.Noor Hydari.

I lean back in my seat as the driver stopped at its location. I sighed and then pulled myself. I turned to look outside. "GILL's" template gave me chills that ran down my back.

"Let's go." Amara giggled and stepped out of the car. I watched her as she went and hugged Shahneel who was standing there with her widest smile. Beside her were her parents. But he was nowhere to be seen. Thank god.

I then look at Sahel who was standing there and watching me. I opened the car and then Sahel came to me.

"Hey Noor!" He exclaimed "Hi Sahel." I said with a small smile. Sahel gave me a concerned look to which I smiled at him and he reciprocated.

I hugged Shahneel's parents and then I turned and looked at Shahneel. She came running to me and hugged me. I closed my eyes. I wasn't ready for this.

I hugged her back and she embraced me tightly. Minutes passed but we stayed like that. Hugging each other.

"I missed you Noor." She whispered and then pulled away. She had tears in her eyes. "I too missed you." As I said this Sahel popped his head in between. "And You too." I laughed.

Amara looked at me with wide eyes. "Let's go inside." Shahneel said. Amara and I followed them in.

"What happened? Why did you looked at me like that when I smiled?" I whispered to Amara.

"Because you didn't smiled. You laughed and too after years. You looked so gorgeous when you laughed. I think you should laugh on regular basis you will look more beautiful." Amara chuckled to which I responded her with a small smile.

When I reached inside the house, I looked up and found him. He leant on the wall, watching his phone that is on charging.

I guess Shahneel spotted me looking at him because she went and slapped him on his shoulder. "Ghar mein mehman aye hai aur is maharaj ko phone se fursat nahi." She yelled at Shubman. He looked up from his phone and our eyes met. He looked at me with a stren  face. I stood there as If I got froze on my spot.

Amara went and then hugged Khushpreet. The besties of their time. They giggled while they talked and then Khushpreet looked at me. He sent me a wide smile. I went to him and he hugged me.

"Noor have got some noor on her face huh. You are looking so beautiful Noor. I can't believe if I am seeing a human or a goddess." He said and I slapped on his chest.

"Stop KP, it's not like that." I said. "It is like that." He replied exaggerating the 'is'.

I rolled my eyes which landed on Shubman and then Shahneel spoke up.

"Must be tired huh? Go get some rest." Shahneel said to which Amara and I nodded in unison.

Khushpreet took Amara's suitcase and then went away with Amara to the room. I looked at my suitcase and then at Shubman. He came to take it but I took it first and then nearly ran in the room.

Amara and I are sharing the guest room of Gill's house. So it is very sure that our room is either side of Shubman and Shahneel's room because when Amara and I laid on the bed to get some rest, the whispering from his room could be heard.

Amara was fast asleep as soon as she laid but I wasn't. Their whispers were clear to my ears.

"So your predictions basically went wrong." Khushpreet said. "What prediction?" Shubman asked.

"That they won't be coming." "I didn't said like that okay." He replied.

"Whatever but they did came and I am so excited." "Hmm." Shubman said.

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I woke up to the sound of laughter, it is surely coming from Shahneel's room. I turned and saw Amara doing her hair. She looked at me through the mirror and smiled.  "Good morning Noor." I sat straight and stretched my arms. I looked at the time and it's 6 in the evening.

I took some time to get ready. I bathe for nearly half an hour and then quickly wore a blue sweater and blue jeans. I looked at myself in the mirror and adjusted my hair.

I was about to go downstairs when Shubman's voice startled me. "Where are you going?"

I turned and looked at him. He looked at me and then raised his eyes. I was about to answer him when Shahneel came laughing with Amara.

Shahneel came to me and dragged me downstairs with her. Amara also came when we stopped. "Wear your shoes we are going out." Shahneel commended and I did what she said.

Shahneel and Sahel walked out of the house and Amara and I followed them.

"Where are we going?" Amara asked. Sahel was about to open his mouth when Khushpreet shushed him.

"Surprise!" He said and Amara rolled her eyes. They decided that we will be having a walk around first to relieve the moments we ended doing years ago. Who wants to relive the moments that have been passed by?

When we were young we all used to roam around our colonies. Playing and laughing all day. Our day used to start laughing at each other and end with it too.

Its been some time now that we are walking. Walking in duo. Shahneel and Sahel are leading us. Behind them are Amara and Khushpreet who have been laughing at every joke Sahel is cracking. And in the last are I and Shubman who are quiet and just adding the fake laugh to their silly jokes.

Silly how in younger times, we all used to laugh at these jokes but now both Shubman and I are silent.

We came to a stop when we spotted Amara's old house. Amara looked at it with wide eyes and a big smile.

I looked at her house which is now closed and is silent.

"This feels so nostalgic. Remember Jugnu we used to see who could climb up these walls faster and I always used to won." Amara showed her tongue to Khushpreet. "Yeah because I let you win okay otherwise I was always the winner." He said. "Yeah whatever." Amara rolled her eyes.

As I looked at her house the memories flooded and then Amara spoke up. "Let's do that again Jugnu. Let's see if I can do that again. And this time don't lose for the sake of me. Win it for yourself. Its a challenge." Khushpreet's mischief smirk said everything as he nodded.

I looked at her house which is now closed and is silent.

Amara had a very big house among us back then. She had a mansion that was filled with several people. She had a joint family. All of her uncle and aunts used to live together. Her grandfather had built his mansion. The house always had a shine. It always gave me soothing vibes when I used to come here.

I always loved her family. Because they all used to live together but not until when Amara's father had a downfall in his business.

The company that her father built with partnership with his brother went in loss as soon as they gave shares to another company.

Because of the loss her father had to sell this house. After selling this mansion, every relative came to take their own shares. And so after sometime her whole family was shattered. Everyone left and in the last who stayed were her parents and her little brother Akash. Amara's whole family that we as a kid adored left her dad when he came in loss.

I used to cry silently when Amara used to cry on my shoulder. It was heartbreaking. Because it is when everything went out of our hands. We were what, just teenagers who wanted to live happily but what god did with us was miserable. We all have went through a lot in our teenage years.

Where Amara saw her family get shatter in front of her eyes. Shubman and Shahneel had financial problems in their family that resulted in big trouble and losses to their family. Sahel's parents got divorced which gave him a period of depression. And I?

I lost my family and the love of my life.