Oberoi Mansion

Om and Ishana reach there. Ishana greets Jhanvi and Anika. Anika takes her inside. Shivay stands beside Jhanvi.

J: Om

O: yes mom

J: did u see Gauri? How is she now

Shi: what happened to her

O: she is fine mom, just cold and fever Shivay.

J: vo akele kaise

O:Svetlana is there

J:,Svetlana?

O: Gauri's best friend hein

J:ohh ok

Jhanvi goes. Shivay looks at him.

O: kya hua, why are you looking at me like this

Shi:how do you know Svetlana.

O: I met her on Ishana's studio, Gauri and Svetlana's friendship na.mmch not only Svetlana, bhavya also. But usse bhi zyada you know what I like

Shi: kya

O: The bond between Kali uncle and Gauri. It looks like Gauri is his daughter not bhavya. You havent seen na bhavya and Kali uncle. They fight like vaise Rudy would have told you na

Shivay nods.

O: lucky ones get such relation na.

Shi: hmm aur Ishana ke friends

O: Ishana ke friends?

Shi: hmmm

Om shrugs his shoulders.

O: I don't know

Shi:you don't know matlab

O: I haven't met any of her friends nor she said about anyone.

Shivay nods thinking.Dadi calls Om. He goes.

After 4 days

Om comes to the temple for navaratri celebration.Om sees Svetlana arranging dandiya at the entrance.

O: hi

Sv: aa gaye mahashay, what excuse did you give today?

O: excuse ?

Sv: haan you should give excuse na for missing the party.

Om chuckles.

O: excuse should be given when someone see me going na, itna bada party hein, all are busy with their friend circle, So I come alone

Sv: aur Ishana?

O: she will be busy meeting my mom's and Anika babhi's friends.

Sv: haan she is very good at befriending people.

O: acha, then how come you and bhavya didn't.

Svetlana looks at him raising eyebrow.Om bites his tongue.

O: shouldn't have asked na

Sv: yess,acha hua you asked me, if you have asked bhavya na toh tu toh gaye beta.

O:but why you give cold shoulder to her. I mean we became friends na fast. I thought you four are besties.

Sv: reasons toh bahut hein, the most important reason is we love Gauri.

Om raise his eyebrow. Svetlana shook her head smiling.

Sv: rehne do, itna samjho ki its not like we didn't try to befriend her, bas we believe that friends ke beech same wavelength hona chahiye na. But we and her are poles a part.

O: example.

Sv: example, the best example is Romi.

Om makes an horrible expression.

O: haan yaar how could she befriend her, I can't stand her a second.

Sv: ab samajh aaya why we became friends so quickly.

Om and Svetlana laughs and hifi

O: where are the others.

Sv: we are early today.

O: ohh, but Gauri went before me na from mansion.

Sv: she went to pick Bhavya.they will come.

Svetlana gives the dandiya sticks to him.

Sv: lo dandiya sticks

Om wide eye

O: today is dandiya? I thought aaj bhi games hoge

Sv: no today is dandiya. Lo pakdo

O: ummm hehe vo you dance na aaj na I will take photos.

Om takes her camera. Svetlana frowns and takes her camera back.

Sv: no need for this sacrifice, chalo pakdo.

Om rubs his eyebrow.

Sv: arre

O: I don't know dandiya

Sv: kya

Om pouts and nods.

Sv: whats a big deal I will teach you.

O: you will teach me?

Sv:,haan

O: let it be, you are short tempered

Svetlana rolls her eyes.

Sv: look who is talking,nandi

Om shook his head.

O: huh a professional dancer couldn't teach us,,then how can you

Sv: kya? You hired professional dancer to learn dandiya.kitna fees

O: may be 24k per day

Svetlana shocked:baap re

Om smiles embarrassed.

Sv: to learn such a simple thing you spent 24k.kaise business man ho tum. I can teach you in 4 steps.

O:4-steps? Really

Sv: haan

O:,kaise

Svetlana gives two sticks to him. He frowns holding it.

Sv: dekho, step 1 if I come to hit you with stick you block na.

Om nods.

Sv:,bas block karo

Svetlana goes to hit. Om hit back forcefully. Svetlana stumbles and glares at him. Om gulps.

Sv: pyar se

O:ok

Sv: step 2 if I hit with one stick ,block with one stick if two then use two

Svetlana shows Om,Om does it.

Sv: if none is hitting you, hit the two sticks together one up one down.

Om does.

O: phir

Sv: that's it, this is dandiya, move your legs according to the music.

Om wide eye:bas itna hi?

Svetlana shrug her shoulders.

Om tries it once more.

O: will you come home to teach other members of my family

Sv: how much will I get as fees. 30k

Om chuckles.

O: whatever you like

Svetlana smiles. She gets a call.

Sv: one minute haan, tum ek kaam karo stand here and give dandiya to the people coming ok.

O:ok, tum bhi kya yaad rakhoge that Oberoi groups junior MD helped you

Om say in style. Svetlana smirks.

Sv: Mr Junior MD

O: hmm?

Sv: you know one Asok Kapoor.

Om sighs and rolls his eyes.

O: I know, you are also gonna repeat same story na, that he is the top most business man in the world, he had done many small jobs even distributing news paper in houses. But now he makes news in that paper.yehi na, my mom always say.

Sv: good to know , you know him, I didn't want to say that.

O:,phir kya

Sv: I am his daughter, if I can do this job then you also can ok

O: you are his daughter

Om's opens his mouth and stand stunned. Svetlana again gets call.

Sv: ab munh bandh rakho and do your work

O: lekin kaise

Sv:,tum nahi jante kaise?

Svetlana raise her eyebrow. Om understanding the double meaning.

O: I didn't mean that duffer

Sv: oye duffer kisko bola

O:never mind tum jaao yaar

Svetlana makes faces and goes. Om chuckles.

O: itna bada businessman ke beti but nachadi

Gauri Bhavya and Kali comes.

B: no I am in Gauri's team today

K: aaj dandiya hein uss mein kya team

B: ohh is it

Kali rolls his eyes.

K: kitni achi beti hein, she forgot today is dandiya. She is involved in her profession so much that she forget everything. Tomorrow you will ask me who are you

B: haan ho bhi sakte hein

K: sachi

Bhavya shrug her shoulders.Kali smiles.

K: that will be the best day of my life, I will get free from naazi camp

B: kya kaha aapne, nazi camp?

Gauri hits her head.

G: arre

O: shuru ho gaye dono?

They look at Om.

B: tum?

Gauri nudge her.

B: I mean aap?

Om frowns.

O: lijiye dandiya sticks.

He gives pairs to them.

G: where is Svetlana?

O: she got a call toh I stood here.

G: you go inside I will stand here

O: kyun

G: I mean its ok I will

K: haan being a junior MD how can you

O: if the Asok kapoor ke daughter can distribute then why can't I

They three look each other.

O: haan if you want you can give me company.

Gauri nods. Bhavya and Kali walks.

B: arre I forgot today is Dandiya night and you don't know na

O: I learnt now

B: acha ok, please dont ruin like the dumb charades

Om smiles embarrassed.

O: but na I m preparing myself huh, you know now I hear hindi film songs in my car. Next year na

G:,next year?

O:next year when we play dumb charades,

G: next year also you will come?

O: haan every year. Haan I was saying next year  we will win. Vaada raha

B: pakka

O: haan pakka

Om and Bhavya hifi.Gauri and Kali chuckles.

K: jab tak darling and I are a team none can beat us, kyun darling.

They both hifi.

K: haan may be you can get second position.

O: we will see

K: ok

Bhavya and Kali go talking.

Gauri was arranging the sticks.

O: ek baat poochun

G: poochiye

O: why were you nudging bhavya to address me aap

Gauri looks wide eye at him.

O:I saw that, aisa kyun

G: vo

O: vo kya

G: you will be her jhetji na toh it wont look good if she call you like that

O : hey bhagvan,kabhi kabhi na you talk like old generation people. Arre I dont mind. Kuch bhi bulao.

Gauri smiles.

G: par

O: dont interfere between jhetji and sister in law ok

Gauri looks at him raising eyebrow.Om chuckles.Gauri shook her head.

O: hmm seems like you are insecure that your friends will closer to me than you thats why you are doing it na.

G: aap bhi na, aisa nahi hoga

O: hoga dekhna, one day you will say they are close to me than you

G: nahi hoga aisa

O: kyun

G: its 20 years of friendship. How can you compete with that.

O: years doesn't matter Gauri, The place we make matters.

Om smiles giving sticks to the people who came. Gauri looks at him.

G: (teek kaha aapne. Place matters, I still wonder how you reached that place where I took 20 years to give to bhavya and Svetlana in 10 days. Or may be more than that. )

Om looks at her and actions what.Gauri nods no.

O: vaise how is Svetlana here, I mean a business tycoon's daughter.

G: vo Svetlana's nana nani lived in our colony, after her mother's death she stayed here with them, uncle was busy in business na.

O: but he has one more daughter na Tia.

G: she is her step sister.

O: ohhh now I get it

Gauri frowns: kya

O: hmm her step mom and Tia will be so cruel na. That's why she is living here with Nana nani

Gauri looks stunned

G: yeh aap

O: I know I am very good at analyzing. Vaise bechari, but she doesn't seems like one who tolerate such things.

Om sees Svetlana coming.

O: she is coming shshsh

Sv: arre Gauri aa gayi tu?I was on phone. Yeh Tia na,once she starts talking never stops. She said she is missing me. I told her to stay with me for few days here

Om looks wide eye.

O: she comes and stays here?

Svetlana frowns.

Sv: haan kyun,badi baat kya hein, she is my sister she can come whenever she wants.

Om looks at Gauri and see her looking down pressing her lips not to smile

Sv: aur na I forgot one of  my  memory card in mom's home. She said she will courier it in your address, tell Pinky darling ok

Gauri nods.

O: you go to her home too?

Sv: tumhe kya ho gaya? Why are you questioning as if going to visit my mom and sister is eighth wonder of the world.anyways I am going inside

She takes her camera.Om looks at Gauri. She laughs.

G: such a good analyzer, actually na you should write serial stories.

Gauri shook her head.

O: if there is no problem then why she is staying here for this much year.

Sv: she likes here living common man life. With us and her nana nani. They both died but she got job here toh she lives here. She go often to meet them in Indore. Roop Aunty loves her more than Tia. Not like what you are thinking.

Gauri shook her head.

O: ab if your friends are ajeeb then what's my fault.

G: you realise na now you are also my friend.

O: haan toh

Gauri gives the last stick and goes in.Om realises what she meant and goes behind her.

Om comes to his home from temple and see dandiya team practicing it. Om goes to them smiling. They go to stage. Om takes the extra pair and dance alone. Shivay sees it.

Last day of navaratri

ABC hotel

Gauri was looking at the list.Soumya comes to her.

So: yaar I need help

G: kya hua

So: I told na today I will go with Om to select books for the library cafe.

G: haan toh

So: I can't go

G: kyun

So: arre that idiot distributor has sent only less buckets of paints. I need to solve it. Please please pretty please you go with him

Gauri pouts.

G: as always

Om comes there.

O: Soumya I was searching you

Soumya and Om together.

So O: sorry

They three frown.

O So: I can't come with you

They both chuckle. Gauri sighs.

O: I have a meeting at 10 30.

So: I need to meet the paint supplier.

O: ohh actually

Shivay comes.

Shi: Om I am ready

They look at Shivay.

O: vo actually I told Shivay to accompany you. Vaise bhi he has very good knowledge about books.

Shi: any problem

O: vo Soumya also can't come

Shi: ohhh

O: so sorry Shivay you rescheduled your meetings and took break till lunch and

Shi: its ok

Shivay sighs.

So: sir why don't you take Gauri with you

Gauri looks at Soumya wide eye. They look at Gauri and she stand normal.

O: haan yeh acha rahega

So: vaise bhi she is also crazy about books.

Shi: is it?

G: par hum

O: perfect, you both go. In that way kaam ho jayega else Soumya and I should go another day.

Gauri and Shivay looks each other.

Shi: I am fine with that, chalein Gauri.

Gauri nods.She takes her bag and scooter keys. Shivay raise his eyebrow.

Shi: we will be going in my car ,So

Gauri keeps the key inside the bag. They both go.Soumya and Om sighs and looks at them. Soumya frowns.

So: what are you thinking

O: I was wondering if there will be a third person na, they will be bored to hell

So: kyun

O:,coz they both talk less se bhi less na. I wonder who will start the conversation.

So:may be Shivay sir will ask her where to go.

O: not ask he will say where to go.

They both chuckle.