Shahana rushed to her room so that no one could see her sad.

"Found you finally." Aryan sighed entering the room.

"What are you doing here? Please leave me alone."

"I won't go unless you give my gift." Aryan said stubbornly.

"I told you.....I haven't got anything for you." she said.

"So, what's that?" Aryan said pointing towards a beautifully wrapped box on the bed. "Now....Don't say that it's not for me as my name is written on it and as far as I know, you don't have any other friend named Aryan."

"It's.....It's nothing......You won't want it." she replied sadly.

"How do you know without me seeing it." he said and grabbed the box. "Wow! Chocolates! My favourite." he exclaimed happily after seeing the contents of the box. "Why weren't you giving them to me? Wait a minute.....you were planning to have them on your own, weren't you?" 

"It's nothing like that! I thought you wouldn't want them as you have got exotic and imported chocolates given by Dimpy." she blurted out.

"Oh! So, that's the reason." Aryan said.

Shahana nodded. Aryan realized that Shahana may not have taken her medicines and so Dimpy's words had affected her. 

"First of all, say me if you had your medicines today?" Aryan asked sternly.

"Uhh......Umm....I...." 

"I knew it! Go and have that now. I'm watching." he ordered.

She did as he told.

"Let's talk now. You think that these chocolates are better than those made by you." Aryan stated.

"Of course they are better. Expert chocolatiers have made them while I made these." she reasoned.

"Okay, let's have a deal. Give me those chocolates and I'll give you these. In this way, both of us will be happy and satisfied." Aryan proposed.

"Do you really like them?" Shahana questioned softly as she couldn't believe her ears.

"These chocolates can't ever be compared to those given by Dimpy. She brought it with her money but these have something which money can never buy......Do you know what is it?" he asked looking directly into Shahana's eyes. She shook her head in negative. ".....Love" he whispered the answer.

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Aryan and Shahana walked into the party once again to find that a dance was about to begin.

Several of their friends had paired up in two. Prachi and Ranbir were together. Aryan was about to ask Shahana for a dance when Alia barged in.

"There you are! I have been looking for you. The dance is about to start and it will be incomplete without the birthday boy. Now go with her." Alia said thrusting Dimpy's hand in Aryan's.

"But....." he began to protest.

"Don't worry. Dimpy doesn't have any problem." she smiled and pushed them towards the central area. 

Aryan was forced to pair up with Dimpy.

"I won't let your plans be successful." she whispered dangerously to Shahana and went away.

Ranbir and Prachi noticed that Aryan was paired up with Dimpy and Shahana was standing aside alone. 

"This Dimpy is bothering Aryan again. Why can't she understand that he is not interested in her? I have to help him." Ranbir said.

"I have an idea!" Prachi exclaimed excitedly. She whispered it to Ranbir.

"Your ideas are always amazing." he smiled and walked off to the dj.

Ranbir whispered something in the dj's ears and he nodded. Then, he walked towards Shahana.

"Haven't you found any partner?" he asked.

"No"

"Why don't you pair up with me?" he suggested.

"What about Prachi then?" she enquired.

"Well, I asked her to pair up with my friend Vivan. Don't ask anymore questions. You will know why I did it later." Ranbir said and dragged her to the dance floor with him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before we drown in the wonders of song and dance, let me tell you something." the dj announced. "Let's do something different today. It's very easy. All you have to do is change your partners as soon as the song changes." he exclaimed and everyone cheered.

Dimpy prayed the first song to be a romantic one, but to her misfortune, it was a general party song.

Shahana understood that Ranbir knew about it and didn't pair up with Prachi so that he could do so when a romantic song played.

The music changed and Ranbir pushed Shahana towards Aryan before going towards Prachi himself.

Aryan was more than happy to get rid off Dimpy and moved away from her in a jiffy. He noticed Shahana and pulled her towards him before someone else could. As a result, she collided with his hard chest.

Music
Aryan caught her small feminine palm into his stronger ones and interlocked their fingers. She placed her other arm on his shoulder and he placed his on her waist. Both of them swayed softly to the music, lost in each other's eyes.

Wo rang bhi kya rang hai
Milta na jo tere honth ke rang se hubahu
They held on to each other with one hand while moving in opposite direction and forming an arc in the air with the other hand.

Wo khusbu kya khusbu
Thehre na jo teri saanwli julf ke rubaru
Shahana rotated and moved towards Aryan, resulting in her back clashing softly with Aryan's chest. He he held her hands and moved backwards while she moved forwards. He pulled her towards him.

Tere aage ye duniya hai finki si
Mere bin tu na hogi kisi ki bhi
Aab ye jahir sare aam hai, ailaan hai
She turned towards him. Both were lost in another world as if an invisible bubble seperated them from the world outside.

Jabtak jahan me subah shaam hai
Tab tak mere naam tu
Jabtak jahaan mein mera naam hai
Tab tak mere naam tu
He twirled her around twice before picking her up in his arms and rotating, making her giggle.

Jabtak jahan me subah shaam hai
Tab tak mere naam tu
Jabtak jahaan mein mera naam hai
Tab tak mere naam tu
He finally kept her down and let her fall back so that he could balance her with his hand. The two pairs of eyes met and drowned in each other.
 

The sound of applause brought them out of their reverie. They straightened themselves and moved in opposite directions being shy.

"Looks like your son has caught my son's disease." Vikram whispered to Purab who was admiring the duo.

"Yeah. They confirmed all my doubts today." he said smiling.