Few days passed by.

One day, Neil called avni, avni picked up the call and their conversation beging as neil asked.....

Neil : Avni...voh...main.... main soch rha tha ki.....ki.... he want to say something but he was hesitating

Avni : Aarya se milna hai neil....? (avni knew what he must have called for, so she completed the sentence before him...)

Neil : Haan....nhi mera matlab ki aarya se bhi or....

Avni : or...? or kya neil... she asked him over phone...

Neil : Woh Avni.....agar tumhe koi problem na ho....toh main soch rha tha ki usse school se pick kr lu...or phir hum teeno kahi bahar chle....aarya ko bhi achaa lgega....

he wants to take aarya for an outing , along with avni.

Avni : Neil tum aarya ko le jao...but main kaise......main nhi aa sakti...

Neil : Please avni....dekho mana mat karna....main or kuch nhi maang rha.....bas ek outing please...sirf aarya ke liye...?
he insisted and requested avni to come along.

Avni thought a lot and then she finally agreed...

Avni : okay....agar isme aarya ki khushi hai....toh mujhe koi problem nhi hai....

this brought an instant smile on neil's face....he said.....

Neil : Really....thank you so much avni...toh main tumhe pick kar lu...? he said in excitement

Avni : Nhi...nhi neil...m..main khud aa jaungi....
Neil tum 3 bje aarya ke school ke bahar aa jana..main tumhe vhi milungi...

Neil : okay cool...see you then...!

he said and they cuts the call

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In the evening

They met outside Aarya's school...

Avni was surprised to see him early. He was before time.

Avni : Neil tum itni jaldi aa gye...?

Neil : Haan voh....aarya ko surprise karna chahta tha....voh mujhe dekhke khush hogi naa.... he said while his heart was filled with immense emotions flowing for his daughter. He wants to pour all his love on her, and wants to do everything possible for her.

Avni smiled seeing his fatherly love.

They stood outside the gate of aarya's school...waiting for their princess to arrive. While there was still time for the school to get over.

In the meantime neil asked avni....

Neil : Vese avni....tum aarya ke baare me kuch btao na...jaise usse kya kya pasand hai....her likes dislikes....? he asked while being curious to know his daughter more..

Avni smiled and looked at him being curious. she said.....

Avni : Aarya ko.....usse sab kuch new or latest pasand hai.....jaise new clothes, latest toys, new story books....new gifts.
Or aarya bohot moody hai....use kab kya chahiye kisi ko nhi pta hota.....neil uske moods kabhi bhi change ho jaate hai.....Kabhi koi cheez bohot pasand aati hai...toh kabhi bilkul pasand nhi aati.....

Neil : Really... neil smiled and laughed at aarya's cute atics...

Avni : Haan....or aarya ko padhai karna toh bilkul pasand nhi hai.....school bhi vo bas extra curruculum activities ki vajah se aati hai....varna uska bass chle toh vo school bhi na aaye....

neil laughed...he was curiouly hearing about his daughter....while avni continued.....

Avni : Dance...music...theatre....sports....
ye sab usse bohot acha lagta hai....she loves doing all these things.... avni explained with a smile on her face.

Neil : fir toh sachme...vo BILKUL MUJHPE HI GAYI HAI....! he proudly said in a single go....while his words changed avni's expressions.....she stopped smiling and looked at him.

Neil noticed her and said...

Neil : I...i am sorry....

Avni : Nhi neil...sahi kaha tumne....Aarya bilkul tumpe hi gayi hai... she said looking deeply in his eyes, and then she looked down.

Neil looked at her....she then again looked at him and said...

Avni : Huh...kitni ajeeb baat hai na neil.... a mother bears all the pain to bring the child into this world....and the child came out looking like his/her father.....

I bear all the pain, to bring aarya into this world....and she came out, looking exactly like you...having your likes and dislikes.
she said looking deeply in his eyes, while he was looking at her.

Avni got emotional....she said having tears in her eyes...

Avni : Tumhe pta hai neil...jab mujhe pta chala tha...that i was pregnant....I cried.
Jo baat sunke kisi bhi aurat ko khushi hoti hai.....vo baat sunke i cried....i cried alot.
I was so broken and shattered that i....i decided to end my own life......she said and  a lone tear fell from her eyes....

Neil's face expression changed hearing this.....he looked at her in disbelief and felt emotional.....
He came forward to wipe her tear but avni put her hand in front of him to stop him...and she herself wiped her face.

She wanted to continue telling him....but suddenly they heard the school bell rings,....avni stopped and they both looked at the school gate as children begun to run out...

Avni immediately wiped her tears and put a smile on her face......

Soon Aarya came out...she was all smiling and running towards avni.....

Avni smiled looking at her, she bent down on her knees and opened her arms for her to come.....

Aarya came and smilingly threw herself on avni, while avni catches her and hugged her protectively into her arms. she hugged her tight squeezing her eyes in bliss.

Neil stood there and there was a big smile on his face watching the bond between mother and daughter. He felt at peace.

Avni broke the hug and kissed aarya's face.

In the meanwhile aarya looked towards neil standing beside and she got shocked amd  surprised to see him.

Aarya : Neil.....aap yahan...?

neil then smiled and he also bend down to her level, holding her hands he said...

Neil : Yes....because i have a  surprise you... he said

Aarya got excited "Surprise...?"

Neil : Haan....or vo ye ki... Aaj hum ghumne jaa rhe hai....aap main or mumma... he said to which aarya got extremely happy and excited.

Aarya : Really...wow...i am so excited...yeahh......she said and hugged neil..

Neil hugged her back and kissed her hairs. He was happy to see her excitement.

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After picking aarya from school, they all left for a small day trip.

Neil was driving the car while Avni was sitting beside him, along with Aarya in her lap.

They went to the home first, avni got aarya changed and then they all left for an amusement park.

Aarya got excited to be there. There were so many rides, so many games. She looked so excited while she was holding the hands of both neil and avni.

Neil took aarya to all the rides. They sat on the swings and enjoyed alot.... Aarya was bursting in happiness and laughter, while avni was secretly capturing their happy moments in her phone. She was smiling and adoring aarya's smile.

Then, they went to the gaming section, and they begin playing the  games. Avni and Aarya were in one team while Neil in another......they start playing and everytime aarya wins, she start jumping in excitement.

She was extremely happy as she deafeted neil in all the games.....while neil was happy in losing from his daughter. Neil and avni both felt happy watching aarya's happiness.
Aarya' smile is so precious for both of them.

They enjoyed in that amusement park for almost 4 hours. Each n every ride and game brought joy to them.
Aarya was very happy. Her excitement was clearly visible on her face. She had enjoyed alot.

Aarya : Thank you so much neil...it was my best best best day ever.....i enjoyed alot.... she said cutely and she gave a loving hug to neil.

Neil smiled.....he could not express how he felt at the moment. He cupped her face and kissed her forehead.

After sometimes they went to a cafe and ate their dinner....and then they left, heading towards home.

Aarya got very tired that she slept in the car itself. Avni held her comfartably as she has slept in her arms itself. Neil was driving but he was secretly adoring aarya as she was sleeping so peacefully in avni's arms.

After sometimes they reached avni's home, neil immediately got out of the car and opened the door for avni.

Neil : May I.....?  he insisted on carrying aarya, as she was sleeping.

Avni looked at him and she nodded. Neil then carefully took sleeping aarya in his arms, and carried her inside.

He directly went inside arya's room and gently placed her on her bed, while making sure not to disturb her sleep.

Avni stopped at the door itself and just looked at the way he is caring for aarya.....as he was doing all things by himself......He removed aarya's shoes, made her legs comfartable on the bed, covered her with a blanket, and all this while he made sure that her sleep didn't get disturbed.

Avni was amazed to see the way he cared for aarya. She saw so much care in his eyes, so much love in his eyes.

Neil then softly caressed aarya's forehead for sometimes, and then he finally came out switching off the lights...while keeping the door slightly open.

Avni was looking at him while neil noticed her looking at him....avni then said...

Avni : Neil....aaj aarya bohot khush thi....thank you so much for all this.

Neil : Isme thank you kaisa avni....vo meri bhi beti hai.....or uski khushi se badhkar, ab mere liye or kuch nhi....  he said and they both looked into each others eyes sharing an eye lock.

After sometimes, avni broke the eye contact and said...

Avni : Ab tumhe chalna chahiye neil....bohot raat ho gyi hai...or ghar pe bhi sab tumhara wait kar rhe honge...

But neil was not ready to leave now....he has so much running in his mind.....he haven't forgotten their talk that was left incomplete in the evening.

Neil : Avni voh......tum kuch keh rhi thi....aarya ke school ke bahar...humari baat adhuri reh gayi thi.... he said reminding the talk they left in the evening.

Avni suddenly looked down , stealing eyes from him and said...

Avni : Its...its okay neil....it was nothing....nothing important...she lied, not looking in his eyes, while her heart was filled with so many emotions.

Neil : But it's important for me....! he said deeply looking in her eyes, and avni also slowly looked up at him , in his eyes...

Neil : Haan Avni.....main janna chahta hun...uss har ek dard ke baare me, jo tumne saha hai....voh har ek pal, jo tumne akele jiya hai...mere bina......

Tumne meri kahi har baat suni hai avni.....lekin ab meri baari hai...
Ab main tumhari feelings jaanna chahta hun....inn 6 saalo me kya kya hua....voh sab janna chahta hun..... he said , pleading in front of her , with his guilt filled eyes.

Avni deeply looked in his eyes , having tears in her eyes.....!

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So guys

How was this update ?

I hope you loved the family picnic scene ?

And to those who were waiting to see Avni's flashback story,
your wait is finally over.....!

As next chapter will take you into flashback.....
(From when avni got to know she is pregnant.....to aarya being born, and few moments of Aarya's babyhood with Avni)

Stay tuned❤