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Aashtha Dixit entered her apartment bedroom and lied down on her bed, feeling so exhausted. The day at her office was a tiresome one and she fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes. Soon she slipped into a dream. She was sitting by the side of a beautiful pond full of lotus flowers. She didn't see someone approaching her from behind and then she could feel someone's palms on her eyes. She smiled and turned around after removing the hands from her face, only to face the handsomest man in her world. She cried happily "SHLOK" and hugged him tightly.
Suddenly she sat up bolt upright and tried to visualize the dream again in her mind's eye. It has been a long while since she had actually seen him. Four years to be precise. As though remembering something she got up and flipped open her laptop. She desperately searched through her old folders and found the one which she was looking for. The folder named Jyoti's wedding. She opened it and browsed through its contents. Finally she got the picture she was looking for - The one with a handsome man who was standing with her best friend Jyoti, who was clad in bridal attire. The mere sight of him made her feel a jolt in her stomach and the same old feeling of fatal attraction engulfed her being. Just then the doorbell rang through her senses and she dragged herself to reality .She closed her laptop ran along to open the door. She knew it was her room mate and friend, Payal.
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Payal and Aastha were having their dinner and Payal could guess by now that something was wrong with her otherwise talkative friend Aastha , who had been extremely silent since she met her that evening.
P: Aastha, tum teek toh ho..?
A: (suddenly looking up from her food) M-m-main teek hoon..M-m-mujhe kya hoga..?
P: Dekho jhoot mat bolo haan Aastha..Main tumhe ache se jaanti hoon..Jab se main aayi hoon tum kitni silent ho..
A: (slowly) Hmm..Sach kahoon toh main kisi ke baare mein soch rahi thi..
P: Acha..Kaun?
A:(nervously)Woh..Shlok..Shlok Agnihotri
P: Kaun?? Woh kaun hain..?
Aastha then started to narrate the story to Payal
######### FLASH BACK##########
PUNE
4 years ago, on the eve of Jyoti's wedding day
Aastha was looking gorgeous in a traditional lehanga choli and she was walking quickly along a crowded corridor so as to reach her friend Jyoti's room. She had been Aastha's best friend during their college days. She needed to be with her friend, to help her get ready for her wedding eve. She wasn't paying attention to someone who was walking towards her, a man who was walking with greatest difficulty only because he was extremely drunk.
She walked right into him, he fell backwards trying to hold upon Aastha who also fell down only to be landed right on top of him. What she saw in front of her eyes was the most handsome person she had ever met in her entire life. She suddenly got a shock when a shout issued from his mouth.
Man: GET UP!!! I said GET UP!!
She immediately got up and tried to help him up seeing that he was struggling to get on his feet.
Man: (shouts) STAY AWAY FROM ME.
Finally he got up and staggered away muttering things like "I don't need anyone" ..."Mujhe..koi nahin chahiye".
Several people stood watching the scene.
One lady: Peekar aaya hain shayad
Another lady: Agnihotri ji ka beta hain. Dulhan ka bhai.
Aastha who still stood watching the drunken person's backside was shocked to hear this. She thought ' Jyoti ka bhai..!!'..She didn't waste much time after that and hurried along to reach Jyoti's room which was at the farther end of the corridor.
While Aastha was helping Jyoti to get ready she casually started asking the thing which was troubling her.
A: Acha Jyoti ..Main tumhare bhaiyya se mili thi thode der pehle corridor main..(and uncertainly added)..Bahut drunk the shaayad..(watching Jyoti nervously)
J:(stopped smiling) Shlok bhaiyya honge..Woh aise hi hain.. Do saal pehle unki girl friend ki maut huyi thi na..Tab se woh aise hi hain..
A: Acha..(Feeling so shocked)
That night, Aastha couldn't sleep at all. She couldn't stop thinking about Shlok. She felt terribly bad, thinking about the ways with which fate could play ridiculous games in our life. She had searched for him all among the crowd during the evening function but couln't find him anywhere. What she couldn't understand was that, why she was so desperate to see him again.
Next day was the wedding day and Aastha looked stunning in a blue sari and was escorting the bride, Jyoti who too looked extremely beautiful in her bridal attire. As they were walking down the staircase Jyoti exclaimed happilly,"Bhaiyya!!". Aastha too was surprised to see Shlok Agnihotri in a whole new avtar. He stood at the bottom of the stairs wearing a blue colour Sherwani, his face was cleanly shaved and he was even smiling pleasantly at Jyoti. She just couldn't take her eyes off him. She watched as Jyoti happily hugged her brother as soon as they reached downstairs.
J:(pulling off from the hug) Bhaiyyaaa...You are looking so handsome. I am happy to see you like this.
'Handsome?!',Aastha thought,' was an understatement'. According to her he was looking ravishingly hot and she felt a strange urge to hug him and kiss him at that very moment. Somehow she shook off such feelings and tried to look casual.
Shlok didn't reply and he just smiled at Jyoti. He took hold of her shoulders and slowly led her to the Mandap as Aastha and the others who were earlier escorting the bride, followed. All through the wedding ceremony she was busy staring at Shlok and was only half aware of what was going around her. However she had remembered to capture one picture of his, in her digital camera, when he was posing for a photograph with Jyoti.
Though Jyoti had gone to U.S after her marriage, Aastha and Jyoti always kept in touch with each other.
########END OF FLASH BACK##########
Payal sat on Aastha's bed looking at the same picture in the laptop as Aastha finished telling her the story and about the dream which she had had earlier in the evening.
P: Aastha, He is really handsome.
A: (sadly got up and went to the window and looked out)Mujhe pata hain Payal. Par main kya karti. Us din main unse teek se baat bhi nahin kar payi.
P: (shaking her head) Aur tum aaj bhi pachthaa rahi ho..
Aastha didn't reply for this. Payal also got up and walked up to Aastha and stood behind her gently holding her shoulders.
P: Dekho Aastha. Chaar saal beet gaye aur tum ab tak usse bhool nahin paayi. Iska matlab ye hi hua naa ki tum donon ke beech mein kuch connection hain
Aastha happily turned around to face Payal.
A: SACH!!??..Tum bhi aise sochti ho..?Mujhe toh laga ki main ek budhoo hoon jo itni silly silly baaton mein believe karti hain.
Aastha hugged Payal happily...
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AASTHA'S LIFE..? IS SHE GOING TO MEET SHLOK AGAIN..?
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