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As Dev saw Sonakshi he stopped because the very first thing he observed were her eyes, the same eyes which he was lost in when they first met rather collided, he was once again lost in those very eyes. On the other hand, Sonakshi's heart skipped a beat as she saw Dev, the same stranger with whom she had got in to an argument just sometime back and now that same stranger was walking towards the flight as a passenger, her nervousness which had dissipated returned as she saw him. It was then that the same words escaped from both "PHIR SE"

"Kya, Kya kaha tuney?" it was Avni who asked Dev as she saw him lost and then uttering those words.

"Kya, kya kaha mainey? Kuch bhi toh nahi" Dev fumbled as his trance broke, he mentally scolded himself for losing himself again in those eyes.

"Nahi tuney "Phir se" kaha, lekin aisa kyun kaha tuney?" she enquired. Seeing no other option, he decided to tell Avni the reason and gestured her to look towards the entrance of the flight. As Avni turned to look a smile formed on her face seeing the same girl who had got into an argument with her friend. They moved forward as Sonakshi regained her composure. It was her first day and she had to get back on track with her job.

"Good morning. Welcome on board" she greeted Dev who stopped looking at her and then smirked. He nodded his head slightly and moved forward. "Good morning, Welcome on board" she greeted Avni with a smile while she smiled back acknowledging her greeting.

As they moved forward and settled down with Avni occupying the middle seat while Dev settled on the Aisle seat beside her the announcement of boarding being completed was made. As the crew closed the flight doors and the baggage cabins an announcement on the PA system was made "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Welcome on board Mystique Airlines flight MA-164 to Mumbai. We are ready to fly and the distance to Mumbai will be covered in 2 hours. In the flight today are Captain Avishek Ray who is a resident of Kolkata and first officer Vinod Sharma who is a resident of Delhi. In the cabin today are Pia, Reena and Sonakshi who are resident of Delhi and I am Michele your Cabin-in-charge and a resident of Mumbai. The cabin crew today can speak English, Hindi, Bengali and Marathi. Sit back, relax and enjoy as we provide you with the best in class service" As soon as Sonakshi heard her name an unknown joy and pride filled her heart. It was her first day and to hear her name being called out for the first time on the flight was overwhelming for her as slight tears of joy clouded her eyes. She was ready, ready to plunge into the world of Airlines. Just as another announcement was made regarding the safety instructions and the flight attendants were instructed move to their Demo Stations.

Sonakshi moved to her demo station for demonstrating the safety instructions but as her luck would have it her demo station was right in front of the seat which Dev had occupied, she saw him once again and cursed her luck it seemed everything was just going against her today. Right at that moment Dev saw her and once again a smile formed on his face. His gaze was fixed on her more specifically her eyes as Sonakshi demonstrated the safety instructions. All this while Avni was observing her friend who seemed lost once again, she snapped her fingers in front of his face.

"Kahan kho gaya?" she asked

"Kahin, kahin toh nahin" he fumbled as he came out of his trance

"Kya kahin nahi, main tabsey dekh rahi hoon tu kahin khoya hua tha. Ek baat bata jabsey tu uss ladki se takraya hai uskey baad se tu kafi khoya khoya lag raha hai, Baat kya hai?" she enquired raising her brows.

"Kya, kya bol rahi hai tu Avni. Koi baat nahi hai?" he replied

"Nahi, kuch toh baat hai. Main tab se dekh rahi hoon tu kuch khoya khoya hai. Tu bata raha hai ya..." she glared at him and started moving her hands to tickle him and Dev's eyes widened. He knew how stubborn Avni can get.

"Accha Achha, ruk jaa meri Maa. Batata hoon" Dev said, and he continued "Wo, Wo Uski Aankhein"

"Kya matlab uski Aankhein?" Avni replied

"Wo, Mujhey aisey lagta jaisey main ney uski Aankhein pehle bhi kahin dekhi hai" he fumbled as he said that

"Kahan, Tu toh aaj uss sey pehli baar mil raha hai naa. Toh phir kahan dekhi hai?" asked Avni confusion etched on her face.

"Sapney main" he replied slowly sure that Avni would make fun of him if he revealed the truth

"Kya matlab sapney mey? Saaf saaf bata na baat kya hai" she replied getting annoyed.

Seeing no other way out he decided to reveal about the dream which he saw frequently. As he revealed it Avni looked at him wide eyed and then burst out laughing as a few passengers looked back at them as she composed herself.

"Dekha, Mujhey pata tha tu hasegi. Iss liye main tujhey nahi batana chahta tha" said Dev grumpily

"Hasoon nahi toh aur kya karoon? Matlab tu kehna chahta hai ki ye wahi ladki hai jisey tu sapno main dekhta hai. Matlab ye toh koi Bollywood movie jaisey lag raha hai" she replied as Dev glared at her.

"Accha Achha ab gussa mat ho lekin baat hai badi interesting. Kissey pata Dev Babu kahin ye Kismat Connection to nahi hai aur ye flight kahin aapki zindagi hi na badal de" she said dramatically as Dev chuckled and said "Kya, Kismat Connection aur wo bhi Uss firebrand ke saath, IMPOSSIBLE" as both adjusted comfortably on their seats as the flight was ready for take-off.

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The flight was mid-air as the cabin crew had just finished collecting the meal plates which they had served to the passengers. On the other hand, Dev and Avni were discussing regarding their work

"Waisey Avni, Hamarey naye Marketing Campaign ka kaam kaisey chal raha hai" Dev asked Avni who was the Marketing head at the Airlines.

"Accha chal raha hai Dev, bas humey humarey naye Ads ke liye models aur Ad agency finalize karna hai" she replied

"Models? Models ki kya zaroorat Avni. Humarey yahan itney saarey Cabin crew hain and I am sure humey unmey se hi kuch log mil jayenge Ads ke liye" he gave his opinion

"Hmm. Lekin ye ads hai Dev. Tujhey lagta hai agar hum humarey employees main sey kisi ko chuney toh wo acting kar payenge" she asked expressing her doubts.

"I am sure wo kar payenge. Aur uskey alava They are best people to promote our airlines as they know how it works. So, they will do it with a passion aur uskey alava ye unkey liye ek Golden ooportunity hoga apney normal kaam se kuch alag karney ka" he replied

"Baat to tum Sahi keh rahey ho. Main ek kaam karti hoon apney team se kehkar ek mailer sabhi ko bhejti hoon iss aur response ke hisab se hum kuch logon ko finalize kartey hai" she said agreeing to Dev as he nodded his head in agreement.

"Waisey koi ad agency Finalize kiya hai tumney?" asked Dev

"Haan a couple of them. Ek ke saath meri meeting hai parson. "DELPHIC AD AGENCY" uskey creative head Mr. Jatin Roy ke saath meri meeting hai" she replied.

Just as Dev was about to reply suddenly he felt a splash of water on his face and shirt wetting him. As he turned to see who had done that his face reddened with anger seeing the person standing there who was adjusting herself and was looking at him with guilty eyes all ready to apologize.

Sonakshi was serving water to the passengers, but what she did not observe was that a kid who was playing had just dropped a ball in the aisle area and before he could pick that up Sonakshi unknowingly stepped on it and lost her balance. She controlled herself from falling down but in the process a couple of water filled cups fell on someone and to her bad luck that person was the same who had collided with her this morning.

"Ye, Ye kya kiya aapney. Dekh kar kaam nahi kar sakti aap?" Dev said in anger as he got up.

"Sorry, I am really sorry Sir. Wo, Wo galti se ho gaya" Sonakshi replied looking scared

"Kya sorry haan. Ek to aapney mujhey poora geela kar diya aur ab aap sorry keh rahi hai. Dhyan kahan hai aapka" he shot back. His anger was more from the fact that something like that had happened on their airlines and then he looked at the badge on Sonakshi's dress to see her name and for the first time saw her name "Sonakshi"

He was about to speak again when Avni kept her hand on his shoulder "Shaant ho ja yar, Galti se hogaya hoga" she said trying to calm him down, as Dev looked back at her she gestured him to look around and it was then that he saw that all the passengers looking at them. In fact, a couple of them had taken out their phones to record the incident that was about to unfold. His anger multiplied but then he controlled himself as he did not want to create a scene.

"Kya record kar rahey hain aap log. Yahan koi natak chal raha hai kya. Aisey bina permission aap kisi ki recording nahi kar saktey, its punishable" he said to the passengers who wanted to record the incident but seeing Dev's anger immediately stopped it.

Sonakshi who was hell scared standing there with her head down with tears pooling her eyes as Dev turned his attention towards her "Ms. Sonakshi..." as he was about to continue Michele who had just arrived at the scene interrupted "I am sorry, I am really sorry. It was un-intentional" she said as Dev calmed down. He did not want to drag the issue, he nodded his head and replied, "It's Ok, please ensure that it does not happen again with anyone" as Michele nodded in agreement and moved as Sonakshi accompanied her to the back of the aircraft to the Galley.

"Kya ho gaya tujhey, usspey chilaya kyun? wo toh uss sey galti se ho gaya tha" Avni asked her, she was surprised at her friend's reaction

"Haan yar par pata nahi gussa kyun aa gaya, shayad iss liye kyunki agar ye kissi aur ke saath hota toh kitna bada issue ho jata isi liye" he replied feeling guilty of shouting on Sonakshi.

"Accha Theek hai ab jaakey change kar le" she said as Dev picked a T-Shirt from his bag and went to the washroom in the front of the cabin to change. As at the same time Avni went towards the back of the cabin to use the other washroom.

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As Avni came out of the washroom she could hear someone's sobs from the galley. Wondering who it was she moved there to find out who it was and was surprised.

"Are you fine?" she asked the person who was sobbing with her head down.

"Sorry, Sorry Ma'am Do you want something?" said Sonakshi as she got up and looked at Avni.

"Nahin, mujhey kuch nahi chahiye lekin tumhey shayad iss ki zaroorat hai" Avni replied as she took out a face wipe from her purse and handed it over to Sonakshi for cleaning her tear stained face.

Sonakshi took it from her and wiped her face down as she smiled looking at Avni "Are you fine now?" Avni enquired as Sonakshi nodded in a yes.

"Don't worry, kabhi kabhi hota hai aisey. It was not an intentional mistake" Avni said

"Nahi Ma'am, Wo aaj mera pehla din hai aur aaj hi ye sab ho gaya" Sonakshi replied.

"Wow, tumhara pehla din. Congratulations and All the best. Aur dekho aaj toh ek memory bhi ban gayi. Tum iss din ko kabhi nahi bhoologi" Avni replied trying to cheer her up as Sonakshi smiled amazed at the positivity that Avni had shown.

"Aur waisey bhi aisi baatein hoti hai flights main aur iss sey bhi tough situations aayengi toh tumhey ye sab handle karney aana chahiye. After all one learns on the job right" Avni said as Sonakshi nodded in affirmation absorbing all that Avni was saying.

"Waisey tum giri kaisey?" Avni enquired as Sonakshi narrated the incident of how she stepped on the ball and lost control.

"Hmm, Dekho galti toh kisi ki bhi nahi hai. Wo toh situation hi aisa ho gaya tha. Toh ab apna mood Theek karo and get back to your work. After all its your first day" Avni said as Sonakshi nodded in agreement.

"Waisey I am Avni, Avni Goyal?" she introduced herself and raised her hand for a handshake.

"I am Sonakshi, Sonakshi Bose?" replied Sonakshi as she shook Avni's hand.

"Waisey mere dost ki baat ka bura mat maan na wo toh bus hum kuch important discuss kar rahey they jab aise hua, to iss liye wo gussa ho gaya" Avni said trying to put forward Dev's POV.

"Nahi, iss mey unki koi galti nahi hai I understand. Waisey unka...." Sonakshi paused in hesitation

"Unka Kya? Unka naam jaana chahti ho tum?" Avni replied sensing that Sonakshi wanted to know her friend's name but was hesitant while Sonakshi ducked her head down embarrassed that she was caught in such a situation. Avni chuckled and was about reply when an announcement was made "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to land in Mumbai and need to prepare the cabin for that. Request all passengers to return to their seats and fasten their seatbelts" as they heard it Avni bid goodbye to Sonakshi wishing her for her career once again.

As Avni made her way to the seat. Dev asked her why it took her so long and she revealed her conversation with Sonakshi. After listening to her Dev was genuinely guilty for shouting on her.

The flight had landed, and the passengers were making their way out as Sonakshi standing at the front door wished them a goodbye. She then saw Dev and Avni ready to make their way out and decided to apologize to him for her mistake and for her behaviour this morning. As Dev neared her she was about to speak but before that she heard.

"I AM SORRY"

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