Sanskar Goenka,

"She left?" I ask Maa unbelievably who just nods in return and I look away from her, trying to avoid eye contact. "Okay Maa, you and Lucky have dinner, I have some work."

I leave from there upset, how can she go like that? No bye, nothing! I hit my car with my leg and it hurts me. Ragini, you've changed but so much? I was worried for you, tensed about your well being, wanted to talk to you, Where were you these seven days? how were you? Don't you love me anymore? Don't you want to know how much I missed you? Don't you want to know how I lived these Seven days Damnit!

I hit my stupid car again and it doesn't get a damn dent! "Why did you go like that Ragini? I died a thousand deaths in these seven days and you didn't even talk to me properly. You can't forget me like that, we had something and that can't be given up so easily Ragini Asthana, I love You! You heard that Ragini" I look up into the sky as those stars twinkle, I scream, "I LOVE RAGINI! You heard that, I LOVE HER!" I smile satisfied, these seven days have made me realize, I can't live without you Ragini, and now I promise, I would get you back in my Life this time Forever...

I get my ringing cellphone out of my pocket, "What? Are you sure? Fine, I'm coming. Book the tickets of the earliest flight possible, I'll meet you at the airport."

Guess, our love story has to wait a bit more to get complete...

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"If this continues, and I have to face that so called Lakshya Goenka daily I would go mad in no days!" She exclaims frustrated on the phone.

"Just handle him for some time, you know how much important our mission is..."

"Important my foot! He makes me go crazy, and plus this behenji (Aunty types) Ragini. How can a girl be so dumb? I mean, a girl can be so mahan in daily soaps sacrificing her life for some one, but then do girls like them exist in real life is what I always wondered! And she proved, Miss. Ragini Asthana proved, girls like daily soaps exist in real life or My work here would have been so easy, if she would have been like Swara..."

"Swara? How do you know about..."

Don't question like a fool Shanky! If I wouldn't have known about her, how would I survive here among these stupid emotional fools! Plus you gave me everyone's brief info remember?"

"Oh yeah, I'm so sorry Riya!"

"Sorry, who?"

"Ri... Ri... Riya" He stammer's, "Oh, should I call you Ragini?"

"Oh, no... No Ragini Please, there are already enough people here calling me that and plus I don't want to forget my real name so fast Shanky." She states, now calm a little bit.

"Okay sorry again Riya, Now listen don't go all maniac again and please stay calm, as calm as if you're a sage" Her expressions become weird, as if he's speaking something stupid, "Please Ri, If you get caught which I really doubt to happen ever, but still if You Get Caught" He emphasizes on the last three words and she sighs.

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Swara Lakshya Goenka;

It's so good to be back, Home sweet Home, that's what we called it. Gini! Aww she looks so cute in that photo with me, ohh, how can we forget that one, with Kavi! As I have a glance in to all the photo frames, there's something missing. No frames of Kavya here. It makes me sad to see no signs of my sister at our house, but then how could I expect her photos here after what she did to my family, after what she did to me...

No, No Swara Lakshya Goenka, no time to be sad. Besides you have to handle your another little sister now. Oh I so can't believe this, another little sister of Swara, this is so exciting! Just like the day when I held her for the first time, the day when I held Gini for the first time...

"Maa, She's so little..." I say amazed staring at my one day old sister sleeping peacefully in papa's arms. I glance back at Maa and pout, "Why did you hide her inside your stomach till now? She's so beautiful..."

"Maa didn't hide her beta," replied papa with a smile on his face, "She protected her, just like she did for you years back."

"Now her sister will protect her Maa, you don't worry my Gini will always be safe. Her Swara di will never let anything harm her."

Maa smiles at me, she signs me to come towards her and I look at papa who nods in approval and I run into her arms, "I love you Maa, thank you for giving me my Gini!"

"Gini?" Dadi exclaims dubiously, "What sort of a name is this girl?"

I roll my eyes and pout at her, "You only suggested that name na, Dadi!" I complain and chachu starts laughing, "Maa, she means RAGINI..."

What? You can't expect a 3yr old kid to say RA gini can you? I look up the stairs, our Room and my new little sister, there's so much to do and explain to her. Just two days left and she'll be married to Laksh. She'll become Mrs. Lakshya Goenka after that.... But then Swara, Ruh will get a mom, all problems will be solved and Gini, won't have to sacrifice her love, her Sanskar after that. Which reminds me, "I'm sorry Gini..."

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"What a life isn't it?"

"I'm sorry shanky, how do you handle my anger so well? I mean it's all my fault I shouldn't have agreed to do this but then..."

"Now that you have, we are with you Ri, always" He assures her and she smiles. "Thank you Shanky and I love you!"

"Love you too Ri and Please take care of yourself and keep Repeating your ultimate Mantra, Breath in 'Calm down Ri' Breathe out, ' Calme down Ri' and then I love you Shanky!" She chuckles, "You're such a maniac!"

"Hey there!" Swara squeals making Riya jump up afraid, "What the hell!"

"Is she back?" He grins from the other side, "Does she even leave?"

Swara pouts at her angrily, "Talk to you later, Good night" She smiles cutely and keeps the cellphone on the dresser, "Do Ghost's always be so nosy or is it just in your genes?"

Swara turns her face to the opposite side and huffs, "Don't think so highly of yourself, I'm not your Gini who would pamper you and shower lots of love and sorrys" She says widening her eyes and waving her hands in the air. Swara smiles, "You really are like me" she concludes.

Riya jumps onto the bed and stretches, "Nope, there's no one like Riya," She closes her eyes repeating, "No one..."

"What the!" Riya exclaims staring at the flying blanket in front of her, "Can't I even sleep?"

Swara pops her head through the blanket, "Dinner time!"

"I'm not hungry" She replies bluntly looking away from her, "Besides you might get caught. Oh wait, how can you? No one can see you currently other than me right?" Swara nods at her blinking her eyes cutely, "Even worse, what if they think I'm some sort of tantric or what they call for the women with open hair and doing supernatural stuff?"

Swara stares at her confused, "The one who looks like... The one that you called you're first grade teacher?"

"Which one?" She asks thoughtfully, "The one who punished your Gini?" Riya replies flashing a smile at Swara who replies, "Chudail!"

"Exactly!" Riya jumps on her bed.

"Ragini!" Sumi comes running, "Beta what happened?"

Riya stares at her wide eyed as the blanket that was flying in front of her falls down lifeless, "Uh... Maa, I'm hungry" she says innocently caressing her stomach and Sumi sighs holding onto her breath, "You scared me," She says rolling her eyes at Riya, who smiles at her sheepishly.

"Beta, actually..."

"Maa," she steps down of the bed and keeps her hands on Sumi's shoulder, "Any thing that you cook is my favourite, and I don't want you to stress your hands and make something for me. I'll have anything that's available, but on one condition"

Sumi looks at her, "You should feed me with your hands" Sumi nods, tears brimming in her eyes, as she turns to leave Riya calls out, "Pushpa, I hate tears re!" She exclaims as if teasing her.

Sumi smiles hitting her lightly, "Dramebaaz!"

"Copy cat!" Swara exclaims walking out of the closet, "You know you're dead and a ghost, so why hide in a closet?"

Swara walks towards her, "To have fun!"

"Copy cat!"

"Tit for Tat!"

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"Maa, I'll become fat if you feed me like that" Riya exclaims widening her eyes at Sumi, Shekhar chuckles, "Papa! protection please!" she pleads blinking her eyes at him.

"And then who'll protect Papa? This is nothing, let your Dadi and dadu come tomorrow, then even Dadu will say the samething!"

"And Papa will get a partner to watch with" Sumi smirks

"What? Ragini ko khilao aur phulao show?(Feed Ragini and make her fat show?)"

And now they both start laughing and Riya just stares at them with fake anger. Swara who's sitting next to her smiles watching her parents thus, it's been ages since they've been like that, laughing and so happy. Swara touches her cheeks trying to find them wet with tears of happiness, but there are none. She gazes at Riya smiling, "Thank you..." she whispers.

Riya smiles at her in return, "You miss her don't you?" Shekhar asks with a sad smile, "Not at all Papa," she replies flashing a smile at him, "Why should I? When she's always there with me..." Riya keeps her hand on Swara's invisible hand and caresses it, "And you won't believe If I say my Di's sitting right here next to me." Swara just stares at Riya shaking her head in a no and then glances back at her parents smiling and teary faces. Sumi smiles, "Then tell your Di, we are upset with her. She didn't even meet us and said a Hi ..." Sumi leaves from there trying to hold back her tears.

"I'm sorry..." Swara mumbles upset. Seeing her thus, Riya too becomes upset, "You are hurting her, see she feels sorry." She utters watching sumi leave from the table.

Shekhar goes towards her and caresses her face smiling, "Oh my child, don't you know how much of a emotional blackmailer she is?" Swara and Riya both giggle, "So tell your Di, we love her and miss her a lot. As for her Maa, don't worry I'll handle her" He winks at her and leaves.

Riya gets up from her chair and turns to leave, "Wait, wait, wait..." Riya stops and Swara comes in front of her, "Thank You..." She kisses her cheek and Riya stares at her astonished, "That felt..."

"I know it felt nothing..."

"It felt good," She bends and pecks Swara's cheek, "Like this..."

Swara smiles holding on to her cheek, "Now off to bed Ghost sister!" Riya says walking upstairs as Swara follows her like wind.

"Yes, My Little sister!"

"You can't keep hovering like that, Don't ghosts sleep?"

"You didn't read those creepy books in childhood, ghost stories?"

"Probably, My parents didn't have time to read them for me and I loved my sleep back then, so didn't think of wasting time on bedtime stories" Swara rolls her eyes at Riya in return, "You didn't read Bedtime stories?" she utters unbelievably.

"Nope" Riya replies bluntly, "Probably, that's the reason among all those crores of population in our country, only I'm the one who gets to see you!" she snaps.

"Even I didn't like those stories when young, but had to read them out for my Gini" she says as they enter their room.

"Big sister and Her responsibilities Bla... Bla...??" Riya asks bored sitting on the bed.

"Yeah sort of, But I loved it when after reading the stories she used to cuddle and sleep with me afraid, that the ghost would come and take me away from her." She smiles widely looking at herself in the mirror.

"Ohh admiring yourself?" Riya asks bored, "Wait! What? How... why?" She stares horrified at the mirror, while Swara pouts at herself. "You're visible in the mirror Swara!" She stumbles upon something while walking towards her, but she pauses mid-air, thanks to Swara's ghostly powers she is saved from an epic fall! "It's 12am Little sister, Guess I need to leave now." Swara sighs.

Riya stands on her place properly, still staring at Swara in horror, "Don't pass through anyone please" she replies concerned.

"Please don't lose your calm and handle everything here properly, till I come back little Sister."

"Come back soon and All the best!" Riya hugs Swara, who smiles in return tightening the hug and vanishes...

Riya sighs and lounges back onto her bed, a dreamy smile on her face and she drifts off to dreamland.......

She loses her balance and falls down, "Even here Riya, Such a clumsy bee!" she teases herself, looking at her hands. A hand comes in front of her, "Need some help?"

She smiles at the person's gesture and shifts her gaze towards his Face, the vision gets blurry and she frowns. She rubs her eyes with her hands trying to look at him clearly but fails, making him smirk "I know it's strang,e but even I can't see your face clearly, trust me dreams are messy." He teases and she states, "I prefer blurry" and takes his hand. As he pulls her up, she looks at him and smiles.

"You remind me of someone."

"Oh really?"

He nods at her, "Someone I love..." She sighs interrupting him, "What?"

"Even in dreams I'm solving people's problems!" He looks at her amused, "Perhaps you can't solve mine."

She stops and stares back at him, "Because she's dead and you can't bring dead people back can you?" he shrugs and continues, "My wife is..." And she slips again, as the man rushes to help her, they both fall down. He is on her now, she stares at him dubiously concluding,,"I guess I know you."

As they both stare at each other, that fragrance reminds her of someone from today morning, "Which perfume?". He stares at her confused asking, "Seriously?" And their eye's meet for the first time, something happens. They're so absorbed into each other that they don't realize their intimacy; their lips are just inches apart, "Lakshya!"

Lakshya falls down from his bed, "Ah!"

On the other side there's Riya on the floor rubbing her head cutely. "He's entering my Dreams now, Great Riya Malhotra! what a beautiful dream to have so early in the morning!" She gets up sulking and looks at herself in the mirror. Messy curls, no makeup but yet so beautiful, she feels something strangely different but then she hits her head lightly, "You were about to kiss that Idiot of a Goenka, stupid Riya stop thinking about him will you?"

Lakshya rubs his elbow now paining due to his epic fall. As he lifts his head up, there are two tiny pairs of eyes staring at him, "Dreaming about choti chachi?" the twins ask in unison and he brushes his hair shyly, "When did you guys come?"

"When you were about to you know, but Sasumom called you and we missed the epic k..."

"Mom!" Lakshya calls out in defense and Parineeta starts laughing also her two little boys join her, "Chachu, just one day and from tomorrow you can kiss chachi really" the taller one exclaims.

"And you won't fall down of the bed also" the other one completes. "Acha Bachu!" He tries to hold them and they run out of his room, a flying T-shirt comes and lands straight on Lakshya's Face, "Bhabhi!"

"Devar ji, Sasumom has ordered to clean your room and your cupboard, so that devrani ji can have some of her own space too." He rolls his eyes at her but then doesn't meet her gaze, "I thought you were on my side Bhabhi." He utters with pain and she keeps a hand on his shoulder concerned, "Devarji, It's not just for you."

"But..."

"No if's and buts Lakshya! Pari get everything set properly and we are going to Asthana mansion, Aman and Ayaan are coming with us."

"Sure Sasumom and Devar ji?"

"He'll also be coming as we have to decide about tomorrow and..."

"I need to talk to Ragini." Annapurna and Parineeta stare at him worriedly. "This marriage is not happening Maa"

Lakshya leaves from there determined and both the ladies start worrying.

Riya is tossing on her bed worried trying to get some sleep but then she gets up frustrated, "How can I? That too with him?" her face expression becomes vague, "No Riya, he's not your Man! Besides you're here on a mission so focus." She walks towards the mirror and stares at her reflection, besides her is a frame of Ragini she stares at it and cocks her head at one side, "Why do we look just so same... "

"Ragini!" Riya sighs, "Coming Maa!"

"So shekhar, all done? Did you call the pandit ji?"

"Pandit? Are you planning on some havan sharmishtha?" Dadi asks entering through the main door, followed by her is Dadaji, "Where's Ragini?" he asks excited.

"Dadaji!" Ragini squeals coming downstairs and bends down to take his ashirwaad, he stops her and takes her into an embrace, "How is my Granddaughter?"

"I'm good dadaji, how are you and did you take your morning medicines?" she questions him and he chuckles.

"Sharmishtha, I am going back to teerath again." Riya pouts at him innocently, "Why?"

"You're frightening me with the medicines again!"

Riya shakes her head as Shekhar and Sumi laugh, "Dadi!" she exclaims taking Dadi's ashirwaad who caresses her hair lovingly, "You shouldn't be moving like that my child, take care of yourself."

She turns towards Sumi, "You still didn't answer me Sharmishtha. Why is panditji coming?"

Sumi looks back at Shekhar nervously who answers, "To fix the muhurath Maa, for Ragini and Lakshya's wedding."

Lakshya is driving, suddenly his phone rings, "What?.... But how can they? Keep your sorry's to yourself, I'm coming there."

Lakshya rushes inside the lawyers office, his fists clenched "You said that you would handle it without any problems!"

"I'm sorry sir" the lawyer answers worried, "I could have if the child care committee wouldn't have involved the Womens association in it. Now, they are adamant on their decision you will have to do it sir."

"How much time do we have?"

"Just 24hours."

"Damn it!" Lakshya growls punching the table.

After a pretty long time guys, how was it and hope now the confusions are starting to clear. So finally Sanskar has realized Ragini's importance in his life but little does he know that it's not Ragini but her lookalike Riya who's come here that too on a mission. But what's her mission and where's our Ragini? Who is this new guy Shanky now? Why is Swara with Riya knowing her truth and why does she be visible to just Riya and not anyone else? Wait Did Riya and Lakshya dream about each other? 

So many question right? So till I find the answers for you stay intruiged and Don't forget to Vote / star and Comment your views and questions. Thanq so much for the love and support changed the tag from Romance to mystery, don't worry there is a lot of Romance too in store for Ragsan and Riyaksh (Nice collaboration na?? ;) )

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