Hello people!! Hope you're all doing great :) Thanks for the constant support and sorry for the delay! Had a very hectic week.

Key:

Dialogues by anyone - Double quotes

Pragya's mindvoice - Single quotes WITHOUT italics

Abhi's self talk - Single quotes WITH Italics

MV- Bold Italics

Read on!

The Arora family is all set for dinner that night.

"Ma, Pa ..I have to tell you people something"

"Haan beta Bol na baath kya hai?" (What happened ?)

"Pa, there is a two month course in London school of dance which lets students learn many dance forms before they decide on which to specialize in.. Chote wants to go for that.. Can he go?"

"Hmm two months eh? What about college Purab?"

"Papa..College will get done this month end and this course starts next month.."

"Great.. How much is the fee?"

"Around five hundred pounds papa"

"Hmm..you think it will be worth it ? I mean , I don't have much idea about dance and all that , so you will be a better judge here.."

"Yes papa.. I think it will be worth it because it's not just one form of dance for now..you decide papa"

"No beta.. If you think it's good enough, then I am fine with it"

"Are you serious papa?"

"Yes beta why not? You love dance and I want to keep my family happy. Please go ahead"

"I love you papa!",  Purab says and hugs his dad.

"Love you too beta.. By the way, why did Pragya start the conversation?"

"Woh..I was scared you won't agree."

"You are no longer a kid Purab. If I find what you say making sense, why won't I agree?"

Pragya smiles and says,"Chote didn't I tell you we have cool parents?"

"Yaaa di . I am blessed to have a family like this !"

"Purab beta.. What will you do about food there?"

"Mama.. Don't worry.. I will manage somehow.. There will be Indian restaurants there and also AJ's aunt's place is there . They know me well so I can go there on and off. Meanwhile, I will also learn to cook soon ,at least basic things.I know to make Maggi"

"Are you sure beta ? I don't want you falling ill in an unknown place"

"No no ma I will manage .. Pacca promise .. I will miss your food of course but just two months for now .."

"Okay beta please take care.. We want you to do what you love and we will never stop you from doing that. Go ahead and have fun "

"Yay mama! You guys are the best!" , Purab says and they have a group family hug.

Pragya and Purab then discuss about visa formalities and talk to an agent they know and get him to help with visa and tickets. Everything gets done in a week. Purab is all set to fly the net month after his exams.

The visa work keeps her occupied so it's a good two days before Pragya gets the chance to see Bulbul's pic that Abhi had mailed her.

"Ah she looks pretty! Such an expressive face with a cute and mischievous smile. I guess purple will suit her.. Purple , black and silver! Okay Praggs get to work"

She takes two hours and designs a beautiful purple dress for Bulbul and is sure that she will love it.

"Okay I'll need her measurements now.. Once I get that I can get it stitched here and send it across to him .. Hmm sounds good Praggs. But measurements? Oh no I should ping him again now.. That's why I asked him her number..but he wants it to be a surprise so I can't help it now,can I ? .. Ok here we go again.. It will be so much better if I am not a bundle of nerves every time I think of talking to him...already I can't stop thinking about him and all these frequent conversations.. God, what do you want me to get out of all this ? "

'Abhi Mehra is in a meeting'

'Phew..I don't have to ping right away... But I wish Lync showed available..'

She keeps looking at his status waiting for it to change from 'red' to 'green'..

After around twenty mins it changes to green.. 'Abhi Mehra is now available'

'Wait for ten mins Pragya.. He is just out of the meeting .. Don't ping immediately'

After ten mins.. "Hi Abhi.."

A:Hey Pragya! And before you can ask.. no you are not disturbing me, my meeting got over and I am free for the rest of the day.

'Why does he have to be so nice?..He knows what I want to ask even before I do.. I keep thinking about him all the time and every time I talk to him he is just so nice that I can't stop myself from dreaming about a future with him .God what am I thinking ?! What is this that I am feeling for him ? Am I falling for him!?..'

She hears someone's phone ring at a distance and that brings her out of her dreamland and she sees her chat wall with a 'Pragya?' , apart from the earlier message.

P: Sorry Abhi my friend had come to get some file from me ...( obviously she can't tell him she was dreaming about him na ;))And haha okay thanks for getting how lazy I am to type that again

A: Lazy ? High five ! 

P: High Five! Abhi, I designed a purple dress for Bulbul.. I need her measurements so that I can get it stitched.

A: Wow it's done ? Show me !

P: Okay wait I'll send it here".. She attaches the pic in Skype as an attachment..Abhi sees that and loves it.

A" Wowww Pragya it's beautiful! Gudiya is going to jump up and down when she sees this and that too purple! It's our favourite colour! 

Pragya, as always, blushes at his compliment.. "Thanks Abhi , hope she likes it.. And wow I didn't know you liked purple.. Nice"

A" She will love it. And measurements I'll have to ask her designer .. She will be knowing because the one who stitches Gudiya's clothes is her friend. I'll mail them to you in a while..and what's your favourite colour?

P: Thanks a lot Abhi! You send them and I'll get them stitched.. And I'll need your address to send it to you. My favourite color  is red!

A: Send it to our London office address .. Surprise, remember ? So I don't want it going home directly. And red, perfect  color I guess.. the red gown did compliment you well! :) 

P: Oh right ! Sure I'll send it to your office ..and thanks a lot for the compliment.

A:I am excited to see Gudiya's reaction !

P: Actually, I would love to see her reaction too.Sadly, you people aren't here.

A: Hmm Okay let's do one thing .. I'll tell you when I go home once I get this from you, you call me through your Skype account.. I'll keep it logged in when I reach home and l can show you her reaction LIVE ! How does that sound?

P: Umm..I'll have to call YOU?

A: Scared? You already know how I look, don't you,fan girl ? ;)

P: Haha I do know how you look, boss! Just that I have never had a video call with you till date so.

A: Chill I am a good guy, I will talk sweetly..

P: How nice of you!I can't thank you enough!

A: Don't mention it

P: Okay boss first I'll get it stitched and let you know , then we can discuss about skyping which is the third step in the process.

A: If the word 'Boss' had not been there, I would've had to remind myself that I am the boss here, cos that sounded more like an order..but yes what you say is true, done! 

P: Sorry ! Didnt mean it like that..

A: Relax ! I was kidding ,What plans for the day ?

P: Got to help Aman with the Agarwal project

A: Oh that ! He seems quite preoccupied with that ,as far as I deduced from whenever I spoke to him the past few days .. Good luck to both of you

P: Thanks Abhi .. It's going good now, so guess we won't have any problem in meeting the deadline.

A: Cool ! Good day to you.

P: Good day to you too, see you !

"WOW I LOVE THE DESIGN MV !"

MV: I love it too Abhi!! Getting to marry a person from the same field of work, that too someone who is so perfect, just the way you like it ...Can't get any better ! 

"Woah woah marry ? We are just now in the ' Am I in love with my fan girl? 'phase now bro. Slow down ! "

MV: Okay fine but don't take forever to decide ! 

"Okay Okay..give me some more time.. I will confirm my feelings to you very soon"

MV: Waiting for some muhurat?

"No yaar MV.. I like her, no doubt.. still this is a big commitment.. so just few days for my sake please ? Moreover I will be skyping her soon.. We haven't had a face to face conversation till date MV, so I am waiting for that"

MV: "Okay .. it wont be long before you realise that you have fallen head over heels in love with her .. I am waiting!!

" Okay. Thanks for being considerate "

And so, Abhi continues to think about Pragya , right from the first wrong mail till the latest conversation few minutes back..and is lost in her thoughts till its time to go for lunch.

Long update guys! Let me know what you think!

Also, would request you all to check out my Non-AbhiGya story, "One shots" if interested.

The first shot was for a contest but the other two are independent one part stories in "Romance" genre. Would love your opinion on them.

Til next time, tata!