Chapter One: We meet again
"I wrote this book just to tell her how much I love her."
Flashes to Rhea crying
"Sir, do you think that you will meet her again?"
"This life is very long…" Karan begins to walk out of the courtyard when he suddenly stops. The reporters and fans begin to scatter as the rain falls to the ground.
"Rain…in January?" Karan questioned.
"It doesn't rain in January." He heard a familiar voice in the distance. He looked up to see the tear-filled eyes of Rhea Prakash.
"Rhea?" Karan was looking surprised, yet confused at the same time.
"Every time we meet something strange happens." She took small steps closer to him.
"Did you read the book?"
"This is Rhea Prakash!" The reporters bombarded them with questions, and gave Rhea no time to answer his questions.
"Did you know he wrote this book for you?" "Why did you leave him?" "Are you with any one now?" "When did you first realize that you were in love with Mr. Kapoor?" "Now that you have met again, what are your plans for the future?"
Karan grabbed Rheas hand and pulled her out of the crowd. "Please, please…" Karan shouted over the press to calm them down, "…No questions now." Karan and Rhea walked hand in hand out of the courtyard and away from the press.
"Yes." Rhea said once they had left the area of the crowd.
"What?" Karan asked confused…again.
"I read your book."
"Did you like it?" Karan asked her, stopping to face her.
"It reminded me of a friend, did I ever tell you about this friend?"
"No." Karan said knowing exactly which friend she was talking about.
"We met a long time ago."
"And you kept meeting him." Karan said stepping closer.
"Until he became my best friend." Rhea pointed her finger at him.
"Why did you leave when he finally fell in love with you?"
"Because he didn't stop me." Rhea choked on her words.
"I don't like your friend."
"Hey, don't say anything about my friend!"
"Then what do I say?" Karan stepped closer.
"Say what you never did." Rhea stepped closer.
"That is will love you more than the kids and Tommy?"
"You better, or I'll chop you up into tiny, tiny, tiny……"
"Shh….." Karan cut her off and pulled her into a hug, "I love you." He whispered into her ear.
"I love you too." Rhea said. After a long hug they separated and Rhea began to talk. "What is going to happen now?"
"Lunch?" Karan asked her, not wanting to rush into things.
"Lunch!" Rhea said, agreeing with a large smile on her face. They started to walk again, "So what are we going to eat?" and together they said, "CHINESE!!"
"So, where have you been living for the past year?" Karan asked, stuffing a fork full of noodles in his mouth.
"Yahaan, in Bombay."
"You have been living in Bombay, strange; I haven't seen you in an entire year." Karan said with his mouth full. Then Rhea's phone went off.
"Mama, kya?" Rhea put on a concerned face. "Yeah, yeah. I am coming."
"Karan, I'm sorry I have to go, here is my number. Call! Bye!" she called running off.
'I met her once and didn't even have time with her.' Karan thought, leaving money on the table and walking into the street.
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"Rhea, where were you?" Bobby asked her daughter when she walked in the door.
"I met Karan, aur we went to lunch."
"TIGER!" Bobby screamed, "Did you tell him about…?"
"Mama, I just met up with his after a year, I am not ready to tell him yet."
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"Mom!" Karan called into the house, "MOM! DAD!" Karan searched the house until he found his parents watching a movie in the living room.
"Kya hai Karan? What?" Anju asked her son, not really paying attention.
"I saw Rhea today!" He said jumping around like a five year old.
"How is she?" Arjun asked his son.
"She is good." Karan said, drifting off into a trance. He collapsed onto the white couch and drowned out the voices of his parents, and began to dream about the days he and Rhea had spent together a while back.
"You know what Arjun?" Anju said to her husband, "I think that after meeting Rhea, Karan has more respect for women."
"Yeah, I am glad that he has sobered his ways," Arjun said, "I hope Rhea will be as nice as you and give him a second chance."
"Why wouldn't she give him another chance? She loves him. And look at him…." They looked over at Karan who was staring into oblivion. "He has waited for her for an entire year. Have you ever known him to wait that long for a woman?"
Arjun sighed and slapped the side of his sons face. To 'wake' him up.
"DAD!" Karan screamed.
"Stop dreaming about her and plan another meeting." He said pointing towards the kitchen (where the phone was). Karan walked lazily over to the phone and dialed the number Rhea had given him.
"Hello?"
"Rhea?!"
"Karan, Hi!" Rhea said in her high pitched voice. Karan heard crying in the background. "This is not a good time can I call you back."
"Is that a baby crying?"
"Bye Karan!" She said quickly hanging up.
Why wouldn't she answer his question? Rhea didn't have a child? Did she? Did she get married again? Why would she tell him that she loved him? Karan was getting so confused, his head was hurting. He was bored so he decided to try to find Rhea's house.
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"Mama! She won't stop crying!" Rhea said, frustrated that the three month old baby in her arms would not stop crying. They fed her, they burped her, she slept, and she played, what else was there to do? For two hours they tried to calm her, and then she finally fell asleep in Rhea's arms.
"Mama…how am I going to tell Karan?" Rhea asked her mother. "How do think he will react?"
"Karan is a responsible, good nature man," Bobby said, "If he loves you he will accept it." She said as the doorbell rang. She stood up off the couch and went to go open the door. And standing in the doorway was…….him. He stared at Rhea looking confused.
After what seemed like a long time of silence Rhea finally spoke.
"Karan?"
A/N: Hey guys, this is my first Bollywood fic. I hope you like it. I always like reviews.