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Pooja was talking on the phone to her mother when Naina entered the room, shaken from her conversation with Alekh.

"No Mummy, I don't want to meet the boy….No I'm not interested…Believe me I don't care about Rohit anymore but…Ma, I want to choose my own husband!" She stopped and looked up at Naina who had slumped down on her bed after closing the door.

"Achha Mummy, I have to go, my room mate Naina is back…I think she needs to talk to me…No do NOT say yes to the boy's parents! Achcha, bye Mummy."

Pooja turned to Naina with a concerned look in her eyes, she had known for awhile now that something wasn't right and seeing Naina disappear with Alekh after dinner had confirmed her suspicions.

"Naina what's up? And don't tell me that your network is fine, because I can see for myself that it needs some maintenance."

Naina smiled slightly at that but still slumped further down the headboard of her bed until she was lying down.

"Chor na yaar, that was your mother on the phone wasn't it? Is there some problem?"

Pooja shook her head in amazement looking at her friend, "Kamal hai, I'm trying to get your talktime going and here you're asking for some incoming."

"Pooja you've always been there for me with my problems, why don't you tell me about yours for once."

Pooja sighed, well maybe if she told Naina about her own problem then Naina would open up about hers. "My mother wants me to get married, and I just don't know how to tell her that I've already made my connection with Ali. How's she going to react?"

Naina looked at Pooja thoughtfully "You really love Ali don't you?"

"Ha," Pooja answered dreamily, "My lifetime connection is with him. I can't even think about making my plan with anyone else."

"Then what's the problem?"

"We're afraid that our families won't accept our relationship. You know, because I'm Sikh and he's Muslim. How can we make them understand that sometimes different networks go well together?" Pooja sighed, clearly unhappy with being unable to tell her family and not knowing whether they would accept her choice of husband or not.

"I'm so sorry Pooja," Naina said regretfully, "I really haven't been around to support you lately have I?"
"It's okay Naina, I know that your network gets jammed sometimes because of your own problems, but what matters is that we're friends." The two girls hugged, happy that at least they had somebody who was there to support them.

"So, uh, Pooja…." Naina started, not quite sure how to ask what she wanted to.

"Kya hai, Naina?"

"Pooja how did you know that you loved with Ali?"

"Well it took a long time for me to realise it," Pooja said with a giggle, "He's so shy you know, so he never flirted with me or let me know how he felt. But Ali was always there for me, always supporting me. I could talk to him about anything. And slowly I realised that I loved him and I didn't want to be with anyone except him."

A smile came to Naina's face "Wow Pooja, I think that's the first time I've heard you say such a long thing without using any mobile terms, it must be love."

Pooja giggled again "I think it's Ali's influence, maybe I'll start talking like him eventually."

The two girls had a good laugh over this before Pooja became serious again.

"So why did you want to know Naina? Bas yuhi, or…" and then suddenly her eyes widened as she looked at the sadness and worry on Naina's face. "Hai Rabba, you're in love aren't you?"

And for the first time ever, Naina didn't want to deny it.

very nice its interesting keep up the good work and update soon 👏

hey too good

kash asa hi LRL me ho

great going

pl continue

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Pooja looked at her room mate in amazement, not believing that she'd been hiding it for so long. "Kis ke saath, Naina?" she started thinking about it "Not with Huda???"

Naina just shook her head, tears coming to her eyes "Kash, Huda ke saath tha, it would be so much easier than this…"

"Then who…" Pooja's question trailed off as she mentally crossed off the options within her mind, 'Not Huda, not Ali, not Yudi, Alekh? No…then…' Suddenly her eyes widened in astonishment "Hai Rabba! Your connection is with Shahrukh isn't it?"

Naina just nodded her head slowly, not trusting herself to say anything at the moment. She just wanted to sob into her pillow and pretend that none of this was happening.

"Par…problem kya hai? I mean I know he's our teacher, but he won't be forever. We've only got a little bit more than a year here in the academy. Or is it because you don't know if he also wants to make a connection with you?"

"Pooja if that was the only problem then I could handle it, I could wait for him…" And saying it out loud, Naina realised that it was true. "I don't know how he feels about me, but I think that he feels the same way I do…the problem is something else."

"Dekh Naina, I know that usually you limit your outgoing, but if you tell me what the problem is then maybe I can help."

Naina began to cry then, quietly sobbing as the tears slipped down her cheeks. Pooja couldn't believe Naina was in such a state, she'd never seen her cry before. Immediately she came and sat next to Naina on her bed, putting a comforting arm around her.

"Please Naina, whatever it is I'll be able to understand, it's not like Ali's and my relationship is easy. I'll try to help you work it out."

And taking a deep breath, Naina wiped the tears off her cheeks and told Pooja everything.

In all the time Naina had known her, it was the first time that Pooja was truly speechless. She would open her mouth as if to say something, and then would close it again. This happened about three times until Pooja finally got a grip on herself and was able to talk.

"And I thought Ali and I had problems…"

She might not have meant it to, but the comment at least made Naina laugh a bit. "Chalo, at least my problems have helped make yours seem a little smaller."

But Pooja didn't laugh with her, she was deep in thought about a solution for Naina. Finally she spoke. "Naina what do you want?"

"I want to be with him…but Ma and Baba…it's just not possible."

"No Naina, I don't want you to think about your Ma and Baba, I want you to think about what you want. If you really and truly want to be with him then after that you can work out what to do about your parents."

"But I can't break their trust, I'm their only child left…after Navin's death they've trusted me to do what's right. If I decide to be with him then they'll never forgive me!" Naina started crying again, after everything that had happened to her, it was all just too much.

"Naina it's your life, and you're the one who has to live it, not your parents."

Naina finally looked up at Pooja, shocked by her words.
Pooja continued. "You're thinking about what your parents would want, but what about what Navin would want for you? Wouldn't he want you to be happy?"

It was the first time that Naina had considered this question, she had thought about what her parents would want and what she wanted but she hadn't thought about what Navin wanted…

He would've understood her, he would've given her his blessings.

"You're right, Pooja." She finally replied. "I never thought about what Navin bhaiyya would want for me…"

"Chal, now put yourself on sleep mode and we'll deal with it in the morning." Pooja said and lay down on her own bed.

But it was a long time before Naina went to sleep and even then it was a restless night.

hey
too good

pl continue soon

hey
too good

pl continue soon

gr8.i would love if raj confesses his love first

Hey guys, thanks for the comments. There will be a confession of love soon Amritafan, but not just yet!

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At 3am Naina was awoken by a light tapping on her door, just loud enough to shake her out of her slumber. Naina stumbled out of bed and towards the light switch, she had barely slept at all due to worrying about her situation. As Naina turned the light on Pooja woke up complaining.

"Kya hua, kis ka missed call hai? I was on sleep mode and now they're ringing the alarm?"

Naina just shrugged, "I don't know Pooja, let's see who it is." And she opened the door.

By now Pooja was fully awake and when Naina didn't react after opening the door but just stood there staring she became curious, "Arre Kaun hai, baba?"

This was enough to shake Naina out of her trance. "Sir, aap?"

Captain Rajveer stood in front of her, breathing hard as if he'd run to her room and was trying to catch his breath. His hair was messy as if he'd only just woken up and not bothered to comb it and his shirt was tucked half inside of his jeans and half outside of it.

"Naina," he finally said, catching his breath "I'm sorry I'm disturbing you so late, but I've got to tell you something."

Naina glanced back at Pooja who was now sitting up in bed and looking at them both curiously.

"Ah, Pooja is here too, Sir." She told him, hoping that what he was about to say wasn't anything too personal.

Raj looked over her shoulder and into the room, where Pooja gave him a small wave, "Hi Sir," she said brightly "I was wondering what sms was arriving in our inbox so late at night but since it's you, we're happy to recharge."

"I'm very sorry that I've disturbed your sleep Cadet Ghai," Raj told her sincerely, "I promise this will only take a minute and then you can go back to bed."

"Sure, Sir."

Naina glanced into the hallway, worried that Lolita Ma'am might wake up if they kept talking there.

"Uh, why don't you come in, Sir?"

Raj nodded, and came into the room. "I know I shouldn't be coming to see you so late at night, but it's important that I leave right now, and I wanted to tell you before I left."

Naina was taken aback, she hadn't known what to expect when Captain Rajveer had turned up at her door, but this…

"Leaving, Sir? Where are you going? And at this time of night?" she asked him, worriedly.

"You know that Dr Mishra has been in army custody, well they've finally worked out a deal with her and she's willing to talk."

"A deal?"

"Yes, she's to be given a new identity, serve a prison sentence and then be released."

Naina didn't know how she felt about that, on one hand she wanted the woman to be punished, and on the other, if she was going to confess about who had trapped her brother…

"And so you're going there now, Sir?"

"Yes, she said that she would only speak to me." He paused, looking closely at Naina's face and seeing the war of emotions there. "I know you don't want her to receive any mercy, but if we can find the people who trapped Navin…" Carefully he grasped Naina's shoulders with his hands before continuing. "I promise you Naina, that I'll come back to you only when every single one of them has been arrested."

He let go of her shoulders then and turned to leave when Naina called out. "Sir…"
Raj turned around to see her looking at him with a concerned expression and something in her eyes that he couldn't quite read.

"Just…be careful." She told him, "I'll be waiting for you to come back."

He nodded once, and stepped out of the room closing the door behind him.

Naina wished she'd had the courage to hug him before he left, or to tell him something more than 'be careful', but she wasn't ready to yet and it was hardly the time with Pooja there too. She stood in the middle of the room looking lost and staring at the door he had just gone out of. She could still feel the warmth on her shoulders where his hands had rested.

Pooja understood how her friend was feeling and came over to Naina. Putting an arm around her shoulders she guided her back to her bed. "Don't worry Naina, nothing can happen to Rajveer Sir. He'll complete his mission and then come back to you. Now lie down and let's go to sleep, don't forget that we have a drill in the morning." Then she turned out the light and got into her own bed.

Naina closed her eyes, but she couldn't get Captain Rajveer's words out of her mind. "I'll come back to you…" he had said.

"Just let him be safe," she whispered, she was scared as she knew how dangerous the people who had trapped her brother were. "Let him come back to me."

And finally, exhausted by all the emotional turmoil she had experienced that day, she fell asleep.

i will also wait for rajveer to come back 4 naina.
it was damn gud