Prologue
Arjun, a cop dedicated to his
work, is the best in his own wicked way. Every case he ever took was solved and
the results were unquestionable even though the same could not be said for his
ways. He always came up with the truthful confessions of the culprits and they
were proved guilty by the court. Apart from his achievements in his field,
Arjun Suryakant Rawte lived alone and a lonely life. Maybe this was his
strength. No one to loose. This gave him a satisfaction that was no one was in
his house waiting for him to return and to cry at his dead body when he died.
Riya, the simple school going
girl, is bright and intelligent person. She always scored good marks but its
not that she was never expelled, she was, not once but twice! Once when caught
smoking and the other time when she was protesting against a teacher, except,
she was protesting alone. But! That was Riya. She stood up for what she thought
was right even though it meant standing alone. She never set at anything less
than what she wanted. She lived with her parents and in a neighborhood full of
friends, and was happy having so many people around her.
But this isn't about how
different they were and how happy they were when they were not in each other's
life! This is about circumstances that bought two complete different people in
one picture and forced them to live together. But this story of together' or
to say to-get-her' wasn't pleasant, wasn't normal, and sure as hell wasn't planned
by nature or the universe at all!
It all started with a blast,
a filthy bomb blast.
A terrible accident was
announced in the news and Arjun turned up the volume. He left the report he was
writing for the last case he solved yesterday and joined his hands together and
rested his chin on it, in shock, as the massive explosion was reported for the
umpteenth time.
"Recently, few days ago the
company, RSH global was reported to be on fire, what is said to be the reason
is that a massive gas leakage in the cafeteria leading to an explosion." The
reporter said and Arjun narrowed his eyes. Just then his phone rang and Rathore
boomed him to come to his office.
He turned the same channel
and threw the remote away.
"What do you think of this
blast?" he asked worried.
"Such lame cover!" he said in
his head as he knew this was no gas leakage, he looked at his senior plus
friend and knew he said it out loud, "I mean, come on, it was a global company
Rathore, do you want me to believe that!" he said clarifying.
"So what are your theories?"
Rathore said and crossed his hands on his chest in determination that whatever
Arjun would say next would be lame too.
"As I said it was a global
company with more than thousands of employees and the blast in the caf was a
bomb blast. Not a gas leak." He said and Rathore smiled to himself, at last a
chance to show Arjun that he was wrong.
"Rawte, what you are saying
is that someone intentionally blew up the building! Seriously! Like terrorist
attack or something?" he laughed inside at the sound of this.
"Yes." Arjun said standing
firm on his judgment.
"Well then enlighten me more,
coz I fail to see it that way." Rathore said, still clearly pissed at the fight
they had yesterday.
"You see they say' it was a
gas leak and that too in a caf."
"We know that!" Rathore spat
impatient.
"Let me finish!" Arjun glared
and Rathore huffed at his anger. "I checked the online employee list, caf had
nearly 20 staff members and hundreds of employee customers' of the company.
And the fact that the blast occurred at mid afternoon, someone has got to be
there! I mean they can't leave a vacant caf at the middle of lunch hours, can
they?" he asked.
"Come to the point." Rathore
asked dreading he had a strong point.
"so nobody, none, out of 20
staff people and nearly a hundred customers realized there was a gas leakage?!
And moreover, the blast that KILLED everyone on that floor and nearly damaged
the ones surrounding it! So not one cylinder would have leaked and if it was
two, we can think of coincidence but to blow up the whole caf floor, there has
to be more than 5..and THAT cannot be a coincidence and 5 cylinder leaking and
no one smelling this much gas-"
"Okay okay, I get it!"
Rathore said at once knowing he made more than one point, "you're on it." He said
giving the case to Arjun and he smiled inwardly.
And that is how Arjun got
involved in the case. But this isn't about the case, this is about love, so how
love came in his life, lets find out!
Arjun was called in the
headquarters.
"Sir!" he saluted the man in
the uniform who was his senior-cum-mentor, Dustin Coelho.
"Arjun, I was, umm, I was
here to tell you that you are doing pretty good in the current case of the RSH
blast." The old one said and Arjun smiled and nodded in appreciation. "I uh-
um- I was -" he couldn't speak and Arjun grew suspicious.
Just then Rathore came in
holding a file, he saw Coelho appreciate his presence and he asked in gestures
to help him out. Arjun narrowed his eyes and looked at his friend.
Arjun took the file Rathore
extended to him and flipped quickly to last page. All important stuff is in the last page, he thought and read. But
all he could find was a court order.
"What is this?" he asked
impatient to go through all that and know.
Coelho looked at Rathore and
he said, "You are a guardian now. Of a girl." He said not sure of his reaction.
Well how will he be? He knew Arjun from 6 years and one thing he was certain he
was no family man because Arjun had NO family at all, not that he complained
but he just couldn't think of Arjun as a subtle guardian. All he could think
was Arjun with a gun chasing criminals.
"Well thank you!" he said and
then realized, "I am a WHAT!" he said stunned.
Rathore stepped in and filled
some reasons, "you know Heena, your relative from your hometown,-"
"Who married a Bengali boy? I
know. What about her?" he asked.
"She was in that blast."
Rathore said and Arjun looked sorry for a minute but then came to reality.
"So?" he asked more, "how
does Heena being in that blast makes me a guardian?"
"she and her husband worked
in the same company and when the blast occurred they died, they had a daughter
and she doesn't have anyone except you, and you being the in charge of this
case, court thinks its better if you take care of her, you know, we all know
this wasn't a gas leak and if it was a bomb then this girl's life is at stake,
you should really help her!" Rathore said at once and it took at least a couple
of seconds for Arjun to fathom what he said.
"But sir I cant, you know I
am not a family guy, that girl should be sent somewhere else." First time Arjun
was nervous. The ever brave Arjun Suryakant Rawte was nervous of girls, yes,
that is why he was 33 and NOT MARRIED.
"Rawte, understand, it's a
court order." Rathore said. "Here is her file." and Arjun slumped his
shoulders, took the file and went out.
Rathore humped and looked at
his retreating back.
"God help the poor soul."
Dustin prayed and Rathore couldn't understand for who it was, for Arjun or for the
girl.
***
After a day Arjun finally
decided that he couldn't back out like this, he has passed every obstacle in
life and solved every crucial case, how
hard could handling a 16-year-old could be?!
She is 16, a grown up!
She would be responsible of herself and not at all childlike. I just
have to guard' her as the guardian, make sure she doesn't get hit by a truck
on the road, or get herself killed. Apart from that, how hard could it be? He thought and sat around the park for some more
time. He then looked at her name and tried to memorize it, making sure he
doesn't get the name wrong at the first meet itself.
He took a deep breath and a
last look at the girl's picture and went near the school she was studying in.
The smell of school and books
making a knot in his stomach. He crunched his nose and entered the principal's
office.
"Hi, I am Arjun Rawte." He
greeted the old woman. "I am the legal guardian of Riya Mukherjee!"
---
So what happens when these
two people meet?
How will the tough cop who
chases gangsters by day and terrorists by night take care of a 16-year-old
fragile girl?
How will the girl who just
worried about what shoes to wear with a certain dress takes Arjun as her one
and only relative-cum-guardian alive?
I know you guys caught me red
handed!
This story is based on the
relationship of Elena and Alaric of The Vampire Diaries. Where Alaric suddenly
becomes her guardian, I know he never had those feelings for Elena in TVD, but
what if he did? Is it right for the 33 year old guy to fall in love with a 16
year old girl?
Keep the comments coming if
you want to read more!
Chapter one coming tomorrow,
and I am NOT joking.
Hehe.
MUSKAAN.
Edited by MastiMuskaan - 10 years ago
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