Chapter 73- we are in this together

Meanwhile outside they were all waiting for anjili to come, when suddenly the lights went off of the whole hotel, everyone started to wonder what was going on

Arnav: whats going on

Akash: I don't know

Khushi: arnav ask the manager na, I think the lights have gone

Arnav went to ask the manager about the lights, the manager told him, that the lights have gone in the entire area and the hotel is trying to get the generator started, he went back to tell the family, naina who started getting scared shut her eyes and started to cry when arnav took her in his arms and cuddled her she asked innocently

Naina: daddy I am scared when will the lights come

Arnav: soon princess, but don't worry, I am there with you

Naina cuddled her father and slept on his chest, while khushi played with her hair then nk said

Nk: but nanav what about di, how come she isn't here

Arnav: oh ya di, waitlet me try her

He dialed anjili but wasn't getting through, he cut the call and looked worried akash noticed and asked

Akash: what happened bhai, all ok

Arnav: I cant get through her

Khushi: how come, try the driver he must be with her in the car

Arnav did as khushi said he dialed the driver, who picked the phone up on one ring

Arnav: hello.... Yes where is di.... What (shocked) how long back....... 10 minutes, but she hasn't reached up here..... ok thanks (he put the phone down)

Payal: what happened arnavji, where is di

Arnav: the driver said she had reached the hotel 10 minutes ago, but she hasn't come up as yet (he said worried)

Suddenly riteshs secretary who managed to come up by stairs went to arnav and said

Alisha: sir, your sister and ritesh sir, met down in the lobby

On hearing that, arnav and khushi looked at each other, and she continued

Alisha: I went to the rest room, but on my way I saw them in the lobby, they got into the lift, I think they are stuck

Arnav and khushi both had a smile on their face but suppressed it, both were happy that they were stuck in the lift this will bring them more close, arnav who would not believe that god had a hand just said it was their destiny, but khushi was thankful and thanked devi maya silently, now they just hoped that something good takes place in the lift that brings them close

Akash: we should inform the manager that they are stuck in the lift

Alisha: sir I have already done it

Arnav nodded, and went to the manager to ask about what the status is

Back in the lift both ritesh and anjili had remembered their lives before they got divorced, and there was some silence between the two, both not knowing what to say, anjili who felt happy remembering their past was feeling much better, her tension of getting stuck in the lift had vanished because she felt safe with ritesh being around, ritesh on the other hand also felt good, he too had forgotten that they got stuck, he felt much lighter and happier, and didn't want it to end and so he gathered the courage to ask her

Ritesh: anjie,

Anjili: ya

Ritesh: can I ask you something

Anjili: ya off corse

Anjili: why are we like this

Anjili: (looked at him shocked for what he had asked) what do you mean

Ritesh: I mean this, why are we like this, we enjoy being with each other na, so why are we behaving so cold with each other

Anjili: (still shocked but said) ritesh, you know why we got divorced and you know what happened and how so then

Ritesh: yeah I am not talking about that, I talking about this, whenever we meet each other we are so cold to each other that sometimes its hard for me to believe that you are the same anjili I spent all those moments with,

Anjili listened to him quietly as he continued

Ritesh: look what ever happened was not right, but that doesn't mean we cannot be friends and behave with each other the way we use to before we got married

Anjili: (who was a bit surprised agreed to him) ya maybe your right, I mean we don't have to be cold to each other, we can be like friends

Ritesh smiled as she accepted his idea, they were laughing away when suddenly the lift started to make a noise, and anjili again got scared, she went into his arms and hugged him again and said

Anjili: whats happening

Ritesh: I don't know,

The lift started moving upward, slowly and again it stopped in the middle of nowhere, ritesh hugged her tightly and she hid herself feeling safe in him, they both stood there in each other's arms scared,