I stood there silently staring at him wondering what to do, I had always been the kind of a person who dint tolerate any kind of shit in her life, but since Arnav came into my life, I had tolerated a lot of his dramas only because there was some stupid way I was attracted to him which clearly made no sense but I was.

Now that he had confessed his love for me, I was stuck between choosing myself and choosing him, I dint love him yet, I dint feel anything like love for him yet, all I knew was that I liked his company, I liked being with him and I liked the way he made me feel but I was sure if it was love yet.

So if I walked away right now it wasn't going to hurt much, but if I stayed and he hurt me once again it might break me, because maybe by then, I might have fallen for him too.

"What are you thinking?" he asked as he looked at me curiously.

"I am just thinking if I can do this Arnav, what you said to me was terrible. You anger was justified, your words weren't." I said.

"I am sorry Khushi, I promise nothing like that will happen again, all this made me realize my feelings for you and now that I know I am in love with you, I don't want to lose you.

Look at me Khushi, I was the guy that hated you, hated your guts, the one that has always been a jerk to you but I am no more that guy, being in love with you has changed me, you're so important to me, please don't leave me.

I promise I'll make up to you, I promise I won't hurt you like this ever again, even when I am angry I promise I won't say things like this, just one chance Khushi.

I just told you love to me means never giving up and if you aren't ready to forgive me now, I'll keep on trying until you forgive me, I am not going to give up on us.

Just give me once chance and I'll be the person you want me to be, just don't end this, don't end us." He looked at me sadly.

"Arnav, I don't want you to become something else, all I want is for you to respect me, for you to treat me like you love me if that's what you really do." I said.

"I will, I'll make sure never to hurt your self-respect again." He promised.

"Fine, just know that this is the first and the last chance, if anything like this happens again I will walk away and won't come back. If I agree to do this means I am going to completely trust you and I hope you wouldn't break that trust, I hope you wouldn't hurt me like this again.

If there's any conflict between us, you would first talk to me and try to resolve the matter instead of assuming things like you did okay?"

"Okay I will do that." He nodded.

"Fine then, just know this is the first time I'm bending my own rule, for you. Please don't make me regret it ever." I looked at him yet feeling scared.

My mom always kept on telling me that she brought me up to be this girl that dint need a man to do anything for her, but she dint bring me up not to love one. So for the sake of her, I was giving this a chance, for the sake of Arnav's love I was giving this a chance, because I might sound selfish but I was always important to myself, no matter what I came first, but today I was putting him first, even before myself and I really hoped he wasn't going to repeat this because if he did, it was clearly going to break me.

"Thank you so much Khushi, I promise from today onwards you won't see the jerk Arnav, but the Arnav that loves you." She smiled excitedly and pulled me into a hug.

"You should go home Arnav, it's late." I said as I broke the hug and looked at him, he nodded positively.

"We'll meet at the echo point tomorrow, I have something important to tell you, you were right, trust comes from both sides so if I want you to trust me, I'll also have to trust you right?

I know some things aren't clear between us yet but I promise everything will be clear tomorrow, we'll meet after university okay? I'll explain everything to you." I smiled.

"This is what makes it work, two people willing to try." He smiled at me, I just nodded positively."So, I'll see you tomorrow then." He said as he moved closer to me again, wrapped his arm around my waist and then kissed on my cheek, he then turned around and walked away and I headed back inside the house.

*****

I was getting ready in my room as usual when Kitty walked in, it had been long since she came home so I was kind of happy to see her here today.

"What's up, how did you remember me today?" I asked.

"Shut up. I just had a weird feeling so I came." She shrugged as she settled down on my bed, I walked towards her and sat beside her as I looked at her in confusion.

"Did something happen? Who's legs do I have to break?" I asked.

"I don't mean that way Khushi, I meant things between us friends felt weird. I mean remember our routine? We used to drive together, spend a lot of time with each other, even used to go out a lot of times, now it's like we've grown apart." She looked at me sadly.

"Maybe we don't spend much time together like before but I love you all the same." I said.

"I know, it's just that I don't like this distance so I made an initiative on my own, we'll go back to our old routine, I'll come here every morning and we'll drive to university together." She said.

"Great, and we'll spend a lot of time together. You're acting like you're my boyfriend but I like it." I giggled.

"It isn't funny Khushi." She pouted.

"I know, I'm just trying to cheer you up. Come on smile, nothing can come in between us friends okay? You know you all are so important to me. Come I'll give you a hug to make you feel better." I smiled as I pulled her into a hug.

I dint really know how to make people feel better so I always hugged them hoping it was going to help, and it quite did.

I got ready in a hurry and then kitty and I drove to university together. I parked my car in the usual place, Arnav's car was nowhere to be seen which meant he hadn't arrived yet.

We both grabbed out stuff and headed to our first class together.

"Is everything okay between you and Damon?" I asked her.

"Yeah, everything is good. But I missed this, being around you." She smiled.

"Where are Bonnie and Caroline though?" I asked, we pushed the door open and there they were, the both of them seated together discussing something so we joined them.

"What was the discussion about?" Kitty asked.

"Nothing, we were just discussing this book we read recently, it was such a good book, you both should read it." Caroline suggested.

"You can read that after exams, remember they start next week." Bonnie reminded us.

"Shit! I haven't been reading at all, I need to make an effort otherwise mom and dad will be so disappointed in me." I pouted.

"Don't worry, you aren't the only one." Bonnie giggled.

"I know right, I mean what happened to us?" Caroline asked.

"Guys. The bad boys happened to us" Kitty replied and we all laughed together, it was true, a lot had happened since these four guys came here.

*****

Arnav dint show up at all, the rest of the boys did and neither of us spent much time with them today, the four of us spent almost the entire day together just like before, telling each other random stories and stuff, it was good and fun, it felt like everything was back to normal once again.

At the day I decided to head to the echo point where I told Arnav I'd meet him, I hoped he was going to be there because usually when he dint show up at university he was always out of town God knows doing what.

I dropped Kitty home first then drove to the echo point, I saw his car parked in a corner, which meant he was here, I was glad that he came, I parked my car besides his and headed to my usual point.

I found him seated there silently so I joined him, I sat down beside him and he looked at me with a smile. It was finally time to tell him things, I just hoped he was going to understand me, I really dint even know what to expect from all this, I just hoped he was going to understand me.