UE part 21

KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR SAVES HIS DAMSEL IN DISTRESS.    ASR AND...KSR?

Picture-*arnav carrying khushi to his car*

WE FOUND THE MYSTERY GIRL

What was witnessed amidst the confusion on Pritz road yesterday, stands nothing short of a page straight from a fairy tale. Arnav Singh Raizada, his eyes bloodshot and tears streaming down his face rushed around till he spotted the reason and soul of his living , fighting for her life fallen on the ground..while he had his arms around her the next instant, both looked completely and totally lost in each other. Mr Raizada reportedly went to the extent of shouting at her unconscious figure "come back! Please come back! I will die without you"..The lucky lady, identified as a certain Khushi Kumari Gupta (or shall we say already/soon to be Mrs Raizada) looked especially in a delicate state and we wish her a speedy recovery and her disturbed husband/fiance courage to stand through this tough moment in their lives. The couple exchanged heart warming words of love and assurance blind to the presence of the flashes around. We hope to know more about the fairy tale story after Miss Gupta/Mrs Raizada's recovery.

                      Picture- *arnav kneeling on the floor patting khushi's cheek *

Arnav Singh Raizada never read page 3 news..but this had become too big to be ignored..something apparently had come on news channels as well...

"Bhai relax..please just-"

"RELAX?? RELAX MY FOOT DAMMIT! IDIOTS!!"

"I Know bhai-"

"DAMN IDIOTS!!!DIE WITHOUT YOU?? COME BACK??WAKE UP!! WHAT NONSENSE DAMMIT!!!"

"bhai-"

"sue them"

"bhai??"

"Aakash I said SUE THE DAMN NEWSPAPER!!"Arnav banged the file on the wooden table with a force which killed a poor fly enjoying the cool morning bringing a sad demise to its RM experience..

"Khushi look..please relax"

"KSR ??? KSR??? JIJI!! K..S..R..???"

"I know khushi-"

"words of LOVE AND ASSURANCE???"

"Look Khushi-"

"LOST in each other???"

"Khushi just-"

"fiance or WIFE?? WIFE??"

"Sit down..ya..just sit okay.."

"knight in shining armour??? damsel in distress??"

"just drink the water khushi..just.."

"DELICATE state? This pi..picture..this..me..this..he..this..did I die in the blast last night? Is this hell?"

"look bhai..you just can't sue the newspaper!!"

"WHY DAMMIT!!!" Arnav looked at the article as if it was a month old fungus growth on moist bread...

"Those IDIOTS have put HEARTS IN THE PICTURE!! HEARTS!!"

"I know bhai..but it is nothing which can classify as defamation! Such news is there in the papers every other day about some person or the other! If you think of suing the paper it's just gonna give the news some very undeserving and useless eyeball grabbing attention..we can't.."

"so should I DANCE THAT I AM MARRIED??"

"No bhai,i don't mean that..look..the picture you see is very..if you know what I mean.."

Aakash literally prayed to God as he proceeded with each word in front of an Arnav who suddenly seemed to have possession of man eating powers..

Arnav raised an eyebrow..

"i mean..they look kind of convincing bhai.."

"NOT THAT THEY ARE!!" he hurriedly added as Arnav darted a wide eyed look at him..

Arnav looked at the picture himself..he seemed to be looking at her as if his life depended on her safety and she had rested her head upon his shoulders..the sight brought memories of her "Arn.." rushing into his mind and he somewhat got lost in it..the relief of having found her safe..the carrying her to the car..the-

"bhai?"

Arnav hurriedly put the paper back on the table..

"At least they are right about one thing jiji..i am really in a delicate state...how am I supposed to step out of the house now..how am I going to work...how am I going to...my life is finished..this is how it was written to end..it's finished.."

"Khushi..ma is very upset you know.."

"MA?? How did ma know of this?"

"Khushi THAT is a national daily!!and..well..she has said..she said that,,,"

"she said WHAT?"

"She said you two should get married if there is something of the sort" Payal just rushed with the sentence and closed her eyes in anticipation..

"AM I ADOPTED????!!!" Khushi screamed

Anjali was all smiles that day. Smiling while passing the butter. Smiling while eating the breakfast. Smiling while doing "ahem ahem" every few minutes and when Arnav shot a fuming glance at her , going all "What chotte? Just coughing!ahem.ahem"

and grinning while Arnav stormed out of the room..

"chotte!"

Arnav turned..

"she is back..so, I hope you have cancelled those dying plans..which by the way reminds me , if you have ANY wish of proceeding with this towards m-"

"DI ENOUGH!"

Anjali got to arranging and smoothing the pleats of her saree singing "Every night in my dreams, I see you..hmm..hmm..."

Arnav clenched his fist and bored his eyes into her

"WHAT? Can't I even sing my favourite song now?...and that is how I know you..hmm..hmm.." she continued..

After breaking all records of staring at one point Khushi finally picked up the object of her focus..should she call..should she wait..should she..

cement pile calling...

oh..

"hello"

"hm.."

"you..you saw the newspaper?"

"hm.."

silence..

"HOW RIDICULOUS"

silence..

"did you really tell me to come back or you will d-"

"Not. in. my .dreams"

"right..i had guessed that"

"good"

"what is to be done then?"

"break-up" was his curt response..

"break-up???excuse me? For breakup, in the first place you-"

"i meant public breakup. That's what we know.not the rest of the world"

"exactly and the pictures aren't helping with that"

she immediately regretted her words and went a pretty shade of pink all over...there was an awkward silence..

"um.."

"yeah.."

"it's all because of you" Arnav muttered..

"EXCUSE ME? Because of me??"

"what else?"

"oh I see! Well, who told you to come running over to save me? And WHY were you looking at me like that?"

"like what?"

"how will I know? I had fainted!! but you are giving me a weird look in this picture"

Arnav grinded his teeth as he started hopping around in rage

"YOU listen to me Khushi Kumari Gupta. I have a hell lot better to do then to go running after you saving your life and giving you looks you get that?di was getting worried for you and I had to leave VERY important work to go running on roads after you!!"

"Anjali di told you to do that? I will have to thank her for it.."

Arnav immediately panicked

"NO!" he literally shouted as scary images of an overjoyed Anjali clarifying his lie to Khushi floated in his mind..

"what?why?" Khushi uttered all confused..

"stop wasting time dammit!! and think of finishing this nonsense"

"so..what's the plan?"

"be ready at 8:00. Glitz hotel"

"so..this is a breakup date?"

"whatever"

"fine. You're picking me up?"

"hm"

"fine"

Khushi looked breath takingly gorgeous although totally unintentionally, the dress seemed as if made for her and paired with emerald earrings she looked a total beauty

"It's a shame you two are not giving this a try you know, you could be the next Rose and Jack of titanic"

"yeah right..and he will sing for me..near faaar wherever you are..i believe that-"

"your mouth will go on" Payal continued and Khushi threw a cushion at her

Ok..this is supposed to be a breakup..this is supposed to be a breakup..this is supposed to be a breakup..Arnav constantly reminded himself as Khushi stood before him..

her locks were scattered carelessly across her face as the cool breeze swept past them..she smiled and quickly re arranged them..

it took all will power in the world to...this is a break up this is a breakup this is a breakup...

He himself was dressed in jeans, white shirt and a jet black coat over it..hair gelled in place..

Ok..this is supposed to be a breakup..this is supposed to be a breakup..this is supposed to be a breakup..

Khushi reminded herself as he opened the car door for her...no! stop thinking Khushi..this is just momentary..this is a breakup ..this is a breakup..STOP being happy you fool...

There was a very awkward silence in the car and it was getting on both of their nerves..

Khushi decided to break the ice..

"our first date is a planned break up..how unexpectedly-"

"expected?" Arnav broke in..

"ya..something of the sort..."

Arnav proceeded to move out of the car along with her

"No!" khushi exclaimed

"what?"

"you wait here!"

"what???"

"yes. You wait here. I will go inside and wait for you..my presence will buy some more time for the papparazi to gather..then i'll pretend I am miffed by your coming late, then you enter and i'll kind of be upset, but we will nevertheless start eating, and then we will engage in a bi sided argument at the end of which we will both pretend telling each other it's over. Because you are kind of the hero in the eyes of the world right now, so my ending the relationship would portray me as a disgusting creep and your ending it would send the signal that you are sick of me. So it's kind of working against me both ways which is NOT ok with me. So we will both end it together..yes perfect!"

As she bubbled on and on about the proposed plan Arnav simply gazed at her in wonder..

"just how many break ups have you planned?" he inquired..

Khushi flushed... "do you have any problem with the idea?"

" Go ahead"

"fine! I'll go then" she jumped off the car then suddenly returned after going midway..

Arnav arched a questioning eyebrow at her..

"all the best" she giggled and signaled a thumbs up..

Arnav couldn't believe her excitement over playing a break up farce...

she ran a little distance and then again came running back, tapping his window

"what?" Arnav was absolutely exasperated..

"please try to look a little heartbroken when we are doing it..and I will try my best not to laugh..ok?"

Arnav shook his head in pure amazement...this girl was just, unbelievable...

Khushi walked inside Glitz five star hotel...

break up time..

"Had he slept inside the car or what??" Khushi glanced at her watch...

she could notice heads turn to her which made her increasingly conscious...after a few moments she could recognize some reporters as they took chairs here and there around her to catch up with their conversation..

high time he came in now...

"what a pity to keep such a beautiful lady waiting" Khushi heard a voice behind her and spun her head around

A tall young man stood smirking at her...she smiled and looked elsewhere...

"Siddharth here" he outstretched a hand..

Khushi merely nodded her head smiling..where did this new trouble come from??

"so..can I have a seat?"

Khushi widened her eyes..Siddharth evidently had no idea of her link up..she could sense a few people shifting in their seats around her..

"no.i am sorry..but I happen to be waiting for someone"

"who evidently seems to have forgotten all about it? So what do you say to the two of us-"

An iron hand gripped Siddharth's shoulder's the next instant..

"She said. She . is .waiting"