It was early in the morning when Aryan decided to head towards his home which was in Pacific Heights.
He pecked Alia as she came out from the bathroom after a hot shower.

"Hey heading home?" Asked Alia as she patted her hair dry with her towel.

"Yup. Need to inform Dad that we will be going to Manali so that he can arrange everything there." Said Aryan as he walked out.

Alia went to the balcony to bid Ayan bye and saw him walk out of the house into his car.

"Meet you in a few hours. Love you." Said Aryan as he drove away.

Alia dragged her luggages down the staircase and kept them on the livingroom as she heard the horn of a car. She dragged her luggage to the door and opened it when Aryan came rushing to her and helped it inside the car's trunk.

Alia went and sat inside the car beside Jackie and Anushka. They were discussing something which broke down when the saw Alia taking her seat beside them. Aryan sat in the passenger seat beside the chauffer who was driving the car. It was a black Mercedes-Benz ML series car which was a five seater.

"Well where are the rest?" Asked Alia.

"Well they will be meeting us in the Airport along with Veer. We can't fit in one car along with all the luggages right?" Said Aryan sarcastically.

"Oh!" Said Alia.

"Good news is there in guys." Said Jackie.

"Well what is it?" Asked Aryan.

"You will get to know once we reach the Airport." Said Jackie.

It took them more than an hour to reach the San Francisco International Airport. As they reached, the chauffer helped Aryan unload the luggages to a trolley and then they went inside to the baggage check in gates. They saw Veer, Ron, Virat and Priya already standing there. Aryan rushed to them as he checked that they had already cheked in their baggages and had taken their boarding passes. Aryan took the passports and tickets from Jackie, Alia and Anushka and went to the baggage counter to check in their baggages and take their boarding passes.

As Aryan was done with it, he went back to the gang as they went to the immigration check out gates and checked out of U.S.A officially and went to the lobby area of the gate in which their flight was waiting.

There was still half an hour left for their flight to take off so Jackie decided to announce the thing which was troubling her for long.

Jackie took Anushka and Virat by their hands and made them stand hand in hand. Virat then started saying,"Guys Anushka and I are dating."

There was a round of applause among the friends as they congratulated the couple.

They reached Bangkok after nineteen hours of flight and went for their connecting flight to Delhi and then from Delhi, the headed for Manali in Aryan's Dad's helicopter.

The reached Manali early in the morning as the sun had just shone from behind the high mountains. From the helipad, they got into a jeep and drove off through a mountain forest to a beautiful old mansion.

As soon as they got down from the car, Veer and Aryan started to call a name,"Akbar Chacha! Akbar Chacha!"

An old man in his seventies walked out from the mansion in a white dhoti and a loose white half sleaved t-shirt. He was wearing a blue sleeve less sweater over it.

The man looked at Veer and Aryan and asked,"Babu Sabh kya hum aapke koyi madad kar sakte hain? (Sir can I help you in any way?)"

Aryan went to the old man and said,"Chacha! Aapne hume pehchana nahi? Main Aryan aur ye mera dost Veer. (Uncle you didn't recognise us? I am Aryan and this is my friend Veer)"

The old man then gave a recognising look and said,"Oh! Kaise pehchanu Baba pichlibar jab aap logo ko dekha toh aap toh humare ghutne ki unchai pe the aur ab toh aap humse bhi unche ho gaye hain.(How will I recognise you Sir, the last time when I saw you, you were not even the height of my waist and now you have grown even taller than me.)"

The old man guided them inside the house and showed them their rooms.

As soon as Veer went inside the house, he felt that something was wrong with it and called Aryan to a corner,    "Aryan! I feel that something is wrong can't we shift to a hotel?"

"What's wrong with you Veer? Don't think so much then only everything will seem right. Just forget what happened twenty years back and enjoy the trip." Said Aryan as he walked away.

Aryan did say all the lecture to Veer but deep inside he was also aware that something was definitely wrong and he could feel an aura of danger but he kept quiet and thought that he was also thinking too much alike Veer.