Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

Karan saw her dive perfectly into the pool and then get up from under the water. She pressed her palm against her face to wipe the water and opened her eyes.

"What happened?scared?" She asked sarcastically.

He rolled his eyes and dived into the pool.

"Should we start?" He asked with attitude.

"Yes...." She smirked as they swam to one of the ends from where they would start the competition.

"5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ...." Teja counted.

"Are you a dancer by any chance?" He looked at her amused.

"No but i love dancing....why?" She frowned.

"That's the beat of dance....5 , 6 , 7 , 8...." He said as a matter of fact.

"Can you concentrate on the competition?" She asked sternly. "Or are you scared?" She leaned on the wall of the pool and kept both her elbow stretched on either side behind her shoulder on the side of the pool.

He saw her chest muscle stretch and cleavage become more visible and looked away immediately.

She saw him looking away and realised why he did that. She stood straight.

"So let's start?" He asked to remove the awkwardness.

She nodded and they started to swim.

He purposely swam slow because he was busy observing her and boy he was impressed. She moved in the water like a dream.

She completed one lap and looked back at him.

"See...." She smirked.

"Although i purposely swam slow but i have to admit that you are better...." He said after reaching her.

"I so wish there were kebabs here...." She said licking her lips and he smiled amused.

"Hai nuh?perfect....one lap....kebabs and then next lap....shit...." He said in excitement.

"The new house you are getting has a pool right?papa was saying....he was with you during the paper works right?" She sat on the edge of the pool and he stood in the pool leaning on the edge beside her.

"Yeah....but that's a small one...." He said chuckling. "Uncle helped a lot....papa couldn't come to India for some work....if uncle was not there it would have been difficult to manage everything after work...."

She nodded and looked ahead.

"Aren't you feeling cold?" He looked at her gesturing at her wet clothes.

"Nope....water baby...." She said smiling.

"This is the first civil conversation that we are having I guess...." He chuckled and she joined him.

"True that....common interests help break the ice...." She said swinging her legs in the water.

"So you want to break the ice....i knew you cannot resist my charm...." He smirked looking at him and she made a disgusted face.

"Charm my foot....you are a brat...." She said frowning.

"Oh really?and that's why you didn't say no when aunty spoke about our marriage?" He asked raising his brows.

"Acchhaa?even you didn't say no right?why?my charm?" She asked smirking.

"On a serious note....what will you tell your parents?" He looked at her seriously.

"What will you?" She asked immediately.

"I asked first...." He said rolling his eyes.

"Can you please stop being so irritating....and tell me?" She asked in irritation.

"My parents never asked anything from me except this one thing...." He said looking ahead. He believed that this was the only reason why he was not refusing. He refused to believe that he was attracted to her.

"Same...." She said chuckling a little. Even she believed that this was the only reason.

"So?" He looked at her.

"See Karan I have seen a lot of broken marriages around me....ideally i wouldn't want to marry at all....or i would have ideally wanted to mart someone whom i am crazily in love with....you know the person i cannot leave without?but i have had my share of broken relationships as well....and then i saw some friends with broken marriages which made me realise ultimately may be love doesn't matter....it is companionship...." She said looking at him.

"Same....but then without love i don't think any marriage is ever gonna work...." He said seriously.

"I know....that is what is stopping me from saying yes to my parents...." She said honestly.

"But then there are arranged marriages that happen right?" He asked scratching his nape awkwardly. He just wanted some justification to say yes to this subconsciously. "And also they have a point since we are from the same profession we will kind of understand the work requirements as well...."

"So you want this?" She asked raising her brows. Her heartbeats as gone sky high.

"I didn't say that...." He rolled his eyes and could feel his cheeks heat up.

She chuckled seeing him blush.

"Let's do one thing....let's first see if we can be together without killing each other....if we can manage that i think that will more than enough for the first step...." She said chuckling and he chuckled too.

"Cool....so we will say we are ready to take a chance?" He asked to confirm and she nodded.

Both knew eventually they will end up saying yes. They were attracted to each other and also liked each other. And they both had the maturity to realise that it will eventually lead them falling for each other which would mean marriage won't be a problem. But they also knew they will never confess that to the other.

He jumped out of the pool startling her and wore his T-shirt.

"Chaliye....or else we will miss tomorrow's ritual...." He said looking at her and made a face.

She got up and took her jacket in her hand.

"Oye naagin bani chudail....wear that jacket....there are guys....yes i know they are sleeping but still why take a chance?" He said frowning.

"Aren't you a boy?" She raised her brows and he rolled his eyes. "Then?it's okay if you see me without jacket in wet clothes but it is not okay if others do?" She asked trying to hide her smile.

"Jo marzi kar....bhaad mein jaa...." He said angrily and walked ahead.

She ran behind him and wore the jacket in the process.

"Oye sun toh....are you possessive already?" She asked loudly as he increased his pace.

"Shut up Ms.Wrong Parking...." He said in irritation but smiled a little knowing she was right. He already hated the idea of someone else seeing her like that.

"Oyee Kundrii....sunny....sun toh...." She ran behind him laughing as he increased his pace more.