Amidst the fun and enjoyments, they finally reached Goa. As their car came to a halt in front of the lavish and colossal farmhouse and they stepped out of the car, all except Veer and Ananya, who had come to the place more often, were stunned by the beauty of the house as well as the lawn surrounding it. Everyone appreciated the beauty of the farm house. Veer thanked them and escorted them into the house. As they entered the house they were warmly welcomed by the servants and maids. Veer and Ananya enquired about their wellbeings and after a little chat with them they joined their friends standing at a little distance from them.

Veer: "Chalo tum logo ko tumhara rooms dikha du."

All agreed and they went upstairs. Veer showed them their respective rooms.

Veer: "Sab jake fresh ho jao. Aur fir lunch ke liye neeche aa jana."

Within an hour they all gathered in the dining hall for the lunch.

Madhura: "So guys aaj kahan jaana hain?"

Arnav: "Aaj toh late ho gaya hain toh kahin dur toh nehi ja sakte hain."

Veer: " hmm...never mind. We can still visit the nearby markets and places. And tonight we are gonna vist the disco. What say, buddies!"

Sonia: "Wow awesome. That's final then."

With a little bit more chit chat they had their lunch and then headed for their rooms to get changed for the outing.

Soon enough all of them except Veer and Ananya gathered in the hall.

Rahul : "Yeh veer aur Anu kahan gayab ho gaye yaar?"

Even before he finished, Veer emerged at the top of the stair case and started descending the stairs. He was dressed in a red high neck t-shirt and light blue denim jeans and was looking incredibly handsome. All the girls were mesmerised while the boys except Rahul felt a little envious.

Rahul: "Kya baat hain hero goa ke girls ko behosh karne ka irada hain kya?"

Veer: " That was pathetic Rahul. Grow up."

As soon as he finished his sentence, he was taken aback to see the stunned expression in the boys' faces as well as to feel the silence that took over all of a sudden over the whole ambience of the hall. With confusion written all over his face, he turned back to see what caught the attention of all of them. As soon as he turned his gaze fall on the most beautiful fairy descending the stairs. He was mesmerised by her beauty. She was looking even more beautiful, clad in a white halter neck, knee lenghth dress with her open hair flying behind her.

Veer muttered to himself: "Beautiful!"

As soon as the fairy stepped onto the landing, she was pulled into a hug by Riya.

After letting her free Riya exclaimed: "OMG Anu you are looking fabulous."

A small smile crept onto Ananya's lips: "thanx Ri. You too are looking very beautiful."

Veer couldnt help but agree with Riya. However, soon his trance was broken by a cheerful voice and he turned away his gaze.

Abhi: "You look gorgeous Anu. Truly beautiful."

Ananya muttered an uninterested 'thank you' and turned her attention back to Riya.

This however didn't went unnoticed by Veer and Rahul.

Rahul came closer to Veer and whispered in his ears: "Did you see that? She never blush or at least seem to be interested even remotely in Abhi's praise."

Veer: "Ya and I have also noticed the sadness lingering in her eyes which resembled mine. Kuch toh garbar hain."

Rahul: "hmm.."

However their conversation was interrupted by an impatient Sonia.

Sonia: "Guys kya kar rahe ho? Yahin khare rehne ka iraada hain kya? lets go guys."

All agreed to her and toghether they walked out of the hall.

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After visiting some nearby places, markets and the beach, they halted in front of a mall known as "Sapphire Mall".

Soham: "Actually I needed to buy something for my little sis. So can we go to the market?"

Soniya agreed to him as she too wanted to buy something for her little brother. However the others didn't agree. Everyone came up with a different idea."

Arnav: "Guys yahan pe ek fortune teller rehti hain. Uske paas chalte hain."

Madhura: "Nehi nehi hum abhi yahan ka famous music centre mein chalte hain."

Rahul: "Yahan ek bowling centre hain wahan chalenge."

However they were silenced immediately when both Veer and Ananya screamed toghether: "STOP IT GUYS!"

Veer: "Chill guys! We can each go to wherever we want and then can meet here only. What say?"

All agreed to his idea.

Abhi stepped closer to Ananya : "Anu tum mere saath chalo. Jahan bhi tum kaho. (And then seeing her hesitating she whispered in her ears) samjha karo Anu Veer aur Madhu ko bhi akele time spend karne ka mauka mil jayega."

Ananya looked at him with shock and then she strode away from the place with Abhi following her as tears threaten to spill then and there. Veer kept staring at her retreating back with utmost pain in his eyes and then shaking his head he walked away alone asking Madhura to visit wherever she wanted.

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After walking for quite a while Ananya came to an abrupt halt when she found her friends, especially Veer out of sight. She turned to Abhi.

Ananya: "Abhi ab tumhein jahan jaana hain jao. Mujhe kahi jaana hain aur main waha akele jaana chahti hu."

Abhi: "par Anu.."

But he was cut in by an impatient Ananya: "Maine kaha na mujhe kuch der ke liye akela chor du. Jao. Bye."

Saying this she walked away without waiting for his answer and soon, though Abhi tried to stalk her, she dissapeared amidst the crowd. Abhi sighed in frustration and then he walked back.

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Ananya was walking along the street which led to the place which could offer her some peace and solitude as she had accepted loneliness to be her destiny. She came to a halt in front of the very simple looking church which had always been an abode of peace for her whenever she needed it the most. She remembered that whenever they used to come to goa both would come here when they were sad or upset about something. She smiled at the memory. Those memories of their companionship were enough for her to live the rest of her life. With steady steps, she walked towards the church. As she entered the church, she was taken aback to see a solitary figure standing in front of the idol of Mother Mary and Jesus. Even in the dimlight of the church and though the back of the person was turned towards her, she could never make a mistake in recognizing the person.

An audible whisper came out of her mouth which seemed to echo in the empty hall : "Veer"

Startled, Veer whirled around only to see Ananya standing a few feets away from him. Both were taken aback to find each other there. Ananya walked up to him.

Both Veer and Ananya spoke in unison : " Tum yahan kya kar rahe ho?"

The next moment they giggled toghether as they realized that they both had asked the same question to each other and that too at the same time. It felt like ages that they had last laughed and both Veer and Ananya noticed that glint of happiness in each other's eyes which had been missing since all these days. After their giggles subsided and they managed to compose themselves they looked at each other.

Ananya: "Tum yaha kyun aaye ho? Tum toh yaha tabhie aate ho jab ya toh tum pareshaan ya fir upset hotey ho? Kisi baat ko lekar upset ho?"

Veer looked at her : "Haan Anu ek sawal hain jiska jawab nehi mil raha. Samajh nehi aa raha jo dekh raha hu wo sach hain ya sach ko pehchanne mein main galti kar raha hu."

Ananya smiled: "Veer kabhie kabhie aankhon dekhi aur kano suni hi sach nehi hota. Aur aise waqt mein humein apne dil se poochna chahiye kyunki humara dil humse kabhie jhooth nehi bolta."

Veer: "Sacchie?"

Ananya: "Muchie"

They both giggled at their kiddish action.

Veer: " baatein hi karti rahogi ya pray bhi karogi!"

Ananya smiled: "Haan chalo."

Both kneeled down in front of the idol and joined their palms and prayed with closed eyes.

Ananya (in her mind): "God! Please Veer ko humesha khush rakhana. Main bas itna chahti hu ke usko uska pyar mil jaye aur wo humesha khush rahe kyunki uski khushi mein hi meri khushi hain."

Veer, on the other hand, prayed the same: " God Ananya ko uska pyar se milwa dena, usko uska pyar dilwa dena. Mujhe har kimat mein uski khushi chahiye kyunki uski khushi mein hi meri khushi hain."

Unknown to themselves, they had  asked God to give them their love.

They opened their eyes and looked at each other and smiled.

Veer: "Kya maanga?"

Ananya: "maangi hui dua batai nehi jaati. Poori hone par bataoungi."

Veer smiled and nodded: "Chalein."

Ananya: "Chalo."

And toghether they left the church. When they reached the decided spot, it was evening and darkness had spread over the whole sky while the particular area on the earth was shining with lights coming from the shops' windows and also the posts on the street. As soon as they reached the spot they found their friends waiting anxiously for them as they were the last ones to join the group. All of them seemed pretty surprised too seeing the duo toghether again after so many days.

However, it was Abhi who spoke first with narrowed eyes: "Umm..tum dono ek saath? I mean tum dono toh alag alag gaye the na?"

Ananya : "haan wo hum dono hi church gaye the toh wohi mile aur fir saath hi laut aaye."

She stole a glance at Veer to see if he was uncomfortable to be seen with her as Madhura was also there and was utterly surprised to see not a trace of it. However, before she could ponder over it any longer, she was interrupted by Riya.

Riya: "Ab kya yahi hum kahre khare baat karte rahenge? Disco nehi jaana ka?"

Soniya: "Haan please chalo."

All agreed to them and soon they left for the disco.

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They entered the disco. It was dimly lighted and loud music was booming through the room. There was the bar counter at the end corner just opposite the entrance. The group went and occupied a corner table.

Soham: "Guys come on lets rock the floor. Lets go for a dance."

Sonia agreed enthusiastically: "Yeah what are we waiting for!"

Arnav, Rahul and Riya also agreed.

Madhura asked Veer to go for a dance as Abhi went to Ananya and asked her for a dance. Reluctantly Veer and Ananya agreed and the whole group went to the dance floor where youngsters like them were having fun. After dancing for a while, Ananya excused herself from Abhi and went to the bar counter and sat on a stool. During the dance, unintensionally, Veer and Madhura came close and soon the music changed into a slow number. Hence Veer had now no option but to dance closely with Madhura. However, Ananya could no longer tolerate the sight, their intimacy. Whenever she saw Veer and Madhura toghether it broke her heart into million pieces and an unbearable and suffocating pain engulfed her. In order to suppress the pain, she ordered a stong drink and gulped it down in one go. She made a face as it burnt her throat. But then as she looked back at the dance floor and saw Veer and Madhu toghether that unbearable pain returned back and even before she knew she had six glasses of that strong drink. Now the effect of the drink started to take over on her senses. She felt dizzy. Not willing to sit there anymore and willing to get some fresh air. She got off the stool and walked out of the disco.

Veer , on the other hand, was not really comfortable while dancing with Madhura on such a romantic and slow number. He looked around and finding Ananya nowhere on the dance floor he frowned. He excused himself and went off looking for her everywhere in the disco. His tension paved way for an indescribable fear as he found her nowhere. His heart was beating fast, very fast and bids of perspiration form on his fare forehead. It was as if his heartbeat stopped. He frantically ran outside and suddenly came to an abrupt halt and sighed in relief as he found her standing just beside a fountain at the right side of the disco. However, she didn't look steady but a bit unsettled to him. He immediately ran to her and turned her towards him by holding her shoulders.

Veer: "Kaha chali gayi thi tum? Tumhe pata hain main kitna pareshaan ho gaya tha? Tum..."

But he was cut in by Ananya: "Kyun pareshaan ho gaye the tum? Tumhe kya farak parta hain main kahi bhi jao? Tum bure ho Veer, bahut bure."

It was then that he sensed that she was drunk.

Veer: "Tum...tumne...you are drunk?"

Ananya: "Haan toh kya hua?"

Knowing that it would be useless to tell her anything at the moment he decided to take her home.

Veer: "Kuch nehi hua baba. Tumne bilkul sahi kiya. Ab chalo humein ghar jaana hain."

Ananya whined like a child: "Nehi mujhe kahi nehi jaana. Tum jao aur wo tumhari Madhu ko bhi saath lekar jao."

Veer was shocked to hear her: "Meri Madhu? What the hell are you talking about? (Then thinking that she was losing control due to the effect of the drink he discarded it) Anu lets go."

Saying this he didn't waited for her answer and taking hold of her by her shoulders, he escorted her to the car.

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Veer was driving the car when he looked at Ananya and was shocked to see tears flowing down her cheeks. He stopped the car and then turning to her, cupped her face.

Veer : "Tum ro kyun rahi ho? Kya hua?"

Ananya: "Kya fark parta hain Veer agar mujhe kuch.."

She couldn't complete it as Veer put one finger on her lips silencing her. She closed her eyes and fresh tears rolled down her eyes. She pushed him back and opening the door to her side, stepped out of the car and ran away as Veer followed her. They were quite near the beach and hence soon reached a very empty and serene corner of the beach. She fall down and than sat with her legs streached in front of her. Veer also came and sat beside her. Ananya was looking at the sea with a distant look.

Veer: I'm so not gonna leave Abhinav. How dare he left you? Why did he leave you alone?"

Ananya: "Why did you leave me alone Veer?"

Out of the blue Ananya's simple question startled him. She missed him? She actually missed him?

Veer: " you..you missed me?"

Ananya was now fully under the effect of the drink and had lost her reserve already.

Ananya: " Very much Veer. So much."

Tears brimmed up in Veer's eyes but before he could say anything more, Ananya continued: "tum mujhse itna dur kyun chale gaye Veer? Yeh duriyan mujhse bardast nehi hoti Veer. Nehi jee paoungi tumhare bina main Veer. Kyun tum mujhse pyar nehi karte Veer? Kyun main tumse itna pyar karti hu? Maine toh kabhie tumhare bina apni jindagi socha bhi nehi. Kyun tum mere nehi ho sakte Veer?"

Tears rolled down her fair cheeks as she finally gave vent to all her pent up emotions. Veer, on the other hand, was stunned to hear her confession. He thought that he imagined what she said as he was dying to hear the same.

Veer asked her to confirm that he got it right: "tum...tum...mujhse pyar karti ho?"

Ananya: "Haan. Par tum toh mujhse pyar nehi karte. Tum..."

However, she couldn't complete her sentence as Veer smacked his lips on hers. He just couldn't hold himself any longer and his heart won the battle with his head. He knew that she was not in her senses but still he couldn't hold himself back after her confession. Ananya initially froze to feel his lips on hers. However, soon her love for him took over and she too responded to the kiss. With her response it soon turned out to be a passionate one from a gentle one. After a while Veer found out that she wasn't responding anymore and broke the kiss only to find out that she was fast asleep in his embrace.

He smiled to see an angel, his angel sleeping so peacefully with a sweet smile playing on her rosy and now a bit swollen lips. Veer squeezed his eyes shut and fresh tears rolled down his cheeks.

Veer: "Yeh mujhse kya ho gaya? Anjaane mein apne saath saath maine Pari ko bhi kitna dard diya, kitna rulaya. I really am a jerk. Mujhe usse poochna chahiye tha. But anyways I promise pari I will never let a single tear form in your eyes. I promise my angel, my princess."

Saying this he lovingly caressed her cheeks and then gently picked her up and walked towards his car.

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Soon they reached the farm house. Veer picked up a sleeping Ananya in his arms and walked towards the house. As soon as he entered he was surrounded by the group of their friends. They showered him with questions about their whereabouts and what happened to Ananya and scoldings about leaving without informing.

Veer had to scream to silence them: "SHUT UP GUYS AND LET ME ANSWER! Relax guys we both are fine. Its just that Ananya was drunk and I took her away from there and brought her home. My mobile was switched off so you couldn't reach me. Ab agar tum logo ka KBC khatam ho gaya ho toh main pari ko upar uske kamre mein sulake aata hu."

Saying this he walked away leaving back his confused friends and a fuming Abhinav. Rahul, however, noticed the glow on Veer's face and followed him. Just as Veer was about to enter Ananya's room rahul stopped him.

Rahul: "Baat kya hain? Aaj tere chehre pe ek alag hi glow hain aur tu ne fir se Anu ko Pari kaha? What is it that I'm missing?"

Veer smiled and shook his head: " I am a jerk"

Rahul nodded: "Well I always knew that. But any special reason for the sudden realization?"

Veer: "It was always me. She has always loved me."

Rahul: "What?"

Veer nodded.

Rahul: "Now its confirmed that you really are a jerk."

Veer chuckled and bidding goodnight to Rahul went inside Ananya's room. He placed her on the bed and kissed her forehead.

Veer: "Goodnight my angel. Sleep well. Bas ek aur din. Kal sabke samne main tumse apne pyar ka ijhaar karunga. Just cant wait for that moment to come."

Saying this he smiled, looking lovingly at his angel and then slowly he left the room.

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(next day morning)

Ananya woke up but as she tried to get up she again fall back due to a heavy headache. She hold her head in her hands and sat up with difficulty.

Ananya: "Aaahhh! Yeh mere sar ko kya ho gaya?"

She was startled by the voice coming from the door:

" Kyun beowri! Hosh aa gaya? Aur wo kal raat ka hangover hain. Itna piyogi toh aisa hi hoga na."

Ananya fumbled: "Main? Drinks? (And then she remembered that she drank like a perfect drunkard) Oh shit! Maine itna kaise pee liya tha? Maine toh pehle kabhie nehi piya? Maine kya kiya fir?"

Veer smiled: "Kuch nehi kiya. I was there for you and will always be there for you. Par ab jaldi se yeh nimbu pani pee lo. Aur fir Taiyar hoke neeche chalo. Tum bhi na Pari."

Ananya: "thik hain main...(she stopped abruptly as she realized what he had addressed her) Pari? Tumne mujhe pari kahan?"

Veer: "Haan toh? Main yahi toh bulata hu tumhein. Bhool gayi kya? Nasha ab tak utra nehi lagta hain."

Ananya ignored his teasing: "Lekin tumne toh kaha tha...."

Veer: "Haan kaha tha. Par maine decide kiya ki jab baat tumhari ho toh main sirf apni dil ki sununga, duniya ki nehi."

Ananya: "Veer."

Veer: " tum mujhse naaraz ho? (She shook her head in no) Toh fir veer kyun bula rahi ho?"

Ananya was surprised at the sudden return of her Veer and then she smiled : "Sorry prince."

Veer smiled back: "That's like my princess, my angel. Chalo get ready and come soon. There's gonna be a surprise for you."

Saying this he winked at her and left, leaving behind a confused Ananya.