Parth's Pov

I place a coke and a burger on the tray as I search for an empty sitting space in the otherwise packed cafeteria. Krish being late,Emma being agitated for no apparent reason,our usual spot—that table laid empty.

I could have sat there easily and eaten in seclusion,which I usually preferred but something caught up my attention. Something so unusual.

I marched towards the table against which Veer sat alone,his hands clasped together,head bowed down and his eyes disinterestedly looking at the coke on his table. A part of me guessed the reason of his shriveled composure and although I shouldn't have cared but hell I did!

He was and will always be my friend even if he failed to acknowledge it.

He looked up guessing my presence.

"You?"

"You look sad!"

He replied with a sad smile shaking his head lightly " Zaira's sister has forced her to stop talking with me"

He closed his eyes letting out a sad sigh. Yet it was so vivid,the love he had for her.

Instinctively my hand reach for his as I press it tighter. I saw Krish striding inside. He saw the two of us and yielded a questioning glance.

"Hey Krish..join us" I call out to erase the confusion and surprisingly he steps forward and lands his backpack on the table.

"Is everything okay?" He asked.

"Zaira's sister is against their relationship" I mumbled.

"That damn Zakira" Krish gritted his teeth "Who does she think she is?"

"I'm sure we are gonna find a damn solution for that Veer" I said placing my hand on his "No matter what,remember that you will always have our back"

"Yes exactly" Krish uttered. Veer let out a sad sigh as he smiled "Thank you so much guys"

"Krish!" Adya slammed the table as she stormed in the cafeteria. She was purposely avoiding my gaze. I resisted my temptation and looked away from her. I did not want my friends to catch me gawking at her.

"Whats it Adya?" Krish asked.

"Whats with Emma! Is she still mad at me?"  She said sitting on the empty chair.

"Why would she be mad at you? I thought you too were like best of friends" Veer asked.

Adya turned to him. "Sorry I did not notice you. Hi Veer"

Veer mouthed hello to her. She was still avoiding my gaze.

"I think you have not noticed Parth as well" Krish nudged. I could see her face flushing;she had no idea how her rose-blossom skin radiated when she did that. I couldn't believe that my name could have that much impact on her.

"And why is Emma ignoring you anyway?" Veer asked.

"Because of me" I find myself blurting out astonishing the boys. Adya, finally holding my stare in bewilderment also averts her gaze down.

"Adya and I" I sighed as though speaking the truth would be like so much of a burden. I was sure that Krish would be mad at me for hiding the matter. "We shared a moment together in the newsroom and Emma saw us. God knows why she had been acting strangely from then"

"Wait...did you two just..?" Krish nudged. I nodded.

"Holy heavens. You and Adya?"

"It was just a kiss Krish" Adya spoke" Moreover I feel guilty since Emma wanted me to ask Parth out on her behalf. She wanted a date with him"

I stare astound at her. Although it took me a lot of courage and gut to agree with Adya regarding the 'just-a-kiss' thing but guess what..I might not show but I was..hurt. I thought Adya felt the same way for me but Emma? When did she start liking me? Maths class? God this is so Topsy-turvy.

"Cool. Now both of them has learnt to hide things from me" Krish faked a smile yet I knew he was fuming.

"Trust me Krish,its not like this. Even I was not aware of what Emma said in fact I was wondering as to why was she behaving like that" I spoke.

"I saw her agreeing to some spa session with Zaira" Adya mouthed

"Zaira?" Veer asked in astonishment.

Adya and I nod in unison.

***

Zaira's POV

"So are you planning to forgive Adya any time soon or do we have time for a movie date as well?"

I asked Emma asked as she sat there sipping her milkshake.

"Wait you think if I forgive Adya I will stop hanging out with you?"

"Well if you haven't been been someones permanent friend all your life you will get used to this"

"Seriously you never had a permanent friend?" Emma asked.

"Friend? I hardly have permanent people in my life, everyone just leaves when they get what they want, except for Veer..........he is different"

"You really love him don't you?" 

"obviously"

I said and Emma smiled suddenly her expression changed as she lean forward to look at someone and waved her hand smiling I look behind me to realize she was waving at the same guy I saw with my sister he had entered the restaurant with someone who looked like his friend.

"Oh my god that's him" I said.

"Who?" 

"That guy I saw with my sister"

"Oh my god that's Krish's brother, Kabir"

Really? I didn't even knew he had a brother to begin with and if he is really Krish's brother then what the hell was he doing with my sister and dose Krish know about this strange relationship this guy shares with my sister I had to find out I decided to listen to their conversation.

"Oh my god Krish's brother and your sister this is so weird" Emma said.

I decided to avoid them and kept on trying to listen.

"So you are telling me you couldn't find one model who suits my paintings?"

"Oh for god's sake Kabir the only way a girl could suit your paintings is if she has red hair and a bitchy attitude"

'Oh really' I thought to myself as I got up untying my hair and walked towards them as Emma looked at me confused.

"Hey guys.....looking for me?"

"Actually........" The other guy began.

"Shh....I don't talk to agents"

"Actually we were looking for someone like you" Kabir said.

"Zaira"

"Kabir"

I took a tissue from the side and scribbled my phone number on it.

"Call me" I said sliding the paper towards him.

"I will" Kabir said with a smile and I walked outside.

"Zaira....." Emma called from behind I looked back to see her rushing towards me.

"What the hell was that?" She asked.

"If my sister is going to ruin my relationship then I will try and ruin the closest thing she has to a relationship.

"Score"  Emma said with a smirk.

***

Emma's POV

"Okay I will call you after I talk to Krish okay" I told to Zaira as I knocked on the door I had come to Krish's house to talk to him about this whole situation with Zaira's sister and his brother. Soon his dad opened the door.

"Hi uncle is Krish home?" I asked with a smile.

"Hey Emma, yes he is upstairs in his room" 

"Thank you" I said and rushed upstairs. I walked into his room Krish was sitting on his bed watching some videos on his laptop, sensing my presence he looked up from his screen.

"Emma? What are you doing here? I thought you went out with Zaira"

"Ya I was with Zaira actually but I wanted to talk to you so I came by" I said sitting next to him.

"What do you wanna talk about? Your crush on Parth?"

"OMG! Who told you that?"

"Adya did, I can't believe you had a crush on him"

"Well it wasn't that serious I am more pissed at Adya to be honest, but why is it so surprising"

"See Parth is a great guy but he is just not your type you always do this......you always end up dating these guys who are just not right for you, you should be with someone who understands you your mood swings, your craziness.....someone who could calm you down when you are angry, someone who could cheer you up when you are sad, someone who will make you his world and treat you like a queen because you deserve to be treated that way"

I was astonished and absolutely impressed by his words.

"You mean someone like you?" I asked.

"Exactly" He said and turned away. "I can't believe you had a crush on him" He said under his breath as I smiled it took him a few moment's to realize what he just blurred out, but as soon as he did he turned towards me.

 "Wait, did i just.........."

He began but before he could finish I pulled him closer and started kissing him, soon he started kissing me back our lips moved in a synchronized motion, I cupped his face and his hands went into my hair without breaking the kiss I leaned back and laid on the bed, we made out without stopping to even breath.

"Krish I am......" I heard Kabir's voice, I suddenly pushed Krish aside and sat up.

"Oh.....sorry Emma I didn't know you were here........anyways I came to tell you I am taking dad to the supermarket and we will take a while to come back"

"Okay god it" Krish managed to say even though I could sense his embarrassment I myself wanted to just cover my face and get the hell out of there.

"And next time close the door, dad is also home remember" Kabir said as he closed the door behind him and walked away.

"Oh god....." I said and covered my face.

"Now he would definitely think you are my girlfriend" Krish said.

"I don't think that would be a problem anymore" I said looking into his eyes.

"Ya I would kind of like that now" Krish said as he leaned in for a kiss.

***

I walked into the classroom the next day with a huge smile, my eyes kept searching for Krish but he was nowhere to be found but I saw Adya sitting in a corner lost in her books I decided to talk to her so I went and sat next to her.

"Hey" I said.

"Emma......finally......listen I am so sorry about that day" 

"Apology accepted"

"Seriously I am really embarrassed" 

"It's okay at least something good came out of all this" 

"What do you mean?" 

"Actually...." I was saying when I saw Zaira walking inside, I waved at her she waved back.

"Hey Zaira come join us" Adya said reading my mind.

Zaira looked a bit confused but finally came and sat next to us.

"So what's up?"  She asked.

"Okay the most amazing thing happened yesterday, I and Krish...........kind of made out" 

"Oh my god......that's amazing" Adya said.

"Wait.....I thought you guys were already dating" Zaira said.

"No......but I always had a crush on him but I didn't wanted to do anything about it because I thought it will effect our friendship but yesterday it just happened"

"I am so damn happy for you" Adya said.

"You guys are going to be the most hottest couple on the campus.....after me and Veer of course" Zaira said.

"Speaking of whom......." Adya said. 

I looked up to see Krish, Veer and Parth walking in.

"When did these three get together?" Zaira asked and made a kissing face at Veer who smiled cutely at her actions.

"Sometime back" 

I said without taking my eyes of Krish who was looking at me without blinking, Parth nudged him and asked something, probably about what was going on and Krish got buys talking to him. That's when our professor entered and began his boring lecture, I couldn't wait to get this boring lectures over with and just get out there but suddenly we were interrupted abruptly by Inspector Ajay Verma who came in with a few other police officers.

"What's the matter officer?" Our professor asked confused.

"We just found out one of your student's were the last person to call Zara Manzoor before she died but choose to hide this from us" He turned to the class and said "It would save us some time if the culprit admit the mistake" He said.

Everyone looked at each other shocked.

"I was the one who called her"

 Krish said standing up shocking me to the core what the hell was going on I thought as officer Ajay stood there with a smirk.