Aria

"Amma, I'm ready for marriage", I said finally making up my mind.

"Oh kanna I'm so happy. I thought you'll not agree to it", said mom.

"Why wait ma? If that's what you and appa want then I'll do it", I sighed.

"But Ari there's something I wanna tell you".

"What is it ma?", I asked.

"Remember the guy we told you about? We haven't heard from him ever since we told you about it".

Heh? Wasn't he the one who approached my parents!

"Oh"

"We tried contacting him but he seems busy all the time. So as of now we don't have any other alliance for you", she said.

Was I relieved or was I more disappointed of the fact that, that person also doesn't want to marry me.

"Oh"

"I'm sorry da. We'll try to get in contact with him but if not I'm sure appa will find the best suitor for you", she said trying to console me.

"It's okay amma. I'm ready for whatever or whoever you guys choose".

"I'm glad you finally agreed Ari"

"Yeah ma. Me too", I said tears forming in my eyes.

"Okay it's late in the night. Get some sleep okay. Goodnight Ari", she said cutting the call.

After saying goodnight to her I sat on my bed tears falling down continuously.

The person I wanted my life with, cheated on me and the other person who wanted to marry me doesn't want to anymore.

Am I that miserable to lead a life with?

My thoughts were interrupted by Rahul banging on the door.

"If you're gonna kill yourself then have sex with me once and then proceed", he screamed.

This boy.

I chuckled.

I wiped my tears and opened the door. He immediately hugged me.

"Do not scare me like that again", he said squishing me in his arms.

"Deepak aria is alive", he squealed.

"Ofcourse she is you dumbfuck", he said coming towards us and pulling me away from Rahul's grip.

"You made my heart stop for a minute Ari", he whispered in my ear.

"I'm not going to kill myself you guys", I laughed.

"Good. Coz I've always imagined having a threesome with you and Deepak", he smirked.

I looked at deepak and back at Rahul.

"Not happening Rahul", we said in chorus laughing.

"Okay but seriously what were you doing in there?", Asked Rahul.

"I called my mom. I told her Im ready for marriage", I said taking a seat on the sofa.

"Woah. I didn't know you were proposing me tonight Ari. I would have dressed better", he said looking down at his shorts and tank.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"But guess what?".

"Whaaaaat?", Screamed Rahul sitting next to me while Deepak sat on the other side of me.

"The guy that spoke to my parents hadn't responded to them at all. I guess he also doesn't want to be with me", I shrugged.

"His loss. He doesn't know what he's missing", mumbled rahul.

"Yeah he's right Ari. Don't worry your knight in shining armour will definitely come to you. If not you have Rahul", laughed Deepak.

"You guys!!!", I groaned and leaned on the sofa.

"I don't care what you think but I think we'll make a good family", said Rahul hugging both of us while I laughed and hugged them back.

They are all I have right now and I don't wanna lose them too.

Our family hug was interrupted by Rahul's phone blasting wiggle by Jason Derulo.

"Why is that your ringtone?", I chucked.

"Coz I know what to do with my big fat butt. Wiggle wiggle wiggle", he said shaking his ass and walking to the kitchen counter to get his phone.

He saw the caller name and threw it back on the counter.

The phone cut and began to ring again.

"Pick it up rahul", I said wondering who's calling him at this time of the night.

"It's an asshole that doesn't deserve my attention so nope not picking it", he said continuing to shake his ass for the music.

"Rahul!", Called out Deepak.

"Ugh. It's shreyas. I don't want to talk to that bastard. Here, you talk to him", he said throwing the phone to Deepak and heading to the balcony.

I looked back and forth from rahul to Deepak, my eyes wide.

"If you don't want me to, I won't pick the call", said Deepak placing his hand on mine.

"No no talk to him. He's your teammate after all", I said shaking my head.

He picked the call and put it on speaker.

"Rahul! Jeez why wouldn't you talk to me", shreyas' voice was loud in the silence of the night.

I haven't heard his voice in a month. I kinda missed it.

"It's Deepak", he grunted.

"Oh. Why aren't the both of you attending my calls when I need you guys the most", sighed shreyas.

"Why should we listen to you shreyas? You're only going to ask us about aria and you know we're not going to tell you anything", he said looking at me and giving me a small smile.

"Not everything is about Aria. That's not why I called", he yelled.

Wow.

Just what I wanted to hear.

He's completely over us, isn't he?
Why the fuck do I still have a soft spot for him?

Fresh tears formed in my eyes.

"Then what do you want?", Asked Deepak.

"I met with laila today."

"I know."

"She's pregnant."

I thought my world had already shattered. I was wrong. It hurt more now.

He's going to have a family with Laila.
He's going to be a father.

This is what I wanted with him, but guess the universe has other plans for us.

Deepak paused and looked at me.

I nodded my head asking him to continue talking.

"Oh", he said.

Deepak was shocked too.

There's nothing that can happen now. No magic is going to happen now.

For some reason I thought my fairy godmother would come and tell me all this was dream and shrey is still mine. But guess not...

Atleast I got to be happy for him.

I leaned forward and pulled the phone from Deepak's hand.

"Congratulations shrey", I said the tears finally falling down my cheek.

"Aria? Fuck! Ari you're there? Baby talk to me", he groaned.

I gave the phone back to Deepak and went to the balcony where I found rahul sitting on the small couch.

"Can I sit here?", I asked, my voice breaking.

"No. But you can sit on my lap", smirked Rahul until he saw my tears, he stood up and hugged me.

"This fucker! I'm definitely going to punch him Ari. For everything he's done to you".

"There's no point. He's starting a family with Laila. She's pregnant", I said sniffling.

"Forget that bastard aria, please. I can't see you hurting like this anymore. It pains me to see you like this", he said making me cry more.

"If you cry, I'll also cry and I look ugly when I cry so stop crying please.", he said tears already forming in his eyes.

I looked at him and smiled.

"Good girl. Come lets go munch on all the left over food and watch sad movies all night", he said holding my hand and taking me to the hall.

Deepak was in the kitchen getting the cinnamon rolls into the microwave for warming them.

When he saw us, he came and joined us too.

I closed my eyes and thanked God for these two wonderful humans by my side.

I would have been a complete mess if not for them.

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Hey guys.
Sorry for the extremely late update.
Lots of stuff has happened in the last 2 weeks but I'm finally in the right space to write. So here's a simple chapter.
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