Chapter 2

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(Part 2)

Virat reaches home... Sai is studying, though saw him entering the room, is in full ignorance mode...

He comes and stands next to her, doesn't say anything. Sai tries her best to ignore him but then he starts changing his position... Right to left then again right... Sai gets distracted and irritated...kya hai?... She finally looks at him...

Sai...and he shows her the candy floss...

Sai isn't interested. She turns her face towards her book and pretend to start reading but dil to ab bhi candy floss me pada hai...

Arre, tumhe sach me candy floss nahi chahiye?

Sai tries hard to resist the temptation...

Okay, mai kha leta hu... Vaise bhi ek hi hai, itni mushkil se mila... Ek bhaiya ke paas ye ek hi bacha tha...poore nagpur me...he very slowly starts opening the cover in a way that the plastic makes max noise... Opens it, thank you Sai for the treat...

Now Sai can't resist...snatches the candy floss from his hand... Ye aap mere liye laaye hai na to mai hi khaaungi...

Achha mujhe ek bite to de do...

Nahi dungi...

She starts to have it but feels something weird on the end she is holding the candy floss...there is an extra paper..she takes it in hand and reads it...

Sai, jagtap aur Vitthal mane jail me hai... Nahi niklenge... Unpar criminal charges lagakar non bailable offence me unhe andar daal diya hai aur unke baaki saathiyo ko bhi pakad liya hai... Don't worry...

Sai forgets her excitement for candy floss and gets emotional reading this... The tears of happiness... The feeling of freedom... She has mixed emotions...

She suddenly feels lighter... Feels like jumping around, excited like a kid... Goes to Virat, hugs him tightly... Thank you Virat sir...their first hug... Virat is taken aback...Sai, after a sudden gush of excitement, realises what she did impromptu, is awkward, shy...breaks the hug and retreats into her shell. Takes the candy floss and resumes studying while Virat is still shocked at her sudden gesture. Goes to refresh... Gets food for the both of them trying to get her open to him as to what might be going on in her mind...

Sai tumne bataaya nahi, tumhe kaisa lag raha hai...Chinta mat karna, I'll make sure ki vo dono jail se kabhi baahar na aaye... Feeling proud of himself...

Good... Sai gives an indifferent, cold response, just the opposite of what she reacted just a few minutes ago.

Aap police wale hai, aapka kaam tha, aapne kiya...mujhe kya bata rahe hai..

Virat gets upset at that... He wanted praises from Sai for his efforts...but understands why she is behaving like she does...he thinks to keep trying to get her warm self back...

Sai gets totally quiet and goes to study...

Virat goes to rest...

It's night time... She still has a nightmare related to her fears and jagtap...where she sees she is running...keeps running and gets out of breath...then falls... Can see some shadows and hear laughing sounds of Jagtap and his goons... Baiko...aati nahi kaiko... She wakes up with a jerk... hyperventilating...thinks to wake up Virat to share her nightmare with him but doesn't want to disturb him. Catches breath, gets water for herself... Tries to reassure herself and feed her brain the new information that jagtap is arrested and Virat will take care of him henceforth... she is scared to sleep again, starts to walk around the room...

It's morning 4:30 am, she goes to complete her household chores. She gets ready to go to college. She looks borderline sick, extremely tired, sleep deprived, her eyes looked like they lost shine, due to having these nightmare almost every night...

Virat tries to have a one-to-one conversation with  her about her health but she ignores...

He asks her on dining table in Zillat arena to drop her off at the college, she declines and goes in a hurry, not even giving him or any other person time to persuade her to accept the offer. Virat is hurt that Sai is still rude with him while Patralekha is happy.

He thinks of going to her college to just keep a check of what she is upto these days because she ain't talking to him or discussing about the happenings of the day.

He reaches, sees her hanging around with her gang, all happy...the warm Sai Joshi she was with him before ousting. How he misses her... She is happy but distracted, cautious of the surroundings, looking around.. anxious... others may not notice the unsettled soul in Sai but Virat could.

She goes to Dean to ask him for hostel...now that Virat joined his duty and jagtap and his father are in jail... hopefully they remain there, Sai can think of finally moving on... Virat doesn't want to talk properly about the past and Sai cannot seem to let go due to her self respect.

Virat notices that...sai meets the Dean, asks for hostel accommodation... Dean is apprehensive, she took a hostel, left it in 2 days to be with an injured Virat, he can't again take the risk of allotting the hostel to her, since hostel rooms are limited and other students might want them. Sai tries to convince the Dean but he tells her to think with cool mind, then decide. He tells her to go to the hostel accommodation department to check if they could help her. She goes, no rooms are available at present...they give address of some PG's to her. The above information is also shared with Virat by the Dean since Sai being a teenager, seems really volatile... the Guardian should know about her decisions and whereabouts. Virat thinks to help her in whatever she wants to do.

He goes to his office...she continues with her day...

In the evening, they reach home. Sai does not indulge much with family too these days. She is reminded of how she and usha maushi were treated in the same place by the same places. She goes to her room. The only person she is close to in the house is Ashwini whom she has started to mentally prepare with the possibility of her leaving. She doesn't want Virat to know about her decision since she feels he won't care. 

Virat comes with food, trying that she gets opened up to him, she doesn't. She goes to study, then sleeps to again see the nightmare. She wakes up to see Virat already up to complete some important assignment and also doing a full time job of adoring a sleeping sai, since these days she doesn't let him when she is awake. He asks about what happened. She is panicky, tells him about the nightmare she saw. He is shocked to hear that she is seeing nightmares till now. 

Virat says...sai, par jagtap aur Vitthal mane ko to already jail me band kar diya hai, mai personally is baat ka dhyaan rakh raha hu ki vo jail se na nikle aur tumhare aas paas aane ka to soche bhi na...

Sai says...mai jaanti hu aur mujhe aapke kaabiliyat par koi shak nahi hai par mai in bure sapno ko aane se kaise Roku...roz...

Roz?... Virat is stunned...kal to tumne bataaya nahi, mujhe laga tum theek thi kal...

Nahi...maine aapko bataaya nahi...bataati bhi kyu...aapko kya fark padta hai...

Kyu fark nahi padta... Mai tumhara...he doesn't complete.

Sai, tum itni mehnat karti ho.... aise rahogi itni tension me bina neend me to tumhari tabiyat kharab ho jaayegi...

Aapko kya fark padta hai Virat sir, vaise bhi ab aap to theek hai...kuch din baad mai yaha se chali bhi jaaungi...

Virat remembers sai being impatient to get an accomodation. He thinks that he will make sure that Sai is over the nightmare called jagtap before she thinks to leave him...

He realises that the trauma is too deep in her mind and soul and she needs help. He can't leave her...she needs him now more than ever.

Next morning,

He takes appointment of a well known psychiatrist to discuss Sai's problem. He goes alone, knowing that Sai will reject his request... Psychiatrist after listening to her problem, advises him to make efforts so that she can trust him again. Another thing is he could help her relax with the help of meditation or yoga...his face gets brightened up listening about yoga, forgetting the dreaded two days of his life. He thinks to set up a yoga camp for Sai in the lawn of Chavan Niwas early in the morning where he himself would be Sai's yoga guru. She might actually start opening up to him, forgetting there is another who is dying to open up to him.

He tries to make arrangements for the same late at night to avoid anyone else seeing and making a drama out of nothing, but his act is not hidden by his Night watchman Vahini. She gets happy seeing Virat with yoga mats thinking Virat wants to rekindle the romance between them...the two days which changed her life, impacted him too, whatever he might think. She goes to her room to get her tracks and mat ready and thinks of surprising him like he wants to surprise her in her delusional world. She goes and sleep in the lawn only, on the yoga mat, so that whenever Virat comes she would know and they could start refreshing their yoga memories asap. On the other hand, Virat thinks to keep his arrangements a secret from Sai. He can't wait for morning to spend time with Sai, to be a part of journey of being truly free of her fears while didi can't wait for morning to be with Virat in hopes of rekindling their romance.

It's morning 5am, Virat searches for Sai, who is at kitchen completing her share of household chores. He drags her to the lawn without saying anything, while Sai is very angry at him. Virat doesn't let her say much thinking her anger would go off after hearing her idea and actually when she gets peace of mind by yoga, sai is losing patience but doesn't shout at him since all others are sleeping. They reach the lawn and there they see Pakhi didi warming up...

Sai's upper bulb fuses now... Virat sir, ye tha aapka surprise, looking at Pakhi.

Tum yaha kya kar rahi ho Pakhi... Virat in confusion asks. Sai wants to leave but he holds her hand tightly.

Virat, tum aise kaise baat kar rahe ho...bhool gaye humare yoga camp ke din. Mujhe pata hai Virat tumne ye sab mere liye, humare liye kiya hai... Aao Virat yoga kare...

Jaaiye na virat sir, aapki best friend bula rahi hai...aur mera haath chhodiye mujhe aur bhi kaam hai... Vaise bhi paying guest ki tarah rahungi to kuch kaam to karna hi padega na... With that Sai jerks his hand...

Virat is hurt...sai, I can explain...please...

Virat, dekha apni biwi ko...ise bas manmarzi karni hai aur badtameezi karni hai... vaapas aayi hi kyu ye, itna hi tha to...

Basss Pakhi...

Virat tum mujhe kya chup karaate rehte ho...bhoolo mat humari pavitra dosti ke rang... hearing this much, Sai leaves...

Tum ek dogule, dhokebaaz insaan ho viraat, jisse pyaar karke maine apni zindagi barbaad kar li..

Apni bakwaas band karo..

Beizzati hui hai...Pakhi didi sits on yoga mat crying...

Virat goes to Sai... please meri baat suno sai.. aisa kuch nahi hai jaisa tum soch rahi ho..please

Nahi Virat sir, aapko mujhe safaai dene ki koi zaroorat nahi hai, apna yoga camp enjoy kijiye, aapki best friend wait kar rahi hongi.. he holds her hand in helplessness... sai tum kabhi meri baat kyu nahi sunti, while Sai looks angrily at his handhold...

Sorry sai par meri baat sun lo...mera haath chhodiye Virat sir mujhe dard ho raha hai..he leaves her hand.

Sai, vo sab maine tumhare liye kiya tha, Pakhi ke liye nahi..pata nahi kaha se aa gayi

Oh, mujhe to pata hi nahi tha Virat sir ki mai bhi yoga karti hu... bhooliye mat poore ghar me yoga ka shauk aapko aur Pakhi didi ko hai aur aapko unke saath wakt bitaana hai to jaaiye, vaise bhi vo ab bhi aapka intezaar kar rahi honge...

Sai, tum hi thi na jo Kamal sir ko yoga karaana chahti thi unke VRS lene ke baad, to ab jab mai tumhare saath yoga karna chahta hu to tumhe problem kya hai...

Virat goes from there to his room, sai sulks...she remembers her Aaba.

Sai gets ready for college, is ready to leave.. Virat is nowhere to be seen..sai is affected by his absence but remains indifferent. Everyone asks about him to her, sge doesn't have an answer, soon the questions turn to taunts and a full fledged drama gets started by fuel provided by Pakhi didi.

Sai somehow manages to escape the unwanted daily drama to find Virat waiting for her in the car. She gets angrier because of this, since his absence was the reason that she had to listen to so much.

He stands there, opens the car door and holds it for her, so that she can sit and he can spend time with her, maybe clear some of her misunderstandings.

Sai is clearly not in mood. She moves past him and starts to move fast, Virat tries to catch her but she starts to run faster now, all panicky. He backs off, since in panic state, she may get into accident which he doesn't want.

She goes to college via bus, exhausted by the happenings of the day, relaxes a bit with her college mates, has plans to go to check some PG for herself, since she isn't getting a hostel room, due to Chavan niwas drama. She books a cab to reach the PG location soon as to not get late past the CN curfew time. She sits in a cab but the cab driver seems suspicious, he goes the wrong way, different from the Google maps. The car is centrally locked. Sai threatens him by showing the knife she has started keeping to shoo off jagtap goons. She starts fighting with her full power to see the face of the driver clearly and finally finds that the driver is none other than ACP Virat Chavan...

Virat sir, ye sab kya hai? She asks, agitated...

Tum meri baat suno uske liye ek choti si koshish...

Choti si koshish? Mujhe heart attack aa jaata to aapki choti si koshish me...

Kuch nahi hota...mai hu na...

Ha ha, isi ka to darr hai...Par aap yaha se mujhe kaha lekar jaa rahe hai?

Chalo Sai, sab pata chal jaayega... He takes her to the psychiatrist he has been seeing to discuss her problem...

Virat sir, hum yaha kyu aaye hai... Itni bheed hai, phir late ho jaayenge ghar pohochne me, phir mahabharat chhid jaayegi...

Kuch nahi hoga... Mai hu na tumhare saath aur bhoolo mat sai tumhara husband ek IPS officer hai.

They are attended by the psychiatrist asap, the psychiatrist tries to get Sai open up about the trauma. First she is apprehensive but then she gets opened up slowly slowly, her major grievance is Virat's behaviour, along with V-P dosti and last but not the least, Jagtap's harassment which has had an affect on Sai's mind. She breaks down, both psychiatrist and Virat give her time to gather herself.

The psychiatrist advises them to start over again and Virat to try to become Sai's confidante, Sai to try to trust on Virat again. Sai isn't interested since she is going to leave CN in some days and doesn't have patience to fall in trap again. Doctor also asks Virat to start anger management classes and Sai to accompany him to see the change in his anger, how he controls it. Virat asks the doctor to clear to Sai that yoga was his idea which psychiatrist agrees. Sai feels a bit guilty of over reacting in the morning... 

With the whole session Sai starts getting soft with Virat again, her walls which were 2X after whatever happened, start to lower down again. Virat arranges for a coffee date at night for the two of them to which she agrees... He also doesn't want to give anymore surprises to her after the morning aftermath, hence tells her about his plan to go for a morning walk the next morning...he adds this is all because of psychiatric advise which she agrees. 

There is a new beginning in their lives, everything looks good, they are finding each other filling the gap in life which was left vacant by Virat's behaviour and Sai's departure and subsequent indifferent behaviour. Patralekha, seeing all this feels jealous but helpless since she can't create anymore misunderstandings due to the new found communication and clarity of thoughts between them.

Sai goes to check a few PGs for the next few days but some are not good to live, some, which she liked had clauses like single ladies won't be given the PG

Virat starts planning surprise outings, lunch, dinner dates and getting gifts for Sai... He starts going out of his comfort zone to do things, he normally won't, like cooking for her her favourite dishes etc. In reciprocation to Virat's attempts and actions, sai started getting her warmth, that smile, the confidence back. The nightmares which were frequent in the beginning, started to get less, to only be nil in some days.

Now, tired of finding a decent PG as well as not wanting to shift out of CN to not lose whatever she has with Virat (not friendship yet), she decides to drop the idea of shifting to PG without informing clearly to anyone but dropping hints to Virat especially, in conversations, which make him happy.

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This was a bit tough to write, had to give it more thought than I give to my other stories. Hope I could do some justice, if not, apologies. 

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