There was pin drop silence..Aalekh looked around...no one wass there...He went up to megha and gave her a hug ..
Aalekh-How are you megha ???
She smiled ..
Megha-Cadet Aalekh Sharma...what exactly do you think you are doing???...
Aalekh smiled..
Aalekh-Please....humein hardly thoda time milta hain .. dont be so formal ..
She smiled..
They both sat down...
Aalekh-Will you be distracted today also ?
Megha-Huh ?
Aalekh-I left the class purposely during your trial ... muski messaged naina...i knew you couldnt concentrate one bit on the class coz of me..
Megha blushed..
Aalekh-Right noe?
Megha-Kind of ..
Aalekh smiled..
He went closer to her ear..
Aalekh-Aaj raat ko mere saath dinner ??
Megha-Hmm ... ye..yes
Aalekh-Lights out ke baad jayengey ....
Megha smiled..
Aalekh-You know its damn exciting...rules todhna....wo bhi apne senior ko date pe le janey ki liye....wow !!..
Megha smiled..
Aalekh-Woh Raj ..
Megha laughed..
Megha-Raj ko le jayein date par ..
Aalekh-Nahi ...uh woh mera matlab ki woh ghar par akela..
Megha-Akela nahi hain ....
Aalekh-Toh phir ?
Megha-Rahul ne apne job timings change ki hain mere liye....woh night shifts karta hain .... aur din main raj ke saath ....maine bahut mana kiya lekin usney suna hi nahi....woh it seems jab naina yahan aayi thi tab bhi usney apne conveinience ke liye timings change kiye the...woh ladkiyyon ke maddad karta hain ..
She said with a smile..
Aalekh-Rahul is a really nice guy ..
Megha nodded..
Aalekh-Aur bc ne kya kaha?
Megha-Unhoney kaha ki woh mujhe yahan har rooz kaam karney nahi de saktey ....curricullum and all that....he said once in a week is cool ... he'l try and make it twice a week...ussey zyada as of now its not possible..
Aalekhs face fell ..
Megha-Aur kyuni woh mujhe sirf 2 din bulayengey paisey bhi sirf do din dengey ....which leaves me with hardly anything..
Aalekh-Megha...tum koi part time kyun nahi kar leti ... i mean KMA main tumhara...they'l give you peanuts for those 2 days..i mean 8 days a month.....how much are they giving you anyway ??
Megha-Not much Aalekh...hardly anything i need to sustain ... ..... i have to look out for something...rahul ko kaha hain ... lets see ....i mean i m sure if i would be working everyday i would have got enough ... but ab toh ..
Aalekh squeezed her hand..
Aalekh-Everything will fall in place..Give it some time..
She nodded.
Megha-I need to get raj to a school also .... i have to free rahul ... he cant keep working in the nights...and raj is missing out on education ...i need money for his education ...how would i ...........
Just then Megha saw Sameera .....standing close to them ..
Megha-Ahh cadet sameera...
Aalekh jerked away from megha...and stood next to sameera..
Sameera looked confused but dint ask anything...she dint say a word !!...
Megha-Main 2 minute main ayyi ..
Aalekh thought sameera would question him .... but she choose not to interfere in his matters...
Aalekh-Kuch puchna nahi chathi ??
Sameera-Main ?... nahi toh .... kyun....kuch puchna tha kya ??
Aalekh nodded in the negative and smiled...she was such a sweetheart !!....if it would have been yudi or even worse huda they would have ragged the shit out of him...
All the cadets came and megha took the class as usual .... but she definately seemed a little down ..
Muskaan whispered to aalekh..
Muskaan-Yeh itni sad kyun hain ?
Aalekh-Honi toh aaj khush chahiye..but saleey BC ne sab kuch kharab kar diya...
Muskaan looked at him confused..
Muskaan-I am missing out on two things...one why she should be happy and two what did bc say...as soon as we get out of here you are telling me both..
Aalekh nodded..
A little ahead of them Megha was having some sort of interactive session with huda and yudi.
Megha-Ok you guys can go ..
Yudi-Ma'am ... hum ek dusrey ko bahut achi tarah se toh nahi jantey par kind of jantey toh hain na ...aap aaj bahut sad sad lag rahi hain ....
Huda-Puchney ka haq toh nahi lekin koi problem ... hum aapki koi maddad kar saktey hain ?
Megha smiled.
Megha-Thankyou cadets....and i m really touched by your concern...dont worry tumhair teacher itni weak nahi ....kaafi strong hoon ....
Huda-Yeh huyi na baat....
Megha smiled...huda left ..
Yudi-Ma'am kabhi bhi aapko aggar hum main se kisi ki bhi zarrorat hoon toh feel free...hum aapki maddad zaroor karengey ...akhir we are all like friends also na ..
Megha-Thankyou cadet yudi ...
Aalekh saw the scene..
Aalekh-Sala cockroach .... dekh kaisey flirt kar raha hain uskey saath ..
Muskaan laughed...
Aalekh gave her a glare...she stopped laughing and tried to make a serious face....
Aalekh-Sala cockroach !!...
Muskaan burst out laughing again ..
Megha-Cadet Muskaan Singh Shekhwat...
Muski looked up in shock ..
Megha-Joke kya tha ki aap itna haseey jaa rahi hain..
Muskaan-Nahi meg....nahi maam...kuch nahi ..
Megha-Bina kisi karan key tum hassey jaa rahi hoon ..😆😉
Muskaan-Nahi .. woh .. i mean
Megha-Enough cadet....this will not do in my class..😆😛😉
Muskaan-Yes ma'am ..
Aalekh smiled..😛
Aalekh-Dost dost na raha !!..
He said loud enough for muskaan to hear...
"Second line nahi gaonga.."
He muttered..
Muskaan punched him ..
Aalekh-Owww !!
Megha-Thats enough...Cadet Muskaan and Cadet Aalekh...both of you leave the class....you both can get back inside.....dismiss !!
Muskaan-Lekin ma'am
Megha-Dismiss..😃😆
Aalekh looked at her with a puppy face..
Megha-dismiss cadet aalekh !!!.............................😛
They both turn around and leave..
10 minutes later..
You could see Aalekh and Muskaan siting..
Muskaan-Abhi gaa na...second line ke saath ..
Aalekh-Dost dost na raha....pyaar pyaar na raha....zindagi humein tera etbaar naa raha...etbaar na raha...dost dost na raha pyaar pyaar na raha....
Muskaan-I cant believe ...she threw us off ...
Aalekh-She threw me off ..
Muskaan-Anyway big deal !!...
Muskaan smiled..
Muskaan-Abhi dono baatein bol ..
Aalekh-BC ne usko sirf haftey main ek din ka kaam diya hain ... which means ek din ka paisa which is like few freaking bucks.... aur kal raat ko woh mere kamrey main ayyi sab kuch kaha aur aaj raat main ussey date par le jaa raha hoon... my senior is officially my girlfriend..
Muskaan smiled and hugged aalekh..
Muskaan-Congrax aalekh...i m so happy for both of you but this bladi BC...bichari ..
Aalekh- I know..bahut tension hain usko ...mainly financial...raj school bhi nahi jata...she needs to send him there...bina paisoon ke kaisey karein ..
Muskaan-Damn !!
Aalekh-I feel helpless....kya karron ki woh khush jo jaye..kya karoon ki uskey chehrey par ek muskaan aa jayee...muski i cannot help her financially...i just cannot....what will i do later....am not independent myelf how will i sustain the family...
Muskaan placed a hand on his shoulder..
Muskaan-Kuch na kuch karengey... ok ...
aalekh sighed..
Aalekh-Kuch nahi hoga..
Muskaan-Dekh aalekh..main hoon na...i wont let you down...we'l work out something...
Aalekh nodded..
Muskaan-Just enjoy yourself tonight ....make her feel good..
Aalekh nodded..
Muskaan-Tu idhar ruk ... main abhi ayyi ..
She got back some 10 minutes later
Muski-Jitna mujhse hua....mera collection plus bhai se thousand rupees liya...tere aur megha ke liye..
Aalekh-Muski pagal ho gayyi hain kya..
Muski-Please aalekh..mana mat kar...waisey bhi main bhai ko lauta rahi hoon rahul se lekar....aur rahul ke paisey mere paisey huye na...aur tu chup chap le jaa....warna khayega mujhse..
Aalekh-Muski tu ..
Muski-Please aalekh...le jaa....i dont need money...rahul hain uskey liye....same thing megha would think....you have to pay..
Aalekh-Main kahin aur se le longa..tu please
Muski-Shut up aalekh...megha se pyaar karta hain toh tu yeh paisa rakhega..
Muski smiled..she knew how to get things done..
Aalekh gave her a hug..
When they broke megha had arrived..
Megha-Hey guys ....kaisa tha class??
Muskaan gave her a glare..
Megha-Sorry..it was too tempting to be able to throw you guys off and not do that..😆😆
Muskaan-Megha..i hate you ..
Megha-I m sorry baba...it was just exciting...where do i get such chances...
Aalekh-What was my mistake...
Megha-No mistake of yours...only thing your friend pulled you in .. now in front of the whole class i cant be partial to you na....then what will they think ?? 😛
She said with a smile..
Megha-I m sorry ..
Aalekh-Its ok ..
Muskaan-Its not ok ..
Megha smiled..muski and her fake anger..
Megha-I m sorry baba..jus you know i got here now only and i had the authority to throw you out...it was damn exciting...
Muski burst out laughing..
Muski-I hate you megs !!
Megha-I dint say i love you either..
Muski-Yeah yeah say it over there..
She pointed to aalekh...
Megha-Muski !!!!!!!!!!!!
She smiled...
The 3 of them smiled..
Muskaan-Errm...for the first time i m feeling weird ...i guess i should get going..
Aalekh-Wow !! .... Smart girl... what are you waiting for..??
Muskaan hit him and left ...
Aalekh looked at megha..
Megha-I m truly sorry if you felt bad...it was just for fun ..
Aalekh-Its ok megha !!...relax...me and muski are used to being thrown out of class !!..
Megha smiled..
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Around an hour later Muski went and called rahul..
Muski-Wassup Mr.Hotty ??
Rahul smiled..
Rahul-Hows my sweetheart ?
Muski-Gud !!
Muski heard some noises in the background..
Muski-Where are you jana?
Rahul-At home...
Muski-Shouldnt you be at the office Mr.Grewal ?
Rahul-i ev switched to nights muski ... take care of raj in the day ..
SILENCE !!
Rahul-Muski ... you der ?
Muski-Ye..yeah ..
Rahul-Muski i know what youre thinking....i m sorry muski .. but i dint have a choice...megha was looking for a nanny...i just cant let that happen to raj ... i ev gone thru it muski and its horrible....i dont want raj to suffer....its not meghas mistake either...but just that i could be of help and i dint want that to happen to him .. you know i treat raj like a son ... i cant muski ..i cant ..
Muski -Hmm..
She dint know what to say...atleas they used to have their night to sneak out and keep their relationship going...and now if he started working then ..
Muski-Rahul... we used to meet in the night rahul...we used to be happy.....rahul i ...
She took a deep breath ..
Muski-I know what you are doing is right...raj doesnt deserve to suffer ...but rahul what about us ?...you and me...we dont meet otherwise..i sneak out from here at 2ish only for you rahul....i dont sleep so that i can meet you and keep 'us' going !!.... and now ...now we wont meet also ... rahul
Muski beganto sob...she wasnt angry she was shattered..she knew he was right...but still ...
Rahul-Muski .. i know your wild at me...but i promise it wont effect our relationship .. our meetings....i promise to meet you nevertheless...not maybe at 2 but maybe earlier...before i head to work ... i promise....we'l keep meeting despite all this muski ..i'l come before going to work ..
Muski-I dont know rahul..i dont want to loose you and i dont want raj to suffer at the hands of some nanny..i want both these things to work out rahul....i cant loose you ...do something rahul...i'l die if you stop meeting me..
Rahul-I wont muski ...i promise i wont !!.....i'l come...i wil do something and i'l come....i swear to god...i cant stay without you either..
Muski-I want to see you ....
Rahul-You will .. very soon !!..
Muski-I love you !!
Rahul- I love you too muskaan...we'l make it out of this...i promise..
Muski sighed..
Muski-Bye rahul ..
Rahul-Bye !!
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Elsewhere raj was talking to himself..
Tu kar sakta hain ... bas bol de..uskey baad we'l c... tu ek baar bas bol de... you can do it raj you can...
He stood at the door..
Abhi darna ka waqt nahi hain .. do it just do it ... hey bhagwan save me ..
KNOCK KNOCK !!
He took a deep breath .. the door opened...yes it was her...the person in question for the day .. naina's mum
Raj-Namastey auntyjee !!
He touched her feet..
"Saley overaction mat kar ...focus focus "
Maa-Arrey its ok ..
Raj smiled..
Raj-Aunty ... woh main aapse kuch zarroori baat karna chatha tha..
Mom-Haan beta bol ...
Raj-Aunty apney mujhe dil se maaf kiya hain na...jo bhi navin ke saath hua ??
Mom stood up and went to the window..
Mom-Naina ne mujhe sab bataya tha beta....uss waqtt uskey papa ne tumhari ek nahi suni ....tujhe pata hain naina ka dil bahut bada hain aur bahut saaf....woh hamesha dusroon ko baat karney ka mauka deti hain ... tumharey saath bhi toh usney waisey hi kiya....aur tumhe maaf kar diya....kyunki tumne ussey navin ki yaadein di aur apna jurm kabul kar diya....aur woh toh jurm bhi nahi tha...woh bas mere bete ki icha thi ..
Raj-Aunty mera yakeen mano ... uss waqt koi bhi chara nahi tha...it was either death or torture...and navin choose death ...
Aunty-Jaanti hoon .... jaaney de na...
Raj-Toh ab jab apney sarri purani baatein bhola di hain toh ek nayii baat puchoon ?
Aunty smiled..
Aunty-Puch ..
Just then naina came out of the bathroom ... her towel tied around her hair...
Naina-Hey !!
Raj-Hi Naina...woh main aunty se kuch zaroori baat kar raha tha...you could join us ..
Naina nodded...
She knelt down before her mom and next to raj ..
Naina-Maa....inn kuch dinoo main maine aapse kuch chupaya hain ... and i m feeling terrible....main aapse kuch kehna chathi hoon ....
Aunty - Naina....bol na beta....raj bhi kuch kehna chatha tha aur tu bhi ... kahin tum dono ek hi baat toh nahi ..
Raj-Haan aunty hum ek hi baat kehna chthe hain ... aunty main ..
Naina looked at Raj reassuringly..
Raj-Aunty main aur naina... hum ek dusrey se bahut pyaar kartey hain ...
Silence...
Raj looked at naina then at ma ... no one said anything !!
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