Last year I have updated my story on this day so I thought to do the same, this year too.

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The journey to the Airport with Neil Khanna on the passenger seat beside me, reminded me that day from past.
The day first and the last as well, he had dropped me home on that night Ali's b'day party end.

Only the seat exchanged. Today Me on the driver seat as he was that day.

Unwillingly a smile crept on my lips. And Neil noticed before it get faded away.

I saw his lips curved slightly too. But his eyes failed not to display the smile that he tried to restrain.

Their reminiscence of early days gathered them silently.

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Within half an hour and few minutes more they reached the airport.

Before Avni would have unlocked her seat belt and shoved outside the door, Neil came outside, opened the back seat door, that Avni unlocked already before he stepped out. Their eyes met the second their hands clutched together the door lock, to pull away it open. Another awkward moment.

Breaking the trance they both realized they need to move away. Neil withdrew his hold first and let her open.

As soon as Avni moved away opening the door for him, Neil grabbed his trolley and put it down off the back seat then Avni pushed the door closed.
He set the trolley on the ground, made it capable to drag while Avni awkwardly stood there silent with her hesitant gaze.

"You didn't need to come out of the car" Neil gave a soft smile and straightened his back, gripped his luggage on the way to walk away.

"It's okay" Avni replied, hindered a simple smile, pushed some strands of hair behind her ear.

"Yup" Neil replied back, stole some few glances of her before he moved away.
Unanticipated, an air of awkwardness wrapped around them, exactly like those winter fog do wrapping hilly areas untill the warmth of sunrays doesn't spread it's heat all over around the valley.
May be their sunrays are they, themselves. The wall of several complexities, being herself thinking a gauche, inelegant compare to Neil, didn't smash down completely yet.

Neil took little steps discreetly forward as if he was waiting for her to say something, like anything if she says him before he departed.While Avni lumbered beside him lowering her face. She bit her lips several times not knowing how to express her heart into words, That her heart sinking not to say him good bye. Not yet. Because there were so many things she wants to ask him and say. But there hardly any words came out of her mouth watching him moving steps afar.

"So! goodbye then" Neil waited few seconds for her reply, looked at her eyes. He let a heavy sigh when he left that hope Avni would speak something else apart those formal words.

"Yup" Avni pulled her lashes upward, gaped at him replying back, nodded. Heaving a deep sigh Neil gave a last look at her and slauntered away pulling the small sling over his shoulder. Heading off he was seen halted his steps joining the person before him who was last maintaining the long queue to the entrance gate.

Few minutes Avni stood there staring blankly at Neil slowly progressing to the gate following the people before him.

Her Heart started pounding faster as he took each steps forward as if someone is going too far, what if she don't get chance ever to say those words she wants to say that person. Her lips get dried, her hands trembled. Before a huge lump formed inside her throat and chocked her speaking ability for last few seconds her inerself wailed, urged her to call him and she did.

"Neeeeiiil" her shriek almost caused snapped people around their heads towards her, including those customs officers at the gate.

But her eyes were only on a person whose head snapped few seconds later than everyone. Everything got into slow motion around. Their eyes met. Her mournful worried ones and his slightly knitted pair.

His eyes queered, his forehead creased looking at the person behind calling his name.

Avni

I paced closer and closer him, as he did the same.
First he got completely baffled seeing me pulling my heavy steps then they got faster towards him. He causiously stepped out, he wasn't less closer going off my view through that huge entrance gate if I haven't called out him that very moment.

As soon as I reached him passing through the crowd, I almost jumped upon his chest.
Those dejections I have got from him in the past they all eased, blew away into thin air, the moment I wrapped him in my arms and mumbled.....

Neil

I lost my grip over my trolley I was holding and my sling hung down my shoulder being motionless. My shoulder slouched being hugged first time by someone I love only.
I was captivated, bewitched.

I jerked my sling down my arms. And squeezed her back onto me with same fervent .

"I'll miss you" and her these words mumbling, her sniffs got me off gaurded. I cupped her face parting way. Pushing all her disheavled fringes away her face and I cupped her face, stare at her eyes, that staring at me back.
I bit my lips. My hammering heart calmed down a bit and I spoke.

"What did you just say! Say it again!" I chuckled nervously, my voice held love.

She licked her lips once and repeated "Iiiii'll mmiss you" she stuttered, her eyes blinked timidly. She looked at me but not exactly into my eyes, her cheeks burned.

Doesn't matter to me then anymore, where We were. How crowded the place was. How long I waited for her to speak to me this way pulling down those walls of her worries, inferiorities, hesitant, insecurities.

Leaving the whole world to witness our astounding moment I pulled Avni in a hug and wrapped my arms around her waist tighter, lifted her slightly upward away the ground. Taking your love in your arms, that feeling is something ecstatic. Now I know this.

"Please please miss me Love" my eyes begged, I didn't realize when my cheeks gone wet. But my grin never faded away my lips. My face dug in her hair and hers on my shoulder. Shaking her head heavily few times she wrapped her arms around my neck.

Ooh God I never loved someone this much. Never.

Didn't know how long we stayed, holding each other in that crowded place.
"Neil" few seconds later I heard her sweet soft voice called me.

"Hummm" I hummed being lost in the moment. My eyes closed taking her scent into my chest.

"Everyone is looking at us" I noticed her voice shook shyly and my eyes reopened. Collecting her words my head shifted slightly, eyes azar.

My gaze took a quick glance around. My chin was still on her soft shoulder. She was right, everyone glancing at us. Damn.
But the fact was_barely someone insane would consider going apart that moment away her not me;
when my love is in my arms how can I think of something else!

Avni

"You are hugging me first time this way!" I heard him said and immediately felt conscious. I was about to pulled away but he didn't let me go. Instead his arms tightened pressing me closer to his chest.
Yes I didn't hug him back for once until then.

"Don't move. Stay" he cooed deeply, like some lullaby he is murmuring into my ears. Besides he wrapped his arms possessively around my waist. I got capitulated.

"Put me down" my tone requested looking at many pair of amused eyes around watching us.

He heaved a deep sigh, gently freed his arms around me and led carefully putting me down on the ground. I sighed getting the ground back under my feet. And startled when his hands went upward over my neck.

Neil cupped my face, my eyes fluttered. "Spend the day with me then" he stated, his voice so dense. Our faces were enough close. Breathing deep my chest rose, then fell.

"It's a date" he confirmed. Our eyes met and I shivered how fervent they grew meeting mine.

Date! My vision blurred. Am I in some spell or what!

"Ummmm...." I pressed my both lips together, don't no what to say. His eyes didn't averted anywhere but at me.

"Pleaaasase" He implored, his eyes ardent.

"And what about your flight!" I nervously asked being mesmerized by the intensity in his voice.

"I'll get the night tickets" he answered with his same dense voice.

"Nope. Wait. Not night." I gulped hard and spoke.
"It's not safe traveling at night" I concerned.

"Do you care for me this much!" His forehead creased a bit, lips pursed into a snigger as if he has heard something incredulous. But he looked exhilarated.

"always I did!" I stated firmly, got back my confident.

"Let's go then. I'll take an afternoon flight, if you insist" he beamed.

Neil took my hand and laced them with him together, tighter. Grabbing his luggage with his another hand he drag me to the parking area, the spot I have parked my car few minutes ago.

A heavy sigh released my chest walking by his side, I averted my eyes away him. He was in his grey formal Jacket over white button up shirt, looking as always breath taking. I saw females around checking him out before he took out his suit jacket, held in his arm and got inside the car. He buckled up the seat belt when he finished folding his sleeves upto his elbow. God is he in real.

I recalled, the way his those muscled arms was wrapped around me few minutes ago. I immediately averted my gaze not eye molesting him before he looked at me and I get caught drooling over him being lost.
"Relax Avni. Breath in, Breath out" I calmed my each nerves that were got activated watching a Man so close who has confessed to me few days back that he loves me.

The long lost love of mine.

I love you. The words itself can make most cold hearted people feel butterflies inside their stomach, there heart could dangerously beat faster choke to death.
I felt nervous when it came from that man I fell for, years ago. I don't know if I have ever wanted to hear it from him before me saying the same. Or I just wanted to be around to close to him. Never thought of him feeling the same for me in return.

Sometimes we go insane not assuming the results gonna be, the act we are going to do next. We just want a proper closer to get relief our heart, it goes through the pain. Which at some point becomes heavy, unbearable carrying into our tiny, little, fragile heart.

Stupid fools in love.

Shut up.

I'm just saying you, not to travel at night. Take morning flight.

Then spend the night with me.

What! Have you gone mad!
Never. Her breath caught her throat, electrified. she never thought that arrogant Neil Khanna could be this much unfiltered, sassy with his words talking to someone like Avni, the most reverent girl in his eyes as he described, he has ever met.

C'mon I'm your would be husband Avi!

"Avi" her heart flattered when he called her that.

Wait. who said this!
Did I say yes for anything as such!

Please don't tell me now, you want me to go on my knees and ask you to Marry me!

Neil Khanna and on his knees,
for a girl! No way.

And the nakchara is back......people hardly change but he tried. Only for her.

Okay Then I'm happy being a spinster, having a single male in my life.

What!Who!

Arya, the only male in my life. who else!

Oohh....

Fine. He sighed, gave up.

And they went on and on commenting, poking each other's guts through such not so important, aimless discussions, along with their laughter and giggles. This time the ride was blissful.

The air of awkwardness around them started passing away leaving them together, alone.

Avni

Soon we reached to a lunch cafe,I parked my car and we stepped outside locking the car. He walked across and I felt him stepped closer me.

I startled when Neil pulled me to him and I landed on his hard chest. His hooded eyes laid on mine. His demeanor so alluring, he was looking extremely breath hitching in that white formal shirt. I let out a gentle gasp, couldn't take my eyes off that beautiful face.
But I had to.
If not then I would have believed that might be I had been in my Dreams again.

I closed my eyes and pressed my head upon his hard yet soft chest.

He inhaled a long breath, put his chin pressed over my forehead. Seems he love holding me this way.

And I felt how real those loves stories are where a girl listen to a boy's heartbeats pressing her ears on his chest.

I felt the same.

I'm with my Dream Man, what else I could have wished for.

My first,
the last love Neil Khanna.

I still remember that moment when we first met.

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Not the last chapter. Relax.

Imagine Neil Khanna in grey three piece Business suit.

Well, I have felt my readers deserve another chappie and some bonus chappies before I end this Ff.
(Including Avniel wedding, some hot romantic scenes and few heart melting moments I would like to update. Or else it would not been justice to my Readers and this story as well )

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