love story part 8

date : 11 oct 2010
madhu and diya take a walk in the park where diya is unusually quiet. madhu felt diya was wasting time thinking about sidharth. to her, sidharth didnt deserve diya. her best friend.

date : december 2006

aravind rajagopal - onion as he was fondly called, was a sportsman by profession and a spoilsport by nature. boyishly handsome that led to him being extremely 'lucky' with women.being used to getting what he wanted his attitude bordered on arrogance and a few close friends of him would even go to the extent of calling him by all unceremoniously bad words as possible. more of a happy go lucky living in the moment kind of a person, his idea of a relationship was just the fun element. and this is where he met diya. vedanth was diya's classmate in school and now arvind's collegemate. arvind got to know diya through vedanth and started talking to her.

diya - she was not like the other girls he knew. she was smart, confident and more importantly - never took any bullshit. all the hype and outwardly shows that he put up to impress her went in vain. he was irritated.whats the matter with this girl? girl thinks too much of herself that she doesnt like me? but he also started liking her despite his annoyance. he tried befriending her. and was surprised to discover that behind her calm exterior was a tom boy with an amazing sense of humour. he started falling for her. for her mysterious charm, for her amazing smile, for
everything about her.he wanted to propose and called her up.thats when she dropped the bombshell. it was a crying diya who picked up. perplexed, arvind enquired about what was troubling her and thats when she told about sidharth.arvind was crushed that this girl had someone in mind, but he wouldnt relent. he proposed. diya declined. but he kept going at it. but he also made sure he helped diya heal her heart first. it took a very long time for diya to be back to normal and once she was normal - she was even more of a delight to be with. arvind proposed again.

diya had started feeling comfortable with arvind.after all he had also had a broken relationship and he was able to relate to her better. he was a stark contrast to sidharth. he was funny,made her laugh a lot, took things easy,and more importantly always made her feel better and trusted her. she felt nice when he was around.but once bitten twice shy.she was not ready for a relationship.she felt she didnt have it in her to love someone.all that she wanted was a friend. but arvind kept trying to convince her.the vasishts were happy to see their daughter back to normal again.
date: 2007
diya laughed, till her stomach hurt.literal rolling on the floor laughing. arvind was eyeing her happily as she laughed for something they were talking about.
arvind: diya?
diya: (still laughing) yeah?
arvind: love you.
diya: (sobers up) arvind...let's..
arvind: sshhhh...let me finish. ive been in love with you for long.and i will wait. but you need to understand that the past is over.its done.we all have to move on.and i want my life to be with you. i was paid for my match and with that savings i got this gift for you. i will be waiting for your answer. i am truly madly deeply in love with you. think and tell me.
saying so arvind leaves diya and walks away.

diya did think. she was scared of relationships. sidharth had left a scar. but arvind was everything she longed for in a relationship with sidharth. she found herself wishing sidharth was arvind.diya knew arvind was right in asking her to move on. but she was not sure if she wanted to move on with arvind.and then it happened.

diya's phone number was obtained by some 'wrong-number' guys who started speaking crap knowing it was a girl. she was shocked as it was the first time she encountered this. it was arvind who sensed something was wrong and even called that guy back,threatened and put an end to the issue. he gave her a hug and asked her, are you ok? just let it go and kissed her forehead. just be a little careful with people to whom you give your phone numbers to.
diya:but arvind i never gave my number to....
arvind:shhhh.. i trust you.

diya pondered about the episode all night. only one sentence kept echoing. i trust you. the one thing she didnt get from sidharth. she wanted to give him a chance. but this time she didnt want to take a chance. she took a very long time, spoke about it to her friends, wrote the pros and cons and atlast decided to give him a chance...

she said a goodbye to sidharth krishnan as she accpeted arvind finally.