KHUSHI

After Arnav left, I sat alone in the hall, the TV was on but I wasn't even watching it, my mind was just replaying everything about our love making session. It was beautiful, it was amazing, it was more than I had expected, in short it was perfect.

There was something about Arnav that always left me feeling so different, so happy, I couldn't really pick a word for it, I just knew he made me happy and I think Ananya was right, maybe Arnav was the guy I was going to fall in love with.

The things I was currently feeling for him were the things I had never ever felt before so I was also starting to be sure.

"Someone seems lost." Ananya said breaking me out of the trance.

"When did you come?"

"Just now, what were you thinking about?" She sat down beside me and looked at me excitedly.

"Arnav. He makes me so happy I can't stop smiling." I said with a smile on my face, even when he wasn't around, I was just smiling. What was he doing to me?

"I knew it from the beginning, one day you were going to fall for him." She smirked.

"Well yeah you are right." I blushed, she pulled me into a hug excitedly, the both of us were just happy that all this thing with Arnav was working out really well.

"Well you do seem genuinely happy but it still looks like something is disturbing you." Ananya asked.

"This is why you are my best friend, you just know everything." I smiled at her.

"What's disturbing you Khushi?"

"I think my profession might come between us, I mean Arnav came here today being jealous of a picture with me and some guy I had had a shoot with. I'll be doing that everyday Ananya, I'll be having shoots with so any guys, if he keeps getting jealous of them all, I have no idea how I'll handle it." I mean at a point I liked the jealousy, but thinking about it in the long term was something that scared me.

"Don't worry, I think it's because it's new to him, I'm sure he'll get used to it as time goes by."

"I hope so." I sighed.

*****

The next morning, I was woken up by a call from Arnav.

"Hey." I received it.

"Were you asleep? I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you up." He apologized immediately.

"It's okay Arnav, tell me, why did you call me this early?" I asked.

"Well I was just thinking, if you're free tonight then we can have dinner with my family, they know you as someone I work with, today I want to introduce you to them as my girlfriend." He said sounding very proud, I liked how he was proud of being with me, it made me happy. But then meeting his family as his girlfriend sounded scary, the way they all didn't seem to like me before, I wondered how they would react now.

"Are you sure? I mean they didn't seem to like me." I asked nervously.

"And you shouldn't care if they like you or not, as long as I like you and if I like you they have to accept it no matter what. So will you come or not?"

"Okay, if you really want me to, I don't mind."

"Great, I'll see you at the palace at eight sharp. Have a great day."

"You too." I disconnected the call and sat up on my bed frowning like a child. I knew he dint like his family members much, honestly they were too judgmental so it was kind of scary for me to go there again, this time as his girlfriend.

I really never had a family, let's just say my family had been worse that Arnav's so when I decided to become a model, they literally threw me out of the house and vowed never to see my face again.

In the beginning I was heartbroken, I dint know what to do or where to start from, I couldn't believe that they could abandon me so easily, as if I was never their own child, well maybe I wasn't. the way my parents treated me since childhood, like I was a mistake was well heartbreaking, but as I grew up I accepted the facts.

So I basically grew up with no love, no wonder I dated so many guys trying to find love, but the sad part of it was, even if the guys loved me, I never really managed to fall for them, I don't know if it was trust issues because of my childhood or whatever.

But being with Arnav had changed a lot, I felt like I would fall for him, and I really wanted to. All I ever wanted was to love someone and for him to love be back, crazily, madly and deeply and now that I had a chance of it, I wasn't going to let it go.

I got out of the bed, took a quick shower and headed to work, although I dint concentrate much at work because I just kept on planning about tonight's dinner.

What I was going to wear, what I was going to say and all that stuff, it was really scary to meet his family once again.

*****

I had never met my boyfriend's family before so I dint even know what to wear for such stuff, but as I knew how Arnav's family was, I decided to wear something Indian. Gladly I had a few pairs of Indian dresses lying in my wardrobe which I hadn't worn much.

I chose a simple black dress, it was mid-calf length and had a matching legging and veil. Once I was dressed up, I walked out and Ananya looked at me in awe.

"What, don't tell me it looks bad?" I pouted.

"No it doesn't, it looks great on you, just that it's been ages since you wore something Indian. You look so pretty I'm sure today his family won't have any complains."

"I hope so." I sighed, I headed out, the driver was already waiting for me so I got inside the car as he drove me to Arnav's house.

When I was about to arrive, I texted Arnav so he would come outside to receive me, I dint want to walk inside that house all alone.

When I arrived, Arnav was already standing outside waiting for me, I stepped out of the car and walked towards him nervously as he stared at me, he was literally checking me out.

"So, what do you think?" I asked as I twirled around in my dress.

"I'm speechless." He smirked as he wrapped his arm around my waist, pulled me closer as I crashed on his chest, he kissed me on the lips for a moment and then pulled apart.

"The dress does look good on you but I'm slightly disappointed." He said.

"Why, does something look wrong?" I asked nervously as I looked at my outfits just to make sure everything was okay.

"No, it's not about the outfit Khushi, it's about you. This is not you, I've never seen you dress like before. I mean if you want to dress this way and it's completely your choice then I don't mind it, but I don't want you to dress up this way just to impress my family or something. If they can't accept you for who you really are, I don't give a damn." He said. At that moment I just looked at him so happily, I mean he was the perfect man, he made me so emotional by saying this.

I moved closer to him once again and kissed him on the lips, he seemed a bit surprised by this.

"I get it Arnav, you don't want me to change, and I'm not trying to change, I just know what your family's thinking is so I'm just trying to respect it, besides I don't mind this clothes, I wouldn't have bought them if I dint plan on wearing them some time, so it's really okay." I assured him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Arnav I am, now can we go inside and get done with this dinner, It's already making me nervous." I giggled.

He nodded as he held my hand into his and then we both walked inside, his family members were all gathered in the hall, they all seemed pretty serious as if there was a serious meeting going on.

Damn I hated feeling so nervous and the moment Arnav and I both walked in, they all turned to look towards us. I saw Ishani, Dhruv and Diya were the only ones smiling, they even waved at me.

But the rest of the family, they were looking at the both of us as if they wanted to murder us or something, and then all their eyes went from looking at us to looking at our held hands and I swear, they look they gave us after that, I was pretty sure something wrong was about to happen.

Why was it so hard to impress his family, I mean were they seriously mad about Arnav and I holding hands? What was wrong with that?

I tried to pull my hand off but Arnav gave me a serious look and kept on holding it tightly, it seemed like he really liked being a rebel.