"Dude, where are you taking me ?" Abhinay asked as Kabir held closed Abhinay's eyes with his palms.

"Alya, tell us where you're taking us to. I have luggage to pack." Niharika said as Alya did the same to Niharika.

Two days have passed since the four of them were handed over the responsibilities of Sidharth's and Prisha's wedding. Today was the day Abhinay and Niharika had to leave to distribute the invites. They decided go by the car and consider it as a road trip.

"It's a surprise !" Alya screamed.

"Ahh.. don't scream, Alya. I don't want to become deaf so soon." Niharika said.

Kabir and Alya lead Niharika and Abhinay to the front yard where most of the Vardhan family was present.

"3..2..1.." Alya counted.

"Surprise !" They all screamed while Kabir and Alya removed their palms from Abhinay's and Niharika's eyes.

When they both opened their eyes, they were shocked to see a white jeep parked infront of them.

"Oh my god !" Niharika exclaimed.

"Where did you guys get it from ?" Abhinay asked walking to it.

"The showroom." Sid said as a matter of fact.

"This is your wedding gift from our side." Alya said pointing at the jeep.

"But guys, this is the top end model and costs more than fifty lacs. How did you get it ?" Abhinay questioned.

"We put together ours and Sid's savings." Kabir said.

"But guys, it wasn't needed. We had a car already." Niharika said.

"Niharika and Abhinay, no arguments over this. Not only you can buy something for us. Even we can and who told you guys that only you're going to use it. All of us will use it." Alya said.

"Thanks so much guys. You made our day." Niharika said hugging them followed by Abhinay.

"Now, don't you need to pack your luggage ? You need to leave in an hour." Sidharth reminded them.

"Yeah right. Abhi, we better hurry." Niharika said.

"Hmm.. let's go." Abhinay said.

They quickly packed their bags and showed up in the front yard where​ everyone was seated and were having their coffee.

They took the elder's blessings and embarked on their first road trip after their wedding.

"So, here we go on our week long road trip." Abhinay said.

"Finally, just you and me." Niharika said.

"So it means you were waiting for us to have some alone together time ?" Abhinay asked.

"Duh. I was desperate for it."

"And I thought I was desperate." He said and they laughed.

"Abhi, what shall we give Prisha and Sidharth for their wedding ? And Alya and Kabir as well. Their first anniversary is ten days away."

"I've been pondering over the same yesterday. I have no clue yet. But now that we'll be travelling around cities, we'll get something good somewhere." He replied.

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"Finally, one down. Four to go." Abhinay said falling back on the bed.

"I know right. It was so tiring." Niharika said lying down beside him.

"The traffic just added to the misery. God knows how mom and dad roamed around for our wedding and Kabir's and Alya's wedding.

Niharika snuggled close to Abhinay and Abhinay put his arm around her.

By now, they were very much comfortable with cuddling and snuggling.

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Back at Abhinay's grandparents' house, Sidharth was pacing back and forth in his room.

As soon as the ​landline rung, he ran to it and picked​ it up.

"Hello." He said.

"Hey, Sid. What happened to your mobile ?" She asked.

"It fell down and broke." He replied.

"Great."

"I want to see you." He said.

"Me too. I'm missing you."

"Shall I come over ?" He asked.

"Mad eh ? Everyone's there." She said.

"Not now, Prisha. Midnight. I'll sneak out and come there." He said.

"What if we get caught ?" She asked.

"Prisha, we're getting married in less than two weeks. I'm not some stranger. I'm your fiancée." He replied.

"Okay then. At what time exactly will you be coming ?"

"Umm.. at 1 ?" He asked.

"Okay. I'll be waiting for you. Bye. I love you." She said.

"Love you too." He said and put down the phone.

Hours later, Sidharth was all ready to go to Prisha's house. Since Prisha's house was only a kilometre and a half away, he decided ​to walk.

He reached Prisha's backyard and called her asking her to come down.

She came down and they sat in a corner where no one could see them.

"Sid, let's run away and get married." Prisha said.

"What ? Prisha, have you lost it ? We're getting married in less than two weeks. Why do you want to run away and get married ?" He asked.

"Come on, Sid. It'll be so thrilling. Running away from our families, hiding to not get caught and then getting married." She said with a huge smile on her face.

"Oh my god ! Where do you get such wierd ideas from ? Only God knows how I'm going to tolerate you, your ideas and wishes from when we're going to get married." He said.

"Yeah yeah ! We'll see." She said. "It's drizzling."

"Yeah. I think I should start back to home. I came walking." He said getting up.

"Yeah. I don't want you to get wet and catch a cold." She said.

"Awww.. how caring." He cooed.

"Nay. If you get cold, you'll fall sick. And if you fall sick, you're face will look bad because of which the pictures of our wedding album will look bad. I'm going to get married only once in my life and I'm not going to let your stupid cold spoil my wedding album." Prisha replied.

"Our wedding is one and a half week away." Sidharth reminded her.

"Neeti Maa told me that you fall sick very rarely and when you do you're down for a week or two." She said. "Now get home. There's no way I'm gonna let you ruin my wedding album."

"How mean ! You care about the wedding album more than me."

"Obviously. Wedding comes once in life whereas I'll be taking care of you for the rest of my life." She said. "Now, go."

"Going. Bye." He said kissing her cheek.

"Bye."

Prisha went back to her room while Sidharth began to walk home. Suddenly, it started pouring heavily.

Sidharth ran to the nearest shelter and stood under it. He put his hand into his pocket to search for his phone when he realised that he didn't have his mobile anymore.

"All I can do now is wait for the rain to stop." He murmured.

Just then, a car zoomed past him and stopped. It then reversed and came to a stop infront of him.

The glass was lowered and he saw his mom and dad in the car.

"Hope in." His mom said.

He ran to the car and got in.

"How did you guys get here ?" He asked.

"Next time you talk on the landline with Prisha and plan to meet her secretively, ensure that there's no one else on the phone because the landlines have connectivity to all the other ones." His dad teased.

"Dad !"

"What ? Come on, son ! It's okay. But just ensure that your Poornima granny doesn't know anything about this. Otherwise she'll screw us up along with you." His dad said.

"So, did you have a good time ?" His mom asked. "What did you guys do ?"

"Mom, don't tease me."

"I'm not, Sid." She said.

His mom and dad had a good laugh while Sidharth mentally scolded​himself for being so forgetful about the multi-connectivity landlines.

• Happiness is not a goal . it s a by - product of a life well lived .•

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