To The 46th
(Based on a fiction written by Sunaina02.............a part of the Dus kahaniya concept introduced by daisy_luvs_ ff)
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The Plot
Rajeev has gone to delhi to attend a friend's wedding.Priyanka has gone to the same wedding b'coz the bride is her best friend.Now RP meet here but not as ex co stars but as ladkewale and ladkiwale.
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Rajeev: "What a pleasant surprise !"Naina Ah Singh" with that special wink when he uttered "Ah" as in LRL
Pri: " Cadet singh reporting Sir" and smiled
Raj: "Okay so what is going on in life? Visit kiya Khandala or Cherapunji?"
Pri " "Kaise karun , aap to nahin hai mere saath"
Raj felt a he missed a heartbeat. He walked towards PRi and said "Are you serious?"
Pri" "Yes Rajeev, i am serious."
They smiled at each other
"When are you free ? I want to take you to my home." Pri said
"Well....."
"No, you have to come , you took me to your house in Jaipur , it is not fair, you must meet my gharwale. "
"Okay done - I am free tomorrow afternoon as in the morning I have an interview at Radio...."
Raj stopped in the middle and looked around. They were already surrounded by giggling young girls and fainting aunties.
So Raj quickly decided to leave that place immediately.Congratulating his friend, he ran outside and jumped into the rented car.
" Oh no", once again he doesnt have her cell no. Why does he forget it always. He hated himself for once bragging to the press about not having her number.
But at that time he did not know that he would one day feel the need to be in her company.
The cell started to buzz. Raj was so unmindful that it was the driver's nod that made him receive the call.
"Hello"
"Hello"
"Priyanka - you had my number ...........!!!!!!!"
After a small pause
" Yes , I made it a point to have it ."
"You are acting as determined as Naina"
" Because I did start to feel like her"
" ...........You mean.........."
" I will come and pick you up from the hotel lobby at 3:00 pm..........."
" Dont bother ..............give me the address , I know Delhi well"
" Bye " Pri disconnected.
But Rajeev Khandelwal is Rajeev Khandelwal , always likes to have the upper hand.
So immediately he called up his secretary in Mumbai.
"I want Naina's Delhi home address"
Rajeev quickly noted down the address in his PDA and looked up to find the car already reaching the hotel. He jumped out and directed the driver to be there right at 9 a.m.
As he entered the plush hotel lobby and walked towards the elevator, few girls followed him.
" Shaadi - the only solution is shaadi ...", he swore to himself.
But to the girls he was all smile and pleasant, " Hello beauties !"
The girls giggled and put out their diaries and scrap pads for his autograph . Rajeev started to oblige them..
Suddenly he saw a hand stretched out before him. A beautiful hand , fair and flawless complexion.
A very familiar hand .
"Dont you have any pages with you?" he asked without lifting his eyes.
"No sir , i dont ." the laughter was like the chime of the church-bells.
Shocked Rajeev looked up. He was more shocked when he saw the figure in front of him!!
Naina - in exactly the same get-up - the Red Saree and the hair flowing all over her shoulders .
"Naina" Rajeev could not stop himself gaping at Pri, "How could you change so fast ?"
"Superwoman hoon na " chuckled Pri, "Sir I want to take you to my home for dinner. My parents are waiting for you.
"But didnt we agree to meet tomorrow"
"I dont know , you have to come with me now."
Rajeev smiled observing her enthusiasam.
"Okay, but ek shart hai, pure karoge?"
"Boliye sir , aapke ke liye shart to kya zindagi bhi de sakti hoon." laughed Pri
Rajeev looked deeply inside her eyes, perhaps trying to find how serious Pri is.
"I will first take you to a place. "
"Okay , shart manzur"
Rajeev quickly went to the hotel desk and asked for a rented car. He held Priyanka's hand tight and led her to the hotel entrance.
A valet brought the sleek blue shining toyota to the entrance and handed over the key to rajeev.
Still holding Pri's hand Rajeev opened the car door for her.
Shoving PRi inside , Raj went to the other side and slided into the driver's seat.
Pri: Kahan chale hum?
Raj: Thora sa patience chahiye tumhe.
Pri : (Laughing) Only God know how patient I am.
Raj: When i was working in Delhi , I used to go to this place for relaxing.
Pri : Did you work very hard at time?
Raj : Yes , sort of, and this desire of being an actor started to grow in me.
Pri: I always wanted to be an actress
Raj : You are a very good one
Pri : Thnks, but I have learned a lot from you. Remember that dance scene
During the rehearsal I tripped over a chair and sprained my ankle
Raj: Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Pri: And that day I understood the magic of your fingers.(she remembered how Rajeev 's fingers relieved her of tha pain)
raj: Oh that - every trekker gets trained in handling differnt types os sprain.
Rajeev steered the car into the busy and crazy streeets of Old Delhi and parked it in front of a samll but bright store.
He put on his sunglasses and asked Pri to hide her face with her cap.
"Mujhe koi nahin pechanega, itni famous nahin hoon."
Rajeev : Come on dont be modest - we know whose interview comes out in every other issue of Tv magazins
So they got down and entered a small store. There was a staircase on one side . Raj led Pri upstairs .
It was a cosy room. A thick wooleen carpet on one side with Indian type cushions ( short cylindrical ones) randomly thrown around . A very low wooden table stood in the center of theroom and a number sheeesha ( hukkah ) were lying here and there.
Tunes of very light and soft ghazal filled the air.
Pri: What a nice place ? Aap ko kaise pata chala ? I living in Delhi dont know about it.
Raj: When I used to live in Delhi, this was one of my fav joints. We used to come here in groups and enjoyed the evenings. They make beautiful mughlai tea and turkish coffee. And you choose from a dozen of sheesha flavours : cardamon,vanilla......
Pri: You smoke ?
Raj: Cigarettes ,no. But once in a blue moon sheesha se kya bigar jayega?
Pri: Mujhe accha nahin lagta, aap ki jiye.
Raj: Ok baba - I promise this is the last time .
He ordered two turkish coffee and an apple-cinnamon flavoured sheesha filling. They made themselves comfortable on the carpet. Raj was half lying leaning on a cushion.Pri folded her legs and hugging her knees with her back towards the table.
"Last time kiyun , mujhse kya lena dena aap ka ?" remarked Pri. " remarked PRi , her lips pouting, her voice was sad and reproachful.
Raj looked up at Pri. Suddenly he was at loss of words. He stared at Pri as if to dig out "what lena dena" from the depth of her eyes and found himself lost in them .
Both continued gazing at each other and did not hear the attendant entering the room and placing the steamning coffee cups on the table.
"Sir , aap ka sheesha " , the sound of the cracked voice of the hookah-attendant broke the silence and brought them back to senses.
Raj took the pipe from the attendant and asked him "Tumhare saath mera kya lena dena?"
Attendant was little taken aback and stammered " 200 rupees"
"Kash sab len-dene ko 200 rs de kar solve karna sakta hoon" sighed Raj.
Pri turned around towards the table. Raj offered her a cup . She started to sip the coffee.. The strong aroma of coffee mixed with the sweet smell of the apple-cinnamon tobacco and the background music created an illusion of going back centuries into the realms of the nawabs and mughals.
Pri imagined herself as a nautch girl performing for a nawab - whom she cant marry but love and admire secretly. She began to blush at her thoughts and she put her eyes down staring at the dark coffee. 
All the while Rajeev was watching her. As he found her blushing, he could not resist to stretch his hand and touch her cheek lightly with his finger,tracing the blush.
Pri looked up at him . Raj could feel the pain in her eyes, he could read the hopes on her lips , he could hear the faint sigh that came out with her breath.
Raj put the sheesha tube down and covered the two feet distance between them . He held her face with both of his hands and looked at her intensely
Has he found his destiny ?
Is this what he was looking for?
Is Pri the answer to all his erratic behavior for past six months?
His heart pounded and said "Yes" "Yes" "Yes""
"Pri I l....."
Cring .............................................ran Pri's cell.
Once again the Word got stuck in Raj's mouth.
"Mummyjee , hum abhi aate"
Pri: Mummyjee is calling us , we have to leave now.
Raj: ok, he rang the bell for the attendant.
But he did not want to leave that place. He felt that if he would now leave this place - his life will again go back to its emptiness, to the unexplainable pain that tortures his soul. No, he wouldnt do that . He wanted his life to be filled up with happiness to the brim. He was not ready to suffer anymore,
And the source of that happiness the cure for that pain was just standing here in front of him, ready for his beckoning, always smiling and understanding.
He looked up at Pri who was standing. He quickly stood up on his feet and pulled PRi closer to him . They looked at each other, saying nothing. Their faces were very close and each could hear the heartbeat of the other. Raj put his left hand around Pris waist and with his right hand lightly caressed her stresses , He just opened his mouth again "I......"
Pris index finger came over his mouth. Her eyes were full of tears of love and happiness. She knew what Raj was going to say.
Pri: Our onscreen romance got the name "unspoken love". Let our real emotions also remain unspoken . "
Raj hugged Pri closer and held her still.
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