chapter 3

" Bhai, are you okay?" Aarav immediately opens the car door and asks Ansh who immediately composes himself after the sudden jolt and sits upright on the seat taking some breathe.

But Aaira and Aarav, who saw the car getting hit from a distance, were worried for their elder brother so both of them are looking at him with worry.

" Yes I am fine." Ansh replies to Aarav and is thankful that both his siblings were outside the car at that time.

Even though there was no accident, but what would have happened if both of them had not gone out, and then this accident had happened, he gets scared for them.

At the same time, Ansh did not get hurt but he still gets angry that who was this person who did not see the car parked on the side of the road?

" I won't leave him...is he so blind that he could not see the parked car." Saying this, Ansh gets out of the car, coincidentally the rain had also suddenly slowed down

Ansh, Aarav and Aaira all three go back to the car that hit their car

But all three are shocked when they see that a girl is sitting on the driving seat and her head is resting on the steering wheels.

While Aarav and Aaira seem concerned for the girl, but Ansh gets angry.

" O madam! Are you blind ? Jab gaari chalaani nahi aati toh lekar kyon nikalti ho....saamne khadi gaari nahi dikhi ?" Ansh speaks while opening the car door but there is no response from the girl

" Bhaiya, lagta hai ye behosh ho gyi hai" says Aarav

" Aaira, check karo inhe, ye theek toh hai..." Aarav says this to which Aaira goes forward and holds the girl's shoulder and lifts her head from the steering wheels but gets shocked to see blood coming out of her head

But on seeing her face, Ansh suddenly feels some unknown feeling for a moment but immediately he closes his eyes and composes himself when he hears Aaira voice

" Inhe toh chot lagi hai..." Aaira says: But while Aarav and Aaira were showing their concern for the girl, Ansh's attention goes to the passenger seat of the car where there is a liquor bottle.

" oh it's means Madam is not only blind but also an alcoholic. I will file a case against her for drunk driving..." Aarav and Aaira are shocked to hear this from Ansh.....Here this girl is hurt and instead of taking her to the hospital he is talking like this

" Bhai, ladki hai...chhod dijiye na." Aarav says

" Ladki hai toh kya kuch bhi karegi." On hearing this word of Ansh, Aaira looks at him and Ansh also immediately realises his words that he probably shouldn't have used those words because his sister is also a girl.

Aaira looks at Ansh little offend while Ansh composes himself

" I mean, If she can drink being a girl then she should be ready to go to jail as well, rules are rules, whether she is a girl or a guy and it was our good fortune that the car was stopped...what if she had caused an accident to someone else in this condition?" Ansh says to which Aarav and Aaira look at each other

" Bhai, but nothing like this has happened na.... Please calm down first and let's take her to the hospital, She is injured...and see, she is not even regaining consciousness." Aarav says and then after a little argument Ansh agrees to take her to the hospital

" Okay, but now you and Aaira go to the hotel, Both of you are wet, if you stay like this for too long, both of you will fall ill, so go to the hotel and change, I will meet both of you after getting her admitted to the hospital." Both of them agree to this advice of their elder one.

And with this, Aarav heads to the hotel with Aaira in his car and there Ansh makes that girl sit on the passenger seat and drives her car to the hospital so that when she regains consciousness, she can use her car to go to her place.

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Other side, the hospital...after getting her admitted, Ansh stays there until she gets a proper checkup and he also completes the rest of the formalities.

The doctor tells Ansh that she has just fainted due to a head injury and there is nothing to worry about and Ansh also tells them that he is nobody to her, just a stranger.

Meanwhile, the girl lying on the hospital bed starts to regain consciousness and slowly opens her eyes with a slight headache and the nurse present in the room sees this

" How are you feeling now?" the nurse asks her, while the girl confused seeing her environment, she tries to remember how and why she came here.

As far as she can remember she was driving and then all this ?

" What happened to me? And how did I get here?" she asks confused but at the same time she feels something on her forehead and then she takes her hand to her forehead where she feels the bandage.

" Nothing happened to you, maybe you had a small accident but now you are fine.." the nurse tells her

"But who brought me here?" the girl asks:

" He told us his name is Ansh, he is a doctor himself.....he told us that he found you unconscious so he brought you here...oh, there he is..." The nurse was telling her all that but the same time her gaze fall on the glass window of the room from where see Ansh who was probably going now but before leaving he was talking to the doctor about something.

There, on the nurse's instructions, the girl looks at the window and for a moment she forgets to blink her eyes and perhaps even to breathe.

She sees a guy who is probably about 6 feet or an inch taller, in a white shirt which is sticking to his body because it is slightly wet, probably due to the rain outside.

His slightly wet messy hair is a little scattered on his forehead and there is a different radiant glow on his face and as handsome as he is, there is a different kind of innocence on his face that attracts anyone towards him.

She couldn't see his eyes clearly because he wasn't fully facing her, she could only see one side of him.

But soon the face disappears from her sight, at which she frowns, she comes back to her senses and asks the nurse

" Where did he go? She asks

"He left." The nurse answers her to which she does not understand what has just happened to her,

Why is she suddenly feeling sad that he has disappeared from her sight

" I didn't even thank him. Is he the one whose car I hit?" she thinks because she suddenly remembers what she did before falling unconscious, how she lost her balance and hit a car.

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" That girl has ruined my whole mood....so much of our time has been wasted." These are the words of Ansh when he meets his two siblings in the hotel room.

Meanwhile, after hearing the topic of that girl, Aaira and Aarav look at each other with the indication that he is still stuck on that girl.

" Let it go bhai, we still have the whole evening...we will enjoy." Aarav says but immediately Ansh's eyes widen in worry when Aaira sneezes

And then not just once but she starts sneezing continuously, Aaira makes a baby face and looks at her brothers because she knows that now Ansh's lecture will start

" Sorry" Saying this, she sneezes again.

" Maine mnaa kiya tha mat bheego, par meri sunta kaun hai...ab mamu se daant mujhe padegi." Ansh says to which Aaira pouts

" Bhaiya kya aap apni behan ki khushi ke liye thodi si daant nahi khaa sakte ?" She says and before ansh says something,.Aaira speaks further

" anyway, you know papa can't scold you....so you don't worry, by the time we reach home my sneezing will stop...Mom and dad will not know." Saying this she sneezes again at which Ansh sighs.

And Aarav also looks at Aaira with this face that nothing can be done now, Ansh will take them back to Mumbai right now. The trip is over now.

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It is around 10 in the night.

In Maheshwari house.

Advaita who left the house yesterday, returns today but as soon as she enters the house her mother sitting in the hall panicked seeing her

" baccha, How did this happen...are you okay ?" Seeing the bandage on her daughter's forehead, she worriedly asks her how all this happened touching her forehead and cheek and asks whether she is fine now?

And there, Advaita does not lie to her mother on this question and tells her that she had a small accident.

" What? Then why didn't you call us...why didn't you call your dad...what was the need to drive back alone?" On her carelessness, her mother tells her all this upon which she looks at her mother with a frown

" And why would I do this? Why would I call someone for help? According to all of you, I am of marriageable age...After marriage, I am going to take care of a whole family, so I can manage myself alone without all of you....No ?" She replies to her mother in her usual rude tone, upon which her mother becomes silent once again...Why does she always stick to the same thing?

" Why do you always talk like we don't care about you, you are our daughter...You know how worried your father will be when he finds out about this, he can't bear even a scratch on you..." her mother makes her aware her father's love and concern for her

" Yaa he loves me, that is why he is giving me so much happiness by getting me married..." Advaita again retaliates and now before her mother can say anything, she interrupts her

" And now enough, you started again as soon as I came, please stop all this...I have a headache, I want to sleep." Saying this, she goes straight to her room.

Her father is not at home at this time, he is at work place and there is no fixed time for his return.

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" I told you to have all the fun you want but don't get wet in the rain, but you never listen to me..." These are Avni's words to Aaira who is sitting on the bed and getting scolded by her mother and now she is not only sneezing but also has a fever.

Ansh and Aarav after getting their share of scoldings go back to Mehra house, The Khanna family asks both of them to stay here for tonight but Ansh has some work at the hospital, so that's why he doesn't stop and Ansh doesn't stop so Aarav also goes back with him and now poor Aaira is listening to her mother's lecture alone and she is just praying that her father comes into the room quickly so that he can save the poor girl from the scolding of his wifey.

" From now on I will not let you go anywhere alone, there is no use in going with Ansh, even he cannot handle you now, you have become very stubborn, He had forbidden you, why didn't you listen to him?" Aaira pouted at her mother's words

" Mom, what is this that you won't let me go anywhere alone.... Rain doesn't come every day... What happened, I fell ill one day, I will get well..." Aaira says and before Avni can say anything, her savior finally enters the room.

" You are absolutely right my princess, my dear wifey, don't you worry, she will get well and after drinking this haldi wala dudh, she will get well even more quickly." Aaira makes a face seeing the glass of milk in her father's hand while Avni smirks, she knows that this girl throws tantrums while drinking milk in front of her but in this condition of fever, only this man can make her drink this milk.

" What? Papa please this tastes very bad... You want me to drink milk, okay I will but not this one with haldi..." She says this while making a face and Neil sits on her right side, her mother is already sitting on her left.

" Princess, you know, You have to drink this to cure your cold, so don't show any tantrums and drink this..." Neil says

" Hwww papa...Now you will also say that I should not show tantrums, if you will not tolerate my tantrums then who will?" Aaira speaks making her innocent face to which Neil smiles and looks at Avni who is already smiling seeing their daughter drama

" That's right...I can and always will tolerate all the tantrums of my princess." He says, making Aaira happy, but she pouted at what he says next

" But no tantrums about your health...and now let's talk later, finish this first." Saying this, he makes her drink from his hand which she somehow finishes by making faces.

" If I would have said the same thing, you would have taken hours to agree with me, Papa just said it twice and his beloved daughter agreed with him..." Avni complains to which Aaira shows her tongue, indicating that she will always trouble her.

Later, Avni and Neil spend their time taking care of Aaira and the three also enjoy their family time.

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On the other hand, Advaita is tossing and turning in her bed till late night but is unable to sleep.

She is confused as to why the face she saw in the hospital is bothering her so much, It is not like that, his face is bothering her in a bad way, but she is unable to understand why this is happening to her, which has never happened to her before.

Why is his face in front of her eyes where he is saying something but she is not able to hear anything, why is she not able to forget the face of that unknown person.

Tired of these thoughts, she gets up and sits on the bed, holding her head, her head is already hurting because of the injury and on top of that his face which is not letting her sleep is increasing her pain.

" Sukoon dhundhne gyi thi, sar dard mil gya....What should I do? Why is his face not disappearing from my sight?" she says to herself and as soon as she closes her eyes for some relief, she opens her eyes immediately when even with closed eyes she could see only Ansh's face which she had seen in the hospital.

To be continued........