Arnav was sitting on a bench in the when Khushi came next to him and sat down. He noticed that her bowl of ice cream had two spoons in it.
"Why two?" he asked.
"Two what?" Khushi asked him.
"Spoons," Arnav said motioning towards the bowl of ice cream.
"Oh! One for you and one for me," Khushi said, "And don't worry I know you said you couldn't eat ice cream. So I asked the lady if she could make some sugar free, and she did make it, and this is all she could make."
She moved the bowl towards him and motioned him to take a spoon. Arnav took a spoon of ice cream and ate it, "It's good."
"But this is vanilla, didn't you want mint chocolate chip?" Arnav asked.
"Yea, but she said they couldn't make and sugar free on of that, so I just got this," Khushi said. They sat their eating the ice cream out of the same bowl, taking turns scooping it out. Arnav noticed NK and Lavanya walking together hand in hand.
"What's up with them?" Arnav asked Khushi. Khushi looked up where he was pointing and saw he was talking about NK and Lavanya.
"Oh well when you came outside from the ice cream shop, NK bought ice cream for Lavanya; and then asked her out," Khushi said.
"Hmmm, so he got enough courage to finally ask her," Arnav said.
"Finally?" Khushi asked.
"Yea, he's been telling me that he's liked her since last week when he saw her. He's been telling me that he wants to ask her, so I guess that he got the courage," Arnav said. They sat their silently and stared off into the sun that was setting above the pond.
"Hey guys! We're leaving, are you guys coming also?" NK asked them.
"Yea, we are," Arnav said and threw the empty bowl in the trash can that was right next to the bench. He got up and offered his hand to Khushi, she accepted it and also got up.
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Arnav was sitting at the dinner table with his family and eating. Anjali came down from upstairs and also joined them.
"What's for dinner Mom?" she asked sitting down.
"Rajma chawal," Aarti said to her daughter. Everyone was now eating their food and chatting away.
"How was your day kids?" Nani asked them.
"It was good," Anjali said.
"Yea, it was. I made it on the football team," Arnav said.
"Congrats son," Jiyten said to him.
"Yea congrats bitwa," Nani said. Everyone also congratulated him.
"Thanks everyone," Arnav said.
"So when do the practices start?" Akash asked.
"They start tomorrow after school," Arnav said.
"That means we'll have to arrange for the driver to pick you up later, right?" Aarti asked him.
"Yea, but I've spoken with NK, and his dad said that there driver will be able to give me a ride home. They just got settled into their new home, so they got a driver," Arnav said, "If you guys don't have a problem with that, then I can just do that."
"Yea that's fine, as long it's no problem with them," Jiyten said.
"Ok, thanks," Arnav said.
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"Mom!" Arnav said walking into the house the next day after school. It was Friday so NK had decided to come over.
"Kya hua beta (What happened son)?" Aarti said from the living room. She saw Arnav approaching her along with another boy coming; he seemed about the same age as Arnav.
"Mom, this is my friend NK, the one who I had told you about, from Australia," Arnav said motioning to NK.
"Hello beta," Aarti said.
"Hi Auntyji," NK said.
"So how do you like India so far?" Aarti asked him.
"It's nice, but bohut buddhia hai," NK said.
"Buddhia hai?! But there are young people here too," Aarti said trying to clarify him.
"He meant bardhiaa Mom, not buddhia," Arnav told his mom, "His Hindi is a bit messed up."
"Yea yea vahi, bardhiaa hai," Nk said.
"Oh, accha phir teek hai (Oh, it's fine)," Aarti said.
"Mom, we're going to go in the back and place basket ball," Arnav said.
"Ok teek hai," Aarti said. Arnav and NK made their way to his backyard, which had a basketball hoop to one side of it. Arnav grabbed the ball that was lying on the grass and through it to NK.
"Nice house you've got," Nk said.
"Thanks," Arnav said. Nk took the ball and through it in the basket and Arnav gabbed it when it came back down bouncing on the ground. They took turns throwing it and playing with it while talking with one another.
"So you finally asked her?" Arnav asked NK.
"Who?" Nk asked.
"You know exactly who I'm talking about, Lavanya," Arnav said.
"Yea I did. But wait! How do you know?" Nk asked grabbing the ball from Arnav.
"Yea and apparently when you asked her, Khushi was also standing there and heard you guys, so she told me," Arnav said.
"Oh I forgot, she was also there," Nk said and snatched the ball out of his hands when Arnav was about to shoot.
"Hey! Give that back!" Arnav said chasing after him. NK took the ball and shot it into the hoop, but missed.
"Haha, that's what you get," Arnav said quickly grabbing the ball before he could. They both left the backyard and started walking back into the house. It was getting pretty late outside and dark. Nk came downstairs and was about to leave, but the driver said he wouldn't be able to come till an hour because off traffic. So the family invited him to have breakfast with them, and he agreed.
"Chotte isn't your first football game next week?"
"Yup, we have our first football game," NK said.
"Yea, it's also Di's birthday," Arnav said.
"It is?" NK asked and looked up at Anjali. She nodded and smiled.
"Yea. She said she's going to come to the game, then celebrate," Arnav said.
"And I want to celebrate with everyone, so you have to come NK," Anjali said.
"But what am I going to do at a girl's party?" NK asked.
"It's not just a girls party. We're going to watch a movie in the theatre. Akash, Arnav and Shaleen are also coming, so you should come also," Anjali said.
"Ok, I will," NK said, "Anyone else coming'.?"
Arnav understood who he was talking about and said, "If you're asking about Lavanya, then yes, she is also coming."
"Yea she is, and Khushi and Payal," Anjali said.
"Beta, I don't think it would be a good idea to go to the movie theatre," Aarti said, "You're Nani, Dad, and me are also going to be out of town for the entire weekend because of a wedding we have to attend next week."
"Mom we weren't planning on going to an actual movie theatre, just the one that is in the basement," Anjali said.
"Oh, I totally forgot about that," Aarti said, "Then it's fine."
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