A/N—>  this ^ was the original cover. Opinions? Should I change the cover?

Alia's P.O.V

"Varun? Why are you crying?"

He laughed and wiped his tears.

"Oh that. I was cutting onions. Nothing else" he said while he untied his apron.

"Here breakfast"

He handed me a plate of toasted bread with cheese and tomato.

I sat down and started eating while letting my mind wonder about all kinds of things. What do I want to do today? With whom? How are we going to do that? After that what will we do? Etc.

Suddenly my phone rang. I stopped eating and answered the call.

Hello? This is Alia speaking

Hi Alia! It's Dad. We'd like you to come over today! We've got a marriage proposal and he is a really nice guy!

Ehm what? Dad I don't want to marry! You know that!

But Alia you are already 25! You're turning 26 soon! When are you going to marry?

Dad! I have still time left! Please understand dad! I'm having a good career. After marriage I'll probably have to settle down and I'm not allowed to act anymore !

His parents are not like that. They want you to work after your marriage as well. They know what kind of successful actress you are. They'd not want you to give that up just because you settled down. Please meet him once Alia.

Fine. But only once! When?

Tomorrow at 15.00 he is coming along with his parents.

Okay. Then I'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye Dad. Love you!

Love you too!

Varun takes a seat.
"Who was that?"

"Dad. He wants me to come over for a marriage proposal".

"Oh. I see. So you're going to get married soon. Well, if you like the boy I mean."

"Yeah probably."

"Yes.."

It is quiet for a while.

"So how are you and Natasha doing?" I ask.

"Well, uhm it's okay I guess. We've taken a break"

"Again? Vee, this is like the 12th time or so!"

"Yeah, I know"

"So.."

"I don't know. I like her but I'm not really sure anymore. She is starting to get really bossy and I just get tired of her. Sometimes I think it's better to stop"

"Then do so. Do what makes you happy"

"Yeah, but what if-"

"This is about you Dhawan. Are you happy or not?"

"I'm not sure."

"Find out then."

"Why?"

"Because I want to see my best friend happy Varun! That's why!"

Sidharth walks into the lounge.

"Good morning guys! Did you sleep well?"

"You sounds pretty exciting for someone who just came out of bed" Varun laughs.

"I slept amazing. And now I feel like reborn. Who'd know what a good night sleep can do for you?"

"I definitely know what it can do if you don't have one" I murmured.

"What Alia?"

"No, nothing. Btw Sid, do you have plans for today?"

"No. Why?"

"I wanted all of us to explore a city today. Do something fun instead of just sitting around in Karan's mansion."

"That's seems like a great idea Alia!" Sid exclaims."

"Okay than it's settled. We will all go explore"

"Yeah but where? Amsterdam?"

"Let's go to Leiden!"

" Okay we will go at 13.00"

Skip time —>14.00
Shraddha's P.O.V
We were walking on the street called "de beestenmarkt". There was a sushi restaurant, a cinema next to it. Across the street was a Mc Donald's and a chocolate store. The sky was a light blue with a few clouds and the sun was shining bright.

"Ugh, it's so cold here" Parineeti says while shivering.

"Yeah, but we're wearing thick clothes! So that doesn't matter!" I say.

We've been walking around the city for a few minutes and it's really cold but also really nice.

"So where to next?" Arjun asks.

"Let's go to the movies!" Sidharth says with a huge smile. "I still want to see Aquaman! I heard the movie is really good!"

"Okay. We could do that. Anyone who wants something else.?" Alia asks?

"I want to go shopping Al! I just saw a makeup store!"

"Don't you already have enough Pari?" Varun sighs.

"A girl can never have too much makeup" I laugh.

"How about we first go shopping and then go see the movie?" Arjun suggests.

"Yes, that's a good plan" Alia says.

"So where do we go first?"

"The makeup store!"

"No! The Rituals!"
"What?No! We need to go to the BCC

"What are you saying?" We should go to Zara Home

"Guys calm down! We could go to Hudson's Bay!" I suggest.

"What on earth is that?" Varun asks sheepishly.

"It's a huge store with 6 floors and had everything! From makeup to shoes to towels to school accessories to sunglasses to sport clothing" I say.

"Yeah okay why not?" Alia says.

We walk towards the Hudson's Bay. It is a huge building with lights on it who shine really bright. We enter.
On the first floor we have makeup, shoes, bags and jewellery.

"Okay so we meet each other here in... uhm... an hour?" I say hesitatingly.

"Yeah cool" Varun says.

"Okay lets go girls!" Parineeti exclaims happily.

The girls are off to the first floor.
The boys are off to the fourth floor.

Sidharth's P.O.V
As I'm walking with Varun and Arjun I notice that there is a girl constantly following us. When we go to the mans section she comes along. When we go to the home section she comes along as well. When we run to the toilet to get rid of her she runs to the gents toilets as well!

Ridiculous!

Arjun concludes that he is done playing games.

"Ugh that girl! Constantly stalking us! Can we have our own privacy please?! I mean the whole point of coming here was to hide my identity. And now this girl is stalking us!"

"You can't actually do anything about it Kapoor." Varun says.

"I can. Google is my friend."

He opens Google Translate on his phone and enters in
English —> Dutch

He walks up to the girl and asks her
Hoe kan ik je helpen?

How can I help you?

I laugh. The girl says something back but I can't understand it.

After a while Arjun comes back.

"So what did she wanted?" I ask.

He smiles mysteriously. "That's for me to know and for you to find out!"

"Come on Arjun!" Say!" Varun answers.

"It's nothing exciting. She wanted to have my autograph." he says.

"Is it so hard to ask for a bit of privacy?" I ask while rolling with my eyes.

"At least it was one fan and not an entire stadium full of fans coming to ask for a picture or an autograph."
Varun replies.

"Did anyone find anything they liked?" Arjun asks.

"Yeah I found a few sweater and blazers." I say.

"Me too" Varun says.

"Would you show them? I can't find anything and I'd like to get something."

"Of course Kapoor."

Meanwhile on the first floor

Parineeti's P.O.V

"Parineeti! OML! That colour looks so good on your eyes! It makes them pop out. And your eyes look so much more brown with this colour." Alia says/screams.

That's the way it has been going on for the last twenty minutes. It started after I told them that I wanted a new eyeshadow. They literally dragged me to the MAC- section and started trying shades.

Shraddha wants a new perfume and Alia wants a new mascara.

"Ow look at this beauty!" Shraddha exclaims. She lifts up a bottle of Michael Kors. It's one of their new perfumes —> Sheer. The bottle is gold but the top slowly fades into dark blue. And the bottom part is decorated with glitters. They bottle is lovely. The perfume however is sweet. It smells a bit like cotton candy.

"I don't like the smell", Shraddha says, "but take a look at the bottle. It's gorgeous!"

And so we spent the entire day of shopping. After the Shopping we went to watch Aquaman and then we ate in the sushi restaurant mixed which was next to the cinema. After that we went home

Skip time —> 20.30
Arjun's P.O.V
I was walking on the streets despite it being dark. The air here was different as was the nature. Tigers and snakes did not live here. Here lived other animals. Pigeons were coming here very often for example. There were loads of birds here. And even though it was winter now, it was quite warm for the Netherlands now. What used to be the normal temperature in the winter (0 degrees Celcius) was now considered cold because the weather changes and the climate would change slowly as well. Due to this there were a lot of birds around. If I didn't wake up from the rays of the sun than I'd probably wake up from a bird song. They were singing beautifully as they were doing now.

Besides me there about 2 more. I went back to the mansion and went straight to the garden where I laid down on one of the chairs.

It was so peaceful. I had gone to my mothers grave today, very early in the morning. No one here knew about it and I wanted to keep it that way. I suddenly felt so sad about my mom. But also about the facts that I can't express my feelings. That's not masculinity. That's not being an adult. An adult should hide their feelings and never talk about it unless you're a girl. Girls talk about anything. They're sensitive and cry easily. But boys don't do that. They've to be though. They've to be the leader.

I grabbed the bottle of alcohol which was hidden in a place only I knew. It didn't take long before everything became a blurry. Maybe it was due to the tears or maybe it was due to the alcohol. Whatever it was, I was no longer that same happy Arjun if 2 years ago. You'd expect to be over about someone's loss in 2 years. But what if you can't talk about it? What if there's is no one who wants to listen to you? What if your own dad doesn't want to listen to you? What if?

Everyday I'd cry myself to sleep. Everyday. Except the past few days. Like I had said before. Parineeti looks like my mom. I feel safe when I'm with her. I can sleep normally when I'm with her. But sometimes the memory's come back. The nightmares. And I had no one who was willing to listen to me . Even the therapist said that she couldn't help me. You have to accept she said. Accept that it's over. But I can't. It went too fast. I'm a living corpse. Everyday I stand up with the thought of having to live another day without my mom. Another day of success without my mum. Another day of miserable pain. And actually, it's not only my mom. I can't share my story with anyone because nobody wants to listen. My mom was the only one who was prepared to listen and now that she is gone, I have no one.

Parineeti's P.O.V
Everyone went to bed early. We were all exhausted from the long day we had. Alia was even so tired that Varun had to carry her up to the stairs and Shraddha and me helped her get changed. Sidharth and Shraddha also went directly to sleep. I went to my room but I didn't see Arjun anywhere so I went to look for him.

Skip time—> 5 minutes later
I found him. He is laying on the chair with his eyes closed and I smell alcohol. Arjun is drunk. He sleeps. I carefully put his 6 bottles of beer away. He shifts slightly when I accidentally make a noise. Focus Parineeti. You can't let him wake up. You never know what happens. I put the empty bottles into the bin. When I come back I see that he is still sleeping. "Arjun, come lets go to bed. You can sleep there. It's much nicer." I softly whisper. He shifts again. I need to go to the toilet I think.

So I walk inside to the toilet. But when I come back Arjun isn't where he was. "Fuck Arjun. Where the hell are you?"

Suddenly I hear someone laughing. A girl. I turn around and see Arjun talking with a girl. I march to them.

"You're so funny!" She says while fake laughing.

"I'm not. Now get lost" he replies seriously

" You are. I'm not getting lost boy. I know the way to home"

"You don't get it. Get lost or I'll call the cops. You can't start kissing me!"

Kissing? That's probably why he woke up. I decide to interfere.

"You can't kiss him", I say, "after all I'm his girlfriend. Come on Arjun, let's go."

"Yeah, she is my girlfriend. My first love. Go away you weirdo." He says.

The girl laughs. "Okay pretty boy. Till we meet again handsome"

"Get lost!"

He rests upon my shoulder and I help him to go to the mansion.

"We take the elevator and we are in our room in less than one minute.

"So what was that about?" I ask carefully while looking at his reaction.

"I was sleeping peacefully with the birds and then I felt a weird feeling on my lips. It wasn't the birds so I opened my eyes and saw this random girl kissing me." He says with a weak voice. "I don't feel so good"

"You drank a lot Arjun. We're going to bed Arjun. Come."

"I need to change."

"Do you need help?

"Yes."

I opened his shirt and pulled it over his head, just to admire the handsome body that he had. Killer abs. I stood there for God know how long.

"Like what you see Tigress?"

"Arjun please don't start this now."

I helped him change into his sweatpants and he went to sleep.
After a while I joined him under the sheets as well.
Arjun turned to me. "So you're my girlfriend aren't you Chopra?"

"Arjun I only said that, to save your ass! I wouldn't want to be your girlfriend in a million years!"

"You want to Tigress. I know you can't resist me..

"As if. You're drunk Arjun! You're talking crap!"

"You know, they say a person speaks the truth when he/she is drunk. "

"You're drunk yaar! Why did you even drink so much?"

It is quiet. An awkward silence fell. I think I said something wrong. "Arjun.."
"Arjun.. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that yaar."
He laughs. "I don't care Tigress. I stopped caring a long time ago. I'm going to sleep"
"Arjun don't act like this..."
"I do what I want"
"Monkey, talk to me!"
"No Tigress. I'm going to go to sleep."
He turned around and he fell asleep while I was laying there. What did he mean when he said I stopped caring a long time ago? Ah whatever. Why should I care about him? Let him do what he wants I thought.

Skip time—> 10.00
Sidharth's P.O.V
I woke up due to my mobile. Someone was calling me. I carefully pulled Shraddha away as she was laying in my arms. I became really close with her last night. She was sleepy at first but when the song Ignite ( Sparkling_Magic thanks for letting me discover this song due to your Fascinating  trailer😘❤️) came on the radio she went crazy and started dancing like a freak! And of course she didn't want to sleep anymore and we stayed up late talking.

I pull her head away from my bare chest and I grab my phone. Ugh, the screen is so bright! Who's calling me?
My parents are. What do they want now again?!

Uhm.. Hello?
Son! Kaise?
Ehm I'm good thanks. And you Dad?
Your father and I are making it good!
Is the phone on speaker?
Yes. Why?
Just wondering Maa
Okay. Anyways Sidharth, do you have time to come over tomorrow? Something happened and it's serious! There is something going on!
What?! What is it?
We can't tell you over the phone. It's a long story. But please come. We need you!
When?
The phone was being silenced as they were probably talking about when I could come over
Hello? Yes, so please come around 14.00
I heard them talking about visiting hours as they put a hand over the phone again
Yes 14.00 you can come. Till then Son!
Yes, see you soon.

I looked at Shraddha. She was still sleeping peacefully. I carefully got up. As I stretched I realised that my parents were talking about visiting hours. Did I need to come because someone was in the hospital? But they could've just said that on the phone. So what's the big deal?

I look at myself in the mirror. I had really dark circles around my eyes and my hair was all messed up. Suddenly someone hugged me from behind. "Admiring yourself Sid?", Shraddha asked me.
I laughed. "Nope, just wondering how it's possible that the Great Sidharth Malhotra looks like he didn't sleep for a century", I said while laughing.
I turned around to face her. She gave me a big grin and she gave me a big hug.
Shraddha smiled. "So Siddhu".
"Stop calling me that Shrads. I'm not fifteen anymore!", I said while pretending to be fake angry.
She laughed. "How did you sleep?".
"I slept fine. And you?".
"Perfect! Your chest is soft!".
We laughed.
"Anyways what are you going to do today?", she asked me curiously.
"I need to pack my bags. Tomorrow I need to go to my parents. I think someone's in the hospital or so. It seemed really important.", I said.
"Oh, that's sounds serious! Hurry you need to go to your parents!", she said while releasing from the hug and she pushed me to the bathrooms.
"Shrads, I need to be there at 14.00 tomorrow!"? I explained.
"Oh sorry! Well better hurry! I didn't know".
"It's okay. You didn't know".
"I'm going to brush my teeth and then we can go have breakfast okay?".
I nodded. We did our usual routine and before I knew it it was time to go!
Time to meet my parents and see what they're up to know again. *sighs*

A/N—> Hey lovelies💕 My school has started again🙄 My weeks are going to be quite busy again so I'll update a little less.
( Basically I have this amazing school who decides to give me 2 major and 2 normal test in 2 days. Because why not. It's just been a few days since I had holiday so why not spam them with tests?🙄)

I hope you don't mind♥️ There won't change much due to the fact that I like to write my chapters just before going to sleep because then everything just comes out😂 The chapters might be a little bit shorter ( around 1000/1500 words instead of 2000/2500)
But that's it! Have an amazing day, and I'll see you soon👋

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