Arnav was behaving really strange the entire day, but surely, he was mad at me for no reason. I have never interfered when he flirted around with girls so why was he even interfering when a guy approached me, that too for the first ever time.

Seriously I couldn't understand him or what he was up to sometime, I wish he could tell me things clearly so I could understand better.

I stood in front of my mirror staring at my reflection, I had a dinner date with Armaan, I wasn't too excited about it though, I mean if he had approached me like just a month earlier, I was sure I would have been way excited for it, but right now, I guess I only agreed to go because I wanted to stop feeling whatever the hell I was feeling for Arnav.

The last thing I wanted was for any feelings to come in between and ruin our friendship, so that's why Armaan. The guy sounded great though, he was also really hot, I mean he was the kind of a guy I could date if I wasn't feelings this stupid things for Arnav, who knows, maybe going on a date with him would help me get rid of those feelings.

Besides, I also had to find out if he was the guy that had been leaving the notes outside my house, he looked similar but I better not judge.

"So, finally a date. If may I ask, what happened to that boyfriend of yours you told us about?" Tanvi asked as she walked into my room.

"Things dint work out, you see that's why I never wanted to tell you guys about him, because of things like this." Wow, what a stupid lie Khushi.

"So until today morning you had a boyfriend and then by evening things stopped working out and you're going for another date, really Khushi?" She looked at me suspiciously.

"It wasn't a serious relationship, we were just dating for like a couple weeks, we weren't compatible, we ended things. Now Armaan asked me for a date I couldn't say no." I shrugged.

"Okay whatever, as long as you know what you're doing then it's your choice. So are you excited for the date?"

"I am, but I'm also nervous."

"Don't be, I mean if anyone's going to ruin the date, it might be him and that's going to be his loss, you my dear are perfect and any guy that doesn't see that is lame." She giggled.

"Is Arnie still mad?"

"Yeah, he's just seated out there with a frown on his face like a baby, but don't worry, you go for your date meanwhile I'll put some sense in his stupid mind."

"Thank you Tanvi, I don't know what I would have done without you." I smiled as I hugged her happily.

Tanvi and I both walked out of my room, I found Arnav seated on the sofa with a frown on his face just like Tanvi had said, I hated this, I had always supported him in everything, why couldn't he support me for a date?

"Arnie, this is not done." I walked towards him and stood in front of me.

"What did I do? You are the one going on a date with a stranger, dressed so beautifully, oh my god, you look beautiful." He said as he looked at me with his eyes wide open.

"Thanks. You do realize that one time or the other I would go for dates, yes with strangers, that's part of life, that's what people do, you also do that, then why are you mad when I'm doing it?" I asked.

"Because I care about you and I'm just worried, you could get your heart broken and I don't want anyone to ever hurt you."

"I appreciate your care Arnav but you also know that you are frowning for no reason, if you don't want me to go for the date, you need to give me a good enough reason, not that he would hurt me, we don't know that yet."

"Okay, what if I give you a good reason, you won't go?"

"I won't."

"Fine, one reason, you said you had a boyfriend, so you're cheating on him by going to this date."

"I don't have a boyfriend Arnie, I mean I had we broke up." I shrugged.

"And people call me the player." He rolled his eyes, seriously what did he mean by that? I wasn't in the moods to fight, I just wanted to sort this issue with him so we could go back to being normal.

"Tanvi will give you the details about my break up later, can we first sort this Arnie? Any other reason you have?" I asked.

"Fine, I don't want you to go because..." He stood up, stepped forwards, standing so close to me, there was literally no space left between us, he looked into my eyes seriously.

"Because what?" I asked trying not to get affected by this proximity, you see this is what I dint want, to feel this way about my best friend, it would ruin our friendship and that's why this date was so important.

"Because I... I... don't have a good feeling about this." He shrugged as he stepped backwards.

"That's not a good enough reason."

"Okay fine go, have fun with that stupid Armaan." He frowned once again. Why did he act like a baby sometimes?

"Arnie please, can't you just be happy for me?" I looked at him sadly. I wish I could explain it to him in a better way why this date was important to me, I just couldn't.

"You are right Shona, I am sorry I know I'm over reacting, you should totally go for the date." He sighed.

"Now you sound like my best friend." I smiled as I sat down beside him and wrapped my arm around him happily, he hugged me back for a moment and then we pulled apart when I heard a car hooting outside.

"That's Armaan, wish me luck you guys." I said as I stood up nervously.

"All the best." Both Arnav and Tanvi said with a smile on their faces. I rushed to open the door and as I stepped out, I found Arnav stepping out of his car and man, this guy looked so gorgeous. He was dressed casually in black jean and white tee with a black jacket, nothing fancy but he looked hot.

Maybe he could help me get rid of this feelings I was having towards Arnav.

"Hey." I smiled as I walked towards him.

"Wow, black is so your color." Armaan smirked as he stared at me from top to bottom with a stupid smirk on his face.

"You decided to copy me." I giggled.

"No, I decided to match with you, see how cute I am." He laughed.

"Very cute." I giggled, he opened the door of the car for me so I walked in and soon he joined me and we both drove off for our date.

*****

I walked back into the house at almost midnight, the date with Armaan had been so beautiful, we went to dinner first and then he took me for a movie, we talked about stuff and he was great, I mean everything about it was so perfect, I couldn't have asked for better.

Now I knew what all the hype was about, I had never been asked to a date before, this was literally the first date I ever went to so it was kind of a big deal.

"Oh you're back." I heard Arnav's voice, I turned on the lights just to find him seated on the floor with a bottle of beer in his hands.

"I thought you would be asleep by now."

"Yeah couldn't sleep." He shrugged as he took a sip from the bottle.

"How was your date by the way?" He asked.

"It was good, perfect actually. I mean you know I've never been to a date before, for some reason no guy ever really asked me out but this was good, I liked it" I smiled as I walked towards him and sat down beside him excitedly.

"I am sorry Khushi." He apologized.

"Sorry for what Arnie?" I looked at him curiously, Arnav would rarely, no actually, never call me Khushi. I don't even remember the last time he addressed me as Khushi instead of Shona, but today he did, it had to mean something.

"For not being a supportive best friend, I mean you've tolerated all my dates with all the random girls and I acted so badly when it came to you, I am really sorry." He pouted.

"It's okay Arnie. But on a serious note, did this date with Armaan really bother you that much?"

"Pfft, no, I said I was okay with it."

"If that is so, why are you drunk like this? And if you dint realized, you addressed me as Khushi and not Shona, so there has to be a reason, if it's not the date, what is bothering you Arnie?

I am your best friend, you can talk to me about anything, please tell me what's going on."

"Wait, you just said this was your first date, but you had a boyfriend before this!" He looked at me suspiciously.

Holy Shit! I was such a terrible liar, I couldn't even lie to a drunk Arnav. How was I going to explain now? I had already given a stupid reason for the break up with my imaginary boyfriend but there was no sensible I could give to what I had just said.