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Riddhi – kahan? Riddhi looked confused than never

Muskaan – Sanjeevani… she was relaxed wile the rest stare at her as if she was a ghost

Preet – started to laugh hysterically Sanjeevani… aur tum… Sanjeevani jaane ke liye dimaag chahiye you know people with brains not stupid like you Riddhi's and Niki's mouth opened wide as they knew what will be in store for Preet, but for their surprise Muskaan just smiled and came toward him and handed an envelope to him

No one except Preet and Muskaan had any idea what's going on, they looked at Preet for any answers but there was only an expressionless person stood with a pile of papers and then at Muskaan who was waiting for a reply from Preet, tapping her foot and standing proudly arms across her chest. On the last page, Preet's eyes got widen and he fall on the sofa with a shock

Shilpa – Preet! Everyone was shocked by the sight of Preet's Shilpa ran toward Preet with bi, while the girls stood still unknowing what to do

Muskaan – running toward Riddhi and Niki main bhi tumhare saath aati hoon Sanjeevani! She shouted happily, everyone surround her was shocked by this, but afterward they were more than happy for Muskaan and start congratulating her, forgetting all about Preet.

Riddhi – Sanjeevani! Still unable to digest what she heard

Muskaan – twisting Riddhi in to a salsa move main, bhi, tumhare, saath, Sanjeevani ARAHI HOON..

Riddhi – jumping in the air holding on to Muskaan sach?

Muskaan – mu…ch..! She went circle around with her Badi ma!!! Bi!!! She ran toward them and hugged both of them tightly main bohot bohot bohot khush hoon… she said taking blessings from them

As soon as she got Shilpa's and Bi's blessing she ran back to the girls holding on to Niki and shaking her tightly

Muskaan – pata hai Niki… shayad meri kismat main hi hai wahan jana.. kya pata shayad mera Mr right mujhe mil jaye… she instantly stopped and start day dreaming ya phir kisiko mera intezaar ho… she said while a sweet smile went across her face no problems Raj myself arahi hoon Sanjeewani she said dramatically with arm on her forehead

Niki – kisika intezaar toh pata nahi magar shayad kisiko theek karna hai.. After all tum toh hoon jhansi ki rani

Muski – haaaaaaaaan… she looked amusedly at Niki and the rest with a faded smile, but it suddenly vanished magar kisse…?

Rahul – mujhe! Taking the file of Sanjeevani off his face

Atul – Kya? Seating on the sofa in the far corner and looking confused

Rahul – haaaan… mujhe jaana hai Sanjeevani… he pause a bit to see Atul's confused face duffer… yeh file Armaan ne le aaya toh zaroor armaan ko hi jana hai Sanjeevani….

Atul – hey mujhe duffer mat bol… in a baby complaining tone

Rahul – Ok, Ok sorry magar thoda yeh bhi pointing at his head (brains) use kar please…

Atul – haan haan theek hai magar tumhe… looking at Armaan's direction Sanjeevani kyun jana hai… I mean why bother…?

The were seating comfortably in Armaan's bedroom, chatting about Armaan's sudden decision to go to Sanjeewani, Rahul was seating near Armaan's study table and reading the file which Armaan stole from Abhi's office. Atul was enjoying his hot chocolate while seating in the corner trying very hard not to involve

Rahul – haan yaar, what so special about Sanjeevani he was confused

Atul – KYA!?!? Tumhe Sanjeevani kya pata nahi.. He stood up at once firing the question at Rahul who looked very taken back, he shook his head in reply tu mera bhai ho nahi sakta,,, he banged the cup on the wooden coffee table. Both Armaan and Rahul watched Atul's behavior shocked Sanjeevani… the popular placement camp… I mean college… or is it a camp? He questioned himself joh bhi ho wow yaar tumhe pata hai it's a big institution, country mein har top schools mein sirf top 5 candidates ko admissions milti hai.. aur phir un sabko apna choice ka job ko lekhar training dete hai… by now both Rahul and Armaan were listening to Atul carefully with interest urm let say… jaise Rahul koh media side mein interest hai, phir usko apni choice ke job ke liye required chaar courses karna hai… phir exams, practical etc, aur after a year jab tum full qualified ho… chaar best of the best chune jaate hai pure year se… phir woh chaar, the best and the top jobs ke lie nominated ho jate hai… with not much of problems you get the job, the qualification is very important…

Rahul – phir

Atul – phir kya Atul shrug his shoulders apni job karte hai bas.. aur haan waise bhi…

Armaan – interrupting theek hai theek hai, kuch principle koh bhi bolne ke liye chhodo… he laugh at his own comment

Rahul – magar tumhe wahan jane ke kya zaroorat hai.. tumhe toh koi interview nahi dena …

Armaan – tu jaise baat karta hai jaisa tu kuch nahi hai.. Mr. Garewal..

Atul – waise Armaan tu wahan kaise jayega tune toh tumhare studies yahan nahi kiye

Armaan – champ.. tum toh champ se zyada champu talks karte ho.. yeh bhi koi sawal hai Mr brainy.. Mallik industry bhi iss institution ke saath hai na, on the list of the top qualification jobs, aur har company ko apne taraf se teen qualified students ko bhej sakte hai

Rahul – wow yaar itna research toh tune exams ke liye bhi nahi kiya..

Armaan – zaroorat nahi padi… giving him a corner smile

Atul – thinking and counting iska matlab do aur jaaga khali hai…

Armaan – haan.. aur yeh chance sab ko hai even the principal

Rahul – you mean Shashank Gupta…. Armaan looked at him confused principal… Shashank Gupta…

Armaan – haan, Shanky… waise uska naam bohot jana pehchaana lagta hai na..? Gupta… he said trying to think of why it sound so familiar

Atul – Anjali Gupta…?

Armaan – you mean your 'Girlfriend'?? Rahul and Armaan burst out laughing while Atul looked as if he is about to choke

Atul – please.. us arrogant, big headed, over confident… cow…

Armaan – magar manna padega sexy toh hai,, hai na Atul…He said in teasing voice mainly aiming at Atul who just rolled his eyes thinking back to the incident which happened a long time ago, he quickly shrug it off not wanting to think of it

Armaan was about to continue when the door banged open. As always it was his sister, it was natural to her to open the door wide and suddenly, she eyed the 3 guys in front of her angrily. She couldn't stand Rahul scanned him up and down giving him evils, Rahul always make jokes of her which make her irritated. Then she looked at Atul with a smile, her best friend. They were so much a like which make a good friendship between them. However everyone were like brothers to her, to be precise she had 4 brothers in total.

Avni – tumko bulaya hai.. Looking at Armaan who gesture back at her dad aur saath mein abhi bhaiya aur daadi bhi hai…

Armaan – margaya he looked behind him at the boys who signal him good luck they heard a voice from the living room which made Avni jerked

Avni – chalo, chalo… chalona… she picked Armaan's hand and pulls him out of the room

In Riddhi's bedroom, while Muskaan sat happily on the bed, impressed with her results she drank her cup of coffee proudly. Riddhi and Niki were busy cleaning Riddhi's room after the state the turned the room into with the help of Preet. Riddhi was angry at herself as well as Preet because it was his entire fault, her anger didn't go unnoticed by others presenting in the room specially the way she cursed him childishly. They all were busy lost in their own worlds and things they didn't even noticed the presence of Preet. They only noticed him when Riddhi accidentally bumped in to him. Preet was holding a big box, it looked heavy and was easily said by Preet's expressions. Carrying the box Preet came closer to bed and dropped the white box on the bed.

Riddhi – scared, confused, she felt her heart beat rising in each step she took forward Preet… yeh kya hai..?

Muskaan – kahi yeh bomb toh nahi?... her comment made others relaxed a bit although they were looking at her surprised

Preet – Riddhi yeh tumhare liye he said proudly look at Riddhi. Muskaan and Niki both were happy for Riddhi on receiving a gift, but Riddhi was somehow feeling scared unknowing what was inside

As Preet opened the lid Riddhi slowly peeped into the box, when she saw what was inside, her eyes popped opened inside was two large crisp packets. Riddhi's temper started to rise while Muskaan and Niki burst out laughing not able to control their laughter. Preet too laughing with the girls got the two packets of crisp out and passed packet to them to share, while he opened a packet for himself and enjoyed it, while Riddhi stare at them angrily

Preet – taking a bite and noticing Riddhi's expressions mmm….you want some? Move the packet toward her, before she could reply he continued No…? OK… he shrugs his shoulders and went back to eating

Riddhi looked at her friends making fun of her and laughing at her temper, it made her even angrier. She was about to leave when her eyes caught on something, a box shaped thing popping up from the bottom of the large box. Preet saw the concern look on Riddhi's face and saw what she was looking at. After while he gestured her to take a look. She received the box and tried to open it which was parcel in a clever way by attaching it to the box. A little while later on her hand was a beautiful black shining touch screen mobile phone, gifted to her by Preet. She was so overwhelmed and shocked. There were no expressions on her face as she stares at it but no words came out. When Preet gestured her asking her opinion the only thing she could do was to hug him tightly to show her appreciation

At Armaan's house, everybody was looking relaxed after the discussion took place regarding Armaan going to Sanjeewani. After lots of help from family members Armaan finally convinced KD to give him permission to go. Although KD didn't wanted to send him away he has to finally agree with everyone. Armaan sat on the floor placing his head on daadi's lap, he was pleased with himself, Avni was watching TV not worrying about anything and Abhi was on the phone trying to talk to his client in top of the loud noise from the TV

Abhi – ji.. yes.. urm ek minute place his hand over the phone Avni volume low karo…

Avni – Nahi… she shook her head with disapproval

Abhi – Avni!! He snatched the remote and tried to turn down the volume but Avni didn't let him to. There was a little fight between them but Abhi gave up and attend to the call Hi… I am really sorry but Mr. Mishra can I contact you later… yeah sure thanks his smile vanished as soon as he put the call to an end he went toward Avni questioning her for the earlier act

Armaan – watching Avni and Abhi's fight with irritation Daadi…! Mujhe iss jungle se bachao…!

Avni – oh… look who is talking.. tum toh hume chod kar jaraha ho na…

Abhi – I don't care,,, will you just turn down the volume…! Mein ek important call kar raha tha… he tried shouting but Avni ignored him

Daadi – Abhi… tume kitne saal hogaye hai? Everyone looked at Daadi surprised and questioning

Abhi – kya? Kyun daadi…? He questioned her back but seen her expecting an answer he replied 20…

Avni – this sounds interesting she said turning the TV off and making her way to the seat next to daadi

Armaan – kya daadi… aapko bhaiya ki age nahi pata… Avni nodded taking his side while Abhi replied him with squinted eye pretending to be angry

Daadi – ignoring Armaan jab main bees (20) saal ki thi tab meri saagai bhi ho chuki thi aur tum to sagaai toh dur ki baat hai, uske bare mein socha tak nahi… Abhi was embraced on talking regarding about these stuffs with her. Armaan and Avni exchanged looks as they realised what Abhi was going though

Armaan – sahi baat kahan aapne daadi… msin bhi yehi soch rahs ths ke kab mujhe koi milenga jisse msin bhabhi keh sakta hoon aur woh kya kehth hai.. Indian serials ki tara bhabhi, bhaiya ke saath saath mere bhi khayal rakhe.. He got up from the seat and went toward Abhi. He put his arm around and pulled him in to a side hug bhaiya… kya tumhe koi pasand hai.. bataona… please.. He winged like a kid while Abhi back away from replying loh…

Avni – aaaawwww bhaiya tumhare gaal tomatoes ki tara laal kyun hogaye… Abhi was surprised and placed his hand on both side of his cheeks in search of any proof

Armaan – bhaiya… I am damn sure aap iss small town mein rehkar zaroor koi yahanse ladki dhundenge.. You know Small Town Girl he paused in between to emphasis on it

Armaan was laughing at the joke he made. Daadi and Avni were also laughing about his joke while Abhi pout with irritation of becoming the reason to the joke.

KD – Angrily ARMAAN!! Everyone's smile fade away at once Tumne aaj yeh baat kehdi.. magar phirse iss bare mein yeh kabhi mat kehna… Tumhe pata hai na hamari kya izzat hai.. aur mujhe yeh bhi chahiye ki hamare bete woh usuloko mane.. Armaan guiltly looked down at the ground, Abhi wasn't guilty but to respect he too was looking at the ground, no one who were present there dared to look at KD except Daadi pata toh hoga… aise kuch iss ghar mein bohot saal pehele bhi hua tha… aur uske liye uska kya natija tha… tumhe iss ghar main rehna hai toh aisa karne ka sapna bhi mat dekh.. Turning toward Abhi tum joh bhi ladki pasand karoge woh hamare status ki hona zaroori hai… looking at Armaan's direction aur tumhe joh pata nahi hai bolo mat… Samjhe? There was no answer SAMJHE? He shouted making Avni jerk a bit, but didn't go unnoticed by Daadi, she put her arm around Avni to make her feel secure

Armaan – ji papa… KD noded with satisfaction and sat down on a chair nearby, after knowing everything calm downed they too relaxed

Daadi – looking wonderingly at KD's expressionless face Kanish… aab toh bohot saal hogayi ab bhi naraz hai apni behen ke saath.. usse ghar le aao usse kya hoga.. meri bachchi kaha hogi…

KD – again his temper was rising Maa.. Got up usse joh hona tha woh hogaya.. aab usse iss ghar se koi lena dena nahi aur waise bhi ab toh itne saal hogaye… usse kuch bhi hogaya mujhe nahi farak.. papa ke ek galti ki wajadse aaj mere liye behen nahi hai… aur aap bhi usko mere saamne yaad mat kijiye.. He left from there leaving the Abhi and Armaan and Avni confused and unknowing what he talking about while Daadi looked sad, knowing exactly what he on about

Avni – hugging Daadi from the side to console her Daadi… aap log kya baat kar rahe the.. aur behen matlab.. She looked at Daadi as if she has realised everything, daadi to looked back and noded magar kya hua…?

Daadi – waqt aane pe sab pata chal jayega…

Next day morning; the sun was out and was sending it rays into Riddhi's room through the window. The birds chirps were clear while the light breeze of the early morning passed by time to time. Due to the wind hitting the curtains it too follows and sways in a rhythm

Muskaan – sleep talking abbey ghadhe, ullu ke patte, kutte… main… tujhe chhodungi nahi… she said twisting around on the single bed tujhe toh pata hai msin kaun hoon? Muskaan hai mera naam, Muskaan hai… samjhe..? Main tumhe chhodungi nahi… she murmured in her sleep

Muskaan was sleeping on the end of the single bed, she was staying overnight at Riddhi's as there is no point going back, therefore they had to share Riddhi's bed, which was not unusual. A new day and Riddhi was waked up by Muskaan's cursing in her sleep irritating Riddhi. Riddhi woke up properly sitting on her corner looking at Muskaan who was by the time punching, strangling the thin air

Riddhi – half eyes closed arrey isse kya hua …? subha subha kisko gaali de rahi hai tu?

Muskaan – still in her sleep Abbey! Mere saath panga mat le.. tune, tune mujhe gee raya… rukh main tujhe… she carryon speaking but punching the air

Riddhi looked at her eyes properly open, she wondered what she might be on about and when suddenly it hit her mind she might be dreaming about the guy who they met in the city 2 months or so ago, who dropped her. Bringing a smile on to her frown face, she got down from the bed over Muskaan, as that was the only way out. She went toward the bathroom to get ready for the day

After having a shower she enter into the living room dress in her normal day clothes a simple baby pink salwar kameez. She came into the living room wondering where everybody was. Shrugging off the worries she sat on the sofa, picked up an album (photo) placing it on her lap she looked through her old memories. She was lost in them that she didn't notice about Shilpa standing right beside her. But Riddhi only realised it when Shilpa sat next to her on the sofa

Riddhi – meeting Shilpa's mix emotional gaze arrey badi ma… aap kab aayi..?

Shilpa – jab tu inn photo mein kho gayi thi, waise tu kya dekh rahi thi

Riddhi – badi ma kya mujhe kuch photos apne saath le jaa sakti hoon…?

Shilpa – arrey zaroor isme puchne ki kya baat hai….? Waise Muskaan kahan hai…?

Riddhi – woh toh apne dreams mein khoyi hui hai… she said giggling and taking few photos out of several albums

While Riddhi took her favourite pictures out, she looked through Preet's baby pictures with Shilpa, they spent sometimes looking through and making fun of Preet. Quiet a lot of them had her, Muskaan and Niki as well popping up from here and there. The time flew with them talking about pictures, when they came to an end on the last album

Riddhi – concerned and looking hard at Shilpa badi ma… kya main aapse ek sawaal puchu..? She asked with doubts, Shilpa nodded at her in reply inn tasveero mein.. Preet..ka.. She paused and stammered in between, she felt awkward to ask this but she has to finish what she started Preet ke papa kahan hai…? She spitted out while Shilpa's face turned into a frown, Riddhi got uncomfortable but still wanted to know

Shilpa – woh.. urm main.. woh tumhara naashta taiyaar karti hoon… she said getting up uncomfortably, her feelings were obviously showed on her face

Riddhi – putting her arm around Shilpa tightly hugging her I am sorry main aap se yeh sawaal kabhi nahi puchunga… I am sorry holding her ears please mujhe maaf kardo she said innocently looking at Shilpa, who was touched by her words and caressed her face gently. They suddenly heard a thumped noise from Riddhi's room, she excused herself from there badi ma.. main abhi aayi.. Making herself away into her room

Shilpa – after Riddhi left she talked to herself main tumhe kya batao Riddhi…? Saach ya jhoot? After a long pause Iss kahani mein bohot raaz chhupe hue hai ke main abhi tumhe nahi bata sakti ke kya saach hai.. she said while tears start forming in her eyes

She dragged herself into her room, near to a cupboard, opening it slowly as she fought back with the tears. Before could stop herself, she took a picture out of the cupboard. The picture was bent on the middle, on the top was herself few years ago. After taking quiet a long time she opened the other side slowly bringing it forward, a man at the same age was standing with his arms around Shilpa on the picture. As soon as she saw him a tear escape from her eye while she continue to stare at the photo

Mallik House. In daadi's room, she started getting flashbacks of what she heard from KD on previous night regarding about bringing her daughter back. Her eyes become moisture in the thoughts of never getting to see her only daughter again, the fear of her loosing the last hopes were clearly visible in her eyes. She hurried herself toward her cupboard, looking deeply into the pile of books. As she saw what she was looking for among those books, she took the photo into her palm and looked at it as the tears rolled down her cheek. She put her free hand over the photo touching it softly. Her fingers trace over the person's face as if she was caressing the girl on the picture. She looked carefully at the picture, looking at the daughter she loved dearly, the apple of her eye. Shilpa.

Niki watched as Riddhi and Muskaan disappeared from her room, she slowly got out of the bed and went toward the window and leaned against it breathing in the fresh air