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Chapter 24:

"OMA! I can't believe you are here, Maahi", exclaimed Fathima, slowly leaving the tight grip she had on the hug.

"Really, Wow! I too can't believe that you are finally in my arms, it was like a decade passed by, I missed you so much Fathima", said Maahi.

"Of course, the time and the distance which kept us apart were really cruel, that when when at last you are here, I can't believe my eyes", cooed Fathima rubbing her eyes to double check that her cousin is finally with her.

"Wait! Let me check", told Maahi and pinched Fathima.

"Ouch! That hurts idiot", pouted Fathima with a smack on the latter's head.

"Oiee! That hurts too women",

"You are copying my words", grunted Fathima keeping a hand on her hip.

"You are the one who is chirping like a fly",

"You were the one who pinched me, how dare you? ",

"You are the one who hit my head, How dare you?",

"Look! Again you are copying my words, such a Copy cat you are",

"See! Who is getting Angry for silly things, You are an Angry Bird",

"White Lagoon Panda", Glared Fathima crossing her hands over her chest.

"Seriously! What was that; A Lagoon Panda, where's your brain, did you refrigerate it?",

"Refrigerate is it, you are the one who boils other's brain's",

"Hey! Yo People!", laughed Fathima's Dad while he shook his hands between the two.

Both of them looked out of their small reverie ashamed of their behavior.

"Here I called this Copy cat to make this Angry Bird feel better, but the situation has not gone like I imagined it to be, you know like 'Bed of roses' ", Said Fathima's dad making a sad face.

"Daddy! I am so sorry", apologized Fathima for her earlier behavior, "And and, I knew it Daddy, you would be the reason behind the sudden appearance of this Crazy goose. Love you Daddy, I really needed an distraction and this will be the best", she hugged her Dad tight with a goofy grin.

"Oiee! Hello! On one note, I am here, so happy meeting you and you are thinking of using me as an distraction and on the other, where did you learn to call these names?
And on further more, why am I not included in family hug?", Pouted Maahi.

Grinning Fathima pulled him at once and they shared a group hug.

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"Your Silence is not my cup of tea Son", Old Alan frowned looking at the youngster in front of him, whose face was like it had gone through a disaster.

"I don't know what to say", replied Alan with a hoarse voice and turned away facing the broken window.

"There is always something to talk about Son, you just need to mention it to your loved ones",

"Love, Loved one's huh! It gives just pain Old Man, it always hurts here", Alan turned and pointed his hand over his heart.

"So the girl rejected you, you went and proposed her, didn't you?
Don't worry Son, we can make her fall for you, anytime", Alan said with clear sympathy.

"What... What if she is already taken?", a tear drop fell from his eyes as he fell on his knees, "What if her wishes were to live with the Man of her dreams? What if she has already found her HP?", he cried with his face buried in his hands.

Here this was a blow to the Old Man, He always wished the best to happen for his Son, who made his presence just few months ago. Seeing him shatter in front of him was not only saddening but heart breaking.

He not in dreams that the girl, for whom his Son was in love with head over heals had already someone in her life. No matter how much he had avoided his feelings for her, This Old Man had always seen a spark in his eyes whenever she was mentioned, an unknown happiness hidden in the bounds of his word's which this Old Man never missed to notice.

This morning he was too happy that finally his Son has got his share of love but now, to him it was as if like his Son built an glass house with full hard work and dedication, and it shattered to brinks of pieces in front of him.

Word's, he had always had words to put in front of him. All his life, never had he felt loss of word's like he felt now.

He neither know how to make him feel better, nor know how to console his own broken heart, which melted with each tear his Son shed.

And Love, love was his strength, love was his might, his power, his confidence, but know knowing that his Son, which he thinks as his own has lost his love, makes him feel like never before, heart wrenching.

"It's okay Alan", came a girly voice from behind, and both of them spun their head to sea who it was.

"It's okay! If she is already taken, If she had already met the Man of her dreams, It's really really okay", told Katie, as she sat on the ground with her brother like figure.

Katie knew their was more on the plate, and after learning Alan's secrets, no matter, how much she was busy with her relationship with Steve, she always kept an eye over Alan, her best friend.

She had him followed, and had always been protective, and that's how, she came to know about Old Alan.

She was shocked when Fathima hugged her cousin, even more shocked to see her chat so freely with him.

And that's why, she thought that, the person who needed her presence more was Alan, and she exclaimed Steve to drop her in this park.

The two friends hugged each other, and she whispered soothing word's to his heart.

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"You know, Fathima is an always reserved person, neither she talks with Men freely, nor keeps their company, So, if she is doing both these thing's with an Super Cool Handsome Guy, means their is more to this matter", Commented Katie seated with the other two, after much consoling.

"Super Cool Handsome Guy Huh!", remarked Steve who had also arrived just then.

"Yup! You didn't see how handsome of a thing he was?", replied Katie with dreamy eyes.

"Ahem!", frowned Alan hearing compliments over his rival,

"Awww! Baby you are jealous", laughed Katie as the latter's nose turned a slight shade of pink.

"So what?", Alan growled.

"Change of topic", said the Old Man.

"Of course", added Steve, who was too jealous, learning his girlfriend was in Awe with a stranger.

And knowing this Katie laughed more.

Then and there they started planning, how to know what kind of a relationship Fathima shared with this Super Cool Handsome Guy.

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HELLO!!!!

How have you been?

So, who wanna know more about this Stranger Aka Super cool handsome guy Aka Maahi?

The Answer will be.....,

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Wait until the next chappiee.....

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*Runs and hides*

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