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hey very good part cant wait for reading more..... 😛 i am so happy that shalani helped him......

Hey guys, here's your next part now, hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 24:

The next morning Raj woke up at 5am as usual and went for a jog to try to clear away some of his nervous energy. By 6am he was finished, so he showered and changed before heading to the mess for breakfast. Ten minutes later Shalini joined him, sitting down opposite from him at the table.

"So do you remember the advice that I gave you?" she asked him quietly, making sure that no other faculty members would hear.

"Of course, Doctor." Raj replied, "Under no circumstances will I hug Suriji again." And he winked at her.

Shalini rolled her eyes at him, "Just make sure that you don't do anything to give yourself away when she arrives." She whispered to him, "And act normally."

Raj nodded, as hard as it would prove to be, he intended to do exactly that.

Eventually it was 9am and all the cadets began to arrive, as Raj headed to the entrance hall to wait for his favourite six to appear. As he had predicted, Yudi and Alekh arrived first, almost on the dot of nine.

"What's up, boys?" he asked them, "You seem to be eager to get back to KMA."

"Do not ask, Sir!" Yudi told him melodramatically, "Only Alekh and I know how we've endured the last two weeks with my parents!"

For once Alekh agreed with Yudi, nodding his head. "I only agreed to go to your house because Neelu asked. Next time I'm going to Huda's house." He announced, and walked off into the academy even as Yudi followed him yelling "Bro…. You can't do that to me! Don't make me go home alone next time!"

Raj chuckled, it was good to see both of them back in the academy, now there were only four of his cadets remaining. Next Ali arrived, having gotten an auto from the station and Raj was surprised to see Pooja get out of it along with him.

"Arre wah," he said to them teasingly, "I never realised that you could reach KMA from Kanpur and Jallandar by the same bus!"

Ali blushed but Pooja wasn't in the least embarrassed. "Do you know, Sir, that our parents have agreed to our connection with each other! I was so happy that I thought I would wait for my Ranjha at the bus station, even though I had to be on hold for more than an hour!"

Raj grinned, happy that at least Ali and Pooja had managed to convince their parents to agree to their relationship. "Well congratulations to both of you, but make sure this doesn't get in the way of your training."

"Yes, Sir." Ali replied seriously, "I will train as hard as I always have and with just as much dedication."

"In fact we might even train harder now that we're not distracted from all these problems!" Pooja told him, giggling. Then she grabbed Ali's arm and they walked in together. Well Ali walked, Pooja appeared to be skipping.

It was a matter of minutes before the roar of a motorcycle announced Huda's arrival. He walked into KMA happily, carrying a large backpack over one shoulder.

"Rajveer Sir, you'll have to have one of my mummy's besan laddoos!" he told Raj, "In fact she's sent some halwa and other sweets too. I was thinking that if we all got together in the mess tonight for a beginning of second year celebration party then how would that be?"

"Cadet Huda, I think that sounds like a fantastic idea." Raj told him, "But make sure that there's no alcohol and that no rules are broken!"

Huda gave Raj an innocent look as if to say that he would never think of such a thing, but Raj just shot him a no nonsense look right back to say that he wasn't buying it. He was just about to elaborate on his warning when Naina walked into the doors of the academy.

It wasn't as if she had worn anything special or taken any particular care in her appearance, but to Raj she was the most beautiful sight he had seen in more than a week. His face lit up as he waited for her to approach them.

As soon as Naina had entered the academy her eyes had searched for Raj, knowing that he would be somewhere here waiting for her. When she spotted him, a glow of happiness spread across her face and she quickly made her way over to where he stood with Huda. Both of them were so absorbed in their own thoughts that they didn't notice Huda watching them thoughtfully.

"Hi Huda," Naina said when she reached them, "Hi Sir, did you both have good holidays?" She was determined to act normally, even though she couldn't stop herself from grinning.

Raj was struggling to behave normally, and felt he should respond but when he tried to say 'hi' it somehow came out as "Hai…" instead. "Uh, yes, Cadet Singh I certainly did. Cadet Huda was just telling me he had brought back some sweets from his holidays."

"Really?" Naina asked him, "Any besan laddoos?"

"Of course, Phoolan! I was just discussing with Sir about a party for tonight."

"Sounds great!" Naina told him, "As long as we all survive our first day back at KMA."

"I'll go see whether the rest of the boys are back yet." Huda said, and left them alone.

"So Sir," Naina began, a mischievous tone in her voice. "I heard that you had a good holiday."

"I most certainly did, Cadet Singh," he told her with a grin, "In fact I think that it was my best ever holiday."

"Well Sir, I enjoyed my holiday too."

"That's good to know, I believe that you went to visit your room mate Pooja Ghai?"

"I did indeed," Naina replied innocently, "I think that was the best part of the holiday."

Then seeing Dr Shalini approaching, Naina smiled one last time at Raj and then walked away, greeting Shalini as she walked towards the girls' hostel.

"Very well done." Shalini told Raj in an undertone, "I'm glad that you're not overdoing it."

"Just keep reminding me," Raj told her with a glint in his eyes, "No hugging Suriji."

Shalini laughed and together they headed back towards their offices.

The first day was mainly taken up by administrative duties. The first year cadets were all wandering around either wide eyed or with their chests puffed out as if they were waiting to prove themselves. Raj made sure that he introduced himself to as many as possible, not wanting to neglect them despite his obvious favouritism towards his special six. The second year cadets were given their new timetables and informed by Brigadier Chandook that they were now allowed to leave the academy on weekends, something which was met by universal cheers.

Lunchtime was the first opportunity that the six friends had to get together and discuss their holidays. Yudi and Alekh's story provided the most laughs while everybody congratulated Pooja and Ali for their victory while applauding Naina's role in it. Naina of course did not mention anything about seeing Raj on the holidays, not even sure if she wanted Alekh to know. She was worried that he might take his role as her pseudo-brother a bit too seriously and become too protective.

After lunch there was a drill with Nair, where he complained that they'd all lost their strength and fitness over the holidays and sent them for a five mile run. It was after the run, when they all sat on the ground panting that Huda approached Naina.

"Phoolan, could I talk to you for a minute?" he asked her, "In private?"

Naina agreed reluctantly, she was afraid that he might want to propose to her again or tell her his feelings. When things had been sorted out with Raj so recently, this was really the last thing that she wanted.

They sat a little way for the others and Huda began to talk.

"Phoolan, I realise I've been pursuing you like a crazy guy for more than a year now but I've come to tell you that I've changed. I had a lot of time alone over the holidays with my buffaloes for company and I thought about this a lot. I know you're not interested in me that way and I don't know why I couldn't accept it earlier." Naina was shocked at the way this conversation had turned out, and her face must have shown it, "You'll always be special to me Naina, but from now on I'm going to try to be a proper friend to you and leave this behind us. Will you be my good friend, Naina? I promise that from now on I'll be your best friend, and not your admirer, because I've realised that's what you need me to be."

Naina was so touched by Huda's short speech that tears came to her eyes.

"Huda," she told him, "Today I think I can finally say that I know you've grown up. Of course I'll be your friend." And she reached out and gave him a quick friendly hug.

"Now that we're friends, Phoolan." He told her seriously, "I want you to tell me honestly, is there somebody that you love?"

Naina decided that it was best not to deny it. "Yes Huda, there is." She told him.

He nodded but didn't ask who, Naina wondered if he had already guessed.

"Then I hope you two will be very happy together, and I can promise you that this Amardeep Huda will support both of you whatever happens."

Naina hugged him again, knowing that Huda had somehow figured out the truth. She was amazed at how mature he had become, the holiday had done him a world of good.

"What's up, guys?" Yudi asked as they returned, confused by all the hugging.

"Well," Naina said with a smile, "From today, Huda and I are officially friends."

"And since from today onwards I am no longer chasing Phoolan, I think I should go and welcome some of the female first year cadets!" Huda said mischievously and walked off towards the academy with a grin on his face.

"That guy will never change." Yudi remarked, shaking his head in disbelief.

Naina laughed, unable to believe how well today was going. "If he changed, then would he be Huda?" The rest of them began laughing too, agreeing with her statement.

"So guys," Yudi said, "I hear there's going to be a party tonight…."

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Chapter 25:

It was eventually decided that with Major Nair in the academy a party there would be too risky, and so Raj's room was 'volunteered' as the party's location. Of course Raj didn't actually find this out until half an hour later when Huda informed him that that was where the party would be.

Luckily Raj was still far too happy to mind his room being volunteered without his permission and agreed without any hesitation. They had also invited Dr Shalini who was thrilled at the idea of a party, and while they had considered inviting Suriji too, Pooja had pointed out that then they would have to invite Lolitaji as well, who with her strict personality wasn't likely to approve of a party.

Everybody was scheduled to begin arriving at Raj's room at 9pm, and they would all be arriving one by one to avoid any suspicion. However Raj wasn't at all surprised when he heard the first knock on his door ten minutes before nine, immediately guessing who it would be.

Opening the door he grinned at the first arrival. "Well if it isn't Cadet Naina 'Ah' Singh standing at my door. Aren't you a bit early for the party?" he asked her teasingly. She had changed into usual salwar kurta and her hair was loosely plaited.

"My mistake, Sir." She replied back in the same tone of voice, "I'll just leave and come back again in ten minutes."

As she turned to go, he quickly grabbed her arm, pulling her inside the room and shutting the door behind her. The motion was so fast that there wasn't even time for Naina to blink. Placing the palms of his hands to either side of Naina, Raj effectively trapped Naina between himself and the door.

"No so fast, Cadet Singh." He told her "I never said that I wasn't happy you had arrived early."

"I'm not so sure, Sir." She joked with him, "Maybe I should go and come back, after all, what could we possibly do alone together in the ten minutes before everybody arrives?"

Raj looked at her intensely, leaning in even closer. "Cadet Singh, I can think of hundreds of things I could do alone with you in the next ten minutes."

Naina raised her eyebrows at this comment, "Sir!" she exclaimed, pretending to be shocked, "Really, is that the only thing you can think of?"

"Argh, I didn't mean it that way, Naina!" Raj said, getting flustered, "It really wasn't supposed to sound that way. I don't know what happens to my brain and my mouth when I'm alone with you that everything comes out wrong!"

Naina giggled, "I was just joking, Raj. I know you didn't mean it like that."

Raj gave her a look that would make any girl melt, "Naina, I missed you so much." He told her.

"It's only been a week since we saw each other." She informed him with a smile.

"So that means that you didn't miss me?"

"If I said I didn't miss you… then I would be lying." She told him with a grin. Raj grinned back and hugged her tightly before lifting her off the ground and swinging her around while Naina hold on tightly to him, laughing. Finally he placed her back on the ground and released her.

"So I believe that we were discussing what we could do alone together in the next ten minutes." He informed her.

"Well, perhaps a practical demonstration would help." Naina suggested, putting her arms around his neck and tilting her head up to his. Raj placed his hands on her hips and was just bending down to kiss her, his lips about to graze hers when suddenly there was a knock on the door. The two of them released each other and Naina hurried over to sit down in one of his chairs as Raj swore under his breath before fixing a smile on his face and opening the door.

"Hi Sir!" Yudi said brightly, "I hope we're not too early, but it's only a few minutes until 9, so I thought we might as well come now," and he wandered in past Raj, followed by Dr Shalini who gave him an apologetic look as if she had guessed that they had interrupted something.

"No problem, Yudi." Raj told him, "Naina just arrived a couple of minutes ago and we were discussing plans for the party."

"Oh hey Naina," Yudi said and wandered over to sit with her, completely unaware that anything had been going on before his arrival.

'Sorry', Shalini mouthed at Raj but he just shrugged to show that he wasn't too annoyed, giving her a wry smile. She handed him a bottle of wine and was also carrying some cushions.

"What are those for?" Raj asked her,

"Well in case you haven't noticed, you don't have that many chairs, Captain." She informed him, "These are for the people who will be stuck sitting on the floor."

One by one the rest of the cadets arrived, Pooja had brought some cds with her, Huda had brought his sweets, Ali some soft drink and Alekh… well he had brought some alcohol in his hip flask, but neither Raj nor Shalini could see any point in telling him that he shouldn't have.

They pushed the chairs and table back and all sat in a circle on the floor with their cushions as Pooja put some music on. Naina was disappointed not to be sitting next to Raj, as she was with Dr Shalini and Pooja, but knew that they couldn't afford to be too obvious about their feelings for each other. Everybody was having a good time, laughing and chatting and telling more stories about their holidays. Huda was more than happy to update everybody about how his buffaloes were doing.

"Okay guys," Yudi finally said, "I think we should have a toast. Firstly to our second year at KMA, may it be as fun and as successful as the first! Secondly to Ali and Pooja, for finally making their relationship official!" Everybody clapped and cheered at this while Huda whistled. Pooja looked ecstatic while Ali was slightly embarrassed but looked happy anyway.

"And now to celebrate," Huda announced, "I think that the happy couple should dance together!"

There were shouts of 'yeah!' from those assembled, except for Ali who was trying to refuse.

"Oh come on Ali," Pooja told him, "I know you're a good dancer, there's nothing to be shy about in front of our friends!" Ali eventually gave in, not able to deny Pooja anything that she wanted and everybody cheered as he waltzed her around the room.

"Excellent!" Yudi exclaimed, "Dancing was just what this party needed!"

"Of course," Huda said slyly, "Doesn't everybody remember our Captain's dance from the fresher's ball? Don't you think that he should show us his skills again?"

"No way, Cadet Huda!" Raj said resolutely, "I am not doing another filmi dance for you guys, and if I tried to in this room then I would probably just end up breaking the furniture."

"Oh come on Captain," Shalini told him, "No filmi numbers, just show the cadets how a soldier should dance."

"Dr Shalini in case you haven't noticed, you need a partner for that type of dancing. Are you volunteering?"

"No way!" Shalini replied, "I might have only had one glass of wine, but I was never good at that type of dancing even when I haven't had alcohol. Get Naina to dance with you instead."

Naina started to protest at this, that she was too tired, that she wasn't a good dancer, but Pooja and Shalini pushed her up off the floor even as the boys also dragged Captain Rajveer up.

"Well okay then," Raj said, "If you all insist." And bowing to Naina he offered his hand, laughing at his action she took her hand and Raj began to dance her around the room, occasionally spinning her around. It wasn't a particularly romantic dance but more of a fun one, both of them enjoying themselves. The rest of the cadets clapped along to the rhythm of the music, laughing with them. Alekh was relieved to see that for once there wasn't a look of jealousy on Huda's face but one of simple enjoyment. He realised that Huda really had made a decision to get over his obsession with Naina. Naina might not have said anything to Alekh yet, but he had already guessed that something must have changed. He had never seen his friend this happy before as she was tonight. Whatever had happened between her and Rajveer Sir was there business, Alekh just hoped that Naina's sorrows were finally over.

Finally at the end of the song, Raj dipped Naina down before bringing her up again rather quickly. Laughing she placed a hand to her head, dizzy due to the sudden movement. His hand around her waist to support her, he guided her back to the circle and they sat back down. After this there was more laughing and talking until Shalini realised that it was quite late and the cadets should return to their rooms.

All of them left at the same time, still chatting, as Naina threw a glance over her shoulder at Raj smiling at him. He smiled back and then closed the door behind them, heading towards his bedroom.

In the corridor outside the cadets said goodnight to Dr Shalini and then headed towards their hostels. Still humming to herself, Naina prepared for bed and then turned out the night.

"Everything's going so well, Naina." Pooja told her sleepily, "I just know that this year will be better than the last one."

"I hope so, Pooja." Naina told her, even as her eyes began to close, "Finally we're all half way towards our goals. It can only get better from here on in."

And she fell asleep, dreaming of all the moments from their first year.