"Hey." Saira smiled brightly at him, he looked at her in confusion as she sat down beside him, he was pretty much zoned out when she came out of nowhere so he just looked at her blankly until he zoned back and realized what was going on.

"Hey." He replied once she was settled beside him.

"Did you already have lunch? Without me? Not fair." She pouted.

It had been like two weeks since Saira and Arnav got to know each other, since then she made it a point where she would always have her lunch with him, she would sit with him and eat when he ate.

He was kind of okay with it, he dint really mind it, he just felt like they had become friends so fast that he dint even realize it.

"I haven't eaten yet, I was waiting for Suman." Arnav replied.

"Oh okay... you said she wasn't your girlfriend, is she your best friend or something?"

"No... she's actually my girlfriends' best friend." Arnav laughed.

"Ohh... so you do have a girlfriend? Who is she? Does she study here too?" she asked curiously.

"She used to... then she moved to Australia..." Arnav sighed.

"Wow, who is she? I am curious to know. Can you show me her picture or something?" Saira asked excitedly, she was so excited to find out who my girlfriend was as if she was the one dating her, it was funny.

"Yeah sure." Arnav laughed as he pulled out his phone so he could show her Khushi's picture. He opened his gallery and scrolled trying to look for the best picture of Khushi when his phone started ringing.

"How about you just meet her." He smiled as he received the video call that he was getting from Khushi.

"Hey baby." He smiled.

"Heyyy... I missed you." Khushi pouted.

"I miss you too, and you look so pretty. Where are you going dressed up?" Arnav asked as he looked at her, she was dressed in a cute navy-blue dress and had some little makeup on, usually when she called him in the evening she was always in her pajamas.

"Rudra's taking me out for dinner today, I'm still pretending to be mad at him so he's trying to make things better between us. I'm going to carry on with this drama, it's getting me some good stuff." Khushi giggled.

"You are crazy." Arnav laughed.

"Anyway what are you doing?"

"Nothing much, I was waiting for Suman so we could have lunch together, then I was talking about you to a friend and I was just about to show her you picture when you called, so I'm like you should meet her.

Here, this is Saira, Saira, this is Khushi, my girlfriend." Arnav said as he introduced Khushi to Saira proudly.

"Heyyy... oh my God, you're so pretty, she's so pretty." Saira said as she looked at Khushi and then at Arnav making the both of them laugh.

"Thank you, but you're prettier." Khushi complimented her back.

"Thank you." Saira smiled.

"Okay, now let me talk to my girlfriend." Arnav said as he stood up and walked aside talking to Khushi.

"Now I am kind of insecure." Khushi pouted.

"Why?" Arnav raised his eyebrow.

"That friend of yours, Saira. She's so pretty, even prettier than me, what if you get attracted to her and then dump me?" Khushi pouted making a really sad face.

"Babe, for me, you are the prettiest girl in the whole world, and I am not going to get attracted to her because I am in love with you, you have nothing to be worried about. You know I love you and only you." Arnav assured her.

"I love you too, you better not look at other girls."

"I won't." Arnav laughed.

"Okay, Rudra is calling me, we have to leave, I'll talk to you after I'm back from dinner and you're done with your classes okay?"

"Okay, see you later." He smiled, Khushi disconnected the call as she followed Rudra outside the house, they both got into the car as he drove off while she sat silently beside him pretending to be mad at him for making her shift here.

"Hey, sorry I had lots of notes to write." Suman said as she joined Arnav and Saira.

"You were just a few seconds late, I was just talking to Khushi." Arnav said.

"It's okay, I had talked to her earlier today, she was asking how things between Prem and I were and as usual apologizing. Would you please make her understand that whatever happened between Prem and I was not her fault, she was just trying to play cupid, it's not her fault that her brother is such a jackass." Suman rolled her eyes.

"I know." Arnav laughed.

"But on a serious note, she would somehow always feel guilty for it, because it was her secret and you kept it and Prem broke up with you because of that."

"Well as a best friend it was my duty to keep it, Prem should understand that. Anyway let's not discuss him please, I am done with him, I better move on in life." Suman said.

"I am so confused here." Saira interrupted.

"It's nothing important." Suman shrugged.

"Okay can we all eat now? We have like fifteen minutes left before my classes begin, I've got to hurry."

Both Suman and Saira nodded as the pulled out their lunchboxes and they all started eating together, they talked for a while about random stuff and about Khushi and how she was getting adjusted.

After they finished lunch, they all stood up to leave, Saira headed to her class while Suman and Arnav walked together on the opposite direction towards Arnav's class.

"Does Khushi know about her?" Suman asked.

"About who?"

"Saira."

"Yeah, I told you I was on video call with her, so she kind of talked to her also, she knows we are friends."

"I don't like her, something feels off about her. You better not hurt my best friend otherwise I'll murder you." Suman looked at Arnav seriously.

"Jeez relax, why do you think I would do anything like that." Arnav laughed.

"Because no doubt she is very pretty and I just feel something odd about her, plus the way she always looks at you, it seems like she's interested in you."

"But I am not, I am only interested in Khushi so chill okay. Also don't tell her all this, you'll get her worried for no reason."

"Okay, if you say so, I believe you." Suman sighed.

*****

"You! Are you stalking me?" Jake asked as he stopped in front of Khushi and looked at her serious.

"You wish." Khushi rolled her eyes and giggled at the same time.

"Just kidding, I was here to have dinner with some friends and then I saw you so I thought I should come say hi." Jake smiled.

"Hi jake, meet my brother Rudra. He studies in the same college as me." Khushi said as she looked at Rudra.

"Hi... nice to meet you." Rudra smiled as he shook hands with Jake.

"Okay, anyway I'll get back to my friends. I'll see you around, have a nice evening Khushi." He smiled

"You too Jake." Khushi smiled back as he walked away and then she turned to look at Rudra who dint really seem bother by Jake.

"You aren't going to ask me why I have been talking to a guy?" Khushi asked.

"Nope, we tried being strict and look where it brought us. Of course, I'll make sure he's not harmful in anyway but I am done trying to control your life, you do deserve friends even if they are boys. Besides you are with Arnav, so I think you would stay loyal to him, right? I have nothing to worry about you being friends with a guy anymore." He said.

"You guys are so confusing, if you are okay with all this, why did you even separate me and Arnav in the first place?"

"We have to be sure that he's serious about you Khushi, that he won't hurt you."

"He is sure, and relationships aren't perfect Rudra, people hurt each other all the time. What if we break up someday, would that make you think he wasn't serious about me? People break up even when they love each other so much for so many reasons, it doesn't mean they weren't serious."

"I know. Look let's not argue about this, we are here now, finish your studies and we get back to India and you can be with Arnav for the rest of your life.

Meanwhile the rules we had for you before don't apply anymore, you broke them anyway, you would break them again if you want to, so we are doing what you said, trusting you, and hopefully you will tell me everything and not hide a thing this time.

I need to know all the friends you have just to make sure they are the right kind of people, that's it, I won't interfere more than that."

"Oh jeez, I'm so glad." Khushi rolled her eyes.

"Why are you acting like we're doing this for ourselves Khushi? We are doing it because we love you and want to see you safe, we lost a sister Khushi, you can at least try to understand us." Rudra said angrily.

"Fine!" Khushi replied back angrily.