The cloth covered the article perfectly; I really don't need to worry much now.

I smiled the goofy smile that would come from my heart, every time that I did any kind of mischief, just the time like now.

I turned around from that place, where the precious thing of my life lay hidden from the prying eyes – patted my back mentally and walked downstairs where the huge sound of the priest, muttering the mantras that had such huge hidden meaning, while my two best friends were getting married.

"Did you complete the work?" I heard a small voice coming from behind one of the pillars, that were hidden behind with dark and bright colored curtains.

"umm huum " i muttered and walked ahead with a bright smile, the huge earrings that touched my skin every now then made me smile, just thinking about the reason of each and every touch of theirs.

"every time these earrings would kiss your cheeks, it wouldn't be them – but me Arohi."

Arjun had ever so softly and with a husky voice had muttered these words just a few hours ago when I was in a huge dilemma of which earrings to be worn – which he had solved with a small gift.

I shook my head at my hopelessness and walked closer to the mandap; Vihaan and Abha looked blessed and happy, the twinkle and small excitement to start a new life together was something which made them look so cute and glowing.

The whole area was surrounded with fairy lights and as every ritual would come to an end with a series of fire crackers would glow in the never end blanket of darkness that was decorated with the star and moon by the nature.

As the Ganesh poojan had got completed, yet again a few beautiful colorful crakers burst in the air making me smile. yet I felt an emptiness in my heart, which soon dissolved as I felt a hand circling my waist.

"yet again you proved that you are a genius Arohi." Arjun's voice reached my ears as his breath kissed the sweet part just below my ears.

"I always was Arjun, it's just that you could never understand that.' I smiled at him, the topic for his complement was so known to me and the fact that somehow I was the sole winner of it made me only happy even more.

"well that is what I call an over confidence, sweetheart."

"its not overconfidence darling, it's something called as belief." I said, trying my best to stop that small frown to develop on my forehead.

I was about to kiss on his checks when I heard the loud and cheerful laughter of dev as he held the most important thing of my life – vihaan's shoes.

"what the hell... how could you all steal them from us?' I screeched in Arjun's ear as he was as well looking where dev stood – who winced and looked at me with a teasing smirk.

"well that was what you call as v – i- c – t –o – r –y " Arjun kissed my checks and walked towards dev and high fied him.

"Alright than singh this is a war now... If I win you would do anything that I ask you to do... but if I win you won't be touching me for a whole month , and will do whatever I ask you to do."

"Alright fine." He accepted it, and then went and sat down in his place, yet I could never think that I ever imagined those small worried expression on his face.

I quickly messaged the girls to meet me near a small fountain that was kept at the middle of the garden and walked towards it for the most important meeting of our life.

Though the wedding was going on at its own speed; but to contrast it we needed to brain storm and think very clearly of all the possible things that might occur. I just cant let them win this not now at least with the bet on.

I walked and quickly pulled up a few chairs and started to discuss the plan.

Mostly shoes didn't matter, but now they did.

"Juta churana" (stealing the shoe of the groom) is one of the most important ritual in Indian wedding, though here the groom has to give away the money, yet it becomes a promise to the sisters of the bride that we are liable to take away any of his possession if he ever tried to hurt our sister.

And Abha was way more than sister to us.

Someone of whose relation we couldn't explain in words.

Once the plan was made, re-discussed and analyzed from all the aspects we had set to.

The plan was still working properly. It was actually very simple, all we had to make sure was that to create such circumstances that the shoes would automatically land up in Arjun's hand and the rest was something which I would be doing.

Nitya and misha were ready, they made sure that raghav and other boys would get busy, my both sweet bhabhis gave their kids responsibility to their husband who as well became busy... and as planned finally it was Arjun who had the shoes – the key to our lottery and assurance.

I took a deep breath and made sure that with every move that I do, the earrings would touch my checks at least twice. As expected, once Arjun studied me, he was in a complete awe, yet I put up a very serious face and walked towards him and whispered in his ears .

"come with me please, I want to talk to you about something... and trust me it is not at all related to this stupid game." The false seriousness made him believe in me , as he stood up and followed me completely forgetting the shoes that he had kept beside him.

Once I was sure that we were far away from the crowd I stopped and turned around, as I saw the girls had picked up the shoes and had made Arjun's grand mom ware them, as no one would ever think of finding it under her long rajasthani lehenga.

"you wanted to talk about something?" Arjun Asked, his confused and worried fae made me want to laugh so loud, yet I controlled it and looked at him seriously.

But then after a few minutes, did I finally realize there was nothing to actually talk to him.

I started to fidget my fingers, which he saw and held my hands. But I quickly shrugged them off, making us both shock and quickly kissed his cheecks and muttered

'just wipe off the lipstick."

The plan was to run off after something like this... it surely was.

Yet nothing like that happened. The strong hold of his on my hand made me stop in my track, my heart beating soo loudly, yet the hot feeling that his touch was giving me only made shudder – in delight .

"I know how you function Arohi!" Arjun pulled me so close to me that most of our bodies were touching each other. It was very difficult for me to even think with this close proximity of his.

"w- hat do y- ou mea-n?'

"what I mean is Arohi, that I am ready for my punishment, but you need to just alter it a bit.."

'what do you mean?" I wonder what was wrong with me but my mind had for sure stopped working as I was asking the same question two times In just one minute.

"you will know soon." He said and kissed my cheecks and just like that walked out on me.

After a few minutes, once I was sure that now I would be in a state to handle the huge crowd out there, I walked towards the mundap where Abha and Vihaan had stood up for the fereas.

"where were you ?" Abha snapped at me as soon as I went near her to adjust her pallu that had got tangled up.

"i was here only, just looking after the arrangements." The look that she gave me, made me know that she didn't buy what ever shit I had tried to sell her, yet she didn't pressed much and started with the phera.

I stepped back and watched them as they got tied in a unique bond that each and every person worshiped.

A small smile tugged on my face, as with ever so daring heart did I for first time imagined me to be tied up in a knot as this with Arjun – with no doubts may I add.

The warm feeling that spread around me as I saw Arjun smiling at me, made me even more content with my life. For sometime there I thought, that may be everything was there with me that I had ever asked for... but then, how was it to come to an end when me and Arjun had yet to live the undreamed dreams.

The noise of the loud clapping brought me out of our wonder land. The smirk on his face had let me know that he did knew what I was thinking, the burning of my cheeks were something really a task worthy to hide from the others.

Yet, now that our plan had worked we made sure the shoes are fine and sat down at one place, all having fun of our life.

It was finally after an hour that Vihaan realized that he needed the shoues and called out for the boys.

"dev get me my shoes please." He said as he looked at each and everyone of them, while all the boys did was hug there heads.

I smiled and walked off to nani and took the shoes from her and walked back to my new jiju (sister's husband).

"vihaan I have your shoes but if you want them you need to give me 12,000 rs. " I folded my hands and waited for him to say something. The girls looked at me onfused yet I said them to be quite and with a firm look stared ahead.

"those shoes don't even cost me more than 2000 Arohi, and I have to pay for them what 12000 rs?" vihaan asked as he sat down, as if a proper negotiation meeting was about to be held.

If that was so, then so be it.

"don't tell me you got them from the locals?" his mom asked him, while we all laughed at his tensed figure, there would be no other person other than Vihaan who would love to do street shopping .

Well the street shops did provided variety than the malls at reasonable prices.

"no mom, but wait for a minute-" he then looked me and said.

"I would give you not more than 10,000 you have sign the deal with it." From the corner of my eyes I could see the girls smiling as finally the deal got sealed at the amount we desired.

It was simple, always bid for more than you want... the settling price would be always yours.

Once the deal was made, the girls made everyone do so many horrendous things while Arjun and I had that weird eye contact where none of spoke yet felt so many things.

The environment around us was growing so comfortable, the happy songs, the chilly whether and the heated gaze of Arjun gave me a delightful feeling.

Was it really weird to get or feel such things?

The answer was better unanswered.

Once all the functions were over, we had the dinner and then after a huge reception it was time for the viddai.

It took everything in us not to let out our tears, yet when our best friend hugged us, the streams fell as if they would never stop.

As Abha was detangled from us, Arjun quickly came to my side and hugged me as if he was trying to mend me, and yet his confines made me heal much faster, his beating hearts were a reminder that for sure I wont lose my friend ... ever.

The phone that I had kept on my nightstand the last night was ringing since last 10 min, though I wanted to pick it up, the warm water under which I was standing made it so difficult to close the tap and walk out to answer the call.

Yet with a heavy heart I did closed it and walked towards the night stand picked up my phone.

"you are married right then why don't you go and disturb your husband rather than me?" I asked the newly wedded Abha who was supposed to be at an honey moon yet delayed it saying she had a sense that I and Arjun would be following her.

"good morning, and yet I thought that you had cried for loosing me."

"I wish that would have been the case, you never fail to irritate me Abha... but let it be tell me, why did you called?" I asked and looked at the calendar seeing it had just been a week since this girl had been married and was ready to gossip with me.

If ever this was just the starting and a worse was going to come, I was ready for it with open arms.

"get ready and come to our school, we all are meeting there." She just ordered me and hung up the phone, leaving me all alone to scowl at the blank phone.

With a loud huff I yet again opened my wardrobe and took out a pair of clothing and walked down.

The evening was yet young, yet the duties of a doctor made me so tired that the warm water and my bed would be my best companion for now.

Yet I was a person who did a big mistake , I made friends, I fell in love with someone, and as well considered my friends as my life.

And this was the only reason I drove towards the place where whole of our story had began.

Such beautiful memories had started to come up just by the thought of remembering that place; our holi's our diwali's our race to tie rakhi to boys, the canteen and so much more.

I laughed yet again at one of the memories and got down from the car as I reach the school and then walked towards the huge garden.

But my steps halted as the whole place was filled with so many flowers, the entrance was decorated with fairy lights and yet again a small path filled with rose petals was made.

Though I wanted to think it was Arjun's doing, the fact the he was upset with me for not altering his punishment for losing the bet had made me stop it and find yet other various reasons for these arrangement.

I walked ahead and as soon as I reached the at the end of the path the whole garden was lighted up and I could see each and everything clearly, even the person who was now kneeled down in front of me.

The huge and nervous smile telling me so many stories!

"the first time I had seen you was here, the day when I had came to take admission for Anika, and you were playing on the swing, your pigtails waving un the air... that moment I had lost the capacity to think properly Arohi ... and you always did that."

He held my hand in his and continued...

"And till now you do the same thing, hence when once again I had mustered up some courage on your birthday when we were in 11 I couldn't confess my love to you... but now, with blessings of our parents and friends.."

And the same time I could see the bright smile on everyone's face as they came out from the darkness. I smiled at them, a few tears had started to brim in my eyes – and looked at Arjun once again.

"I would like to ask you Dr. Arohi Kadam, will you like to spend your whole life with me? ... will you marry me Arohi?"

The no movement of his shoulders somehow told me how tensed, nervous and scared he was and to remove him from his misery I said

"yes." And with that just in a blur he was on his legs as he slipped a small platinum band with a diamond in it on my finger and hugged me... but with that we two were as well attacked with huge number of hugs.

We all separated from each other, soon everyone left form there as we sat there, living the silence ... our childhood and dreaming some new dreams.

The tight hold of Arjun's hand gave me a security which nothing gave me till now, and unknowingly I rested my head on his shoulder, and soon felt his as well.

I was about to close my still looking at the stars, imagining my best friend to be there, when I saw her standing in front of us and smiling .

She wore the same dress, she didn't say anything all she did was smile.

For some time I felt as if it was a dream, but the rigid and stiff body of Arjun told me a truth.

I wanted to say so many things yet I couldn't, she laughed at us and blew a kiss towards us and said

"see I knew you would look cute together... just be happy , and Arjun don't you dare leave her again."

The tight hold on my hand that I felt , was may be an answer to her from him, as she smiled and started to go backwards waving at us and smiling, I wanted to stop her, hug her... yet as if I was under a spell, sat there with my hands in Arjuns... somewhere imagining our future together, as she said a bye and vanished into the thin air.

None of us spoke anything, we both somehow knew what we felt and all we did was embrace ourselves... a happy and satisfied feeling to know we finally met her... we bid her a bye.

And yet again, we pulled each other so close that none of the winds would ever drift us apart.

As we welcomed the life that was ahead of us, to tell the others our story that would only end with an

And we fell in love.

finally this came to an end!!!

who all are really happy with the kind of proposal Arjun gave? 

simple and sweet?

well now with the end of And we fell in love, i would really like to tell you so many things about it.

this story was cooked up every time that i would sit with my pc on, there were so many times that i had changed the plot... and my depression didn't help me at all... that was the only reason for the late updates.

last year was a roller coaster for me, yet you people and this novel helped me so much..

so thank you for being there with me, even without your knowledge.

there are so many people i would like to thank for being there with me, for reading this story which had so many editions to be done. 

so thank you everyone, thank you soo much .

and i hope that you would be there with  me for my next journey as well.

and if it really helps you and interests you to read, than the story "a bubble of happiness" has many incidences that happen in my life and especially the last year 2016. 

a year that changed my life upside down.

and only for you people i am as well going to publish one of the chapter here  form that story so for you all to decide if you want to read it or not.

and hence dont delete this novel yet from your library

but do add it to your reading lists and as well pll share it with your friends.

thank you.