Just Fate

Chapter Seventeen

Priya's  POV 

    The lady kept drawing marvellous patterns on my hands with henna. It was absolutley amazing. It is an indian tradition for the bride that the name of their lover is written, hidden between the beautiful patterns of henna. My mind kept wondering how much Alia had changed. She was a bully, and always tried to tare me apart from my current boyfriend. The word itself brought shivers down my spine. She was nicer now, better. But somewhere deep down I knew I believed that it was too good to be true. That it was all fake. Suddenly I heard the lady applying henna on my hand talk to me

    "Sorry what?" I said not hearing what she had said. 

    "I asked if you wanted to add any name to your henna. Any lover?" she asked as with the henna cone shivering in her hands. I smiled but was really confused. I wanted to put Rahul's name on my hand, but what if my parents saw it. But I didn't really put much thought to it. I was happy and excited for me and Rahul so I nodded away anyways. I would deal with my parents later.

    "Actually yeah. Could you put the name Rahul in there?"

    "Absolutley" the woman said carrying on with her work. Speaking of the devil. Rahul hand't stopped staring at me since we entered the ceremony. He kept sending me cute smiles and winks, making me blush everytime. There was something about him. He made me happy just by being around, he made me happy just by existing. I was deep in my thoughts untill the lady woke me up again.

    "I'm done. I hope you like it." she said sounding a but scared. But I loved it. I nodded with a big smile and left her to attend the next girl in line. She had hidden Rahul's name near the fourth finger of my left hand. I walked around looking for Rahul but I couldn't find him anywhere. All off a sudden I felt a hand pull me and take me inside an isolated room, like a storage room by the poolside. I recognised him immediatley by the touch of his hand on my waist and the trail of kisses he instantaneousley left at the back of my neck. I chuckled and turned around pushing away a little bit.

    "So what, you won't let me kiss you now?" he said as I walked back.

    "No, there is just something you need to find before you kiss me again. And if you don't find it, then you can't kiss me." I said teasingly. 

    "Then tell me my lady, what am I supposed to find in order to kiss you again." He said looking a bit irritated. 

    "Your name" I said putting my hands infront of him. He immediatley smiled and grabbed my waist again, pulling me so close to him.

    "So now your hiding my name in you hand eh? You do know what this means right? You..." he said smirking. I know what he was going to say. He was going to say that I love him, it was true. But I wasn't going to let him get away  that easy.

    "That I think your my boyfriend. Yeah. Thats all. Now find you name." I demanded. He smiled and took my hands gently in search for his name in the small font of henna. 

    It only took him a minute before he spotted his name right underneath my fourth finger. 

    "How did you find it so fast?" I asked curiousley.

    "Well you know what they say, if we find the name quickly it means we were menat to be together. I guess thats a good sign." I laughed instantly at his cheesy words, to which I responded.

    "And who exactly said this?" I asked sarcastically.

    "Me" he said which made me laugh even more before he continued "And my love for you." He said as he cupped my face bringing it closer to his. "Now your turn. Tell me, why did you get my name on your hand anyways?" He asked me waiting for me to tell him what I felt for him. But I wasn't that easygoing.