In The Morning...

Sana woke up and found herself sitting near the balcony door. Whole night she slept there. She stood up rubbing her eyes.

Then she looked at the balcony door. She thought for a while and then opened the door. She saw Sid lying in the balcony.

"Iska matlab puri raat Sid yehi tha." She said in her mind. She felt bad for him.

She sat near Sid and tried to wake him up.

"Sid! Sid!"

After sometime Sid woke up and saw Sana sitting near him.

He immediately hugged Sana and said, "Tune mujhe maaf kar diya Sana?"

At first Sana felt so weak in front him. Her eyes became moist. But then the sight of Sid and Rashmi together came to her mind. She pushed him away and stood up. Sid also stood up.

"Tu puri raat thand mein bahar baitha tha. Aisa kaun karta hai?" Sana said. Tears started flowing from her eyes.

"Mujhe bas teri maafi chahiye thi. Uske liye main kuch bhi kar sakta hoon." Sid said.

Sana wiped her tears and said, "Maafi chahiye na tujhe meri? Chal, kar diya tujhe maaf."

A smiled formed on Sid's face.

He was going to say something but suddenly Sana said, "Waise main hoti kaun hoon tujhe maafi dene wali? Tune kuch galat thodi kiya hai? Tune toh kabhi koi commitment kiya hi nahi, isliye cheat karne ka toh sawal hi nahi uth ta. Aur tune kabhi mera fayda bhi nahi uthaya. Uss raat bhi tu khud piche hat gaya tha. Tu chahta toh mere saath aur bhi galat kar sakta tha jo tune nahi kiya. Agar apne pyaar ko paa ne ke liye tune thodi bohut acting kar li toh uss mein galat kya hai? Agar iss wajah se kisi ka dil bhi tut jaaye toh iss mein teri kya galti hai? Tu kyu maafi maang raha hai?"

Sid's smile faded away hearing her taunts. He felt ashamed of his doings.

"Galti hai. Bohut badi galti hui hai mujhse. Aur woh realise kiya hai iss hi liye main tujhse maafi maang ne aaya hoon. Jis dost ko maine kho diya tha usse wapas se paa ne aaya hoon....."

Sana showed her hands indicating him to stop.

"Maine tujhe maaf kar diya Sid. Lekin doobara dosti ki umeed mujhse mat rakh. Woh ab nahi ho paaye ga." She said.

"Lekin Sana......"

"Please leave Sid!" Sana shouted.

Sid had nothing left to say. He started climbing down the ladder.

Sana went inside the room and locked the door.
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In school...

Sana went to the library and started looking for a book at the bookshelf. She found the book and took it. Suddenly the book slipped out of her hand and fell on the floor.

Before she could pick the book, Sid picked it and gave her.

"Thanks." Sana said maintaining a poker face.

Sid gave a slight smile.

Sana turned her face and started leaving.

Suddenly Sid grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him.

Sana's face collided his hard chest. She left stunned at Sid's sudden movement. She couldn't understand how to react.

Sid took the book from Sana's hand and placed it on her back. Sana realised that something wrong was happening and tried to come out of his grip.

"Sid, this is wrong. You have a girlfriend. Please leave me." Sana said.

Sid's pulled her more closer by her waist with his another hand and whispered to her ears, "Don't move Sana. I'm not doing anything wrong. Just have faith on me."

Sana calm down a little and kept standing like that. Meanwhile Sid continued what he was doing.

Rashmi and Devoleena were watching them from a far distance. Rashmi was fuming in anger.

"Dekh rahi hai Rashmi? Tere boyfriend ki bahon mein koi aur ladki? Kya baat hai!" Devoleena said in a sarcastic way.

"Mere saath thik se baat tak nahi karta aur idhar iss Sana ke saath yeh sab kar raha hai?" Rashmi said angrily.

"Zaroor iss Behenji ne force kiya hoga. Seduce karne mein iska koi jawab hi nahi hai."

"You are right. But why my boyfriend? Ladko ki kami hai kya humare school mein?"

Devoleena laughed and said, "Are you feeling jealous? Kahi tu sach mein pyaar karne toh nahi lag gayi Sid se?"

"Pyaar nahi zidd hai meri. Mujhe bas woh chahiye. Aur Rashmi Desai iss Behenji se haar nahi sakti. Isse toh iski aukat main dikha ke rahungi." Rashmi said angrily and left from there with Devoleena.

After sometime, Sid left Sana and she came out of his grip.

Then he showed Sana the book. There was a spider on the book. Sana became scared seeing it.

Sid went outside and shook the book. The spider fell on the ground. Then he came back and gave the book to Sana.

"Teri pith pe tha. It was very poisonous. Tujhe kuch bhi ho sakta tha. Khayal rakha kar apna. Kab tak main tujhe protect karunga?" Sid said.

"Tujhe mujhe protect karne ki zaroorat nahi hai." Sana said.

"Zaroorat hai. Waada jo kiya hai." Sid said and left from there.

Sana kept looking at him.

After that she started going to her classroom.

Suddenly she heard a sound of clapping. Sana turned and saw Rashmi clapping.

"Wow! Mind blowing! Library ka sahi tarah se use karna toh koi tumse sikhe. First period suru hone se pehle library mein romance kar rahi thi. Woh bhi kiske saath? Mere boyfriend ke saath. Superb!" Rashmi said taunting Sana.

"What do you mean?" Sana asked angrily.

"You know what I mean. Mere boyfriend par toh tumhari nazar bohut pehle se hi hai. Usne tumhe chhor kar mujhe jo choose kiya. Raha nahi gaya na tumse? Isliye jab dekho usse seduce karne lagti ho, uss ke close jaane ke bahane dhund ti rehti ho. But Sana, he is now my boyfriend. Aur woh mere saath bohut khush hai. Isliye tum chahe kuch bhi kar lo, Sid aur tumhara koi chance nahi hai. He will never be yours."

Sana felt disgusted hearing those bad words. Rashmi was accusing her for that which she didn't even do. She tried to control her emotion.

"Stay away from my boyfriend!" Rashmi said pointing her forefinger towards Sana.

Sana gave her a death glare.

Rashmi was about to leave. Sana moved her leg forward intentionally. Rashmi tripped over her leg and fell on the floor.

At that time Sid came there and saw that.

Sana came near her and said, "Oops! Gir gayi? Lekin gir toh tum already chuki ho. Tab hi toh mere aur apne hi boyfriend ke baare mein itni gandi gandi baatein bol rahi ho. Very bad!"

Rashmi looked at Sana angrily.

"Listen...."

"You listen!" Sana shouted pointing her forefinger towards Rashmi.

"Mujhe tumhare boyfriend pe koi interest nahi hai. Tum apne boyfriend ko sambhalo. Pucho uss se woh kaal raat mere balcony pe kya kar raha tha. Aur yeh jo tum close jaane ki baat kar rahi ho na, tumhara boyfriend baar baar mere close aata hai. Isliye mujhe blame karne se pehle usse sambhalo. Kahi woh tumhare haath se nikal na jaaye."

Sana said and started leaving. Suddenly she saw Sid who was looking at her with disbelief. He never saw this side of Sana. Sana showed him full attitude and went to her classroom.

"Waha kya khada hai? Help me!" Rashmi screamed.

Sid immediately went to Rashmi and helped her to stand up.

"Dekha tune? Kaise baat ki usne mere se?" Rashmi said.

"Sana aise hi tujh par bhadak nahi jaayegi. Zaroor tune hi kuch kaha hoga pehle. Kya zaroorat thi Rashmi?" Sid said.

"Accha? Toh kya main library mein tum dono ka romance dekh ne ke baad bhi chup chap baithi rehti?"

"What romance? Uske pith pe spider tha. Main usse hata raha tha. That's it."

"Aur jo kaal raat ko tu uske ghar gaya tha, uska kya?"

"Ek kaam tha isliye gaya tha."

"Aisa kya kaam ho sakta hai jis ke liye tujhe uske ghar itni raat ko jaana pade? Woh bhi balcony se?"

"That's none of your business. Humein abhi chalna chahiye. First period suru hone hi wala hai." Sid said and took Rashmi to the classroom.

Rashmi wasn't satisfied but she had nothing to do.

"Itne dino se mujhe lagta tha ki sayad tujhe bhi accha lagta hai jab main tere close jaata hoon, thik jaise mujhe accha lagta hai. Par aaj teri baaton se paata chala ki tu kitna uncomfortable feel karti hai mera tere close jaane se. Tune Rashmi ko mujhe sambhalne ke liye kaha? Itna hi problem tha toh khud mujhse keh deti. Main kabhi nahi jaata tere close." Sid said in his mind.
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The fight with Rashmi made Sana very much disturbed. Her mood was totally off. Whatever Rashmi said was roaming around her mind.

Ayush and Shivangi noticed it and they tried to cheer her up.

In the tiffin period....

Sana was sitting on her bench alone. Suddenly Ayush and Shivangi came there.

"Kya baat hai meri jaan? Itni udaas kyu hai?" Shivangi asked.

"Kuch nahi. I'm fine." Sana said sadly.

"Fine toh tu bilkool nahi hai. Lekin humare paas tera mood thik karne ke liye kuch hai." Ayush said.

"Kya?" Sana asked.

Shivangi showed her some passes of night club.

"Kaal mera ek cousin aaya tha. Usne diya hai." Shivangi said.

Sana widened her eyes.

"Tu pagal hogayi hai? Hum aur night club? No way." Sana said.

"Chalte hai na yaar. Maza aayega." Ayush said.

"Ayush tu bhi? Tu toh aisa nahi tha. Tujhe kab se inn sab ka shauk chadh gaya?"

"Abhi chadha hai. Aur Sana, abhi toh time hai. Kuch din baad board exams suru ho jaayenge. Tab toh humara ghar se bahar nikal na bhi muskil ho jayega. Uske baad NEET and then alag alag college mein chale jaayenge. Yeh kuch hi toh pal hai. Let's live our lives. Yeh zindagi na milegi doobara."

"I think Ayush is right." Shivangi said.

Finally Sana agreed.

"Thik hai main jaungi. Lekin agar Mummy ne permission diya toh." Sana said.

"Phir toh koi problem hi nahi hai. Aunty tujhse zyada cool hai. Woh permission de degi don't worry." Shivangi said.

Sana laughed hearing that.

"So it's final. Aaj raat ko hum jaa rahe hai gravity night club."  Ayush said.

On the other hand, Sid overheard their conversation.

"Accha, toh Madam ab club jaa rahi hai? Woh bhi iss Ayush ke saath? Main isse Ayush ke saath akele club jaa ne nahi de sakta. I don't trust this guy. Sorry Sana, tu bhale hi nahi chahti lekin mujhe tere aas paas rehna hi hoga." Sid said in his mind and left from there.

He went to the school ground and joined his gang. They were discussing about going out somewhere.

"Bohut din ho gaye hum kahi ghum ne nahi gaye." Devoleena said.

"Haan yaar. Board exams suru hone wale hai. Uss se pehle ek baar toh hum sab ko kahi ghum ne jaana chahiye." Asim said.

"Lekin jaayenge kaha?" Rashmi asked.

"Night club!" Sid said suddenly.

Everyone looked at him.

"Woh main keh raha tha ki.....kyu na hum night club chale? Maza aayega." He said.

"Idea toh accha hai." Devoleena said happily.

"Lekin waha jaane ke liye toh passes lagte hai nah?" Kushal asked.

"Don't worry. Uski zinmedari meri." Asim said.

"Tere paas passes hai?" Sid asked.

"Mere Bhai ka dost waha kaam karta hai. Woh passes ka arrangement kar dega."

"Kaun se night club mein kaam karta hai?"

"Gravity night club."

Sid breathed a sigh of relief hearing the name of the night club.

"Aaj raat ko milte hai Ms. Solution. Waha jaane ka main intention toh bas tujhe protect karna hai. After all waada jo kiya tha tujhse ki tujhe humesha protect karunga. How can I forget?" Sid said in his mind.

"Aaj main aur Sid night club jaa rahe hai. Great! Aaj toh main woh paa ke hi rahungi jo mujhe chahiye. Sid ka koi bahana nahi chalega." Rashmi said in her mind and smirked.
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