"Everything is just fine here bhaiya, you all can now go and please look after the decorations in the courtyard. " I instructed the workers and walked ahead in the brightly lit corridors of the hotel.

As soon as we had reached home, Abha's parents had demanded us to move to Jaipur the very next day, and he was right. We had to go there see if things were done properly and every guest were comfortable.

And hence here we are, correctly on 23 of December at the palace where Abha's and Vihaan's wedding was supposed to be conducted.

I moved towards the west wing, the decorations were at its best peak a pleasant fragrance of various sweets had filled the air.

The voice of the girls could be heard clearly from where I stood, and along with them I could as well hear vihaans and raghav's voice; it seemed as if everyone was seated here, and may be actually after 2 days I would see him.

We haven't talked, not even related to the preparations or to ask if I was okay. The thought that maybe he didn't miss me as much as I did, burn my heart. But then I know better than to judge his actions, which are always opposite to what he really feels.

"Hey Arohi, thank god you are here... see I don't think this jewelry would go with these sari do you have anything matching for it?" rhea asked me, while Raghav had that very saree wrapped around him with a few jewelry decorating him.

"What is going on here?" I asked , eyeing the whole shade that was filled with bags, sarees, makeup kit and jewelry. I had an idea that something like this would happen, but here? That was not what I had expected.

"Abha, what is this all? If aunty sees this, than she would lash out on you. Please pack these and get -"

"Don't lecture us Arohi, rather we suggest you to sit here and help us out. Since the day we have come here you are busy with some or the other work.. I know its my wedding but don't you think it would be better if you could spend some time together. " Abha complained and pulled me down on the love seat beside her.

And with nothing to do, even I sat down and as well got engrossed with the matching and making up of clothes.

"Um raghav do one thing just try this gold necklace and those earrings." Raghav complied with my instruction and took the god necklace that was in vihaan's hand and wore it, while Abha's saree was wrapped around him.

I smiled brightly at the way it complemented the saree and showed him thumbs up while he as well squealed like a girl and removed them and finally took my clothes.

The way he paired them and posed for us made us so happy. None of the boys would do that for us. It as well became quite easy what jewelry looked good on what.

I quickly got up from my place and walked to him and hugged him and kissed his cheeks.

"What the hell???" Arjun screamed all of a sudden looking up from his cell phone. He walked towards us and tried to separate me and raghav... but no, this was not going to happen now.

This guy was really irritating me and now he would not get what he wants.

"Raghav, come with me and sit here I have to tell you something." I said and tried to pull him towards the seat but was stopped by an opposite force.

"Raghav if you want your teeth to be in their place you would stay where you are." Arjun threatened him.

"Raghav I have something in my cell phone if you don't want that to be seen by your parents you would come with me."

"No raghav, you don't have to worry if your ass is at fire I will help you out, you know very well that I can do that."

We kept on threatening him and kept on pulling him, the force had increased so much that we didn't even realized when Arjun had lost his grip on raghav's hand and held a piece of saree, and when I pulled on it – it tore.

It freaking tore into pieces!

There was a pin drop silence as everyone waited for my reaction. Arjun had this innocent look on his face, while Raghav looked shit scared, and other could only wait and try to stop them from smiling – rather laughing!

I looked at Arjun, and closed my eyes and thought what he did. A series of things came in my mind. But then there wasn't any reason to talk with him, it was better to be quite now and attack when the time would be right.

I unwrapped the sari from Ragahav's body and as well took out the jewelry and returned it to nitya as it belonged to her, and kept the saree in a plastic bag to dispose it off later.

"Arohi, I have another saree if you want-"

"It's not needed; I have a saree as well. I don't know why but had this feeling to keep an extra with me." I smiled at the girls picked up my things and stood up.

"okay I will take you all leave, girls I hope you have keys to the suit, please don't give it to anyone and I am locking the door, whenever you would be back just wake me , we would watch some movie." I smiled and walked away from there, as Arjun stood there gaping at me, while the rest of the boys could only pity him.

You are going to get worst Arjun, no one tears my saree – a designer may I add and walk away just like that. I thought and opened the door to our suite and kept the bags in the wardrobe and changed in my pyjama's and slept.

"I didn't know I would have to attend Abha's wedding to meet you again" someone whispered in my ears as I arranged the flowers in a plate.

"ohh god, vivek what a pleasant surprise!!" I exclaimed and hugged him.

Listening to my cheerful voice even Abha, nitya and rhea walked towards us and hugged him.

"You are quite late Oberoi, don't you think so?" Aba asked her hands folded on her chest.

"I am sorry, but now I am at your service!" he said smiling at her and then winking at me, only making me blush a bit.

"Hmm that's great, as it is I wanted an assistant, so I give you an hour's time go and freshen up and meet me at the back garden," I ordered him, and we all started laughing seeing him saluting me and walked off to his room.

"You blushed when he winked at you!!" nitya accused me, while I smirked at her, and turned around to do my work not before saying

"And who said you can't crush on some other guy when you love a man?" I winked at her huge and creepy smiling face.

The whole day was a hectic, today nothing much special, just the continuation of the photoshoot but this time it was to be held under the stars hence we waited for the night to arrive, while we did the preparations for the further rituals.

It was somewhat 6 when we all had once again got ready and walked down to the huge garden for the photo shoot.

"You look amazing!!" vivek came all of a sudden and whispered in my ears. I smiled at him and said a small thank and we finally started with the shoot, but this time I was far away from Arjun.

I was still pissed off with him and was glad that he had yet not approached me, or else even I didn't know what I would have done to him.

We all girls came together and posed for various pictures, some in the garden, and some in corridors, some under the shade and some with the boys as well.

Finally, after about 3 hours, we were done and after dinner, and settled down near the pool where vivek had set up a bonfire for us all.

The weather was a bit chilly, and the presence of water and the bonfire along with some peanut that we were frying, some corns and as well a bit of marshmallow were like a cherry on the top.

"Arohi come with me I want to talk with you." I heard Arjun's voice all of a sudden, as he stood in front of me.

"I am sorry Arjun but right now I am talking with vivek, if you have anything important to talk with me, please wait for some time; once we are done I will hear you for sure," I said and turned to vivek with whom I was discussing some of our school days, specifically those years when Arjun wasn't there in school.

While Arjun stood there listening to our conversation.

From the corner of my eyes I saw Arjun moving from there, I was quite happy to see that he was nowhere near me, to give those tingling, and giddy feeling. But my happiness, my poor happiness has such a poor life that it was short lived, when all of a sudden I was picked up from the ground and swung on the shoulder.

"Arohi when I say that I want to talk with you, I believe that you would be all ears... if you like it or not."

"ARJUN LET MEE DOWN... YOU MORONE!!" I SCREAMED, KICKED, PUNCHED, as well as tickled this inhuman being, but being the beast as he was he would just carry me to god knows where .

"Arohi it's you who would get hurt if you won't stop struggling so just shut up and stay properly where you are or else you will get hurt." His calm voice made me anxious. This guy on whose shoulder I was hanging was a great and a handsome man. But the brain of his was one of the most dangerous areas.

"Arjun, I have to attend Abha's wedding and if I would go missing my parents would get worried and they will call cops, so if you are thinking of abducting me don't even think of that you will get caught for sure." I tried, I tried a lot to persuade him in letting me go, but this thick headed 6 foot tall monkey didn't listen to me at all.

Rather after a lot of twists and turns around the palace he finally came to an halt and let me down.

But no not in a proper way like, setting me on my foot etc. etc. rather he just threw me on something which made me bounce twice with my eyes closed and then once I was safe and sound, I opened my eyes only to meet the brown orbs that looked right into my soul.

"I am sorry." He said with a soft look in his eyes, which would make anyone melt like molten lava – except for me.

"I hope you know there are a lot things that you need to apologize for, and you are forgiven... just let me go, my friends are waiting for me." I said and tried to push him away from me, but the way he had towered me it was quite impossible to do so.

"Arohi-"

"No Arjun... please, you want some space I am ready to give you that, but right now its me who needs a bit of space so plea-"

"no way are you getting any of that stupid space of yours, especially with that bastard vivek, trying to impress you." And just like that he snaked his one hand behind my neck and kissed me.

As if claiming me as his, trying to remind me whom did I belong with, showing me how much I meant to him, and how much I did need him.

His close proximity and the way I had missed him, that's whom I blame for what I did next.

I quickly put my hand around his neck and kissed him as demandingly and wan tingly as he did. None of us was in a hurry, we wanted to cherish each and every moment of that kiss, as if the world was there, but we weren't the part of that world... we had our own world in the confines of our arms.

I smiled through the kiss, as his another arm snaked my waist, the feeling of his strong and hard hold made me feel secure.... Loved.

I pushed him aside as I heard a few voices.

"Arjun I think someone is coming." I pushed his face aside, but all he did was started to kiss my neck and collar bone and cheeks.

"Arjun!!" I snapped him out of his europium and slapped his hands away from me, on a correct time as some of vihaan's guest came at this side of the corridor.

"ohh hello uncle." I greeted them with a warm smile.

"hello beta, what are you two doing here?" one of the aunty asked, her look was something what the ladies have when they have their senses to detect any kind of gossip that is running around.

"umm actually-"

"we were planning... yeah we were planning for the bachelor and bachelorette." Arjun answered for me, and the satisfied smile that we received from them made me sigh in relief.

Once they had gone, I have harshly turned around and pulled in the very familiar arms.

"Arjun I don't want any repeat telecast of what happened right now," I said as I tried to push him away. He let out a sigh and held my hand and pulled me to sit down on the couch but all over again pulling me into his arms.

The cool air gushed around us, the calming effect of its didn't let us to even open our mouths and to let out the things that we are waiting to tell.

Arjun's hand that was wrapped around me pulled me more closely, as if, if he would keep even an inch of gap between us... we would be so far that none of us would able to come together.

I wrapped my arms around his torso as well an involuntary act which I knew was very special for both of us. It was as if to welcome that warmth which his body was providing me, the love which whole of his being was showing and to shoo away the insecurities that were pulping in our stupid mind.

The silence was so friendly to me, that when Arjun once again opened his mouth to speak it only gave me goose bumps...

"I was not going to leave you after the talk Arohi... I was just a bit overwhelmed, and wondered how come just a small joke of dying could become a huge truth."

His statement though made me happy, yet it gave me another wave of questions.

It seemed that, though Anika was a great person... she had so many secrets which I didn't know even after I had the tag of the best friend.