Chapter 5 : The Horrible Yet Magical Meet

FIRST MEETING

First Meetings, are always unexpected...It always happens announced....

It is like a chemical reaction, two atoms meet each other and both are transformed.....

Sometimes, we even don't know that the person we didn't like at first will later become so important to us that we can't even imagine our life without them....

Like eventually, we meet a person and they surprised us, like we meet that person and at first we hardly pay any attention to them....

We may not even really attracted to that person, but as we get to know them, we notice ourself falling for them. That person who was once average to us has quickly become the greatest , most beautiful person in the world and perhaps even the most important. It's funny looking back. We never saw something like this coming, it kind of.....ermmmm....just happened......

They say the first impression is the last Impression but I don't believe in this theory ...

As I feel, the first impression is the worst impression and we shouldn't judge anyone in the first meeting itself....

We should try to know them, try to understand them only then we can make a better opinion about them....

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MUMBAI

KHANNA MANSION

TIME : 06:30PM

The person entered the hall looking here and there, backfacing Neil and asking for someone from the people around....

While some workers were passing by in a hurry and unknowingly pushed him / her and then....

*Thud *

That person collided with Neil and both fell on the ground entangled under the mess of white beautiful curtains.....

Neil was on top of her, Her eyes were closed due to the fear of falling on the ground and face covered with her hairs and a curtain was between their faces blocking their view of each other's face.....

While Neil, he was stunned at first due to the sudden fall but after realising what happened, he tried to see the person who collided with him, he slowly removed the curtains to see her beautiful closed eyes....

And he got lost....

Everyone around were looking at them including the family members and goes like "O shit!!"...

" O no!! Ho Gaya Siyappa (mess has been done) .. " Saumya muttered visibly tensed....

" Now will have fun..." Aaniya spoke, smirking....

" O God!! Plzz save her..." said Naina worriedly....

" O no!! bebe plzz do something. ...", Shweta looks at Bebe hopefully....

" Nothing can be done now Shweta, no one can save her now, except God..." Bebe said looking at them....

" God!!!plzz have some mercy on her...." Prayed Prakash....

" O shit!! She threw her hand in the lion's cave, pray for her everyone....." Nishant asked everyone....

"Now the bomb is about to explode ...." Ansh and Mishti exclaimed together...

" She is officially gone, don't know what will happen now...." The workers around whispered....

While she slowly opened her eyes realising that she was safe, sensing some movements around her and the time stopped then and there. ....

Her eyes met his and he did the beautiful mistake of looking into her eyes....

Their eyes met and the world fell away for them, their heart was beating fast like a bullet train, it was so loud that they can even hear it.....

Neil felt strange feelings in his heart....

He was mesmerised by her eyes, the widened big doe shaped sparkling star, like dark brown eyes, which is filled with innocence ,purity and kindness, which gave away the reflection of her golden heart while she saw those most beautiful chocolate brown orbs filled with sincerity, humanity and most importantly "pain",which describes his generous and kind heart....

He, as if in a trance, slides the curtains off her face slowly while she was just staring at his actions....

She saw him, his face, innocent yet fierce, strict yet pure, handsome yet cute , smiling yet gloomy, both at the same time and his sexy sharp jawline along with perfectly trimmed light beard was what she liked the most..

While her own face was covered with her beautiful long auburn hairs....

Neil tucked her hairs one by one, behind her ears careful enough not to hurt her, in a trance and saw the most beautiful sight for him, her angelic face, beautiful yet cute , hot yet innocent, her Cupid bow shaped pink lips and what attracted him the most was the hot mole above her lips...

Both were lost in each other....

While everyone around was confused and worried as nothing happened until then, as they assumed.....

" Shweta!! Go and see what happened ... " Ordered Bebe....

" No bebe!! I ain't going, you are very well aware of Neil's anger right? I don't wanna die", Shweta said with a horrified expression.....

" Hain?? What happened? Did they fell asleep there itself or what? ", Saumya spoke looking at them confused...

" O my god! ! I guess they fell unconscious. ", Aaniya panicked...

" Did they got hurt or something, I guess we should check now", Naina suggested....

" You only do this dangerous task beta.... we don't have this much courage ... " said Prakash , still looking at them

"No Naina, it's the silence before storm", Nishant pointed out....

While Ansh and Mishti got confused and started to call for him....

She came back to this world hearing their voices bringing him back too from their lala land ......

Neil realised everything and went like

"O shit! ! ! Why was I staring at her..."He thought....

He glared at her and tried to stand up while she was confused all this while....

He tried but again fell on her, again tried and fell due to the pile of curtains above them, then he kept his hand on her back, making shivers ran down her spine, she gasps while he pulls her up with him and both stood up now entangled badly with each other under the messy curtains....

They both again looked at each other but quickly averted their eyes and desperately tries to free themselves off from each other and of course, the curtains and in their desperate attempt to free themselves, they got more closely and badly entangled with each other and stumbled making Neil to put his hands on her waist and she had to keep her hands on his chest to balance each other. ...

And both looks at each other again....

While She can feel the throbbing of his heart against her hand and Neil can feel her rapid breaths on his chin....

He signalled her to stop moving from his hands and again tried and removed the curtains from around her with much difficulty , making his fingers to brush her skin in the process, making her breath hitched as that was the first time she was that close to any boy, and then above his head and finally he was somewhat successful but still in the mess....

He got really irritated and pissed off ........

" Will anyone care to stop watching the live show and help me....? ", Neil roared in the highest pitch....

Some workers ran to them scared and freed them from the curtains and as soon as everyone saw her, they got shocked .....

" AVNI ???" Everyone spoke in unison...

" Angel...", Shouted the kids happily...

Avni was wearing a peach coloured long skirt with white top and a multi coloured scarf and Neil was wearing a white T-shirt with black trousers....

" O no ! ! This Avni came here too, but don't worry she screwed the wrong person as soon as she came , now it will be fun to watch Bhai throwing her out of the house , that too with due humiliation...", Aaniya thought, smirking....

She smirked while both the Avneil distanced themselves from each other as soon as the curtains were off them.....

Neil first glared at the workers and then Avni while she was scared and workers went from there quickly...

"Aah....ermmmm. ...wo.......actually....I'm .......I'm sorry.....so sorry....wo.." fumbled Avni....

" Sorry? Really? What do you mean by sorry haa? Why did The Almighty gave you eyes? Only for the show? Can't you see while walking? And", but Neil got cut off.......

" I'm sorry I'm really really really sorry...." Avni apologized again....

" What sorry haa? This is gud, do whatever you want and then say a simple sorry, that's it, problem solved and every thing will be back to normal right? But it's not like that", Neil interrupted her..

" Look! ! I said na, I'm sorry...I didn't bumped into you on purpose .....", She got irritated bcoz of his constant accusations....

" Wow, so you are trying to say that you didn't bumped into me on purpose but I did? Yet you have done such a huge favor by apologizing, right? ... " Neil wasn't ready to let the matter go...

"Look, Mr.......ermmmm. .....whatever! !!! I know I have made a mistake but I have apologized too for that but you aren't ready to listen to anything, you are unnecessarily making an issue out of such a petty thing....", She tried to make him understand once more, calming her anger.....

" Petty thing? It's must be petty for you, not for me, And what do you mean by I'm making an issue? Am I making an issue? Really?I don't have any interest to argue with you,ok? So stop wasting my time. ..." He spatted at her....

"What? I'm arguing? I'm wasting your time? For your kind information it's you who are doing it, Mr..... whatever!!", She shot back...

" Arrrgh stop calling me Mr. Whatever? ", He was annoyed with the name....

"If not Mr. Whatever, then what should I call you?" Mr. Akdu? Yeah Akdu that will be perfect for you, right?," She said, infuriating him more....

"You know what? You don't even have the manners to talk along with manners of walking.... " He was pissed off...

" What??? I don't have any manners? It's you who don't have any manners, Yes I admit I was at fault and who doesn't commit any mistake? I didn't do it deliberately na? And I have also apologised for it but you aren't ready to accept it, you could have accepted my apology and let the matter go but no,you think you are "Turram Khan" , you think you are....", She blabbered whatever came in her mind....

Meanwhile, all the people around were watching them shocked, some were having fun, some were confused while others were scared....

While the Khanna family was watching them in disbelief with their mouth flung open , eyes were oscillating between the two as if watching a live India - Pakistan match....

" Bebe, I think we were wrong...."Shweta exclaimed looking at Avneil...

" Nothing can be done with them, atleast not wish each other", said Bebe nodding negatively ...

" They will never get along with each other...." Prakash pointed out....

On the other hand.....

" Aanu!!! I think you were right....NOOO PLZZ..." Said Saumya with a horrified expression....

" Yeah me too bcoz I want peace in my house...." Naina said, acknowledging Saumya's words....

" See I told you...." Nishant stated raising his collar proudly...m

" But this time I think she will be perfect for bhai bcoz she is the first girl who has the guts to answer him back otherwise other girls starts panicking by his name only , it seems like they are made for each other....", Aaniya whispered, confused,and thinking something very deeply....

No one knew how right Aaniya was then....

Everyone looks at her puzzled....

" Anyways we should stop them before it's get overboard...", Prakash suggested...

" Sunny is right , Shweta go...." Ordered Bebe

" What?? Me??? No Baba, I ain't going, Saumya, you go .. " Shweta commanded....

Everyone was gesturing each other to go and finally, they convinced Bebe to intervene.....

" Turr.....tur...tuŕram...what...?" Are you mad or what? First You came to my own house without permission, above that you have the guts to talk to me like that ..... ", Neil scowled at her...

"Your house??" ,She was both confused and shocked....

" Yes My house, this is my house where you are standing right now and arguing with me, And btw who the hell are you? and what are you doing here? and how did you came inside? Don't you have manners that we shouldn't barge into someone's house like that? We have to take permission to step into someone's house, but no, why would you, you don't have that much civility in you, right? Anyways now get out, Get out of my house right now ..... " He demanded, coldly... ..

" Hey, you are teaching me etiquettes and civility but you yourself don't even have a tiny bit of it, this is how you treat your guest? This is your "so called" manners and civility?", She shot back....

" What guest haa??? Who the hell are you? Wait!! You won't go like this na, I guess I should call security now.... " He threatened pulling out his phone from his pocket...

"Who do you think am I ?, I am not such type of girl, look you," but before she could complete Bebe intervenes......

"Hey Avni !! Dear, you here? What a pleasant surprise!! Puttar she is Avni from Udaipur, remembered? We have told you about her na , and Avni he is "Tillu" , my grandson", Bebe introduced them to each other.....

Neil widened his eyes and mentally facepalmed himself , hearing the name, "Tillu" in front of Avni while she was suppressing her laughter.....

Hii , nice to meet you "MR. TILLU", Avni said mischievously , forwarding her hand for a handshake.....

" I wish I could say the same but sadly, I can't and Don't call me that...." He scowled....

" What??," She pretended....

"That" He said , glaring at her....

" What?? " Asked Avni batting her lashes, trying to act innocent...

" Arghhh..Tillu " He screamed in annoyance...

"So what should I call you other than Tillu? Mr. Akdu?At least it's better than Tillu and it's suits you too, Mr. Tillu? Oops !! Sorry Mr. Akdu...." Avni smirks, she was enjoying irritating him....

" Arrrgh! ! You know what ? You are sick..." He was pissed, she was getting on his nerves....

" Thank you for the compliment but you too are impossible ...." She said, forcing a smile on her lips...

"You....", But he got cut off by Bebe...

" Stop it you both!! Why are you both fighting like kids...", Bebe chided...

Avni realised Bebe's presence and took her blessings.....

" What? So she is that Udaipur girl, whom my family never gets tired of praising almost all the time ? What I thought and what she came out ,Aanu was right, everyone unnecessarily praises her", He thought looking at her with a frown...

" How are you bebe?" Asked Avni smiling brightly....

" I'm fine puttar!! Why didn't you tell us before that you are going to come ... " Bebe asked lovingly.....

" Sorry bebe I want to surprise you all, But I never knew about your grandson being a Khadoos monster ... " She murmured the last line inaudibly....

' Babe, you guys were praising her for so many days?Are you serious? What has happened to you people? This girl is just so impudent, so ill- mannered, and you guys are ...... unbelievable," He said with disbelief...

" What? I'm impudent, I'm ill-mannered ..? ", She asked, throwing daggers at him through her eyes...

" Of course you are!! And...." Before he could complete he got cut off...

" Stop it, you both, And Tillu is this a way to talk? She is our guest", Bebe reprimanded them again....

" But bebe...." But looking at Bebe's pissed off expression he chose to let the matter go ,finally....

Everyone came to Avni and welcomed her with a hug , while she took blessings from Shweta and Prakash.....

She gave chocolates to Ansh and Mishti. ..

" Thank you Angel! !! You are the best..." Said the kids hugging her...

She moved towards Saumya but Saumya took 2 steps back and left glaring at her, making her sad.....

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Later, everyone got settled in the living room except Neil as he was not interested to talk to Avni and again got engrossed in his work, that is, decoration...

Everyone was chatting while Avni was continuously trying to talk to Saumya but she was ignoring Avni and Aaniya was confused as before about Avni so she kept mum...

" Ermmmm.....ok then, I'll take your leave now, It's getting late....." Saying that she stood up to take Bebe's blessings before leaving...

" Oye!! Where are you going haa??" Asked Shweta keeping her hands on her waist...

"To the hotel where I am currently staying .. ", Avni answered with a smile...

" Hotel??? But why Avu? Why aren't you staying with us in our home?", Asked Naina....

" Naina is right puttar, Why will you stay in the hotel when we have our own house here?You will stay with us and that's final ", Bebe was determined....

" But bebe...", Avni got cut off by Saumya...

" Let her be Bebe, why will she stay here? She don't have anyone here na,

She has done such a huge favor by coming here, right..? ", Asked Saumya sarcastically, showing her anger....

"It's not like that, Saumya, you are taking it wrong ", Avni tried to clarify herself...

" Bebe is absolutely correct, Puttar, It is not right for you to stay in a hotel alone.... " Spoke Prakash....

" Yes, Avni , you should stay here", Nishant too suggested the same....

" Please na Angel please please..." The kids too insisted...

Neil was listening to everything all this while and then he came to them...

" No!!! Bebe, she can't stay here, I can't tolerate her even for a second now...." Said Neil glaring at Avni...

"Even I don't have any interest in staying here to tolerate you, I'm going...", Avni shot back , glaring at him too...

"You aren't going anywhere Avni and Tillu you, have you even thought about how she will stay alone in an unknown city? " Bebe scowled at him...

" You don't worry about it Bebe, People should be afraid that how they will live now not her......", Neil said coldly looking at Avni...

" Tillu " said Bebe in a warning tone...

Neil sighed looking away.....

" Discourteous Girl !! Don't know for how many days I will have to bear her ... " Neil murmured inaudibly....

" Sadoo (Rude and arrogant) Kahi ke , what do he think of himself , God!! How will I tolerate him?", Avni too murmured....

On everyone's constant insistence and emotional blackmailing, she agreed to stay at Khanna Mansion....

" Ok...ok... but my luggage??? It's in hotel na?," Avni tried to make another excuse but in vain....

" Great !! That's like my girl, come let me show you, your room, and don't worry about your luggage Nishant will bring it too, now come, let's go", Shweta successfully ruined her another excuse....

Both Avneil glared at each other hardly before leaving in the opposite direction with full tashan...

Later Avni enters Saumya's room in order to pacify her but Saumya was not even ready to listen to her...

" Saumu!! Please na yaar...I'm really sorry...." Avni was apologizing to Saumya since last 20 minutes but Saumya wasn't ready to forgive her.....

"Look, Avni, I don't wanna talk to you about anything, so you may go now," Saumya Said coldly....

" I ain't going anywhere until you forgives me", Said Avni stubbornly....

" Arrrgh!! Fine then, I'll leave then ", saying that Saumya was about to go but Avni stops her , held her both the ears with her hands cutely and started to sing a beautiful song on friendship....

Avni hold both of Saumya's hand and twirled her while Aaniya too joined them, the trio was singing and dancing and laughing.....

They were having fun while Bebe, Shweta and Naina saw them and smiled, and then they too joined them....

Everyone was happy and at last Saumya finally hugged Avni tightly..

"Stupid ", Saumya smacked her forehead. ...

" Btw Avni you sings so well, You never told us about this hidden talent of yours, Why?", Asked Naina. ....

" Yeah", Everyone too joined Naina ...

" Wo , actually I'm not a great singer, yes I can sing a lil bit, just like that, it's my hobby that's it", Avni shrugged it off....

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Later, at the dining table, everyone was already sitting for dinner and then Neil too arrived...

Both the Avneil saw each other and glared at each other....

While Aaniya's phone was ringing continuously.....

" Aanu ! ! Your phone is ringing beta, Why aren't you picking it up? Pick it up, it can be important na", said Shweta , looking at her phone while frowning.....

" No mom it's not important", said Aaniya smiling nervously ...

Avni and Neil both noticed her tensed and odd behaviour....

" Aanu! Is everything alright, you look tense", asked a concerned Neil. ...

" Aaaa....n....No bhai why would I be tensed, every....everything is perfectly fine, don't worry", Aaniya assured smiling slightly. ...

" Are you sure", Neil was still not convinced ....

" Of course bhai.." Aaniya assured again with a smile. ...

Neil nodded and everyone left for their room after finishing their dinner...

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As usual Avni was talking to the moon when suddenly she heard some soothing music coming from some corner of that big mansion, which was depicting pain, loneliness, vulnerability and much more than that...

She had always loved music , so she wasn't able to restrict herself from following the source of that peaceful music....

She was so into the music that she didn't realised that when she opened the door and entered a room, which was immersed in darkness with only the stars as the souce of light....

She forwarded more towards the source of music and saw a silhouette of a person holding a guitar and sitting on the window slab....

She got scared assuming it to be some ghost or something and hurriedly tried to leave the place, chanting some prayers....

While the person stood up sensing someone's presence and forwarded towards her....

He kept his hand on her shoulders, She panicked , fear engulfed her ...

" Bhoot (Ghost )....bhoot...God help....plzz....leave me...let me go", She screamed with her eyes closed. ...

She was much afraid and in the hurry she tripped and fell on him with her eyes still closed due to fear...

Both of them fell on the floor. ....

He saw her in the moonlight and again got lost in her, she was looking angelic, her face was glowing more under the moonlight , she was looking more beautiful while she opened her eyes slowly and saw his peaceful, handsome and pure face, his sincere pretty eyes ...

He tucked her hairs behind her ears which were blocking his view of her face, their eyes locked with each other's and heart racing faster. ...

But then they came out of their world.....

"You!!", they exclaimed in unison....

"What the hell are you doing here? ", he asked angrily....

"You aren't any ghost right? Look, I'm sorry, I will never ever come in your way, but please don't kill me, I want to attend Saumya's wedding plzzz", she requested , in her cute scared voice...

" What Ghost? Do I look like a ghost to you", he asked gritting his teeth....

"Yes Ghost!!! You aren't any Ghost?", she asked innocently .....

" What? No !! I'm not any ghost and I think you badly need a gud psychiatrist bcoz you are mad

, you are mentally unstable ", he commented ....

" What? I'm mad? I need a psychiatrist? It's you who need a psychiatrist not me , you were playing guitar, after putting the lights off, like seriously , anyone could have misunderstood you to be a ghost

Btw, think you were a ghost in your previous birth, No not think, actually I'm damn sure about it", she pointed out...

"Whether I stay in darkness or in light, it's my wish, why do you care, and will you please bother yourself to get off me?", He scowled at her. ...

Avni bit her tongue realising that she was still lying on him and tries to get up hurŕiedly but again fell on him, due to the hurry....

He groaned in frustration pushed her....

" Hawww ! How mean! ! Why did you pushed me? I was just getting up, I don't have any interest to stay like this, lying on you", She shot back

" Oh really?Forget that and tell me how did you came in my room without my permission? ", he asked glaring at her. ....

"By my feet , of course ", she said sarcastically only to earn more murderous glare from him....

" wo....actually I heard that music and didn't realised when I reached here, Sorry for that..", she said nervously, a lil bit scared from his hard glares....

" Again sorry?? Really?? First You entered my home without my permission and now my room, you don't even have a tiny winy bit of manners, right?", he spatted angrily. ..

" Again Manners ?? Huff!! Why do you always bring this "manners " topic of yours in between every conversation, as if you are very well mannered, Look Mr. Tillu...." she said sarcastically olling her eyes

" Not again!!! Get outt", he was pissed by hearing the name Tillu again ...

" Excuse me ? " asked Avni as if she didn't heard him....

" I said get the hell out of my room..." he shouted and held her hand making her shiver and dragged her out of his room....

" How rude!! I was going only", she pouted

He banged the door hard on her face while she stomped her foot angrily and left murmuring.. ...

" Hanikarak aadmi (noxious man), don't know what's his problem, urghh!!" She murmured annoyed by him....

" Acidic aurat(women), don't know when will I be able to get rid off her, this girl will drive me crazy", he murmured irritated by her....

Both slept thinking about each other and blabbering something or the other against each other.....

Don't know how but both slept peacefully that day with no nightmare to haunt them.....

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