Mehak's pov 

"Listen,come early from your shoot today…...we have to go to my friend's house for the puja." Mom said when we were having our breakfast. 

"But Mom,is it necessary for me to go?" I asked her. 

It's not that I don't like puja but I don't like gatherings because once they recognize me being Mehak,the star ,they will start the selfie session and unexpected and unnecessary questions. 

"Yes...I want you to meet her and someone else as well." Mom said with a gleam of happiness in her eyes.

I narrowed my eyes at her and she chuckled. 

"No...no,not for Marriage proposal...it's just another important thing ..so I want you to come with me. " Mom said. I sighed in relief and nodded.

Manik wasn't going with us as he was going to have his classes. 

After having my breakfast,I ran out of the house and drove towards my set.
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"Hello Ms. Dumb." 

As soon as I parked my car,I heard someone, calling me from behind.  Hearing the voice ,I knew who it was. 

I turned around and gave a sickly sweet smile to him. He was smirking at me.

"How are you lazy brat?" I said to him. His smirk got wiped off and scowled at me. I just wanted to laugh at his face.

"I am not lazy..you are lazy." He said ,stomping his foot.

"Vishal yaar...tu toh aasani se chir jata hai..(you get teased very easily.) " I laughed and said.

He just rolled his eyes. We started to walk towards our respective vanity van.

"By the way why are you so happy?" He asked me. 

"Means?" I asked him.

"I mean I haven't seen you so happy before...I mean you were kind of reserved, gloomy but from the last  month I am seeing you being quite happy which is actually very good...so what's the secret?" He asked me.

Really!!! Well,Mom was also telling me this a day before yesterday. 

Am I happy? 

Somewhere from my inner self the answer came --- yes..I am happy.

"Nothing...it's just I am happy." I said to him.

He nodded and said, "Okay….it's great to hear..come let's go ,we are getting late." 

I nodded and we both went towards our van.

After an hour of makeup ,I came outside of my vanity van and walked towards our shooting spot where Vishal ,Ankur and the rest of our cast & crew were present already.

Me and Ankur took our position.Our  Director asked ,"Ready?" 

We nodded our heads. 

Soon the shoot started.
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"Okay...let's take a break. Have your lunch and then we will resume the shoot. Mehak and Ankur,your scenes are done for today . So you are free to go,if you want to. Others have to wait. So see you all after an hour." Our director said and left from there. We nodded.

"Mehak,let's have lunch together...what do you say?" Ankur asked me. 

"Yeah sure...let me call Vishal also." I said to him. Ankur gave me a smile which looked….forced!?

I called Vishal who replied that he had gone to meet his theatre group as they were going to perform in a new drama.

So me and Ankur decided to have lunch together.
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"So,how's your date yesterday?" 
Hearing Ankur's question, I caught off guard. I didn't go for any date in my whole life.

"What?" I asked him.

"Yes...yesterday you went with Mr. Rajvanshi...that's why I am asking?? How's the date?" He asked me.

I laughed and said,"Arthit...oh God!! No no..it wasn't a date. He is just my friend..we went out just like that. It's nothing more." 

Ankur said," Oh… wow nice.I thought you broke my heart and went with him as a date. As you are very much single as I am...why don't we go for a date this weekend?"

Once again he is asking me the same question when he knows the answer very well. It ruined my very good mood again.

"Well, you know my answer very well. I am not interested in any kind of relationship...so please. Don't embarrass yourself like this… It hurts me to hurt your feelings every time. Anyways bye. I have to go home early today." I said and left from there without hearing his answer.

Why can't he understand that we are cool with our friendship!!! Everytime he has to bring out the topic of dating!!! 

To be honest,it annoys me to the core.

I went inside my van and packed my things up. After that I went towards my car.

I was about to start my car when I saw my phone ringing. I looked at it to see Arthit calling me. 

I inserted my bluetooth in my ear and received his call. 

"Hey Ms. Superstar" I heard his husky voice. 

"Hello," I replied and started my car as well.

"Are you okay?" He asked me. Concern was evident in his voice.

"Yes...I am..why did you ask ?" I asked him curiously.

"Well, firstly,you didn't greet me with your usual greeting. Secondly, hearing your low voice I felt like you are either upset or annoyed..thirdly, you can't lie properly." he replied.

Well,he is right. I always greet him by calling him,"Mr. Busy " . Well, my spoilt mood didn't allow me to tease him today. 

How does he always know when something is wrong with me?

"By any chance, you are a mind reader..are you?" I asked him,teasingly. 

"No…but what can I say...umm..take it as one of my talents." He said and I chuckled.

"Well, Mr. Busy, how did you get time today to call me? Have you finished every work of yours?" I asked him.

"No...I took a day-off today as Mom told me to. That's why I thought to call you. So how's your day?" He asked me.

Like this we talked for an hour . By the time we finished our chit chat,I understood two things. 
One, I reached home.
Two, my spoilt mood turned into a happy one ,surprisingly. 

So ,is this what my Mom and Vishal were talking about?  

I shook my head and went inside my home.
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"Because of you, We got late." Mom said to me grumpily. 

Currently we are going towards Mom's friend's house for the puja.

"What? Come on...we just got twenty minutes late. It's okay. We will reach before you can just realize. " saying this ,I started to drive fast….but not so fast where I had to break the traffic rules. 

Within in half an hour we reached there.

As soon as we entered ,my mom was engulfed in a bone crushing hug by a woman who looked my Mom's age.

"Sunita,how are you?" Mom said to her...I mean, Sunita aunty.

"I am perfectly fine...I was waiting for you. How are you?" She asked mom.

"Likewise. Oh, I was talking about my daughter that day...here she is… Mehak Avasthi. Mehak,she is my friend ,Sunita." Mom introduced us to each other.

I took her blessings and she surprised me with a sudden hug.

"Mehak...who doesn't know you? I am glad to meet you as  I have heard a lot from your Mom..besides that I am a huge fan of your work." She said. I smiled shyly.

We went inside and she introduced me to the rest of her family with includes her brother in law and his wife. I saw a picture in the wall which was her husband's picture. Mom told me before that he had died some years ago.

"Let's meet my son.  There he is." She said . I looked at the direction where she was looking . 

What I saw shocked me to the core. It was none other than Arthit who was coming towards us but couldn't see us as he was busy talking with the person who was beside him.

"Yes Mom…." Before he could say anything, his eyes widened,looking at me. I was also shocked to react.

"Mehak," he said . I nodded with a smile as soon as I came out of my shocked state.

"You guys know each other?" Mom's statement came out as a question. Aunty was also surprised. 

"Yes,we are friends. " I told them. They both smiled in return.

"Aunty ,how are you?" He asked my mom. Mom smiled and hugged him as he took blessings from her.

"I am fine ,beta." Mom said and he smiled. Before he could say anything, someone called him. He excused and went away.

How does he know my mom? 

"You guys enjoy ..I am coming after sometime. " Aunty said . We nodded and she went away.

"How does he know you? I mean yeah he is Sunita Aunty's son so it is common.  But you guys looked as if you knew each other for a long time . You are comfortable with each other." I asked her.

"He is the one who saved me from the accident that day. " I was shocked to hear her.

That means he is the angel who saved my Mom. 

Soon Aunty came .She and Mom started to talk.

I excused and went to meet him.

I asked someone about his whereabouts who said that he was at the balcony. 

I went there and spotted him who was busy on his phone.

As soon as he saw me,he cut the call.

Why did he cut the call as soon as he saw me?

How's the chapter?

Who was on the call ? Any guesses?

Next update on Thursday  .

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