few days passed and one day avni was at mall shopping

avni pov : oh no i have to go home its already 8 pm and it is the first time i am out alone at this time dont know y did i come out or shopping at this time

avni was in hurry and she collides wih a person

avni : i am sry

man : what sry ?

he goes close to avni and helds her hand

avni : hey u plse leave my hand

man : no i will not and y did u hit me haa

avni : i am sry i did not see u and i was in hurry plse leave me

man : no baby i will not leave and he comes closer

avni starts crying and closes her eyes when he is very near to her but she hears a slap sound and opens her eyes to see whats happening and she seed neil and she smiles widely at him

avni : neil and she hides behind neil holding his hand

that man runs away from there

neil : avni u ok?

avni : yes neil and thanku

neil (angrily): avni y dont u slap them , u should be brave enough avni and plse dont be afraid

avni : neil will u plse drop me at my home

her innocent teary eyes melts neils heart

neil : ok but plse dont cry

avni : ok

and she wipes her tears

neil pov : oh god she is soo innocent and i dont know i am not able to see her crying

neil drops avni at her home

avni : neil plse come inside

neil : no i have work

avni : neil plse come for 5 minutes

neil pov : omg how can i say no to her

neil : ok

they go inside avnis home and he sees the home very neat and clean

neil : wow avni u house is very neat

avni : thanku neil , hhahh would u like to have some coffee

neil : yeah

avni : wait i will get some coffee

neil sits on sofa and sees a pic on the wall of her and riya and after 5 minutes avni comes with coffee mugs

avni : neil here is ur coffee

neil : thanku and avni from how long do u know riya?(neil doesnt know that they two are sisters , he just know that they are friends )

before avni could answer he gets a call

neil : avni thanks for the coffee and i have to go its urgent

avni : ok neil and thanku bye

neil : bye

he goes from there and after his work he coes to his room and tries to sleep but couldnt as when ever he closes his eyes avnis teary innocent eyes would appear infront of him

neil pov : neil what happened to u ? she is alright now , dont worry about her and oh no i forgot to tell avni that i am going to leave for mumbai tomorrow , is it neccessary to tell her? yes yes after all sge is alis bestie and my friend too , i think i have to tell her , but how hould i tell now ?should i call her? , no no i will msg her , no no what will she think that i msg her this much late night , i will do one thing i will ask ali to tell her about this tomorrow mrng or else i will only call her tomorrow mrng and i will tell her

he goes and takes a shower and he sleeps peacefully

next mrng at airport neil bumps into avni

neil : sry , sry

avni : sry

they look at each other

avni : neil (she smiles )

neil too smiles

neil : avni u here?

avni : yes neil i am going to mumbai and sry i was about to say but u got call yesterday and i couldnt tell u and i thought to msg u but again i thought it wouldnt be nice if i msg at late night so i thought to inform u today after going home

neil pov : oh my god she too exactly thought like me

neil : even i am also going back to mumbai and i too thought to inform u after going home, anyway its good that we both met here now we can go together

avni : yes come let us go

they go together to mumbai

neil : thanku avni for ur company in the flight if u werent there definitely i would feel bore

avni : thanku neil and reflected the same

neil : ok then we will meet again with ali and riya

avni : oh yeah sure bye

neil : bye

they part ways to their respective homes

at khanna mansion

neil enters silently and only bebe was in hall , he closes her eyes from behind

bebe: who is this?

neil smiles but doesnt reply

bebe: arey who is this? ali ?

swetha: tillu (screams),

bebe: haa tillu

swetha runs to neil and hugs him and bebe also hugs him

neil : mom y did u shout , i thought to tease bebe for some more time

bebe: hmm ok leave it , how r u my tillu and what a sudden surprise

neil : yes bebe i thought to come yesterday only but couldnt come as i missed flight

bebe: no problem puttar everything happens for good

neil: yes bebe i think u r right i missed my flight to get company of someone(he thinks of avni)

swetha : oh wait what did u say company of someone ? and who is that? a girl?(she asks in excitement)

neil : mom plse , yes she was girl but she is my friend

swetha: tillu how does she look?

neil : (he thinks of avni ) she looks beautiful

swetha: and her smile ?

neil : anyone can stare at her all day along when she smiles

he says all this in trance

swetha: wow tillu do u like that girl should i go home for marriage proposal and give me the girls address

neil comes out of his trance

neil : mom its nothing like that she is just my friend and i dont know anything more about her ,i just said that she looks good and u started thinking in different way , mom plse grow up

swetha: ahh tillu y ? if u think every girl as ur friend or sister then when will u get married ha?

neil : mom i dont know mom i did not find any girl till now , so u people only search a good girl for me and make me meet her and then i will decide to marry her or not

swetha: what tillu ? u want us to search a girl for u ? omg in this generation also u want ur parents to search for a girl , look at me and ur dad ours is love marriage

bebe: that is why i am suffering from many years , and swetha u should be proud of neil that he asked u to search for a girl , if not u should also suffer like me

neil smiles as bebe taunts swetha

swetha as usual ignores bebe

swetha: tillu ok then i will search a good girl for ur marriage

neil : ok mom fine but i have to like her

swetha: ok

and swetha leaves to her room with full excitement

bebe: tillu puttar now ur mom went inside , so plse tell me who is that girl?

neil : which girl?

bebe: that girl whom u said beautiful

neil : bebe seriously she is my friend thats it

bebe: oh i thought u love her when u said about her

neil : nothing like that i just met her 3 times thats it

bebe: hmm but i want to see her

neil : ok if i again meet her i will ask her to come to our house

bebe : ok

neil : ok bebe i will get fresh up

bebe: ok ok go and get fresh up and we will have lunch

at mehta mansion

avni : maa , papa , chachu , chachi , dadi , riya , amol (she screams )

everyone comes out of their respective rooms and were happy to see avni and hugs her

avni : go i will not talk with u people

neela: arey bacha what happened?

avni : y didnt u people come to airport to receive me

dadi : but avni beta when did u inform that u were coming today

avni looks at riya who now closed her eyes in tension

avni : riya ??

riya: sry babes i forgot to tell them

neela: hmm y didnt u tell me ?

avni : maa yesterday i called u but ur phone was busy so i informed riya , but this naughty girl forgot

riya: ok ok now no need to taunt me i said sry no

all smiles looking at avni and riyas argument

neela: ok ok now go and get freshen up we will have lunch

avni : ok maa

she goes to her room

after lunch neela goes to avnis room

neela: bacha what r u thinking?

avni : maa i have to do internship but i dont want to go to delhi again leaving u people alone

neela: bacha who forced u to go delhi ? we never forced u right? u do whatever u want to and tell me what did u think? where do u want to do ur internship

avni : maa i want to do in our hospital

neela gets very happy and hugs avni

neela: wow avni i thought to ask u long before but i thought u would not like it but u surprised me bacha i am very happy , wait i will call my manager and ask him to inform everyone and tomorrow u will have a grand entry

avni : maa maa maa , stop it

neela: what haapened bacha

avni : maa i know u want me to introduce as ur daughter but i dont want to work their as ur daughter , i want to be independent and no one should know that i am ur daughter and i should be treated as other interns

neela : i am proud of u my bacha

and neela hugs avni