"yes!boss!A male guest."
The moment Faisal heard that,his eyes darkened.In a singlen second he had tons of thought about that single male guest and his relation with Aarohi.'Can he be the reason of her absence yesterday?'he thought in his mind.
"Try to know more about him and inform me."
"Yes,boss"
He hung up the call and went straight to canteen where he saw Aarohi sitting and eating her breakfast.He went to her and sat beside her.His action made everyone widen their eyes including Aarohi.
"What are you doing?"Aarohi asked with a darkened face."Well at least you noticed me now otherwise you were lost in some other world a moment ago."Faisal said before he winked a boy standing there to bring him a set of breakfast."By the way,who is that male guest in your house?"he continued.
He could have asked if she was absent because of any guest at her home or anything like that.Why is he straight forward.
The moment he finished a chilling look appeared on her face indicating that one more question and you will be shot dead.When he asked about Sid,she again remembered everything she was trying forget for some moment.
"You really think I am interested in providing you my private information."
"Well, you should.We might not be couple now but soon we will be."Aarohi smirked when she heard his reply.God man!look at his attitude.He really think he would get her.Aarohi again remembered last night when she heard the word 'couple'.Her parent have already decided who she is going to get paired with.Again all those questions started to roam around in her mind.And the smirk on her face turned into a pale expression."I think you really are lost somewhere.Tell me,I will resolve any issue or destroy the cause of the issue."Faisal said when he saw her change of mood.
"My issues are only my feelings,my capability to accept things."she said with a pale and stood,"I am going back to home.I am not feeling well."she said as she turned to Minie who was sitting in front of her and moved ahead to the exit.
...
House of Jains.
Sid was resting on sofa as he was tired of last night.Out of the blue,he got a call from his director.
"Hello.Sir."
"Hello Sid,you have to come back actually...."
Sid got tensed the moment he heard that.Obviously,the condition there ain't stable between him and Aarohi.How can he go back without chatting with her?before director could finish he added.
"Why so suddenly?"
"Actually,the live broadcast of your contract signing ceremony have preponed to today's evening because of prime minister's speech broadcast tomorrow."
Of course,no news channel would broadcast a contract signing ceremony over a speech of prime minister.
"You mean I have to leave right now!"Sid exclaimed as he looked at his wrist watch.
"Okay fine.I am leaving for city M right now.I will reach there within 3 hrs."
"hmmm."The other side hung up while Sid was lost in thought whether he should leave the city without meeting Aarohi but it was an emergency and he has to leave.
Sid found Mrs. Jain and told her about his sudden leave.Then he left for airport.Meanwhile,Aarohi reached home,and while on her way she decided to discuss her feelings with Sid but unfortunately she found no one at home.When she called her Mom,she told her that she had gone to market and Sid left for city M due to emergency.
She was regretting that she was not in a state to chat last night and today Sid left out of the blue.Should she call him?The entire day she held the phone in her hand with name of Sid on screen.She wanted to dial but for the first time ever, she was hesitant.
What was she afraid of?Its not that Sid is upset from her.
There were two hours left in the broadcast so she went to temple for blessings for Sid.She bent down in front of the magnificent statue of god,and prayed,"Please god,help Sid to achieve whatever he wants.I don't know if we are destined or not but he will always be my best friend and after broadcast I will ask him what he thinks about our marriage.I know god,there is nothing that can't be solved by discussion.All I need is to talk to him."
She fluttered her closed eyes and saw a weak old women looking at her face.
"dear,why are so worried today?You never came with such a pale face before."that woman asked.
"Grandma,I wanted to meet you."she replied to the old lady as she stood up and soon a tear appeared in corner of her eyes.
That Grandma was caretaker of that temple and Aarohi was close to her as she always visited that temple since childhood and grew a bond with her.
She told Grandma everything and also expressed her roller coaster of emotions.
"Grandma,there are things in the world you are better off not knowing so early in life.If I would have got to know this at twenty three or twenty four,I might have handled it in a better way."
"Were you waiting for someone other than Sid?Is your heart not able to accept him as life partner?"
"No, it's not that I was waiting for someone.I never thought of these things.And I always considered him as my best friend.I think it will be a hard nut to crack."
"Progressing from friends to lover is simple, one person just need to take a step closer.I am sure Sid might also be thinking of taking a step closer."
"He already took.hmmph."Aarohi said the moment grandma finished and gave a smirk.
"What did he do?"
A blush appeared on her face and her ears became red.When Grandma saw that, she understood what Aarohi meant by her silence.Aarohi recalled the night before and felt the feeling of being wrapped around securely as if he was saying that he is there.
Aarohi's face grew even more redder after all she was just a seventeen year old, feeling something for her best friend,but not able to understand what exactly that feeling is.
"My parents will choose best for me and I will take a step closer if required."she declared as if a general was commanding his army to follow the orders.
A sweet smile appeared on face of Grandma.Aarohi was also feeling lightened after talking to her.She took a glance at her wrist watch and at drop of the hat,she realised that broadcast will be done soon.She reached her home soon and found that her Mother was already watching the tv when there was still half an hour left for broadcast.
She sat on sofa and excitement could traced in eyes of both mother and daughter.Meanwhile,Mrs. Jain realised that Aarohi was better now.
Soon the broadcast began and the host announced,"We,the creators of 'Ashoka:the king' wants to announce that the role of the mighty king for his teenage life will be played by Siddharth Oberoi a.k.a Sid as stated earlier.Today we are going to introduce him to our viewers and sign the first contract of his acting career."
The moment host finished, Sid came from backstage and stood beside host.Both of the mother-daughter pair jumped in joy.Director and the two producers also came along with him.The broadcast was done live and soon netizens went crazy on the announcement.Within minutes,he became crush of thousands of girls within the country and even,of the girls older then him.He signed the contract and came forward to introduce himself.
"Good evening to the media,press and my team members and also to the people out there watching me in their precious time.Myself Siddharth Oberoi.Everyone calls me Sid and so you guys can.I would like pay my gratitude to the casting director who chose me for these role.I will try my best to justify with the mighty character.I would also like to thank my kith and kins who devoted so much faith in me and supported me at every turn of my life.My Mom,my brother and my best friend,who are the most important priorities of my life,I will justify with every role I will perform in future for them.Thank you."
The moment Sid mentioned his best friend,Aarohi's face grew red.She would have never thought that he will mention her as one of the most important priorities of his life.If it was earlier,she would have been delighted that he mentioned her but for now,after the 'great' acknowledgment,she felt shy instead of being delighted.Her mother grabbed her shoulders and squeezed indicating how lucky she was and gazed at her with excitement and noticed the blush on Aarohi's face.Was her daughter feeling shy because being mentioned as one of the priorities of Sid's life?
"Aarohi,are you blushing?"her mother teased her as she punched her in corner of her belly by her elbow.