"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life."

Life is always unpredictable. If its going smooth in one point it can be found tangled in some other. Sometimes life becomes a bed of rose and sometimes its thorns stings you badly.

Neeksha who was sitting on a side of the garden was lost in her thought. The day she arrived in this college was no less than a dream, but this college is making her confused. As if every single stone wants to tell a tale to her, as if every single corner is showing her something, as if this place is very close to her heart, as if this place wants her to know its secret, as if a haunting past is waiting to engulf her, as if some souls are waiting to get free, as if someone is waiting to meet her.

But what she should do? Will it be correct if she tries to solve the puzzle? Will it be correct if she search for the answers? Will it be correct if she allows her fear to engulf her? What she should do now?

This connection which is giving her warmth and pain at the same time what she should call this? This place which is so familiar to her what she should call this? Those faces which is so similar what should she call all this? A mere coincidence or something treacherous

She was lost in her thoughts when someone touched her shoulder. She immediately turned back to find Pooja and Naina were standing keeping their hands on their waist and the look they gave her, she could easily say she wont be alive after few seconds and Pooja didn't let her wait anymore

"Niksss... Madam kya aap zara apni pyaari pyaari jubaan ko kasht dete huye yeh batane ki koshish karengi ki aap yahan pe bina kisiko bataye,bina kisi ko koi message kiye yaha baith ke gumnam hain koi badnam hain koi gate huye yaha pe kar to kar kya rahi hain tu?"

Neeksha immediately checked her surrounding and said

"Main yahan kaise aayi?"

Naina who was equally tensed said

"Kya matlab hain tera isse? ki tu yahan kaise aayi? Ohh behen neekshu please dont tell me ki tune subha nashte me kuch ulta sedha to nahi kha liya tha naa jiski wajah se tu aise behaki behaki bate kar rahi hain?"

Neeksha who was still confused said

"Matlab main toh class k bahar thi Pooja k saath phir wahan se nikli, par yahan kaise aayi?"

Pooja who was relieved now said

"Rengte huye aayi hain naagin ke jaise, gana gate huye naagin gin gin gin mar gayi sajna bin tere. Arey aise kyun dekh rahe ho tum sab? Yehi to puch rahi thi abhi ki Niks yaha kaise aayi? Toh isnt it normal wo apne sundar se charan kamlo se chalte huye hi yaha aayi hogi? Niks yaar atleast Lady Ghajini toh mat ban na bhen tu, hum dono gussa nahi hain tujhse ki tujhe main kaun hun?kahan hun? Karna pade."

Neeksha who was still confused what Pooja and Naina are saying said

"Rengte huye aayi ho ya fir udte huye use kya farak padta hain? yeh sab chodo aur chalo chalke kuch khate hain, mujhe bhut zoro ki bhukh lagi hain. Mess me to pata nahi kya bana hoga toh chalo canteen se hi kuch kha lete hain."

Naina who was observing Neeksha keenly said

"Chal uth aja dekhte hain agar kuch milta hain toh."

With this after dusting their dresses, three of them moved ahead and saw Sameera standing over there with a smile on her face when Pooja said

"Yeh dekho hum teen yaha gaape marne me lag gaye aur bhul hi gaye ki bechari Sameera bhi yahi pe hi khadi hain. Pata hain Niks aaj agar yeh nahi hoti, toh tu yaha pe baith ke 'yeh kaha kho gaye hum yuh hi rengte rengte chal ke' gaati aur waha hum dono kutee bili ke jaise lad rahe hote."

Agreeing with Pooja, Naina said

"Ekdum Shi kahan Pooja ne.Bina Sameera ki help ke tujhe dhund pana bahut muhskil tha hum dono ke liye, ek to naye hain yaha pe bilkul kuch ata pata nahi yaha ki places ka, dusra yeh pooja ka pagalpan tu janti hi hain, yeh kahi bhi shuru ho jati hain. By the way Thank you so much Sameera hume is taraf le aane k liye and neekshu ko dhundne me humari help karne ke liye."

Sameera who was amused with their reaction said

"Abhi toh dost kaha na tum logo ne mujhe? Aur abhi thank you bhi bol rahe ho? Dosti ka usul nahi pata kya madam aap sabko? Dosti me - No sorry, No thank you. Aur Niks, oh i am so sorry, maine bina puche hi Niks bol diya tumhe i hope tum mind nahi karogi."

Neeksha immediately replied

"Bilkul nahi. You can call me Niks and thanks...oops! No thanks, but shukar hain tumne in dono ko wahan pe ladte huye chod ke nahi gayi. Warna yeh pakka ladte rehte ab tak wahi pe or main yaha atki reh jati."

Sameera who was thinking that they are praising for nothing she said

"Ab Itni bhi tareef mat karo yaar tum sab ki main chane ke jhad pe hi chad ke baith jaau. Maine kuch nahi kiya hain. Just in dono ko yahan tak le aayi. Ab chale hum sab kuch khane ya phir yahin pe khade rehna hain tum sabko?"

Four of them started moving towards the canteen to have their meal, laughing and teasing each other, Sameera creating a new history by being the most friendly seniors and Naina Pooja Neeksha creating a history by not only being friends with seniors but loving each other with all their hearts..

But sameera stopped in the mid remembering something and said

"Ahh!haan yaad aya..accha ek kam karo tum teen na canteen jaake khana order karo, mujhe ek bahut jaruri kaam yaad aya abhi, main tum sabse baad me miltu hun. See you guyz soon"

Sameera after bidding them bye went back to the garden area where Neeksha was sitting and moved towards a pillar. After reaching over there and faking a cough she said

"Ab tu aram se nikal sakta hain apne bill se teeno billiya chali gayi hain,darr mat ab koi jhapaata nahi marega tujh pe"

But he was not listening anything and how can he when some flashes has already clouded his mind? Flashes off some carefree students laughing and teasing each other maybe of 70s era. Flashes off those students running behind each other. Flashes off those students sharing their lunch. Flashes where someone is stabbing them. Flashes of someone screaming. Flashes if guns, bullets,blood, fire, torned dresses. Flashes of destruction. But he was pulled back from his reverie when someone shaked him and he said

"Sam? Tu? Tu kab aayi? Aur aise kyun ghure jaa rahi hain?"

Sameera who was staring at him said

"Dekh rahi thi Laila bin majnu kitna sukha sukha hogaya hain"

But before Rajveer could react Alekh and Harshad came from back and said

"Alu kasam se kabhi kabhi meri shaq ki sui ghum ke in do pe ajati hain, ki kahi in do ke bech 'hum dono do premi duniya chod chale' wala gana gate huye se lagte hain"

Hearing a 70s song and being in the effect of his reverie Rajveer irritatedly said

"Bakwas band karo tum dono apni. Humesha bakbak bakbak. Kabhi kuch dhang ka bhi bol bhi liya karo. Sab kuch jante huye bhi, jubaan tum do ki kainchi ki tarah chalti rehti hain"

Hearing Rajveer's rant Alekh tried saving Harshad and said

"Ae Rajveer jhut kya bola harshu ne? Sahi to keh raha hain jab dekho dono chori chupe kidhar ko bhi nikal lete ho aur jab dhundne jaao to ek sath hi kisi kone me pade milte ho, agar Sam se meri setting naa hui hoti aur sach pata naa hota, sach keh raha hun yahi lagta jo abhi harshu bola "

Rajveer irritatedly said

"Yahin pe sadna nahi hain toh chalo kaam hain bahut."

With that they moved towards the main building,where Sameera was giggling with their behaviours, Rajveer was getting more irritated and Alekh and Harshad kept on teasing him

Ashiyana, Greater Noida

Dark room always gives a image of something grave. Samarth who was not in peace from few days was sitting in his study, switching off every single light but still playing with the button of his table lamp which is getting on and off depending on its masters wish.

But he was not at all bothered with it, as if he dont even know what he is doing. Where his one hand is busy in playing with the switch his other hand is busy in rolling the paper weight. Anyone who knows him can say he is in deep thoughts, thoughts which is unknown to him.

From last few weeks when he was in his home back in Nainital some faces haunts him, but the irony is he never ever met them but still those faces gives him a feel that they are his own. His family.

He tried his best to identify them but everything failed which left him into nothing but sheer helplessness. He for once thought to share his views with Yug but what will he even tell him? He don't know how to express this feeling.

He who is the most optimistic person, after finding no such way to find the truth, loosing himself. He cannot focus on his work. He cannot close his eyes. He feels tied with these faces, their laughter.

He will not loose hope. He will find a way out to know the truth behind these faces. Faces which sometimes leaving him with a smile and sometimes leaving him with a crease on his forhead.

He was busy in his thoughts when Yug entered the room video chatting with Nanu. Nanu, Mr. JaiPrakash Maheshwari, grandfather of Samarth and Rajveer was fond of Yug to some unexplainable level. For him his grandsons can be wrong but not him.

"Dekho...dekho Nanu aap is nalayak ko kab se call kar rahe the aur yeh yahan pe aapki honewali bahu ke khayalo me khoya hua baitha hain. Ab main maasum bechara baccha or kitna sahu?"

Samarth who was all ears to Yug's word, threw the paperweight on the left wall of Yug, which hit the wall and fall on the couch placed right there.

"Oyeeeeee....dimag theek hain tera abhi mujhko lag jati toh? Nanu...dekhiye dekhiye toh aapka nawasa kitna gussu hogaya,yeh toh shukr hain ki aap the, warna paperweight yeh mere sir pe phek k maarne wala tha,aapki awaz sunte hi isne woh deewar pe hi de maara. Bechari meri deewar ko kitni chot aagayi."

Nanu who was enjoying their bickerings laughed out loud when Samarth said

"Nanu aap iski baato me mat aaiye...yeh itna bada dramebaaz hain na, ki chugalkhor aunty bhi fail hojaye iske nautanki ke aage. Aap isko jyada sir pe mat chadao. Pata nahi khud kiske khayalo me khoya hua rehta hain, bada aya mujhe bolne wala. Aur aapne mujhe call kyun nahi kiya?"

Nanu finally said

"Arey barkhurdar zara apne phone ki taraf dekhiye toh. Humne aapko 4 baar call kiya hain par jaise is bandar ne kha tu kisike khayalo me khoya hua tha, tujhe sunta kaise? Aur kal se baat hui hi nahi humari toh socha kyun na isiko call kiya jaye."

Yug immediately jumped into the conversation and said

"Accha kiya nanu aapne. Iske bharose rehte toh aaj bhi baat nahi hoti aapki,nanu i think na ab se aap mujhe hi call kar liya karo aur waise bhi i miss you so much, isko toh koi kadar hi nahi hain aapki. Kitni baar kaha hain aapko ki yahi ajaao humare paas par aap sunte hi nahi. Woh sab abhi side kijiye, aur kahiye aap kaise ho? Samu bata raha tha aapka bp thoda fluctuate kar raha tha jab yeh tha ghar me.."

Nanu immediately clarifying their question said

"Abhi main bilkul theek hun. Is budhe me ab bhi bahut jaan baki hain. Aur bhul kyun jate ho tum do nalayak ki abhi to main jawan hun? Tum dono ke haal aise hain ki budhe bhi sharma jaye. Fikar mat karo meri main ekdum fit and fine hun,abhi mujhe yeh bolo factory me jo short circuit hua uska kuch pata chala? Sab theek hain wahan pe?"

Samarth and Yug immediately getting started explaining every details of the mishap took place in their factory assuring him the process that everything is fine and there is no foul play present. After chit-chatting for one long hour satisfying themselves with each others health and condition, work, and every little thing they ended the call for the day with a smile on their face and Samarth who was lost found his peace in Nanu's words like always.

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Bejubaan sa tha yeh jahan
Kyu aaj yeh achanak se bol pada hain

Bekaraar sa yeh asmaan aaj kyun yeh achanak se ro pada hain
Dil kyu chahata hain thehaar jaau yahi aur sun lu iski siskiya sabhi?

Par kyun yeh dar kehta hain ki band kr lu sab darwaze khidkiya in palkon ki abhi?
Ki kahin koi dafan sa dhuaa phir aankhon ke aage uthne sa laaga hain.

Benishan sa hi to tha her ek pathaar yaha ka
Aaj yeh achanak kyun nishan kisi ke chod sa gaya hain

Kyu lagta hain kuch chut sa raha hain

in hatho ki lakeeron se..

Chune ko jab dil hain kehta to milti bas ek rakh hi hain....

to milti bas ek rakh hi hain..

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Family is our back bone, who always stands with us in our every ups and downs. But will it be correct to risk their life for some unforeseen or calculative fight?

Thoughts always place you in a questioning situation and it always depends on a person whether he will come out happily or not. But can we always put our thoughts in a question in front of someone?

Sharing is caring, thus the one who share rooms shares a good bond too, but can this bond bring some new problems in someone's life?
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Hey everyone

How are you all? 

Here is the next update of mehr- o- mah.

See you all in the next update of mehr o mah on monday.

Till then.

Love
Rainnie

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