#17--- A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED...

{MONDAY@ARJUN'S COLLEGE; LUNCH BREAK]

"Oh! hello sir, thank you for your extraordinary surprise", Nihal snorted.

"I didn't mean to, Nihal. It all happened in a matter of seconds and I couldn't control the situation", Arjun gives a lazy excuse to his mistake.

"Enough. I'd feel great if you stop your act right now", blared Nihal attracting enough attention of the others in the surroundings.

"So sorry brother, I can't say anything more than this.
Fine, leave it.
 What happened that evening?"

[ARJUN KNEW HOW TO TACKLE SITUATIONS LIKE THESE, HE QUICKLY CHANGED THE TOPIC BEFORE MATTERS GOT WORSE]

"That day was awesome except for the anticlimax you had planned for me"

"Dude, I said sorry , it was my mistake. How can I be forgiven for my blunder", pleaded Arjun.

"Leave it. But you know what, That was the most wonderful night I had ever experienced and I thank you for playing your part on that day. Thanks for accepting my request to get on to Aashritha's vehicle, that very gesture from you triggered my luck on that day."

"Is it? Thankyou, Can I now assure that I am forgiven?", asked Arjun

"Yes, You are. I took her to the lighthouse ,in the glow of my bike's headlights, I kneeled in front of her and proposed. She wasn't that amused on the act, she might have anticipated because of my cheesy talk that day"

"So, you proposed? What did she say?"

"What else than 'I too love you', Nihal's eyes were revealing his happiness and the satisfaction that incident brought to him.

"Arjun smiled pleasantly for a while and then said, " Nihal, I got to say something. The reason Neeraja wasn't amused to your proposal was that because it had happened as exactly as it was planned. Sorry for the late announcement of the truth, but I'm sure you'd have got a wonderful feeling and sense of satisfaction as you have finally blurted out the most dramatic 3 words anyone would want to say in their life."

"The plan and the opportunity to let you open up was done the previous day itself just like you and Aashritha had planned up. I knew Neeraja right from my school days, so we became even the more close when I told her that I was interested in Aashritha. "

"She told me that she would give you chance to take her out only if I got onto Aashritha's scooter, which was also a huge bonus for me to get onto my crush's vehicle and you know dude, that was one heck of a ride and I enjoyed it thoroughly, even though there weren't much words, the feel that was carried through out the ride was exquisite. I thank you for this and the rest of the story is known to you", revealed Arjun.

"I knew there was something wrong, but I didn't expect that my bestest friend would be the sole reason for the acceptance of my love-proposal. Thankyou, you would have told everything by now about me?

"no, I did not. Its for you two to get to know about each other now. And I promise you that its gonna be the best phase in your love story and those are the incidents you are going to tell your children about. So don't miss them.", said Arjun.

[ARJUN'S MOBILE RANG JUST THEN. HE WAS CONFUSED AND WAS STARING AT THE NUMBER AND FINALLY TOOK THE CALL.

THE VOICE FROM THE OTHER END SAID " I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ASAP, JUST GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NO ONE TO HEAR YOU"

ARJUN WAS SHOCKED ON HEARING THE VOICE...]

{TO BE CONTINUED...}