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"Ba..wa..r.i poonch, gan..na ch...oos, ukhaad le mooch...! Yeh zameen meri hai...gi!" Roshini fumbled reading the wacko types language used by that so called Siddharth Khurana.
"Haaww...yeh kaisi language mein baat kar raha hai!" shrieked Roshini, "Itne bade hotel company ka owner hai, and he uses such tapoori language!" she huffed.
"Arre Didi, apun toh.." Fatka was interrupted by Roshini's glare. "Iss Siddharth Khurana ki toh main..Eeehhh..such an irritating guy he is.."
"Ab isska kuch karna hi padega!" Roshini's thoughts were interrupted by her cell phone's ringtone.
"Babloo Chachu...why is he calling me?" she thought, while answering the call.
"Ji Chachu...another event, are you serious?"
"Hotel ka naam kya bataya aapne?"
"SK International..yeah OK I am coming.."
"15 minutes Chachu, don't worry, just 15 minutes..I am coming.", sighed Roshini. She looked at the faces of the children of her NGO and noticed the little gimmer of hope in their eyes. She ruffled their hairs and bending to their height level, she said, "Bachha log, don't worry OK. I need to go somewhere, DD is calling. I'll keep e-mailing that Siddharth and think of a way to save our home, OK"
"We trust you Didi. Tum jo karogi, theek hi karogi" the children said in unison.
Roshini smiled, picked her tab and bag and walked away. Sitting in her car she waved at the children and drove all the way to SK International.
"Carelessness ki bhi had hoti hai Roshini, tumhe bola thha na.." Roshini rolled her eyes at DD's daily rant and interrupted her in between, saying, "10 minutes! Just 10 minutes and I'll be ready."
"Fine with me! Room no. 505 mein tumhaari dreass and jewellery rakhi hai, pehn lena..please!"
"Ji DD.." she sighed, leaving DD with her Kesar and babloo Chachu, Roshini went towards her room no. 505.
"Bhaiya, where the hell is this room no. 505?" Roshini muttered angrily at a waiter. She found it very difficult to find her room.
"Wah! Kya kismat hai meri! Ab dekhiye na Gupta Ji, I had to come here, at my father's hotel wearing these dirty clothes. Who'll believe me if I would say that my father owns this hotel." Sid laughed pointing at himself, while entering inside SK International Hotel.
"Madam, this is the conference wing, your room is in the other wing. There you see that building; there at 5th floor you'll find your room.", replied the waiter pointing at a building opposite to the main block of the hotel.
"Why so complicated?" she thought to herself as she walked towards the hotel building. "Why isn't this khadoos Siddharth Khurana replying? Wait abhi ek mail karti hoon usse.." she got so involved in typing the mail that she overlooked the sign board around the pool, "The floor is wet, walk carefully."
Just like they say, that the stars, high above, in the sky are responsible for what happens in your life. Your destiny is written by these stars. And at this moment Roshini and Sid's stars were in mischievous mood.
"Ooohhwwhhooo.." yelled out Roshini as she slipped because of the wet floor and was about to fall but didn't. She had her eyes close and felt as if she was hanging mid air.
"Bhagyashree?" she heard someone saying that, and felt manly arms around her waist holding her, preventing the fall.
She opened her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, "Tum?" she mumbled.
The moment she opened her eyes, Sid got lost in her big doe like, brown eyes. He was so lost that he didn't even heard Roshini's chant of leaving her and letting her stand properly. That's why Roshini had to pinch him hard.
"Oowww...aahh..what was that for Bhagyashree?" asked Sid, rubbing his chest, where Roshini had pinched him.
"Meri baat nahi sunne ke liye. Kab se bole jaa rahi hoon chod do, chod do, but tum ho ki mujhe chod hi nahi rahe thhe." Roshini replied.
"Tumhe chodne ke liye thodi na pakda thha.." he whispered smilingly.
"What are you doing here Mr.."
"Call me Sid, Bhagyashree, apna sa lagta hai!" he chuckled.
"Tum mera peecha toh nahi kar rahe na?"
"Yahi swaal agar main tumse poochon toh?" Sid asked, rendering Roshini speechless. She looked at her wrist watch, and walked away after mumbling a "Thank you" to Sid.
"Kamaal hai Bhagyashree, pichle 3 dino mein, 3 baar mil chukka hoon tumse. Something is gonna happen soon Bhagyashree. I am eagerly waiting for our next meeting." Sid smiled to himself and walked away, towards the conference room where he had to attend a meeting.
"Didi..kuch hua?" the children asked Roshini.
"Yup! I have talked to a lawyer, aaj unse milne jaa rahi hoon. We are filing a case again Siddharth Khurana." Roshini replied, tying Lily's shoe laces.
"Didi, hum issi ghar mein rahenge na?" asked Fatka.
"Of-course! Hum yeh case jeetenge aurr yeh ghar bhi hamara hi rahega. Now smile, pack your bags and go to school.", she smiled.
Roshini picked her bag and checked the money. She had to sell her car because DD denied giving her money to file this case. Oh God, how's she gonna reach the lawyer's office without her car. "Sabhi auto yah taxi mein travel karte hain, main bhi kar lungi.", with a determined expression she walked out of her NGO home.
"Ahaan...aaj gaadi waali ki gaadi kahan hai?" Roshini turned her head to her left and found her Mr. Stranger grinning at her. She chose to ignore.
"Arre Bhagyashree, nice to meet you again." Sid smiled. He was riding a cycle. (why? Because of the same reason he did it, in the show. Mumbai's traffic!)
"Well, I don't feel the same then." Roshini smiled at him. "Taxi...auto.." she yelled waving her hand.
"Tum chaho toh, I can give you lift..at my cycle. Jahan auto yah taxi nahi jaa sakti wahan this cycle helps, I am talking about Mumbai's traffic Bhagyashree. Come on..itne traffic mein tumhe koi taxi yah auto nahi milne waale." Sid suggested. Roshini looked here and there and finding it the only way to reach the lawyer's office at time, she sat at the backseat of the cycle.
"Put your arms around my waist Bhagyashree, I don't want you falling down the cycle..." Sid chuckled and Roshini had to wrap her arms around Sid's waist, "Dhang se chalana!"
"Waise Bhagyashree jaana kahan hai tumhe?" asked Sid.
"Tumse matlab?"
"Toh kya mujhe sapna aayega ki tumhe kahan drop karna hai mujhe?" he asked chuckling.
"Ha! Court jaana hai, Mr. Gaur's office."
"Bhagyashree, lawyer ke paas kya karne jaa rahi ho?"
"Tumhaare against case file karna hai na! Issiliye!"
"Mere against? Maine kya kiya?" he asked, perplexed at Roshini's reply.
"I was just joking..tumhaare against nahi, uss khadoos, tapoori types, Siddharth Khurana ke against, case file karna hai mujhe."
"What?" yelled Sid, applying brakes to the cycle. Fortunately, the traffic light had just turned red.
"Arre dhyaan se, abhi gir jaati main."
"Siddharth Khurana, woh famous hotelier Mr. Khurana ka beta?"
"Haan wahi!"
"Kyon? Usne kya kiya?" asked Sid. His expressions had turned from jolly good, to confused.
"Mere bacchon ka ghar destroy karna chahta hai woh.." she muttered angrily.
"Tumhaare bachhe??" Sid yelled again.
"Itna chilla kyon rahe ho? And mere bacche..I mean mere NGO ke bachhe!"
"Oh!" Sid felt some kind of relief.
"Par maine suna hai ki woh wahan ke logon ko new houses allot kar rahe hain!" Sid asked slightly confused.
"Ji nahi, the notice just said that we have to vacate the house, koi naya ghar nahi mil raha. And tum kaise keh sakto ho that they are giving new houses to the inmates of that area? Jaante ho kya uss batameez ko?"
"Kis cheez ko?"
"Arre batameez..I mean Siddharth Khurana ko?"
"Haan..wohh..uum..boss hai mere. Bohot ache hain. I am sure koi misunderstanding hui hogi."
"Ruko.."
"What?"
"Maine kaha cycle roko..arre court pohonch gaye hum."
Climbing off the cycle she was about to walk away, when Sid called her back.
"Bhgayashree I suggest ki main pehle boss se baat karta hoon, unhe iss baare mein nahi pata shayad..so please abhi case file mat karo." Sid suggested.
"Par.."
"Please! I assure you ki sab theek hoga. I promise!" Sid smiled honestly.
Roshini walked towards Sid and stood close to him, "But Sid, how can I..I mean..." Sid got a little tensed as Roshini fumbled with words. He was about to say something but got interrupted by Roshini's cell phone whose ringing seemed never ending.
"Hello. Yes, Mr. Gaur." Sid got more tensed, listening to Roshini's conversation, that had just started.
"I am really sorry Mr. Gaur, I won't be able to come today.", this had Sid jerking lightly. He looked at Roshini who was smiling at him.
"It's personal Mr. Gaur, I hope you understand..thanks!" Roshini found Sid still staring at her.
"Kya hua?"
"Thanks for trusting me Bhgyashree.", he smiled.
Roshini smiled back and waving her hand, she yelled, "Taxi..". A taxi came in front of her, she opened the door to the backseat of taxi and was about to sit, when she looked back at Sid and yelled, "Roshini..!"
"Roshini, what?" asked Sid, still smiling.
"Bhagyashree nahi, Roshini. Roshini naam hai mera!" she smiled and sat inside the taxi and went away, leaving behind a smiling Sid.
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