Alric was sitting to the left of Hirdh, Dharshi in between Hirdh and Nick and Jose was sitting on the farther end. Stephen went and sat in between Sriya and Jose.

Hirdh was looking at Alric's eyes, 'how mesmerizing they are? I could look at them throughout my life!'she thought. Alric felt her gaze on him and an electric shock went through him when their legs slightly brushed against each other and his breathing started to quicken.

Hirdh looked up at him and gave an innocent smile, stopping his heart beat. He got mesmerized by her smile, yet again forgetting people around them. Hirdh started facing him and when Stephen tried to call Hirdh, Sriya and Jose practically pulled him out and started asking him about his strange behavior before. Stephen smiled and openly told his encounter with that girl. Hirdh told a silent thank u to Sriya.

Alric was still staring at her. Hirdh giggled at him and waved her hands in front of him, to get his attention. He stopped staring at her and said, "Hi!"

"Hi" Hirdh smiled at him softly. " so someone is having the courage to initiate a conversation atlast? That's good."

"hmmm... But that's ur mistake." Alric.

"what did I do?" Hirdh inquired blinking.

" you are way too beautiful and I couldn't stop staring at you!" Alric confessed.

Hirdh blushed.

"oh I see.. so what can I do to avoid this? " Hirdh asked curiously.

"u can do nothing Hirdh. U will always look beautiful, whatever you wear. Western or not. With or without make up. blah blah blah!" Alric chuckled at how innocent Hirdh was and she didn't even recognize how great she looked.

"stop kidding me!" Hirdh

"hey no! im not. Im serious. " Alric.

"okay..." her cheeks tinting pink.

Alric loved to watch her cheeks tinting slowly and become deep red within few minutes.

To continue staying with her, Alric " hey! You have any important work now?"

"no. why?"

"well. If not, can you hang out with me for sometime? Please?" Alric.

"ofcourse. I would love to" Hirdh smiled.

'yay! Im gonna get some alone time with Alric today. This day cannot get any better', she thought.

They were sitting at their lunch table for almost half an hour, drinking fruit juices and discussing over various matters about their family and stuffs. Hirdh was a little disappointed as she couldn't speak to him just about him. He sensed it and smiled.

Hirdh raised her eyebrows.

"umm nothing.." He started feeling nervous all of a sudden.

Hirdh moved a bit closer towards him. She took his hands and held them in her small hands, rubbing smooth small circles at the back of his hands.

Alric smiled at their hands together and only then, he realized that he had fallen for her. He would definitely call her his wife. He felt very happy. But Hirdh always made him nervous. 'may be this is what love is. I should ask about this to Nick later. ' he marked in his mind.

Hirdh didn't tell anything but still she was holding his hands.

If silent could be comfortable, then that will be only with her. Alric thought.

Someone from behind called Alric. A red blonde. She came near Alric and flirted at him, trying to get his attention. But alas! He was soaked in love with his love. She frowned making Hirdh smile. She glared at Hirdh and made a 'kill you' motion towards her and sneered, "he is mine. Stay away bitch!" at her.

Hirdh just rolled her eyes at her and continued to hold his hands, making the passerby angry. She was Natalia @ Nat from Chemistry. The sun was setting as they lost track of time, sitting together. Hirdh was half hugged from behind making her jump. And saw Sriya, Jose and Stephen giving her a knowing smile. She muttered "nothing happened.‟

"no.." Jose stated.

"fine. I was just holding hands." Hirdh muttered making Alric chuckle. They removed their hands and went back to their respective hostels. When they neared their hostels, Hirdh stopped Alric while all others were moving in front.

Alric looked at her. She shoved a piece of paper in his hands while giving him a half hug to his surprise and ran away to meet her friends.

He opened the piece of paper and saw a 10 digit number written in neat handwriting with a name under 'me' and not the name. He chuckled and stored the number as 'mine'.

He was developing strong feelings for her and he feared that he might get rejected. Thinking about this, he came to his room, to find Nick sitting on his study table, with a stupid grin plastered on his face.

"hey man! Why are u grinning like an idiot?" Alric questioned.

"um.. I didn't notice u enter. When did u come?" Nick "I came 5 min ago!" Alric exclaimed.

"where were you? Why didn't you tell me where you were going?" Alric asked him though he knew where.

"um... well.... Alric... I w.. went..." Nick stammered.

"stop stammering. And tell me where you went already?" Alric was silently laughing to himself.

"huh... I went with..."

"Dharshi? Where?" Alric asked shocking Nick.

"you knew?" Nick

"Of course I knew. I can read people. Remember? And u r no exception.", Alric stated.

"huh yeah" Nick muttered. " to the park"

"good. So have u expressed? What did she say? All ok?" Alric became curious.

"whoa! Slow down man. Yeah I did express my feelings. Seems she too have the same feelings. So... we are kinda in a relationship" Nick told slightly shining his right hand through his head.

"whoa! Great. We want treat!" Alric hit Nick's back.

"yeah sure man! We??" Nick inquired.

"umm... yeah.. we all. Myself, Hirdh, Sriya, Stephen, Jose and Dharshi.", Alric said happily.

"so from when onwards, u started including all these people in 'we' group?", Nick teased.

"heyy!" Alric exclaimed.

"alright alright. Cool down mate. Tomorrow evening 7'o clock sharp at the 'RIGHT HERE' bar down the road. Is that ok?"

"yep. Cool!" Alric. Nick bid him a good bye and a hug, leaving to his room.

Alric texted Hirdh regarding the treat.

On the other end, Dharshi told all her experiences with Nick to Hirdh and Sriya, when Hirdh's mobile vibrated. Dharshi opened it and saw Alric's number. Hirdh peeked and put her head down, waiting for her mobile. Dharshi didn't want to embarrass her and gave her, her mobile.

Dharshi and Sriya gave her a knowing look. They bid their good nights and Sriya left to her home while Dharshi went to her bed to have a goodnight's sleep.

"Tomorrow will be a long day.‟ She texted Nick a 'goodnight babe :*' and went to sleep.

When she peeked over Hirdh, she was still smiling looking at her phone.

'Thank God! Finally... she is in love ❤' she thought and slept off.

"Hi! This is Alric. Nick's party tomorrow evening at 7pm at 'Right here'bar . You are all invited. " Alric texted.

"Hi Alric! We all will be there on time" Hirdh

"mmm... I will be waiting for you!" Alric's heart beat raising.

"oh! Ok.. so, you will be waiting only for me? How about ur sister Dharshi?" Hirdh teased.

"umm... you.. I mean.. all..."Alric.

Hirdh could visualize his expression right now.

"haha alright. So from when onwards, 'you' meant 'all'?" Hirdh texted with a tongue sticking out smiley

"heyy! You do know what I mean!" Alric "What?" Hirdh teased.

" stop playing dumb. It doesn't suit you Hirdh!" Alric stated.

'oooh. First time, he called her by her name in texts.' Hirdh thought.

" haha alright alright. Cool Alric!" Hirdh "haha.. got u.." Alric.

'Got u?' Hirdh thought.. How nice would it be if he really meant it?

"yep.. u r..so??" Hirdh

"yet to sleep?" Alric

"u want me to?", Hirdh asked.

"no.. I mean, its already late.", Alric said.

"didn't you sleep?" Hirdh questioned back.

"well... I have an assignment to be submitted by tomo...so im on it!" Alric

"oh! Then join the club.. im also working on one of my assignments, due day after tomo. Since we will be at party tomo night, im planning to complete it tonight. " Hirdh suggested him.

"wow! Future planning huh? Great Hirdh!" Alric

"u r not too bad yourself!" Hirdh

"mmmm... then?" Alric

"then? Shall I text u tomo? I have works to do!" Hirdh

"yeah sure.. good night honey!" Alric.

Hirdh's eyes widened when she read 'honey". No one called her like that, except her mom. Her eyes watered thinking about her mom. She missed her terribly. Happiness flooded thinking about Alric. 'Alric is a nice guy' she thought.

"good night Alric" Hirdh texted.

She slept off thinking about everything that's happening between her and Alric and how far this relationship goes... She really liked him... May be getting into relationship before marriage is not that bad. That too with a guy like Alric. If I get lucky, I might become his girlfriend. But I do not know whether he liked me to the extent of having me as his girl friend. Well! I have to wait to find about this.‟ She thought before falling into sleep.