After eating all her favourite dishes in dinner prepared by her mother, preeta was lying on her bed.

She smiled fakely for hours in front of her parents but now, she can't. For the first time she had experienced all this. These allegations, those stares everything hurted her like hell.

Wiping the last tear of the day from her eyes, She closed her eyes.

Her first meet with Karan, Then her loving him secretly for 3 long years, then the moment they shared in which she got to know that he knows her name and at last, the allegations.

She pulled herself up from the bed and walked towards the window of her room.

Her street, which is always full of passing by vehicles, some children roaming with their friends and lighted up with bright LEDs is now vacant and dark.

This scenario felt so much relatable to her for the phase she has been going through. The lights flicker up for some time but it's dark at the end of the day.

But, now she was determined to end this, this darkness.

Preeta's Pov :

Everything turned dark!

Just like my life right now. What I went through today, was so horrible. A girl like me can't even imagine to went through something like this happens with her.

Obviously Karan sir will trust his friends over me, but He should have given me a chance to explain myself. He should have. But he didn't.

Oh my god. What am I even doing, about whom I m even thinking of. I need to forget him. That's when the things will start being better.

I made a mistake!

I heard love is the most beautiful feeling ever!

I also heard that love also gives the amount of pain that no body ever can.

But i went with the first sentence to experience the most beautiful feeling of the world named as 'love'. It really gave the best feelings. I didn't only loved him, i worshiped him. Everytime i looked him, there was so much adoration in my eyes. I looked at him like I have looked no other man. It literally felt like heaven when we look at them. The more we look, the more we drown.

And i drowned completely!

I loved him with all my heart, even more than that. I do believe in those magical love stories from our ancestors and i thought i could have one!

What an irony.

So many people in this world, not everyone is lucky enough to get that true love of life which can turn the pages and make a new history. But still, people spent their lives happily with their loved ones around them.

And now I have decided what I have to do, what's my goal so that everyone will be happy.

Including me.

Move on!

I need to. For my inner self. I need to. I need to forget him. Forget everything related to him.

And i know what I have to do. I m pretty sure about it.

Pov ends.

Preeta grabbed her phone from the bed and opened all the social sites, and everything that includes the thing 'password'.

Her each password had his name, his birth date or either the date when she met him, on the first day of her college. She changed everything.

Then she changed her wallpaper. It was not his photo definitely, but it was the photo of his cricket bat. She changed it as well.

She took out her diaries which she has been writing since 3 years. Hardly there's a single page/day when she hadn't written anything about him.

She read all those memories again, cherishing them for one last time before setting them on fire.

"Lijiye Karan sir! Mita diya aapke ehsaas ko har ek panne se! Azaad kr diya aapki yadon ko apne jharokhe se! I know na hi to aap mere pyaar ko kabhi jaan payege aur na hi mujhe. Isliye behtar hoga ki m aapko bhool jau. Ye dard ye tadap khatam kardu. Mujhe ye krna hoga! Wahi sabke liye sahi h!" Preeta said looking at her burning diaries.

She layed on her bed and decided to sleep, for waking up with a fresh mind, looking forward for new beginnings.

On the other hand, her phone kept buzzing the whole night with an unknown number but as her phone was on 'silent' mode, she was totally unaware of it.

•••
In Luthra mansion

Karan was walking to and fro in his room, his phone clinged on his ears like a obsessed lover and his eyes impatient.

"The person you are calling is not answering! Please try again later!"

Karan listened this from the other side of the phone for the nth time of the night.

He groaned in frustation and threw his phone on the bed.

"Ye preeta phone kyu nhi utha rhi? I hope she's safe." Karan thought, his expression worried.

Trust you?

Tum bhi waisi hi giri hui ladki ho jo uss 2 kaudi ke fam ke liye kisi bhi had tak jaa sakti ho

JUST LEAVE

Karan closed his eyes remembering his own harsh words. His words were now piercing his own heart so bad now, what to imagine the situation of that innocent soul.

He was feeling sooo guilty that he never felt in his life.

"Aise haath par haath rakh kar to nhi baith skta! I need to ensure preeta safe h aur usse maafi bhi mangni h!...Kya karu?.........Yupp! Prachi!" Karan immediately called prachi wo instantly picked the call seeing it coming from an unknown number that too this late.

"Karan sir aap! Aapne mujhe itni raat m kyu phone kiya?" Prachi said, unable to digest that The FREAKING KARAN LUTHRA called Her and that too this late.

"Sorry to disturb you prachi but m preeta ko pichle 4 ghante se call kr rha hu, she isn't picking! I m getting tensed. Tum uska haal chaal puchke bata skti ho kya? Please!" Karan pleaded on phone.

Prachi was beyond shocked. First of all, The Karan Luthra! Never ever in her 3 years interaction with Karan she ever saw him pleading to someone that too for such a reason.

Seeing the desperation in his voice to contact preeta, prachi got a hope! A hope that the first love of her darling friend could be successful. Karan Luthra is always a mystery man, one can't know his feelings from his expressions, so may be it was possible that his feelings for preeta were mutual.

Maybe.

Ignoring her all the thoughts, she nodded at his question. She called preeta but she didn't picked it up and then she called her mother, Sarla who told her about preeta.

After a small conversation, prachi reported her findings about preeta back to karan who seems relaxed knowing that she is safe.

"Prachi! Ek aur favour karogi?" Karan asked hesitantly.

"Jee sir! Boliye kya krna h ab?" Prachi asked.

"Tum Preeta ko mujhse milwa sakti ho kya? I need to apologise. Please!" Karan said and prachi was completely bowled.

Completely!

She was completely blown by the fact that Karan wants to meet preeta to apologise to her. That one thought, that maybe preeran can come close to each other if she tried now.

With that one thought, prachi nodded immediately to Karan.

"Oka sir! Kal college to aana nhi h, so aap hume choclate delight cafe pe miliye, sharp 10 am! Preeta ko late lateef log nhi pasand okay!" Prachi said.

Karan nodded and hung up the call after saying a thank you to her.

Prachi too ended the call and then looked at the photo of preeta with determination, determined to give her best friend the love of her life.

Unaware of preeta's decision.

•••
Next morning, Arora house
•••

Preeta got up and checked her phone to see freaking 258 missed calls from an unknown number, and 5 missed calls from prachi. She was about to call that unknown number when sarla called her,

Preeta was descending the stairs as Sarla called preeta down, saying that prachi had come to meet her.

Prachi looked at preeta and stood up from her seat smilingly. Preeta too came with a huge smile and hugged her.

Both sat down and started chit chatting.

"Acha hua tu aa gyi! Mujhe na tujhe ek baat batani thi! I..M getting married soon!" Preeta said to prachi. Prachi who was smiling, her smile faded listening this and a shock covered her face.

"Ha prachi beta! Hume to ladka pasand hi h, bachpan se jante h h hum usse. Bas kabhi mile nhi. Bas ek baar preeta aur wo mil le to sab kuch final ho hi jayega! Aur preeta ko dekh ke aisa lag rha h, iski taraf se to abhi se haa h!" Sarla said laughingly. Preeta looked down, embarassed by her mother's words while prachi smiled faintly.

Just now she got the hope that Karan and preeta can be united and now, it's about to lost so early. But prachi had decided, she was not backing off until everything finishes.

"Waise tu yaha itni subah! Kaam tha kya koi?" Preeta's voice Brought prachi out of her trance and she nodded. She shifted a little closer to preeta and whispered in her ears,

"Mtlb tu karan sir se move on kr rhi h?" Prachi asked, her heart, lungs, brain everything screaming and wanting preeta to say a 'no'.

"Kaun karan sir? Wo apne senior Jin hone mujhe 1st day bachaya tha. I m always obliged to him for that. Par move on mtlb? M smjhi nhi?" Preeta said confusedly. Prachi looked at her with open mouth.

Did she lost her memory due to yesterday's incident?

But preeta's emotions soon changed into cold and stern, just like Karan's. Which shocked prachi even more.

"M unhe bhool chuki hu. Har ek yaad unki apni zindagi se mita chuki hu. Ab mujhe life m aage badhna h prachi! So just forget him and look forward towards the future! Hmm!" Preeta said sternly and prachi nodded making a weird cry baby face.

Satyanash!

Prachi was screaming on the top of her lungs internally about this damn kismat, when everything is about to go according to them, it had to give another twist to make it more complicated.

"Waise tu yaha? Kisliye aayi thi? Bataya nhi tune?" Preeta asked. Prachi smiled nervously and got up from her seat and called sarla.

"Aunty mujhe preeta se thoda kaam h! Le jau isse? Thodi der m wapas le aaugi!" Prachi asked sarla and she nodded. Preeta shot dagers at prachi demanding some answers but prachi smiled sheepishly and went out with preeta.

~~~~

"Choclate delight? Tu mujhe yaha kyu layi h?" Preeta asked confusingly. Prachi sighed and again started taking when they saw Ranbir coming out from the cafe and by his face, his mood looked 'no acha!'

"Tu bhi yaha h?" Preeta said as she was shocked with them meeting so suddenly and that too in a cafe so far from their homes.

Ranbir looked at them and sighed.

"Aa gyi tu? Ab jaa andar! Table no. 131" Ranbir said and prachi pushed preeta inside the cafe before she could ask anything and than sighed in relief.

Yes, prachi had informed Ranbir too about Karan's wish to meet preeta and Ranbir was literally not happy, but he wasn't opposing either. He too wanted karan to apologise to preeta so his reaction was neutral.

On the other side, preeta went inside the cafe and was guided by the workers towards table no. 131!

She saw someone sitting on that table from a distance and when she went closer, the figure became clear and she frozed.

It was him.

Karan looked at preeta, looking so beautiful, so pretty. He immediately told his mind not to go on her looks and smiled seeing her fine.

"Preeta! Come! Have a seat." Karan said, getting up from his seat pulling a seat for preeta, like a complete gentleman.

But preeta stood still, looking at him with a questionable look. No wonder how elegant her name sounds from his mouth, she still need to forget him.

"Preeta baith ke baat krte h na!....... Please!" Karan said in the most polite manner ever he could. But preeta didn't bug.

"Baith ke baat krne layak hum dono ke beech kuch nhi h karan SIR!" preeta said coldly, emphasizing the word sir. Karan sighed seeing her cold response.b

"I need to apologise preeta! I m sorry! Tum par uss tarah chillane. I know you weren't at the fault. Sab sach pta chal gya h mujhe!" Karan said looking down. Preeta just chuckled faintly.

"Aapko maafi chahiye! Kiski maafi chahiye? Meri?" Preeta chuckled. Karan looked at her with some hope, maybe she forgives him.

"Nhi milegi!" Preeta said, braking Karan's hope.

"Preeta listen i..." Karan was about to explain when preeta showed him her palm,

As he did, the previous day.

"Aapne mujhe bahut hurt Kiya h karan sir! Bahut! Itna hurt mujhe meri zindagi m kisi ne nahi kiya! And that's not forgiveable! Please" Preeta said and immediately started moving back.

Karan too got up and went behind her, trying to stop her but she didn't Stopped.

"Preeta! Listen preeta! I m sorry! I m so sorry" he was saying all way, behind her.

The cafe peoples were staring at them, for them it was another fight between a teen couple but...

Preeta walked out of the cafe and looked at pranbir standing there, waiting for her. She glared them dangerously, soo dangerous her glare was that Ranbir immediately hid herself behind prachi.

She went from them after giving them the glare and they sighed. Then they saw Karan coming out in a hurry.

"Karan sir?" Prachi said or asked, asking for what happened.

"She is hurt pretty well! Kuch sunne ko taiyaar nhi h! Mera sorry accept krne ko taiyaar nhi h! I created such a blunder!" Karan said, rubbing his forehead in tension. Prachi looked at him sadly.

He looked at preeta who was standing at a distance and looking them. As soon as she saw that she had been caught by him, she stopped an auto and went away. he was about to go when prachi stopped him.

"Usko Jane dijiye Karan sir!" Prachi said.

"Are but ye last chance h! I can't miss it..mujhe uski maafi .. " Karan was about to complete when prachi cut him off.

"Bahut kaam h usko aaj! Shaadi hone wali h uski kuch dino m!" Prachi said and Karan stopped in his tracks. Prachi smiled seeing him.

"Oh! It's okay! Tum log jab Milo tab please usse ek baar aur keh dena ki i was really sorry!" Karan said and went from there.

Prachi looked at him going with a shock and then made a crybaby face.

"Kya hua prachi wrachi! Tumhe kyu itna bura lag rha h karan sir ka Jana?" Ranbir asked.

"Kal Karan sir ki aawaz m pree se milne ki desperation sunke mujhe laga ki he likes preeta! Isliye maine unhe bataya ki uski shaadi hone wali h, shayad unko realise ho jaye ki wo usse pyaar krte h! Aur wo uski shaadi rok le! Usko propose karein aur fir wo dono happily ever after rahe! But yaha to ulta ho gya!" Prachi said making a crybaby face.

Ranbir looked at her in disbelief and rolled his eyes.

"Prachi Mehra! Preeta aur Karan sir are not meant to be! And every love story is not a happily ever after. Kai stories ki sad ending hi behtar hoti h! Get that." Ranbir said sternly and he too went away from there.

Prachi looked at him going and looked at his back sadly. She remembers his words.

Kai stories ki sad ending hi behtar hoti h.

"Shayad Ranbir sahi keh rha h!" Prachi thought and she too left the place.

End with the chapter...!

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