hello friends .
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here you go -
FINDING SAKSHI.
"Kabhi kabhi aisa kyun hota hai ki koi hamare zindagi ka sabse ahem hissa ban jata hai. ? uske bina na hi din katta hai nahi raatein guzarti hai. uske s.aath ho toh accha mehsoos karti hoon, khushi milti hain uske aas paas rehne se aur surakshit mehsoos karti hoo. uske saath puri zindagi bitana chahti hoon .kya yeh pyaar hai?"
These lines were written in a diary . oh these words were Priya's. but she' had written it here. How he missed her. He loved her a lot . But alas! could not say so. And she went away. He could not do any thing. He was helpless. The next line read. -
"Yeh Priya ne kaha tha. Arrey diary , yaad hai who meri college wali friend... wahi hai Priya. Usse pyar hogaya hai. She is so lucky ki yeh pyaar ek tarfa nahi hai. Jisse who pyaar karti hai ,who bhi use pyaar karta hai. Lekin main jisse pyaar karti hoon woh to...khair meri baat chodo. Ab main sone jaa rahi hoon . Good night diary . Kal milte hai . :)"
Reading that a tear rolled down his cheek. "I wish I had stopped her from going that day.." he mumbled
Re remembered that day, the day she left.
"Arjun, I am leaving ,is baar hamesha ke liye..bye"
she turned and left his cabin . he felt the need to stop her and tell her that he loved her . He stood up. But then one thought of Roshni and he sat back on his seat.
she turned and left his cabin . he felt the need to stop her and tell her that he loved her . he stood up. but then one thought of roshni and he sat back on his seat.
Sakshi was standing outside. She saw it all from the cabin's glass window. She felt hurt. It was a heart wrenching moment for her. But she could do nothing. She couldn't force him to love her.
He came out of his reverie suddenly as his mobile vibrated. "damn " he cursed under his breath. A messege from the service provider ,one of the most irritating thing to get early morning.
He closed the diary and went to make a chai for himself. He remembered those days when she used to give him his chai. Sometimes it was accompanied by a note. he remembered the first note which she had sent for him. " Hi Arjun. have a good day :D" That single note thought it had simple words but made a big impact on him which he had ignored then.
He came and sat on a couch with the tea cup in one hand and the diary in the other. He held it protectively. He had found it on saksh.i's desk the previous day. The ETF was shutting down. There was a mystery of the ETF. It was a secret organization. On its face they solved crimes and under the wraps they would make plans to nab the most dangerous criminals. Sikander being one of them. The plans were becoming successful and one by one the took all the criminals into custody. Sikander too. When Arjun saw Sikander he felt like killing him but he didn't. His practical mind told him.
"Arjun use maat marna. agar tum use maroge toh tum bhi uske hi tarha ban jaoge. khooni ! woh tumhare samne hai use giraftar karo lekin use mar kar apne haath uske khoon se gande mat karo."
But then his emotional side kickstarted .
"Arjun , use mar do , everything is fair in love and war . and this is war for giving justice to your love . kill him Arjun.!" arjun was sensible enough to be practical. And he arrested Siaknder. But what now ! he is dead. he got death penelty along with a few other criminals . As the ETF shut down they all had enough money to go around the world . ofcourse they had nabbed the most dangerous criminals and put an end to their illegal businesses . the crime rate had now reduced considerably.
Aisha and Sam had married in the course of the secret mission. and now they were helping his dad in his business. Shree had made a new software and was now a leading star in the world of computers. Liza went to America to complete her phd in forensics not before Shree told her that he loved her and that she loved him too. Chotu had finally become friends with his 11:30 wali friend. and also had three cute dogs and did a noble deed of teaching girls self defence.
Since the ETF shut down he never tried to contact them . Nor did they. They knew he needed some time alone.
He opened the book and went to the next page.
" Hey. jante ho aaj kya hua? it was so embaressing.. woh shree .. aaj arjun ko leke kuch baat hui aur usne bina aas paas dekhe zor se kaha " lekin sakshi tu uss khadus akdu raute se pyaar kaise karti hai??" main kuch kahu uss se pehle waha arjun aa gaya . and he glared at us . omg kahi usne sun toh nahi liya? oh ofcourse sunn liya warna apni aankhein badi b adi karke hame kyu dekhta??"
"shree ka jawab tha mere paas . lekin kabhi jawab diya nahi. jawab yeh tha ki pyaar kisi ladke ka criteria dekh ke nahi kiya jata . pyaar sirf ho jata hai."
oh yaa he remembered that day very well. he knew sakshi had feelings for him but love! he could not accept it . but now when he looked back he laughed . Their scared faces and Sakshis embaressment !
He wished he had stopped Sakshi from leaving..
the next page read.
"kya batau diary, aaj bahut bura hua.. aaj jab main etf jaa rahi thi tab kuch ladko ne mujhe chedne ki koshish ki mujhe laga ki who log... main bahut dar gayi thi.. lekin tabhi arjun aaya aur mujhe un logo se bacha liya . bechare do second main toh zameen pe pade hue the. .. jab arjun aas paas hota hai toh surakshit mehsoos karti hoon. khush naseeb hoge who log jinhe koi aisa humsafar mile ..."
He felt sad . He realized his love for Sakshi too late. She was gone now . Where ? no one knew. She was out of sight but not out of mind. yes! where did she go. ? why didn't he think of it before. ? someone must atleast have some clue about her whereabouts. Aisha or Liza . but he could not contact liza , she was in America . and Aisha .. she must be busy with business and sam ... a smile crept up on his face. the day when Sam had proposed Aisha . it was so abrupt.
they were on a mission . Aisha had gone undercover. But she had lost contact with them . They traced her last location and went there. as they reached there they saw smoke coming out from the place . it was a garage . they ran in . there was a bomb blast . Sams face showed fear, anger.
He ran in before anyone could stop him . others followed in tow. he made his way through the smoke though it was dissipating.he stumbled over a few bodies, looked here and there. he could not shout her name out loud as she was undercover and if someone heard it then their cover would be blown.
he suddenly heard a sound . someone was calling out for help. it was a girls voice. Aisha! it was her life . she is alive. ! he went towards to voice and found Aisha in a bad state. bruises all over her body. she was in semiconscious state. he satdown. and in an impulse hugged her tight. " Aisha tumhe kuch nahi hoga" he broke the hug and patted her cheeks . tears started rolling down his cheeks. a tear fell oh her cheek . he was threateningly close. she slowly opened her eyes. he was glad that she was fine. he came closer near her ears and said "i love you "
with a sigh he came out of his thoughts. He felt it was high time . he had to find sakshi.
he called aisha " aisha , main arjun "
"arjun sir aap, kaise ho aap ? sab thik ? "haa mai thik hoon. tum aur sam kaise ho?" "hum sab thik hai. aapko sam se baat karni hai?"
"nahi , I mean mujhe tumse kuch poochna tha " "kahiye sir kya baat hai?" "mujhe sakshi ke bare main poochna tha..." before he could say ahead she interrupted. "sorry sir . main aapko nahi bata sakti sakshi ke bare main" "matlab tum janti ho ki sakshi kaha hai .?" "yes sir main jaanti hoo." " Aisha please batao sakshi kaha hai" Aisha was shocked to hear him plead to her. "sir jab Sakshi yaha se ja rahi thi toh usne purposely uski diary chod gayi thi . aapke liye. use bharosa tha ki agar uska pyaar saccha that toh aap who diary zaroor padhege aur use dhundege. sir, uss diary main kuch clue hai , ek jagah ka naam. wahi pe woH rehti hai... "
"thanks Aisha ." he said in a low tone.
"its ok sir, and all the best."
soon he started reading the next parts.
"diary. sorry kal likh nahi paayi. actually mujhe hath pe goli lag gayi. iss liye nahi likh paayi. lekin Arjun ne mujhe bacha liya . kitna accha hai woh. shayad sach main main use pyaar karne lagi hoon. lekin mere pyaar adhura reh gaya toh... ? oh no..no..no.. mujhe aisa sochna hi nhi hai... Sakshi be positive . joh hoga accha hoga.."
he was amazed. this girl. being heartbroken and hurt but still had the courage to be positive .
he read the next line. he frowned.
"ek aur baat . maine arjun se jooth kaha ki mere pair me bhi laga hai. par main kya karti , main uss se attention nahi chahti thi . bas yeh chahti thi ki who meri thodi si parwah kare. "
And how had he misinterpreted her .. she just wanted to be cared. he now understood how harsh he had been to her. he had been wrong many a times. he was now understanding her inner turmoils.
He turned the page it was empty. turned again . empty . something was written on the next page.
" ** crying ** , aaj arjun ko pata chal hi gaya ki main jooth bol rahi hoo. sari galti meri hai. mujhe pata hona chahiye tha ki who ek imandaar ACP aise hi nahi ban gaya . aaj toh sabit bhi hagaya ... bye . kal arjun ko sorry bol dungi.. "
that's when he recollects that the other day she had come to ask him for forgiveness .
"Arjun main.."
"Sakshi , aur kya bahana bana ke aai ho yaha pe. ? mujhe tumhari koi bakwaas nahi sunni . jao yaha se. "
"Arjun leki.n..."
get out of my cabin right now m.iss Sakshi Anand. right now. "
she went out crying.
He didn't let her speak and assumed that she had come there to say another lie but she was there to ask for forgiveness. there ! again he had misunderstood her..
He had less time . And had to read the whole diary. but as he turned the pages there was nothing written he let out a sigh and opened the last page of the book. and there there was something written.
"I am L.eaving . main jaa rahi hoon yaha se hamesha ke liye. A.rjun agar tum yeh padh rahe ho toh bye to you. Ab shayad mulakat nahi hogi. tum mujhe dhoondne thodi aaoge..."
he sat there puzzled . he didn't get a clue. where was she ? where was the clue? he read the dairy again and again but got nothing . as he started reading it the 4th time he sAw some thing. a full stop on place where it was not needed. he thought it was just a mistake. as he went to the other parts of the dairy he saw the same mistake again and again.
it then struck him. The clue. so he went over the book again, and noted down the letters before the full stop . it was his instinct that told him that the letters before the full stop were important. to his surprise they were important. very,very important. when the letters kept together. they formed the word
SHIMLA.
he was glad that he got the clue but then Shimla was big and huge . where would he find her there. ?
he thought of calling Aisha but then thought again and let it be . He then called Shree. He would also be knowing where she was. In fact it struck him that Shree had gone to Shimla for a vacation a few days back with Chotu and it was impossible that they would not meet Sakshi.
"hello Shree"
"haila sir aap"
"Chotu tum?"
"sir who main Shree ke phone pe game khel raha tha. So phone baja toh utha liya. "
"tum kuch din pehle Shimla gaye the?'
"haan sir ,main aur Shree gaye the."
"Sakshi kaha rehti hai "
"kya ,Sakshi.!"
" Chotu sach batao . main janta hoon Sakshi Shimla main hai. uska address do mujhe. "
"toh sir aapko aakhir pata chal hi gaya ki Sakshi Shimla main hai" it was Shree's voice. the phone was now on speaker.
"Shree mujhe address do . abhi"
sir pehle mere ek sawal ka jawab dijiye"
"kya sawal"
"kya aap Sakshi se pyaar karte hai?"
"Shree yeh waqt in sare sawalon ka nahi hai . mujhe uska address do ."
sir main aapko address messege karta hoon. bye . all the best."
He was now relieved . he was happy . the fast happenings of the day made him dazed. hey lay down on his bed to take a nap. he soon went into deep slumber.
he saw a dream . Roshni's dream . she was telling him " Arjun . utho . kitna sote ho yaar. jaoo, Sakshi is waiting for you . Be Happy. " he woke up with a jerk . it was 6 in the morning. he slept for 12 hours. he checked his phone and saw her address. he had heard the name. so he googled it . he typed Anand Nivas' . and so many articles came on it and related to it. this house belonged to mr anand , an old gentleman who had started a chain of hotels in india . they also have an NGO and an orphanage. he was no more . he left all his bussiness for his son and daughter.
He felt elated . he looked at the e-ticket booking of the flight to Shimla. all flight were full. all his hopes came crashing down. but soon a notification came up. someone had cancelled their booking and he quickly booked that seat. the flight was in 6 hours from now.
he quickly freshened up , wore a new pair of clothes, put some clothes in his back pack along with some essentials and rushed out of his house with his passport . he took a cab and went towards the airport. he was smiling all the way. as he reached the airport and took a print of his ticket and entered . 2 hours were left for the flight to take off . this were the most slowest part of the day. it was only him who knew how he spent those 2 long hours. he strolled around the airport looking at the things kept on sale and the duty-free shops.
as the 2 hours came to an end the announcement of the flight was made. he went in the plane and took his seat. and fastened the seatbelt. he remembered how Sakshi was afraid of flying . the safety precautions were demonstrated to the passengers and the plane took off. he slept. when the flight landed he got down and out of the airport. his heart was beating fast but decided to ignore it for the timebeing.
he took a cab and told him the address. it was a long distance. it took him 45 minutes to reach the destination. as he reached there he was amazed to see the bunglow. he got down paid the driver and went towards the big gate. a guard stopped him
"koun hai aap ? kaha jana hai aapko?"
"mujhe sakshi se milna hai."
"arrey bhai yaha har roz ladke -ladkiya aate hai yeh kehke ki sakshi uski dost hai. hum aise hi thodi kisiko ander jane de. ?"
"sakshi ko phone lagao ,use kaho arjun aaya hai"
"arrey tum sunte nahi ho kya kaha..." he was stopped by a phone ring. he attended the call and came back . without a word he opened the gate and let him in .
"aaiye sir . sorry sir." Arjun was confused . just a minute ago he was admant at not letting him in but just after a phone call he was behaving in a strange manner.
he went in and was led to a big hall. it was painted in different colours. it had big chandeliers . a small bar at one side. and had a lot of seating arrangements and a piano on one side.
oh yes he remembered her saying to Aisha and Liza that she loved to play the piano. he smiled at the thought.
"welcome Mr Arjun. aap aakhir yaha aa hi gaye. meri behen ko itna dukh deneke baad aap yaha kya karne aaye hai?" a voice came from behind.
"kya mujhe kehne ka ek mauka milega?" he said politely. he knew that his power would do no wonders here. he had to be practical.
"tumne meri behen ko bolne ka mauka diya tha ki mai tumhe ek mouka du?"
"dekhiye sir"
"kya dekhu ? yeh dekhu ki kaise meri behen har raat tumhari yaad main rooti thi .huh ..?!
arjun was shocked. she loved him so much and he never reciprocated her love until now. he knew he too loved her but would not accept it at that time.
"Karan bhai" a chirpy voice came from behind. Arjun's face lit up and so did Karan's.
he turned . " Hey meri jaan . kaisi hai tu ? aa gayi NGO se?" but one look at her face and he understood what was happening in her mind. she had seen Arjun when Karan turned towards her . she stood still. and walked slowly to Karan. she hugged him and cried out. he understood his little sisters feelings. he was not a bad brother , just over protective for her. he also wanted Sakshi to get her love back.
she parted from him and ran up to her room.
"ab dekha tumne meri behen kitni toot gayi hai. sirf tumhare gusse ne aur ek NO ne uski zindagi bigar ke rakh di. ab mera mooh kya dekh rehe ho? jao aur manao usse."
arjun smiled a little. and Karan burst out laughing.
" ACP kya hua . Main itna bhi bura nahi hoon jitna main dikhta ho. jao jiju . didi ko manao aur nich leke aao. usse phirse main hasta hua dekhna chahti hoon. .jaoo.."
he ran up to Sakshi's room.
he knocked the door . there was no response. he knocked again. she did not open. he tried to push the door slightly . it opened . oh ! the door was not locked.. he wondered where did his police instincts go away at such times. he saw her sitting sitting at the balcony . the view outside was breathtaking. beautiful, white, snowclad mountains. he came to her and sat next to her.
"Sakshi , main tumse kuch kehna chahta hoon." he thought not to delay .
"kya kehna chahte ho?" he held her and turned her to face him.
"i love you Sakshi. and i am sorry maine tumhe itna dukh pahuchaya." she hugged him and cried in his arms.
"arre yaar yeh toh ro rahi hai, iska bhai to isse hasta hua dekhna chahta hai. " he mumbled audible enough for Sakshi to hear.
"buddhu, yeh khushi ke aasu hai." she said and smiled.
thier eyes locked and kept staring at each other till like eternity.
"wah wah mere sher . tune toh meri princess ko muskurane ki wajah dedi. sorry ACP sahab hum aap pe bahut chillaye. kya kare ,yeh bhai ka dil hai bahut hi protective aur possesive hoon apni behen ke liye. "
arjun recieved a messege "congo bro ! -ETF "
He smiled and They got up .
"chalo saale sahab ab hamari shadi kab hai"
"arre jijaji , zara theheriye , rukiye aur shimla ka maza lijiye . itni jaldi bhi kya hai."
sorry for the disorientation of the lines..
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