Sana became very much confused after hearing the word 'Sautan'.

"S.. sautan matlab?" Sana asked.

Sidharth heard the word and asked, "Kaun hai? Dipti?"

Sana nodded in no as it was not her voice.

"Kya yaar? Tu abhi bhi nahi samjhi? Accha ruk."

The girl started singing.

"Main teri pyaari saheli, samajh na mujh ko sautan."

Sana's face brightened after hearing that.

"Shweta!" She said excitedly.

"Chalo pehchana toh sahi." Shweta said.

"Kamini tune toh mujhe dara hi diya tha."

"Kyu? Mere alawa teri aur kaunsi sautan hai?"

Sana's face turned pale. Dipti's face came to her mind.

"Accha tu abhi tak mujhe sautan maanti hai kya?" Sana asked to change the topic.

"Maine kabhi tujhe sautan nahi maana. Woh toh baki friends humein chidhate the yeh bolke. Aur kyu na bole? College ke first day se mujhe Sidharth pe crush tha. Aur yeh baat tu bhi jaanti thi. Lekin phir paata chala Sidharth totally tujh pe interested hai. Mujhe toh bhaav hi nahi deta tha. Aur tab hi se sab humein saheli bani sautan bolne lage."

Sana laughed a little.

"Woh bhi kya din the na?" Sana said.

"Haan yaar. Waise teri wajah se main piche hatt gayi aur ek tu hai jisne Sidharth jaise ladke ko reject kar ke meri saari sacrifice waste kar di."

Sana started remembering the day when she rejected Sidharth and slapped him.

"Waise tu aur Sidharth abhi bhi touch mein hai?" Shweta asked.

Sana looked at Sidharth who was sitting beside her.

"Woh asal mein...."

"Main bhi kaisa sawal puch rahi hoon? Tu toh humare hi touch mein nahi hai. Sidharth ke touch mein kya khaak rahegi. Waise maine suna tha teri shaadi ho chuki hai. Kaisa hai tera husband? Sidharth se zyada good-looking toh nahi hoga."

"Tu na bilkool nahi badli. Abhi bhi kitna bolti hai. Woh sab chhor aur baata kis liye phone kiya. Aur tujhe mera number kaha se mila?"

"Oo teri! Main toh bhul hi gayi. Actually humare college ki reunion party hai agle hafte 20 tarikh ko. Aur tujhe waha aana hai."

"Reunion party? Lekin main waha aake kya karungi?"

"Come on Sana! Saare friends aa rahe hai. Aur maine bohut muskil se tera number dhund ke nikala hai. You can't say no."

"Accha thik hai. Main dekhti hoon."

"Dekh tujhe aana hi hoga. Abhi main rakhti hoon. Bye."

"Bye!"

Sana cut the call.

"Shweta kaun hai? Aur kaunsi reunion party?" Sidharth asked.

"Woh Shweta thi na humare college mein? Meri friend. Uss hi ka call tha. Asal mein agle hafte humare college ki reunion party hai. Aur mujhe waha invite karne ke liye call kiya tha Shweta ne." Sana said.

"Accha woh Shweta. Toh tumhe waha jaana chahiye."

"Main jaa ke kya karungi? Itne dino se kisi ke touch mein nahi hoon. Awkward feel hoga."

"Awkward kyu feel hoga? Friends hai tumhare. Itne dino baad unse mil ke accha lagega."

"Still..."

"Tum waha jaa rahi ho and it's final."

"Thik hai lekin tumhe bhi waha chalna hoga. Mere saath."

"Tumhari reunion party mein main jaa ke kya karunga?"

"Kyu? It's your college also."

"But batch toh tumhara hai nah."

"Tum meri taraf se aana. Mujhe company dene. Please Sidharth chalo na."

"Accha thik hai. Main aaunga." Sidharth said.

Sana became happy.
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Next week...

It was the day of Sana's college reunion party. Sana was getting ready in her room.

Sana's outfit👇👇

Suddenly Isha entered the room and said, "Kya Bhabi? Aaj bhi suit? It's a reunion party. Thoda stylish kuch pehen ke jaati."

"Asal mein main college mein bhi humesha aisi dress pehen ke jaati thi. Tab kuch log mujhe behenji type bulate the, lekin Sidharth ko mera suit pehen na bohut pasand tha. Woh kehta tha ki suit mein main bakiyo se alag lagti hoon." Sana said.

"Phir toh mujhe koi aitraaz nahi hai. Lekin ek baat, aap chahe kuch bhi pehen ke jaao, Sidharth ki nazar toh humesha aap pe hi rahegi."

Sana blushed.

"Oye hoye kudi sharma gayi." Isha said.

They both started giggling.

Suddenly Gurpreet Ji came.

"Kya ho raha hai yaaha?" She asked.

They immediately stopped giggling.

"Woh asal mein Mummy Ji...."

Gurpreet Ji showed her hand to Isha indicating her to stop.

"Tu bahar jaa. Mujhe Sana se kuch baat karni hai." Gurpreet Ji said.

Isha nodded and left from there.

"Yeh sab main kya sun rahi hoon? Kab se chal raha hai tere aur Sidharth ke bich yeh sab?" Gurpreet Ji asked.

Sana didn't say anything.

"Maine tujhe Aditya ke saath sab kuch thik karne ke liye bola tha aur tu yeh sab kar rahi hai?"

"Mummy main pehle bhi keh chuki hoon, main aur Aditya kabhi ek nahi ho sakte. Aur haan, main Sidharth se pyaar karti hoon." Sana said.

"Aur tujhe kaise paata ki Sidharth bhi tujhse pyaar karta hai?"

"Kaise paata matlab? Usne itna saath diya hai mera. Humesha mere liye khada raha hai. Isse pyaar nahi toh aur kya kehte hai?"

"Taras, taras kehte hai isse. Sidharth sab kuch taras khaa kar kar raha hai. Tu akeli hai, bechari hai, bas yeh hi dekh kar raha nahi gaya uss se. De diya tera saath. Aur tu hai ki uske taras ko pyaar samajh baithi."

"Mummy please! Aap kuch bhi mat boliye. Mujhe pura yakeen hai woh mujhse pyaar karta hai. College mein bhi usne mujhe propose kiya tha."

"Tab tu kuwari thi. Bohut fark hota hai ek kuwari ladki aur ek shaadi suda aurat mein. Shaadi suda aurat ek istemaal ki gayi hui chiz hoti hai. Jis par taras toh khaya jaa sakta hai lekin pyaar nahi kiya jaa sakta. Teri asli jagah tere Pati ke ghar mein hai. Chahe tera pati jaisa bhi ho, wohi tera aaj hai aur wohi tera kaal. Iss baat ko tu jitni zaldi samajh le, utna accha hai." Gurpreet Ji said and left from there.

Sana stood there numb.

"Aisa nahi ho sakta. Sidharth mujh par taras nahi kha sakta. Mummy jo bol ke gayi woh sahi hai. Lekin Sidharth bakiyo se alag hai. Woh pyaar karta hai mujhse. Yeah I'm sure. He loves me." Sana said to herself.

Suddenly she heard the horn of Sidharth's car. She came out of her house and saw Sidharth outside.

Sidharth's outfit 👇👇

"Kya baat hai? Aaj casual pehna hai tumne. Humesha toh formal pehente ho." Sana said coming towards him.

"Casual pehna taa ki college wali feeling aaye. Aur tumne bhi toh apne hair curl kiye hai aur zyada make-up bhi nahi lagaya. Mujhe meri college wali Sana nazar aa rahi hai aaj." Sidharth said.

Sana blushed.

They both got inside the car and Sidharth started driving.

After sometime they reached the college.

They both came out of the car and looked at the college building. They started remembering their college days.

"Kitna kuch badal gaya hai nah Sana?" Sidharth asked.

"Bohut kuch. Yeh jagah bhi aur haalat bhi." Sana said.

They both looked at each other. Then they entered inside the college.

Shweta noticed Sana and came to her.

"Hi Sana!" She said and hugged Sana tightly.

"Hi Shweta!" Sana said.

Then they broke the hug and Shweta noticed Sidharth.

"Sidharth yaaha...."

Before she could complete, Sana said, "Mere saath aaya hai."

"What?" Shweta became surprised.

"Iska matlab tum dono abhi bhi ek dusre ke touch mein ho. Kahi Sidharth hi tera husband...."

Sana became uncomfortable.

"A.. aisa kuch nahi hai. We are just friends." Sana said.

"Accha thik hai. Sana idhar aa. Main tujhe bakiyo se milwati hoon." Shweta said and took Sana with her.

Sidharth watched them going.

"I know Sana. Tumhare liye yeh easy nahi hai. We both know that we are not just friends. Humara rishta uss se kahi zyada aage hai. Lekin duniya ko hum woh baata nahi sakte. I think ab humein humare rishte ko ek naam de dena chahiye. Main nahi chahta ki jab koi tumse puche ki main tumhara kaun hoon, tumhe uncomfortable na hona pade. Divorce hone tak ka wait nahi kar sakta main ab." Sidharth said.

"Arrey tum waha kya kar rahe ho? Come on join us." Shweta said to Sidharth.

Sidharth went after them.

Sana met her old friends. She was very much happy seeing them after so long. They started talking and having fun. Sidharth was just watching Sana. After so long he had seen her this much happy.

"Tumhare face pe jo smile aaj aayi hai, I promise inhe kabhi kam nahi hone dunga." Sidharth said in his mind.

After that they entered the classroom. All beautiful memories started coming to Sidharth and Sana's mind.

Dil ki class ki ghanti jo baji
Aayi yaadein woh saari daud ke

Kisse phir mile
Haan rakh loon main unhein
Kuchh panne kitabon ke mod ke

Sana hold Sidharth's hand and they both smiled at each other.

Phir se woh gali
Hai tu jo le chali
To thehrun main thoda sa yahin

Sana's friends made her sit on the bench and started taking selfies. Meanwhile Sana looked at Sidharth who was standing.

Hoon ruka haan haan zindagi
Tu badha haan haan zindagi
Hoon galat to bata zindagi
De de sach ka pata zindagi

Sidharth remembered what stupid things he used to impress Sana. How many times he attempted to confess his feelings to Sana but always failed.

Ho pyare the bharam bhi
Hum thode besharam bhi
Na koyi thi shararat aakhri

Bachpane mein jo sataye
The saamne par bhulaye
Unn yaaron se jeben phir bhari

"Sidharth, auditorium chale?" Sana went to Sidharth and asked.

Sidharth smiled and nodded.

They both went to the auditorium. They started remembering how Sana used to dance and Sidharth used to watch her dance.

Hoke rubaru ab aankhon mein bharun
Woh lamhe jo jiye the kabhi

"Thank you Sidharth. Mujhe yaaha aane ke liye convince karne ke liye aur mere saath yaaha aane ke liye. Saari yaadein taza ho gayi. Those days were the best. Aur aaj aisa lag raha hai ki iss ek pal mein main woh saare lamhe wapas se jee rahi hoon." Sana said.

"Main bhi. Woh lamhe jo maine tumhare saath jiye the aaj unhe phir se jee raha hoon. Aur sab se khushi ki baat yeh hai ki aaj main yaaha tumhare saath khada hoon, jo maine kabhi nahi socha tha." Sidharth said.

"Life ne mujhe sirf dukh aur dard diye hai. Lekin aaj pehli baar lag raha hai life kitni beautiful hai."

"Filhaal dukh aur dard ke baare mein soch ke yeh moment spoil mat karo. This moment is only yours."

"No Sidharth. This moment is ours."

Sana went to the college ground and opened her arms. She started feeling the air. Meanwhile Sidharth was adoring her.

Ab bhale tu sata zindagi
Maaf teri khata zindagi
Le main phir se chala zindagi
Kyun ruka tha bhala zindagi
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