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Gulab Jamun above!Yum.

Dancing on the tunes of some English song,she made up some preppy steps for the new students.

Saira thought that she was lucky to find such extremely talented students!

Dedication and Hardwork was evident as those new children danced along with their whole soul.

To help them better,she collaborated with a NGO who in turn helped her to make contacts with some school which offered them education.

No doubt,Saira was not only working hard for herself but also for those children.

She felt inner bliss.

And her old students were glad and found themselves to be extremely lucky to have her as their dance teacher.

She continued to do her work until she noticed it was five in the evening.Her mother had messaged her to come by six.

She drove her car straight to her house.

Her being sweaty wasn't helping but with weather humid it sure made her feel uncomfortable so she decided to hop on to shower.

As she entered the home,she spoke to her mother or rather shouted,"Ma!i am home."

Her mother immediately shouted back,"Go and get dressed properly.Guests are coming."

She stopped a minute and went straight to the kitchen where her mother was frying hot samosas.

She decided to take one samosa but failed as her mother glared at her.

She raised her both hands and gave a innocent expression.

Her mother shaked her head disapproving.

Saira anyways asked her,"Who are these guests?"

Her mother shrugged in a weird way which made Saira suspicious.

Her mother finally spoke,"Malhotr....No it's Khanna family."

Saira was still doubtful.Her mother only spoke too soon when she was lying.Last time when she had spoken this way,it was a surprise birthday party for Saira when she had turned six.

But she decided to forgo this thing and nodded.

She went up and changed into a beautiful Anarkali suit.

Her hair were a bit curled up and a tinge of makeup made her look gorgeous.

Suddenly,Mrs Kapoor said to Saira,"Saira,Go and bring up some sweets for guest."

Saira picked up her keys and was on her way out when she heard her mother muttering,"i told Aarav to bring sweets,today I am not going to spare him."

Saira giggled and left the place.

The weather still looked cloudy so she decided to not take her umbrella.

She drove quickly to the sweets shop,Raju ki dukaan(Raju's shop) and told her order to shopkeeper.

"Bhaiya give me some Gulaab jamuns for my home and..."

The shopkeeper,Mr Raju, whose hair had gone to color of Snow White smiled and assured her that her mother had told him about the order.She nodded and waited patiently for the order to be completed.

She looked up to the shop.It wasn't really air conditioning type of shop but it's quality had surely won Mr Kapoor's heart.He had known this shop since he was struggling.There was a time when he had no money,but Raju being a generous middle aged man at that time,he gave  him some things to eat.Mr Kapoor was indebted to him,even though Raju would wave off by saying he was like his little brother.How could elder one take something from small one?

She smiled as she could sniff the sweet fragrance of freshly made Gajar ka halwa(dessert made out of Carrot) and maybe Knowing Saira,Raju gave her a bowl of that dessert.She couldn't stop that twelve inch grin that she gave as Raju laughed at Saira.

For Raju,she always remained like her small daughter who grew up too fast.

After some time rain had started.It rained cats and dogs.

Her order was soon ready and she finished her bowl and thanked him and left the place.She glanced at the path infront of her.It was full of puddles.She sighed and tried to find a way to get to her car without ruining her dress,especially her favourite dress.Thank god for the waterproof makeup!

After some minutes of hopping like a frog,she finally reached her car.

She kept those sweets safely in the car at the other side.As she turned to go towards driver seat,there was a sound and..

Splash!

Her whole favourite dress was ruined by the wet mud.Her face lit up with anger.

Yesterday that top and tOday this dress.

She glanced at the destroyer of her pretty dress.

That freaky Nikhil Malhotra

As much she would have like to swoon how handsome he looked,her face currently showed no mercy.

Nikhil smirked and was happy.Yesterday's revenge had been fulfilled.

As much he would have complemented a girl at normal circumstances,he would rather think pranks and rude comments for Saira.He couldn't help but be different to her.

Saira stood shocked and before she could curse or shout at him,he rode away in his black Mercedes.

But not before a second round of ruining her dress with that wet mud.

This time she shouted,"You will not be spared,Mr Nikhil grumpy Malhotra".She huffed and finally rode to home.

Her mother was shocked to see Saira in this state,was a understatement.Her dad,brother Aarav and Shyla had doubled up in laughter at her state.

While Saira muttered some words like "idiot" "fool".She this time dressed up in simple salwar suit and did no makeup.She wiped off every piece of makeup she had applied and her hair were pulled back in a messy bun.

Her mother was disappointed and tried to persuade her with a samosa but Saira was really pissed.

Ding dong.

Finally the guests had arrived.Saira was in kitchen.There was a commotion outside.She came out of kitchen to greet and was surprised when she found out Diya,Mrs and Mr Malhotra had came.She greeted them and touched their feet while with diya,she was impressed with her ambitions.She didn't fail to notice the twinkle in her eyes when she talked about her dreams and how much she wants her business to expand.

Diya,Shyla and Saira shared a lot of interests.They exchanged their numbers and it wasn't long when you could see future bestfriends together.

There was another bell heard,so Saira decided to open it.

And she saw Mr Nikhil.

As much as she should be really angry or pissed,Nikhil was surprised to find her smiling.And even after seeing it was him,her face turned up into smirking.He couldn't help thinking,"Shit!I think I am in danger zone."

Saira was pleasantly surprised to find him and she couldn't help but smirk at him.She remembered how he had destroyed two of her favourite things.Time to payback.

Being unaware who had come,Shyla asked,"Saira,who has come?"

Saira sarcastically replied,"One of my dearest friend!Nikhil!"

Shyla was astonished to hear dear friend but she giggled at the person's mention.Being unaware about the both's feud,Diya took it as a good sign of their relationship.

She couldn't help but think how good they would be together.She already liked Saira.And she always had this logic: opposites attract each other!

Nikhil surely knew this time he was trapped.In Saira's own home,she could destroy his car,stain his shirt.

Suddenly all his senses were awake.

As Nikhil seated,he waited patiently and talked at right moment where his opinion was needed.It was all business and personal talks.

As Saira started to serve,she served tea to everyone.Nikhil began fearing.He drank tea as everyone started to drink.Diya had actually glared at him when he tried to refuse Saira for the tea.He was relieved to find tea was sweet.

Next came, samosas.Saira again served everyone with chutney(kind of paste,very tasty paste :P)Nikhil feared again but luckily it wasn't sprayed or added with extra spicy things.He instead utterly enjoyed it.

And finally sweets.He feared the worst.Salt could be added or worse.He could actually end up puking.Saira again served.His hands were literally shaking when he ate those Gulaab jamuns.But as soon as those gulab jamun were in his mouth,it turned up to be sweet and melted in his mouth.He had never tasted such delicious sweet.

Infact before,he hated sweets.And now he was looking at Diya like a lost puppy begging for something.Diya did not leave this opportunity and giggled unknown to others why she was giggling.As time came to keep the vessels back,to everyone's surprise,Nikhil volunteered to do that.

Diya was literally frozen.She whispered to Shyla,"pinch me please."

Shyla pinched her at the arm and Diya winced and shouted,"What have you done to my brother?Who are you?"

Everyone started laughing and Nikhil reddened up.

Still he went to kitchen to keep the vessels.He spotted Saira washing the dishes.

He kept those vessels.The sound of vessels made Saira to see who had come and she was surprised to find him.But she went back to scrubbing other vessels.

He calmy and quietly asked her,"Why didn't you take your revenge?You had the perfect opportunity.Tea,chutneys,samosa and dessert.Why?"

She simply smiled and replied,"As much as I would have loved to do that,they were other people's Hardwork.I couldn't destroy them.Tea,samosa,chutney were made by mom and that dessert was made by a shopkeeper.Think how much effort would have been wasted." She paused to take other vessels he had just brought and started to wash them too.

She continued,"And I knew if I gave you my signature smirk,you would definitely begin fearing.I didn't miss your expressions of fear when I served you."And she began laughing.

At other times,Nikhil would have felt her laugh as irritating,right then it felt a melody.His lips twitched up to smile.

She had successfully washed all her vessels and took a look at her work.She smiled proudly and dried her hands with a towel and exited the place.

And for the first time he noticed,how beautiful she looked even with ordinary clothes and a messy bun with no makeup.

But it was not long before they began bantering again.

Diya now understood that when Saira said dearest friend it was sarcasm.Aarav had ran away from that place citing the reason as "unsafe" and Shyla was holding her head clearly frustrated.So they both ran away from there.

"I am telling you UK is better for education!"Nikhil said.

Saira rolled her eyes and said,"If we have talent then even students from India fare much better!"

"UK"

"India"

"Uk"

"India"

Suddenly Mrs Malhotra appeared and asked,"Congrats you both are going to get married.Any venue in mind?"

Ignoring what she had said,they continued arguing and finally  Saira raising her voice said,"India"

Mrs Malhotra clapped her hands loudly and said,"Perfect.Marriage in India."

This caught their attention and Nikhil asked,"Whose marriage mom?"

Mrs Malhotra stared at them and spoke,"Are you kidding me?I just said you both are getting married.And it's decided."

They both froze.

Nikhil shouted at her,"Oh so this was your revenge."

Saira looked at him and said,"Are you mad!?Why would I like to spend even half of my life with you?"

Nikhil laughed but it was cold,"Come on,just accept it.You also want money like those of those girls?And to think you were..."

His sentence was incomplete.

Because next he received a slap.

Saira could not stop herself from slapping him and said to him furiously,"How dare you speak about me like this?!Do you even know me.You know half of the male population has this problem.They think woman only want money.I beg to differ.You know what!You are a pesky little man..."she paused for a moment and continued,"No you are a alien.It would be insulting to whole universe if I compare to you.Hell!It would be insulting to aliens too!And I won't apologise for the slap.You deserved it."

Now,what is to happen next?Marriage or no marriage?is a question.

Indian Dictionary :

Gulab jamun:It is a milk-solids-based sweet mithai, popular in countries of South Asia, in particular in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan.

Gajar ka halwa:Also known as gajrela, is a sweet dessert pudding associated mainly with the India and Pakistan.

Chutney:It is a sauce in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent that can vary from a tomato relish to a ground peanut.

Following is a mint chutney.

Samosa:It is a fried or baked dish with a savoury filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, etc.

Salwar kameez:a pair of light, loose, pleated trousers, usually tapering to a tight fit around the ankles, worn by women from South Asia typically with a kameez (the two together being a salwar kameez ).

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