Ishra were busy in talking when a help came with snacks and juice for them.
Raman took it and said -gudiya, come let's have something, u must be hungry naa.
Ishita saw the help in uniform and said -wow raman ,Aap kitne rich ho gaye hai, even ur helps r in dress code. It's just awesome.
Raman -u r liking it.
Ishita -very much, but,she paused saying this and got sad.
Raman -what happened gudiya.
Ishita looked at him and her eyes got moist.
Raman -what happened bachcha, why u r crying. Aren't you happy with all this.
Ishita -I am happy, Raman. Infact very happy but now u will forget me naa.
Raman -kyun, why u think so.
Ishita -aapne board exams mein top kiya aur ab itne rich bhi ho gaye. Now everyone will become ur friend. Tab toh aapke paas, iss choti si ishita ke liye time nahi hoga naa. Aap apne dusre doston mein busy ho jayenge naa.
Raman smiled hearing this and said -but tum toh friend nahi ho naa, tum toh special ho, bahut special. Ho naa.
Ishita thought for a while and said -woh toh main hoon hi, but koi aur aa gaya joh aapke liye mujhse bhi jyada special ho gaya toh. Then u will definitely forget me,naa.she said making a baby face.
Raman smiled and said -aisa kabhi nahi hoga, Raman ki zindagi mein ishita se jyada special koi ho hi nahi sakta. Samjhi meri chotu si buddhu si gudiya.
She nodded smiling while Raman took her in side hug and pecked her hair softly. Then they sat together and had the snacks.
After having the food, ishita start feeling sleepy. Raman picked her in his arms and went down.
Mr and Mrs bhalla saw Ishra and toshiji asked -arey puttar, ishita ko kya hua .
Raman -she is feeling sleepy. I am going to drop her home. Amma appa worried hi rahe honge. It's going to be evening.
Mr bhalla nodded and said -car se le jaana, and don't just come dropping her. Usse ghar ke ander tak pahuncha ke aana.
Raman -ji papa, waise bhi I am not going to leave her alone anywhere. He said and took ishita out of the mansion.
Mr bhalla look at Toshiji and said -hamara raman bahut samajhdaar ho gaya hai naa.
Toshiji -yes, waqt ne usse samay se pehle hi bada kar diya. Ishita ke aane ke baad toh jeene lagaa, warna mar raha tha woh. I can't thank that little angle enough to bring light in his life. Mere bachche ki zindagi roshan kar di usne.
Mr bhalla look at her and said -u will never forgive me for my mistake naa.
Toshiji looked at him and said -main shayad khud ke liye aapko maaf kar bhi doon bhalla ji, but apni puttar ke liye kaise karun. He lived a hell without u. Aapne apne paida hone wale bachchon ke liye mere raman ko akela kar diya tha. U left his hand and my son was just all alone. He was drowning in his sorrows when ishita and her parent supported him. Meri maafi se pehle aapko raman se maafi mangni chahiye. I think u shouldn't seek forgiveness rather he should give it to u himself. Then only u can be forgiven not before that. She said and went to her room taking simmi and rinki with herself while Mr bhalla was just looking at her.
On the other side, ishra were going to iyer house. Ishita was sleeping carelessly on his arms while he was busy in admiring ishita. He was happy that slowly everything was settling in his life.
Raman -i know meri har khushi ka kaaran sirf tum ho gudiya. U r the one who gave me all the strength and love, I wanted. Thank u, thank u so much for coming in my life and making it worth living. He said and slowly pecked her temple.
Soon they reached iyer house, Raman picked ishita in his arms and took her inside. Amma and appa were having coffee when they saw raman coming inside with ishita. Both got up and appa asked -what happened to her.
Raman -nothing, she just slept, so I came to drop her. Shall I make her sleep.
Appa -yes yes, that way. He said showing him her room. He took her inside and make her sleep comfortably on the bed. She slept cuddled in her teddy while he just smiled seeing her sleeping. He covered her properly with quilt and went out smiling.
He went out telling amma appa that he will come next day to pick her for school. Appa nodded and raman went.
Appa sat and start sipping his coffee when he saw amma lost in thoughts.
Appa -what happened madhu, u r thinking something.
Amma -yes, I was thinking that now Raman is so rich, what if he start giving less time and importance to ishu. Ishu is so much into him, she will feel bad if raman don't give her time, like he use to give before.
Appa -aisa kuch nahi hoga, ishu raman ki first priority hai. And I know, no-one can take her place in his life. Infact uske papa kal mujhse keh rahe the, that raman loves ishu and he don't want us to stop ishita to go close to Raman, just because of his past. They all like ishita do much, don't worry Raman -ishu ke beech kuch nahi badlega.
Amma-hope aisa hi ho, warna meri kanna bahut udaas ho jayegi. She said and then went to complete her work.
Rest of the day passed normally. Next day ishita was all ready and excited to go to her new class. She was anxiously waiting for raman when she got call from Raman saying, he can't come to pick her as Mr bhalla want him to go to office once before going to school and get admitted in class eleven.
Ishita got disheartened to hear this and went to school by car all sad and gloomy.
Amma saw this and said to appa-see he started changing. Now he don't have time to even pick her. My poor baby got so disappointed.
Appa -nothing like this madhu, he is going to office, it must be important. Let it be, I know Raman is not like that, he must be really busy. He said trying to make amma understand while amma wasn't convinced.
On the other hand, ishita was sitting in her classroom all silent and gloomy. She was missing being with him. In office raman's condition was also not better. He was also missing his gudiya and knew well that she must be sad. So he wanted to reach her asap but to his bad luck, Mr bhalla was showing him the whole office.
Finally after two hours, they work got over in office and both went to school. Mr bhalla went to principal's office for Raman's admission while Raman went to canteen and brought some chocolates for ishita. Then he walked to her classroom to give her those chocolates but couldn't go inside as her class was going on. He gave those chocolates to poen and told him to give them to ishita after the class and himself went to principal's office.
Principal praised raman for such wonderful result and told him to go and sit in his classroom.
Raman nodded and went to his class. He entered his classroom,it was a free period so no teacher was there. Raman looked around and as usual walked to the last bench to sit. He sat on the bench and opened his bag when he saw few girls entering the class. He look down ignoring them when they came to him and said -congratulations raman, tumne top kiya.
Raman thanked them and indulge in his work again when another girl asked -woh white Merc mein tum aayen ho.
Raman looked at them and said -yes, kyun koi problem hai.
Girl -nahi just thinking how come a boy coming in cycle came in a car that too Merc.
Raman -toh sochte raho and let me do my work. He said and took out his book when a girl came to him and said sitting next to him -can I sit here.
Raman look at her and said -shagun, tum yahan kyun baithna chahti ho.
Shagun -kyunki main tumse friendship karna chahti hoon.
Raman -sorry but main nahi karna chahta, please Kahin aur jaa kar baitho. He said straightly making Shagun's face fall.
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