Nidhi's POV
I pulled my scarf across my neck tightly to battle the harsh wind that was blowing on my face. I entered Sky and Stars and signed in with my id at the front desk . After a glimpse at my flushed face, I went into the kids room and greeted the kids.
"Hi!" I said cheerily. The kids instantly put me in a good mood and greeted me with a bunch of hugs. There was a bunch of congratulations going around.
"Why are you congratulating me?" I asked them.
"You are dating a cute guy, that's why." Sia said, next to me.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, perplexed.
"Where's the ring that you should be wearing didi?" Tanvi asked me, taking my hand.
"Tanvi, I never wore any ring, what are you talking about?" I asked her.
"The ring Randhir bhai was supposed to give you?" she asked me.
"Randhir? Hold on. I think you have misunderstood." I said.
"What?" Janice, the other trainee asked next to me.
"Randhir never proposed to me. You must have gotten it mixed up with my twin Naina." I said, stretching out the last words in front of me.
"No di, look here. Sia di, give me your phone." Tanvi said. Sia handed her the phone and Tanvi pulled up the picture. I swear, this generations kids are getting so smart with technology!
"Here di!" Tanvi showed me. It showed all the preparations from yesterday and the biggest shock was the banner that read 'Will you be mine, Nidhi?'.
"This, This isn't true!" I said.
"Nidhi, it is though. Randhir was supposed to propose to you yesterday." Sia said.
"How do you know?" I asked her. She told me everything that she knew.
*Sia's POV from Last Night*
"Di! Look, there is Saif! Let me say hi to him." Tanvi said next to me. I let her go happily. As I walked towards her and Saif, I looked at all the preparations made next to me. Looked like someone was going to propose to someone else. Then I spotted Randhir with another guy?
Randhir went to high school with me and I worked in his father's company as an intern before deciding that I wanted to work in childcare. It was so shocking to see Randhir after all these years, because we were good friends when I worked in the company and then we lost touch.
"Randhir?" I called out to him.
"Sia? Is that you?" he asked, walking to me. We shared a friendly hug and then I faced him.
"Are you proposing to someone?" I asked him.
"Yes." he said, his cheeks reddening slightly.
"Oh wow! You were such an anti-girl person back in high school and here you are, finally proposing to someone! Show me her picture." I said, excitedly.
He showed me a selfie that the two of them had taken. Nidhi?
"Wait, let me get this straight. You are proposing to Nidhi?" I asked him.
"You know her?" he asked me.
"Yes, I work at Sky and Stars and she volunteers with me! Wow, superb choice I must say. She is a wonderful person." I said. I had a lot of respect for Nidhi and she was a miracle around the kids.
Then Tanvi went up to Randhir and they had a little conversation along with Saif. Randhir showed her the ring and it was simple and beautiful, just like Nidhi.
"Congrats Randhir. Good luck but I am sure she will accept." I told him and walked back to Sky and Stars with Tanvi and Saif. I am so happy for Randhir and Nidhi, Hopefully nothing bad will happen to them.
*End Flashback & POV*
I put a shocked hand on my mouth. Randhir was going to propose to me? I always had a nagging feeling that Naina was doing something wrong and it wasn't entirely Randhir's fault. But I had hurt Randhir so much. I turned to walk out of the room.
"Where are you going Nidhi?" Sia called after me.
"To win back my love." I said. I couldn't let Naina get away with taking my Randhir. No matter what, I would win him back.
I drove back to college and searched all over for Randhir. I couldn't find him anywhere, so I had to give up. I walked back to my dorm and saw Meera on the phone.
"Neel, I will take care of it. Randhir, you also calm down for the time being." she said on the phone. She spotted me.
"I have to go. Nidhi's here." she said. After saying good-bye, she put the phone down on the bed and faced me.
"Where have you been?" she asked.
"Sky and Stars, I already told you."
"Oh. Ok. Well, we need to talk." Meera said.
"I know what you want to talk about Meera. And I found out the truth today." I told her.
"What? How?" she asked. I told her everything Sia had told me. She listened to the story in amusement.
"Well then. I can confirm that everything she said is true." Meera said.
"I don't know how to apologize to Randhir! I feel so bad and, and he was trying to propose to me." I said, the words finally sinking in fully. He loved me! Not Naina!
"Yay! Meera, he loves me! He loves me!" I said, jumping in happiness.
"This calls for a treat. Let's have a Varun Dhawan marathon movie session!" she said.
"Seriously?" I asked her.
"Ice-cream is included." she said.
"You got it." I said. Sadly, we didn't have a full fledged, all night movie marathon. We fell asleep in the middle of our second movie, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.
The next morning, I woke up to Meera's annoying ringtone of Varun Dhawan songs mashed up together.
"Meera, answer your phone." I mumbled from my spot on the sofa.
"Tum check karo na (You check na?)" she said, her voice muffled under the pillows. I grabbed her phone and checked caller id. It was Neel. I answered it.
"MEERA RANAWAT! THE CULTURE FEST IS TODAY! WOMAN, YOU BETTER BE UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWENTY MINUTES TO GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE!" Neel yelled into the phone. I sat up instantly, Meera with a similar reaction.
"I'm almost ready!" she said, running into the bathroom to brush her teeth. I picked out my red and gold saree that I was supposed to wear today. Then, after kicking Meera out of the shower, I used it quickly and wore the saree. Then, I curled my hair and did my make-up quickly. God, we were so late.
Meera and I ran to the auditorium, only to find nobody there! "Meera? Where is-" I stopped when I didn't see her next to me.
"Meera? Kahan ho tum (Where are you)?" I called out. Then a single spotlight came in the center of the auditorium. I saw Randhir playing a familiar tune on the piano. I didn't know that he could play piano!
"Randhir? Tum-" I got cut off when he got up from the piano. I heard a note from somewhere else after he stopped playing and his hands were off the piano.
"What was that?" I asked him.
"Uhh...." he said. Neel stepped out with an iPad in his hands.
"Dude, I crossed 1000 on Piano Tiles (a game)!" Neel said. When he spotted me, he looked guilty.
"Oops, I thought this was just the rehearsal." Neel said. I couldn't help but laugh at Randhir's angry expression.
"You called Meera!" he said.
"Well, I didn't know that Nidhi would tag along!" Neel said.
Then he faced me and ran a hand through his hair, awkwardly. A strand fell over his eyes and I just couldn't help but brush it back with my fingers and put it back in it's place. He looked at me with longing in his eyes.
"Nidhi, I am so sor-" I cut him off.
"No, I am sorry. I misunderstood you and didn't listen to the full story. I should have known Naina would have plotted to do something like this. Please don't ever apologize." I said, putting my hand on his mouth.
"Now that you know, there is still something that I need to do." he said and reached inside his coat pocket. I knew that this would be the big moment. He pulled out the typical navy blue box out of his pocket and got on one knee.
"Will you be my girlfriend Nidhi?" he asked and opened the box. A miniature clown jumped out of it and I shrieked. Randhir chased after Neel, who I knew was responsible for this.
"You idiot!" he said and began to hit him.
"Leave him Randhir." I said, laughing. Then he brought out the actual box and open it. Inside was a locket which had Nidhi + Randhir = Forever on the back. He put it around me. After he was done, I hugged him tightly. It was not the perfect proposal but I loved it, just the way it was.
A/N: Hey Guys! How was the chapter?
1) Nidhi finally found out the truth! Wasn't that unexpected?
2) Wasn't the proposal just too cute and funny? I had so much fun writing it!
Just to clarify, this book isn't over yet. There is still a lot of troubles is store for this adorable couple.Don't murder me! *Hides behind a tree* Please keep voting and commenting!