Chapter
2 : A new journey.
Sanchi came home earlier today.
Wearing her pyjama, she is doing some manicure to relax a bit with
her roommate and best friend Isha.
Isha : - How was your day?
Sanchi : - Wahi usual...Aur tumhara?
Isha : - It was okay...By the way this
Saturday I hope you will be free!
Sanchi : - Kyun?
Isha : - Don't tell me that you forgot
about your date, auntyji will be mad...Kaun tha who
ladka...Hme...Kuch Aa...
Sanchi : - Anuj.
Isha : - Haan Anuj! I will make sure
to take care of your hairstyle and make-up so that he goes fida on
you.
Sanchi : - Tum bhi na Isha!
Isha : - By the way don't forget to
take his picture along with you cause you usually forget lots of
things lately.
Sanchi : - Relax. I will take all the
precautions meri maa!
Isha finishes up the manicure and goes
to the kitchen. While making some tea she starts to
give advices to Sanchi for her date, Sanchi on the other hand is lost
in her thoughts. She reminded of how Kabir proposed to her in the
hospital during her internship with a bouquet of red tulips which
were her favorites. Isha came up with two cups of tea and wake her
up.
Isha : - Kya hua ?
Sanchi : - Hme...Kuch nahi...
Isha : - Chai.
Sanchi : - Thanks...Dekh Isha, I know
that maa is desperately waiting for me to build my own family
but...I'm not ready yaar. I lost confident and trust in love, so how
can I start over again?
Isha : - I understand Sanchi, ok then
let's give a chance for Anuj then you decide what to do and to
discuss it seriously with auntyji cause it's not to good to give her
hopes.
Sanchi : - Tik hai.
Isha : - And one more thing Sanchi,
true that you had a failed relationship but that doesn't mean that
you must stop to be happy, to see the people around you! One day or
the other you will find love again.
The coming days Sanchi was so busy and
exhausted with work on saturday itself that she got an extra shift.
Sanchi keeps running from here and there and peeking on her watch,
it's already 6 p.m and she needs to meet Anuj at 6.30 p.m. Sanchi
goes to drink some water and calls her mother requesting her to ask
Anuj to come and meet her up at the cafeteria of Savitri Devi College
And Hospital as she still has a shift left. Her mother agrees after
all duty always comes first to her daughter. Sanchi finishes up her
shift at 6.30 p.m, she then rushes into the washroom and apply some
peach colour lipgloss to match up with her saree and ends up wearing
some pretty earrings that were gifted by Isha. She then rushes into
the cafeteria in between she drops down her bag, a nurse helps to
collect her things.
Sanchi forgot to takes up Anuj's photo
sent by her mom, it went into the nurse's hand. Sanchi rushed into
the cafeteria, she looks around her and found a table with a young
man sitting alone with a cup of coffee as he looked at her she
immediately smiled to him and went to sit in front of him.
Sanchi : - Sorry I'm late.
Veer keeps looking at her, he them
remembered that she was the umbrella wali doctor that he was
searching for this whole afternoon. Now that she's there in front of
him he can finally gives her her belongings.
Veer : - Oh I was actually searching
for you...
Sanchi : - Sorry again. Euh...Do you
want something to eat...pastries or sandwiches?
Veer doesn't understand why she is
acting all casual. But then he just nodded his head to her
suggestion, while he was about to talk to her, she frees her hair and
let them loose. Veer stares at her a few seconds, it reminded him how
Pragya used to tease him with her beautiful hair when he was feeling
asleep and lazy. Sanchi looks at him awkwardly.
Sanchi : - Hme...Well...I didn't had much
time to get properly prepared for today...I had two extra shifts, it
was kinda hard but you see I love my work. So what about you, how was
your day, how is work?
Veer : - Well...I'm stuck with some
projects these days as I had a leave of two days for an urgent matter
so...
Sanchi : - Oh...See before ordering
something I agreed for today on my mother's sake otherwise...I
mean...I'm honestly not ready for a relationship or even a
commitment, I hope you will understand me. And I'm sorry to say it
like this, I prefer to be honest right away than making things
complicated or wasting your time!
Veer : - Mujhe kuch samajh nahi
ara...Ek minute, maybe you came for your umbrella...But before
that, here is your bracelet.
Veer puts the bracelet on the
table just in front of her hands, Sanchi is taken aback seeing it.
Sanchi : - Mera bracelet, I was
searching for it. How did you...have... it?
Veer : - I came to give you this
doctor, I thought that maybe you knew about Pragya...
Sanchi : - Pragya ?
Veer : - Haan patient Pragya Yadav.
Sanchi then checks her bag to look
upto Anuj's photo but it is nowhere there. She then gets upsets and
embarrassed. Veer then brought up her umbrella, Sanchi has her mouth
wide opened she then stands up from there with confused eyes. Veer
stands up too and leaves there giving her his greetings. Surprisingly
Veer comes back to her calling her "Sanchi Misra, she then
immediately gets up and turns back. Veer reads her necklace with name
tag where her name was written, Sanchi forgot to keep it in her bag,
she takes it back. Veer then stares at her for a moment, Sanchi
avoids his eyes.
Veer : - Tum wohi Sanchi Misra na,
glasses wali, Kabir's...
A shocked Sanchi looks up immediately
at him after hearing Kabir's name.
Veer : - Sanchi Misra, the topper of
high school!
Sanchi then observes him in detail and
somehow he does reminded her of someone, but she forgot who he was in
fact she's ashamed that she herself forgot how Anuj looked like. She
is anxious about her mother's reaction on today's incident.
Sanchi : - I'm really sorry.
Veer : - Arre it's ok. I'm Veer
Malhotra, do you remember me?
Sanchi : - Veer...
Veer : - Mein itna badal gaya kya ? By
the way you misunderstood me for someone else...I thought you and Kabir were
together...
Sanchi then changes the topic by
apologising for taking him to someone else. They sit up and decided to catch up
with each other along with some coffee and pastries. While talking about the good old days,
Sanchi didn't even care about her date with Anuj, she just messaged
to her mother and switched off the phone. She decided that she'll
face her mother when she'll see her and will therefor ask her to set
up another date with Anuj so that she won't be hurt.
Veer : - Remember how we use to argue
during the tuition classes and Kabir always took your side.
Sanchi : - Haan. And I couldn't stand
your pranks.
Veer : - I know. So how is life going
on...work...shaadi...are you in touch with our gang? The last time
we met was...Gosh I can't even remember!
Sanchi hated when someone mention the
word " shaadi " , she couldn't avoid it today be it with Anuj or
Veer. She decided to keep a low profile and not to reveal much about
her.
Sanchi : - Well I've decided to be a
career oriented woman, baas... Aur tum?
Veer : - I'm a cartoonist, living my
life in the way I've always wanted, thankfully. Things have been a
bit hard these days but...Life is all about ups and downs hai na?
Sanchi : - True! And what about the
patient you came to visit in our hospital, everything alright?
Veer sighs : - Luckily she's out of
danger and is slowly recovering. We need to be patient and supportive
according to the doctor.
Sanchi : - That's the spirit !
Veer : - Tum kis ward pe kaam karti
ho?
Sanchi : - Paediatric ward mein. I've
always wanted to work with kids you know and trust me that are as
difficult and stubborn as we adults.
Veer : - Oh I see. I knew that you'll
make it big just like Kabir, after all hamari topper thi na.
Sanchi checks her phone and sees three
missed calls from her mother, she immediately grabs her things and
stands up to take her leave.
Sanchi : - Ok Veer, it was nice
meeting you, will see you later. Aur haan if you need anything from
my side do tell me ok?
Veer : - Thank you, it was nice
meeting you too Miss.Golgappa.
Hearing her old nickname from her
classmates made Sanchi's mood better, she laughed at it and leaved
the hospital in a good mood.
"
Life
is all about ups and downs, one needs to gather all the strength to
stand upon his own"
Edited by rishani77 - 6 years ago
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