Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Ignoring the nagging feeling inside his heart, Arjun kept the girl in his bed. His heart recognized her but his mind snapped at him. Unable to read his heart, he stared at the girl with an unknown feeling. Her eyes twitched painfully but she is still unconscious. Maybe because of the paint smell, she is getting irritated. 

"One or two hours. She will get conscious" doctor's voice made him come out from his thoughts.

"One hour?" Gasped Arjun.

"I don't know who is she? Do something and make her open her eyes" Arjun chided while Doctor just passed a smile at him.

"She got hurt in the head. So I gave her an injection. She will gain consciousness after 3-4 hours. and just remove paint from her face. The smell will not do any good for her. " commanded the doctor in an authoritative voice making Arjun go silent in no minutes.

"How will I?" Asked Arjun like a kid.

Doctor: Arjun. you have to do that. Then why have you got her here? Okay, anyways. I have many meetings. I have to leave. take care.

Sending a message to someone special, Arjun sighed in relief. He knew she would come here soon to help him taking care of this unknown girl. Arjun smiled as the girl he expected came finally.

She suddenly hugs Arjun. " finally you have called me after this long time. Always I keep on calling you. but at least you realized. right Ajju darling." said Pihu, childhood London friend of Arjun who knows Arjun in and out.

Arjun pushes her back. 

Arjun: stop it yaar Pihu. What is this? why are you keep on flirting with me? you know that I don't like this all.

Pihu: you know that I can't live without flirting with you, darling.

Arjun: please stop calling me darling. 

Pihu: no. you are my darling. (saying so she winks at him)

Arjun: ok leave this now. go inside the room. Someone is there. just wash her face. 

"Ajju how can you betray me? You are with some other girl? You know I have been waiting for you for 2 years. Now, who is this second lady? you did wrong with me. I can't take this." Her eyes clouded with fame tears as she continued her drama.

Arjun: arey oh Drama queen. Stop your drama. I don't know who is she. She was unconscious. The doctor told me she will get conscious within 3-4 hours. That's y called you to wash her face.

Pihu: so you called me for this. I hate you, darling.

Arjun: I love that year (he winks at her making her more irritated)

Pihu goes inside and washes Ishita's Face with hot water. She saw Ishita. She blinks many times to confirm whether she is Ishita or not. 

" Ishita??. does Arjun know," mumbled Pihu looking at Ishita.

She came outside upset. and says she will leave.

Arjun: you came here. Wait till she gets conscious.

" Arjun. you helped her without knowing her?" Asked Pihu doubtedly.

" Yeah. Why?" Asked Arjun casually 

"go and see. till then I will prepare coffee," said Pihu.

Arjun with confusion entered the room. His eyes glued to the spot where Ishita was lying. Looking at Ishita, he neither blinks even once nor looks away. He stared at her continuously as if he wished only to look at her lifelong. His eyes show many emotions. And as usual, he masks his emotions within seconds and all those emotions are just replaced by hatred and pain. But never did he leave the room.

Pihu in the kitchen recalls Arjun showing Ishita's pic and cries miserably. 

"You think I am flirting for time pass. No Arjun. I want you to give happiness which you deserve. I love you Arjun deeply truly Madly. My love is pure. Even I know you can't forget your past and move on. Still, I love you. but I should not fall weak." mumbled Pihu with little tears in her eyes.

She takes coffee and reaches the room where Arjun stares at Ishita with tears in his eyes.

Once he sees Pihu he wipes his tears. 

"I don't know who is she? Do you know her?" Asked Arjun casually standing up to leave the room.

" don't lie to yourself and me also Arjun. drink coffee." saying so Pihu gave him coffee.

*******

In SSR Fashion house.

In canteen

Payal is seen preparing Coffee. Her cheeks have some dark brown marks. She is seen as if she is on the battlefield

She brings coffee to Mihir.

Mihir sees her and starts laughing and asks her to clean her face. That's a weird thing in the morning. How can anyone look so sweet in this messed-up look? Smilingly Mihir took his coffee.

Once he drank coffee, he began coughing. Payal is worried as she is pretty much clear by now of some error in the coffee-making process. The continuous cough gets worse. 

The canteen boy came running knowing the exact reason for the condition of Mihir.

"Sir don't drink. madam mistakenly put masala powder instead of coffee powder." said peon who came there running.

"omg. I think. my first day will be my last day. Sir. pls sorry, sir."She starts apologizing. She felt sorry for this act of hers.

Mihir keeps on coughing. He signs her to give water. but Payal keeps on apologizing. He then rushes himself and takes water. He got fine.

"did you forget something from your home?" Asked Mihir with an unbelievable look

"Sir. No sir. What sir?" Asked Payal innocently.

Damn, she is asking so cutely. This mistake is nothing in front of her cuteness filled sorry

"that is called the brain. you should have offered me water instead of ur sorry." snapped Mihir 

"yes, sir. Sorry, sir." Mumbled Payal

"Now leave." roared Mihir.

"From the office or cabin," asked Payal in confusion.

"oh pls, miss. universe. don't ask further questions. I need rest. leave from here. I will call you after some time" said Mihir

Payal leaves.

"I had never seen such a girl. She doesn't even know the difference between coffee powder and masala powder," mumbled Mihir dreamingly

Smilingly he cups his cheeks imagining her cute sorry. He needs some treatment. 

*****

Siddharth searches for Ishita. The servant told him that she leaves from home by morning itself.

He tries calling Ishita. but no one picks the phone. 

Pihu notices Ishita's purse from which her cell phone was ringing. 

"Ajju yaar. Someone is calling her. See there are 7 miss calls. inform them that she is here." says Pihu worriedly

"not needed." snapped Arjun angrily.

"Ajju. they must be worried. pls. do this for me." pleaded Pihu knowing about Arjun's anger.

"ok. leave a message that. She is with her friend. and will be in a home by evening." said Arjun to which Pihu noded.

" The person calling is bittu. isn't it a different name?" Asked Pihu, twisting her eyebrows in confusion.

Hearing that Arjun blood just boils. He again stayed there with no emotions.

"Do what I say. don't interfere in other matters. Send that message to that Bittu," said Arjun, he stressed the word bittu as if he is eating that word with his raw mouth

Pihu sends msg. as soon as Siddharth calls. Arjun asks her to pick.

She picks and puts in a speaker. 

"Dhi where are you?" Asked Siddharth in his panicked filled voice.

"hi. I am her friend. Ishita is in the washroom. Will ask to call you once she comes" said Pihu as instructed by Arjun.

" Who are you?" Asked Siddharth, getting a little suspicious.

Arjun signs their name. as Priyanka.

" I am Priyanka." Said Pihu catching Arjun's acts.

"Oh. ok ok. I will pick dhi." Saying so Siddharth stood up to leave.

"No. You can't come here," said Pihu worriedly making Siddharth more suspicious and Arjun beats Pihu with his pillow.

"why?" Asked Siddharth 

"Because we are not at home," said Pihu and smiles at Arjun proudly.

"But you told she is in the washroom," asked Siddharth with a slip of tongue.

" We came for lunch. We are in the hotel. oh pls yaar. How many questions will u ask further? I am eating. bye" saying so Pihu hangs up the call 

Siddharth knew about Priyanka. So he just lets it aside of his cid brain which tells him that something is suspicious.

*****

Payal comes downstairs. and sees everyone very silent.

"guyz. you are all boring. it's my first day. and no one makes my introduction. ok, no prob. I will introduce myself. my name is Payal Gupta. I am from Lucknow. completed fashion designing. loves to chat with all." said Payal cheerfully

Others welcome her

"hey pay. I am poo" saying so a girl shakes the hand of Payal.

" poo? paa? what?. are you scolding me in the Korean language." asked Payal confusedly.

All began to laugh. and says. She is pooja. all call her poo. and she is calling you as paa.

"no-no. Payal is nice. I don't like anyone to call me weird. Please and pooja. this is such a nice name. Why are you making it annoying? and you guys will say that it's fashion. I won't agree with that. We are working hard to make the world identify us. if that is so, they will identify with your name only. if you lose your name. the day is no longer when you will lose yourself. Now don't think that I am giving advice." Said Payal in one go everyone agrees to her whereas pooja gets annoyed 

"Whatever you say was nice. but the sad thing is poo never changes that too by some joker's word. bye darling. Will meet next time if you are lucky." Pooja replied to her.

Everyone says. She did not take poo's words. She is not a girl. but a devil.

All with Payal laughs.

"mis. Payal, come here." Called Mihir when he saw Payal from his window.

"I thought you would be worried about me and was feeling bad for what you did. but you don't seem to be." Said Mihir highly annoyed with this girl

"I just gave my intro to all my colleagues" shrugged Payal casually.

"that you are Payal. Who doesn't even know what is coffee and what is masala? Right?" Chided Mihir

" if that? Why did you ask me? I think you know much about cooking. That's y scolding me right?" Asked Payal in her annoyed voice. She is done with this man's behavior and he needs to be treated with her real self.

This sudden bash out makes Mihir switch his mode to cool mode. He doesn't want to get scolded by her in the worst way. So he just looks at her with soft eyes and that did its work best as Payal suddenly changes her angry stare.

"ok ok. cool. Help me in finalizing the designs." says Mihir calmly.

"Yeah. I will be there within 5 mins." Saying so Payal leaves.

******

Ishita finds it difficult to wake up. When Arjun sees her in trouble. He rushes and helps her to wake up. Ishita is still sleepy. She felt someone helping her but didn't give a thought as she took his arms to support her.

Opening her eyes, her vision welcomed Arjun. That can't be him. Her mind snapped at her as she closed her eyes to stop daydreaming. But when she opened it again, she could see a clear vision of Arjun beside her. Instant tears were welcomed to her eyes. Whereas she tries hard to pretend strong in front of this man who is the sole reason for her tears. 

At once Arjun gets up and pretends as if he doesn't care. While he turns only to look away from her tears which is not good in her eyes.

"I was in college.?" Asked Ishita in confusion.

She tries to remember what exactly happened.

"I brought you here as you are not well." Cleared Arjun.

Ishita recalls everything. Now the only thing visible in her eyes is anger. This man dares to bring her to an unknown place.

"How dare you to bring me?" Yelled Ishita suddenly making Arjun look at her in surprise.

"dare not. fool. to bring you. I thought I was helping some girl. but I didn't know that I brought a problem to my home." saying so he bangs the wall nearby

"what your home?." Asked Ishita looking at the surroundings. It's another blow for her. How come she landed herself in his home?

"Yeah. By the way, you are lying in my bed," said Arjun with a smirk.

Ishita gets annoyed. and gets up from the bed. 

At once she holds her head. and was about to fall. 

Arjun holds her. Looking at her eyes Arjun forgot everything for some seconds. And being in his arms Ishita stares at him like a maniac. Can the clock stop at this time to make them like that forever?