Yaarian... A new story Ch 1 and 2

Yaarian

Concept

Five friends, once inseparable, separated by destiny. Ten years later, an occasion brings them back under the same roof. Will their friendship be the same? Will this friendship 'fit' into the life they have made for themselves in these ten years? Or will the present wipe out the past?

Note

This is my first proper story, so please forgive any mistakes.

The characters are not based on particular couple, but I'll be giving faces to the characters in time.

Please read and comment.

Chapter 1

Durgapur, January 2013

Paakhi wiped the sweat off her face with the napkin tucked at her waist as she resumed shaping the besan ke laddoo from the big pan of the mixture that her husband had prepared. Sitting in the corner of the large kitchen of Paakhi Sweets, she watched over the men and women busy preparing all kinds of sweets for a big wedding coming up tomorrow as her thoughts drifted to her own wedding. It had been a small affair, with only her parents and a few close friends in attendance. But it was not the wedding that she remembered but the forlorn look on her husband's face when asked about his parents. He had lost his entire family a few years back and any mention about them still brought a sadness that took sometime to fade.

"Paakhi!! Paakhi!! "

Paakhi stood up and wiped her hands, placing the finished tray of laddoos in a corner, and straightened her baby pink salwar kameez on hearing her husband call out to her. She walked over to the entrance of the room where a sudden tornado hit her legs. Paakhi moved a step back and kneeled in front of her four year old daughter, taking her in a bear hug.

"Ammi!! I won today's race!!"

"Arey Waah!! It seems my Meher is a very strong and fast girl. We should celebrate."

"Yaay!! I want rasgullas!!"

The mention of rasgullas snapped Paakhi out of the celebration mode. She looked past Meher to look at her husband standing in the doorway. He was standing with his hands tightly clutching the door frame, his eyes squeezed shut, his face filled with anguish. Paakhi gulped. This called for some damage control.

"Meher listen..."

"Paakhi, is there any chashni left over from today's batch of rasgullas?? "

On hearing her husband's voice again Paakhi looked towards him again. The anguish on his face was replaced by a resolute expression.

"Yes but..."

"Then keep it ready. My Gudia wants rasgullas na?? So I'll make them for her."

"Yayyy Abbu is making rasgullas today"

"Yes, how can Abbu not listen to his Gudia."

Paakhi watched as her husband walked inside the kitchen with Meher hanging onto his arm, marveling at how he managed to calm his anguish so quickly. But then it was his willingness to do anything for the ones he loved that made him Arif Shiekh.

Note

Here is chapter 1. The story will move in time and space, and i'll be giving character sketches as the characters are introduced in the story. Please read and comment.

Character Sketch 1 :

Arif Sheikh : Mohit Raina

Full Name : Arif Mohammad Sheikh

Age : 28 years old

Occupation : Owner and Head Chef, Paakhi Sweets , Durgapur

Family : Paakhi (Wife), Meher (daughter)

Paakhi Sheikh : Leena Jumani

Full Name : Paakhi Arif Sheikh

Age : 26 years old

Occupation : Chef and Co-owner of Paakhi Sweets, Durgapur

Family : Arif (Husband), Meher (daughter)

Meher Sheikh : Shruti Bisht

Full Name: Meher Arif Sheikh

Age : 4 years

Arif and Paakhi's daughter

Note: Guys please comment. It is the first time that I am writing something and any criticism is welcome. I need to know what people think about the story

Chapter 2

New York, January 2013

Dr. Veer Malik was in a bad mood. He had been interrupted at 5:00 in the morning by an emergency page from the hospital. This page had flopped three well laid plans in one go, he could not cook breakfast for his wife Meera, and she had to drop Sara to school, which spoiled her time-table, and robbed him of quality time with his daughter. Secondly, his plans to drive to work were flopped as well, forcing him to cycle to work. And he could not meet Shruti for coffee. And the patient died on the table. Veer was in a very bad mood. As he left the OT after the surgery he saw a figure in blue washing her hands in the scrub room of the nearby OR, as she removed her face mask and Veer saw her face, he gave a huge smile and walked towards the room, watching the girl remove her surgical gown to reveal her blue resident scrubs, and her scrub cap as her bundled ponytail tumbled to her back.

As the girl turned away from him to dispose the clothes, he called out to her.

"Dr. Sengupta"

The girl turned to him with a smile.

"Hey, sorry had an emergency, I sent you a message"

"Yeah I got it, I had a surgery too."

"Figures, so you still coming over for dinner na?"

"Yeah, I so badly want to meet Sara, I haven't seen her for two days."

"She wants to meet her Mamma too Shruti."

"Hmm… So is it just the four of us??"

"No… Arnav may come over too."

"Ohh… But.."

The sudden ring of Shruti's pager interrupted them.

"Ohh sorry, got to go, see you later" She ran off.

Please comment people... I would like to know if the story is being liked or disliked.

Character Sketch 2

Dr. Veer Malik: Kunal Karan Kapoor

30 years old.

5th year surgical resident at NYU medical center New York. Happily married to Meera Roy for the past two years and has a 6 year old daughter Sara.

Dr. Shruti Sen Gupta: Sanaya Irani

28 years old

2nd year ob-gyn resident at NYU medical center New York. Sara's Mamma, Veer's BFF and Meera's Ex-roomie.

Chapter 3

New Delhi, January 2013

"Damn I am going to be really really late." Chhavi groaned as she tried to navigate her scooter on the crowded Delhi road. They had to finish the final routine for next week's show as well as rehearse the older ones.

After sometime the traffic finally cleared and Chhavi navigated her way to a slightly old building with the words "TRANCE" written on a plaque over the door. As she entered the changing room the strains of music made her way to her ears. Thankfully Tanmay had brains enough to start the duet routine since she wasn't there she thought. She entered the hall after changing into her tracks and t-shirt and saw Tanmay watch Aliya -Ritwik and Elena-Nishant practice the duet routine. She flopped down next to Tanmay as he looked at her with a glare.

"Sorry... Sorry I know I am really late"

He gave her a whatever look and stopped the music. The other four also came and sat down with them.

"ok guys, the duet section is good and the last part will have Chhavi and me doing contemporary in the center while you all dance at the sides. Chhavi... the Steps??"

"yeah... ok"

She stood up and walked to the center and demonstrated the next section. She finished to a round of applause.

"Awesome Chhavi... we are going to rock the show at this rate." Ritwik cheered.

"yeah but before that we have to rehearse the complete routine ." Aliya cut in.

"which is what we are going to do now." Tanmay said.

After 2 hours of dancing Chhavi joined Tanmay as he sat on a lone bench in the corner reading the newspaper.

"today's practice was good na??"

"yeah... what are you reading??"

"Vikrant Deshmukh spotted again with mystery girl at a suburban Mumbai restaurant" said Tanmay with a chuckle.

"since when do you read gossip??"

"since Vicky dada started making headlines" muttered Tanmay.

"what??"

"nothing... lets rehearse again"

Tanmay Deshmukh: Mohit Sehgal

28 Years old

Founder and lead Dancer of TRANCE, a popular fusion dance troupe

Chhavi Mittal: Sanjeeda Sheikh

29 years old

Female Lead dancer of TRANCE and Tanmay's Right Hand woman

Other members of TRANCE

Ritwik Bhatt: Salman Yusuf Khan

26 years old

Aliya Khan: Shakti Mohan

22 years old

Nishant Patil: Shantanu Maheshwari

22 years old

Elena Smith: Giselle Monteiro

25 years old