She had her eyes fixed on me, and looked at with me a cute smile on her face. I started sweating! I didn't expect that sudden response from her. I wanted to somehow make her understand that it was infatuation without hurting her feelings.

"Actually Riya!"

"Tell me Yash?"

"I can't love you! You are not mature for this"

She started sobbing, I saw tears in her eyes! I went near her and wiped her tears, she just gave me a blank look with her wet eyes.

"Why? Am I not looking good?"

"Hey silly! You are one of the most beautiful girl I saw. I too loved a girl named Fiona when I was about your age"

I told everything to her more detailed than what I said to Shalini. Riya listened to everything with a sad face.

"So now you don't love Fiona na?"

"No dear, she got married!"

"Oh! Such a rude girl, I promise that I won't be like that Yash!"

"Hey Riya you have to understand that a girl called Shalini loves me truly, you are just attracted towards me"

"No! I'm not. I love you more than that! I will leave this entire house for you and I won't say anything bad about you!"

I didn't know what to say to her after that. I sweated a lot and lost my energy that I fainted. Riya immediately sprinkled water on my face and kissed me on the forehead.

I was first angry, but her face had some mysterical aura in it. I made her sit near me in the bed and told everything about Shalini. She listened everything quietly and asked for my phone. I gave it to her thinking that she wanted to see the pictures of Shalini in my phone but she made a call to her directly!!

"Hello Yash!"

"Hey Shalini! This is not your boyfriend. I'm Riya"

I tried to snatch her but she went out of the room and locked door from the outside. I sat down. I could hear that Riya and Shalini were speaking with each other in Hindi, but I didn't understand a word of it. After sometime she came inside the room, gave me the phone and apologised.

"It's ok Riya! Glad you understand that now atleast"

"Can I be a girl like Shalini and find my version of Yash in the future?"

"Of course you will Riya Somali, a better Yash than me. Have a good sleep because we have a concert tomorrow!"

After that she smiled and left, her face bright than before! I called Shalini.

"Hey princess??"

"Ya pagal!"

"What happened? I expected fireworks from you seriously!"

"Ha ha!!! Sorry but no crackers are found"

"What did you speak with Riya? I didn't understand a word of it!!"

"Well, she said that she loved you to the core so I asked her explanation of why she loved you!"

"Hmm ok then?"

"She understood!"

"What? But how? I really don't understand!"

"After she said her explanation of loving you, I said mine. I could hear that her voice was young so I spoke with her carefully"

"What explanation you gave??"

"Well I won't say that for now because it's a 'Girl's thing' but you can also say that she understands my love for you now and won't disturb you again!"

"Oh!"

"Be careful Romeo! There is a chance of girls stealing you away from me"

"Better don't forget this princess otherwise ill become a ghost and haunt you forever!"

"Ha ha silly pagal!

"You also better be careful from other boys because ill become the worst nightmare of your dreams!!"

"Ha ha ok Yash, I feel sleepy so all the best for your concert! Will call you tomorrow, bye dear prince!"

"Sweet dreams princess!"

The next day concert was a grand success! Riya sang beautifully with her guitar and her parents were really proud of her, Roshan's dad congratulated me for all the efforts. Riya smiled cheekily at me and gave me a diamond ring as a gift for teaching her guitar.

"You'll find a better Yash one day Riya. Take care of your voice as well. Hope to see you as a singer one day!!"

"And don't ever miss a girl like Shalini Yash! You won't find a better princess than her"

"Of course I will Miss.Riya Somali!"

After that, we had a party at the Somali mansion. We danced, we played, we pulled each other legs and had fun.

Serene and Roshan were speaking with each other most of the time and fussing around. They made me remember my beautiful days that I had spent with Shalini. Kaushik was trying to teach Riya with the drums. Sam was busy informing Sowmya that she was going to see her the next day at Chennai. The day ended happily and finally it was time for us to leave!!

"Bye uncle and aunty!! Thanks for inviting us to the concert. Bye dear Riya! Will miss you!"

"Miss you too Yash!! Tell my wishes to Shalini as well!"

Many years later, I saw Riya Somali at a marriage function in Delhi. She was tall but still the same pretty girl I used to know. She told that she was married to a bihari guy named Madhav Jha. She shared everything like how her boyfriend used to call her 'half girlfriend' and how she married him after long struggle. I told her my wishes and said that I was happy for her.

Well, every person has a beautiful love story written by the one who created us all!