Forever and For Always (MN &SG) ff-ch7-pg38 - Page 13

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Part 4:

Samrat laid his head on the aircraft seat, and closed his eyes. Gunjan could feel his stress. She knew he was going through a lot. This had meant to be their honeymoon, but neither of them knew they would end up making an impossible promise to their mother, to bring back her lost son. Gunjan looked at Samrat, once more, and sighed.

"If you couldn't handle it, you could have just told ma." Gunjan said softly. Samrat looked at Gunjan, and just let out a sigh. Gunjan slowly held his hand, and laid her head on his shoulder. "I'm sure ma would understand. Samrat, I know, somewhere, I forced you into taking this decision. But now I realize, how hard it can be, to look for someone whom you haven't been in touch with, since the past eight years."

Samrat just placed his hand around Gunjan's shoulder. "I know it's really hard. Gunjan, I don't know why, but I feel, even if we find Mayank, he'll never agree to come back with me." Samrat confided. Gunjan lifted her head and looked at Samrat in a confused expression. Samrat acknowledged Gunjan's confused expression and simply smiled. "Bro and I had had an argument one day, which led to bro leaving the house the very next day."

"What argument? What was it regarding?" Gunjan asked inquisitively.

"Well, bro always thought that mom and dad loved me more than him. Well, to an extent, he was right. Dad always ill treated him, and forced him into doing things he never was interested in. However, I always had the liberty to choose whatever I wanted. But I loved bro more than anyone in this world. But somewhere, bro always held a grudge against me. Mom was the only one who loved both of us equally; in fact sometimes she even pampered Mayank a lot. And it was her idea to send both of us to New York, to study. But Mayank never made good progress in school, and kept failing in each and every subject. So one day, I just thought of talking to him about it, and tried to explain it, but seems like all those years of grudge that he held against me, just came out in one shot. And he said he couldn't stand me anymore, so he just left the house the very next day." Samrat said, his eyes welling up as he recounted the memories of the past.

Gunjan looked at him. She could feel his pain. She had similar conflicts with her sister when she was younger, but now things were finally better between them. She placed her hand on his shoulder, with a look of understanding in her eyes. "I totally understand how ugly and complicated sibling rivalry could get. But I'm sure you had never intended to hurt him, right?" Gunjan comforted.

Samrat looked at Gunjan and shook his head in response. "You don't understand, Gunjan. I loved bro more than anyone else in this world. It just hurts me that he never loved me back as his brother. He always had hated me, ever since I was born." Samrat explained, tears slowly streaming down his cheeks.

Gunjan could feel her eyes moistening. She hugged Samrat tightly.

"I'm sure everything will be fine. We'll definitely find him, I promise. You please don't lose hope. Things will definitely work out." Gunjan said reassuringly, and she hugged Samrat tighter.

"We request all of you to fasten your seatbelts, as we're ready to take off" a voice was heard announcing. Samrat and Gunjan broke out of their hug and fastened their seatbelts, while they waited for the plane to take off.

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Nupur was dressed in a pretty, baby pink colored evening gown, while she sat at her dressing table, applying mascara.

"Nupur, you aren't ready yet?" Dia asked her, entering her room.

Nupur was still engrossed in applying her mascara. "Hold up Dia, I'm almost done. It's just a party, so how does it matter if we're late or not." She said.

"Fine, take your time then. Oh, yeah, before I forget, how was your meeting today? Did things work out? I mean, did you sign the contract?" Dia asked Nupur, looking at her curiously.

Nupur abruptly stopped applying her mascara and turned to look at Dia angrily. "Don't you even remind me of that!" she snapped.

Dia was a little take aback by Nupur's response. It wasn't like Nupur to lose her cool. Surely something must have happened that she's reacting this way.

"What's wrong Nupur?" Dia asked her patiently.

Nupur took a deep breath in to calm herself down. She then shook her head. "Well, nothing really, just had a tiring day today" Nupur replied, and suddenly frowned as she recounted whatever happened earlier in the day.

"Nupur, you look different. Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Dia asked her, now losing her patience.

"Look Dia, it's better if we don't go there. I really am in no mood to even think about it." Nupur said curtly.

"Fine, as you please. Now get ready soon and come down. Tina and I will be waiting for you." Dia said and then left from there.

Nupur felt bad for being so rude to Dia and she completely blamed Mayank for it.

She was finally done with applying her mascara, so she slowly got up and walked downstairs to the living room.

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Mayank was on his way home, when RV called him up.

"Yeah dude, tell me" Mayank answered. He seemed in pretty high spirits.

"Dude, you seem pretty happy. What's on?" RV asked him curiously.

"I'll tell you later. Why did you call?" Mayank said indifferently.

"Hey, you said you'll be coming to the party, right?" RV asked him.

"Yeah, I'll just change and meet you there." Mayank replied.

"Do you even know who's throwing the party?" RV said.

"You could fill me in once I get there" Mayank said impatiently and then hung up.

He finally stopped in front of his house, and quickly went in to get dressed. He knew he had to be quick enough, otherwise Nikki would stop him. He slowly walked in when someone called out to him.

"Mayank!" It was Nikki. She was looking at him suspiciously. Mayank looked at her and smiled sweetly.

"Hi Nikki" he greeted her. Just then, he saw someone standing beside her.

Mayank recognized him instantly. "Hey Abhi!" he called out to him.

Abhi a.k.a Abhimanyu Modi was Nikki's fianc. They were to get married earlier, but Nikki kept postponing the marriage, hoping that Mayank would finally live a settled life. Going by looks, you may have guessed that he was the angry young man types, but he was completely the opposite. Abhi loved Nikki a lot, and respected her decisions. He agreed with her that first Mayank needed to get settled. He was ready to wait for as long as he needed to, to get married to Nikki. They both loved each other a lot.

"Hey bro" Abhi called back to Mayank. Mayank approached them, and then gave Abhi a warm friendly hug. Nikki stood there, watching her two favorite guys hugging each other. She couldn't help but smile at the thought that she was so lucky to have two guys who cared so much for her. One, whom she loved dearly as a brother, and the other, well, whom she dearly loved.

Mayank then broke out of the hug and bent down to hug Nikki. Nikki hugged him back and smiled. "So, how was your day at work today?" she asked him.

Mayank quickly broke out of the hug and looked at Nikki with a wide grin playing on his lips. "You know Nikki; I never knew that work could be so much fun. Thanks for forcing me to go; otherwise I would have missed out on a lot of fun." Mayank said, still grinning.

Nikki looked confused at this statement of his. "What do you mean?" she asked him suspiciously. "Mayank, I thought you were going for work. Did you defy me and go partying instead?"

Mayank shook his head. "There's no way I would defy my sweet sister. I'm just saying that working is fun." Mayank answered. "And you know what; we got the contract from Bhushan Industries finally."

Nikki looked excited by this piece of news. Finally Mayank was learning his responsibility. Maybe this would work out earlier than expected. "That's great!" she exclaimed happily. She turned to Abhi and looked at him happily.

Abhi noticed Nikki's happy expression and smiled and looked at Mayank.

"Well I think I can finally marry Nikki then, right Mayank?" he said, grinning at Mayank and then looking lovingly at Nikki. Nikki simply blushed at that.

Mayank noticed Abhi giving loving looks to Nikki and Nikki blushing. He just smiled. "You're right bro." Mayank agreed. "I guess I should leave you guys alone now. There's a party I have to attend."

Nikki suddenly looked at Mayank. "Mayank remember, you have to be home by twelve." Nikki said, glaring at him. Mayank nodded in agreement.

Mayank then left from there to get changed. He was soon ready and he left from there, for the party.

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Nupur, Dia and Tina had finally reached the party. It was pub, and everyone was already dancing. Nupur was least interested in the party, so she went and sat down at the bar counter. The bar tender asked her if she would like some drinks but Nupur just refused and looked at everyone dancing happily.

Tina had followed Nupur till the bar counter too.

"Bored already?" she asked Nupur, looking disappointed since this party was organized by her boyfriend, on the occasion of both of them getting married next week.

Nupur looked up at Tina and noticed her disappointment. She smiled and shook her head. "Not bored Tina, just not in the mood to party." Nupur replied. Tina took a seat beside Nupur.

"I told Akshay that all this wasn't needed. A simple dinner would be much preferable. I just hate pubs." Tina complained. She kept searching the crowd, looking for someone. "I wonder where he is. I swear I'll murder him if he doesn't show up."

Nupur looked at Tina and smiled. "Don't worry Tina, he'll surely come. He might be stuck up somewhere." Nupur assured her.

Just then, a guy came and covered Tina's eyes.

"Aki!" Tina exclaimed happily. Akshay removed his hands from around her eyes. Tina stood up and looked at Akshay. She instantly hugged him.

"I thought you wouldn't turn up"

Akshay broke out of the hug, and cupped her face in his hands. He gently pressed his lips against Tina's and kissed her, while Tina kissed him back happily.

Nupur was watching all of this and simply smiled. She saw them kissing, and suddenly recollected the way she had kissed Mayank outside the shopping mall today. She was completely lost in the kiss. Nupur suddenly snapped out of her thoughts. What were you just thinking about, miss Nupur Bhushan? She scolded herself mentally.

Tina and Akshay finally broke out of the kiss. Akshay saw Nupur sitting there all alone, and smiled. "Hey Nupur" he greeted her warmly. Nupur looked at him and smiled sweetly.

"Hi Aki" she greeted him back warmly.

"Nupur, you're not dancing?" Akshay asked her.

Nupur shook her head. "No partner" she joked and then smiled at Akshay. Akshay returned the smile back.

Dia was already on the dance floor, dancing happily. Just then, someone approached her. "Hey beautiful, mind a dance?" he asked her. Dia looked at the guy who just asked her to dance. He seemed pretty hot, and dashing. Without thinking, she just nodded.

"Hi, I'm RV" he said. Dia smiled at him. "I'm Dia" she said.

They both began dancing and enjoying each others company immediately.

Tina was busy talking to Akshay, while Nupur just sat and watched them. She hadn't been so bored before. She looked at the dance floor and saw Dia dancing with some guy. They both seemed to be enjoying each others company a lot.

Nupur was broken out of her reverie when she felt someone standing beside her. But apparently, he wasn't looking at her, and had his back faced to her. Nupur didn't give a damn and got back to her thoughts.

"Hey Mayank" Akshay said, when he saw the guy standing in front of him. He gave him a friendly hug. Mayank smiled. "Hey bro" he said.

Nupur who was all this while lost in thoughts was snapped out of them when she heard Mayank's name. What the heck is he doing here? She thought to herself. She saw Akshay hugging Mayank. Tina seemed to be smiling at Akshay's super excited expression.

"Hey Tina" Mayank greeted her. Tina smiled at him. "What Aki, you never told me that you're getting married!" Mayank complained, looking at Akshay.

Akshay just punched Mayank lightly on his chest. "You just don't talk. You never got in touch with me for one whole month! Where the heck were you?" Akshay asked him.

"Probably kissing girls" Nupur muttered angrily under her breath, which didn't go unnoticed by Mayank. He turned around only to see Nupur sitting there, glaring angrily at him. He had a wide grin on his face.

"Hi Nupur" he said sweetly, giving his sweetest smile ever. Nupur didn't want to hurt Tina and Akshay's feelings so she smiled back. "Hi" she replied.

Akshay and Tina both looked confused. These two already knew each other?

"Nupur, you know him?" Akshay asked her, looking confused.

Nupur just nodded.

"Hey that's great then, you guys could dance together." Tina suggested.

Nupur stared at Tina in disbelief while Mayank simply grinned.

"Yeah Nupur, you anyway didn't have a partner right, well, Mayank could dance with you." Akshay said, agreeing with Tina.

"Aki, I'm in no mood to dance" Nupur retorted. There was no way she was going to dance with this jerk of a Mayank.

"Come on Nupur, if you don't dance, I'll feel that you're finding this party boring." Tina said. Even Akshay made a puppy dog look face. Nupur simply sighed helplessly.

"Well, only if he asks me to dance. I'm not going to initiate the dance." Nupur said, looking angrily at Mayank.

"That's not a problem." Akshay said, smiling. He turned to look at Mayank.

"Mayank, do the honors please, 'because I really want to spend some time alone with Tina." He then winked at Tina, who simply blushed.

Mayank nodded and then went closer to Nupur. He held out his hand for Nupur. "Mind a dance?" he asked her politely. Nupur eyed him with suspicion. Either he was genuinely a gentleman, or was just simply an amazing actor.

Nupur slowly gave him her hand, and they both moved on to the dance floor, beside Dia and RV.

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Gunjan seemed to be too engrossed in her work, while Samrat slept. It was a good thing Gunjan had decided to carry her laptop along with her, since she anyway wasn't too sleepy, so she decided to get to work sooner. Everyone in the aircraft was peacefully asleep, while Gunjan worked on her laptop. She kept checking random websites to find out a way to find Mayank, but all her efforts were in vain. She tried all the websites, but found nothing relevant.

"I don't think I'll be able to do anything myself, since I know nothing about Mayank. I cannot even guess where he could have gone, since I don't know what kind of a personality he has." Gunjan sighed.

Gunjan just gave up on her research, and shut her laptop, and just rested her head on Samrat's shoulder, and closed her eyes. She desperately wanted to relieve Samrat off the stress, and would do anything that she could for it.

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Mayank and Nupur were standing on the dance floor, but neither of them seemed to be in a mood to dance. Nupur stood there, looking at Dia and RV, while Mayank seemed unaware of anything. The background music abruptly stopped playing and everyone seemed pretty annoyed.

"Sorry guys," the DJ announced. "But here's a special dedication for the soon-to be couple"

Suddenly, a lighter, romantic music began playing in the background. Nupur instantly recognized the song. It was one of her favorites. All the couples got together and began dancing, while Mayank and Nupur stood completely still.

All of a sudden, Nupur couldn't bear it any longer. "Mayank, have we just come here to stand like complete morons?" she asked him angrily. "Come on now, aren't you going to ask me to dance?" she glared at Mayank, who seemed pretty clueless about anything.

"Fine," he said. He slowly gave his hand out to her, which Nupur readily took. Mayank slowly wrapped his hands around her waist, while Nupur placed her hands around his neck, and they began dancing. Nupur was totally lost with the music, and Mayank was confused. He had this strange feeling in him, which he couldn't understand. They continued to dance, till the song finally ended.

Nupur slowly removed her hands from around Mayank's neck, and Mayank removed his hands from around her waist.

Nupur slowly walked away from the dance floor, and went and sat down at the bar counter. Mayank followed her, and sat down beside her, and ordered the bar tender to make him a drink. He kept moving his fingers on the table, while Nupur just kept looking in the direction of the dance floor.

Mayank wasn't the types who could stay quiet for long, so he decided to break the silence first. "So, well, who's this Ricky?" he asked, as he couldn't think of anything better.

Nupur looked at him angrily. "Listen, I am in no mood to discuss him." She snapped.

Both were silent for a while. Mayank had given up on Nupur. She was totally different from all the other girls he had met.

"Why did you kiss me?" Nupur asked, unable to bear the silence now. Mayank was completely taken aback by this question of hers.

"What do you mean? You were the one who kissed me first." Mayank replied with an 'I-don't-believe-this' look.

"I mean, not outside the mall, but at my house. Why did you kiss me then?" Nupur asked, trying to maintain her cool.

"Oh, that!" Mayank smirked. "Actually, I thought, the best way to get back at you was to kiss you. And clearly enough, you enjoyed it."

Nupur's jaw dropped open. "Enjoyed it? What do you mean by that?" she snapped. "Not in a hundred million years will I ever enjoy kissing you!"

"Oh really, so you mean to say that if I kiss you now, you wouldn't enjoy it?" Mayank asked, grinning at her.

Nupur simply glared at Mayank. "Of course I wouldn't. So just get that false notion out of your head!" she said angrily.

"Chill, I never said I'll kiss you now, did I?" Mayank said, in a mocking tone. "Well, I wouldn't mind if you want me to kiss'.."

"Just hold it!" Nupur said furiously. "Don't you dare!"

Mayank simply chuckled at her reaction, and took his drink from the table, and began drinking it, looking at Nupur intently after each sip. "Want to try out some?" he offered.

"No" Nupur replied angrily. She fixed her gaze on the dance floor again.

"Oh, scared" Mayank said, trying to provoke her. Nupur looked at him angrily. "Why would I be scared?" she demanded.

"Well, then prove it. Let's have a challenge. Let's see who can drink the maximum number of tequila shots." Mayank challenged.

Nupur smirked. "Bring it on" she said, grinning.

Mayank grinned back at her, and ordered the bar tender to keep making the drinks, while they drank one by one.

Nupur was on her fifth, while Mayank had completed his fifth. He still seemed to be in perfect control of himself, since he was pretty used to it. Nupur, however, gave up. She had never had five tequila shots before. Her head felt heavy, and she immediately placed the glass on the table.

Mayank gave a victorious smile and looked at Nupur.

Nupur's head was throbbing with pain, and she clutched it tightly. She wasn't herself. She felt drunk.

Mayank looked at her with concern. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to make her drink those tequila shots. It could take a toll on you if you weren't used to it.

"Mayank, you moorrooonn!" Nupur yelled, pointing a finger at him, completely unaware of what she was doing. Mayank looked at her strangely.

"Nupur, are you drunk?" Mayank asked her, looking confused by her behavior. Nupur raised her eyebrows in a childish manner and smiled back at him innocently.

"No you silly billy, I'm not drunk. Do I look drunk?" she said, giggling.

Mayank just looked at Nupur while she childishly smiled at him.

"Maayaankk, you're so boo-oring!" she began screeching.

Mayank seemed annoyed by this statement of hers. "Excuse me? What do you mean by 'I'm boring'?" he snapped.

Nupur continued to giggle while she answered him in her childish tone. "Of course you're boring. You didn't even ask me for a dance! I want to dance!"

Mayank simply hit his hand to his forehead in irritation, while Nupur kept chanting her mantra of 'I want to dance' in front of Mayank. Mayank was positive he could slap her tight across her face, but avoided saying or doing anything which might make him regret it in future. He just tried to maintain his cool.

"Maayaankk, I want to dance, understand!" Nupur began yelling on top of her voice.

Mayank was grateful that they were in a pub, where people were only just too busy dancing. Had it been a quieter place, this entire drama created by Nupur wouldn't have gone unnoticed. Mayank just sighed helplessly.

"She seems drunk" the bartender interjected, startling Mayank. He looked at the bartender and nodded helplessly.

"I know she's drunk." He sighed.

While Mayank spoke to the bartender, Nupur kept giving him impatient glances. Just then, two wildly dressed boys walked up to her.

"Hey beautiful, like a dance?" the taller, muscular guy asked. The guy didn't go unnoticed by Nupur. She slowly raised a finger up at him.

"Ricky?" she asked, pretending to be shocked. Ricky smiled at her sheepishly. "But what about your girlfriend, uh, Krissstyy?" Nupur dragged the name Kristy in the end.

Ricky let out a laugh. He gave a quick glance to Mayank, who seemed to be busy in conversation with the bartender.

"Isn't he your boyfriend?" he looked at Nupur, pointing a finger towards Mayank.

Nupur followed her gaze to where Ricky was pointing, and widened her eyes when she saw who Ricky was pointing at.

"Boyfriend? I don't have any boyfriend!" Nupur said in her typical childish manner.

Ricky let out smirk. "You lied to me, you bad little girl!"

Nupur just threw her hands around Ricky's neck, who instantly caught hold of her by her waist, and they both proceeded to the dance floor.

Mayank was done with his short conversation, and turned around to face Nupur, but was shocked to see that she wasn't sitting there anymore. He looked around, and suddenly spotted her at the dance floor. He was shocked to see her dancing with some unknown guy.

He looked away, but again his eyes rested on Nupur, and the guy beside her. Mayank slowly recognized that guy. It was Ricky, Nupur's ex boyfriend. Mayank saw that Ricky was trying to take advantage of Nupur's drunken state, but he tried to ignore it. But Mayank was helpless, and again his gaze was fixed on the two.

Nupur was dancing happily, moving closer to Ricky. Ricky suddenly caught hold of Nupur by her waist and pulled her as close to him as possible. Nupur didn't seem to mind, and just flung her arms around his neck, pulling him closer as a result. Ricky was about to bend his head down to kiss Nupur, but felt something pulling him away.

Mayank had noticed Ricky trying to get close to Nupur. He also noticed that Nupur wasn't in her senses and seemed to be unaware of all that was happening. He suddenly felt that he had to protect her, that he was the only guy who had the right to touch her. He followed his conscience instantly and got up and moved towards the two. Ricky was just about to kiss Nupur when Mayank came and pulled him by his shirt.

Ricky turned around angrily and was shocked to see Mayank standing there, glaring at him angrily. He instantly started smirking at him.

"Hey dude, any problem?" he asked indifferently.

"Leave Nupur alone," Mayank spoke through gritted teeth.

Ricky just did the opposite and pulled Nupur closer to him, and looked at Mayank, still smirking. "I won't. What are you going to do to me?" he challenged.

"Just leave her alone" Mayank hissed.

"She doesn't seem to mind my closeness, so what's with you? And besides, she told me the truth that you are not her boyfriend, so back off buddy." Ricky said, returning back the glare.

Just then someone called out to him. "Rick, baby, where are you?"

Ricky turned around to see who it was and froze. Kristy was standing just a few feet away, looking out for him. Ricky looked down at Nupur who had her arms wrapped around him. He looked like a thief who had been caught red-handed.

Mayank saw Kristy, and then smirked at Ricky. "Maybe I'm not Nupur's boyfriend, but Kristy surely is your girlfriend?"

Ricky looked really nervous. He gave one glance down towards Nupur, and without thinking twice, he pushed her on to Mayank, and rushed away from there.

Nupur fell on Mayank, and instantly flung her arms around his neck, and buried her head into his chest.

Mayank saw Ricky push Nupur over him, and he instantly wrapped his arms around her protectively. He could feel Nupur's arms around his neck and her face buried into his chest. He gently patted her back once.

"Nupur lets go home".

"I'm not going home, I want to dance," Came Nupur's muffled voice. She held on to Mayank tighter.

Mayank just sighed helplessly. He began dragging her out of the dance floor while Nupur simply resisted. After a lot of efforts, they finally reached the bar counter. With great efforts, Mayank finally managed to make her sit down. Nupur just put her head down on the table. Mayank looked around, to look for the others.

"They left from here." The bar tender said, wiping the rims of the glasses, answering Mayank's unasked question.

Mayank looked at the bar tender in disbelief.

"They asked you to drop her home" the bar tender added, pointing towards Nupur. Mayank slowly looked towards Nupur, who had her head rested on the table.

"Let's go, Nupur" he said softly.

Nupur just raised her head up to look at him. She gave him an innocent questioning look.

Mayank knew it wasn't going to be easy to get her to walk, so he went towards her and carried her in his arms. Nupur just buried her head into his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist, while Mayank began walking towards the parking lot.

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Samrat slowly shifted in his seat, unable to sleep comfortably. He turned to look at Gunjan, but she seemed to be fast asleep. He didn't want to disturb her, so he just looked out of the window instead, though he couldn't see anything. It was just these thoughts that kept haunting him. Where was Mayank? Was he even alive? And if he was, would he ever agree to come back with him?

Samrat felt a hand rest over his shoulder, and he turned around, only to see Gunjan looking at him, having a reassuring look on her face.

"Samrat, I told you everything's going to be fine. Now please get some sleep." She said, with a lot of concern.

Samrat couldn't hold back his emotions, and just hugged Gunjan tightly.

"I love you so much, Gunjan."

Gunjan hugged him back, and patted him gently on his back.

"I love you too Samrat. Don't worry, we'll find Mayank soon, real soon."

hope you liked it. i know it was too long, but hope u didn't get bored.

p.s- sorry for no mayur romance, and yeah, i'll update my ff, but only once in a week. hope u all understand. and please do comment and let me know what you think. please do press the like tab too, especially my silent readers. :)