chapter 5

After completing her first day of college classes, Aaira comes out of her classroom. Although she has made friends, she still walks out of the classroom alone:

But as soon as she comes out of her classroom she is shocked to see the person who always makes her angry.

Whereas, that guy was standing outside her classroom waiting for her and as soon as she comes out of the classroom, a smile comes on his face, Finally he is seeing her after almost 2 months but his smile fades when Aaira sees him coming towards her but she turns her steps and starts walking away from him.

" Mannat, wait." She grinds her teeth hearing her name in his voice, Only her father calls her by this name and she has not given him the right to speak this name.

But at the same time she wonders what is he doing here, as far as she knows he was with her brother Aarav in school but not in college and that is why she chose this college but when did he start studying here ? If she had even the slightest idea that he studies here, she would never take admission here.

She is moving ahead with her thoughts and he is following her calling her name but when he doesn't understand any other way, he immediately catches her wrist from behind

" Mannat, I said wait." He says holding her wrist but seeing him holding her wrist she gets even angrier, She turns towards him and sees her wrist in his hand and with a jerk she frees her hand from his grip

" Don't you dare touch me again Reyansh Singhania." she says to which Reyansh sighs.

He sighs because he doesn't understand why this sweet girl who is sweet with everyone turns into fire as soon as she comes in front of him

Well, today he was happy to meet her after 2 months, to see her in person.

2 months ago, the two met at a family dinner where the three families "Mehra, Khanna and Singhania" got together to have a good time.

It is also a different matter that on that day too he was only able to see her, he could not talk to her and this was not a new thing either.

They both meet often because of the family friendship between their parents but whenever they come face to face and when Reyansh tries to talk to her, Ansh always comes in between, he never lets Reyansh reach Aaira or talk to her.

And today when Ansh is not here, he thought that he will talk to her and try to fix their messed up things but this girl is not listening to anything.

" I'm Sorry for touching you but you were not stopping so I had no other option." Reyansh immediately says sorry when she warns him against touching her.

" But listen to me once...please." Reyansh adds to which she looks at him

" Say...what do you want to say?" she says in her rude tone and he takes a breath that she's finally ready to listen.

" Forgetting the past, can't we become friends again ?" Without beating around the bush he directly states his main point, extending his hand of friendship towards her and as Aaira looks at his hand, she suddenly remembers some things that how she had once tried to hold his hand, but he had forcefully pulled his hand away from her grip and this thought brings a sad smile to her lips.

" Why ? So that you can shake off my hand again ?" she says to which he see her

" Can't you forget the past, we were kids." Reyansh says in his sweet tone

" Yeah, we were kids that's why I can't forget how someone insulted me when I didn't even know the meaning of insult, but now that I know, I can't forget my insult...." Reyansh sees her on this and she speaks further

" Aaira Khanna can never be anyone's second choice and what happened ? Didn't you have any girlfriend here who is better than me ?" she asks to which he looks at her

" And I am annoying na, then why do you want to be friends with me ? Ok, let me guess, now I have become beautiful, that is why you want to be friends with me, no ?" He smiles at the way she says it.

" You have been beautiful since childhood and there is no doubt about it." She looks at him angrily at his words

" And you are still the annoying one, you haven't changed at all, you are the same, stubborn." He adds honestly, which only increases her anger.

" And what made you think I would ever change myself ? For you ?" Again her words bring a sweet smile to his lips; whenever he sees her in this stubborn form, he likes her a little more.

And while saying all this, Aaira also tries to know the reason for his being here, what is he doing here?

" By the way what are you doing here?" she asks

"Obviously today is my first day of college too so I will be here." She gets shocked to hear this means she will have to face him every day again.

" Did you fail that's why you are here ?" she asks because he was her senior and she knows that he did not fail but he topped in 12th then why did he waste one year of his

And there, he smiles on her question that she knows that he did not fail but still this question

" Yes, I failed to make you MINE that's why I am here." He says making her eyes widen and seeing her surprised face he mentally smirks.

" Oh I'm sorry, do not get me wrong,

I meant to make you MINE FRIEND...no no, MY FRIEND...sorry my words got misplaced...I failed na, that's why my English is a little weak."

He says this to her with a mischievous smile to which she gets more irritated and turns her steps to leave without saying anything further.

But before she can leave from there, her steps stop on hearing the voice of Aarav.

" Aaira." She turns back on hearing Aarav's voice and sees him coming closer to her

" Oh you both have already met, but wait...don't tell me that both of you have betrayed me, bhai you should have told me too, I would have also come wearing black clothes." Aarav says in his funny way when he sees both of them dressed in black, Although Aarav knows this is not possible because they both are not the kind of friends who talk daily, it would be just a coincidence.

And there, after this Aaira also notices that the colours of their clothes match, she makes faces when she sees him looking at her with sweet smile.

" Bhaiya, my class is over...I am going home." With the intention of not staying there for long she tells Aarav, and Reyansh looks at her

" What ? I thought the three of us would go somewhere together after college...stay for a while." says Aarav

" No, I have already told papa, he will be on his way, I can't stop him now." Aaira says

" Arre yaar tu bhi na...But it's okay...we will go somewhere else some other time." Aarav says to which Aaira smiles slightly.

" Papa where are you, I am waiting." Aaira stands near the college gate and calls Neil...Aarav and Reyansh also stand with her, well, it was Aarav who has brought Reyansh along with him.

" Baccha, bas main pahuch gya..." Neil replies to Aaira from the other side of the phone to which Aaira says OK and disconnects the call and just prays that her father comes as soon as possible because she is unable to tolerate Reyansh's gaze on her who is standing with Aarav and is just staring at her.

" Aairu, are you okay? You don't seem to be in a good mood..." Aarav asks her seeing her unusual behaviour, she is never in such a hurry, Standing here she made countless calls to Neil just to ask him one thing: when is he reaching here?

" No, I am fine." Aaira replies and notices that her father's car has arrived she immediately goes to the car and before Neil gets out of the car, Aaira opens the car door herself and sits inside and Neil smiles looking at her but at the same time, he sees Aarav standing outside from inside the car and Neil gets out of the car to meet him.

And as Aarav takes a step to meet his mamu, but before that he sees Reyansh beside him but he gets suprised that he was here just now and suddenly he disappeared.

But then without thinking much about Reyansh, Aarav meets Neil and then after sharing few words with Aarav Neil sits back in the car and Aarav goes back to the college.

" So how was your first day of college?" Neil asks Aaira to which Aaira doesn't say anything and seeing her bad mood Neil gets worried

" What happened baccha....? Why are you in a bad mood?" Neil asks her

" Papa, I want to change my college." Struggling with her thoughts, Aaira tells her father this, shocking him....She can't stay in the same college with him, she had barely finished school in his presence.

And there, seeing the seriousness in her words, Neil stops the car on the side

" What happened baccha...? Did you not like the college ? Did any professor say anything ?" He says. He is shocked to hear about her decision to change college because this was her dream college, she wanted to study here from the beginning, then what happened to her suddenly in just one day.

" No one said anything to me, I just want to change college." she says stubbornly, She does not want to tell her father that she wants to change college because of Reyansh.

" But bachha... this year's admissions have been closed in all the colleges...now something will be possible only next year, why do you want to waste your year ?" Neil says

" When did I say I want to waste a year, I want to change my college this year...And papa, what do you mean by that admissions have been closed everywhere....When will your money and power be of any use ? If you want, I can get admission anywhere and at any time." Neil gets a little shocked at her tone, she never spoke like that.

" First of all calm down, and yes it is right I will do whatever you want but tell me clearly what has happened ? This was your dream college then what happened here in one day?" Neil asks but she does not give him any reply to his words.

But seeing her silence, Neil speaks further

" Baccha, I am ready to get you admission wherever you want, and with money you can get admission anywhere

But I just want to tell you that.....first of all learn to respect what you have earned...you have got a seat in this college with your hard work so respect that." Neil explains to her.

" And if you still want to waste your hard work...then it's okay, think about it once properly....after that, wherever you say, you will get admission there, happy ?" Neil says to which Aaira looks at him

"I want to eat ice-cream." She says with a pout to which Neil smiles

" Ok, chalo." Saying this, Neil takes his princess to her favourite ice-cream shop to brighten her mood.

Neil does not force her at this time to know the reason for her bad mood because he knows that she will not tell him anything at this time, so without dragging the topic further, he agrees to whatever she wants.

He thinks he will talk to her about this later when her mood gets better.

Soon Neil reaches home with Aaira and as soon as Aaira enters the house Avni who was sitting with Shweta in the hall smiles and she gets up to greet her but before she can say or do anything, Aaira goes straight to her room ignoring everyone's.

And from behind Avni sees Neil entering the house

" What happened to her?" Avni asks Neil and Neil tells her the whole story that she is in a bad mood and wants to change college

" I don't know what happened to her suddenly, she was silent the whole way." Neil says

"She didn't tell you any reason?" Avni asks him

" No, and I didn't force her either....You can talk to her after some time, maybe she will share it with you, for now let her rest." Neil tells her on which Avni thinks something.

On the other side.

It is around 5 in the evening, the scene is of a road where many vehicles are standing because the red light is on.

Among those cars, there is a car of Advaita, she is going from her office to her home...sitting in the car she casually turns to her right side but her eyes widen when she sees the same face again that has been causing her sleepless nights for the past week.

She sees that Ansh is in the car parked next to hers, she can't believe it...For one week, ever since she saw him, he has been on her mind, his face is always in front of her eyes, she sees his face all the time, whether she's awake or asleep

But she did not know anything about him except his name, that is why she was not able to contact him but today, God himself brought him in front of her once again

Suddenly a smile comes on her face because the way the thought of his has been teasing her for a week, from that, she has understood that this is not an ordinary feeling, there is something special that is making her think about him.

She is looking at him when suddenly her moment is broken when she hears the horns of many vehicles from behind and she sees that the single has opened and Ansh's car also moved from there.

No, she will not let him get lost in any way today, she immediately drives her car behind his car and while following him she reaches outside a hospital and sees that Ansh's car has gone inside the hospital.

Ansh works in a hospital built by his own family, When his grandfather came to know that his grandson wanted to become a doctor, so, to contribute in the field of health, he built this hospital where people get top class treatment.

And by the time Ansh completed his studies, this hospital was already available for service to the people, where very capable doctors were already serving the people.

And in a way, it can also be said that his grandfather has gifted him this hospital for his ability and hard work which he has done since childhood in an attempt to become a capable doctor.

And as Ansh is a new doctor right now and he is still learning, so here in the hospital, there are already very capable doctors under whom he learns things.

He has also given the licensing exam to become a government doctor, the result of which is expected soon.

Overall, he still continues his hard work at every step, he learns good things from wherever and from whomever he gets the chance because he knows that he still has a lot to learn in his journey to becoming a capable doctor.

" I want to meet Dr. Ansh." These are the words of Advaita to the hospital receptionist

Advaita who couldn't wait to meet Ansh comes straight in, holding a bouquet of white roses which she plans to bring with her that she will give it to him to thank him for the help he gave her in Lonavala.

At first she thought of buying a red rose but then she thought that it might be too much for the first meeting, so she thought it better to buy a white rose.

" Ma'am, do you have any appointment ?" the receptionist asks her to which Advaita thinks a bit about the way the receptionist is asking her questions, If she says no then she will not let her meet him, she has understood this and thinking this an idea comes to her mind

" I don't need an appointment." Advaita says to which the receptionist looks at her

"What do you mean by that ?" asks the receptionist

" I mean I am his wife." The receptionist smiles at Advaita's words

"Ma'am, don't joke, Sir is not married yet..." The receptionist's words bring a smile to Advaita's face...the simple thought that he is not married yet makes her happy.

" our marriage will happen soon, I mean, I'm his soon-to-be wife, Fiancee, you know...Actually he is angry with me, and that is why I have come to give him surprise. " Advaita says while showing her the flower in her hand

" So please tell me the way to his cabin as I have come here for the first time and I have to give him a surprise...please miss." Advaita requests her

"You are telling the truth..." the receptionist tries to confirm.

"Yes, if you say so, I can show you our picture together..." saying this, Advaita is about to take out her phone but at this point the receptionist realizes that maybe she is telling the truth

" No ma'am, there is no need for this....you go, you go to the 3rd floor from here, there is his cabin, you will see his name outside his cabin." Advaita smiles at the receptionist's words

She herself doesn't understand why she did so much drama to meet him but today she wanted to meet him and she had understood that she would not be able to meet him without an appointment, which she did not have today and she did not want to wait for tomorrow.

Reaching the 3rd floor, Advaita stands outside the cabin on which is written in beautiful letters Dr. Ansh Mehra (Cardiologist)

" Now you have to cure my heart, Doctor." A smile comes on her face as she touches his name plate.

Giving a knock...Advaita opens Ansh's cabin door and Ansh sitting inside looks up towards the door on hearing the knock and he gets shocked seeing that girl whom if Aarav had not saved, he would have got her sent to jail that day

Only on Aarav's insistence, he did not file any case against this girl.

" May I come in, Doctor?" Advaita asks him, standing at the door

To be continued........