Confusion took over.

 

“So we…”

“We’ve done all this before. Before you lost your memory.”

“You’re my silhouette man?”

“I’m guessing so.”

“We danced to Teri Meri at some point?”

“Yes.”

“We’ve had sex before?”

“Yes, many, many times before.”

“So I lost…”

“You lost your virginity to me.”

 

Khushi looked at herself, not knowing what to do or what to say.

 

“What about everyone here?”

“They know about us. They know we’re serious about each other. They know we’ve spent many nights together.”

“And they’re fine with that.”

 

There was a pause and Arnav decided that it was time he told Khushi the full reality of their relationship.

 

“Khushi, I need to tell you that…”

 

Arnav had to stop because his phone began ringing. He rolled his eyes and went to answer it.

 

“Yeah Aman…”

 

Arnav began talking to Aman and their conversation lasted a while. By the time the call ended Khushi had fallen asleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 12

 

 

 

It was late the same evening. Ankina and Khushi were both with Arnav. Akaash walked into the room.

 

“Khushi ji, Buaji, one of you have to go home. They have said that visiting hours are long over and two of us have to go because only one can stay.”

“Khushi beta, you go home. You need rest.”

“No maaji I can’t go!”

“I know you are concerned about chote, but I will call you to come early tomorrow morning, you need rest now.”

“Please maaji, don’t make me go. It’s my fault he’s here in this situation and I wont be able to rest at all if I’m at home.”

“Buaji, leave Khushi. If she wants to stay that’s fine.”

“But Akaash…”

“Mom, don’t worry, you and Akaash go home. Leave Khushi.”

“Ok chote. Khushi, but please dear, make sure you do get some sleep!”

“Thank you, I will maaji. Promise!”

 

Akaash and ankina left and Khushi propped herself at the edge of Arnav’s bed.

 

“How are you feeling?”

“I’m fine. It just hurts a bit on my side.”

“Is there anything I can get you?”

“Khushi, all I want is for you to kiss me.”

 

Khushi moved in and leaned over to kiss him. Their lips almost touched when the nurse came in.

 

“Oh, I’m sorry, but the doctor said to come and change his gown.”

“I’ll do it.”

“No ma’am I have to do it. You might hurt the patient.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll do it.”

“But…”

“Look, would you like it if another woman was undressing and then dressing your boyfriend? No you wouldn’t. So the same applies for me. I don’t want you to see his body, so I’ll do it myself.”

“Ok ma’am. Sorry.”

“Its ok.”

 

the nurse left the room and Khushi moved towards Arnav. She slipped his gown off and looked at his hard chest. His body was so toned. She looked to the side and saw the wound had been stitched up. It was very big, but she knew it would hurt.

She lowered her lips and kissed his wound.

 

“I’m so sorry.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“It is.”

“Khushi, I’m telling you it’s not your fault. Just listen to me. You’re not at fault and I’m fine, so stop worrying about me.”

“But you’re so hurt!”

“I feel no pain because you are by my side.”

 

Khushi smiled and moved in again and kissed him the way she liked being kissed by him. She pushed her tongue into his mouth and he did the same. She placed her hands lightly on his shoulders and Arnav moved back into a lying position. She was on top of him and he ran his hands along the back of her body. Khushi realised what was happening and pushed away.

 

“Let’s get your gown on.”

“Alright.”

 

Khushi helped Arnav into his gown and watched as his muscles tense and flex as she did so.

Once he was dressed Khushi sat down beside him again and replayed the events of the evening. Then something hit her.

 

“Jiju called me Bhabi.”

“What?”

“Akaash jiju called me Bhabi.”

“Did he?”

“Yeah.”

“Must have been a slip of the tongue or something.”

“Yeah, I guess so. Are you sure there isn’t anything that you’re not telling me.”

“I’m sure. But I guess you should get used to him calling you that. I mean, not right away, but soon. We will get married.”

 

Khushi blushed.

 

“Why do you want to marry me so much for?”

“Because I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”

“I do too.”

“I want to spend all my life with you, have kids with you, grow old with you… I want to pleasure you in a way no other man can, kiss you, and hold you. I want to do so much with you Khushi.”

“And I want all the same with you.”

 

Arnav and Khushi’s eyes locked and they remained like this for a while.

 

“It’s getting late, you should get some sleep Arnav.”

“You should too.”

 

Khushi nodded and got up and moved to the sofa. Arnav watched.

 

“Where are you going?”

“To get some sleep. Like you told me to.”

“No, you can sleep here, with me.”

“I…”

“Well we might as well get used to sharing a bed seeing as we are going to have to some day.”

 

Khushi bit her lip and moved back to the bed. Arnav moved over slightly, making just enough space for Khushi. Khushi came and lay down beside him and placed her hand in his. Arnav put his arm around her and they soon fell asleep.

 

*****

 

It was 4 days after Arnav and Khushi’s incident and Arnav had finally been discharged. Akaash, Anjali and Ankina had come to take them home.

 

Once home everyone welcomed Arnav back and sat down in the living room.

 

“Chote, would you like anything?”

“No di, I’m fine. You and Payal should be resting yourselves. Stop running around me, please both of you.”

“We haven’t done anything, have we Payal.”

“No we haven’t.”

“Jiji, Di please take rest. I am here for Arnav, you guys, please take it easy.”

“What about you Khushi, I don’t think you’ve slept a wink in the last 5 days.”

“I have, I have. Don’t worry.”

“No she hasn’t di! Any time of the night when I woke up, she was awake too!”

“See Khushi. You go and get some sleep now!”

“Really di! I have been sleeping, he’s lying! I’ve been sleeping with him for the last 4 nights in the same bed!”

 

Khushi’s eyes widened and she realised what she had just said. She covered her mouth and looked around at everyone. She knew what she had just said and she knew how they would react to that. Being his girl friend was something, but then telling them that she’d been sharing the same bed with him was something completely different. But nothing came, no one said anything, they all remained smiling.

 

“Would either of you like anything to eat?”

“Di we just finished eating at the hospital. Can I got upstairs to my room please.”

“Sure chote.”

“I’ll take him di, you don’t worry.”

“Ok.”

 

Khushi took Arnav’s arm and they went up the stairs slowly. She led Arnav into the room which they had once shared. She helped him settle down onto the bed.

 

“Khushi I can walk. I’m fine, really I am. You don’t need to do all this.”

“But I want to!”

“You’ve already become my wife.”

“I guess I have, haven’t I!”

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 11

 

 

The guy showed Arnav a knife and he quickly turned to Khushi.

 

“Don’t move, don’t get out of the car!”

 

 After that he got out of the car.

 

“Fine I’m out, what do you want.”

“Boss the girls a beauty!”

“Perfect.”

“Again, I said what the hell do you want? Money, you can have all you want.”

“Nah, we don’t want your money, we want your girl.”

“You can’t have her you filthy bastards, she’s mine!”

 

Another guy opened Khushi’s door and pulled her out of the car. Khushi screamed because the guy held her harshly and it hurt.

 

“She really is a beauty. We’ll have fun with her, won’t we boys! She can ride each of us. And then we’ll let her chose her favourite and she can have us again. but she might be hard to please, seeing as she’s been in the pants of the great Arnav Singh Raizada.”

 

The other men sniggered. A few other guys cheered. Arnav realised what was going on and looked at them angrily.

 

“Didn’t you hear, she mine!”

“Arnav Singh Raizada, we have been following you and your beautiful woman for days, do you really think we’re going to let her go now we’ve got her? Act like a big guy, but your money and power isn’t going to help you. We will take the girl and you can’t do anything.”

 

Some of the guys held Khushi and took her to a near by Jeep. Khushi face was covered in tears and she tired to get out of their hold but couldn’t. Arnav rushed after them, trying to stop them but the main guy attacked Arnav with the knife. Arnav stood still and clutched his side. He looked at his hand, drenched in blood. The other guys who were holding too had stopped and looked.

 

“No! Arnav! Arnav!”

“Just get the damn girl and lets get out of here!”

“ARNAV! ARNAV! SOMEONE HELP US PLEASE!”

 

They guys kept their hold on Khushi, but she was struggling a lot. Just then police sirens sounded and 3 police cars were heading their way. The men who were holding Khushi let her go and got into the car. They drove off as fast as they could. Two of the cars didn’t stop and followed the Jeep, whereas one stopped and the policemen came rushing out.

Khushi was already sitting beside Arnav, who was bleeding badly. She was crying a lot.

 

“I’m fine Khushi, just help me up and we can go home!”

“No, we’re going to the hospital!”

 

The police helped Arnav into the car and they took Arnav and Khushi to the hospital. They walked in and the police ordered for the doctors to attend to Arnav immediately. They took Arnav into the operation theatre and Khushi sat outside crying. One of the policemen sat beside her.

 

“It will be ok ma’am. Mr Raizada will be fine.”

“You don’t understand, they only wanted me, if he had just let them take me, he would be fine.”

“Now, now Mrs Raizada, you shouldn’t think like that. You do understand that they were rapists right?”

“I know, but I don’t care. For him I would endure anything. And I’m not Mrs Raizada, I’m his girlfriend.”

“Oh. I beg your pardon. But don’t worry ma’am he will be fine.”

 

The police officer got up and then his radio started buzzing.

 

“Yes?”

“Boss, we’ve caught the men, there are 6 six of them.”

 “Very well. Start questioning them, we will join you soon.”

 

“Ma’am we will have to leave. We have informed your family and they are on their way.”

“Yes, thank you officer.”

 

The officer smiled and then left Khushi. Khushi sat outside and held her face in her hands, confused.

 

After about 10 minutes Khushi could here people approaching her. She looked up and saw Akaash, Shyam, Ankina and Mamaji rushing towards her. Khushi would have got up but she didn’t have the strength.

 

“What happened Khushi ji?”

“Jijaji…”

 

Khushi started crying again and Ankina hugged her.

 

“Beta, tell us. The police just said that Arnav was hurt and that you guys had been brought here.”

 

Khushi explained what happened. But didn’t say why they were stationed in one place for so long.

 

“But Khushi, why were you guys in the same place for such a long time?”

“Jijaji, we, we…”

“Akaash beta, that doesn’t matter, what matters is that they couldn’t do anything to Khushi and hopefully Arnav’s condition isn’t serious.”

“It’s all my fault. It’s because I started touching him he stopped the car! If I had kept my hands to myself, he wouldn’t have got distracted and we wouldn’t have stopped and he wouldn’t be in this condition.”

“Bhabi, its ok. Don’t worry. And it’s not your fault. They would have go to you anyhow. The police told us how they had been following you. It’s not your fault bhabi, don’t blame yourself, because Bhai wouldn’t want you to.”

 

Khushi shook her head sadly and hid her face in her hands again. Everyone sat down. Shyam noticed that it was getting late and said that he had to go and make sure that Anjali took her medication.

 

“Jijaji, please make sure Payal has hers too and tell her and everything di everything’s ok here. They shouldn’t be worrying.”

“Sure Akaash.”

 

Shyam left and mamaji went with him. Khushi looked up.

 

“Ma ji you should go as well.”

“Beta, if anyone should go home, it’s you.”

“No, no. I can’t go home. Not leaving him like this.”

“Are you sure? You need rest my dear.”

“No, I really can’t go. Please don’t make me go.”

“No one will make you do anything Khushi. Don’t worry.”

 

They remained seated for a while and then the doctor came out. Before Akaash could get up, Khushi had got to her feet and rushed to the doctor.

 

“How is he doctor? Can I see him?”

“No, you can’t go in yet, our nurse is tending to him. He’s still unconscious, but should be coming round very soon. The wound looked worse than it actually is, however it’s still very close to the stomach. We have put stitches in so it will be quite difficult for him to move for a while.”

 

Khushi nodded. She looked through the window and saw that the nurse was putting Arnav gown on for him. The nurse walked out.

 

“You can go in now, but only 2 people at a time.”

 

Khushi turned to Ankina and Akaash.

 

“Go in beta, go in.”

 

Kushi rushed in and saw Arnav, just lying there. She went to his side and held his limp hand. She lifted it to her lips and kissed it.

 

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. It’s all my fault. I know it is.”

 

Khushi sat with Arnav for a while and then felt his hand twitch.

 

“Arnav?”

“Kh…Khu…Khushi?”

“I’m here. Shh, don’t talk.”

 

Arnav slowly opened his eyes and saw his beautiful wife before him.

 

“Are you ok?”

“I’m fine Arnav. I’m so sorry. This is all my fault.”

“What are you saying Khushi? Don’t be silly.”

“I’m so sorry.”

 

Khushi moved towards him slowly and rested her head on his chest and placed her arms around him.

 

“I love you Arnav. Really I do.”

“I know you do. And I love you too.”

 

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 10

 

 

 It had been 2 weeks since Arnav and Khushi had gone on their first date. Since then they had spent a lot of time together. They had gone out today for their second date. Anjali, Shyam, Payal, Akaash and NK were all sitting together, talking.

 

“But I honestly don’t understand how long this is going to go on for.”

“What do you mean di?”

“This game. I mean it’s only a matter of time before chote does something to throw her off course.”

“What do you mean?”

“Come on guys, we know how chote and Khushi were before. They were always making out even if they knew there was someone around.”

“But di, they can do that again now seeing as they are going out with each other.”

“But NK don’t you understand what happened after they made out?”

“They kissed some more?”

“No they went up to their room and we all know what happened after that.”

“Rani Saaiba we’re not getting the point.”

“They might be together now, but they’re not in a sexual relationship. We know how chote is, how long will he be able to keep his hands off her for?”

 

Akaash and Payal laughed at Anjali. Akaash held his sister by the shoulders.

 

“Di, we understand why you are worrying, but you know how Bhai is, despite everything, he wouldn’t want to lose Khushi bhabi again. So relax and have faith in Bhai.”

“Its not just that though. I’m worried about chote.”

 

*****

 

“Ma, I have a bad feeling.”

“What do you mean Ankina beta?”

“I don’t know. There’s just something, I’m worried about chote.”

“Oh my dear, why are you worried about him? He’s only gone to have some coffee with his wife.”

“I know, but there’s something, I have this feeling.”

“Everything will be fine Ankina, don’t worry.”

 

*****

 

Arnav and Khushi had finished their coffee and were now on their way back to the house. It was dark out and the roads were empty. Arnav was driving and Khushi was watching him, smiling to herself. Khushi slowly moved her hand and placed it on Arnav’s thigh. Arnav looked at Khushi and smiled. He looked away and continued to drive. Khushi rubbed his thigh slowly in small circles.

 

“Khushi, what are you doing?”

“What am I doing?”

“You know what you’re doing.”

 

Khushi looked at Arnav innocently and batted her eyelashes. Arnav parked the car on the side of the road.

 

“Why did you stop the car?”

 

Arnav leaned over and kissed Khushi full on, on the lips. He undid his seat belt so that he could reach over freely. Arnav broke the kiss and then undid Khushi’s belt as well and then pulled her. Khushi squealed not understanding what he was doing. Arnav pulled Khushi onto him and sat her down on his lap so that she was straddling him. Arnav moved Khushi hair away from her face and looked at her. He pulled her in for another kiss. His hands touched her thighs, caressing her through her clothes. He broke the kiss again and pushed his chair back, so they were in a lying position with Khushi on top of him. Arnav tangled his legs with Khushi and then kissed her. Khushi pushed her tongue into Arnav’s mouth and he did the same. They explored each others mouths. Arnav humped Khushi through their layers of clothing and Khushi could feel that he was hard. Khushi noticed this and gasped and moved away.

 

“What’s the matter?”

“You’re hard.”

“I know.”

“Why?”

“You know why!”

 

Khushi shook her head and Arnav realised she really didn’t know why that happened. He took a deep breath.

 

“Its because of you.”

“Excuse me! You can’t blame THAT on me!”

 

Khushi pointed at the bulge in Arnav’s trousers and looked at him furiously.

 

“What? I’m not blaming you. And address it with more respect. THAT will be the tool to pleasure you the most at some point.”

 

Khushi blushed and hugged him.

 

“You mean…”

“Yes. I want to marry you. Maybe not right now, but soon.”

“I love you Arnav, I really do. But you still haven’t told me why THAT’S happened and how it’s my fault.”

 

Arnav took Khushi little hand and placed it on his hardness. Khushi wanted to pull it away but Arnav’s hold on her hand was firm. He moved her hand over his length, rubbing it gently.

 

“When we get serious, like we were then, my body, it gets excited.”

“Huh?”

“My body gets ready.”

“Ready for what?”

“Ready for, for if…”

“If what?”

 “If we wanted to make love now, my body is ready to take you.”

 

Khushi blushed and looked at him.

 

“You… Would you… Would you want to make love with me?”

“Of course I would. Do you think that I just love you so that I can take you out and sneak you kisses when no ones looking? Khushi I maybe a generous man at times, but when it comes to you, I’m a greedy and selfish person. I want you all to myself. Do things to you that no one else can. I mean to be honest with you, and God forbid it, but say if we broke up today, and some other guy started going out with you, he would be able to kiss you, that’s nothing special. But Khushi I want to claim you in such a way, that you’ll be mine, all mine. And you know how that is? By marrying you and then sleeping with you.”

“But technically you can sleep with me even now. Say if our car broke down, we would have to sleep in the car wouldn’t we?”

“No I don’t mean sleep like that. I mean in the other way?”

“Huh?”

“By having sex with you.”

 

Khushi blushed and hid her face in Arnav’s neck. It really was hard. She had the same amount of knowledge of an 18 year old. Arnav shifted so that he was lying on top of her. He began kissing her again, this time trailing kisses down to her neck and chest. Arnav took his shirt off and threw it onto the other seat. Khushi looked at his toned and hard body. He had a proper 6 pack, just like Salman Khan! After what only felt like 15 minutes of making out, Khushi pushed Arnav away.

 

“We’ve been stationed in one place for near enough 45 minutes. It’s getting late, everyone will start to worry, and we should really get going.”

“But I want to kiss you.”

“Arnav!”

 

Arnav laughed and starting putting his shirt back on. Khushi moved back to her own seat and Arnav started the car. Just as they were going to start going there was a knock at Arnav’s window. He rolled with window down and a guy poked his head in.

 

“Can I help you?”

“Get out of the car.”

“Excuse me?”

“I said get out of the car!”

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 9

 

 

 It was probably one of the lightest kisses they had ever shared. After a short while, Arnav pulled away. Khushi slowly opened her eyes and looked at Arnav. She blushed and then smiled. Then her expression changed. She looked at Arnav shocked and ran. He called out for her, but she didn’t stop. She reached the door and knocked and Hari Prakash opened. She rushed into the house and ran up the stairs as fast as she could.

 

“Hi Khushi… Ji?”

 

Khushi ran straight past NK with an unreadable expression, not even acknowledging his presence. NK would have gone after her but then saw Arnav too run into the house, calling after her. He ran up the stairs and saw NK.

 

“What happened Nanav?”

“I kissed her.”

“Wow really? But why?”

“I don’t know.”

 

Arnav rushed after Khushi and stopped at their bedroom door. It was shut. He knocked on the door, but there was no answer.

 

“Khushi?”

 

No reply. Arnav decided he would leave her for now and come back in a bit. Inside Khushi was lying on the bed, faced down, clutching a pillow to her chest. She was breathing heavily. She turned to lie on her back. She touched her lips and smiled.

 

“He kissed me? He kissed me! He actually kissed me!”

 

Khushi got to her feet and did a little happy dance.

 

“That means he’s interested in me! But why me? I’m nothing special. But he says that he finds me beautiful. The most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. That means that he does like me!”

 

Khushi continued to dance around the room where there was another knock.

 

“Khushi?”

“Jiji!”

 

Khushi rushed to the door and opened it. Payal walked into the room looking nervous and shut the door behind her.

 

“Are you ok?”

“Yes!”

“NK said that you ran straight into the house and you looked preoccupied. Is everything ok? Did everything go ok?”

“Jiji it was amazing!”

 

Khushi began telling Payal everything that happened from the start. She reached the end of the evening and blushed.

 

“And then, just before we walked into the house, he… He… He kissed me!”

 

 Payal’s eyes widened.

 

“He what?”

“He kissed me! Not a peck on the cheek, but a proper kiss! On the lips!”

“Oh Khushi!”

 

Payal hugged her little sister and smiled.

 

“How do you feel about him though Khushi?”

“I don’t know Jiji. I am definitely attracted to him. Everything about him makes me like him a little bit more. But I don’t know if I love him. But I think I do.”

 

Payal wanted to tell her sister the truth. Tell her how she was really Arnav’s wife and that she loved him with all her heart, but she knew Arnav wanted to make her fall in love with him on her own accord, not because they shared a relationship in the past.

 

“Khushi, take your time thinking about your feelings. Khushi I think you should talk to him.”

“But how can I? I mean after what’s just happened I don’t think I can face him!”

“Khushi you live in the same house, you’re going to have to face him!”

“Alright. I’ll get changed and then I’ll go and see him.”

 

Payal left the room and Khushi had a shower and then got dressed in her nightclothes. She pulled on one of her silky nightdresses and pulled her dressing gown on as well. She then left her room and walked to Arnav’s. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

 

“Come in!”

 

Khushi slowly pushed the door open and saw that Arnav was sitting in bed with his laptop. Khushi looked at him. He was wearing a white shirt with a blue jumper on top and simple white trousers.  She looked at him and smiled, he looked amazing. Arnav looked up and saw Khushi standing there looking slightly lost. He pushed his laptop aside and stood up and shut the door.

 

“Hey.”

“Hi.”

 

Khushi blushed.

 

“Erm, maybe I should just go.”

 

She turned around and attempted to open the door, but Arnav held her hand with one hand and held the door shut with the other. Khushi stopped and turned around slowly, Arnav arms resting on either side of her, so she was trapped in his arms. He lowered his hands and held her hands.

 

“I’m sorry. I should have said something before just kissing you like that. I understand if I made you feel uncomfortable. I’m sorry.”

“Why are you saying sorry? I came to say sorry for running away like that.”

“So you didn’t feel uncomfortable?”

“No.”

 

Arnav smiled and looked down at the blushing beauty that was practically in his arms.

 

“Then why did you run away?”

“I felt shy.”

 

Arnav smiled and bit his lip. He leaned down slightly and whispered in her ear.

 

“Can I kiss you again?”

 

Khushi looked at him, her eyes wide and blushed. Arnav took that as a yes, he took his hands out of hers and placed them on either side of her hips and pulled her into himself. Slowly he moved in and Khushi closed her eyes and he latched his lips onto her. Khushi wrapped her arms around Arnav’s neck and pulled him closer to himself. Arnav was driving the kiss and Khushi mimicked everything he was going. Arnav could feel her soft lips moving at the same time as his. He speeded the kiss up slightly and again Khushi copied what he was doing. His hands roamed her body. After what felt like an eternity they pulled away, in need of air.

 

“That was amazing. Khushi there’s something I’ve wanted to say to you for a while but I never got the chance and I think I should say it. Khushi I’m in love you.”

 

Khushi looked at him and gasped.

 

“I know its sudden and I understand if you don’t feel the same about me, but I thought, you had a right to know.”

 

Khushi bit her lip.

 

“I… I don’t know what to say. But I guess I should tell you something. Arnav I think I have fallen in love with you as well.”

 

Arnav couldn’t contain his happiness; he felt his heart was going to explode. He lifted Khushi off the ground and twirled her in the air. He lowered her and took her lips in another long and passionate kiss. Arnav nipped Khushi lip lightly and pushed his tongue into her mouth and she copied him. They pulled away and Arnav smiled at Khushi.

 

“You are beautiful Khushi, the most beautiful ever.”

“You keep saying.”

“It’s the honest truth.”

 

Arnav stroked Khushi’s cheek and pulled her close.

 

“What are we going to do about everyone?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean what will they think when they find out about us.”

 

Arnav smirked.

 

“They’ll be delighted!”

Forgotten Love ~ Part 8

 

 

 Their movie had ended and Arnav and Khushi were now making their way to the hotel where they would have dinner. Khushi was sitting beside Arnav and couldn’t help but steal glances at him.

After they had shared a long hug during intermission, Khushi had gone back and sat very close to Arnav while they were watching the rest of the film. One reason was because the creep Rahul was still eyeing her lustfully. But the main reason was to be close to Arnav.

Now during the drive to the hotel, Khushi kept stealing glances at Arnav. He was good looking, very good-looking. And he smelt divine.

 

“Were here.”

“Oh.”

 

Khushi pulled herself out of the trance she was under and smiled. Arnav got out of the car and then he went round to help her out. Khushi took Arnav’s hand and got out of the car slowly. She took extra long, just so that she could hold his warm hand for longer. She got out and let go of him and they made their way into the hotel.

 

“Good evening sir.”

“Good evening.”

“Name?”

“Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada.”

“Right, table 10 then.”

 

The waiter left from behind the desk and showed them to their table. It was a lone one with lots of little lights, creating a highly romantic atmosphere. However Khushi wasn’t really paying attention to the decorations, her mind was still on what Arnav had said.

 

“Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada?”

 

Arnav noticed Khushi in deep thought. The waiter left them with menus and said that he would return in 10 minutes to take their order.

 

“What’s the matter Khushi?”

“Nothing, I…”

 

Khushi looked at Arnav.

 

“No, I know when there’s something on your mind Khushi. What’s the matter?”

“It’s just, when the man asked for our name, you said Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada.”

“Oh, that.”

 

Arnav mentally cursed himself.

 

“It was a mistake. When I was making the reservation I said to them it was Arnav Singh Raizada and Khushi. I guess they must have assumed that you were my wife or something because when the man repeated it to me he said Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada. I did correct him, but he said that it wouldn’t make much of a difference so we left it.”

“Oh.”

 

Khushi looked down and pretended to be reading the menu. To be honest she was feeling slightly disappointed. For a crazy moment she really did think that she and Arnav were married.

 

“I’m sorry for the confusion Khushi.”
”It’s ok. Really it is.”

 

Khushi looked away again and then a moment later looked at Arnav again.

 

“Do you care about me Arnav?”

“Of course I do!”

“How much do I mean to you.”

“You’re my friend Khushi! You mean a lot to me.”

“Just friend?”

“Well best friend!”

 

Khushi smiled and nodded her head. The way she felt about him was wrong. The attraction was wrong. He didn’t care about her in that way. She was just a friend. And she really couldn’t say anything about her own feelings because she didn’t know what she felt for him. Just because he was warm, smelt nice and made her heart beat speed up, didn’t mean she loved him. Did it? Indeed she liked him, but that must be all. After all she hadn’t known him for long. Well she had but all past memories were gone.

 

Khushi continued to think about her feelings for Arnav and decided that she was wasting her time thinking about things like that. Arnav would never want a girl like her. She was average; she was nothing special at all. A man like him would want the best and nothing less and she was nowhere near the best.

 

Arnav watched Khushi ponder over her thoughts. He coughed quietly to get her attention.

 

“Should we order?”

“Sure.”

 

Khushi looked down at the menu and picked out some things, which she thought, sounded interesting and she thought she would like. Arnav ordered the same.

 

“You shouldn’t order the same as me, I’m just choosing anything out of random.”

“You’re choice is always good, so I don’t see why not.”

 

Their food took about 20 minutes to arrive and during this time they spoke about different things. They spoke about the babies which were soon to join the family, what they could gift their parents of the babies and what could be potential names for the babies.

 

“I like Aarav and Arushi.”

“I do to.”

“Maybe I should suggest them to di and Jiji.”

“I think we should save them for our… I mean you should save them for your kids.”

 

Arnav cursed himself again. He knew this would be a hard evening, but he had thought it was because of the fact he would find it hard to keep his hands off her, now he realised it was harder to stop saying things which linked them together.

 

Khushi smiled and pretended that she didn’t notice his slip up. Her thought went into over drive once more.

 

“He said our kids. Well he didn’t say it, but he was going to! What does that mean though? Does it mean he wants to have a future with me?”

 

Arnav noticed her in deep thought once more and got up.

 

“Before the food comes, I’ll quickly go to the bathroom. I’ll be back in 2 minutes.”

 

Khushi nodded and Arnav left. Arnav rushed into the bathroom and pulled his phone out. He dialled the first person he could think of.

 

“Nanav mera Bhai! Why are you calling me when you are on a date!?”

“NK I need dating advice!”

“I suggest you do.”

“Do what?”

“Kiss her.”

“I’m not going to kiss her!”

“But if you do, you will be guaranteed a second date!”

“I AM NOT GOING TO KISS HER!”

“Nanav mera Bhai, it isn’t anything gross, it’s a lovely feeling, kissing a girl.”

“You fool, I know how it feels. I’ve been married for a year, I’ve kissed my wife plenty of times during that period.”

“If you don’t want advise on kissing what do you want my help for? Wait, Nanav, you’re not planning on… Are you?”

“Am I what?”

“Are you planning on bedding her?”

“NK have you actually gone crazy!?”

“Well are you?”

“NO!”

“Again Nanav its nothing disgusting. I personally don’t know how it feels to do it, but I have heard it’s the best feeling in the world.”

 

Arnav shook his head.

 

“It is the best feeling in the world.”

“Wait, does that mean you and Khushi Bhabi have done it!?”

“Of course we have! We’ve been married for a YEAR you know. Did you really expect me to become a monk and not touch my utterly sexy wife at all?”

“Nanav, too much information now. Just tell me why did you call?”

“You’re a flirt right?”

“Of course I am.”

“Well what do you talk about on a date, because so far I have said all the wrong things.”

“That’s easy, just talk to her, about herself. Make her feel special, praise her.”

“That’s it?”

“Pretty much.”

“That’s all you have to do. Really NK? Is that all you do on a date?”

“Yup.”

“And the girls love you because you praise them?”

“Pretty much.”

“Wow. Ok NK thanks for your help, I’ve got to get back to Khushi.”

“One last thing. Please kiss her!”

 

Arnav smirked and looked in the mirror.

 

“We’ll see.”

 

NK chuckled and Arnav disconnected the call. He took in a deep breath and then went back out.  He reached their table and saw Khushi sitting with a glass of juice looking extremely bored.

 

“Sorry Khushi. Took longer than I thought I would.”

“It’s ok.”

“The food hasn’t arrived yet?”

“No.”

“Did I tell you, you look beautiful today?”

 

Khushi blushed.

 

“Yes you did say and thank you again. You’re looking very handsome yourself Mr Raizada.”

“Why thank you.”

 

Arnav looked into Khushi’s eyes. She blushed and looked down. When she looked up again, he was still staring at her.

 

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Because you are the most beautiful girl I have ever set my eyes on.”

 

Khushi blushed but before either could say anything their food came. Khushi slowly began eating her sweet and sour prawn and vegetable soup.

 

“This is really nice.”

 

Arnav had a bit and nodded in agreement. They then went onto eating their main course. Khushi enjoyed the chicken and the roast vegetables. Finally they came to their desert, which was chocolate cake.

 

“I love chocolate cake!”

“I know you do!”

 

Khushi began devouring her cake and Arnav ate his sugar free version of his desert. Arnav looked over the table and shook his head. He leaned forward and touched the side of her lips. Khushi stopped everything and looked at him, her eyes wide. He rubbed her lips with his thumb and then pulled away.

 

“You had cake on the side of your lips.”

 

He licked his thumb.

 

“It’s delicious.”

 

Khushi blushed and looked away.

 

*****

 

They were practically home now. Khushi had enjoyed their time at the hotel and their meal had been deeply satisfying. They pulled up in front of the house and Arnav parked his car. He got out and then walked round to Khushi’s side and helped her out.

 

“I enjoyed this evening. I felt it went rather well, even though we did have two creeps bothering you. I thought it went quite well.”

“I agree. It was nice. Thank you.”

 

Arnav looked at her, unsure what his next move should be. NK words played in his mind. He could practically hear NK right now.

 

“Just kiss her Nanav.”

 

Arnav stepped forward and took hold of both of Khushi’s hands. She looked at him slightly confused, unsure of how she should react. Arnav looked straight into her eyes and then moved it. He leaned down slightly and angled his head. Taking his time he moved in, giving her enough time to realise what was going on and if she wanted to, to pull away. But Khushi remain standing where she was, she closed her eyes and felt Arnav’s lips gently touch hers. He pressed their lips together lightly and kissed her. It was probably one of the lightest kisses they had ever shared. After a short while, Arnav pulled away.

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 8

 

 

 Their movie had ended and Arnav and Khushi were now making their way to the hotel where they would have dinner. Khushi was sitting beside Arnav and couldn’t help but steal glances at him.

After they had shared a long hug during intermission, Khushi had gone back and sat very close to Arnav while they were watching the rest of the film. One reason was because the creep Rahul was still eyeing her lustfully. But the main reason was to be close to Arnav.

Now during the drive to the hotel, Khushi kept stealing glances at Arnav. He was good looking, very good-looking. And he smelt divine.

 

“Were here.”

“Oh.”

 

Khushi pulled herself out of the trance she was under and smiled. Arnav got out of the car and then he went round to help her out. Khushi took Arnav’s hand and got out of the car slowly. She took extra long, just so that she could hold his warm hand for longer. She got out and let go of him and they made their way into the hotel.

 

“Good evening sir.”

“Good evening.”

“Name?”

“Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada.”

“Right, table 10 then.”

 

The waiter left from behind the desk and showed them to their table. It was a lone one with lots of little lights, creating a highly romantic atmosphere. However Khushi wasn’t really paying attention to the decorations, her mind was still on what Arnav had said.

 

“Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada?”

 

Arnav noticed Khushi in deep thought. The waiter left them with menus and said that he would return in 10 minutes to take their order.

 

“What’s the matter Khushi?”

“Nothing, I…”

 

Khushi looked at Arnav.

 

“No, I know when there’s something on your mind Khushi. What’s the matter?”

“It’s just, when the man asked for our name, you said Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada.”

“Oh, that.”

 

Arnav mentally cursed himself.

 

“It was a mistake. When I was making the reservation I said to them it was Arnav Singh Raizada and Khushi. I guess they must have assumed that you were my wife or something because when the man repeated it to me he said Mr and Mrs Arnav Singh Raizada. I did correct him, but he said that it wouldn’t make much of a difference so we left it.”

“Oh.”

 

Khushi looked down and pretended to be reading the menu. To be honest she was feeling slightly disappointed. For a crazy moment she really did think that she and Arnav were married.

 

“I’m sorry for the confusion Khushi.”
”It’s ok. Really it is.”

 

Khushi looked away again and then a moment later looked at Arnav again.

 

“Do you care about me Arnav?”

“Of course I do!”

“How much do I mean to you.”

“You’re my friend Khushi! You mean a lot to me.”

“Just friend?”

“Well best friend!”

 

Khushi smiled and nodded her head. The way she felt about him was wrong. The attraction was wrong. He didn’t care about her in that way. She was just a friend. And she really couldn’t say anything about her own feelings because she didn’t know what she felt for him. Just because he was warm, smelt nice and made her heart beat speed up, didn’t mean she loved him. Did it? Indeed she liked him, but that must be all. After all she hadn’t known him for long. Well she had but all past memories were gone.

 

Khushi continued to think about her feelings for Arnav and decided that she was wasting her time thinking about things like that. Arnav would never want a girl like her. She was average; she was nothing special at all. A man like him would want the best and nothing less and she was nowhere near the best.

 

Arnav watched Khushi ponder over her thoughts. He coughed quietly to get her attention.

 

“Should we order?”

“Sure.”

 

Khushi looked down at the menu and picked out some things, which she thought, sounded interesting and she thought she would like. Arnav ordered the same.

 

“You shouldn’t order the same as me, I’m just choosing anything out of random.”

“You’re choice is always good, so I don’t see why not.”

 

Their food took about 20 minutes to arrive and during this time they spoke about different things. They spoke about the babies which were soon to join the family, what they could gift their parents of the babies and what could be potential names for the babies.

 

“I like Aarav and Arushi.”

“I do to.”

“Maybe I should suggest them to di and Jiji.”

“I think we should save them for our… I mean you should save them for your kids.”

 

Arnav cursed himself again. He knew this would be a hard evening, but he had thought it was because of the fact he would find it hard to keep his hands off her, now he realised it was harder to stop saying things which linked them together.

 

Khushi smiled and pretended that she didn’t notice his slip up. Her thought went into over drive once more.

 

“He said our kids. Well he didn’t say it, but he was going to! What does that mean though? Does it mean he wants to have a future with me?”

 

Arnav noticed her in deep thought once more and got up.

 

“Before the food comes, I’ll quickly go to the bathroom. I’ll be back in 2 minutes.”

 

Khushi nodded and Arnav left. Arnav rushed into the bathroom and pulled his phone out. He dialled the first person he could think of.

 

“Nanav mera Bhai! Why are you calling me when you are on a date!?”

“NK I need dating advice!”

“I suggest you do.”

“Do what?”

“Kiss her.”

“I’m not going to kiss her!”

“But if you do, you will be guaranteed a second date!”

“I AM NOT GOING TO KISS HER!”

“Nanav mera Bhai, it isn’t anything gross, it’s a lovely feeling, kissing a girl.”

“You fool, I know how it feels. I’ve been married for a year, I’ve kissed my wife plenty of times during that period.”

“If you don’t want advise on kissing what do you want my help for? Wait, Nanav, you’re not planning on… Are you?”

“Am I what?”

“Are you planning on bedding her?”

“NK have you actually gone crazy!?”

“Well are you?”

“NO!”

“Again Nanav its nothing disgusting. I personally don’t know how it feels to do it, but I have heard it’s the best feeling in the world.”

 

Arnav shook his head.

 

“It is the best feeling in the world.”

“Wait, does that mean you and Khushi Bhabi have done it!?”

“Of course we have! We’ve been married for a YEAR you know. Did you really expect me to become a monk and not touch my utterly sexy wife at all?”

“Nanav, too much information now. Just tell me why did you call?”

“You’re a flirt right?”

“Of course I am.”

“Well what do you talk about on a date, because so far I have said all the wrong things.”

“That’s easy, just talk to her, about herself. Make her feel special, praise her.”

“That’s it?”

“Pretty much.”

“That’s all you have to do. Really NK? Is that all you do on a date?”

“Yup.”

“And the girls love you because you praise them?”

“Pretty much.”

“Wow. Ok NK thanks for your help, I’ve got to get back to Khushi.”

“One last thing. Please kiss her!”

 

Arnav smirked and looked in the mirror.

 

“We’ll see.”

 

NK chuckled and Arnav disconnected the call. He took in a deep breath and then went back out.  He reached their table and saw Khushi sitting with a glass of juice looking extremely bored.

 

“Sorry Khushi. Took longer than I thought I would.”

“It’s ok.”

“The food hasn’t arrived yet?”

“No.”

“Did I tell you, you look beautiful today?”

 

Khushi blushed.

 

“Yes you did say and thank you again. You’re looking very handsome yourself Mr Raizada.”

“Why thank you.”

 

Arnav looked into Khushi’s eyes. She blushed and looked down. When she looked up again, he was still staring at her.

 

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Because you are the most beautiful girl I have ever set my eyes on.”

 

Khushi blushed but before either could say anything their food came. Khushi slowly began eating her sweet and sour prawn and vegetable soup.

 

“This is really nice.”

 

Arnav had a bit and nodded in agreement. They then went onto eating their main course. Khushi enjoyed the chicken and the roast vegetables. Finally they came to their desert, which was chocolate cake.

 

“I love chocolate cake!”

“I know you do!”

 

Khushi began devouring her cake and Arnav ate his sugar free version of his desert. Arnav looked over the table and shook his head. He leaned forward and touched the side of her lips. Khushi stopped everything and looked at him, her eyes wide. He rubbed her lips with his thumb and then pulled away.

 

“You had cake on the side of your lips.”

 

He licked his thumb.

 

“It’s delicious.”

 

Khushi blushed and looked away.

 

*****

 

They were practically home now. Khushi had enjoyed their time at the hotel and their meal had been deeply satisfying. They pulled up in front of the house and Arnav parked his car. He got out and then walked round to Khushi’s side and helped her out.

 

“I enjoyed this evening. I felt it went rather well, even though we did have two creeps bothering you. I thought it went quite well.”

“I agree. It was nice. Thank you.”

 

Arnav looked at her, unsure what his next move should be. NK words played in his mind. He could practically hear NK right now.

 

“Just kiss her Nanav.”

 

Arnav stepped forward and took hold of both of Khushi’s hands. She looked at him slightly confused, unsure of how she should react. Arnav looked straight into her eyes and then moved it. He leaned down slightly and angled his head. Taking his time he moved in, giving her enough time to realise what was going on and if she wanted to, to pull away. But Khushi remain standing where she was, she closed her eyes and felt Arnav’s lips gently touch hers. He pressed their lips together lightly and kissed her. It was probably one of the lightest kisses they had ever shared. After a short while, Arnav pulled away.

 

Forgotten Love ~ Part 7

 

 

 In the car, the radio was playing and ‘Teri Meri Prem Kahani’ was playing. The drive was a quiet one. Khushi listened to the song, as this was the first time she was listening to it, or so she thought. She listened closely and then an image before playing before her eyes. She saw herself dancing, to this very song. But she wasn’t dancing alone; she was dancing with a man. The same man. The same one she saw every night when she closed her eyes, the same one, which haunted her thoughts. It was he and she had danced with him, to this very song.

Her eyes widened and the image went away.

 

“Arnav, you have to help me find him. Please.”

“What?”

“I saw him again. We danced, to this very song. I was wearing a green sari and he a black suit.”

“Khushi, forget about him for know, when the time is right you will remember everything, but for now, we have arrived and our film starts in 15 minutes.”

 

Khushi nodded and they left the car. As they walked towards the cinema Khushi looked at Arnav. Was he trying to stop her from remember the man she loved? Why though? He was her friend, wouldn’t he want her to be happy, to find the love of her life again? Why was he being like this, and not telling her anything about her love?

 

They made their way into the cinema and Arnav brought their tickets. He handed Khushi’s to her and then they made their way to get some popcorn. There was a huge queue so Arnav told Khushi to wait for him by the doors to the screening hall. Khushi obliged and went and stood there. Khushi was in deep thought about the image, which had played before her eyes in the car. Was it simply her imagination, or was it something that really happened?

As Khushi was in deep thought, she didn’t notice a man approaching her. He looked at her with lust filled eyes and touched her shoulder. This brought Khushi back to her senses and she jumped away.

 

“Are you here alone beautiful?”

 

Khushi shook her head frantically and moved away from there. The man followed her.

 

“Don’t be scared beautiful, a girl like you doesn’t have to be alone. If you want to watch a film, I’ll take you and then you can come home with me as well.”

“Leave me alone!”

“Ah the cat’s actually a tiger. Come on, I’ll go easy on you.”

 

The man reached out to grab Khushi but she ran away. Just then Arnav came out and noticed this fiasco. Khushi saw Arnav and ran and hid behind him.

 

“What’s the matter Khushi?”

“Th-tha-that man!”

 

Khushi pointed to the guy.

 

“What about him?”

“He’s saying things, things like he wants to take me home…”

 

Arnav felt a surge of possessiveness roar through his body. He pushed the popcorn into Khushi’s hand and then marched towards the other man. He grabbed him by the collar.

 

“What the hell are you playing at?”

“Mate, I…”

“How dare you say such things to her! Get out of this place now, and I’ll spare you.”

 

The man rushed away and Arnav walked back to Khushi. He held her hands.

 

“I’m sorry I left you on your own.”

“It’s ok.”

“No its not. I’m sorry Khushi.”

“Its ok Arnav, really it is. We should get in now otherwise the movie will start.”

“Ok.”

 

Arnav and Khushi made their way in and found their seats. They sat down and the lights went down and the trailers started to run.

 

Arnav watched Khushi’s expression when she realised it was a Salman Khan film.

 

“Salman Khan!”

“Yup.”

“I love him!”

“I know you do.”

“Thank you Arnav!”

 

the movie started and Khushi settled down. There were two men sitting on the other side of Khushi.

 

“She’s a pretty one.”

“I know.”

“Make a move brother! No woman can resist you!”

 

The guy smiled and leaned over to Khushi’s side.

 

“Hi, I’m Rahul. And you are?”

 

Khushi looked at the man and pulled a face.

 

“Not interested.”

 

Rahul looked over and saw Arnav watching them.

 

“You’re with that guy? Him? That stuck up one?”

“I’m trying to watch the film. Can you please leave me alone?”

“Come on beautiful, ditch that guy, you’ll have more fun with me than he’s ever been able to give you.”

 

Arnav placed his arm around Khushi’s shoulders and pulled her towards himself and Khushi placed her hand or Arnav’s arm.

 

“I’m sorry, but I don’t need you to give me ‘fun’ I’m happy with what I have thank you very much.”

 

Rahul looked away angrily and Arnav looked at Khushi. Did she know she just say what she was saying to get the other guy to leave her alone? Of course she was.

Khushi kept her hand on Arnav’s arm. Even though she wanted to remove it, she found she couldn’t. Sitting here like this with Arnav was the best thing she had ever felt. He was so warm and it just felt so right. Khushi cuddled in closer as they watched the film and Arnav ran his fingers down her exposed arm. Khushi felt a jolt of electricity run up her arm and felt as though Arnav had left a burning path on her arm. Khushi looked at him and Arnav pulled himself away from her. Khushi looked at him confused and saw that he made himself comfortable again and started watching the film.

 

Khushi thought to herself.

 

“Could the man she keeps thinking about be Arnav? But if it was him, why wouldn’t he simply tell her? Could it be because he didn’t love her back? that would make sense, that’s probably why he never told her anything about the man she loved. But then it may not be Arnav. It may have been someone else, but maybe they hadn’t loved her back and now Arnav was trying to protect her, help her move on. This must be the case, otherwise if someone did love her; they would have come looking for her. And why would a man love her back any way, she wasn’t anything special. She was pretty, nor smart, nor funny.”

 

Khushi’s mind pondered on the topic, but she couldn’t find a solution, nothing made sense. But she decided that she would forget about the silhouette man and move on and enjoy herself. Arnav noticed this and tapped her on the shoulder.

 

“It’s intermission, should we go get some more popcorn?”

“Ok.”

 

They were getting more popcorn when Arnav noticed that Khushi was staring at nothing in particular.

 

“What’s the matter Khushi?”

“Nothing, I’m just thinking.”

“What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing.”

 

Khushi thought if she should ask Arnav what had been on her mind. And then she decided she should.

 

“Do you think I’m beautiful?”

 

Arnav looked at Khushi thoughtfully and then smiled.

 

“Would you like me to lie or tell you the truth?”

“Lie.”

“You are the ugliest woman I have ever met in my life and I pity myself for ever meeting you.”

 

Khushi looked slightly taken aback, as though she had forgotten that he was lying. Arnav chuckled and held Khushi’s bare shoulders.

 

“You are the most beautiful woman to have crossed me ever. You’re eyes are hypnotic and your smile dazzles the world. But what makes you most beautiful is your personality, your kind heart. You are a blessing to us all. When you moved in with us, we knew that it was a good day for us. Because we had just received another amazing person without even doing anything special.”

 

Khushi blushed and the praise and compliment Arnav had just paid her. She couldn’t contain her happiness and hugged him. Arnav wrapped his arms around Khushi slowly and looked at the top of her head and smiled. She was so warm, how she wished he could hold her like this all the time again, but he knew he had to wait, wait until the time was right so he could present himself to her once more.

 

Khushi stood there, in Arnav’s arms, listening to his heartbeat. Like hers his too quickened when she held him closer and tighter. He was warm and smelt divine. There was something about Arnav, something that made her want to hold on to him, but she didn’t know what it was. There was something there between them, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it and say what it was.

 

She then decided what she was going to do. She was going to forget about the past, forget trying to put pieces together and start her life all over again.

Forgotten Love ~ Part 6

 

 Two weeks had passed since Khushi’s accident and she had been recovering well. Within a few days she had reformed her relationship with all of the Raizada’s and was highly fond of them. The Raizada’s too had to get used to a new Khushi. But they found that because of this they all made a new bond with her and found the chance to fall in love with the innocence of Khushi all over again.

However the only person who wasn’t benefiting from all of this was Arnav. He was having a hard time getting used to the new Khushi. But more than that he was having a hard time even talking to her. Over the last few weeks, AR designs had managed to bag a huge deal and because of it Arnav spent a lot of time at the office. If he wasn’t at the office he was in his room working and when he had the chance to try and make conversation with Khushi, she was overly formal or shied away. This was getting to Arnav, he wasn’t used to Khushi being like this.

 

Khushi was in her room applying moisturiser to her arms. She turned around to find that Arnav was watching her from the poolside where he was watering his plants. When he noticed she saw him, he looked away. Khushi looked at him and then blushed and walked over to the sliding doors. She opened them and went to stand where Arnav was.

 

“Hi.”

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“Nothing, just getting ready to go down to dinner. You?”

“Watering my plants.”

“That’s nice.”

 

Khushi looked at him awkwardly and then turned around to walk away when Arnav had a bright idea.

 

“Khushi, listen.”

 

Khushi turned around.

 

“Yes?”

“I was thinking maybe we could go watch a movie together tomorrow. Just you and me. You know just spend some time together. Like we used to before.”

“Well, I don’t know. What will everyone say?”

“They’ll be fine with it! If you want I’ll ask over dinner.”

“Ok then. If they agree then its fine with me.”

 

Arnav and Khushi made their way down the stairs together, talking about what they could watch. They sat down at the table and dinner was served.

 

“Nani, can me and Khushi go watch a film tomorrow?”

“I have no objections to that. Do you ankina?”

“Of course not! You go and enjoy the film!”

“Thanks nani, thanks mom.”

“Thank you Naniji, thank you maaji.”

“You’re both very welcome.”

 

Arnav smiled at Khushi and she smiled back. Khushi began eating slowly and felt Arnav’s knee resting against hers. Khushi bit her the side of her lip at the feel of Arnav’s knee on hers. His hand brushed against her thigh and she felt of electricity run through her body. She couldn’t understand why she had this effect whenever her and Arnav shared even the slightly physical contact. She moved herself away from him slightly, so his knee or hand was touching her.

Khushi finished her meal and sat there and watched Arnav eating his sugar free pudding. There was something about him, something that made her turn into jelly every time he looked at her.

 

Payal got up and Khushi too followed her into the kitchen. Payal was going to wash her plate, but Khushi stopped her.

 

“I’ll do that Jiji.”

“No its ok.”

“No I insist, I’ll do it.”

 

Payal smiled and passed the plate over. She looked at Khushi who looked as though she was in deep thought about something.

 

“Khushi can I ask you something?”

“Sure Jiji, you don’t need to ask me that!”

“What are you thinking about?”

 

Khushi went still and looked at her sister.

 

“Nothing.”

“Khushi, you’re lying, I know there’s something on your mind.”

“Really there’s nothing.”

“You’re thinking about Arnav ji aren’t you?”

“What? No. Why would I be thinking about him?”

“Khushi…”

“I’m going to go and see if anyone wants anything.”

 

Khushi left the kitchen and Payal smiled. Khushi’s disoriented state and her way of avoiding further conversation simply showed that she indeed was thinking about Arnav.

 

*****

 

There were 2 hour left until their movie would begin and Khushi still didn’t know what to wear. She stood before her wardrobe looking at the masses of suits and saris. She wasn’t going to wear a sari that was silly. But she couldn’t decide on a suit. She looked at her anarkali collection and tried to pick an appropriate one. Then Khushi’s eyes fell on a dress and she knew it was the perfect one. She took it out and went into the bathroom to get ready.

 

Khushi was dressed and was sitting at the dressing table wearing her earrings. There was a knock at the door.

 

“Come in.”

 

Anjali slowly opened the door and her tummy entered the room before she did.

 

“I just came to see if you were ready.”

“Yes I’m ready di. How do I look?”

 

Anjali looked at Khushi and gasped.

 

“Oh, do I really look bad? I knew I shouldn’t have worn this, I’ll just get changed!”

“No, no! Don’t get changed. You look stunning!”

“Really?”

“Yes! You look absolutely beautiful!”

“Are you sure di? Please be honest with me! I don’t want to make a fool out of myself.”

“I promise Khushi, you look like a million dollars!”

Thanks di. Er, is Arnav ji ready?”

“I’ll just go and check.”

 

Khushi nodded and Anjali left. She closed Khushi’s door and made her way to Arnav’s room. The door was open and Arnav was standing before the mirror putting his blazer on. Anjali shook her head and entered the room.

 

“Do you have to go out dressed like a hard headed business man? I know you are one, but some times go out dressed casually.”

“Di, this is the first time I’m taking Khushi out since the accident, I want to look good.”

“Well I must say, you are looking amazingly handsome chote.”

“Thank you di.”

“Just one thing chote, you’re going to have a harder time keeping your hands off Khushi today.”

“Why?”

“She’s looking smoking! She’s looking absolutely beautiful chote.”

“She always does…”

 

*****

 

Arnav was waiting for Khushi in the hall. Payal had told him she was ready, putting her sandals on. Then he heard her coming down the stairs, he looked up and he couldn’t help but stare. Khushi was wearing a red sleeveless anarkali. The straps holding the dress on her slender shoulders were about as thick as a pencil. She had her dupatta thrown on her neck, covering only a tiny bit of her swan like neck. Arnav swallowed down the phlegm that was in his neck and felt his hardness tighten. Anjali was right, it would take everything he had to keep his hands off her. Khushi reached the bottom of the stairs and stood before Arnav. She smiled.

 

“I’m ready.”

 

Arnav nodded and looked over Khushi’s shoulder and saw Anjali, Shyam, Payal, Akaash, NK, Nani, Manorama and Ankina all smiling at them.

 

“Mom, we’re going to have dinner out, so don’t cook for us.”

“Ok, chote. Enjoy your time.”

 

Arnav nodded and lead Khushi out. Khushi smiled and walked out.

 

“Was it just me, or did Khushi ji look super beautiful today?”

“NK, she’s still married to Bhai you know, you can’t make those kinds of comments.”

“But I can say that about Khushi ji in front of Nanav too, he won’t say anything.”

“He’ll probably just smash your nose.”

 

Everyone laughed and after a moment of looking totally shocked NK laughed too.