After a few days...

The Shukla family started their journey for Goa. They booked a resort near the sea beach. The wedding would held their. They had morning flight to Goa. Shehnaaz and her family also reached the airport. After Shehnaaz came, Sidharth's all attention went to her. He was starting at her which made Sonia irritated. As soon as Shehnaaz noticed Sidharth staring at her, she took off her eyes.

The paparazzi started clicking Sidharth and Sonia's pics. While one of them asked Shehnaaz to stand beside the couple. Shehnaaz hesitantly stood beside Sidharth while Sonia was at the other side. The paparazzi asked Shehnaaz to stand closer to Sidharth. Shehnaaz did that but she was feeling uncomfortable. They both looked at each other. At that very moment they clicked the photo.

After all these, they went inside the plane. Sidharth took his seat beside the window. It was always his favourite. Shehnaaz was going to sit beside Sidharth as usal. Whenever they travelled together on plane, they sat beside each other. But this time Sonia took her place.

"Arrey Shehnaaz, tum kya yaaha baithne wali thi? Oops! Sayad tum bhul gayi ab se yeh meri jagah hai. Tum waha baith jao." Sonia said sarcastically pointing her finger towards a seat situated at a corner.

Reality hit her hard. She understood that there was no place of her beside him and in his life as well. She sadly went to her seat. Sidharth was fuming in anger. He gave Sonia a death glare which she easily ignored. The flight took off.

After sometime Sidharth's eyes caught Shehnaaz. She was sitting alone. He felt bad for her. Once he promised himself that he would never let her cry. But today just because of him she was sad. He was not doing all these intentionally but still he felt guilty. He was continuously staring at her. He wanted her to notice him for once at least. And she did. But when she saw Sonia sitting beside him, she took off her eyes and looked through the window. It made him more sad. He also took off his eyes and looked through the window. They started remembering their first flight together.

Flashback...

Sidharth and Shehnaaz were going to London for their concert. It was Shehnaaz's biggest concert of life and her first flight as well. As soon as she went inside the plane, she started feeling scared.

"Sidharth mujhe bohut darr lag raha hai. Please let me go back." She said.

"Tu pagal hai? London mein concert karna hai yaa nahi?" Sidharth asked.

"Karna toh hai..."

"Phir chup chap seat mein baith."

"Lekin...."

"Shehnaaz main hoon na, kuch nahi hoga." Sidharth said and tried to give her strength.

Sidharth sat beside the window and Shehnaaz sat beside her.

"Sidharth maine na suna hai ki plane jab upar uthta hai toh kuch ajeeb sa lagta hai aur phir ulti bhi aati hai." Shehnaaz said making a scared face.

"Abe Gadhi aisa kuch nahi hoga. Aur tu ulti karne walo mein se thodi hai? Tu bas apne pehle flight ka maza le." Sidharth said while laughing.

After sometime the air hostesses guided everyone to put on the seat belt. Sidharth put on his own seat belt while Shehnaaz was having difficulties with that.

Sidharth noticed it and said, "Tu ruk. Main kar deta hoon."

He went close to her and put on the seat belt. While doing this Sidharth looked at her eyes. They were very close. Sidharth tucked her hair between her ears with his finger. Then he moved away. Shehnaaz looked down while blushing. The flight took off. Soon her fear fade away.

"Dekha, kuch hua?" Sidharth asked.

Shehnaaz smiled and nodded in no. Sidharth also smiled and looked through the window.

"Upar se sab kuch bohut khubsurat dikhta hai nah?" Shehnaaz asked excitedly.

"Haan. Isliye toh window seat meri favourite hai. Tu baithegi?"

"Main?" Shehnaaz became more excited.

"Waise main apni window seat kisike saath share nahi karta. Sirf tujhe yeh offer mil raha hai." Sidharth said.

"Phir toh yeh offer haath se nahi jaane dungi." Shehnaaz said.

They both exchanged their seats. Shehnaaz looked through the window and gave a wow face.

"Beautiful!" She said.

"Really beautiful!" Sidharth mumbled while adoring her.

Flashback ends...

The flight reached Goa after one and half hours. From airport they reached the resort by car. The resort was really beautiful and the sea was just in front of it. Everyone went to their respective rooms. Shehnaaz's room was just beside Sidharth's which Sonia didn't like. But she couldn't object. She went to her own room making an irritated face. Shehnaaz also got settled in her room.

She was taking out her clothes from her suitcase. Suddenly she heard a knock.

"May I come in?" Sidharth asked.

Shehnaaz looked behind and nodded. Sidharth entered the room.

"Woh tujhe baatane aaya tha ki agar tujhe kuch bhi zaroorat ho toh tu mujhe baata sakti hai." Sidharth said.

"Thanks for your concern. Lekin mujhe teri zaroorat nahi hai." Shehnaaz said which broke his heart. He understood the meaning.

"Paata hai. Tu bohut strong hai. Lekin unknown place hai isliye tujhe baatane aaya tha. Agar meri help na lena chahe toh tu Kushal ko bhi baata sakti hai. At least woh toh tera accha dost hai." Sidharth said and left from there.

Shehnaaz watched him going.

Meanwhile Kushal heard their conversation. He went straight to Sidharth's room.

"Abe teri problem kya hai be? Tum dono ke bich mein main kyu fas raha hoon?" He said.

"Dekh mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha tu kya bol raha hai." Sidharth said.

"Tune Shehnaaz ko kya bola uss waqt?"

"Woh baat? Thik hi toh bola. At least tujhe woh apna friend toh maanti hai. Mere saath toh aise behave karti hai jaise main koi anjaan admi hoon."

"It's your fault. Tu usse jaa ke baata de na sach kya hai."

"Kya baatau? Ki maine Rohit ko mara hai aur uss baat ko lekar Sonia mujhe blackmail kar rahi hai. Yeh baatau usse? Taa ki woh mujhse aur door chali jaaye."

"Waise bhi toh woh tujhse door jaa hi rahi hai. Tum dono ke bich pehle ki tarah kuch raha kya? Sach baatane se aur kya fark padega?"

"Fark padega. Ab woh mujhse naraz hai. Lekin agar maine usse sach baata diya then she will hate me. I can't tolerate that."

"Agar woh tujhse saccha pyaar karti hai then she will understand." Kushal stopped for a while and then said, "Tum dono ka saath mein time bitana bohut zaroori hai. Mujhe zyada nahi paata but main yeh jaanta hoon agar tum dono ek dusre ke bohut close aa gaye phir chah kar bhi door nahi jaa paoge."

Kushal put his hand on Sidharth's shoulder and said, "Think about it bro. Aise chup rehne se aur mar mar ke jeene se kuch nahi hoga. Tere paas time kam hai. Jo karna hai zaldi karna hoga."

Sidharth started thinking about it. Kushal left the room.

"He is right. I have to do something." Sidharth said in his mind.
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At night...

After having dinner, Shehnaaz was walking on the garden of the resort. A cold breeze was blowing. The resort was looking quite beautiful at night. While walking Shehnaaz thought about all that happened today.

"Kitni sundar jagah hai. Sidharth ne ek baar bhi nahi pucha ghumne ke liye. Pehle toh hum jaha bhi concert ke liye jaate the, ek yaa do din toh hum woh jagah ghumte the. Agar mera mood nahi bhi hota tha phir bhi woh mujhe jabardasti leke jaata tha. Aur ab dekho? Why am I even expecting anything? Ab toh uski life mein Sonia wapas aa chuki hai. Uska pehla pyaar. Ab mere saath kyu ghumega? Apni fiancee ke saath rahega har waqt. Aaj subah hi kaise haq jaata rahi thi Sidharth par. Acchi baat hai. Mujhe bhi kisi ki zaroorat nahi. Main kaal akele hi ghumne jaungi." Shehnaaz said in her mind.

Suddenly someone grabbed her hand and pulled her.

"Kaun...."

The person put hand on her mouth, so she couldn't speak. She tried to come out of the person's grip but it was too tight. He turned her and made her look at himself.

"Shhhh! Ek dam chup." He said and removed his hand from her mouth.
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Who's it?

What's his intention?

Is Shehnaaz safe?

Stay tuned....

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