Alternate Story Part 5
"I need time guys, iss barey mein sochne ke liye!",
says Yudi.
Smiling, Naina says,
"Yudi humare liye tu, Alekh, Neelu equally important hain".
Yudi looks towards Naina, understanding her.
"Jis tarah tu Neelu ka bhai hotey hue, uska bhala chahta hai humesha. Ussi tarah main bhi Alekh ki behn hotey hue uska bhala chahti hun humesha",
says Naina, as a matter of fact.
"Par Alekh ki behn hone ke saath saath ek aurat bhi hun main. Main janti hun Neelu ke liye ye faisla lena kitna mushkil hua hoga, ye jante hue bhi ke tu iss rishte ke liye kabhi raazi nahi hoga",
says Naina, concerned.
(Slow Rajveer-Naina piano tune begins)
"Apne bhai ke dost ke saath rishta rakhna jitna aasan hota hai.... utna hi mushkil bhi hota hai!",
Naina's voice turns softer.
Her words skip Rajveer's heartbeat.
Rajveer stares her, all serious. He for the first time thinks about this matter from her point of view!
"Iss mein mushkil kya hai?",
asks Rajveer, looking towards Naina, knitting his brows.
Naina half turns her face towards him, but shies from looking towards him directly.
"Kis par bharosa nahi hai - apne bhai ke saath apne rishte par; ya.... apne pyar par?",
asks Rajveer, his voice reflects the urgency of getting a reply from her.
(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)
His such bold words skip Naina's heartbeat and makes her to turn to look towards him.
Did he really say that? Did he actually word the secret relationship that they share?
Her heartbeat picks up pace.
After taking her time, staring him with her brows creased, mirroring his, Naina replies slowly,
"Khud par!"
(Rajveer-Naina revolt tune continues as they keep staring each other)
Sensing the tension building up between Rajveer and Naina, Dr. Shalini comes to their rescue,
"Hum ye baat bhool rahe hain ke Neelu is an adult, usse pura haq hai apna jeewan saathi chunne ka",
Dr. Shalini tries to explain to Yudi.
"Naadan hai wo. Samjh nahi rahi ki kya galat kar rahi hai",
Yudi raises his voice on Shalini.
"Yudi...",
Shalini begins to explain but Rajveer interrupts, raising his voice,
"Kya galat kar rahi hai? Alekh ko chunne ka matlab ye hai ki wo galat kar rahi hai? Tum kehna kya chahte ho Yudi, ke Alekh zindagi mein pyar karna ya pyar pana deserve nahi karta?"
Naina and Shalini understand how angry he is! Naina holds him by his upper arm and pulls him lightly, as gesture of asking him to let go off the topic.
"Kya aap apni behn ke liye Alekh ko chunenge?",
asks Yudi, out of frustration.
"Mujhey Alekh mein koi khaami nazar nahi aati Yudi!",
comes Rajveer's immediate answer without any hesitation.
"Apne pyar ko kisi aur ke saath har roz dekhna kya hota hai tum jante ho? Jab apse koi apke hi pyar ko paney ke tarikey puchne aata hai? Do you know how it feels? Jab aap chah kar bhi usse ye nahi keh sakte - 'Stay away she is my girl'! Do you know how it feels?",
asks Rajveer out of anger and frustration.
Naina who is still holding Rajveer by his upper arm stares him, as his words skip her heartbeat.
(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)
"Haan janta hun! You know what, kisi aur ke saath dekhna I guess zada easy hota instead ke jab aap jante ho ke apka pyar jiska intezaar kar rha hai wo kabhi laut kar aney hi nahi wala. Despite of all that apka pyar na to apni lagayi hui aas ko chorta hai; na hi apke paas aata hai. Do you know how much it frustrates you jab aap jisse pyar karte ho usse comfort dene ke liye usse chu bhi nahi sakte kyunki jab bhi aap aisa karne jao to apke dimag mein ye baat without fail aa jati hai ke jisse aap chuney waley ho usse chuney ka haq kisi aur ko hai?",
shouts Yudi.
This skips the heartbeat of Dr. Shalini, followed by Captain Rajveer and then Naina! They all go numb!
After some moments Naina breaks the silence, speaking very calmly,
"Yani tu ye baat samjh raha hai ke agar Neelu aur Alekh nahi miley, aur Neelu ki shadi kisi aur se ho gayi to wo khush nahi rahegi Yudi! Wo har pal; har lamha Alekh ko yaad karegi. Aise mein wo kaise uss naye rishte ko nibha payegi jis mein usse uske apno ne zabardasti bandha hai? Jis mein uski khushi hi nahi hai?"
Going to Yudi, Dr. Shalini sits next to him on a rock. Placing her hand on his shoulder, Shalini explains him lovingly,
"Hum sub Alekh aur Neelu ko achi tarah jante hain. Par tum iski kya guarantee le sakte ho ke tum jisko Neelu ke liye chunoge wo insaan acha hoga? God forbids, par agey chal kar kabhi koi bhi problem ayi to tum kya guarantee le sakte ho ke uss ladke ke gharwale koi galat step nahi uthayenge Neelu ke khilaf? Aur yahan Neelu aur Alekh, dono ke hi sub kuch hum hain. Yudi, Neelu aur Alekh ke rishte ko sambhalne ke liye hum sub hai na. Tumhe kyun aisa lag raha hai ke kuch bhi galat hoga? Kya tumhe hum sub par bharosa nahi? Kya... kya tumhe... Alekh par bharosa nahi?"
Here they are again from where they started 'Yudi's trust; Yudi's bharosa on Alekh' !
Taking a deep breath, Rajveer explains lovingly,
"Pyar agar humein kisi se ladne ki himmat deta hai; to khud se ladne ki himmat bhi deta hai Yudi. Khudki khamiyon se ladne ki! Humein khud ko badalne ka mann karta hai kisi aur ke liye!"
Captain Rajveer's words as always start doing their magic. Yudi realizes how since the moment he has witnessed Dr. Shalini's trust in him, he wants to change himself; he wants to fight against all the ordeals and grow up into a dignified soldier and a respectable man, for her!
Thinking about it he gets up and starts walking away. The other three get up too. A concerned Dr. Shalini walks after him. Naina chooses to stay there, understanding that they need privacy.
Rajveer when assured that they have gone away. Standing behind Naina looks towards her.
(Slow Rajveer-Naina tune begins)
Without giving it a second thought, he bends down a little and places a sweet kiss on the right nape of her neck! This comes as a total surprise for Naina. At first it skips her heartbeat. But as her mind and heart accept the kiss, Naina closes her eyes and tilts her head backward, moaning out of pleasure!
Rajveer pushes his shoulder forward to give her support; a place to rest her head.
"Kya ye itna mushkil tha?",
he teases her.
This makes her to open her eyes. Feeling shy, she gets away from him and turns to look towards him.
(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)
Grabbing her by her wrist he takes her to the wishing pillar. Pushing her lightly against the pillar, he hovers her, placing his hands on her either sides. This forces her to look into his eyes. They enjoy an eye lock. After sometime, Naina lowers her eyes out of hesitation.
Staring her still, Rajveer teases her,
"Kya ye bohot mushkil tha?"
Naina looks towards him. The heartbeats of both of theirs pick up pace. They both start sweating in spite of being in such a beautiful weather.
"Ye dress main tumhare liye laya. Tumne ye pehna. Kya ye itna mushkil tha?",
asks Rajveer, blazing with anger and possessiveness.
"Tum Huda ke liye saree pehn sakti ho. Fir meri di hui gift ko accept karna itna mushkil kyun Naina?",
asks Rajveer, his anger increasing as he thinks about Huda.
Looking into his eyes, knitting her brow; her chest expanding and contracting at a quick pace, she lets him know,
"Wo saree pehni bhi to apke liye thi!"
(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune continues)
"Apne bhai ke dost ke liye, right?",
asks Rajveer, spitting venom through his each word.
Naina knits her brows; her eyes turn teary. She tilts her head little to her right, as a gesture of pleading him to stop this.
But may be Rajveer is not yet in mood to leave her.
Smiling sarcastically, he, looking into her eyes and says,
"Kabhi nahi socha tha ke kabhi Naveen ke dost hone par mujhey khud par gussa ayega!"
(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune continues)
With being at the verge of having tears, Naina tells him, almost breathless, in hoarse whisper
"Aapke liye..."
(Slow Rajveer-Naina flute tune begins)
Rajveer's creased brows relax a little,
"Mere liye?",
he asks in whisper.
Naina looking straight into his eyes, slowly nods her head into affirmative.
"Taki wo revolt mein saath de?",
asks Rajveer, sweetly.
Naina nods again. This melts Rajveer's heart all the more. He smiles lovingly. Rajveer rests his forehead against hers. They both close their eyes, feeling each other.
(Slow Rajveer-Naina piano tune begins)
They feel their this precious touch along with the soft blowing breeze. None of them speak anything. Only they do is feel each other's presence.
"Isliye nahi aana chahta tha yahan firse!",
he says in hoarse whisper.
Naina opens her eyes and takes her face a little away from him, to check his expression. What is he talking about?
"Matlab?",
she asks, whispering too.
"Pehle bhi issi baat ka darr tha ke kahin main kuch galat na kar dun! Bohot mushkil se khud ko sambhala tha. Nahi pata tha tum itni jaldi firse zid karogi yahan laney ke liye",
says Rajveer, maintaining the same level of voice.
"Agar apko nahi aana tha to bol dete, main Huda ke saath aa jati!",
teases Naina, her eyes cascaded down, out of shyness and nervousness as she took Huda's name that too in an inappropriate way!
Rajveer stares her. Naina stares back. Their gaze turning intense.
"Chalo socho ke main Huda hi hun!",
says Rajveer, teasing her; testing her.
Naina's heartbeat picks up pace. But it is not out of excitement of being with Huda but out of frustration, that if he is Huda, then how can he stand so close to her? She hasn't given him permission ever to come this close to her.
"Hatiye!",
says Naina, firmly, looking straight into his eyes.
Thinking that she is feeling offended that he mentioned about Huda, Rajveer laughs a little and asks,
"Arey kya hua?"
Naina looks towards Rajveer with that irritation in her eyes that she has always when Huda irritates her, and says,
"Maine Huda ko ye haq kabhi nahi diya ke wo mere itne paas aaye! So if you are Huda so please maintain the decorum!",
warns Naina, in a no nonsense way!
"Acha abhi khud hi keh rahi thi na ke tum Huda ke saath yahan, POINT 1857 aati? Aur ab maine keh diya to mujh par gussa ho rahi ho?",
asks Rajveer, smiling.
"To? Kya yahan ek dost ke saath nahi aa sakti? Maine to bus yahan aane ki baat ki; apne to...",
she couldn't bring herself to complete the line.
"Maine? Maine kya kaha?",
asks Rajveer, smiling infectiously.
"Apne socha bhi kaise ke main Huda ko apne itne paas aney deti?",
asks a pissed off Naina.
Her this question makes Rajveer to fall for her all the more.
"Fir mujhey kyun aney de rahi ho?",
asks Rajveer, never leaving any chance to tease him.
"Such merciless you are!",
scolds Naina, mildly.
This makes Rajveer to throw his head back and laugh his heart out.
"Merciless to hun. Soch lo iske consequences. Jab main kuch karna shuru karta hun, merciless hi ho jata hun! After all I am soldier",
smirks Rajveer.
Understanding the hidden meaning, she lowers her eyes out of shyness.
Suddenly she remembers,
"Waise Huda se yaad aya, Huda hai kahan? Abhi tak nahi aaya?",
asks Naina, slightly tensed.
"Tum abhi bhi Huda ke barey mein soch rahi ho?",
asks Rajveer, knitting his brows, feeling jealous.
"Ahmm... Nahi wo... bohot der ho gayi... so...",
says Naina nervously.
"Waise baat to tum theek kar rahi ho. Der to ho gayi hai!",
wonders Rajveer too, getting serious.
"Waise ye raasta hai bhi itna ajeeb. I really don't know ye kya karne gaya hai. Iska dimag hai bhi to khurafati. God! I hope wo sahi ho. Rope climb karte hue....",
Naina widens her eyes as she thinks about the mishappening that might have taken place!
Rajveer widens his eyes too.
"Nahi... nahi... aisa... aisa kuch nahi hua hoga I am sure. Relax Naina sub theek hoga...! Mil gayi hogi usse koi female cadet",
smiles Rajveer.
Naina shakes her head, thinking how Huda can be. And how this can exactly be possible.
Naina's heart flutters as she thinks about something. Eyeing him, she asks,
"Agar Huda ki jagah aap jatey; aur apko koi female cadet mil jati, to aap kya karte?"
(Slow Rajveer-Naina guitar tune begins)
Rajveer arches a brow and looks towards her, smiling.
"Hmm... agar mujhey koi female cadet milti to usse main... apne saath rope climb karwa kar yahan le aata",
says Rajveer, teasing Naina.
Naina knits her brows.
"Aur jab wo rope climb karte karte fisal jati, to main usse sambhalta!",
Rajveer teases her further.
Naina's breathing comes in shallow.
"Jab wo mujhse puchti ke ye POINT 1857 kya hai, to main usse chances deta guess karne ka!"
All the moments that they spent together flash in front of Naina's and Rajveer's eyes. Naina blushes and lowers her eyes. She pushes him back lightly and gets away from him, feeling utterly shy.
"Satatey aap usse?",
asks Naina, showing fake anger whilst smiling.
Rajveer blushes. Then stares back towards her. They enjoy an eye contact.
(Rajveer-Naina piano tune begins)
"Isse satana thodi na kehte hain, isse to....",
and before he could continue, Naina turns away out of shyness.
"Ahmmm... Huda... Huda ko dekhte hain kahan gaya...",
says Naina, out of hesitation and shyness.
Rajveer who understands her shyness, smiles and lets her do this her way. After all he has world's patience when it comes to Naina!
They walk forth to know has Huda returned?
Alekh and Neelu walk too, wondering where he is?
Ali and Pooja decide that they should look for Huda.
They all reach at a particular point wondering where is Huda! And smile looking at each other. All the ladies stand together chatting among themselves and the gentlemen stand together at the opposite side facing the ladies, chatting too.
Rajveer doesn't fail to notice that Yudi is relaxed now, he smiles looking at Yudi. Then he looks towards Shalini and finds her smiling but a bit disturbed. He notices her stealing glance of Yudi. He realizes then that Yudi is staring Shalini.
Slowly Rajveer reaches Naina and nudges her. Naina looks towards him. He gestures her to notice Yudi and Shalini and she does exactly that and notices their exchanges. This makes Naina to blush. Rajveer smiles looking at Naina's gesture.
Staring Shalini, Yudi remembers the conversation they had.
*Flashback*
Standing next to Yudi, Shalini stays quiet, mirroring Yudi.
"Akash ke waqt jo kuch bhi hua... mujhey darr hai ke Neelu ke saath ab kuch galat na ho!",
says Yudi, calmly, looking somewhere in the infinity.
"Yudi galti karne se hi log seekhte hain. Yudi, Neelu tumse, apne purey parivaar se bohot pyar karti hai",
explains Dr. Shalini.
"I know uske dil mein iss incident ke baad ek darr baith gaya hai, tum subko kho dene ka"
Yudi looks towards Shalini.
"Dekho Yudi, ek doctor hone ke natey, main iss baat ke bilkul khilaf hun ke koi darr kar apni zindagi jeeye. Par iss case mein, that's good ki Neelu ko darr hai tum logo ko kho dene ka. Wo ab koi bhi qadam lene se pehle ek baar tum logo ke barey mein zarur sochegi. Aur mujhey uski iss choice par shaq nahi; garv hai",
says Shalini, with full confidence in Neelu and Alekh.
"Kabhi kabhi darr hona bhi acha hota hai. Bus ye ke wo darr ek limit tak ho, darr.... aatank na bann jaye!",
says Shalini, and her heartbeat picks up pace out of fear.
Her these words make Yudi to look towards her.
He understands her feeling perfectly.
"Kisi cheez ko aatank hum khud banate hain. Usse apne dil mein band karke. Kisi se na share karke. Ander hi ander ghut te rehna, isse kehte hain aatank. To hum ek baat ko aatank baney kyun dete hain, jab humare apne humare paas; humare saath ho to?",
asks Yudi.
Shalini's eyes brim with tears.
Yudi holds her by her shoulders. Unable to control herself any longer, Shalini breaks up into weep and hugs him tightly. Yudi hugs her back with equal force.
"Ye tumse achi tarah aur kon samjh sakta hai?",
says Shalini, sadly, looking towards him after breaking the hug.
Yudi looks back towards her, smiling sorrowfully.
Smiling, Shalini pleads,
"Ji lene do unhe apni zindagi Yudi. Le lene do unhe apne faisle"
"Faisle galat bhi to ho sakte hain?",
asks Yudi, looking into her eyes.
Shalini understands that he is indicating towards her married life.
Looking away, Shalini says,
"Hum iss barey mein baat kar chukey hain. Hum Neelu aur Alekh ko sambhalenge ye faisla le chukey hain!",
she knits her brows, understanding where this conversation is leading towards.
"Neelu aur Alekh ko to hum sambhal lenge; apko kon sambhalega?",
asks Yudi, looking towards her, all serious.
Shalini turns away out of anxiety and nervousness,
"Mujhey... mujhey koi kyun sambhalega?"
"To apka matlab hai aap apni puri zindagi aise hi guzar dengi? Akele?",
asks Yudi, slightly pissed off.
"A... akele? Akele kahan? Yahan KMA mein sub hai na.... Brigadier Chandok, Suriji, Lolita Ma'am and.... and Captain Rajveer.... wo bhi to hain!",
says Shalini, nervously.
"Haan aur Rajveer Sir hain to Naina bhi hai! Afterall jahan Rajveer Sir wahan Naina!",
smiles Yudi.
Looking towards Yudi, Shalini smiles naughtily, at the thought of Rajveer-Naina's togetherness.
"Naina ko sambhalne ke liye Rajveer Sir hain, par apko sambhalne ke liye kon hai?",
asks Yudi, all serious.
"And by 'sambhalne ke liye' I meant someone jo raat ke do (2) bajey bhi apko koi problem ho to wo apke saath ho, apke help ke liye!",
Yudi makes it clear.
Shalini getting nervous, tries to change the topic. Smiling nervously, she says,
"Waise Yudi, POINT 1857 ka asar tum par bhi dikh raha hai!"
Yudi understands that she doesn't want to reply immediately.
Smiling sarcastically, Yudi lowers his eyes and shakes his head into negative. Looking towards Shalini, he says,
"You can take your time to think about it!"
Shalini smiles sadly, looking towards him.
*Flashback Ends*
Pooja, Ali; Alekh, Neelu reach them.
"Huda nahi aya?",
asks Pooja.
"Kar raha hoga baat apne bhainson ke saath, sala nautanki",
says Alekh.
"Nahi Guru humein lagta hai wo kahin kho gaye honge",
suggests Ali, nervously.
"Abey a, wo koi baccha hai kya jo raasta bhatak jaye?",
scolds Neelu.
"Dekhiye aap zara tameez se baat kariye!",
warns Ali.
"Pehle tu baat to theek kar",
scolds Neelu.
"Hum aurton se nahi larhte",
says Ali.
"Darta hai aurton se isliye nahi larhta!",
says Neelu.
"Oye Neelu, zada bol mat. Teri problem kya hai? Kyun pareshan kar rahi hai iss bechare ko?",
scolds Pooja.
"A mobile ki dukan ab band kar apna ringtone",
interrupts Alekh.
"To apni madona se bol ke wo chup karey",
Pooja rolls her eyes.
"I said stop this right now!",
comes Captain Rajveer's scolding. And all turn silent immediately.
Glaring them Captain Rajveer scolds them,
"Kon le aya tum logo ko yahan? Yahan aney ke layak hi nahi ho tum log!"
"Achey khase shant jagah ko fish market bana chora tum logo ne!"
Naina for the first time doesn't take her friends' side and finds the scolding apt!
"Sorry Sir!",
they all apologize in unison.
"Agar itna hi impatient ho rahe ho so mind ko kahin aur lagao!",
suggests Rajveer, his voice still raised.
All look towards him, getting naughty and wrong ideas through his words.
"Kahin... kahin aur lagaye boley to?",
asks Alekh, trying to hide his amusement.
"Yeah... yeah Sir... what... what do you mean?",
asks Yudi, hiding his amusement too, acting to be really serious about this.
Rajveer realizes how his words can be interpreted in many ways and that at first skips his heartbeat. Then gaining back his equilibrium, he smirks and arches a brow looking towards the guys.
(Left Right Left music begins)
"Ab ye bhi main samjhaun?",
says Rajveer naughtily, looking anywhere but towards the guys directly.
All the guys' hearts flutter and they laugh naughtily.
"Come on guys I mean tum log yahan ho POINT 1857 par; you have got such beautiful ladies out here. And what exactly are you guys doing, fighting? When you have soooo many works to do here!",
scolds Rajveer, naughtily.
"I.... agree!",
comes Yudi's reply, smiling naughtily.
"Haan wo to theek hai Sir par log saath de tab na!",
says Alekh, teasingly, looking towards Neelu through the corner of his eyes.
Neelu blushes and cascades down her eyes out of shyness.
"Ji haan Sir. Inhe to bus badi badi baatein karni aati hai. Jab mauka aye to fuss ho jate hain!"
Such bold words from Ali were totally unexpected, and surprises not only Pooja but all present there! They all look towards Ali, widening their eyes, completely taken by surprise. Keeping the expression intact they turn their heads in slow motion to check out Pooja's expression.
Pooja who has gone red out of shyness hugs Naina to cover herself up from all. This makes Naina and every present there to laugh.
"Waise to room mein har waqt Ali ye... Ali wo... karti rehti hai, ab sharma gayi?",
teases Naina, still hugging her, smiling.
Getting away Pooja teases her back,
"Waise to tu bhi Rajveer Sir-Rajveer Sir karti rehti hai, aur yahan akar mere saath khadi hui hai! Ja unke paas...",
and saying that Pooja pushing Naina.
This was unexpected that Naina couldn't get time to balance herself and she falls straight towards Rajveer. Rajveer without fail holds her before she could fall. They stand in such a position that Naina is bent backwards, her back supported by Rajveer's left hand and his right hand holding her left hand. They enjoy an eye contact in front of all. Naina feels utterly shy. She had never; not even in her dreams imagined that she would be in such an intimate position with Rajveer in front of all!
(Fast Rajveer-Naina guitar tune begins)
All present there blush looking at them and lower their eyes. Alekh's eyes brim with tears of happiness on seeing Naina and Rajveer together.
Rajveer and Naina get out of their trance and end their precious eye contact.
(Slow Rajveer-Naina guitar tune begins)
Rajveer helps Naina to get up. As she does he gives her a last look, then turns to look towards all. He lowers his eyes at first, feeling shy in front of them but soon chooses to let go off the shyness.
Naina returns back to Pooja. Pooja mouths her a 'sorry'. Naina shakes her head, blushing, indicating her that it's fine. Neelu hugs Naina, smiling. Shalini smiles too patting Naina's back lovingly.
All the guys look towards Rajveer teasingly, Rajveer blushes and tries to change the topic. Getting back to his mentor mode, he clears his throat and drags the attention of all by saying,
"Attention everyone!"
All turn to look towards him, smiling.
"Ab jaise ki aap dekh rahe hain ke Huda yahan nahi aya abhi tak and humare paas ek saath time spend karne ka abhi bhi mauka hai. So why not do something fruitful?",
suggests Captain Rajveer, smiling.
"Fruitful?",
asks Shalini, confused.
All look confused too. Naina looks towards Rajveer. Rajveer's eyes rest on her at the same moment; feeling her eyes are on him and asking his attention. Naina tilts her head upwards slightly, such that only he could see her this gesture; because it is meant for only him to see! Rajveer smiles and blinks his eyes as a gesture of asking to trust him on this. And trust she does, and smiles.
"Captain ab don't tell me aap yahan inhe 'Strategies and Communication' ke classes dene wale hain!",
warns Dr. Shalini.
"And if that's what you are upto..."
Folding her arms over her chest, looking towards Captain Rajveer, strictly, Dr. Shalini says,
"So lemme warn you, main apko iski permission nahi de rahi!"
This makes all to laugh.
Her fake strictness makes her to look all the more adorable. Blushing, smiling with all his heart, tilting his head to his left out of love for Shalini, he says lovingly,
"Yakeen maniye main apse bohot darta hun, isliye main aisa kuch nahi karne wala jisse mujhey apki dant sunni parhe!"
This makes all to laugh but Dr. Shalini maintains her strict mode and says,
"Good!"
This makes Rajveer to laugh; followed by others.
While all this was going on, Naina nudges Pooja. Pooja looks towards Naina.
Without looking towards her, smiling, looking straight in front, Naina puts in front of Pooja her right hand folded into fist. Pooja looks towards her, doubtfully,
"Kya hai?",
she asks.
Smiling, still looking ahead, Naina opens her fist. And what she discovers, skips Pooja's heartbeat! In her hand Naina holds Pooja's earring, which she didn't realize that she is not wearing now!
"Raaste mein mila tha. Laga ke tere earring se bohot match karta hai. In case teri ek earring kho jaye, so you can use this!",
teases Naina.
Pooja blushes all the more lowering her eyes. Naina looks towards her and unable to keep a straight face anymore laughs at her lovingly. Pooja laughs back, blushing. They hug each other, lovingly.
~*~*~
"Ab jaldi bataiye kya chal raha hai apke dimag mein?",
asks Shalini, getting excited.
"Yeah sure. I was thinking, kyun na hum...",
Rajveer pauses, giving a naughty smile throughout, eyeing Naina.
Shalini looks towards Naina without moving her head towards her, just her eyes rotate, then back towards Rajveer.
"Kyun na hum kya Captain?",
asks Shalini, changing her vision from Naina to Rajveer; then from Rajveer to Naina in quick succession.
"Mujhey itne wrong signals kyun mil rahe hain?",
asks Shalini, continuing looking towards the both, wrinkling her nose.
"Doc...!",
scolds Raj, getting nervous, with a pinch of nervous smile on his face.
Naina's heartbeat picks up pace witnessing the exchange between the friends. All others laugh.
"Kya doc? Jabse apne sunna hai ke Naina 'Rajveer-Rajveer' karti rehti hai tabse aap...",
she was about to continue but discovers Rajveer widening his eyes, warning her to stop.
Clearing her throat, she looks away and says,
"Let it be!"
"Good!",
comes Rajveer's curt reply.
(Slow Rajveer-Naina guitar tune begins)
Naina doesn't dare to look towards anyone out of shyness and embarrassment.
Rajveer nervously looks towards Naina and Pooja's words ring in his ears without fail,
'Waise to tu bhi Rajveer Sir-Rajveer Sir karti rehti hai, aur yahan akar mere saath khadi hui hai! Ja unke paas...'
Rajveer lowers his eyes, smiling.
Sighing, he looks back towards Naina with his twinkling eyes. Naina receprocates the gesture and lowers her eyes out of shyness.
Getting back to his mentor mode, he announces quickly before he gets interrupted again,
"So... since Huda nahi aya and hum sub bore ho rahe hain so kyun na hum sub dance karey?",
suggests Captain Rajveer getting excited.
All of them who were waiting for him to put forward his idea, roll their eyes finding the thought rubbish.
"Seriously? Dance? Yahan!",
asks Yudi, surprised that this suggestion has been give by none other than his favourite teach Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat!
Rajveer nods his head in affirmative, looking towards Yudi, with no sign of regrets on his face.
"Captain, apki tabiyat to theek hai na?",
Dr. Shalini's words drags Rajveer's attention.
"No... no I mean I have medicines ready with me for backup. I mean...",
she fails to complete her line, in utter amazement.
Sighing, she could only say,
"Seriously Captain?"
And as she say that Rajveer arches a brow smiling teasingly. Her words skip her owns heartbeat too.
"Kya baat hai, aj kal to baatein bhi ek jaisi hone lagi hain!",
teases Raj, looking towards Shalini and Yudi, smiling teasingly.
All present there blush. Shalini gives him a warning look.
Dismissing the look, Raj continues with his tease,
"Progressions, don't worry!",
and winks towards Shalini.
Shalini tries to control her blush.
Alekh eye Yudi, smiling naughtily. Ali does the same. Yudi blushes hard and bowing his head, says,
"Kya tum log bhi!"
This makes all to laugh and Shalini slaps her forehead, blushing.
"Waise Captain ek baat bataiye kya apko yahan kahin dur dur tak music player nazar aa raha hai?",
asks Shalini.
"How intelligent!",
blurts Yudi, smiling, looking towards Shalini.
This skips Shalini's heartbeat. She looks towards Yudi, giving him a warning look to stop it. Yudi lowers his eyes out of nervousness.
"Captain?",
says Shalini, turning to look towards Captain Rajveer, knitting her brows out of confusion.
Smiling lovingly, Rajveer holds her hands, looking towards her, he says,
"Dr. Shalini dance karne ke liye ek partner chahiye hota hai. Waise to aap kisi bhi random insaan ke saath dance kar sakti hain music. Par without music dance karne ke liye you need someone special!"
Then getting closer to her, Rajveer whispers in her ear,
"Jiske saath aap apne aur uske heart ke beats ke upar dance kar sakein. Fir dekhna steps khud music ko dhundh lenge!"
He gets away, smiling, still holding her hands. Dr. Shalini understands what he means. Her eyes twinkle; and her heart flutters. She nods into affirmative, blushing.
Others present there understands too, what he meant. All look towards their respective partners, intimately.
Naina waits for him to look towards her. And towards her he looks at last. And as soon as he rests his eyes on her, his heart skips a beat as he discovers her smiling at him lovingly. Rajveer stands rigid at his place out of shock of getting such a heart throbbing gesture from Naina.
Understanding his situation, Naina walks to him, smiling.
Meanwhile Rajveer smiles at Dr. Shalini and says teasingly,
"And unfortunately wo main to nahi hun I am sure!",
and gives an expression of frown.
Dr. Shalini widens her eyes, smiling, indicating him to stop teasing her. Laughing, Rajveer turns towards Yudi and calls him.
As he reaches them, Rajveer places Shalini's hand on Yudi's smiling with all his heart. Understanding his emotions, Yudi nods, as if promising silently that he would take care of Shalini in every step of life!
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