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Aditi reached Ahmedabad and came to the hotel with Natasa. They talked throughout the ride. The receptionist greeted them and gave the room keys to Aditi. "Bhabhi I'll take a shower and come to your room before dinner." She said. Their room were opposite to each other so that it was convenient for them to be together.

After a shower, Aditi dressed up into a beige sweater and black pants. She went out of her room and to Hardik's room. She saw him sleeping peacefully and jumped on his back. "Look who's back!"

"Aah, meri ma!" He jolted awake and looked at his sister. He grabbed her in a hug and they laughed.

The moment they broke the hug agastya hopped on Aditi "Bu!" She kissed his face and he kissed her cheek. "How are you, Agastya?"

"I'm super good, now that you are here." He sat on her lap and played with her bracelets and rings while she talked to his father.

"How are your matches going?" Aditi asked her brother.

"Sab accha chal raha hai abhi. Sabhi apna best de rahe hai aur home ground pe thoda confidence bhi bad jata hai. Maybe because we can feel the energy of crowd, their hopes and excitement." Hardik describes his overwhelming feeling for the world cup. They talked till they had to go down for dinner.

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"Virat bhai was asking for you. He came to know that you are here." Hardik said. Natasa joined them and the four went down to have dinner. Agastya did not left Aditi's side for even a moment.

There they met Hardik's teammates, Virat, Ishan and Shubman. "Aditi. When did you come?" Virat said and hugged her.

"I came back a few days back, bhai. Mere masters complete ho gaya." She said.

"That's amazing. This was your second one right?" She nodded. Her attention went to the other two guys.

"How's Anushka, is she here?" Virat nodded at her, "I need to meet Vamika, she is so adorable in the pictures you sent." Virat used to sent Aditi pictures of Vamika growing up as and all that she missed out while in London. She had a video one of Agastya and Vamika fighting for a toy in her favorites.

"You remember Ishan and Shubman, Ishan was with me in MI. And this year Shubman is in GT with me." Hardik introduced them. She smiled at them. She instently recognized both of them. Aditi was friends with Ishaan before she went to London.

"Are isko kon bhul sakta hai." Aditi side hugged Ishan. She looked at Shubman and greeted him a bit formally "Hi Shubman." She was looking forward to being friends with him and others because she is going to be with them for another month, so why not find a group to hang out with.

"Hi." He smiled. They kept looking at each other. Shubman forgot all his social skills the moment he made eye contact with her. She found his shyness cute and smiled.

While she was catching up with Ishan, Shubhman thought of inviting her for dinner with his friends and sister "Aditi have dinner with us. My friend and sister are also here." Shubman suggested.

Ishan kept his hand on her shoulder and said "Let's go eat. Garima se milata hu tujhe." He referred to his girlfriend.

Hardik agreed. "Ha tu ja, hum dusre table par hai." Him and Natasa were going away with Agastya. On a distance he revolted and went back to Aditi.

"Teri girlfriend?" She asked and he nodded shyly. They started to move and Agastya ran behind Aditi. "Are, Agu. Mummy ke sath jao." He refused and held her hand tightly. "Dheet!" She laughed at his stubbornness and picked him up. "Dheet ho gaya hai tu." She kissed his cheek playfully and He giggled.

Shubman looked at the two and chuckled quitely. She put him down when they reached to where Shubman's sister and friend were. Ishan went to get Garima. Shubman introduced Aditi to them "Guys, She is Aditi, Hardik bhai's younger sister. Aditi this is Shehneel Di my sister and Khushpreet." They exchanged hellos when Ishan came and introduced Aditi and Garima to each other.

Shahneel bent down to Agastya. "Agu say hi." Aditi asked. He gave a small wave to shahneel.

"Hi Agastya, I'm Shahneel." She gave him her hand for a high five, the little kid understood the gesture and gave her a high five.

"Bu." He pulled at her hand. "I'm hungry." Everyone laughed at his cuteness.

"What do you want to eat, Agu?" She asked him. He just nodded his head, which made her laugh a bit. They settled down at a table. "I'll have a Chicken Alfredo." Everyone ordered their food and talked while waiting for it.

"So you were in London for your masters." Shahneel asked with curiosity. "Which university were you in?"

"I studied at Imperial College London, and I did two masters there. Strategic marketing and Business Analytics." She answered.

"Kitna padhti thi tu." Ishan said.

"Bohot padha hai, bhai." Aditi huffed. "Anyways, Do you guys have any plans for tomorrow."

"Practice." Shubman and Ishan said in unison.

"I have an office meeting in the afternoon." Garima said.

"I was thinking if you could company me and Jugnu to see Ahmedabad?" Shahneel asked Aditi. This instantly lit her face up.

"Let's go. It's been years, I have been to Ahmedabad." Aditi said excitingly. They planned for their trip to the city.

"Where should we go?" Khushpreet asked. Their food was served and Aditi took a small portion of her food for Agastya. She cut the chicken into smaller pieces for him to eat easily.

"I really want to see Adalaj stepwell and the lake." Shahneel said. She devoured her Chicken biryani, Shubham took a spoonful of it in his plate. "Stop eating my food!" She slapped his arm. "And I really want to try some Gujarati food."

"At what time will your practice end?" Aditi asked Shubman and Ishan.

"12-12:30 maybe. It usually finishes an hour before lunch." Shubman answered. 

"Se, We can go Adalaj in the morning, it wouldn't be too crowded. Then these two can join us for lunch, shopping" Aditi proposed the plan. "Your practice is in stadium, right?" They nodded a yes, "So we'll pick you up after visiting the ashram. It's near the stadium."

"That would be great, thanks for including the two of us too." Shubman said politely.

"Garima you can come with us in the morning to the stepwell" Garima nodded at Aditi's offer. "Guys when are we going to Pune?"

"I think we will be leaving 17 afternoon for Pune. Why?" Ishan said.

"Are, Navratri aa rahi hai na. And no way I'm going to miss Ahmedabad ki navratri." Aditi explains. Shahneel too is excited for the festival, it would be their first time celebrating navratri in Gujrat. You know, Shahneel di, we should buy ghagras." She nodded a yes. "We can visit other places then too."

"Should we ask Natasa to come with us ?" Shahneel asked.

"She has plans with Ritika, Anushka and others, they have this playdate with their kids." Aditi said. "Thank god, I met you guys otherwise I had to be with them."

They finished their dinner and walked outside. Natasa came to take Agastya to their room. "You know let's go to the Sabarmati riverside. I know this amazing ice cream centre. They customize flavors." All agreed to her offer.

"You know we should order for each other and let them guess their flavors." Ishan suggested.

"Only if you don't pick weird combinations. Please." Shubman warned.

"I'm all in." Aditi said and others agreed with her. She texted Hardik that she's going out with the group.

They took two cabs to the riverfront, one in which Aditi went with Shahneel and Shubman. In the other sat Khushpreet, Ishan and Garima.

"So it seem like you know Ahmedabad a lot." Shubman asked. Shahneel was siting in the middle of him and Aditi. She was busy on her phone

"I was born in Ahmedabad. It was my nani's house. I came here every summer until she shifted to Udaipur with my mama when I was 16." She said. "We'll have more matches here, I'm sure. I'll take you everywhere here."

"Aditi, I just checked your instagram, damn. You are a girl of fine aesthetic." Shahneel praised her, She was clearly impress by her feed, being a social media enthusiast herself. "We should post a story about tonight. Maybe make a reel for tomorrow."

"Yeah let's do that. And thank you. It was all what I learned in London if not business." The two shared a laugh. "Oh, give me both of yours ID. Wait let me search you up." She unlocked her phone and searched shubman and Shahneel. She dropped a follow to the two. They gave her Khushpreet's ID and she gave him a follow request.

Shubman and Shahneel followed her back. Soon they reached the ice cream center. "Okay, So who is going to get ice cream for whom."

"I call dibs on Aditi." Shahneel said rapidly. Ishan chose Shubham but he refused. Then he picked Shahneel and Aditi's smile dropped as she was about to pick. Khushpreet choose Garima and she was to give Ishan. Aditi lastly picked Shubman who picked Khushpreet.

They all got their mystery flavored ice cream and sat on the table near the riverside. They insisted going alphabetically and Aditi was the first. "Tere sath humesha aesa hota hoga na. Roll number first, viva aur practical mai bhi pehle." Aditi shoved Ishaan who was laughing.

"I trust you di, it should not be disgusting." She ate a spoonful of ice cream, it was brown in color wasn't chocolate for sure. She analyzed the taste and said, "is it coffee and dates?"

Shahneel nodded, "isn't it good?" She said yes and ate another bite. "Garima, your turn, then ishaan and Khushpreet."

Garima's ice cream looked like vanilla but she said it was honey almond, "Its so basic." Ishaan criticized Khushpreet who gave him a slap on back.

"Ye to pakka butterscotch hai" Ishaan said by looking at the faint yellow tint of the ice cream. "Pina Colada. Are you serious." Ishaan dislikes pineapples and garima is literally obsessed with them. She even puts them on her pizza.

Khushpreet was scared of the green color of his ice cream "Eww, it's mint and lemon. Che Shubh."

"Are accha to lagta hai." Ishaan took the cup, exchanged it for what he got and started to eat it. He just wanted to get rid of the pineapple,

Shahneel tasted her cup and guessed, "Ishaan got me plain vanilla ice cream." Everyone bursted out in laughter. "Now you go Shubh."

He looked at Aditi who gave him an evil smirked. He hesitated before eating it. Soon his facial expression changed into a pleasant one. "It tastes like Cheesecake and salted caramel."

"It is, salted caramel cheesecake." She loved it though the flavor being very complex. Shubman was impressed by her taste, he liked this new one very much. Shahneel wanted to try it so she asked for a bite which he refused. During their banter Aditi scooped a bite of Shubman's ice cream and fed it to Shahneel.

"Hey!" He was playfully offended  by her actions.

"See, Aditi likes me more. Everyone likes me more." Shubman raised his brow at his sister who just questioned his fanbase.

"Di, are you sure?" He playfully asked. Shahneel reached out to him and slapped his head and muttered jerk. The whole group simply enjoyed the two siblings fighting each other. Late at night after an hour of conversation. They decided to head back to the hotel and call it a day.

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