A NEW HOPE - Page 6

While all the friends were discussing plans for the party inside the house and watching Huda sit depressed repeating the same lines over and over, Gunny was talking to M.G. Gaur outside. It was quite noticeable that there was an air of awkwardness between the two of them as they spoke, but neither would shed light on that fact for a while longer. The two of them were talking about the new academic year of KMA that was to begin in the next 15 days.

"Major Randhawa, KMA ke naye cadet's ke batch mein mera beta Rummy bhi shaamil hai…"

"Yes sir…"

"Main chahta hoon ki usse koi bhi special treatment na mile… woh baaki cadet's ke tarah hi treat kiya jaana chahiye… usse ek Major ke bet eke haisiyat se light punishments mat do, usse pata chalna chahiye ki ek army officer banana kitne khatin aur mushkil hai…" M.G Gaur told him.

"Yes sir, aap mujhpar yeh zimmedaari chodiye, I'll see to it ki aapke bete ko baaki cadet's ke tarah hi treat kiya jaayega."

"Good… lekin ek baat ka dhyaan rakho… Rummy ke punishments bahut hi hard aur frequent hone chahiye…"

"Lekin sir, bina kuch galat kiye, main kaise kuch kar sakta hoon… I'm sorry sir, par main aapke bete ko sirf tab punish karoonga, jab usse punish hone ke liye kuch galat kiya ho…" Gunny replied.

"Theek hai, but make sure ki in do-teen saalon mein, Rummy ek accha, taakatwar sipahi ban jaaye, he should be the best cadet…" M.G. Gaur told him.

"Yes sir…"

"Okay… thank you Major, main ab chalta hoon… KMA mein meeting ke liye der ho rahi hai…goodbye Major." M.G. Gaur told Gunny before getting into his car and leaving the chalet.

Gunny stood outside the house, on top of the hill, staring down at the city and lost in his thoughts. He stood there for about 5 minutes, with a sad and depressed look on his face. Before he turned around and went back inside to join his friends, the mask of a happy face was back up. He wasn't ready to tell anyone just yet.

When Gunny went back inside the house, he went to the den where everyone was sitting, he was told about the plans for the party and also that he didn't have a date for the party as all the girls had been taken. To his friends' surprise, Gunny didn't seem to mind it at all that he didn't have a date for the party.

"Arre yaar Gunny, tu itna khush hai… tujhe party ke liye date nahi hai, phir bhi…" Navin asked him.

"Toh kya hua Navin? Hum sab ek hi party mein jaa rahe hai… hum sab saath mein honge, toh even if mujhe date nahi hai, tum sab toh saath mein hi ho right?"

"Baat toh sahi kaha hai, dost… lekin don't worry, Huda ko bhi date nahi hai…" Abhimanyu told him.

"Ha-ha, kya hua Lt. Huda, koi janani nahi mili?" Gunny asked him.

"Nahi mili sir, hum dono ka luck khatam ho chuka hai…" Huda replied for the first time after he had stopped singing.

"Well, it's no problem; hum ab bhi party mein mazaa karenge… wahan par kaafi single ladkiyaan honge..." Gunny replied grinning.

"Haan… Huda ka jadoo shayad party mein chalega…good idea…thanks sir…"

"You're welcome Lt. Huda"

"Tu sach mein party mein yeh sab karega?" Rajveer asked Gunny.

"Pagal ho gaya hai, Raj. Main toh bas Huda ko gaate hue nahi sunana chahta tha… Pooja keh rahi thi ki behtar hota agar Huda naa gaaye, warna saare bhoot humaare ghar mein aa jaate…" Gunny told Rajveer.

Hearing Pooja's comment about Huda's singing waking the dead from their graves made everyone laugh. Luckily, Huda wasn't around to hear what Gunny had said because he had run up to his room after thanking Gunny. Everyone decided to go upstairs to their rooms and rest for a bit before getting ready to go for the party.

So, for about an hour, the whole house was silent while everyone stayed in their rooms relaxing before the party. Naina was in Rajveer's room which was fortunately empty as Rajveer's room-mates, Aalekh and Abhimanyu had gone to some other room…

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Neither of them were aware that as they relaxed and enjoyed their freedom and happiness in that chalet on top of a hill, they were being watched very carefully. There were a group of people who had set up their equipment far away from the foot of the hill and though very experienced in gun-shooting, they weren't professionals when it came to spying.

While this group of people thought that they would succeed in their mission of spying on the chalet, they had no idea that they themselves were being spied on by someone from the chalet itself. The person in the chalet was alone in an empty room and had his equipment scattered about everywhere, he had been observing the group for a couple of hours now, whenever he got a chance to separate himself from the group. He was presently looking at them through his binoculars when suddenly his phone rang.

"Hello boss…" He said not removing the binoculars from his eyes.

"Don't 'hello boss' me, what's your status? Do you have any news for me?" The boss replied.

"No sir, nothing new, woh group mein sirf saath log hai aur pichle paanch ghanto se, woh hum par nazar rakh rahe hai…" The person said.

"Alright, tell me if anything comes up. Make sure that no one else in the house finds out that we are being watched, okay? Tum aur tumhaare partner ke siway kisi ko bhi yeh baat pata nahi chalna chahiye." The boss said.

"Yes sir… over and out."

"Over and out, officer."

As he sat on the windowsill, hidden from the group of people spying on the chalet, Navin wondered to himself whether he could keep this secret safe between him and his partner.

These people had been spying on them since they all had reached here and he had no idea what they intended to do or how long were they going to be spying on the chalet for. Sighing to himself, Navin set the binoculars down for a moment so that he could place a headphone in his right ear, hoping that he would be able to catch some sort of clue from the group down the hill as they spoke amongst themselves.

He had planted a bug in a tree near the place where the group was hidden early this morning along with his partner. He sat there for about 15 more minutes listening to nothing but unimportant casual talk until he heard something vital from one of the group member's mouth. That something vital was indeed valuable information and very dangerous as well for it had almost turned Navin's blood cold when he heard what the group was planning to do… the spying on the chalet was a teensy small part of what seemed to be a big plan soon to be executed by his enemies.

Sometime later, everyone was seen getting ready for the party in their respective rooms. As always, the guys took half an hour altogether to get ready while the girls were still not completely ready. So, all the 8 guys were standing impatiently at the bottom of the staircase waiting for the girls to come down. 6:55 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:05 pm, 7:10 pm… where were the girls?

Finally at 7:20 pm after waiting for more than 30 minutes, the guys turned around to go upstairs to bring the girls down, but to their surprise that was the exact moment when the girls showed up, looking very beautiful in their party outfits. When the girls reached down, they went to their respective dates leaving Navin, Gunny and Huda to follow the couples. It took around 15 minutes for the group to reach the Blue Lagoon, once they were inside; they headed straight for an empty table and ordered their drinks.

"Wow, this place is rocking…" Yudi said.

"Rocking toh hoga hi… Huda ne jo chuna hai…" Huda said, praising himself.

"The music is great, Aalekh, chalo… dance karte hai…" Neelu said, pulling Aalekh by his hand and dragging him to the dance floor.

"Em… excuse me, Major… do u want to dance?" Roma asked Abhimanyu with a hopeful look on her face.

"Sure, chaliye…" Abhimanyu said smiling…

Soon, after playing a couple of fast songs, the DJ decided it was time for all the couples to come on the dance floor. Rajveer took Naina to the dance floor just as the music began; a very excited Pooja led a sort of hesitant Ali to the dance floor while it took Gunny and Navin a lot of their patience to get Shalini and Yudi on the dance floor together.

When the music started, all the couples on the dance floor began to dance slowly, lost in their partner's eyes… the DJ had chosen one of many romantic songs to play; 'Pehli Nazar Mein' from Race.


Pehli nazar mein
Kaise jaadoo kar diya
Tera ban baita hai
Mera jiya
Jaane kya hoga
Kya hoga kya pata
Is pal ko milke
Aa jee le zara

Mein hoon yahan
Tu hai yahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Aa bhi ja
O jaan-e-jaan
Dono jahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Bhool ja aa

O jaan-e-jaan
Dono jahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Bhool ja aa

Baby i love u, baby i love you, baby i love you, baby i love you … so..
Baby i love u
Oh i love u
I love u
I love u so
Baby i love u


As he sat there watching his best friend and his sister dancing together, Navin couldn't help remembering the long gone days… those days when he was in love, when he thought that she had been the one for him, never thought that she would betray him and his love for her… it had been so many years but it would take forever for his wounds to heal.


Har dua mein shamil tera pyaar hai
Bin tere lamha bhi dushwar hai
Dhadhkon ko tujhe se hi darkar hai
Tujhse hai rahtein
Tujhse hai chahtein

Har dua mein shamil tera pyaar hai
Bin tere lamha bhi dushwar hai
Dhadhkon ko tujhe se hi darkar hai
Tujhse hai rahtein
Tujhse hai chahtein

Tu jo mili ek din mujhe
Mein kahin ho gaya laapata

O jaan-e-jaan
Dono jahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Bhool ja aa...

On the dance floor, Ali seemed to have relaxed because he was now seen dancing happily with Pooja; Yudi and Shalini too seemed to have loosened themselves, while Abhimanyu and Roma had lost themselves in each other's eyes as they danced.

As for Rajveer and Naina; they danced so beautifully as if there was no one in the club but the two of them, their moves were impeccable and both of them were lsot in their own dream world.

Kar diya deewana dard-e-kash ne
Chain cheena isqh ke ehsaas ne
Bekhayali di hai tere pyaas ne
Chaya suroor hai
Kuch to zaroor hai

Kar diya deewana dard-e-kash ne
Chain cheena isqh ke ehsaas ne
Bekhayali di hai tere pyaas ne
Chaya suroor hai
Kuch to zaroor hai

Yeh dooriyan
Jeene na de
Haal mera tujhe na pata

O jaan-e-jaan
Dono jahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Bhool ja aa

O jaan-e-jaan
Dono jahan
Meri bahon mein aa
Bhool ja aa

Baby i love u, baby i love you, baby i love you, baby i love you … so..
Baby i love u
Oh i love u
Baby I love u
I love u...


Once the song was over, all the couples came back to the table save for Abhimanyu-Roma and Aalekh-Neelu. Naina noticed that Huda had disappeared somewhere onto the dance floor.

"Kisi ladki ke saath hoga, shayad yahan par Huda ko woh ladki mil jaaye jo usse pyaar kare…" Naina thought to herself as she seated herself between Navin and Rajveer.

"Kya hua Naina?" Rajveer asked her.

"Kuch nahi, bas soch rahi thi ki shayad Huda ko aaj raat woh special ladki mil jaaye…" Naina told him.

"Shayad, mil sakta hai ya nahi…" Rajveer said.

"Bhaai, kahan kho gaye the?" Naina asked Navin when she saw that her brother had been staring into space ever since she had sat down at the table.

"Uh… kuch nahi Naina… main bas…" Navin replied not wanting Naina to know that he had been thinking about Ritu.

"Aap, Dr. Ritu ke baare mein soch rahe the, na?" Naina asked him quietly.

"Nahi toh…tujhe kaise pata chala?" Navina asked.

"Main aapki behen hoon, mujhe sab pata chalta hai…" Naina said.

"Haan Navin, Naina ko sab pata chal jaata hai, bina kuch kahe hi usse maloom padta hai ki tum kya soch rahe ho." Rajveer told his friend.

"Accha baba, theek hai… haan main Ritu ke baare mein soch raha tha kyunki humaari peheli date yahan par tha… Academy mein B.C nahi tha aur Major Nair bhi nahi the, isliye hum dono chupke se bina tum sabko bataye yahan chale aaye the…" Navin told them.

"Oh…" It was all Naina could manage to say; she didn't know what else she could tell Navin, so that he felt better, all Naina wanted was to see her brother happy.

"Navin, dost… tujhe ek din zaroor apna sacha pyaar milega… thoda sa aur intezaar kar… duniya mein hum sabke liye koi na koi toh bana hai… tu bhi jald uss ladki se milega…" Rajveer told his friend.

"Sach, Raj? Kya wakai mein mujhe woh ladki mil jaayegi?"

"Of course milegi… mujhpe bharosa nahi hai?"

"Hai dost, lekin…"

"Bhaiya, aaj ke liye itna hi kaafi hai, chalo mere saath dance karo…" Naina said pulling her brother from his chair on to the dance floor. Rajveer sat on the table and watched Naina and Navin dance together, he noticed that within minutes, Navin was back to his old self again, he was lucky that he had a sister like Naina and Rajveer was lucky that he fell in love with her too.

As Rajveer looked around the table at his friends, he saw Gunny sitting three seats away, looking at a picture, Rajveer went and sat next to his friend and spoke to him.

"Toh Gunny Ustaad, kiski photo hai?" Rajveer asked.

"Huh? Raj, tu ka baa gaya?" Gunny asked, trying to hide the photo.

"Main toh kab se yahan par hoon, Naina aur Navin ke saath baitha tha, ab dono bhaai behen naach rahe hai toh maine socha tera sar khaa loon… ab bol, kiski tasveer hai?" Rajveer asked again.

"Koi nahi… main toh bas yunhi…" Gunny said.

"Accha, agar koi nahi hai, toh mujhe bhi dikhao, apne yaar se tu kya chupa raha hai?" Rajveer said.

"Kuch nahi Raj… yeh le, tasveer dekh…" Gunny said handing over the photograph to Rajveer, who took it and after seeing it almost dropped it.

"Gunny… yeh toh, ladki hai…" Rajveer said in an amused tone.

"Ha-ha, mazaak bandh karo Raj… tujhe kya laga, kiska photo hoga?"

"Pata nahin… lekin maine iss ladki ko pehle bhi dekha hai…kaun hai yeh ladki?" Rajveer asked still looking at the photo.

"Sameera uska naam hai…"

"Kya? Sameera toh… minister saab ki beti ka naam hai…"

"Jaanta hoon Raj…"

"Iska matlab hai ki… tu minister ki beti se pyaar karta hai…"

"Maine kab kaha ki… main usse pyaar karta hoon, main toh bas…bas…" Gunny said stammering.

"Haan haan, tu kaha pyaar kar sakta hai… Sameera toh tumhaari behen jaisi hai, na?" Rajveer said grinning

"Raj, tu kabhi nahi sudhrega…"

"Shayad ab se sudhar ne ki koshish karoonga, Naina jo hai… tujhe bhi sirf aaj raat tak hai… kal se Sameera aa rahi hai… tu bhi sudhrega…" Rajveer said.

"Theek hai… main manta hoon ki Sameera ke liye meri feelings hai… par, kya woh bhi kuch feel karti hai?"

"Yeh toh ussise pooch… filhaal aaj raat aish karo… Huda ke tarah… dekh kaise kisi bhi anjaan ladki ke saath naach raha hai…"

As soon as Rajveer said that; Gunny turned around to see Huda on the dance floor dancing with a girl whose back was towards them. Gunny was about to turn and speak to Rajveer when that girl turned around, and Gunny saw who exactly that girl was. Dressed in a mini black skirt and a shiny red tube top with long brown hair was a girl Gunny knew very well… and so did Rajveer.

"Err… Raj…dost…kya tu piche mudh sakta hai?" Gunny said poking Rajveer in the shoulder.

"Kya hai? Sameera se tu kal mil raha hai… ab…" Rajveer stopped in mid-sentence as his eyes fell on the pair dancing a few feet away from him. It was Huda and his newfound girlfriend.

"Raj… kya woh ladki…wahi hai?"

"Kaunsi ladki Raj?" Navin had just come back from dancing with Naina.

"Ladki? Raj, tum kisi aur ladki ko dekh rahe ho?" Naina asked him.

"Naina, jaise tum soch rahi ho, waisa kuch nahi hai…Navin, zara uss ladki ko dekho jo Huda ke saath dance kar rahi hai." Gunny said.

"Uh-oh… yeh toh…" Navin said.

"Sherry hai…" Rajveer completed the sentence.

"Sherry? Who's Sherry?" Naina said looking confused.

"Naina… Sherry Raj ki behen hai… his real sister, Sherry Singh Shekhawat…"

"WHAT???" Naina exclaimed as she realized that this was the reason why Rajveer had been staring at Huda and that girl all this time... and she now knew that this somehow would have quite a shocking reaction...

She watched as Rajveer slowly got up from his chair and made his way to the dance floor, stop Huda from dancing with Sherry and then getting her attention by pulling her arm and making her face him...

"Hello Sherry..." Rajveer said with an angry look on his face.

"B...bhaiyya..." Sherry replied looking surprised and shocked at the same time...
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DONE!!!!!!!

Tomorrow i'll be able to give only one update... but don't forget to leave ur comments....

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good one dear.. was waiting for this.. why only 1 update tomorrow... and another thin i really love your ff.. got addicted to it 😊