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Aradhna

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Posted: 16 years ago

#331

YAY! Everything is being wrapped up so nicely.. Lovely update, and love the dynamis between the couples, as well as Aelekh's character!

Love,

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Posted: 16 years ago

#332

Originally posted by: Shree85
Hi
What an update yaar. Awesome. Finally all the obstacles coming in between Raj and Naina have been cleared. i m so happy for both of them as well as for Abhi and Sherry. Finally the villian is dead and happiness is circling around. When r u posting the last part ? I m waiting eagerly.

With Lots of Love and Wishes

Shree

i m glad that u like it

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gazal

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Posted: 16 years ago

#333

Originally posted by: sea_nyx
Ooooooooh, i loved it, especially sherry and abhi, god that girl!!!! irrepressable to the last loved the scenes b/w raj and naina, especialy where they say goodbye. i'm so happy gehlot got what he deserved!!!!!!!!!

i m glad that you like it

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Deeya

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Posted: 16 years ago

#334

hey gazal

it was an amzing update!!!!

it brought tears to my eyes

tho i think gehlot deserved a worse death... but i am satisfied that he is dead at last

thnk god tht ritu gt sum sense in her brains nd has exposed gehlot b4 dying...... atleast she showed sum remorse and guilt in her life...

hope everythg settles down now....... and they live happily ever after!!!!

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Posted: 16 years ago

#335

on with the show... take a very deep breath, because it's finally time to say goodbye to Ties!

Chapter Fifty

Sherry had gone to sleep on Raj's shoulder while they waited for Abhi to wake up. The operation had been completed successfully with no complications and the doctors had announced that with a proper amount of rest he would recover in no time at all, but that due to the anaesthetic he probably wouldn't wake up until the morning.

Raj thought it would be best if he slept anyway, he doubted that Abhimanyu had slept much the night before even despite being told he needed to get some rest.

The police had already finished with their preliminary questions but when Colonel Shakti had wanted Raj to come to headquarters to file a full report, he had put his foot down. Gehlot was dead, whatever needed to be done could wait. Right now he needed to be in the hospital and he wasn't moving from there.

Eventually Raj's eyes closed as well and he drifted off to sleep, only waking up to the early morning dawn to see a vision that made him think he was still dreaming.

There in front of him stood Naina, Aalekh slightly behind her with one hand on her shoulder. Raj carefully shifted Sherry off his shoulder, standing up and walking towards them.

As Aalekh stepped away, Raj put his arms around her, hugging her tightly to him and burying his face in her neck. He hadn't realized how badly he needed her here until he had seen her, the last couple of days had been almost too much for him to handle alone and now that she was here he felt as if he could finally relax, let his feelings out.

Naina smoothed his hair with one hand as he held her, understanding how he must be feeling at this moment. Despite what Gehlot had been, for a long time Raj had regarded him as a mentor, and he had just shot this man dead. So many truths had been revealed in such a short time that it must have been overwhelming.

"I didn't expect you to come here," he told her, still not letting go of her, "You didn't tell me you were."

"Aalekh and I left as soon as we received Sherry's call." Naina told him, "We knew you would all need our support at a time like this."

Raj nodded, finally letting go of her and leading her to the seats, putting his arm around her shoulders after they had sat down.

"How's Abhimanyu now?" Naina asked him, "There were no complications in the surgery were there?"

"He'll be fine, in fact with any luck he should be awake soon in a couple of hours." Raj told her and she nodded, relieved.

Beside them, Sherry stirred, stretching and rubbing her eyes before she opened them, blinking in surprise.

"Bhabhie, when did you get here?" she asked, a smile on her face as she looked at Naina.

"Just a few minutes ago." Naina announced.

"The others will be here soon too." Aalekh said as he arrived back, handing two cups of steaming hot coffee to Raj and Sherry.

"Who else is coming?" Sherry asked him, sipping her coffee gratefully.

"Pooja called me while we were on the way," Naina explained, "She'd heard about your father on the news. Once she knew, she called everybody else and they're all on their way here.

Raj smiled, his cadets knew the true meaning of friendship. Beside him, Sherry smiled too, her eyes tearing up slightly and she wiped at them. She anxiously glanced at the door in front of them as if willing Abhimanyu to wake up.

"Does he really need to sleep for so long?" she asked almost plaintively, "Doesn't he know that we're all sitting on these uncomfortable chairs waiting for him to wake up?"

Raj shook his head at her, she was never going to improve.

Before Abhimanyu could wake up, the rest of the cadets arrived and their reunion was so noisy that it could be heard throughout the corridors of the hospital.

"Our missed call is back with us again!" Pooja had announced happily, giving Sherry a hug before she crossed the hallway to peek into Abhimanyu's room, "But when is Abhimanyu Sir's cross connection going to be solved?"

"Soon hopefully," Raj told her, "He should be waking up any minute now."

Noticing the worried look on Sherry's face, Yudi began telling her about his holiday, knowing that it was probably best to keep her distracted until Abhimanyu woke up. Even knowing that he was fine it would still be difficult to keep waiting. They all continued telling stories, even managing to get Sherry, Naina and Raj laughing at some of them when the nurse who had been checking on Abhimanyu exited the room, announcing that he was awake and could have visitors, but that they shouldn't tire him out too much.

Although she had immediately stood up when she heard the news, Sherry looked at Raj before moving forward. He gave her a nod and a smile, telling her to be the first one to visit him. She smiled back at him before heading for the door, hesitating for only one second before she opened it.

The normally exuberant Abhi looked paler than usual lying against the pillow and she paused as she entered the room, thinking about exactly what he'd gone through for her. Things could easily have gone badly, she could've lost him. After so many years of fear and suffering it was hard to believe that it was finally over. She was free… free to live her life as she wished to, free to love whoever she chose.

Seeing her come in, Abhi stretched out one hand towards her, and she took it, holding it in her own and sitting in the chair beside the bed.

"How are you feeling?" he asked her, squeezing her hand.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that instead?" she said frowning, placing her other hand on his forehead as if to check his temperature.

"I'll be fine, it's not the first time I've been shot." He told her almost dismissively, "I want to know how you're doing, after everything has happened…"

She realized that he was talking about her father and nodded in understanding, gripping his hand a bit tighter. "It's confusing… but I mainly just feel relieved." She told him honestly, "Is that bad of me?"

"No, it's perfectly understandable." He told her gently, "Sherry you don't need to feel sad about your father's death. That man tortured you mentally and emotionally, he deserved to die for everything he did."

She nodded silently, looking down at their joined hands, he smoothed his thumb across her knuckles.

"I love you." She announces suddenly. Despite everything that they've been through, it's the first time that she's actually said the words. Before now there were reasons to keep it hidden, reasons to avoid saying it. Now that all of those reasons are gone, she feels an enormous relief that she's finally voiced it, gotten it off her chest.

A grin spreads across Abhi's face at the words and he tugs on the hand that he's holding, pulling her so that she has to get out of her chair and perches on the side of his bed instead. He gestures for her to come even closer, and she bends towards him, placing her ear close to his mouth as if to hear some secret.

"Marry me." He says to her, and from his tone of voice she's not sure if it's a request or a command.

She's not sure whether her heart should leap or sink, there are still reasons… many reasons why she shouldn't say yes.

"I'm still a traitor's daughter." She tells him, "It will still shame your family, your kingdom if you marry me."

"I didn't care before and I don't care now, I know you'll prove yourself to be much more than Lala Gehlot's daughter." He tells her, "You've proven yourself to be a patriot already."

"Your parents won't accept me." She continued protesting, "They'll hate me."

"They'll love you," he reassures her, "They'll spoil you completely."

"I'm not princess material," she protested yet again, "I don't even know how to wear a sari, I look stupid wearing them."

"I don't need you to wear saris," Abhi told her, his smile growing wider with every excuse, "You can wear jeans every day for all I care. You'll be a modern princess."

Sherry stopped, almost out of excuses now, truthfully she was having a hard time thinking of them when she so badly wanted to say yes. "You're my teacher," she finally told him, "I can't get married to you while you're my teacher… and I still need to graduate."

"I'm going to ask to be reassigned," Abhimanyu informed her, "Even I don't think it's proper for us to have a relationship while I'm posted at KMA. And we'll wait to get engaged until you've graduated."

Sherry was silent, a small smile tugging at her lips as she looked at him, an answering smile on his. Looking down, she played with the fingers of the hand she was holding, not saying anything.

"No more excuses?" he finally asked her, and she shook her head, not looking up. He smirked at her, letting go of her hand to touch her cheek gently. "Then why aren't you saying anything?"

"I thought girls were supposed to go all shy at moments like these," she told him, looking up with her eyes sparkling, a mischievous grin on her face.

Abhimanyu laughed, and making one gesture, signaled for him to hug him which she happily did, careful not to touch his injured arm.

"Now call your brother and Naina inside," Abhi told her, "I want to make this as official as possible."

Nodding, Sherry leaned forward and kissed him briefly on the lips before giving him a final grin and leaving the room, a definite spring in her step.

Raj saw his sister come out of the room in a completely different mood to how she'd gone in. By the grin on her face and the happiness in her eyes, he could guess what might have happened.

"So Chauhan Saheb is awake and talking then?" Raj asked her, and she nodded, still grinning.

"He wants to talk to both you and Bhabhie," she told Raj, still trying to hide a grin and failing.

Taking Naina's hand, Raj led her into Abhi's room where his friend sat propped up with pillows behind him, a contented smile on his face.

"I believe you wanted to discuss something with me, Chauhan Saheb." Raj began, his lips twitching as he tried not to smile, already having guessed what it was.

"Well yes, Raj, I do." Abhi told him, still looking happy but a bit self conscious. "Would you both like to sit down?" he gestured to the plastic chairs beside the bed. Naina tried not to smile at his formality considering the current circumstances.

"I'd like to do this all properly in future…" Abhi started to say, "You know with all the correct customs, but for now I wanted to at least announce my intentions. I've asked your sister to marry me… and after a great deal of persuasion, she has said yes."

Raj immediately got up from the chair he had sat down in, hugging his friend warmly. "So when should I start calling you jiju then?" he asked, grinning from ear to ear.

"Not for awhile," Abhi told him, "She still has to complete her training and graduate… after that we'll get engaged."

"I couldn't have wished for a better brother-in-law." Raj told him, "I know you'll keep her happy, you've been there for her when she needed you."

Standing up, Naina briefly put her hand onto Raj's shoulder before heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Abhi asked her, wondering why it was that Naina was heading out without saying anything.

"Just one minute and I'll be right back," she promised him, before opening the door to the corridor where all the cadets waited, Sherry with an expectant smile on her face.

Walking over to an orderly, Naina pulled out some money and handed it to him. "Can you buy some sweets, and distribute them to all the staff?" she asked him, trying not to grin as she said it. "We need to celebrate some good news."

"Nainaji… I know we're all happy that Sherry's father is dead… but should we really be buying sweets to celebrate it?" Huda asked, somewhat clueless about what was going on.

Seeing the way that Naina and Aalekh were now grinning at each other and how Sherry had been attempting not to smile for the last few minutes, Pooja immediately hit Huda in the head.

"Missed call… he's not buying sweets for that. We're celebrating Sherry's connection being fixed with Abhimanyu Sir!"

Once upon a time this comment would've caused Huda to go into a sulk but today he smiled widest of all as he and Yudi broke into cheers, Pooja hugged Sherry and Ali gave her a polite congratulations.

"Why are none of you more surprised?" Sherry suddenly asked, looking at them suspiciously, "You weren't supposed to know about this, I mean I know Huda did but…"

"Oh please, it was obvious." Yudi broke in, "Maybe it took us all awhile to figure out but by the end we well and truly all knew. Do you think that if Huda has the brains to figure it out that we don't?"

"Oy, Tere to…" Huda began to say, as Yudi ducked behind Sherry.

"Let's all go and give our congratulations sms's to Abhimanyu Sir," Pooja announced cheerfully to try to break up the fight before it started.

They all crowded into the small hospital room and Abhi looked at them in surprise, not having realized that they'd all arrived while he was asleep.

"Congratulations, Sir!" Pooja told him happily, "We came here worried that your network was failing and now we're celebrating you making a new connection!"

Naina hid a smile at Pooja's way of putting it as she saw Abhimanyu look a little bit embarrassed. After all it wasn't everyday that a teacher's students congratulated him on his love affair.

"Ah, thanks Cadet Ghai." He told her a bit uncertainly, "But you know it's not…"

"We want a party, Sir!" Yudi broke in, "You can't refuse to give us one after such good n news!"

"Yes, party!" Huda agreed, "Otherwise we won't give our blessings!"

Abhimanyu laughed at this, "It's going to be awhile before you have to give your blessings, Cadet Huda. As of now nothing is official… in fact the party is going to have to be a goodbye party, I'll be leaving KMA soon."

"Leaving, Sir? But why?" Ali asked him, obviously concerned.

"Well under the uh, circumstances, it wouldn't be very professional for me to remain as your teacher." Abhi told them, "I'll still come back to visit from time to time, you certainly won't be seeing the last of me."

Sherry looked down at his words, she had known that he would have to go but was dreading it all the same. He locked eyes with her, giving a reassuring smile as if to say that he would never be far away if she needed him. She smiled back and looked around the room. When she had first joined KMA she couldn't have guessed what she would gain, true friends who would stay by her side, a caring family in her Bhaiyya and Bhabhie and a partner who understood and loved her.

From now on no matter what challenges came in life she was capable of facing them, and Sherry truly believed that from now on life could only get better.

Epilogue

Naina adjusted her sari in front of the mirror before checking her hair, turning around to see Raj buttoning up the shirt of his formal uniform before adding his cravat. Crossing the room she went to help him, gently adjusting it until it was just right.

Tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear, Raj leaned down to gently kiss her, able to feel her smile against his mouth.

"Don't get distracted Captain Shekawat, or we'll be late for the ceremony." She told him teasingly.

"How can I help it when my wife is so beautiful?" he asked her flirtatiously, "If you would just stop distracting me then I could continue getting ready."

He was just about to lean down to kiss her again when a sound disturbed them and Raj glanced affectionately at the bed where their daughter sat clapping her chubby little hands.

"You approve of daddy flirting with mummy don't you, Asmi sweetie?" Raj asked her, reaching down to pick her up even as she raised her arms to him, asking for a cuddle. He tossed her in the air as she giggled before settling her in his arms, planting kisses on her little face.

Asmita was a gorgeous child, loved and spoiled by everybody at the academy including Brigadier Chandook. Six months after Asmi's birth, Naina had resumed her studies, leaving her daughter in Dr Shalini's care during college hours. Shalini had been thrilled to help out, she had always wanted a child and after the divorce from her husband had come through she had needed a distraction. The little girl had once again brought a smile to her face and she was the same enthusiastic and cheerful Shalini that they all knew and loved.

"Are you ready to see all your aunties and uncles graduate?" Raj asked Asmit as she patted his face with pudgy little fingers. She was already dressed in her best frock and had been excited since waking up, having realised that something big was happening.

"Ready to see your Aunty Sherry become the best cadet?" Naina asked Asmit as the took her daughter in her arms, smoothing the little girl's hair.

"It'll be good practice for the day when she becomes best cadet herself." Raj commented proudly as he fixed up his uniform. "It runs in the family you know, little one. You'll have to follow in your Uncle Naveen and Aunty Sherry's footsteps."

Naina laughed at this. "Don't get ahead of yourself Raj, there's plenty of time for her to decide what she wants to be."

"Whatever it is that she decides on… we'll be proud of her." Raj promised, leaning across to kiss first Naina's cheek and then Asmi's before checking his watch. "What time is your mother arriving?" he asked.

Now that Naveen's innocence had been proven, Naina's mother had agreed to finally return to KMA. Both Aalekh and Sherry had become like her children and she wouldn't have missed their graduation for anything.

"She should be arriving in half an hour." Naina replied, settling Asmi on her hip. "And Abhimanyu?"

"I'm not sure… he promised to be on time and he had better be or Sherry is going to kill him." Raj announced. He certainly wasn't going to stand up for Abhi against his sister's anger if his friend was late.

After his release from hospital, Abhi had requested a transfer. His mission at KMA was over and he knew that it wouldn't be proper for him to remain there while he was in love with one of the students. The cadets had organised a huge farewell party for him and there had been quite a few tears shed when he had finally left.

Since then he had kept in constant contact, calling at least every few days to speak to Sherry, Raj and Naina with Raj joking that he was going to spend the entire kingdom's fortune on phone bills. Abhi had returned for Asmi's birth and had ensured that his holidays matched with KMA's so that they could all spend time together. Last holiday he had insisted on them all coming to his kingdom with him so that his parents could finally meet Sherry. The meeting had gone well but she had been so intimidated by the surroundings that in the week they spent there she had worn salwar kameez every day without a single complaint about the dupatta.

It had been an opportunity for Raj and Naina to formalise matters with Abhi's parents and the roka had been performed with an agreement that they engagement would take part after graduation with the wedding some time afterwards.

Finally ready, they exited the room, running into Shalini in the corridor who was also dressed in her formal uniform.

"Can you believe that our cadets are finally graduating today?" she asked excitedly, "It seems like only yesterday that they had come to the academy for the first time."

It might have seemed like yesterday but in that time all six of their favourite cadets had matured considerably. Pooja still talked in her mobile lingo but from a girl who had come to the academy chasing a lost boyfriend she had become a dedicated soldier, ready to serve her country. Ali still had the same principles but somewhere along the way he had learnt to relax, due mainly to the influence of Pooja and his friends. He was now more likely to choose his actions based on what the outcome would be rather than what the rules were.

Huda was still the most popular boy in the academy and still flirted with as many girls as possible but he had learnt that love is not about possession and that the most important thing is to be a good friend. Yudi was no longer the insecure and uncertain young man he had been when he entered the academy. He now had confidence in his own abilities and the support of his friends and teachers had shown him that being a man was more about what is inside a person than their outside. Aalekh was practically unrecognisable compared to the angry young man who had entered the academy two years ago. While he would still use tapori language around his friends, Naina's English and hindi tutorials had paid off and he could now confidently speak like an army officer. The love and affection he had received from Naina's mother had made an obvious effect too. He was now much more settled, and much happier in life.

As for Sherry, apart from Aalekh, her change had been the most drastic. When she had arrived she had been sullen, hostile and angry at everyone and everything and especially herself. Now she joked and laughed with her friends, gossiped with Naina and Pooja and doted on her niece. Despite the changes in her, she still had a sarcastic retort for anybody tht was stupid enough to mess with her. After her father's death and Abhi's departure she had dedicated herself to her studies, truly earning the best cadet award that she was to receive today.

Raj and Naina met Naina's mother at KMA's entrance, and Asmi happily went into her arms, excited to see her grandmother again. From there they went to the parade ground where the ceremony was to take place, Raj and Shalini joining the rest of the faculty on the daise and Naina and her mother heading for the audience where they greeted the rest of the cadets families. Saving a seat beside her for Abhimanyu, Naina glanced around. Ali and Pooja's families were seated together, chatting to each other. While no formal announcement had been made yet, Naina suspected that they would be hearing some news from Ali and Pooja very soon. Huda and Yudi's families sat nearby and as soon as Neelu saw Naina and her mother sit down she came over to join them, sitting next to Mrs Ahluwalia and playing with Asmi.

The ceremony was about to begin and Naina had just glanced around anxiously for about the hundredth time when somebody sat down in the seat next to her. Glancing at him briefly she was just about to tell him that it was reserved when she did a double take, staring at the person beside her.

He just grinned back.

"What happened to your hair?" Naina asked Abhi, indicating his now short hairstyle.

"I felt like a change… I'll be getting engaged soon after all, it's time I looked a bit more responsible." He told her humourously. "That and my mother threatened to cut me out of the official photos if I didn't."

Naina laughed and was about to reply when Brigadier Chandook stood up, signalling that the ceremony was about to start.

Naina met Raj's eyes across the distance and they smiled at each other as they listened to the speech before she turned to see their cadets lined up and ready to graduate. By the end of the ceremony Naina was wiping tears away from her eyes and looking around she saw that she wasn't the only one as her mother was also dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. Abhimanyu also appeared to have tears in his as he gazed at Sherry taking the oath, the love he felt clearly written on his face.

As soon as the ceremony was over, Naina watched as the cadets made their way over to Raj and Shalini, hugging them and taking their blessings before heading over to where their families were seated. Shalini headed back chatting with Yudi while Raj came back with one arm around Sherry's shoulders, one around Aalekh's and an extremely proud look on her face. She was chatting cheerfully to him when she finally spotted Abhi in the crowd and letting out what looked like a surprised gasp she made an excuse to Raj and began to run. Standing up, a grin already on his face, Abhi stretched out his arms just in time as she ran into them, squeezing her tightly and lifting her off the ground.

"I swear I didn't miss a single minute of the ceremony," he told her when he had finally put her back down, still clutching one of her hands. "You can ask Naina for proof."

"I believe you, I know you would never have missed this." Sherry told him, "Nice hair by the way."

"You like it?" Abhi asked a bit self consciously, "Actually I thought it was time for a change…"

"Don't lie, your mother threatened you to get it done." Sherry replied, a mischievous grin on her face. "She's been telling me to convince you as well."

They were all laughing when Raj and Aalekh caught up to them, Aalekh immediately bending down to touch Naina's mother's feet who then gave him a warm hug.

Abhimanyu and Sherry were still catching up, his arm now around her waist as she looked up at him, and Aalekh and Neelu were now chatting to Naina's mother about their next plans now that he had graduated.

Taking a step back from them, Naina came to stand next to Raj who placed his arm around her shoulders, hugging her as she leaned on him slightly.

"I was just thinking… how incredibly lucky it is that Brigadier Chandook forced you to bring me to KMA." Naina told Raj softly as she looked around her. She had made so many new friends here, had received so much love and affection. Now she had a complete family and so much happiness that she almost didn't know what to do with it. She was bound to all of these people with inexplicable bonds, ones that she could never explain. They were a part of her now, part of her identity and her happiness was very much connected to theirs.

"It was the luckiest day of my life." Raj agreed with her, looking down at her with love. "So many things have happened as a result of that day."

They stood there in a comfortable silence, watching the people that they loved. Life had been unfair to them in the past, it had tested them many times, given them tragedies and disappointments. In many ways it had been the shared pain that had bound her and Raj together in such a close relationship. However Naina had a feeling that the worst had passed, that from now on all of them would receive all of the happiness they deserved.

"Bhabhie, Bhaiyya, are you going to stand there all day or are we going to go join the party?" Sherry called out teasingly as she and Abhimanyu started to walk back towards the main academy along with Naina's mother and Asmi and the rest of the cadets.

From now on she would not look back at the past with regret, not when their futures were so bright.

Naina took Raj's hand and together they began to walk forward.

Life was waiting, and they would not be left behind.

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THE END

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gazal

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Posted: 16 years ago

#336

Final comments!

from andrea

And so, after a very long journey, Ties has finally ended. Just to give you an idea it is 157,591 words and 392 pages long. When I had started it I had no intentions of it being this long or stretching on for such a long time, in fact when I began the fic I had very different plans for it. It was going to be a relatively uncomplicated fic and the climax probably would've been some Ritu spygiri and Raj having to rescue Naina or some such thing. I'm glad it changed… because I feel that would've been a little boring.

The plotline definitely changed when I decided to bring Sherry in. I hadn't planned to have her there from the beginning and I don't remember what made me decide to do so but I'm glad that I did. I remember that a lot of you didn't like her when she first arrived, but I knew she'd grow on you and she did! One of the hardest things to do was to conceal who her pairing was with, and if you liked the Abhi-Sherry pairing then a thanks is due to RJ who talked me through my nerves connected with it and convinced me that it actually was a good idea.

Ties has been special for me… it's my longest ever fic and has probably been going for the longest time though (partially because of my long gaps . It's been quite an emotional fic to write and I'm feeling a bit senti to let it go now. I think I've lost some readers along the way and picked some up too, so please let me know how you've liked the fic. You know how much I love long comments so please leave some. You can comment on your favourite part, least favourite part, favourite one liner of Sherry's, favourite stupid moment of Huda's etc etc.

I hope you've enjoyed the journey as much as I have! Thank you for being understanding when I've been late to update,

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sea_nyx

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Posted: 16 years ago

#337

truly amazing, especially the bits with abhi and sherry, go those two, they just take my breath away, and awww RN's daughter is so cute. i loved the entire ff, but the epilogue just took my breath away. i'm really going to miss this ff

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Aradhna

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Posted: 16 years ago

#338

Loved the happy ending Andrea! Thank you so much for such an amazing story!

Love,

Radz

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Shree85

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Posted: 16 years ago

#339

Hi Andrea

Thank u for providing such a wonderful fic. All is well in the end. I enjoyed every bit of this fic. I loved Asmi as she is so cute and its nice to know that she is being pampered by Brigadier Chandok as well.

With Lots of Love and Wishes

Shree

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Deeya

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Posted: 16 years ago

#340

Dearest andrea!!!!!!!

ever since gazal had got us to know that the fic wud be ending soon i had decided that i would leave a long long comment at the end...... because the ties that bind surely deserve that if not more......

i started reading this fic around april/may 2008 during my vacation time and was searchin for RN fics... i found your and i loved it to the core...... i was pretty sad tht it wasnt completed coz i was dying to know wat happened next..... ur fic was that interesting... and then u updated in july and i was happy coz i gt to know the next part...... but then u dint upload for a long time and hence i thgt u hav forgotten us... ur readers... and i cant blame u for tht.... the comments u gt were always less... u deserved much more adulation and comments than what u got.... and i am seriously telling u.....

the the ties that bind has been the best RN fic i have read by far...... and u deserve a standing ovation for that... the plot u created the way the story unfolded was amazing... u made me laugh cry get emotional.... there was nothing out of the blue or unaccpetable......

words are less to describe ur fic....... because certains cannot be described they can onli be experienced and so ties has been a beautiful experience for me...... and thanku so much for entertaining me........ and so many others... keep it going and all the very best to u..........

now answering ur questions!!!

i cannot pick out any favpurite part because there hav been so many..... probably all the rn romantic scenes coz they were written so beautifully and had so much of meaning and emotion in them......

now about sherry.... i loved the part during karva chauth wen she huda asks her to keep a vrath for him she startes gobbling down the food.... and in reutrn says tht if staying hungry could ensure huda's long life... then she would rather eat

and i loved the scene wen huda tries flirting wid naina not knowing who she is....

and so once again i would like to thank u... for the time u have spent writing this fic...... u have surely put ur heart and soul into writing this one and that shows so much... so just keep rocking!!!!!!!