"Yes, Ari, for the fifth time I love the colors you've chosen for the bridesmaids outfits." Arohi said into the phone. "Yes, they go perfectly with your lengha." Arohi replied rolling her eyes. "No, I don't think you look fat in your lengha!" "Yes, I examined the photos you emailed me closely of you in your lengha. You looked absolutely beautiful." "No I'm not just saying that because you're my best friend." Arohi felt like banging her head against the wall.

Aria's wedding was 3 weeks away and she had been calling Arohi multiple times a day to go over every minute detail. Arohi was so excited that Ari and Kabir were finally getting married. But seriously her best friend was driving her crazy. Her usually very decisive friend was changing her mind everyday about everything. Be it her wedding lengha, the catering, the decorations and even the guest list! She hated to say it but Aria had become a bridezilla!

"Yes Aria, I'm listening" Arohi answered. "Yes, I'll be there next week, a full week before the week long wedding celebrations start" Arohi said rolling her eyes again. "No, I'm not rolling my eyes." Arohi said sitting up and looking around. This is what happens when you're best friend knows you a little too well.

"Aria, let's talk about more important things, like your STAGETTE! I have the most awesome weekend planned for us." "Picture it, 10 gorgeous girls, Las Vegas, partying all day and night." "Ari please stop being such a prude ofcourse there will be strippers." Arjun chose that second to walk into Arohi's room. "Strippers" he repeated raising his eyebrows. Arohi saw him and whispered "We'll talk about this later." I don't care what Kabir likes or wants, this is your stagette and we're going to do it right." "Ari, listen okay fine, Kabir JIJU. I don't care what Kabir jiju likes. Is that better." "Arjun is not your jiju so stop calling him that." Arohi whispered angrily into the phone.

That's when Arjun grabbed the phone from Arohi's hand. "Hi Aria, how's it going?" "How are wedding preparations coming along?" "Yes, she can be quite bossy sometimes." Arjun answered looking at Arohi. Arohi had her hands on her hips and was glaring at him. "Yup, she's glaring at me right now." Arjun turned away from Arohi and went and made himself comfortable on her bed. Arohi threw her hands up in the air and walked out of the room.

"Arjun, you two have been together for 4 months now, so when are you proposing to Arohi?" Aria asked cutting right down to the chase. Arjun burst out laughing. "You don't beat around the bush do you?" he asked. "Not when it comes to my best friend I don't." Aria responded. "Are you in love with her?" Arjun paused and then answered her question "I love her more than I thought it was possible to love someone." "Well then why haven't you told her?" Arjun gave a surprised laugh. "Aria you know your stubborn friend she's not ready to hear it yet." "I know right now if I tell her she's going to run in the other direction." "Arjun, I can tell she's in love with you. I hear it in her voice everytime she talks about you. You should go for it and tell her." "I'll think about it." he said as he watched Arohi walk back into the room. Arohi climbed up on to the bed and sat down next to Arjun leaning her head on his shoulder and taking his hand in hers and entwining their fingers.

"Okay Aria, I'll pass the phone back to Arohi. You enjoy your stripper stagette and I'll see you in a few weeks for the wedding." "Yes, I'm arriving a few days before the wedding, I wouldn't miss it." Arohi, took the phone back and said "Bye Ari, love you, I'll probably talk to you in another hour when you have another major wedding emergency." With that she hung up.

Arohi looked up at Arjun and said in a dead serious voice. "When I get married I'm eloping!" "Come on Arohi, you know you love this wedding planning stuff." "I've seen you pouring through the wedding magazines and you call Aria just as much as she calls you regarding the wedding." Arohi smiled sheepishly. "You noticed that huh?" "Yeah, hard to miss. All your wedding shopping, it's very difficult to miss the bags and bags of shopping coming into this house every other day." "I can't help it. I just want this wedding to be perfect for her." "You're a good friend Arohi Ahluwalia." Arjun said taking her hand which was still entwined with his and kissing it.

"Thanks, but Aria is more then just my best friend she's my sister." "You know she's exactly 2 months older then me?" "But since the young age of 6 years old she's shouldered the responsibilities of being the 'older sister'." "She always took the blame for my mischievousness She's always tried to guide me and protect me, sometimes from myself." "Maybe it's because she was an only child, but for whatever reason she's always felt she needed to work harder to keep her relationships." "I love her very much and I know Kabir will keep her happy." "I'm also very glad you and Ari are getting along well." she said looking up at Arjun.

"You can't help but like Aria. Besides she always takes my side when you fight with me." "I fight with you?!" Arohi exclaimed sitting up on her knees. "And you're always so innocent?!" Arohi said grabbing her pillow and hitting Arjun with it. Laughing Arjun grabbed the pillow from her and tackled her down tickling her. " No, Arjun, no please stop" she giggled as she tried to squirm away from him. Finally out of breath Arjun stopped and laid down next to Arohi. The two catching their breath and still laughing.

Arohi turned on her side and looked at Arjun. He was so handsome she thought for the 1000th time. Arjun looked at Arohi and reached out and cupped her face bringing her in close for a kiss. Arohi moaned against his mouth as she felt him deepen the kiss. Arjun pulled her closer and the kiss became hotter, more desperate. They couldn't seem to get close enough. Arjun, moved from her mouth to her neck and then he pulled the strap of her tank down over her shoulder and kissed her shoulder gently. and then slowly moved his mouth back up to her ear. Arohi was on fire, she brought his lips back to hers and kissed him. Arjun's hands skimmed over Arohi's body and it was only when she felt his hand on her stomach where her tank top had ridden up that she come back to her senses. "Arjun stop!" she said with a ragged breath. Arjun looked down at Arohi's flushed face and forced himself to move off of her and fell back on to the bed.

Arohi was the first to sit up. "I can't believe what we were just doing and with the door wide open!" she said. Arjun rolled over onto his side and gave her one of his cheeky smiles. "Should I shut the door." "Arjun!" Arohi exclaimed shaking her head and moving out of his reach. "We've got work to do" she said. "What wor?"k he asked suspiciously. "Wedding work." she said happily. Arjun looked at her with horror and sat up and was off the bed within seconds but Arohi was too fast for him. "Where do you think you're going? she said pushing him back on the bed and handing him a pile of paper to sort through. "Get to work." she said Arjun looked at her miserably but they spent the afternoon together doing some wedding preparations but mostly due to Arjun's persuasive ways a lot more cuddling and lounging.

"Arohi, have you seen my blue tie? I can't find it anywhere." Arjun asked walking into Arohi's room. "No, I don't think so." Arohi answered as she applied her lipstick. "Weren't you wearing it a few weeks ago when we went to that restaurant Lumiere for dinner?" "Yes, I was and I remember you untying it in your room and flinging it on the floor before having your way with me." Arjun answered back. Arohi gave Arjun a in your dreams look. Then she walked over to Arjun's room and opened his armoire. Within seconds she pulled out the blue tie. She walked back to her room and held it up infront of his face. "Where'd you find it?" he asked taking it from her and putting it around his neck. Arohi pushed his hands out of the way and started tying his tie for him.

"Seriously Arjun what would you do without me." Sometimes you can't find your tie, other times your favorite shirt, last week it was your watch. You're so lucky to have me!" Arjun wrapped his arms around Arohi and pulled her closer. "I should thank you properly for everything you do for me." he said reaching down to give her a kiss. Arohi moved her face just in time. "Arjun, we have to get going. We're already running late." " I think your Mega is coming in today to meet me about some details. Bright and early I have to see her face." "Megha, Arohi, her name is Megha." he said buttoning his suit jacket. "Whatever," Arohi replied rolling her eyes. "She's a nice girl, I don't know why you don't like her." "I don't like her because, I can tell that she likes you just a little too much. " Arjun opened his mouth to saying something but Arohi cut him off. "Seriously Arjun you are such a guy!" "I didn't know that was a bad thing." Arjun said rolling his eyes. "It's not except, that you're so oblivious to everything." "She wants you. I can tell, it's woman's intuition." "Don't be stupid Arohi she's just a friend. " "Yeah a friend, believe me she wants you to be more then just friends." "Well I don't. I have a girl friend." he said pulling her so that her back was against his chest and wrapping his arms around her. I have a girlfriend that I LO..."Bhai...I should have known!" Rashi said coming to the door. "You two are at it again. I'm late are we going or what?" Arohi pulled away from Arjun and grabbed Rashi's hand. "Rashi I have to tell you about the gorgeous lengha I found to wear to Ari's reception. You will die when you see it." Arjun stared after them. He had been so close to revealing his feelings before Rashi had interupted them. Tonight, he would do it tonight.

But the evening did not go as Arjun had planned. First he ended up working till late and then when he finally did get home, Arohi had already gone to bed. Arjun opened Arohi's bedroom door and saw that she was fast asleep. Looking down at her face he felt that familiar ache in his heart. He needed to tell her that he loved her. No more holding back. She was going to hear it whether she was ready or not. And he hoped to god that she was. No the time had come, and she'd just have to deal with how he felt.

Arohi was flipping through a file as she walked into Arjun's office without knocking. "Arjun, I need you to look at something..." but as she looked up her eyes narrowed. Megha stood next to a seated Arjun, she was leaning down over him in a low cut blouse with her hand on his shoulder. They both looked up and Arohi could swear she saw an evil glint in Megha's eyes before she gave Arohi one of her sugary sweet smiles. She slowly lifted her hand off Arjun's shoulder seeing Arohi's glare. "Arohi, what's up?" Arjun asked looking distracted. Arohi brought her gaze back to Arjun "I needed you to look something over." "Can it wait. I'm just in the middle of something here." Arjun replied. Arohi looked back at Megha, she had smirk on her face. "Fine" Arohi said as she turned on her heal and walked out. Arjun was too engrossed in his work and hadn't noticed she was angry

Later on that afternoon Arjun knocked on Arohi's office door. "Come in" she called. Seeing Arjun, Arohi looked back down at her work. "You have time for me now?' she asked in a haughty tone. Arjun frowned. "What's that supposed to mean?" "Nothing." Arohi snapped. "Nothing?!" "Arohi I honestly am not in the mood for your games today. I just came by to see what you needed earlier." "My games, what's that supposed to mean? I don't play games, I'm not like your Megha." "Why can't you see her for what she really is." "Arohi, stop it!" "I don't know how many times we are going to discuss this. " "And even if Megha did feel something for me, I don't return her feelings." "I have feelings for you!" "Only you." "I don't know how much more clear I can make it. If you don't trust me at this point then what are we even doing here?" "What real hope is there for us?" "What?" Arohi asked coming around her desk. "What does that mean?" she asked Arjun, her heart racing as she waited for an answer. "You figure it out." Arjun snapped as he turned around and walked out of her office.

Arohi couldn't believe what Arjun had just said. She slowly walked back to her chair and sat down. Did he want to break up she thought miserably. Because she did not want to break up. She couldn't imagine her life without him. Just the thought of it made her want to cry. He was the best thing that had ever happened to her. She loved him. Arohi paused and her eyes grew wide. She loved him. " I love Arjun" she said out loud in a shocked voice. Arohi sat there lost in her thoughts of Arjun for sometime. All this time she thought something was wrong. The knots in her stomach, the confusion and anxiety. The panic she sometimes felt when Arjun looked at her a certain way. It wasn't panic after all, it was her falling in love with him. Nothing had been wrong infact everything had been right. She was in love with Arjun, her sweet, gorgeous naughty Arjun. Why hadn't she seen it soon. Why had she been so blind?! Arohi jumped out of her chair . She needed to tell him how she felt. She ran out of her office and was almost at his office door when his assistant stopped her. Arjun sir, has left for the day, he had a meeting off-site, after which he said he'd be leaving for home. Arohi thanked her and walked back to her office. Patience was not a virtue she possessed. She just wanted to tell Arjun how she felt and pray that he felt the same way. Tonight was Rick and Radha's engagement. Two of Arjun's good friends who Arohi had become quite close to. They had asked Arohi to do a dance performance for their engagement and after some persuasion from Arjun she'd agreed. She's see him tonight and she would let him know exactly how she felt.

Arjun felt bad, He shouldn't have been so hard on Arohi. He just had this stupid project on his mind. The client kept changing his mind about what he wanted, wasting Arjun's and his staff's time. It was just taking at toll. But there was still no excuse for the way he spoke to her. He loved her and was planning on telling her tonight.

Arohi got home and took her time getting ready. This was an important evening and she wanted to look her absolute best. She took out a mint green and pink lengha choli that was embellished with crystals and silver embroidery. The choli was short and left her stomach bare. She pinned her duppata to the side.. She took her heavy hair and weaved it into an intricate bun which she wore low and to the side. In her ears she wore large crystal tear drop earrings. Her ams jingled with the heavy chooira . Looking in the mirror she saw what she hoped Arjun would see. A woman in love.

"Where's Arohi?" Arjun asked walking into the front hall. "She left for the engagement already." Rashi answered looking up from the magaize she was reading. "She left without me?" Arjun asked. "Well look at what time it is?" "She waited and when you didn't come she had the driver drop her off." Arjun glanced at his watch. Damnit is was late. He quickly left to go get ready.

"Radha, you look radiant." Arohi said as she helped her put on her chooria. "Thanks Arohi, and thanks so much for agreeing to perform tonight." "I can't wait to see it." "I hope you like it." Arohi answered back. "I've changed the song so we'll see how it goes. "Alright, I'll see you in awhile and good luck tonight." Arohi said giving Radha a big hug.

"Nervous buddy?" Arjun asked Rick as he stood next to him. "No surprisingly not. I love Radha and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her." "You'll feel the same way when you and Arohi get engaged." Arjun didn't have a chance to comment because that's when he saw Arohi walking down the stairs. She took his breath away. Arohi saw Arjun and her heart started racing. He looked so handsome in his black suit and grey shirt. She smiled nervously as she walked to him. "Hi" she said softly looking into his eyes and feeliing her heart bursting with love for him. "Hi" Arjun replied "You look amazing." Arohi bit her bottom lip and smiled shyly. Arjun was taken back, his Arohi was being shy about something. "Can we talk?" she said to Arjun. "Yes, we definitely need to talk, let's go to another quieter room," Arjun said taking her hand. "Arohi, Arjun let's go, Radha is about to make her entrance." said their friend Asha as she grabbed Arohi's hand and pulled her with her.

Arjun and Arohi could just look at eachother as Arohi was being pulled away. Radha made her entrance and the engagement ceremony started. Arjun tried to make eye contact with Arohi but she was surrounded by the other girls and was concentrating on the ceremony. They would have to wait until after the engagement he thought.

As the engagement ceremony came to an end, Arohi's nervousness doubled. She looked around and spotted Arjun with Romit. I have to tell him right now before I give myself an panic attack she thought to herself. As she started to walk over, Radha's cousin stopped her. "Arohi, the DJ is about to play your song are you ready for your performance?" Arohi looked back at Arjun, who was watching her. "Um..yes, yes I'm ready" she answered heading towards the dance floor. She hears the cousin announce her name, she feels everyone's eyes on her and then she hears the music

Rom rom tera naam pukaare

Ek hue din reain hamare

Hum se hum hi chiin gaye hai

Jab se dekhe hai nainn deewane

Sajda ..

Teri kaali ankhiyon se jind meri jaage

Dhadkan se tej daudu, sapno se aagey

Ab jaan lutt jaaye, ye jahaan chhut jaaye

Sang pyaar rahe, main rahun na rahun

Sajda tera sajda,

Din reain karoon na hi chain karoon

Sajda tera sajda

Rak vaar karoon meri jaan lut doon

Ranjhna… naino ke teer chal gaye

Sajna… saanson se dil sil gaye

Palkon mein chupa loon, oh tera sajda karoon

Seenay mein samaa loon, oh din reain karoon

Palkon mein chupa loon, seenay mein samaa loon

Tere ang ang rang mera bole

Ab jaan lutt jaaye, ye jahaan chhut jaaye

Sang pyaar rahe, main rahun na rahun

Sajda tera sajda,

(karun mein tera sajda)

Din reain karoon na hi chain karoon

Sajda tera sajda

(karun mein tera sajda)

Rak vaar karoon meri jaan lut doon

Veliya kya hua jo dil kho gaya

Mahiya ishq mein khuda mil gaya