After a drive of about twenty minutes and taking countless turns we arrived at a place that looked like an abandoned garage, he told me to park the car there so I did feeling a bit nervous and scared now, being the confident me I had agreed to come to an abandoned place with a bad boy and now I was scared.

Well done Khushi, you deserve a medal in stupidity, I mean who the hell trusts a bad boy? Me!

"Come on." Arnav said as he stepped out of the car while I kept on staring at the sight in front of me, why would he bring me here? He said he wasn't to show me the real him, so what was it about him in an abandoned garage?

"I'm not sure if I trust you anymore." I whispered but to my bad or good luck, he heard me, he peeped in through the window and stared at me with a smirk.

"I promise I won't even touch you." He raised both his hands up in a joking manner, I stared at him for a moment, was I really going to trust the bad boy? Not that he was really bad, he had saved my life after all.

I stepped out of the car nervously and looked at him, he started walking towards the garage while I followed him maintaining some distance, just in case I had to run, I should be prepared.He lifted the shutter up which made some really terrible noise that was a pain to my ears, he dusted off his hands and walked inside, I could see a pretty old car, it looked like a vintage one, I couldn't even tell the model but it was a damn pretty car.

Arnav walked towards it and dusted it off with a piece of cloth, he stood there still staring at the car like it was the last time he was seeing something he loved.

I walked a bit closer when I noticed that although the car was pretty good from a far, it was terrible damaged on the sides, like it had been through a terrible accident.

"This is the real me." Arnav said as he touched the car like it was the most precious thing to him, I wouldn't be surprised if it belonged to him, obviously he was so rich, I looked at the plate and confirmed it actually belonged to him because it had the name Raizada written on it.

"What happened?" I asked as I touched the side of the car that was damaged terribly, he was silent for a moment like he had gone to the moment when this had happened, he looked lost in thoughts and a bit sad.

"Met with an accident." He said casually as he opened the door and sat on the driver's seat, I was hesitant for a moment but then I also pulled the door open and sat down next to him, he touched the steering wheel lovingly, staring at it like he was looking at it after long, might be actually, the whole car was full of dust, which meant no one had touched it in like ages.

"I wasn't always a bad boy, if that makes you less scared of me." He said as he looked at me and tried to smile but I could notice the flash of pain in his eyes.

"Some things in life change you, and this is what changed me." he sighed, he opened the door and stepped out like he was scared to sit in, like maybe something terrible would happen again."You were driving when the accident occurred?" I asked as I stepped out of the car and followed him outside the garage and he pulled back the shutter down.

"I was, and I was lucky to make it out alive, it was a terrible accident... anyway now you know why I don't drive." He walked back to my car and got inside, I stood outside staring at the place, trying to understand things...

It wasn't as normal as it seemed, hundreds of people met with accidents but not everyone changed to be bad boys, there was something deep to this, something that was hurting him, something he dint want to show me yet but I could see it.

I walked back inside the car and settled down, I looked at him, he was looking down trying to avoid looking at me, I dint know why he brought me here and now wouldn't look at me, it was so confusing.

"What happened in the accident Arnav? What changed you?" I asked nervously.

He sat there silently for a while not answering me and then he lifted his head up suddenly and looked at me pretending to act completely normal.

"You wanted to see the real side of me, I showed it to you, not the bad boy one, not the playboy one, just the one that I really am, apart from that I have nothing more to say."

I nodded as I sat there silently so did he, he dint tell me to drive so I figured he just wanted to sit here for a moment and I let him, I just kept on staring at him wondering what to say.

"You've never brought anyone here in a long time right? I mean I could tell that from the look of the place." I asked

He nodded negatively, his silence was so terrible, I was confused, I had a million questions but I couldn't ask because he wouldn't answer.

"Why did you bring me here Arnav?"

He turned to look at me as soon as I asked him the question, he dint look confused or anything, just a bit sad and he was trying his best to hide that sadness but it was noticeable.

"No one ever asked me about the real me." he looked away after gesturing to me to switch on the engine and drive so I did that, maybe he really wasn't as bad as I thought he was, of course he was a bad boy but he had a story behind it, many boys did and maybe he was just one of that kind.

As I drove back home, all I could think about was the car and the accident he told me about, I knew there was more to it and I was so curious but I couldn't even ask him about it, he already looked hurt just by going there.

He was right when he told me not to blame him for asking to see the real side of him, I shouldn't have, because now I have like a thousand unanswered questions in my mind which I can't really ask.

The drive back home seemed to be longer than the drive to the garage was, at least when we were going there Arnav was talking a bit, but since we left the garage, he dint say a word until we arrived back at my place.

I parked the car and we both stepped outside, he walked towards the Ferrari immediately and stood leaning on it, he pulled out his phone from the pocket and dialed someone's number and then pressed it close to his ears.

"Pick me up." He said and then disconnect the call, no hi hello, nothing.

I walked towards him, going to that garage had done some terrible damage to him which he was trying to hide from me, maybe it had triggered a lot of hidden memories back and I just wanted to make him feel better but I dint know how.

"I can drive you home." I suggested as I stood in front of him.

"It's fine, Aaron will be here in five, he's just nearby, you should go inside, it's pretty late now." He said without looking at me, it was like he was avoiding eye contact.

I stood there silently, neither did he say anything after that nor did I, we both just kept on waiting for Aaron who actually arrived there within five minutes, he walked towards us and looked at me first, he noticed the car keys in my hand.

"Where did you both go?" he asked looking at me, I saw Arnav immediately lift his head up to look at me and tell me not to say anything but it was let, I already did.

"To an old garage to see a vintage car." I replied.

Aaron's facial expressions changed immediately, he turned to look at Arnav in shock and anger, I couldn't really understand why he looked so angry, maybe he was shocked because Arnav hadn't been there in a long time but angry? Why would he be angry about it?

"So we leave you alone for a while and this is what you do?" Aaron asked him angrily.

"For heaven sake Aaron, you aren't a baby sitter, stop acting like one, let's go home!" he looked at him angrily and headed inside the car, Aaron followed him angrily as they both got inside and drove off within seconds, without even saying goodbye.

Okay, this was strange.

More than strange!

*****

After I arrived at school next morning, everyone kept on asking me if I had slept at night or not, my eyes looked so puffy and I had dark circles that even a concealer couldn't manage to hide.If I had to say the truth it would have been that I actually had no sleep, the bad boy was influencing me really badly, I kept on tossing and turning around the bed with all my questions in my mind as I tried to figure out the answers on my own.

I passed by the locker trying to find my history book which I couldn't and I was so moody because I hadn't had enough sleep, and everything was so irritating.

When I opened the locker a lot of stuff papers fell down from it which I hadn't even put in, seriously when would kids in school stop playing pranks at others?

I bent down and started picking up all the papers that were all over the floor while everyone that passed by just kept on looking at me and laughing about it, seriously no one even wanted to help?

"Looks like it really isn't a good morning love, is it?" I heard his voice, obviously I knew who it was even without looking up, there was no one else that addressed me as love here apart from Arnav.

He bent down and started helping me in picking up the papers, it was definitely a sight for the whole school because everyone stopped moving and stood there staring at the bad boy helping me pick up papers.

I stood up when I was done and so did he, he handed me the papers which I shoved back into the locker and walked away without saying a word to him, that's what lack of sleep does to me, plus anyway Arnav deserved that, he gave me a thousand questions without an answer.

"Are we playing the ignore each other game now? Firstly I ignore you and now you ignore me?" he asked as he followed me behind.

"No, but if you don't want to get punched in the face and have your bad boy reputation shattered by me, you better stay away from me today, I haven't had much sleep because I spent the entire night thinking about you!"

"That's romantic." He giggled.

"Get lost!" I turned around and threw the first book that came in my hand at him, it missed his face just by an inch, he bent down to pick it up as I walked away, honestly, whoever that was going to mess up with me today wouldn't have much a good day.

Wait, he said it was romantic? What's romantic about thinking about someone? Arghh! Why was I even thinking about thinking about him?

I pushed the classroom door open and marched in as I settled down on my desk, I placed all my books on the table and relaxed, I sat silently for a while suddenly realizing that I had just thrown a book on Arnav's face!

I had thrown a freaking book on a bad boy's face!

Holy Shit!