"We should go for ice skating. We can do the sight-seeing tomorrow." Khushi suggested once they were done having lunch and were now discussing what to do for the half day they had.

"It's your holiday, you get to decide." Rudra smiled at her.

"That's why you are my favorite brother." Khushi jumped up and down excitedly.

"Hey." Arjun looked at her folding his arms seriously.

"Oh come on now, you know I love the three of you equally." She giggled.

"Okay so ice skating it is, let's get into the car." Prem said, so they all settled down inside the car and drove to the place where they were going to do ice skating.

While the drove, Khushi kept on checking her phone for any messages from Mr. Writer but it seemed like he was busy today, there wasn't a text from him since morning and she was kind of missing talking to him.

"What happened? You're checking your phone a lot." Arjun looked at her curiously.

"Nothing, there's this cute dress I saw online but it was out of stock so I had messaged the supplier hoping to get one, so I'm just waiting for the reply." She lied.

"You girls and shopping, you never have enough clothes." Prem rolled his eyes.

"Whatever." Khushi shrugged as she looked at Krystle who seemed bored seated beside her, she was staring outside the window silently.

"Imagine ice skating with Arjun, pretend to fall down so he can come pick you up, it's going to be so romantic." Khushi whispered to her.

"You're dreaming more than I am, aren't you?" She smiled.

"I ship you two." she giggled as Arjun gave the both of them a look wondering what they were talking about.

Once they arrived and made the booking, the all sat in one place putting on their skating shoes, Khushi was really excited about this, so was everyone else actually.

"Are you sure you don't want to skate with Prem, you know I could work something." Khushi asked Suman.

"I told you Khushi, nothing is ever going to happen between us, so quit trying."

"Okay Suman, sorry. I am just trying to be nice to my best friend." Khushi shrugged.

"Okay, I'm starting you can whenever you wish, see you when I'm done having fun." Khushi said excitedly as she got on the rink and started skating happily. She loved the weather there, it was quite cold but perfect.

*****

"Hey look, isn't that the hot girl you were talking to at the restaurant?" Krrish pointed towards Khushi so both Arnav and Ronit turned to look at her too.

"Yes she is." Arnav said as he stared at her in surprise. She seemed so happy, she couldn't stop smiling and it dint even seem like she was skating, but instead dancing, the way she was skating around happily, it was beautiful.

Kitne door door ho... unn dono ke raaste..
Miljate hai jo bane... Ek duje ke vaaste...

"You should go talk to her, and maybe finally get her number or something." Ronit suggested.

"Well no doubt she's hot, but not really my type." Arnav shrugged.

"Really dude? If you aren't taking the chance then I am, you have one minute to decide, either go ask for her number or I go." Ronit said.

"Fine I'll go." Arnav said immediately.

"But she isn't your type." Krrish teased.

"Shut up." Arnav rolled his eyes as he skated towards her. Khushi was still busy skating on her own, having no idea about anything around her.

"Hey! Dupatta girl!" Arnav called her out as he got nearer to her, Khushi turned to look at him in shock and then immediately towards her brother. This guy dint know what risk he was putting himself into. if her brothers saw him talking to her, they were going to beat the shit out of him.

"Why are you following me?" Khushi asked as she started skating away from him, going further away so her brothers wouldn't be able to see her, although currently they were all busy skating, you'd never know when they would end up looking at her and catching her talking to a guy.

"Excuse me, I came here first, plus I live in Shimla so I'm really not following you." Arnav said.

"Then what do you want from me." Khushi finally stopped in a corner holding the borders so she wouldn't fall, gladly she was too far for her brothers to be able to see her.

She could feel her heart beating so fast as Arnav slowly approached her.

Jaise dil hai dhadkan hai... ek duje ke vaaste...

"Why were you running away from me if you were going to stop?" Arnav asked as he stopped beside her, for some reason, he couldn't stop staring at her. She had a different kind of glow on her face in this cold Shimla weather, it made her look prettier.

Jaise aankh hai darpan hai... ek duje ke vaaste...

"I was just making sure my brothers dint see me talking to a stranger, you would get beaten up badly."

"Does that mean you care about a stranger you've crossed paths with a couple of times?" Arnav smirked.

"Don't make yourself feel so important, I care about every guy that approaches me, because you haven't seen any of them get beaten up by my brothers. I just don't want anyone to get harmed, that's it."

"Wow, and I thought you were childish." Arnav laughed as Khushi rolled her eyes at him, if he thought she was childish, why was he even talking to her. She tried to skate away from him once again, but somehow slipped, she thought she was going to fall but Arnav immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards the border she had been holding.

"Thanks for the help, if I fell down and got injured, my holiday would be ruined." She sighed.

"If you really want to thank me, how about you have dinner, breakfast or lunch with me? Whatever suits you?" Arnav smirked as Khushi looked at him with her eyes wide open. Was he asking her for a date? But why?

Jaise barkha saawan hai... ek duje ke vaaste...

Ek sajni ek saajan hai... ek duje ke vaaste...

"Is it going to be a date?" She asked.

"Sure, you can take it that way."

"But you just said I was childish." She smirked.

"I think I can do with that. So are you in or aren't you?" He looked at her curiously. He couldn't believe he was actually asking her for a date, all he had to do was get her number, but in this little conversation he had with her, he felt like he wanted to know her a bit more and what could be better than a date right?

"Why do you want to take me on a date? You do know that I don't live here right? I'll leave in a day or two." Khushi said.

"So that's a no?" he raised his eyebrow. Okay he looked so cute, how could she say no, plus this was the first time she had the chance to go to a date, not like guys hadn't asked her out before but she had always been too scared to even talk to them let alone go on a date.

"It's okay dupatta girl, I can take no as an answer." He smiled as he turned around to walk away. Khushi looked at him nervously wondering, why she couldn't I make a decision. Like who cared if anything would ever happen between them, as long as she got to experience a date right?

"Hey wait." She called out, he stopped and turned to look at her with a really beautiful smile, he looked so hot when he smiled, Khushi was literally drooling over him.

"It's Arnav." He said.

"Okay Arnav, I'll come, but I can't tell when exactly, I'll have to figure out a way to escape my brothers which is really hard." Khushi pouted.

"Are they your bodyguards or something?"

"Kind of. I've never been to a date before just because they wouldn't let me talk to a guy so it's quite risky. If I get caught, you'll be the one to face their wrath."

"For a date with a girl as beautiful as you, I'm sure I'd be willing to take some punches."

"Are you sure, it would ruin that handsome face of yours." She laughed.

"At least you think I'm handsome." He smirked making her blush, in a matter of few seconds it all went from nothing to extra cute.

"Give me your phone." She smiled, he immediately pulled it out of his pocket and handed it to her as Khushi saved her phone number on it.

"Give me a call later tonight, I'll let you know when we can go for that date." She smiled as she handed him the phone and headed away, she had been away too long, she was sure her brothers might be looking for her.

Arnav looked at his phone excitedly, she had saved her phone number with the name 'Dupatta girl.' He laughed as he walked towards his friend, he was glad that Ronit actually convinced him to get her number, she was a very interesting girl and he couldn't wait to go on a date with her already.

"So?" Ronit and Krrish looked at him curiously.

"I got her number, and also a date with her." Arnav said proudly.

"At least one of us is finally going to have a girlfriend." Krrish said.

"It's just a date dude, besides she doesn't even live here. It's just a date, for fun maybe." Arnav sighed. He wasn't also sure, did he want it to be just a date? Did he want anything else? It wasn't like he was going to stay here forever, after a couple of months he was going to move to Mumbai for his further studies and he knew Khushi lived in Mumbai, he had met her at Shaina's school first.

*****

"Khushi! Where did you disappear?" Arjun asked as soon as he saw her, he rushed towards her and hugged her tightly.

"Chill bro, no one kidnapped me." She giggled.

"We were worried, we couldn't see you anywhere. Be careful." Rudra said.

"I'm sorry bro, I just got excited I went far." Khushi apologized.

"Okay now if you're done can we go to the hotel? We are all tired for today, we should rest so that we can enjoy tomorrow." Rudra said to which everyone agreed.

"What is it that you're hiding?" Suman whispered as they were heading back to the car. She looked at Khushi suspiciously as if she knew that she was hiding something.

"Okay if I tell you, you have to promise me it stays between us two, no matter what."

"Okay I promise."

"I think I have a date." Khushi whispered excitedly.

"What?" Suman screamed in shock.

"So much about staying silent." Khushi rolled her eyes as her brothers along with Krystle turned to look at them.

"What happened?" Rudra asked.

"Nothing, just our girlish talks." Khushi shrugged as she nudged Suman and gave her an angry look.

"I need to know everything once we get to the hotel." Suman said to which Khushi nodded. It was exciting, having her first date or talking to a guy, like having an actual conversation face to face was going to be exciting as well as scary. She couldn't believe that it was finally happening.