Avni was getting juice for mishti when she heard Neil call out her name. At first she stiffened but slowly she took small deep breaths and turned around slowly

Avni: do u want anything from here?...She said trying to speak normally although from inside she was really nervous

Neil: no

Avni was about to turn around again when she heard Neil speak.

Neil : can we talk?

Avni looked at Neil

Avni: about?

Neil: about u and me he said straight forwardly

Avni: ok... Avni was surprised she was about to say no but blurted out yes and cursed herself in her head.

For the past 5 mins both were sitting near the pond and finally Neil broke the silence

Neil: Avni I know things didn't end well in the Past...After our break up we didn't communicate that much except me asking u what was the reason

Avni: Neil y r u brining thi... but she couldn't continue as Neil interrupted

Neil: no let me complete it has been so many years since we broke up. We both r mature and have moved on somewhere in life. I agree that u broke up when I never wanted to and after that there was no communication between us two since u came back to Mumbai.

Avni: come straight to the point Neil. Neil smiled from inside as somewhere Avni still knew him well enough

Neil: we both could behave cordially right. Just because we broke up years ago doesn't mean we should be uncomfortable around each other...We could still be friends just like before.

Avni in her head: what do I do god if I say no then it would surely raise doubts in everyone mind as to y I don't want to have any type of contact with Neil and if I'm close to Neil then..... no no I can't let that happen maybe maintaining a cordial relation would be better all I will have to do is keep my distance

Avni: I guess u r right. We r mature enough and could at least maintain a cordial relation she said coming out of her thoughts.

Neil: I thought it would be hard to convince u

Avni: y? She blurted out

Neil: don't mind but u were the one to break up so thought u wouldn't want anything to do with me.

Avni: and u? She said in a trance. Neil turned to look at avni... both continued to look at each other. For a sec Neil felt like it was the old Avni in front of him. He looked away

Neil: First yes I somehow wanted to be in contact with u. The break up had affected me.. I was just not able to come in terms with the reason u gave for the break up( its mentioned in the intro part if anyone doesn't remember) .. but slowly i realised I can't just sulk I had my family and friends who were concerned about me and somehow moved on.

Avni felt a sting in her heart which bought her out of her trance when Neil said that

Avni in her head: if only I could tell u how hard it was for me to see u in that state

Neil: but past is past right ...we both have moved on in our life he said looking at avni again to see her lost in thoughts

Avni felt butterflies in her stomach just with a mere touch of Neil hand on her shoulder and looked at him

Neil: what happened?

Avni: nothing. So um it's all sorted right

Neil:. Yes I just had to let this out as I didn't want any type of uneasiness between us.

Avni: hmm... she said getting up to leave while Neil watches her walk away

Neil (to himself): when I held u from falling for a sec I saw some type emotions in your eyes which use to be there for me when we were dating.. and right now your words were saying something else and eyes were saying another story ...y am i getting a weird feeling that u have something big hidden inside u

Meanwhile at the table

Dd: what do u think?. ..would they have spoken?

Vidyut: I guess so Neil said he wanted to make things clear with AM

Ali: in a way it's best if they talk and forget about the past.

Riya: it must be hard for Neil as he never wanted to break up with Avni as it took him a while to cope up with the break up

Juhi: it was not easy for Avni too she blurted out which made everyone look at her surprisingly especially vidyut

Juhi: I mean I agree she broke up with Neil but even for her making that decision would have been hard right she said

Dd: that is true also.. Juhi breathed a sigh of relief which didn't go unnoticed by vidyut.

Vidyut: whatever it is when they come back let's not ask them anything as it
May make things awkward between them

Avni stopped for a sec she felt as if Neil was saying something to her. She wanted to turn around and look at him but dropped the idea and walked back to where the others were sitting

Neil also got up and walked quickly and soon was behind Avni

Dd: look here they come. Both sat down in their seats

Ali: ok so I'm going to make an announcement

Neil: what announcement.

Ali: I'm planning to Marry Riya

Riya eyes popped out

Riya: what...what ..did...did u just say

Ali: that im planning to marry u

Riya: babes please pinch me she said to Avni

Avni rolled her eyes and pinched riya

Riya: u seriously want to marry me?

Ali: no I just said it like that he said
rolling his eyes

Riya :aliiii

Ali: of course yaar

Riya: without any proposal

Ali: what is there to propose ?we both love each other and planned to get married some day

At that time neil looked at avni

Flashback

Neil: avni

Avni: hmmm she said caressing neil hair reading a book while he was laying on her lap

Neil: how would u like your proposal to be

Avni: what? She said moving the book away and looked at Neil

Neil: well after few years time I plan to propose u and to make it the best proposal its important to know how u would want to be proposed

Avni: neil we r only in the first year of college and u r thinking about all of this.

Neil: so its not a crime to plan for the future right he said getting up and sat facing her

Avni: no its not but... she said stretching on the word 'but' with a naughty smile

Neil: what but

Avni: but what if I don't want to marry u I mean just imagine if I find someone else much better or my family don't agree with our relation she said getting up hiding the naughty smile

Neil: oh madam I am not going to let someone take u away from me and about convincing your family that is not a hard thing... I can win their hearts easily he said getting up

Avni: really?

Neil: really he said pulling avni closer to him

Avni: neil?

Neil: hmm he said stroking her cheeks with his nose

Avni: even if you propose in a simple way that would be the best proposal for me she said wrapping her arms around his neck.

Neil: but I will try and make it the best proposal

Avni: i know it would be the best proposal as u will be with me

Neil: and also the one to propose u

Avni: nei...

Neil: shh he said not letting her complete

Neil looked at avni in the eyes and then at her lips and avni knew what he wanted and closed her eyes. Neil took that as a signal and closed the gap between their lips.

Flashback end

Ali: neil r u listening NEIL ... NEIL

Neil: uh sorry what were u saying he said coming back to present and looked at everyone looking at him along with avni

Ali: where were u lost have been calling u for a long time

Neil: sorry was just thinking about something from the past. he said looking at ali and this time avni looked at neil knowing he was remembering their moment

Ali: see this mad girl wants me to propose I mean think I directly asked her to marry me and she still wants me to propose

Vidyut: so propose what is a big deal in that

Ali: big deal? There is no big deal

Riya: then propose after that I will say yes

Ali: fine if this is the case then wait for my proposal.

Misthi: mama I want to sleep. Juhi took mishti and placed her head on her shoulder patting her back.

Riya: lets see how well your proposal is

Avni: can we change the topic please u can continue your proposal talk in private she said rubbing her forehead

Dd: how about we play truth and dare

Riya:nooo

Ali: yaar if mishti was awake then I would have played the music but can't do that as it will disturb her sleep.

Riya recieved a call from Ashish

Riya : hey chachu what's up

Ashish: hey beta I tried calling Avni but her phone kept going on voicemail so thought to call u to tell u that let all your friends knows that it's Neela bday the day after tommorw and all r invited

Riya: ok chachu I will let all know. Shall I give the phone to Avni ?

Ashish: Haan

Riya gave the phone to Avni

Avni: Haan papa

Ashish : Avni y is your phone going on voice mail

Avni checked her phone to find it switched off and when she tried turning it on she saw the low battery sign before it went blank again

Avni: papa didn't realise my phone battery died

Ashish: u seriously need some scolding on how to save your battery and only your maa can do that in a better way . It's good that u r with your friends otherwise if u were alone god knows how worried we would have been

Avni smiled at Ashish concern

Avni: sorry papa promise from next time will keep it fully charged. By the way y did u call ?

Ashish : I told Riya and u will get to know when she tells all your friends now enjoy see u later on

Avni: bye

Ashish: bye

Avni gave the phone back to Riya

Riya: guys days after Tomorrow is Neela Chachi bday and chachu wants all of u and I mean all of u to come for the party.. right Avni she said looking at all

Avni: hmm

Dd: of course we will be there

Avni: we will let u know the time of the party

Riya: look at this we all were talking that we didn't realise how the snacks have almost finished

Juhi: proves that we all had a great time

Vidyut: I think we all should go as we have work the next day and also let's keep a track to meet up often now

Ali: absolutely we all got a chance to meet thanks to Neil coming back and now we will meet at Neela Aunty's bday party

Vidyut texted Dd

And Dd looked at the message to see it say
"Find out who this person is that keeps sending notes to Avni

He looked at vidyut and nodded.

Neil saw the exchange between vidyut and Dd and found something odd.

Meanwhile at a place a man was sitting on a chair when someone came into the room

Guy: boss I got news that all of them r at Ali cafe and Neil khanna is back

Hearing Neil's name the man who was sitting on the chair looked at the guy

Boss: u sure about that

Guy: 100% boss he said showing his phone where he took pics secretly

The boss smiled Evily seen how Avni was no where sitting near Neil

Boss: that's like my girl keeping her promise of staying away from Neil khanna. He smirked.

Guy: now what shall we do?

Boss: keep an eye on them... the guy nodded and left the room

The boss who was in the room walked towards the wall and caressed
a big potrait which was of Avni.

Precrap: Shweta and Neela meet for the first time at ragini house and Neela bday party

Hey guys chap 7 is finally uploaded

Thank to those who voted and commented for the previous part and also thanks to those who love the promo . I loved seen all your excitement

Hope u all love this part

Will be waiting for all the lovely comments and votes

Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistake

Lots of love
Sonali

zainu_obsessed I know u r excited due to the promo but hope this helps till then