"Mama, Shehnaaz di, uh.. Mere baare kuch kehti hai vo?" Adved asked his uncle. 

"Tere baare me? What do you mean Adi?" Sidharth asked back. 

"Umm, Mama she's not talking to me since the entire gambling thing. Matlab aisa nahi hai ke hum daily baat karte the, mai unko kabhi kabhi instagram pe jokes bhejta tha aur vo bhi bhejti thi. It's been a month, she has almost stopped talking with me. Texts ignore kar deti hai. She's mad at me I guess, mere baare me aapse baat bhi nahi karti." The boy revealed what he was upset about. Yes, it was an obvious fact that she didn't want him to create any more ruscus, but that wasn't even his intention. 

"Shayad meri galti hi itni badi thi ke ab vo mere se contacts hi nahi rakhna chahti. Aap dono ki ladayi bhi huyi thi nameri vajah se!" he added. 

"Nahi baccha! It's not like that!" Sidharth immediately pulled his nephew closer. It was one fine evening he was spending with the boy to binge some shows on the weekend but it seemed like the boy was worried about something. 

"Hum kafi aage aa gaye hai uss topic se. We're cool now! All of us!" he said. 

"Maine last message unko kiya tha, puchne ke liye ki unke Papa kaise hai? She hasn't even seen my message!" Adved whined. 

"Ek kaam kar, usse directly puch le!" Sidharth shrugged. 

"Nahi, mai nahi disturb karna chahta unko." Adved replied only to get dragged out of the room by his uncle. 

"Abe chal." Sidharth said, gesturing to Preeti across the living room that they were going out and texted Shehnaaz that he was arriving with Adved to hangout. 

Shehnaaz wasn't very surprised with the information but happy, she wanted to hangout with Adved sometimes and sometimes not. She was keeping the distance and not invading the family's privacy. The doorbell rang and the opened door revealed the two boys. "Hii Adi!" she greeted him. 

"Toh aapko mai yaad hu?" Adved pouted. 

"Ha shayad! Tabhi tera naam liya maine!" she chuckled, even though she got his point. 

 "Aaja baith, kuch banau ya order karoge? maggi banane vali thi mai." she asked them. 

"Bana le." Sidharth replied, moving into his bedroom. 

"Aap naraz ho?" Adved asked, following Shehnaaz into the kitchen. 

"Nahi toh." she replied. 

"You've been ignoring me di, aapko chahiye toh mai nahi text karunga aapko." he mentioned. 

"Adi, baat ye nahi hai. Teri family ko pasand nahi aayegi humari dosti, vo matter kafi serious tha." she replied. 

"Mom ne kuch kaha tha aap se? Ya Mama ne?" he immediately asked. 

"Kisi ne nahi kaha baba! Isn't it obvious Adi ke vo matter teri family ko solve karna chahiye tha! Bolne ki zarurat thodi hai, kisi bhi family ko aisi interference achi nahi lagegi!" she replied. 

"Di! You helped me because I asked you too!" he corrected her. 

"Mama ne kaha aap log uss topic se kafi aage aa gaye ho! Aap unse baat karte ho lekin mere se nahi!" he said, it hurt to lose a really cool and caring friend like her. 

"Meko tujhe aise ignore nahi karna chahiye tha. Mai bas, acha chhod!" she said, realizing that she was really okay with Sidharth after their argument about it but not with Adved, it was unfair. She gathered him in a hug, dissolving the issue henceforth. 

"Maggi me cheese vagera daal do toh taste hi alag ho jata hai. Aapke yaha hai?" Adved then said. 

"Haaye ye tum aj kal ke reels vale bacche, seedhi sadhi maggi na bigado. maggi tastes best with maggi masala only!" she laughed, asking and he was laughing too. 

Sidharth witnessed them with a contented smile on his face and realized that his reaction to that incident might have made Shehnaaz assume that she became an intruder maybe because of his harsh reaction, whereas in real sense his family had liked her. He didn't wish to bring up that topic again so kept quiet and rather decided to eventually let her know soon that he adored her so much, more than she knew. The trio then had a fun evening, enjoying the maggi over a movie.

"The Roses and Gardens, the luxurious hotel in Mumbai, recently got renovated. It was supposedly the fourth largest hotel in India after Mumbai Convention and Grand Ryatt, both in Mumbai. The hotel has been recently re-built over 1,600,000 sq ft, with an investment of 12,000 million. It got its interior designed by the infamous Elite group of designing. Vardhan Malik and Sidharth shukla did a splendid job with the look, the hotel looks even more magnificent, exorbitant and delightful. They are surely Elite like their name suggests." Sidharth read out a column from a weekly business magazine, where they had been praised for their work on the extravagant hotel.

When it comes to seven star hotels, actually there is no formal body to offer seven stars. Usually, star rating is given from one to five. One is the lowest and five is the highest. Therefore, a five star hotel is the best. Then, why do some hotels call themselves seven star hotels? It is because while five star hotels provide you with every comfort, seven stars provide those in a more luxurious fashion. And this newly renovated hotel was like a hike to their business, their name. 

"Congratulations everybody!" Vardhan squealed, hugging each and everybody around him. He has been the happiest lately. 

The previous night when he attended the inauguration party with his team, he received plenty of compliments and appraisals regarding their work. 

"We did it!" He hugged his best friend with that, congratulating each other. They had attended the lavishly extravagant inauguration party and ended up receiving loads of compliments and appraisals regarding their work on the hotel. Later in the evening when Shehnaaz and Sidharth had returned to their apartment, Vardhan and Mira had called to let them know that they would show up. 

"This is an amazing apartment!" Mira and Vardhan said. 

"Aapke hi uncle ka hai, aapne aaj tak dekha nahi?" Shehnaaz chuckled. 

"Nahi yaar, uncle kabhi yaha rahe nahi toh aana hi nahi hua." he replied, grabbing a seat next to Sidharth. 

"Date decide ho gayi hai, it's 20th of April." Mira said, pulling out their wedding invitation cards for them. 

"Wow, congratulations!" Shehnaaz exclaimed, reading the invitation until she realized she was also invited to the function where they wanted to invite only friends and family. If she attended their wedding, she would surely come across Sidharth's family. Was she really ready to see them? 

"Yeah, congrats!" Sidharth was happy for them and they began talking about the last minute arrangements that were still left. 

"Aap log kuch lenge? Tea- coffee?" Shehnaaz asked like a host and made her way towards the kitchen when they said tea. 

"Hey, mai help karu?" Mira joined her in the kitchen. 

"Arey nahi, baitho aap." Shehnaaz replied. "Oh come on, un dono se bhaag ke aayi hu mai. Vapas may bhejo." Mira jokes, fetching her milk from the refrigerator. 

"Excited for the wedding?" Shehnaaz asked. 

"Yeah." Mira nodded.  "Shadi was anyway on the list." she added and saw Shehnaaz staring at her. 

"Kya hua?" she chuckled. 

"You know, Vardhan is really excited about it and by excited I mean very happy and smiling. And you don't look the same." Shehnaaz said and it made Mira laugh. "I don't look happy?" she asked. 

"I'm just not as expressive as him, Shehnaaz. But that doesn't mean I don't love him." she explained, looking over to the men sitting in the living room. The guys were talking and smiling about something among themselves and joined them with the tea. 

"Kya baatein ho rahi hai?" Shehnaaz asked. 

"Tumhare baare me." Vardhan asked. 

"Mere baare me kya?" she eyed Sidharth asking that. 

"He was telling me how much he-" Vardhan was saying when his friend didn't let him. 

"Nothing sweetheart. Ye bakwas kar raha tha." Sidharth said, elbowing his friend. 

"Mujhe jaan-na hai!" she insisted. 

"Ha bhai, batato!" Mira supported her. 

"It's nothing yaar, hum aise baat kar rahe the. Jaipur, Rambagh Palace and the place. Tabhi Sidharth ne bola he wants to know if it's a good place for a trip with-." Vardhan's words trailed off. 

"Trip?" Shehnaaz looked up at Sidharth. 

"You ruined the plan, bhenchod." Sidharth cursed his friend.

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hey guys.. sorry if I'm late.. got stuck with college stuff..

anyways here we have another chapter with no particular sidnaaz moments but we do witness some growth.. some more of their heart in every bit.. dont we..

and how about a trip to jaipur!