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The truth

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Alia's P.O.V
It was early. It was still dark when I woke up in the arms of Varun. He was already awake and was staring at me. His arms were still wrapped around me and we were very close to each other.

"Hey Alu", he said with a sweet voice.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes Varun. And you?", I asked.

"I slept amazing Alu."

He looked at me. I noticed how gorgeous his eyes were and what an handsome face he had. He's so handsome!

Why was I thinking that? Alia! It's just a friend! Control yourself!

His eyes were so brown. There was a bit of daylight coming from outside. Even though it was dark and it was shining on Varun's eyes, so it looked like they were transparent in some sort of way. His face was perfectly shaped and his hair looked so sexy.

I couldn't take it anymore. I smiled nervously and I disappeared under the blankets. I was back again in the comfortable position on his chest and I felt his heartbeat.

It was beating rapidly.

I think that's because he was laughing. Varun then suddenly showed his face under the blankets and I screamed.
He laughed and I was struggling to get away but that was very difficult as he still had his arms wrapped around me.

I gave up. I was never getting away with this...

I turned to face him. He was smiling.

"Silly, you can never leave me. You'll always come back to me!", he said laughing.

I smiled but deep down I felt something else. How will he react when he knows the truth? I love him but when he knows the truth he probably doesn't want to be my friend. Let alone being my boyfriend!

"Alu, why are you sad?"

I smiled while a tear was rolling down my cheek. "You know me too well Vee", I said.

He wiped my tears away. "Alia, don't be sad. In the end everything will be fine. After rain the sun shines right? These parts of life belong to life. We cannot be happy without being sad. We cannot have peace without knowing what war is. We cannot have good if there's no bad."

He further continued. "If you need me, I'll always be here for you Alia. No matter what. You can always talk to me Alu. About everything. I'm here for you. You don't have to go through this alone. There are friends who care about you. We love you Alia."

I smiled. "You always know how to cheer me up, without knowing what is going on."

He smiled. "I'll always be here for you Alu"

"I know Vee."

He gave me a kiss on my forehead and I relaxed.

"I love you my crazy girl. I couldn't ask for a better friend." Varun said

I smiled. "Even I love you and couldn't ask for a better friend. You're the best Vee!"

"You only say that when I cook!"

"Well, maybe that's a sign that you should cook more", I joked.

"Okay. Dinners on me tonight. But only if you smile right now! I want to see my lovely friend back instead of this sad face which hurts me. I don't like to see you sad. Smile!"

"Yes Varun!", I said. I gave him my most lovely smile and he smiled.
"That's how I know you!"

He pulled me closer and I was now only inches away from his face. He stared at me. And I stared at him. He closed his eyes and sighed.

"Try to get some sleep Alu. Wake up in a few hours."

"Yes doctor"

He opened his eyes.
"I'm serious yaar. Why're you making fun of me?" He pretended to cry and I laughed.

"Stop laughing! It's not funny!", he said while being fake angry. "If you don't stop laughing now then I'll do something to you!"

"What will you do?", I asked curiously while still laughing.

"This", he said and tickled me. I was laughing so hard and I just couldn't stop.

"OMG Varun stop!", I said while laughing. "I don't want this now!"

He stopped and I fake slapped him.

"Okay now, I'm serious Alia. We should get some proper sleep. It's 7 AM. And we're on a holiday. Who wakes up at 7 when on a holiday? I mean it! Like seriously, who does that?", he said while being confused.

"Only we can do that Vee.", I laughed.
"Only we crazy people can do something like this."

"Yeah Alia. But get back to sleep now!"

"Yes Vee.."
He went under the blankets again as did I, leaving just enough space for us to breathe properly.

I gave him a kiss and we both went to sleep. He smiled and whispered me goodbye

She is laying on my chest. I hope she doesn't hear my heart beating so fast. God, she looks so angelic. Her face is so gorgeous and her hair is so soft. She has the most angelic voice I know. She's always there for me and I'm there for her. She looks so pretty now and I wanna kiss her so badly. I wanna tell her how beautiful she looks and I wanna tell her that I love her. But I can't. What if she rejects me? Then our friendship will be so awkward! People say that nothing comes in between a good friendship. But what about Alia and me? We will let things get into the way. I love her so I can't tell her. What if I lose her? The way she's slightly pouting when asleep, the way she cares for me and the way she behaves with me.
Oh god! I've fallen deeply for this girl....

His heart is beating rapidly. Or is it mine? I think it's mine. Just looking at the way Varun sleeps makes you fall for him over and over again. His hair is messy, his muscles are slowly contracting and relaxing. His face shows a small smile and I love it. I can't deny it anymore.. Especially not with this face of him. Because the truth is that I love him! The way he cares for me, how he can make me smile in a blink, the way how he looks. It makes me all fall so deeply for him. He probably doesn't love me. And that's why I've got to keep it a secret. I don't want me to ruin our friendship. I love him too much to let go of him.

Parineeti's P.O.V
It was around 12 when I woke up. And by woke up I mean, came out of bed. I was awake for a very long time but I didn't want to go out of bed yet.

The house was quiet as usual. I decided to take a look where everybody was. I went to Sidharth's room. There I found him and Shraddha sleeping. She was on his side and he had wrapped his arms around her. Shraddha had one of her hands on his head and the other she kept close to herself. Sid however had wrapped one arm around Shraddha and one arm was resting on his pillow.

They looked so cute! They're just goals!
If you don't ship them, you're missing out. They're probably in love with each other...

I smiled and I went upstairs to varia's room. I didn't see anything at first but then I realised that they were probably under the blankets. What were they doing under the blankets?

When I took a closer look I saw Varun holding onto Alia like she was the most precious thing in the world. Alia was resting on Varun's chest and she was smiling while Varun seemed really concentrated.

I laughed a bit at his face and then I went to the kitchen. The man had made some breakfast which I ate and then I went to the centrum of Amsterdam. To shop of course!

Skip time —> 3 hours later

I was almost done with shopping when I saw a really nice dress. It was a sort of denim jacket with a same denim skirt. It was one set and it looked so gorgeous. I quickly took it and I was lucky that I did so. Had I been 3 seconds later than a very angry woman, standing next to me, had grabbed this!

She looked very angry. "I was first! Give me that!", she demanded.

It was an Indian woman who had worn a lot of makeup and therefore looked pretty. But I'm sure that if she'd take it all of, than she'd be ugly. I however, am a natural beauty. I decided to give this woman a piece of her own cake!

"Not with that attitude!", I said and I walked away, making sure that my hair flip was awesome.

Via a mirror I saw the woman turning angry. "Babe, that witch has stolen my dress! Please do something about it!", she complained.

"What am I supposed to do? Rob a poor woman?", a familiar voice said.

"But babe! Baby please do something! A boyfriend should protect his girlfriend from ugly people!"

"I'm not your boyfriend dear."

"Babe please go! She's stolen it!"

"Yes.. Yes. I'm going.."

Wait a minute.... I'd recognise that voice anywhere.

The person of whom the voice belonged to tapped me on my shoulder.

"Ma'am, could you please give that to her? She really needs it and if you don't give it then I'll have to take drastic steps for you to give it to her. Believe me you don't want that....", he said.

I turned around. "What will you do?", I said to Arjun with a look of so much confidence that he'd pee in his pants by just looking at me.

When he realised that he was talking to me, his eyes widened and I swore I heard him saying "oh Rabba. I'm screwed..."

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( still Parineeti's P.O.V )

When I arrived at the mansion again, everybody was watching a movie. Well, everybody? Varun has fallen asleep and was leaning on Shraddha; she was asleep as well. Sidharth was texting someone and Alia was really watching the movie.

I coughed.

"Oh hey Pari. Had fun shopping?", Sidharth asked.

"Yes. Why?", I asked.

"Okay everybody is here, we can start.", Alia said.

"With what?", I asked.

"Alia and me are going to explain what happened to us. It's very important that no one interrupts us so keep your mouth shut!", Sidharth said.

"Vee, wake up. Shrads you too! Wake up..", Alia said.

They both woke up and Alia and Sidharth could start their story.

"Well", said Sidharth. "It all started when..."

Flashback
Third persons P.O.V
Alia was anxiously waiting in her room. She was about to meet her future husband. She wondered what he'd be like. Would he be nice? Or hot? Would he be gentle with her and not forcing her into their marriage? And did she even know him?

She was continuously thinking about
it. She was about to go crazy!

Alia stood up. She was wearing a white lehenga with a white top. Her makeup was light, yet simple.

She took one last view in the mirror. She really needed to quit this and just go downstairs. But she had to wait till they called her.

She grabbed her phone and scrolled through Instagram, until she was finally allowed to go downstairs.

Sidharth cursed. They had arrived at the house of Alia freaking Bhatt. What was going on? When I arrived my parents told me that we were going for a marriage proposal instead of going to the hospital. Nobody was ill or had a crisis! It was just a trick to get me to India. And now I'm here. Going to my friend's house for a proposal. I should say no to this. I don't want to marry her! And what will Shraddha think?

Shraddha and I then can never be together! How should I tell her that I like her?!

We were walking to her house. I was extremely nervous and I just wanted to run away. Run somewhere else where no one could see me.

"Sidharth, beta, sab theek hain?",my mothers asked . (Is everything alright) What am I supposed to answer?

Ehm, no mom because this girl is my ex girlfriend and a very good friend of mine and I like someone else? There's now way I could say that!

"Sab theek hain mom. (Everythinhs fine mom) Just nervous."

We walked to the gate of her mansion and we walked into the living room.

I sat down next to my parents.
"Go take their blessings!", my mother quietly hissed.

I went to her parents and I took their blessings. They're lovely people, but I don't want them as my in-laws. And I don't want Alia as my wife! I want Shraddha!

I sat on the sofa, with her parents in front of me, and my parents next to me.

"Beta, could you tell us something about you?", her mother asked.

I smiled. "Uhm Yeah..... I have a job as actor and I love my job. I earn a lot and I can cook. I love listening to music and I like sleeping.

They talked and talked. About how I was as a kid and how Alia was as a kid. I wasn't ready to do this. I loved Alia, but now it's nothing more than a good friendship. I didn't want to marry her.

After a long discussion with myself I decided to say it.
"Mom, actually I want to say something. I can't go through with this marriage because-"

"Yes, call her please. I'm sure my son will be pleased to see a talented girl like yours", my dad said.

And my mom?

She didn't "hear" me.

I repeated my statement, but nobody was willing to listen! Why are they behaving like this?

Soon Alia came down. She was really excited. But as soon as she saw me I nodded awkwardly and nervously and gestured her to stop this marriage.

She saw the expression in my face and she immediately went to her dad.

"Papa, I can't marry him! He's my friend Sidharth Malhotra and I don't love him. I can't marry him! He's my ex boyfriend!", she exclaimed while fake crying.

I had to hand it to her. She wasn't a bad actress.

But her mother didn't agree. "Alia, this was your uncle's last wish! To see you get married from above! We must do this within two years! And in a few months these two years are over and you're still not married!", she exclaimed furiously.

"And Sidharth is a good boy na?", she added. "Why are you hesitating?", her mother asked.

"Actually, I don't want this marriage either. Don't get me wrong Alia, I love you. But as a friend. I don't want to marry with someone I don't love."

Alia nodded."I understand and I actually wouldn't want this either.. We should cancel it!"

"Enough! You will get married whether you want it or not! Don't be ridiculous... Not wanting to get married. You don't have a say in this marriage. Whether you want it or not, you'll both get married within a few months.", Alia's mom said.

Sidharth was shocked. Alia's parents knew him so well. Why were they refusing? They loved him as a son and they would love to have Sidharth as their son-in-law. But if he didn't want to be that, they should respect that right?

"Mom, why? We both don't want it! I can marry someone else right? We still have a few months . Let me at least find love. If not for me, then do it for uncle. He would've want me to be happy.", Alia said.

"Yes, I agree", Sidharth said.

"Mom, just listen once. I don't want to marry and I don't want to marry with him. I know I gave you my word, but I can't do this with Sidharth. Can't you see what I'm going through? Sidharth is my friend! My friend mom! A friend! I don't want him as my husband or boyfriend. That's all in the last. And we had a good conversation and we both agree that we will support each other as friends! Friends!"

Apparently that was enough for Alia's dad. He stepped towards her, looking very angry, and he hit her with all the power in his body.

Alia fell on the ground in an ugly fall. She bruised her ankle and her eyes were shut.

What the actual fuck?!

Sid rushed towards her. "Alia, are you okay? Alia?! Alia!"

Sidharth was angry. "Uncle! Why did you do that? She is your own bloody daughter! Your own blood! Your own offspring! And still you lay her hands on her? You should be ashamed!"

"Sidharth, don't say that! Beta, ask forgiveness! Now!", his dad said furiously. "How dare you talk to elder people like that?"

Sidharth stood up. Alia was slowly getting consciousness and her head was bleeding.

"I'm sorry for letting you know the truth uncle. I'm really sorry to let you know that we live in the 21th century and beating someone isn't right. In fact, it never was! And I'm really sorry to let you know that Alia is bleeding and has bruised her ankle because of you!", he exclaimed furiously

This time it was his dad who slapped him. Hard. There was a bit of blood coming out of his mouth. His mother was watching with no emotion on her face as were Alia's parents.

Sidharth didn't move a meter. He stood were he was and Alia joined him. The two of them were looking angry as ever.

"What kind of use was that? Nothing! I bruised my ankle and now.... now..."

She was stuttering as she didn't know what to say.

"What will you do?", Alia's father said. "What will you do? I'm your own bloody father! You should be happy that I'm still willing to have a miserable child like you! You've done nothing good in your life! All you've done is caused me trouble! When you were born, your mother gave me less attention. When you were big enough to talk you only screamed. When you were 5, you destroyed so many things of mine, that I never can forgive you! Remember ther timeframe when I bought a really expensive lipstick for your mom? And of course, you had to destroy it!And when you were in your puberty fase, you stopped listening to me. You never did anything good for me and you never will. In fact I think I should tell you. Since the day you were born I hated you! You were ugly, you were miserable and it's because of you that your mother didn't want another child. When you were a teenager, Sidharth's parents and us planned a plan. You both will be getting married to each other and then we will never have to see you ever again! We hate the both of you and we don't want you! In fact, I could kill you right now! That's how much I hate you!"

Alia has tears in her eyes and Sidharth has trouble not letting the tears fall out of his eyes.

"But dad....", Alia said. "What about all of those memories we had? Those days at the beach where you'd lift me on your shoulders and we would fly together? Those days were we used to hide when mom came home? Those day when we both would build cake for mom's birthday? And about the lipstick.. do you remember what I had written with it? I love mom and dad on the walls. With my cute little handwriting I had written that in the wall. What about those days? What about them? What about those memories? Papa... I love you. I don't want this to happen between us...", she exclaimed and she run to him with wide arms.

Alia's dad pushed her away with much force. Sidharth had catches her; she would have fallen.

"What about those memories? They are fake Alia! FAKE! I never loved you! And I never will! The only person who really loves you was your uncle. And now he's dead. By whom? You of course! You had to pee and when you came back he was dead. You couldn't even take care of someone! You're the reason he's dead! It's because of you! You! You stupid child!

Alia cried so hard. Sidharth had never seen her cry so bad. She had just found out that her life was nothing but a bunch of lies.

He felt extremely sorry for her.

"Mom, dad.... Why do you agree on this plan? It's horrible!", he exclaimed furiously.

"We has no choice beta. The business wasn't going well and they offered us a lot of money if we worked together with them. And look where we are today! We are the number one business in this county! And of course we wanted to help them in exchange for what they had done with us. And he didn't want his daughter and since you're good friends, I thought that you might want to marry. But I was wrong.. And now I can't change that", his dad said.

"So this is all a business plan? To extend your business and mix with theirs? And as I should marry their daughter just because the favour needs to be repaid? I'm very very sorry but I can't do this." Sidharth said.

"He's right!", Alia said. "He shouldn't be the one who should pay for your stupid deeds.

"Why not? He is the one who made us do this! We couldn't work at the factory because someone needed care and attention! So if you weren't their in the first place then none of this would have happened!", Sidharth's mom said.

"This is enough crap! Sid and me are leaving!", Alia' responded.

"You don't deserve this surname, if you don't agree", Alia's dad said.

"Too bad, we're leaving!", Sidharth said.

"You can't. You have to marry within 6 months or your uncles wish will not be fulfilled l. It was his last wish. And as much as I hate you, I love him more so I'll fulfill his wish never to see you again!", Alia's dad said.

A servant quickly came by and they forcefully said their vowels, Alia half crying and Sidharth half speaking and half shooting daggers at his parents.

They exchanged rings and they both cried.

"This is too absurd!", Alia said.

"Next month you'll have to come back to prepare and within 2 months you can marry. Our company will multiply and our children are finally gone", Sidharth's mom said.

Alia an Sidharth started at each other in disbelief

They both left. Once they were outside, they could let their emotions go. Alia cried like she hadn't ever done before, Sidharth cried and the both of them were struggling to walk with their vision blurred by tears.

They walked for 2 minutes and then they realised that they couldn't walk like that anymore. They'd have to do something else. Sidharth called a cab which brought them to a hotel where they slept with lots and lots of thoughts running through their minds.

The next day they both went to the airport and took the first flight back to the mansion. They needed their housemates. To comfort them in times when they didn't have anyone. Sid and Alia kept trying to comfort the other, but there wasn't much result.

When they arrived in Amsterdam they took the cab to Leiden. They were on their way to Karan's mansion.

End of flashback

"That's a lot to take in.... Varun said.
"So, what will you guys do now?"

"Well, we are not going to marry each other, that's for sure. But I don't know what we exactly will be doing.", Sidharth said.

At that moment the bell rang.
"I'll go get it", Parineeti said.

She walked thought the corridor and made her way to the door. As she opened the door she couldn't believe her own eyes!

Arjun was standing there. He winked at her. "Hey Tigress, can I come in?"

A/N- Hope you liked the update! Please give this story a vote and let me know your thoughts on this chapter!
What do you think of the plan?
Will Alia and Sidharth marry each other?
Will the 6 stars, confess their feelings?
Why is Arjun back? What does he want?

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