"Eeeeeee…"
"Oh…naina, apna aath dijiye, yaha bahut kichad hain, sambhalke pair rakhiye…"
NAINA GIVES HER HAND 2 RAJ & BOTH WALK TOWARDS THEIR DESTINATION, NOT FAR AWAY…..
THEY R JUZ NEARING THE TENT WHEN,
"Um…..mai aapse kuch punchna chahti hoon"
"Thikhe naina, par camp tak to pehle chaliye…"
"Nahi, waha nahi….yahi par…."
RAJ LOOKS PERPLEXED, BUT FINALLY AGREES
"Haan bolo…."
NAINA'S MIND IS RACING FAST, SHE HAS A QUESTION IN HER MIND BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW 2 PUT IT ACROSS TO RAJ WITHOUT MAKING THE CURIOSITY IN HER VOICE SEEM 2 NOTICEABLE…..
"Um…"
"Wo…"
"Um…"
"Wo…actually"
"Darasal…"
"Naina,ye kya wo-wo lagarakha hain…bolo bhi kya baat hain…."
SUDDENLY AN AMAZING IDEA OCCURS 2 NAINA; SHE NOW KNOWS HOW 2 DISGUISE HER QUESTION AS SMTHING THAT IS DEEMED FIT ENOUGH FOR HER 2 ASK RAJ……….
"Kya nandini ma'am aur abhmanyu sir eik dusre se pyar karte hain??"
RAJ IS UTTERLY SHOCKED AT NAINA'S QUESTION….HE WONDERS IF THIS IS THE SILLY QUESTION NAINA HAD WANTED 2 ASK HIM FOR SO LONG….
"Naina, ye baat to camp me bhi ho sakti hain….chalo ab…waha pahunchkar baat karte hain…"
NAINA RELLY WANTS AN ANSWER 2 HER QUESTION RIGHT THERE & DOES NT BUDGE FRM HER PLACE…
"Please sir….raj batao, kya nandini ma'am abhimanyu sir se pyar karti hain ya….*after a purposed pause* kissi aur se"
"Abhimanyu to nandini se behat pyar karta hain, par nandini ka mujhe paa nahi……"
NAINA STILL ISN'T SATISFIED & FINALLY BLURTS OUT HER ACTUAL QUESTION….
"Kya aap chahte hain ki nandini ma'a bhi abimanyu sir ko pasand karne lage??"
RAJ LOOKS AT NAINA WITH EYES FULL OF NOTHING ELSE BUT PURE SHOCK
"Ye kaisa sawal hua naina?? Of course main bhi chata hoon ki nandini, abhimanyu ko pasand kare…..tumhe ho kya gaya hain??"
CLEARED OF ALL HER DOUBTS, NAINA GIVES RAJ A HUUUUUUUUUUGE SMILE AS THOUGH UNAWARE THAT THE QUESTION SHE HAD JUST ASKED WAS SO VAGUE…………
"Um…kuch nahi…agar un dono ko milaneme aapko meri koi bhi madat chahiye ho, to bata dena…."
A PERPLEXED RAJ CAN JUST MUSTER " Thanks….."
"To chale" naina says pointing towards the camp "jeet ki taraf"
SHE THEN WALKS TOWARDS THE CAMP WITH A SKIP IN HER STEPS......
"CAN THIS 1 QUESTION MEAN SO MUCH 2 NAINA?? WHY DID HER MOOD CHANGE FOR THE BETTER SO SUDDENLY?? NAINA, SHE WAS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE"……….thought raj as he followed naina..
THANKS 2 NANDINI & HUDA'S GENEROSITY, RAJ & NAINA OBVIOUSLY WON……..
THIS MEANT THAT NAINA WOULD GET BONUS POINTS IN HER EXAM & WHO COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPIER THAN RAJ ON HEARING THIS??
GRADUALLY ALL THE OTHER PAIRS CAME ….
HUDA & NANDINI WERE THE LAST 2 COME……
AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVED, HUDA SET UP HIS TENT & SAT INSIDE…….NANDINI MEANWHILE KEPT HANGING AROUND RAJ & NAINA…..
AFTER THE GRPS RESTED FOR A WHILE, B.C. CAME THERE (lazy ass, came by army jeep) & ASKED THEM 2 ASSEMBLE TOGETHER….
"Ok….cadets & faculty members, ab aap sab trek par jayenge…….sab apne apne partners ke saath hi jayenge…ab sab ko jungle ka naksha diya jayena….par aap sab alag alag route leyenge….all set then??"
"Yes sir"
"Good….major nair…..sabko unka naksha dijiye….aur routes samjahiye…."
"Yes sir….."
SOON EVERY1 WAS GIVEN A MAP & EXPLAINED THE ROUTES THEY HAD 2 TAKE….
ALL OF HEM SET OFF….
THE TREK WAS SHORT & PRETTY MUCH UNEVENTFUL EXCEPT FOR NAINA OCCASIONALLY SLIPPING & CATCHING RAJ'S HAND….
BEING WITH THE BEST TEACHER OBVIOUSLY SPELT VICTORY FOR NAINA, AS THEY WERE THE FIRST 2 COMPLETE HEIR TRAK & COME BACK……
THIS WAS AN ADDITIONAL FEW POINTS FOR NAINA & THUS HAPPINESS FOR RAJ……
ONE BY ONE, ALL THE GROUPS CAME BACK & STARTED ABOUT, MAKING THEIR TENTS……..
RAJ & NAINA TOO WERE BUSY SETTING UP THEI TENT, TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS 2 THE FACT THAT NANDINI & HUDA WERE STARING AT THEM…..
AFTER SETTING UP THEIR TENTS, THEY ALL GATHERED TOGETHER 2 HAVE DINNER…..
AFTER DINNER, ALL OUR ENERGETIC TREKERS FELT THEY WERE GAME FOR A SMALL GAME OF TRUTH & DARE- THE UNDISPUTED MASTER OF ALL GAMES …..
SO THEY GOT A BOTTLE, SAT AROUND IT &*SPUN IT AROUND……
NOW WAS THE TIME FOR MANY FEARS 2 BE OVERCOME & MANY CONFESSIONS 2 BE MADE……..FOR NOW………….
THE GAME HAD BEGUN…………………………..
"Ok…..here it goes" said Yudi…"ever1 ready??"
"Abbe haan re…chal shuru ho ja"
Yudi spins the bottle…….
The head is pointed to ali……..
Trying to be brave, he chooses dare…
"hm…dare….ok brother….tumhe coke ka eik can peena padenga."
Ali looks truly baffled…
"Bas…coke hi peena padenga……….."
"Haan par wo eik choti se problem hain…………"
"choti si problem….??"
NOW ALI LOOKS SCARED…
"Yudi bhai, aap kya soch rahe hain??"
YUDI GIVES HIM A WICKED SMILE….
"Hm…jyada bura nahi hain….sirf us coke mein thoda sa drink mila honga"
"Drink?? Matlab………"
HE SUDDENLY REALISES THA BY DRINK, YUDI MEANT WINE…
"Kya…bilkul nahi…yudi bhai aap to jaante hain…ye hamare ussolo ke khilaf hain…."
"Aye ussol chal na…..eik drink hi to hain…"
"Huda bhai, aap bhi???"
SUDDENLY RAJ SPOKE UP…
"Cadets i think ye kuch jyada hi unfair hain…I mean ali nahi peena chahta hain, to usse force maat karo…"
HUDA HAD LOST THE DRILL ONLI FOR NAIAN, BUT NOW HIS HATRED FOR RAJ HAD RESURFACED, SO HE SPOKE UP INSTINCTIVLY…
"Oh..cm on sir…….bas eik drink hi to hain..aur ye dare to ali ko karma hi honga…yehi to rules hain…"
RAJ GAVEA RESIGNED EXPRESSION………….EVEN HE KNEW THAT BY THE RULES OF THE GAME, ALI HAD 2 DO AS TOLD…..IT WAS ONLI FAIR THAT HE DID WHAT HE WAS TOLD 2 DO ….
MEANWHILE, YUDI HAD ALREADY GOT THE DRINK READY….
"Nahi…hum ye nahi karenge.."
"Oye ussol…karma to padenga…..ye le…..."
SAYING THIS, HE TAKES THE DRINK FRM YUDI & STUFFS IT DOWN ALI'S THROAT INSPITE OF MUCH RESISTANCE FRM ALI'S SIDE………
ALI CHOKES ON HIS DRINK………………BUT THE HARM HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE………
ALI IS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS; CHOKING WITH EMOTIONS…TRYING 2 HOLD BACK HIS TEARS…
POOJA RUSHES 2 HIS SIDE….
"Tum log bhi na…..tumhe pata hain na ye ali ke usoolo ke khilaf hain"
"Rehne dijiye pooja, ye log kabhi bhi kissi ki bhavnao aur ussolo ko nahi samajh payenge…"
HUDA SPEAKS UP…
"Oye usool, ab chal itna bhi maat ro……."
"Huda bhai, aap kabhie bhi nahi samajh payenge ki aaj apne hamse kitna badha paap karwaya"
"Oye…..koi paap-waap nahi hua hain tujhse…..uss drink me kuch nahi tha……bachho ka coke tha wo…bas…
"Kya???????????????????????????????????????.........wo coke tha…baap re, aap ne to hmme dara hi diya tha…"
"Chill dude…..akhir hamare bhi kuch usool hain…kyo huda????"
YUDI GIVES HUDA A FRIENDLY WINK……
"Aur nahi to kya….aur (gives a naughty smile)………hamhare iss mazak se koi phayda to hua………….dekh aab pooja ekdumtere bagal mebethi hain….tujhe to hamara shukr guzar hona chahiye…"
AT THIS CMMENT, EVER1 AROUND BURSTS OUT LAUGHING AND POOJA AND ALI TURN DEEP RED…….
"Oye usool, kya baat hain…sharma kyo raha hain oye…"
SAYING THIS HUDA PUTS HIS HAND AROUND YUDI ND THEY GIVE EACH OTHER A HIGH FIVE……
STILL BLUSHING ALI SAYS, "Kya huda bhai, aap bhi na…"
"Chaliye aab hamari bari hain…layiye bottle"
ALI SPINS THE BOTTLE………..
THIS TIME, RAJ IS THE BAKRA………….
"Awesome….cmon sir, truth aur dare??"
"Um….."
"Oye yudiye, tub hi kaise sawal punch raha ha?? Sir to dare hi lenge na….kyo sir??"
ASKING RAJ WAS JUST A FORMALITY……RAJ REALISED THAT HUDA HAD ALREADY MADE THE DECISION FOR HIM….
"Um…..dare…"
"Wow…cool…dare ….dare….hmm….kya de"
"Oye Yudiye, issme bhi sochne wali koi baat hain??"
HUDA THEN WINKS AT NANDINI…..
"Sir…maan lijiye…sirf kuch samaye ke liye maan lijiye ki aapko nandini ma'am se pyar ho jayey…maan lijiye wo apka saccha pyar ho…..to aap unhe kaise propose karenge…..yaha karke dikhayiye….."
THOUGH RAJ WAS THE ONLI PRSN WHO SCREAMED OUT ALOUD
"What????" ……this word was going on in the heads of 2 others too……………..abhimanyu & naina…..though none of them said them out aloud…..
"Haan sir, issme kaunsi badi baat hain….sirf game hi to hain……me kaha keh raha hu ki aap koi asli mein nandni ma'am se pyar karte hain…"
WHILE SAYING THIS HIS GAZE SHIFTS 2 NAINA….WHO MOVES UNCOMFORTABLY IN HER PLACE ON HEARING HIS WORDS……
.THE SAME THOUGHTS HAD CROSSED HER MIND ONCE 2…….ARE RAJ AND NANDINI A COUPLE???????????? (I don't mean married…juz in love)
"Haan sir, issme kaunsi badi baat hain….sirf game hi to hain……me kaha keh raha hu ki aap koi asli mein nandni ma'am se pyar karte hain…"
WHILE SAYING THIS HIS GAZE SHIFTS 2 NAINA….WHO MOVES UNCOMFORTABLY IN HER PLACE ON HEARING HIS WORDS……
.THE SAME THOUGHTS HAD CROSSED HER MIND ONCE 2…….ARE RAJ AND NANDINI A COUPLE???????????? (I don't mean married…juz in love)
SHE TURNS TOWARDS RAJ 2 SEE HIS REACTION…
"Lekin huda…………….."
"Oy sir…plzz….dare hi to hain….plzz"
"Um….thikhe.."
SAYING THIS RAJ GETS UP & MOVES TOWARDS NANDINI……..HIS SEEMS 2 BE IN DEEP THOUGHTS 'BOUT SMTHING………………….
HE THEN TURNS TOWARDS NAINA…………….STOPS WALKING………….PERHAPS WANTING 2 SAY SMTHING…..
HUDA SEES RAJ LOOKING AT NAINA……..& IMMEDIATELY GOES 2 NAINA'S SIDE & SITS THERE…………
"Kitna mazza aa raha hain na phoolan??"
HIS QUESTION CAUSES NAINA 2 BREAK THE EYE CONTACT WITH RAJ…….
RAJ 2 CMES BACK 2 REALITY ONCE SHE HAS TAKEN HER STARE AWAY…..& MOVES TOWARDS NANDINI….
AS SOON AS HE REACHES NANDINI…PPL START APPLAUDING….EVEN WOLF-WHISTLING…
BUT HE DOESN'T CARE 2 LOOK AROUND HIM……HE JUST WANTS 2 FINISH THE DEAL FAST…………
HE BENDS DOWN ON ONE OF HIS KNEES & SAYS…….
"Main tumhse bahut pyar karta hoon………
nai……
ndini……."
THOUGH RAJ HAD TRIED 2 CHANGE HIS WORDS 2 THE BEST POSSIBLE EFFECT (he had cnverted it 2 sound like naindini…), EVER1 COULD STILL MAKE OUT….THAT "NANDINI" WASN'T WHAT HE HAD INTENDED 2 SAY………
BUT RAJ ACTED SO NORMALLY AFTER HE STOOD UP ON HIS FEET, EACH PRSN AROUND INVARIABLY THOUGHT HE/SHE HAD NT HEARD RAJ PROPERLY……
AND SINCE NO 1 WANTED 2 SEEM SILLY, NO 1 ASKED NE 1 ELSE IF THEY TOO HAD HEARD SMTHING OTHER THAN NANDINI……..
NO ONE EXCEPT FOR HUDA…..RAJ KUCH GALTI KARE AUR HUDA NA JAAN PAYE…..AISA KABHIE HO SAKTA HAI BHALLA?????
"Oye phoolan…kya capt. Sir….nandini hi kehne ja rahe the….."
"Um….haan…wahi kehne ja rahe the….."
NAINA'S VOICE SEEMS TO BE CMING FRM A DISTANCE………SHE SEEMS 2 BE UNPETURBED BY THE QUESTION….
NAINA SAYS ALL THIS WITHOUT LOOKING AT HUDA…..HER FULL ATTENTION WAS ON RAJ NOW…..
WAS IT JUST HER………..OR HAD RAJ REALLY WANTED, INSTEAD OF NANDINI……………………..TO SAY…………………
NAINA!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAS IT JUST HER………..OR HAD RAJ REALLY WANTED, INSTEAD OF NANDINI……………………..TO SAY…………………
NAINA!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANY WAY, SHE COULDN'T JUST WALK UP 2 RAJ ND ASK IF HE HAD INTENDED 2 SAY NAINA……………….SO SHE JUST REMAINED SEATED IN HER PLACE……..
THE GAME CONTINUED………….
YUDI ND SHALINI WERE SOON ASKED 2 DANCE TOGETHER………BUT BY FAR, THE BEST DARE WAS GIVEN 2 MAJOR NAIR………….IT WAS MORE ACCURAELY A DOUBLE DARE…………CONFUSED??.....I'LL EXPLAIN….
THE BOTTLE POINTED ONCE MORE AT ALI…….HE CHOOSE DARE HOPING THAT THIS TIME TOO, HE IS SPARED FROM HAVING 2 DO SMTHING AGAINST HIS "USOOLS"……….
THIS TIME NO1 KNOWS WHAT "DARE" TO GIVE ALI……SO THEY POSTPONE IT FOR A LATER TIME……
NOW COMES MAJOR NAIR'S CHANCE……..HE CHOOSES DARE……
THIS IS PERHAPS 1 DARE…..HE WILL REGRET CHOOSING ALL HIS LIFE…
HUDA THEN GIVES A SMALL SMIRK…….ND DECIDES 2 GIVE BOTH MAJOR NAIR ND ALI'S DARE AT THE SAME TIME……..
HE DARES MAJOR NAIR………TO…
TO…
TO CUT…
TO CUT HIS MOUSTACHE….
NO…..NOT JUST TO CUT HIS MOUSTACHE……BUT IN FACT ALLOW ALI 2 CUT HIS MOUSTACHE….
MAJOR NAIR LOOKS HORRIFIED…..HE SIMPLY STARES AT HUDA……EXPECTING HIM 2 TAKE BACK THE DARE…
BUT HUDA SEEMS 2 BE IN NO MOOD 2 TAKE BACK HIS DARE……
EVERY1 AROUND IS LOOKING AT HUDA………
NO…..THEY AREN'T HORRIFIED….
THEY R LOOKING AT HIM…… IN AWE….
YES…THEY WERE ALL INDEED IN AWE OF WHAT HE HAD DONE….
WATS MORE……
HUDA EVEN GETS UP ND GOES ND GETS THE SCISSORS……….ND HANDS THEM OVER 2 ALI….
HE NUDGES ALI 2 GO OVER TO MAJOR NAIR…..
ALI MOVES FORWARD ND PLOPS DOWN IN FRONT OF MAJOR NAIR….
"Hamhe maafh kar dena sir……"
MAJOR NAIR DOESN'T RESPOND……HIS EYESR FIXED ON HUDA…..
ALI CUTS OFF MAJR NAIR'S MOUSTACHE……WHICH FOR ALL THIS YEARS HAD BEEN HISPRIDE……
HUDA MANAGED TO BREAK DOWN NAIR'S PRIDE………BUT WHAT WAS THE PRICE HE WAS 2PAY FOR THIS???????????
MUCCHADD…OOPS……SSRY……AB USSE KYA BULAYE??
NEWAYZ…….MAJOR NAIR WAS IN 2 MUCH A STATE OF SHOCK ND ANGER 2 PLAY NE FURTHER…..NO1 EXPECTED OR WANTED HIM 2 EITHER…….SO AFTER HIS "MUCCHO KA ANTIM SANSKAR " IN THE CAMPFIRE, ( ya he let them throw his much-prided possession into the campfire….'coz he didn't wanna seem weak…nd was newayz in no mood 2 argue!!) HE PROMPTLY WALKED OFF…….
BT AS THEY SAY, THE SHOW MUST GO ON……….ND IT DID.
THIS TIME….SADDI PUNJABAN- POOJA WAS THE BALI KA BAKRA!!!
"Chalo oye bolo….iss Punjab ki shareni ke connection ko cut warne wala hain koi dare?"
"Hain cadet ghai……"
"Oh cool Rajveer sir, batayiye kya hain dare?"
RAJ SMILES, A SWEETYET MISCHEVIOUS SMILE…
"Cadet Ghai, eik hafte tak, aapka cell-phone mere pass honga…..yani eik hafte tak………NO CELL-PHONE"
HEARING THIS EVERY1 BURSTS OUT LAUGHING….
"Kyo pooja…..cut hogaya na connection?"
"Oye yudi…tu to chup hi baith….."
YUDI SUPRESSES HIS LAUGHTER AND PUTS A FINGER ON HIS LIPS…..ALL THE WHILE SMILING….LOOKING JUZ LIKE CUTE LITTLE NODDY!!
POOR POOJA………….LOOKS ALL SAD ND DEPRESSED….BT NEWAYZ HANDS OVER HER CELL 2 RAJ..
SURPRISINGLY, AFTER A WHILE, MAJOR NAIR COMES OUT ND WALKS TOWARDS THEM…
HUDA WAS SITTING FACING NAIR'S TENT ND SEEING HIM CM..........HUDA ND YUDI( was sitting next 2 him) SWAY THEIR SHOULDERS ND SING VERY SLOWLY, IN A SAD BARITONE…….
"Mucch mucch na raha…….
THEIR JOKE ND LAUGHTER IS SHORT LIVED…..
MAJOR NAIR WALKS UP 2 THE GROUP ND ASKS HUDA 2 FOLLOW HIM 2 HIS TENT…..
THE SMILE THAT WAS JUST THERE ON HUDA'S FACE….IS WASHED OFF, AS HE FOLLOWS NAIR 2 HIS TENT…..
BT HUDA OR NO HUDA….THE GAME CONTINUES ND THIS TIME,IT WAS NAINA'S TURN 2 CHOOSE
WE MORTALS MIGHT CHOOSE TO SPEAK A TRUTH….BT NT KMA KE JAWANS….OH NO!!................LIKE EVER1 ELSE NAINA 2 CHOOSE "DARE"………
NANDINI WAS THE FIRST 2 SPEAK UP…….
"Cadet Naina Singh……..maine kuch rumours sunhe hain, aur aap hi ke bhalayi ke liye main unhe khatam karna chahti hoon…..issiliye yedare de rahi hoon"
EVER1 LOOKS AT HER QUESTIONING……
BT YUDI SEEMS DISSAPOINTED ND SPEAKS UP…
"Oh no! Main naina ko dare dena chahta tha….."
AS SOON AS SHE HEARSHIM SAY THIS, NANDINI SHOOTS YUDI A "oh-really" LOOK, WHICH MAKES HIM SHUDDER ND MODIFY HIS STATEMENT…
"……par aap de sakti hain….naina ko dare"
"Thank u Cadet Yudi, how considerate…."
YUDI SMILE-SHRUGS ND TURNS AWAY…
YUDI(to himself)- Woa!! She's scary man!!
"Ma'am…."
NAINA IS WAITING 2 HEAR WHAT NANDINI IS GONNA SAY…
"Haan…Cadet Singh….aapko Captain Rajveer ko rakhi bandhna padenga…."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SILENCE…
EVERY1 HAS TURNED 2 LOOK AT NANDINI……
SHE OPENS HER HAND OUT IN FRONT OF EVERY1 ND VOILA!!......THERE IT IS…….A BEAUTIUL RAKHI…SEEMS LIKE SHE'S CM EKDUM PREPARED…..
Ya phir….Cadet Singh……"
SHE SMILES AT NAINA……A BITCHY, VAMPISH SMILE……(*he-haw-haw…..indian Dracula!!!)
"Ya phir ….Cadet Singh….waha nadi dikh rahi hain??"
ACTUALLY, A LITTLE AWAY FRM WHERE THEY HAVE CAMPED, IS A SMALL LAKE…..
THIS IS A LITTLE UNEXPEXTED FOR NAINA…
"Haan….."
"Tumhe aaj raat uss nadi mein bitana padenga….."
"KYA!!!"
NOW THIS SHRIEK WAS UNANIMOUS!!
RAJ SPOKE UP (finally!!!!!)
"Nandii ye tum kya keh rahi ho……nadi ka paani to raat ko kitna thanda hota hain…"
"Oh cm on raj…naina koi bacchi nahi hain…wo military mein ayi hain….to fit to usse hona hi chahiye…or ye itna mushkil bhi nahi hain…….or main usse nadi mein jaane ko force to nahi kar rahi hoon na…usske pas eik aur option hain….(turns towards naina nd smiles)"
HER ANSWER STUNS RAJ…..HE KNOWS AS WELL AS EVERY1 AROUND THAT NAINA WILL NT TIE HIM A RAKHI…..
"Aur haan eik aur baat…naina ko waha akele jana honga…baki sab apne apne tents mein jayenge.."
ANOTHER "WHAT" FROM EVERY1 AROUND…….THIS WAS RIDICULOUS…..
POOJA SPEAKS UP…
"Par ma'am aap aise kaise naina ka network hum sab se kath sakti hain…itni thandi mein kahi naina ka incoming-outgoing dono band ho gaya to…..hamme usske saath rehna chahiye….."
"Cadet Ghai….apki dost mein itnito takat hain hi ki wo itni sardi bardsh kare….kyo cadet singh??"
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WHOLE CONVERSATION…..EVER1 TURNS 2 LOOK AT NAINA
"Yes ma'am…..itni himmat to hain hi mujhme….akhir captain navin singh alluwalia ki behen hoon…..gys tum log yahi ruko….main akeli jaoongi…"
NANDINI GIVES A SATISFIED SMILE……
"Wow naina…..brave of u….nd gys…time up…off to your tents.."
BEFORE LEAVING, EVERY1 WALKS UP 2 NAINA…TO OFFER WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT….ND 2 TELL HER 2 SCREAM IF SHE NEEDS NE HELP…
RAJ 2 WALKS UP 2 HER…
"Best of luck naina…"
HE THEN SMILES ND PROCEEDS TOWARDS HISTENT…
POOJA IS THE ONLI PRSN LEFT …..
"Oye naina……network mein koi bhi problem hua na….to eik call kar dena….hum aa jayenge…"
NAINA SMILES ND JUZ 2 GET HERSELF IN A BETTER MOOD….TRIES 2 CRACK A JOKE…
"Par signal yaha kaha catch honga…"
POOJA GIVES A VERY PHILOSOPHICAL SMILE ND SAYS….
"Phikar math kar….dosto ka signal to har jagah catch hota hain…"
SHE TURNS 2 LEAVE….BT NAINA FEELS A SUDDEN URGE 2 EXPLAIN HER CHOICE…
"Main rakhi to nahi band sakti thi na…bhaiya ka zakhm ab tak bhara nahi hain…"
POOJA TURNS BACK ND GIVES A FAINT SMILE…
"Agar tera koi bhai nahi hota….to bhi tu rakhi nahi band pati….kamse kam rajveer sir ko to nahi…"
SAYINGTHIS SHE TURNS ND LEAVES….LEAVING NAINA MORE CONFUSED THEN BEFORE……
BY TELLING POOJA THAT SHE COULDN'T TIE A RAKHI 2 RAJ….COULDN'T GIVE AS MUCH SISTERLY LOVE 2 NE1 ELSE…SHE WAS TRYING 2 CONVINCE HERSELF MORE THAN CONVINCING POOJA…….BT POOJA'S REPLY FAILED HER MISSION COMPLETELY…….
SHE KNEW THAT ONLI 3 RELATIONSHIPS IN LIFE R IMPORTANT…..THEY MAKE U FEEL PROTECTED ND LOVED….
THOSE 2 WERE:-
1. RELATIONDHIP WID URE FAMILY
2. WITH FRIENDS
3. WITH YOUR "SPECIAL SM1"
RAJ WASN'T HER FRIEND AS YET….HONESTLY SPEAKING, NO1 WAS….
HE COULDN'T BE PART OF HER FAMILY…..'COZ THE ONLI PLACE HE COULD TAKE IN HER FAMILY WAS THAT OF NAVIN….BT HER HEART HAD REFUSED 2 TIE HIM A RAKHI…
SO THEN…WHAT WAS RAJ TO NAINA??
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