Before you read, I need you guys to read the prologue once more... I have made small changes and the changes are in black... And, new characters added in the Character Index...
*CHAPTER 2- EMOTIONS ATTACK AT SCHOOL*
Arnav was in his classroom, but only physically. He was thinking of Khushi... Those beautiful eyes of hers, which seemed to dance with emotions and her beautiful dazzling smile. "MR RAIZADA!" The voice snapped him back to reality.
"Huh?" He said, looking at his Commerce Teacher.
"Would you CARE to answer my question?" She asked sarcastically.
"Um..." He looked at the board, processed what she had written. Taking a risk, he quoted the last thing she had written on the board.
Mrs Bhatt's eyebrow shot up. "Well played Mr Raizada. SIT. I hope that little head of yours does not stay in clouds all the time."
Arnav nodded once, annoyed at the sniggers that followed. Khushi KJumari Gupta! What are you doing to me?
Khushi listened to the science teacher droning on in her nasal voice about light rays... Khushi grimaced internally. What the hell will we do learning all this? BOLLYWOOD INFO is much more useful...You could decide whether or nott to waste your time going to a theatre... I mean, LIGHT RAYS? SERIOUSLY?
Just then, she heard him. Her heart began to race again. She looked up. Arnav was standing at the doorway with a box in his hand. "Excuse me Ma'am?" He asked Mrs Mehta.
"Yes?" She asked, looking at him from over her glasses.
"Can I have Khushi for a sec?" Khushi flushed at his words...
"Mr Raizada, you can have your meetings later, and as you cansee, she is attending class."
"I am sorry Ma'am but uh, the bell for recess rang five minutes back," Arnav replied smugly.
"Oh. Ok class, wind up for today." She said, walking out of the class with her books, frowning at Arnav.
"Khushi?" Arnav called.
Asking her cheeks to PLEASE STOP BLUSHING, she went to him. "Yeah?"
He pulled her outside as the entire class watched. "Here." He told her, handing over a small box, with a Ben10 cartoon on it.
Her eyebrow went up questioningly. "Di sent these for you."
Curious, she opened the box. "Haye! JALEBI!" Arnav smiled. He had always admired how the smallest things made her happy.
Khushi smiled happily, and without thinking, hugged him. "Thanks much! Tell Di!"
Arnav hugged her back, and they stood like that for a few minutes. Arnav was stunned; he had imagined Khushi in his arms so many times. They heard a small, "Ahem" behind them.
Both sprang apart, Khushi blushing. Arnav was a little dazed, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Uh, see you later." he said and walked away.
Khushi turned to her best friend who had just walked out of the classroom with an expression that said 'you owe me an explanation'
"Lavanya, I was...um... just jalebis..." Lavanya rolled her eyes. "You, my dear bestie, owe me an explanation BIG TIME."
They started walking around the school corridors.
"Oh please La! IT was just a hug!" She said looking away.
"Oh REALLY? Then how come you are still blushing? YOU like him... like LIKE him..." she said.
"NO I DON'T! He is my neighbour, and good friend." She said indignantly.
"Fine. Prove it." Lavanya said.
"What, how?" Khusi asked.
Lavanya grinned slyly.
Arnav walked inside RM, still feeling a little dazed about that hug. FOR GODS SAKE ARNAV! ITS BEEN NEARLY THREE HOURS SINCE IT HAPPENED!
"Uh, Chhotey?" Anjali's voice came.
Arnav looked up. "Yeah Di?"
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Anjali asked.
"Yeah sure." He said, walking to the sofa, and plonking down the bag, and settling to untie his shoes.
"Uh, you know you can tell me anything right?" she asked hesitantly,
Arnav got suspicious. "Yeahhh..."
"Arnav, you're in eleventh grade now..."
"Di? Just say it!"
"Do you, you know, like uh, have a crush or...like LIKE someone?" Anjali was surprised. She had ACTUALLY completed her sentence. She watched her brother's face morph from confusion, to realization then to her delight, EMBARASSMENT and then a masked ad obviously fake look of ridicule. "What the-! Di, you know I feel all this is ridiculous...besides, whatever happens at this age is just hormones...And I have to go now Di..." He shrugged and went upstairs in a hurry. A little bit too much hurry, Anjali thought. So...Chhotey... since you are so sure it is HORMONES, something IS happening isn't it?
Shyam watched as his sister walked into the house, all flustered and annoyed. She was biting her nails; a sure-shot indication that she was about to do something she did not want to do...AT ALL...
"Hey Pari! Come sit here..." Shyam beckoned to her.
"Not now Bhaiyya!" Khushi said.
Shyam's eyebrow shot up. He walked to her and place a hand on her shoulder. "Everything okay?"
"NO! HOW CAN LAVANYA ASK ME TO DO THAT! It's not fair!" she said frustrated.
"She asked you to do what?"
"OOH NOTHING! NEVER MIND!" she said and as she huffed into her room, Shyam knew she would come back. Idiot Lavanya...! Then she realized she needed to vent out, and stormed back into the hall and told La's plans to Shyam. Shyam stared at her. "Ok go ahead! Do it... Prove it to her! What is wrong with that?"
Khushi's eyes narrowed. "What would you do if Anjali Bhabhi did this to you?"
Shyam's face blanched. "Exactly!" Khushi said triumphantly and went back to her room thinking, O will forget all about it,and think about it when the day comes... Now, I will concentrate on Bhaiyya's marriage, which is in two days... Yes. Thats what I will do.
Shyam stared at his sister... Anjali was SO right...
"Both are not willing to admit it." Anjali complained to Shyam on the phone after both of them discussed what had happened when they tried to talk to their siblings.
"Then it is not our business!" Shyam said.
"What IS it with you men! Why don't you ever help in uniting two souls?" Anjali complained.
"Ok Ok, Rani Sahiba... Your order, is my wish." He said, exuberantly.
"Good, Here is what we have to do."
As he heard what she had to say, he grew a little tensed. What if his sister was not able to handle the situation?
CHAPTER 3 (RED DRESS)
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Edited by Dynamix215 - 12 years ago
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