Arnav slowly opened his eyes to find Khushi still leaning heavily against him.He knew she was was broken from her body language.He held her by her shoulders and tried to put some distance between them,but Khushi's grip seemed to tighten involuntarily.He called her name gently..Khushi..but there was no response .so he called out a little louder .."khushi…and her eyes flicked open.For a moment she had no bearings..no idea where she was.Realization quickly dawned on her and she pulled away from Arnav.she felt embarrassed and even shocked at her own self.What was wrong with her?why did she run into his arms and then feel as if this was her rightful place?What would he even think of her?She heard her name again ..that husky manner in which he called her when he wasn't yelling at her always sent a tingle down her spine.She slowly lifted her  tear stained eyes to look at him.He looked back into those twin  chocalate pools and  she felt as if he was staring into her very soul."Jee..she replied very tentatively not quite sure how to react."tum..theek ho??he asked.this eemed to be the only question they had been asking each other of late, he thought grimly."Jee..ab teek hoon."Who…maaf  kijiye humne aapka shirt pura kharab kar diya ..she said, looking at his  now wet chest."Its ok..he muttered.They stood there ,both of them uncomfortable and unsure as to what had just transpired between them.

 

Shyam had been watching from a distance.he was shocked, to say the least.He was sure his bro in law hated Khushi ,and what was she doing running upto him and hugging him like there was no tomorrow.He could feel the anger sear through and knew it was time to for his next step ,and ,for that he needed buaji's help.She seemed to be the only one with blind faith in him.

 

Khushi stood fidgeting with the ends of her dupatta and arnav could see that she was edgy.The silence was broken by payal's voice.."Khushi…she called.Khushi was relieved ,she needed to get away from him.All these feelings he invoked in her had her confused.She needed to focus on babuji now."Hum aate hai she told arnav and quickly followed her sister's voice.Arnav wanted to follow then thought it better not to.She probably needed to be with her family.He thought he would check with the doctor if everything was ok.He also wanted to make sure that the treatment was not being held up to due to financial constrains.He started walking towards the reception and asked for the name of the doctor treating Mr.Gupta.He went in search of the doctor when familiar voices stopped him dead in his tracks.

 

Payal looked around and saw khushi approaching her…Kaha gayi thi kushi ..pata hai mein kab se tumhe doondh rahi thi?Kya hua jiji …khushi asked now frantic at the thought of some bad news."Babuji teek tho hai na.??"Ab tak tho hai…payal  cried hugging khushi tightly…par doctor ne kaha ki hame aage ki treatment ke liya paise jama karne honge.."Ab hum kya karenge khushi…itne sare paise hum kaha se layenge."Ek kaam karo khushi "..payal went on.."mere ye do chudiyaan tum girvi rak do..kuch paise to aise milenge.Tumhare paas bhi tho do kangan hai na khushi…agar hum who bhi de denge tho shayad abhi ke liya kaafi honge. . "sambhalo apne aapko jiji…agar amma  aapko dekh legi to kitna pareshaan hogi.paison ki fikar aap bilkul mat kijiye ..hum hain na…hum sab sambhalenge…Khushi told payal with a positiveness she was far from feeling."Aap jaakar amma ke paas baitiye hum paison ka intezaam karke aate hai.She watched as her sister walked away from her and wondered how she was going to raise the money!!!