Chapter-18

It was after her encounter with the stranger who checked in the house infront of her's.

Vishal.

He is her senior. His pointed nose, broad shoulders and lean physic, his brown orbs, thick eyelashes and eyebrows...

He is so boyishly handsome and she never saw anyone who can match that face. She never saw anyone that handsome and gentle at the same time.

She saw him sometimes sitting on his terrace just listening to songs in his ipod.

Sometimes he would look at her. Smile at her and thats what it took for her to roll down to the ground throw punches in the air and sheild her face while rolling side to side with blush.

It takes her everything to not to burst when he is around. She is on fire everytime he glances at her.

Her cheeks go red. Dark red. Her body tingles. Whole zoo runs in her entire body.

She loved everything about him.

Soon they would just stand on the terrace and look at eachother or stand in the balcony to stare.

He had became Abhimanyu's friend and she literally wanted to kiss him with happiness when he brought Vishal to their play place.

Vishal is so jovial. So funny. He always makes her laugh.

It was one of those days for Aarohi where she will cry. Her menstruation.

She was in eighth and it was her third time getting period.

She was writing Formative Exams and suddenly felt bleeding down there. Her whole body was covered with sweat. Cramps started their way to her and she clutched her stomach tightly with left hand and she tried hard to write with her right.

Her stomach is aching alot.

Tears rolled down her eyes and after completing her exam immediately she left to washroom and asked permission from her invigilator to search for pad from her bag. Thanks to god that day it was a female teacher.

After searching for one she hurriedly kept it but she can no more stand.

She was walking back to class but feeling dizzy so she leaned against the wall of the class.

She slid down and moaned in pain.

Just then she heard footsteps. She looked up to see Abhimanyu and Vishal standing there.

They are in tenth so they are having revisions now.

"What happened?" Abhimanyu asked crouching down.

"Periods." she said crying. She clutched his hand in a tight grip.

He held her hand safe to his heart and slowly made her stand up.

He went to her examination class.

It was his class teacher who was invigilating so he immediately told her Aarohi's problem.

"But Abhi, you have to stay back today! Did you forgot about the last assignment in twenty minutes? Vishal had already completed it. So let him take her. "

Even in pain Aarohi did a mental dance in her mind.

"I can take care of it later. I will take her mam. Please." Abhimanyu pleaded.

"Abhi. You are given extra time already due to compulsion of your father. Don't let this take it away. Vishal, I will write a letter and make if sign it with Principal sir. First call her parents if they are not there you can go and take her to home. "

"Yes mam." Vishal said.

Abhimanyu gave her a worried glance. She held his hands first and they gave a small squeeze.

Don't know why, but everytime those eyes seemed in pain. It made her want to give him every comfort he need. Even if it meant for her to go with him instead of her crush.

Yeah, he mattered to her that much!

She would have asked him to take her of it hadn't been for his assignment.

As they went to Principal he allowed them to call her parents. Her father is not at home and her mother can't come. So Vishal told her mother that he will drop her.

Taking her school bag on his shoulders which is light due to exams and her lunch bag in one hand he held out his hand for her to come. She gladly accepted and they walked out to cycle parking area. He kept her lunch bag on his right handle.

Removed the cycle from stand. Sat on the seat and helped her hop on the back.

"Are you comfortable?" he asked.

"Yes." she mumbled.

Nodding he started cycling towards her home.

It's as of the mother nature heard her heart. A cool breeze touched their skin. Making the environment cloudy.

Aarohi smiled keeping a hand on his back. Her inner self dancing in pure joy. This day became worst due to her periods. But she is glad she got them, if not for them she wouldn't be sitting behind her crush cycling in this cool weather to her home.

Aarohi smiled thinking, maybe this will be one of those their beautiful journey from many.

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" Do you think I should buy diapers?"

"Nidhi? Seriously? Come on you are on your fifth month stop acting like the baby is actually born." Abhimanyu shook his head.

"Oh come on. It will be out soon." she said munching on Macaroni.

"Nidhi eat slow. You will choke yourself." Atharva said handing her glass of water when she coughed.

"Atharva, I want an ice-cream." she said.

"I will buy." both of them said at a time and glared at eachother.

"I will buy it for you." Abhimanyu and Atharva said at a time looking tenderly at Nidhi.

"No I will buy. You will not!" they said at a time now glaring at eachother.

"Ugh- guy I can eat two ice-creams so I don't mind really." Nidhi said now dabbing her lips with tissue paper.

"Fine." grumbled both of them.

"Awww I feel so blessed." Nidhi said wiping fake tears.

"Dont be. It is for your baby not for you." Atharva said placing his hand on her's maintaining a kind and empathetic face making Nidhi slap his shoulder.

Abhimanyu just laughed.

Nidhima Thakur. His best friend after Aarohi.

They studied at same school, but never been friends after he went to business school in London, he met her agai. They clicked very well and after Aarohi's phase when he went back Nidhi gave him a shoulder to cry.

She was in love with him then, but not now. They are good friends and they intend to remain. Despite so much sexual tension between them, thet maintained a good relationship.

After coming back to India at a time, automatically Atharva joined them.

Atharva once had a crush on her but knowing she is off limits he didn't dare again.

Dating people from same friend circle sucks! So Atharva kept himself but he knew one thing that if there is any other woman on this world who can control his friend after Aarohi then it's Nidhima.

Nidhima is very important to Abhi since she was there with him in his pain despite him trying to shut everyone out.

Some people just don't leave when you ask them to. They will read your heart somehow and they stay by your side. Irrespective of whatever you say, they will hold your hand. They will hold on to the hope of bringing you back.

Atharva so badly wanted them to come out as a couple but he knew one thing irrespective of the sexual tension they don't have the chemistry to maintain the relationship. They both are alike. And alike repels alot.

If not now, they will tomorrow. Every relationship of same character people will do good with long distance but being together will make so many differences. They can't come to a conclusion and refuse to compromise. Two head strong people will have lots of difference and two soft and sacrificial people will let the other have everything making many of them get habituated to not to compromise.

So every relationship needs poles apart. So that they can grow stronger and stronger with each wavelength passing.

Nidhima became pregnant with a guy. He didn't want it.

So she broke up with him and is now living independently after hearing same from her parents.

She don't want negative people. Especially for her upcoming baby.

"Which flavour?" Asked Abhimanyu snapping Atharva from his thoughts.

" One chocolate and one Vanilla." Nidhima said smiling and Abhimanyu nodded getting up from the seat of the restaurant.

They came out for dinner.

Nidhima watched Abhimanyu as he walked away.

Atharva glanced at both of them they look really good.

But Abhimanyu loves Aarohi Ramaswamy and as his best friend he should respect that. But Aarohi...

Nidhima a new character.

This book is complicated. A lot more complicated than it seems. So buckle up lovelies. It is going to be interesting.

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