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Flashback:

Fifteen Year Old Kabir and Sanaa:

"Bir!!!" Sanaa shouted while running behind him with her shoes in her hand.

"Yes sweetie pie..." He teased while dodging the sandal that she threw in his direction.

"You did that again! You scared those two boys who were talking to me and Vaish. They were just talking, for God's sake!" Sanaa complained in an irritated voice, feeling tired of running.

"They were not just talking! You both don't know boys the way I do. I know what's going in their mind. They want a school sweetheart to experiment...stuff. You both are not going to fall prey to their charm. I forbid it." Kabir explained from a safe distance and Sanaa just huffed in annoyance.

She understood his worries but that didn't mean he has to scare everyone off. What if some guy genuinely wanted to be friends with her and nothing else?

"Wait a minute... Why are you shouting at me alone? Where is that drama queen?" He asked suspiciously. Vaish not chasing someone directly is scarier than the direct chase because that means she is planning something else, something more vicious.

"You idiot!" He heard the words behind him and before he could dodge it, a water bucket was thrown in his direction.

Sanaa was laughing hysterically watching Kabir all drenched and Vaish was smirking in victory.

"Nobody gets to kick the ass of a boy that's going to be a jerk in future but me. I'm very much capable of getting my revenge from people and trust me, my ideas are much better than a threat in the locker room. So, remember this lesson before you scare any guy in future. You find an a-hole, you report him to me, got that?

I'm the flag bearer of modern feminism, the whole beauty with brain package. I'm the modern Cinderella minus the damsel in distress part. So don't try to be my knight in shining Armani. Just acknowledge my intelligence and awesome as hell attitude, and trust me." Vaish completed her speech and Sanaa clapped while smiling at her attitude while Kabir rolled his eyes but bowed his head nonetheless.

Who in their normal mind wants to get in the wrong side of Vaish?

The entire Khanna family is scared of this girl! Her mother is the only one who could outsmart her for now but he believed that with time, Vaish might win over her mother!

"Now go and take a bath and come out fast. We are going to my house for dinner. You have ten minutes. So don't be late. You know dad won't like it." Vaish said and rushed him to washroom and smirked deviously.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Sanaa asked in a suspicious tone. "Something is definitely not right with you."

"Just wait and watch. Because of that idiot I'm not getting attention of any boys. I have to return the favour, you know." Vaish said cunningly.

"Oh Vaish! What did you do?" Sanaa asked now feeling worried for Kabir and immediately they heard a loud shouting from the washroom.

"Vaishali Vishal Khanna, you have two minutes before I come out and kill you." Kabir shouted from the bathroom and Vaish started laughing madly.

"What did you do Vaish? Don't tell me you did the same thing to him that you did to that noisy aunty?" Sanaa asked remembering that incident.

"Enjoy the show babe." Vaish said and winked, preparing the camera that she has brought specifically to capture this moment and she was not disappointed. Even Sanaa's eyes widened in shock before her lips curled upwards in laughter after watching the site in front of them.

Kabir Shah, the blue eyed handsome, who caused every girl to look at him twice, now has red hairs.

"Please tell me it's not permanent." Kabir literally begged, knowing it well that Vaish got what she wanted and there was no sense in annoying her more.

She could very well make the posters of his red hairs and pass them all over the school.

Oh the perks of messing with Vaish!

Vaish just laughed at his words while enjoying her victory and Sanaa just shook her head.

These two were idiots but she won't trade them for anything in the world.

Life is good.

She just prayed that this stays the same always.

***

"Not fair Bir! You always win. I think you are cheating." Sanaa said after losing from him in chess for hundredth time.

"How can I possibly cheat in chess, sweetie pie?" Kabir asked with a smirk.

"I don't know how but you do. You can't always win. Like for the hundredth time." Sanaa said in a whining tone.

"Sweetie pie, chess is the game of mind. I win because I know how your mind works. Haven't you heard that play the man and not the game?" Kabir replied coolly.

"You just didn't lose hundred times sweetie pie; you learnt hundreds of my tricks. Think of them next time we play." He continued.

"By the way why are you hell bent on winning from me? You are the champion in girls' chess. You beat everyone else because I taught you. Why sudden obsession with beating me? If I didn't know better I would think that you are taking revenge for scoring more than you in the mid-term." Kabir asked and Sanaa shook her head knowing well enough that he was just teasing her.

There was never a competition between them and there will never be.

"So many years together and yet you still think that I will believe that there can ever be a competition between us. I want to beat you because you taught me to be the best and for being best I have to beat the best I see." Sanaa replied and Kabir can't help but feel proud of her and of his teachings.

She has grown up so much in front of his eyes. Gone was the girl who was crying in her backyard because her parents neglected her, instead here was a strong woman who won't stop at anything but greatness.

They were now together from almost five years now. Their sixteenth birthday was coming in few days. He was proud of the progress they have made. She was now comfortable with him just like a daughter is with her parents.

Sometimes she behaved like his mother other times like his kid. He brought her sanitary napkins when she had her first period and was with her to give her hot water bag for pain. He was glad that she didn't feel uncomfortable and seeing his sweetie pie going through that made him respect woman more than ever.

She shared everything with him, her deepest fear of darkness to her love for books, and gazing stars at night. They did it all together. Gazing stars at night, playing guitar and other games and visiting orphanage. It was his idea of going to orphanage on their birthdays and because of him she became fond of children too.

Sanaa was content with her life at the moment. She has Bir, Vaish and Vaish's family who were very much fond of Bir and her. Vaish's parents treated her like their daughter and even liked Kabir. So she felt happy.

Her own family, well her father was busy making money. Her mother was busy in shopping and high society stuff and her sister was in college now. They didn't have much of age difference between them still they were not fond of each other. And after Kabir came the distance between them grew more because Sanaa stopped trying after that.

Sometimes she wished that her family paid attention to her but then thought that she had Kabir with her and he has become her family. The only family that cared for her.

But a new problem has started. Few days ago her father came to her room and asked her about her school. She felt happy that her dad was taking interest in her life but her misconception soon got cleared when he asked her about her future plans, about what she wanted to be.

She told him that she wants to become a doctor because she found it her calling and he didn't take the news very well. He wanted her to take a degree in business administration and she refused. He was not happy and left saying that the discussion was not over yet.

She hasn't told Bir about that but she knew that she will have to soon. Both of them haven't talked about their career yet but they had the idea that they want to be doctor. Though he didn't say but Sanaa knew that it was because of his mother and her illness. As for her, she can't imagine herself doing something else. That's how she saw herself to be after ten years.

Sanaa left for her room early that night and Bir found that odd but didn't say anything at the moment.

All in time. He chanted and focussed on studying For upcoming test.

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Hey guys! Hope this was a fun filled update. I thought to write about the trio, just to show their bonding. I hope you liked it.

Vaish was a drama queen from childhood but a darling nonetheless.

Anyways we will be moving to serious stuff soon because if I start writing about Sanaa and Kabir then that alone could be a separate book.

But we have to move forward with Kabir's story. So yeah, next chapter is a serious one with Kabir meeting another important man from her mother's past, any guesses?

And the famous sixteenth birthday is coming soon! Things are about to get interesting. So stay tuned and keep on voting and commenting (: