Day 4

Morning 1000 hours

Pooja reaches Naina who is passing through the corridor.

"Naina. Kya kar rahi hai?",

she asks encircling her hands around Naina's arm.

Naina looks towards Pooja and tells her,

"Kuch nahi Pooja library mein kuch kaam tha to wohin ja rahi hun"

"Oh library? Chal main bhi chalti hun",

says Pooja smiling.

Looking towards her, smiling, Naina asks her,

"Kya baat hai Pooja sub theek to hai na?"

"Haan sub theek hai. Galat hona kya hai? Koi kuch galat kar ke dekh mere saath. Mera ranjha hai na, Ali, wo usko sabak sikha dega jo mere sath kuch galat karega",

says Pooja, thinking about Ali, blushing.

"Arey waah! Ek din mein aisa kya ho gaya ki tu Ali ke barey mein itni pyar bhari baatein kar rahi hai?",

asks Naina, happy on seeing Pooja happy.

"Ek din mein nahi pagal ek raat!",

says Pooja, in a dreamy voice.

Her words make Naina to blush as she remembers the night she spent with Rajveer. Thinking about which she lowers her eyes.

"Oye waise Naina kal tu thi kahan? Jab main room mein ayi tu mili hi nahi",

says Pooja, knitting her brows.

Naina gets nervous, she tries to think of some excuse to escape this situation.

"Bata na!",

nudges Pooja.

"Ahmmm... main wo...",

Naina tries to think of an excuse. Suddenly she succeeds in thinking of one,

"Ahmmm... tu nahi ayi thi to tujhey hi dhundhne gayi thi. Fir itna acha mausam tha ki...",

the remembrance of the weather of last night tranfers her back to the thoughts of the moments she spent with Rajveer.

Many moments start flashing in front of her eyes in a row.

(Slow Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

"...ki mausam ko enjoy karne lagi!",

she completes in a dreamy voice, thinking about Rajveer.

"Akele? Akele?",

asks Pooja.

The question skips Naina's heartbeat. Is she testing her? Has she come to know? Oh god!

All these thoughts make Naina nervous.

"Akele... akele...? Matlab? Akeli hi to hongi!"

"Haan. Par pata hai kya iss mausam mein koi saath ho na, to maza hi kuch aur hota hai",

says Pooja laughing, blushing.

Closing her eyes, shaking her head out if shyness, Naina says,

"Tu bhi na Pooja kuch bhi kehti rehti hai. Chal jaldi ab"

~*~*~

They reach the library and Naina starts searching for the book she desires to read. She tells Pooja about it and asks her to search it in another shelf while she searches in the other one.

Naina reaches to a far away corner to search for the book while Pooja searches for it on the other corner. So many shelves make it impossible for Naina and Pooja to get a view of each other.

After sometime, Pooja finds a book at a corner of a shelf which by it's look seems to have been kept untouched for a long time. But the plain red cover catches Pooja's attention.

At first she makes weird faces, trying to decide whether she wants to touch that book or not because the dust collected on it makes it look very old and dirty. But her curiosity gets the best of her. The cover page had something attractive in itself.

Blowing off the dust, she starts checking out the book. Turning the pages, giving just an overall glance to it that suddenly a chit falls off the book. At first she gets scared as it happens suddenly, but after getting back her composure, she gets down and picks it up. She finds it difficult to read what's written on it as the chit has creases on it, as if someone has crushed it in either out of anger or for hiding it from someone. Pooja somehow feels that it cannot be the first option because had it been done out of anger, then the person crushed it would have thrown it away rather than putting it into a book, safely.

Pooja decides to read what's written on it. But finds it difficult to understand as she has never heard of it.

'Aaj raat 8 baje main tumhe academy ke gate no. 2 pe milunga. Aur shart yaad rakhna. POINT 1857 janey ke liye ye rule follow karna is very important.'

"POINT 1857? Ye kya hai? Aur ye kisne likha hai? Kiske liye?",

mutters Pooja, thinking what can this possibly mean?

"Hayeo rabba kahin... kahin ye koi mission to nahi?",

mutters Pooja. Her own thinking succeeds in making her go numb.

"Mujhey ye baat Naina ko batani hogi. Phir hum sochenge ki agey kya karna hai. Haan!",

decides Pooja.

"Par ye to kafi purani book lagti hai. Jaise kisi ne issey kayi saalon se na kholi ho?",

thinks Pooja.

"Khair jo bhi ho, Naina ko batati hun",

she decides.

"Naina...",

she calls her out, but doesn't get any response.

She peeps and calls her again but the result remains the same.

"Kahan chali gayi ye?",

thinks Pooja. But shrugging it off she focuses back on what she discovered.

Hiding behind a bookshelf, Naina looks towards the person who is covering her mouth with his palm. Her eyes wide opened out of shock.

Getting back to her normal self after the initial shock, Naina beats the person standing in front of her on his upper arm. Widening her eyes she indicates him to remove his hand from upon her my mouth. Understanding her indication, he follows the bid.

As Naina breathes in the air, the intruder says,

"Apun... apun ko tujhse kuch baat karna tha"

Breathing deeply, she asks out of anger,

"Alekh ye kya tareeka tha baat karne ka? Mujhey.... mujhey laga..."

She gets interrupted by Alekh,

"Ki Rajveer Sir hain?"

Asking that Alekh tries to hide his amuzement. Naina glares him.

"Pitega mujhse tu",

she warns and blush.

Alekh laughs as he finds her adorable.

"Acha sunn tujhse kaam tha"

"Haan wo to dikh hi raha hai. Warna tu itna acha tareeka thodi na nikalta mujhse milne ka?",

smiles Naina, teasing him.

Alekh blushes.

"Theek hai na yaar. Tu bhi na... Pooja ke samne nahi puchna tha na isliye. Agar uske samne puchta to chilla chilla kar pure library ko cinema hall bana deti",

Alekh rolls his eyes as he remembers how she behaves in theatres.

"Movie theatre!",

rectifies Naina, smiling.

"Haan woyich",

says Alekh.

Naina shakes her head, smiling.

"Acha jaldi bol ab kya baat hai?",

asks Naina.

"Aaj Neelu ka phone aya tha apun ke liye",

says Alekh and lowers his eyes.

This catches Naina's attention, smiling, her eyes twinkling with excitement, she says,

"Ohooo to ye baat hai. Kya bola usne?",

smiles Naina. Her heart swelled with love for Alekh as well as Neelu.

~*~*~

On the stairs of KMA

Huda and Yudi sitting on the stairs of KMA works on completing their notes of Suriji's class.

"Dude uss page ka point 18 aur next to next page ka point 57 dekho",

guides Yudi.

"Point 18... 57... ruk dekh raha hun",

says Huda whilst searching for the points.

"Point 1857?",

blurts Neelu, reaching them.

"Neelu tum yahan kya kar rahi ho? Wo bhi iss waqt?",

asks Yudi, getting up, surprised on finding Neelu there during the working hours of the day.

"Relax bhai, Dad ko kuch kaam tha BC se so...",

begins Neelu.

Her uttering 'BC' so casually, makes both Yudi and Huda nervous. They look around nervously, to make sure that no one else heard it. Yudi nervously, indicates her to lower her voice and she should not use the initials of Brigadier Chandok. But Neelu, going be her nature, shrugs it off.

Arching a brow, she says,

"What? Ye unhe apna naam rakhne se pehle sochna chahiye tha"

Staring her, holding his waist from either side, his head tilted to his left, Yudi getting serious, states as a matter of fact,

"Wo unka surname hai"

But Neelu not ready to buy it, says,

"Theek hai to first name se bulana chahiye tha"

This makes Yudi to roll his eyes. Huda smiles, impressed.

"Ya I have another option, wo Brigadier hi na bante!",

she looks towards them, excited. As if she has given the world's best idea.

"Anyways tum log POINT 1857 ke barey mein kya baat kar rahe ho? Kisi war pe ja rahe ho kya?",

asks Neelu.

And before they can even begin to reply, Neelu says,

"Point 1857 se yaad aya tum logo ne uss shaney Alekh ko kahin dekha hai?",

she asks in a tapori style.

"Tumhe Point 1857 ko sunn kar Alekh ki yaad ayi?",

asks Yudi, unable to understand how can she connect Alekh and Point 1857?

"And wait what am I saying? Sis, it isn't POINT 1857! It is point 18 and 57",

rectifies Yudi.

"Haan POINT 1857 tak janey ki tumhari himmat bhi nahi hai",

mutters Neelu, rolling her eyes.

"Excuse me POINT 1857? Sis, if I am not wrong so wo ek war tha, 1857 ka war! Hum uss point tak kyun jayenge? I mean this all doesn't make any sense",

says Yudi, getting irritated.

"Abey tu rehne de Yudiye. Thand rakh. Samjhne ka kaam tu Huda par chor de. Tu to janta hi hai tu zada dimag chala leta hai to duniya hilne lagti hai..."

Huda's words gain a glare from Yudi. Neelu hides her laughter.

~*~*~

"Wo kahin janey ki baat kar rahi thi. Koi p..",

as Alekh was about to continue, he gets interrupted by Naina's tease.

"Ohhooo... to date-shate par jane ke plans banaye ja rahe hain, haan Alekh?",

smiles Naina, happy for Alekh.

"Tu chinta mat kar main tujhey sarey tips de dungi date pe jane ke",

winks Naina.

Alekh stares her, blushing.

"Aisa kuch nahi hai, apun ki baat sunn pehle"

"Haan bol?"

"Apun thoda... kya bolte ho tum log ussey... ner... ner..."

"Nervous?",

completes Naina for him.

"Haan woyich hai",

blushes Alekh.

Smiling, looking at him lovingly, Naina says,

"Alekh, Neelu chahey subke samne jitna marzi bindaas bann jaye jaise usse kisi baat se farak nahi parhta lekin such ye hai ki ussey apni family, jis mein ki of course Yudi bhi hai, aur tere, hone na hone se farak parhta hai"

Her words swell his heart. This is the first time he is feeling that apart from his group and most importantly Naina, there is someone else in the world who cares for him; thinks about him.

~*~*~

"Lagta hai wo chali gayi hai. Shayad koi kaam aa gaya ho. Main ek kaam karti hun isko le jati hun. Jaise hi milegi wo ussey iss barey mein bata dungi. Mujhse firse library tak aney ka sabr nahi hoga usse milne ke baad",

decides Pooja.

Taking the paper she found, placing the book back to it's place, she turns to leave.

In her rush, Pooja collides with a book kept on a desk and it falls down. Quickly picking it up she places it back on the desk and runs out of the library in search of Naina.

~*~*~

The sudden sound skips the heartbeats of both Naina and Alekh.

"Pooja!",

calls Naina, tensed.

She searches her in the library but finds no one.

"Pooja",

calls Alekh, but doesn't get any result.

In a hurry they leave library in search of Pooja.

~*~*~

Huda in his style, asks Neelu,

"Ahmm Neelu tumhe jo kehna hai tum please mujhse kaho. Ah... tum to janti hi ho yahan subse smart kon hai?",

saying that Huda shows some attitude, which Neelu shrugs off immediately.

"Oye mister mere samne na ye hero panti mat dikha, samjha na? Aya bada"

Her reply makes Yudi to laugh at Huda.

Huda enduring the insult, smiles and says,

"Arey yaar smart hun to smartness hi dikhayunga na?"

Yudi sticks his tongue out at him on his comment, showing his disgust.

"Wait a minute bro, tum log such mein POINT 1857 ke barey mein nahi jante?",

asks Neelu, shocked.

"POINT 1857?",

blurts out Yudi and Huda together, making faces which justify that they don't have even the slightest idea about the place.

"Seriously guys? I mean bro nahi janta it's fine but tum nahi jante? I cannot believe this guys",

says Neelu, staring Huda, shocked.

"Kis khet ki muli hai ab yo, manne na malum",

says Huda.

Then something comes into Yudi's mind, getting excited, he says,

"Hey Neelu, kahin ye... kahin ye... WO to nahi? WO! You know what I mean?",

Yudi gestures her about drinks and dance, getting excited but keeping in check that he doesn't get caught by any teacher.

"Haye Yudiye... ye lagaya dimag tu ne",

says Huda getting excited, pressing Yudi's cheeks.

"Dude! Haath neechey. Don't ... don't...",

as he was about to complete, Huda says,

"Haan... haan... theek hai.... theek hai...",

showing that he is not interested in him.

This childish behavior irritates Neelu, she rolls her eyes.

"Goshh...!",

she swears.

Then snapping her fingers, getting excited as an idea hits her, she says,

"Guys main tumhe do (2) ghante deti hun. Two hours ye pata lagane ke liye ki kya hai ye 'POINT 1857'. Agar tumne ye pata laga liya to...."

"To?",

asks Yudi and Huda, getting excited on thinking about the reward.

"To... tum khud hi samjh jaoge tumhe kya karna hoga",

says Neelu, smiling.

"Agar tum mein dimag hai to!",

she continues eyeing left - right - left, trying to escape a direct eye contact with the guys.

"Shut up!",

scolds Yudi and Huda together. This makes Neelu to laugh.

"But one thing...",

she warns snapping her fingers again.

"This has to be a secret. Kisi ko nahi pata chalna chahiye. Sochlo tum logo ka koi secret mission. You got that?",

she asks, without turning to look at them.

Standing behind her, Yudi and Huda stare each other, thinking, nervous.

"Speak up cadets!"

Neelu's strict voice succeeds in shaking them up. And without realizing, the blurt out,

"Yes Ma'am!"

This makes Neelu to laugh secretly. Yudi calling her Ma'am? This is first! This won't happen again in the near future.

Suddenly Yudi realizes that he just addressed her own younger sister as 'Ma'am' what the hell?

"Alright bye bhai! Bye Huda!",

shouting that she runs away before Yudi could scold her for playing tricks on him. She emphasizes on 'bhai' just to make him realize and regret a little more for calling her 'Ma'am'.

Huda laughs, looking at Yudi, red out of embarrassment and anger, a sweet anger for his sister.

Huda says,

"Behne, behne hi hoti hain!"

They both laugh.

"Chal mission par lag jate hain",

says Huda, smiling, patting on Yudi's back.

"Oh yes! 'Mission Point 1857' here we come!"

~*~*~

Pooja unaware of Alekh and Naina's presence in the library leaves the library in search of someone with whom she can share about what she discovered.

As she ushers through the corridor she meets Ali on her way to the mess. She sighs, as if she has got the solution of a big problem.

Smiling with all her heart, she greets him,

"Ali!"

"Arey Pooja ji aap kahan se aa rahi hain?"

"Main library se... khair wo chor ye bata tu ne Naina ko kahin dekha?"

"Nahi Pooja ji balki hum to ye abhi apse puchne waley the kyunki hum akele hi ghum rahe hain koi mil hi nahi raha"

"Mil nahi raha? Kyun Alekh, Huda aur Yudi kahan hain?",

she asks, concerned.

"Akhri baar unhe Dr. Shalini ke class ke bahar dekha tha"

Pooja who becomes restless to share with someone about POINT 1857 thinks about sharing it with Ali. Biting her lower lip she stares him, thinking.

"Aap... aap humein aise kyun dekh rahi hain Pooja ji?",

asks Ali, feeling utterly shy, under her constant gaze.

Pooja who was staring Ali, but was actually thinking about the mystery behind POINT 1857 gets out of her reverie after hearing his comment. She realizes how it all must have looked like this whole time and quickly lowers her eyes, feeling shy.

"Ali mujhey na tujhse kuch kehna hai...",

begins Pooja.

"Haan kahiye na Pooja ji",

ecourages Ali.

Pooja explains him everything.

"Ali mujhey pata nahi kyun aisa lag raha hai ki mujhey iss barey mein pata lagana chahiye",

says Pooja, in a state of dilemma.

"Haan haan Pooja ji, agar aap pata lagana chahti hain to hum pata zarur lagayenge",

assures Ali.

Pooja smiles at him, as a gesture of thankfulness. Ali returns back the smile.

"Ahmmm... par hum karenge kya?",

asks Pooja, unable to decide where to begin with.

"Humare paas ek yojna hai",

says Ali, getting excited.

"Kon hai?",

asks Pooja, listening the word 'yojna' misunderstanding it to be name of some girl.

"Kon nahi... yojna... plan",

smiles Ali.

"Acha tu to bohot achi Hindi bol leta hai Ali. Itna to main bhi nahi janti",

appreciate Pooja, impressed.

Ali blushes on receiving the compliment from her. Then getting serious, he tells her,

"Hum iske barey mein internet ki sahayta se jankari nikal sakte hain. Sarey information honge wahan"

"Waah beta kya dimag lagaya hai",

Pooja pretends to be impressed.

"Aur computer lab mein aap kaise jayenge aap zara mujhey batane ka kasht karenge?",

asks Pooja, plastering a smile on her face.

"Pooja ji humein itna kachcha khiladi bhi mat samjhiye ap",

says Ali, pretending to be disappointed by her remarks.

Laughing, Pooja says,

"Acha baba theek hai. Ab jaldi bata kya karna hai?"

"Subse pehle humein computer use karna hoga, internet"

"Han wo to pata hai par Computer Lab mein hum aise nahi ja sakti wohi to problem hai!",

says Pooja, feeling sad.

Smirking, Ali says,

"Pooja ji kya kabhi koi rukawat hum cheon (all 6) ko rok payi hai?",

his voice reflects how proud he feels about themselves. This brings a big smile on Pooja's face. They give high five to each other and walks forth to begin with their mission.

(Left Right Left remix version begins in the background)

Pooja and Ali succeed in reaching the lab somehow but on finding the lab teacher there they get nervous and look towards each other nervously.

"Ali, kya karein?",

asks Pooja nervously.

Thinking something, Ali smirks and says,

"Pooja ji isliye aap se kehte hain ki koshish kariye ki koi class miss na ho!"

"Matlab?",

asks Pooja, knitting her brows unable to comprehend with his words.

"Chaliye mere saath",

says Ali confidently and turns to go somewhere.

Not having time to think anything, Pooja follows him.

Reaching Brigadier Chandok's office, Ali knocks the door and asks for permission to get in.

Pooja who was nervous throughout, pulls him back for the last time warning him to change his mind. Assuring Pooja that everything would turn out to be perfectly fine, Ali gets into Brigadier Chandok's office and indicates Pooja to follow him.

"Ahmm... Sir humein zara computer use karne ki permission mil sakti hai?",

asks Ali.

"Computer? Aisa kya zaruri kaam aa gaya cadet ki tumhe computer use karne ki zarurat aa gayi?",

asks Brigadier Chandok in a stern voice.

"Ahmmm... Sir darasal baat ye hai ki aaj Captain Rajveer ne humein apne class mein ek nayi baat batayi hai. Uss barey mein humne library mein dhundha par zada kuch mila nahi. To humne socha agar internet se hum dhundh paye to..??",

says Ali, in a very convincing voice.

"Oh! Ye to bohot achi baat hai cadet",

smiles Brigadier Chandok.

"Rukko main abhi tumhe permission note de deta hun",

saying that he quickly writes a permission letter and hands it over to Ali.

"Thank you Sir!",

smiling, Ali and Pooja leaves.

~*~*~

Using the net as they search about POINT 1857 online, they find nothing except the Revolt of 1857. Giving up their research on Point 1857, they were about to close the webpage when they find a single photo of the place. On witnessing the beauty of POINT 1857 through the picture, Pooja feels ecstatic and utters,

"Wow!"

"Ali mujhey yahan jana hai!",

she demands getting excited.

"Haan haan Pooja ji zarur chalenge",

says Ali, smiling.

"Hmm... to ye hai POINT 1857. Waise theek se kuch dikh nahi raha par itna zarur samjh aa gaya ki jo kuch bhi hai bada romantic hai",

says Pooja, clapping her hands in excitement.

~*~*~

"Dude library ke almost sarey books dekh liye hain but kahin POINT 1857 ke barey mein kuch nahi pata chala",

says Yudi, tired after doing the search work.

"Abey haan yaar Yudiye pata nahi kya hai ye POINT 1857?"

Ali and Pooja happen to cross them at that time and overhear them. Looking towards each other they reach them.

"Yudi bhai, Huda bhai kya chal raha hai? Aap dono kafi pareshan lag rahe hain"

"Kuch nahi yaar aise hi",

replies Huda.

Finding that they are ignoring to share what they were discussing about, Pooja asks,

"Tu kya bol raha tha Huda? Kuch Point.. point...?"

"Chor yaar tu nahi samjhegi",

says Huda.

"Kya nahi samjhegi?",

asks Alekh, reaching them with Neelu.

"Tum? Tum yahan kya kar rahi ho?",

scolds Yudi to Neelu.

"Oye nautanki apun se baat kar",

says Alekh, snapping his fingers, asking Yudi to look towards him.

Smiling, Neelu says,

"Mujhey lagta hai Alekh inhe POINT 1857 ke barey mein pata chal gaya hai"

"Point 1857? Wohin jahan tu apun ko le jane ko keh rahi thi?",

asks Alekh.

Neelu nods 'yes', smiling.

"Exactly! And ab hum sub wahan ja kar rahenge. Akhir hum bhi to dekhein kis khet ki muli hai ye POINT 1857!",

says Yudi, determined.

All of them accept Yudi's decision.

~*~*~

At the mess, holding the coffee mug in her hand, kept on the table Naina tries to calm down her accelerating heartbeat. This is it, they are going again to POINT 1857 tonight. Somehow this time it would be different from the last time. This time she knows what the place looks like; this time she doesn't need any guidelines about how should she dress up, she knows it all. Tonight she knows about Nandini. But this time the most important change in her is that, she is confident about her reactions. This time she is determined that she won't hold back her feelings. She won't let him behave formally. Naina blushes and lowers her eyes anticipating what the evening beholds.

Suddenly she remembers, it's been too late she hasn't met anyone. Getting up she leaves the mess in search of all of them.

As Naina reaches the corridor she finds all the five of them dressed up in informals. At first Naina stares them in shock.

"What the hell!",

she mutters, knitting her brows.

Reaching them, staring them throughout in surprise, she asks,

"Ye sub kya hai guys? Tum log kahan ja rahe ho?"

Then looking at each one's overall look, she says,

"Wo bhi itna saj-dhaj kar?"

It is then that they realize that Naina knows nothing about their plan and especially POINT 1857! They feel sorry, thinking how could they miss telling her about everything? But then they were so confused themselves, busy making plans that they completely forgot about her. They all look towards each other. Then Pooja slowly, feeling guilty for not telling Naina about it, reaches her and holding her hand says,

"Naina hum ek mission par ja rahe hain. Sorry tujhey batane ka na to waqt mila aur sahi batayein to yaad bhi nahi tha"

"Mission? Konsa mission?",

asks Naina, intruged.

"Mission POINT 1857!",

says Yudi, feeling proud that they are going for a mission together, excited.

The word succeeds in having it's affect on Naina! She goes numb. She feels as if she has turned deaf or there is some problem with her hearing! She stares them, motionless.

"P... point....",

it becomes difficult for her to utter such a simple word. Gosh! this whole time in the mess she was thinking about 'Point 1857'. Now what has gotten into her? Why is it that she is facing problem in uttering such an easy word?

"Point 1857? Wo... wo.. kya hai?",

asks Naina, nervously, crossing her fingers. Has she somehow blurt out something unconsciously? Gosh!!

"Wohi to pata lagana hai Phoolan!",

says Huda.

Naina stares him, shocked. Unable to understand what to say and what to ask?

"Hi what's up cadets? Tum sub yahan kya kar rahe ho?",

asks Rajveer, reaching them, smiling.

Naina doesn't turn to look towards Rajveer as she feels nervous. How is he going to react when he'll come to know where exactly they are heading towards! Her heart beats frantically.

Rajveer notices that she hasn't turned to look towards him. What all is going on here? This isn't the reaction he was looking forward to from Naina! He stares her, waiting for her to turn. He doesn't call her again for few moments. Giving her time to react.

Naina clutches and opens her fists out of nervousness. This is surely not something he'll enjoy knowing. This thought makes her nervous. But suddenly something strikes her - Why should she care? She is not at fault here. This brings a big naughty smile on her face. He wasn't there to gauge her reactions, when she came to know about their so called mission - 'POINT 1857' - the thought of which makes her to roll her eyes. This is surely going to be interesting, catching him off guard.

Naina turns with a sweet smile on her face and looks towards Rajveer.

(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

Rajveer arches a brow, smiling a little, almost like a smirk. This is so-not-Naina, he thinks. Something is amiss, he concludes.

He focuses back on others.

"Any problem?",

he asks.

"No problem Sir. Hum to bus aise hi ek mission par ja rahe the",

blurts out Yudi.

Huda getting nervous, slaps Yudi on his head. Yudi gives him looks that he hurt him.

"Ahmmm... kuch nahi Sir, koi mission nahi. Ye Yudi bhi na...",

smiles Huda, trying to hide his nervousness.

Standing behind them now, Naina tries to hide her amusement. Rajveer notices her doing so.

"To aap log itna sajh-dhaj kar kahan ja rahe ho?",

asks Captain Rajveer, plastering a smile on his face, staring Huda, demanding an answer from all.

"Ahmmm... nahi Sir hum to bus aise hi...",

says Pooja, smiling, trying to let go of the question.

"Aap log iss waqt apne rooms mein na ho kar aise hi... kya Cadet Ghai?",

asks Captain Rajveer, smiling, enacting in the same manner as Pooja did.

"Hum... hum wo...",

thinks Pooja, nervously.

"POINT 1857 ja rahe hain!",

tells Naina.

This indeed skips not only the heartbeats of all her friends but Rajveer alike.

(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

Rajveer stares her wide eyed. Did she really say that? Is it true that he is not imagining? Rajveer's face turns deep red! Thank god no one noticed him but Naina, or else he would have blushed harder. But how can others notice that when their states are no better than Captain Rajveer's.

Naina enjoys looking at a flushed up Rajveer. This is not a sight that you get to see everyday. Getting out of the shock Rajveer nods his head slowly, staring Naina throughout. His serious expression indicates how he is not enjoying being teased in front of others. But by the end he blushes anyhow. Remembering that others are also there except Naina, he keeps his blush under control, hiding it from them very easily but from her.

"P... Poin... Point 1857?",

asks Rajveer, staring Naina.

(Slow Rajveer-Naina violin tune begins)

Naina doesn't answer but keeps staring him, too busy in gauging his reactions.

Clearing his throat, getting serious, he focus back on others. Knitting his brows he begins to say something when Naina asks him out of blue,

"Aap chalenge?"

Rajveer after getting yet another shock turns to stare her instantly. Get hold of your emotions Naina, for god's sake, thinks Rajveer.

Now this is indeed a good idea, thinks all others. Now that he knows about the plan so why not take him along? He can help them in searching the place. He must be having some idea of the route rest they can find themselves, think all.

"Haan Sir aap bhi chaliye na!",

they all say together, excited.

Rajveer falls into the dilemma whether to laugh at the innocence of his cadets or should glare Naina for messing with him and putting him into this situation.

Naina on the other hand throughly enjoys witnessing his state.

Thinking that he'll deal with her later, Rajveer focuses back his attention on the other five cadets.

"But guys wahan aisa kuch nahi hai jaisa tum log soch rahe ho. Ye mission to kab ka solve bhi ho gaya hai. So you see it's a total wastage of time",

says Captain Rajveer.

The cadets after hearing Captain Rajveer starts reconcidering their decision.

Naina shocked on hearing his words, think,

'I can't believe, aap jhoot bhi bol sakte hain?'

Understanding what's going on in her mind, Rajveer brings out his mobile, and showing as if reading some message, he smiles and says,

"Everything is fair in love and war!"

All the others fail to listen to his words as they are too indulged in deciding what to do.

(Slow Rajveer-Naina tune begins as Naina stares him, smiling a little)

Rajveer looks towards her, smiling, he diverts his attention towards the cadets and asks,

"Alright cadets, I hope ye situation sort out ho gayi hai?"

Naina understands that more than to them the question has been indicated towards her. Blushing, she chooses not to look towards him.

Rajveer giving a last look towards blushing Naina, leaves.

~*~*~

"Problem!",

mutters Pooja as she remembers that she needs to tell Naina about what she discovered in library.

Holding her hand, Pooja takes her away.

"Kya hua Pooja?"

"Kuch khaas nahi yaar bus aise hi time pass karna tha",

says Pooja smiling.

"Time pass? Pooja sub wahan hai chal na wohin ja kar sub se baat karte hain. Tera time pass bhi ho jayega",

says Naina. Holding Pooja's hand she pulls Pooja with her. But Pooja refrains to go. She tells her,

"Naina mujhey na library mein kuch mila hai"

"Mila hai? Kya mila hai?",

asks Naina knitting her brows.

"Ek minute ruk",

saying that, Pooja shows her the paper that she discovered.

As she shows it to Naina, it instantly skips her heartbeat.

"Ye... ye tujhey kahan mili?",

asks Naina, shocked.

"Library mein, kaha to!"

"Poo... ja... ye hand writing...",

Naina finds it difficult to complete.

Someone snatches the paper out of her hand and reads it. Naina turns immediately.

Creasing his brows, Rajveer completes her line,

"Naveen ki hai!"

Naina stares him. Her eyes start welling up. Rajveer gives him a sympathetic look, indicating her that he understands what she must be going through. Pooja looks towards the paper in Rajveer's hand, nervously.

"Ye library mein...",

begins Naina.

"Who cares Naina? Kya farak parhta hai? Tum kyun har choti-choti baat ko itna importance deti ho?",

scolds Rajveer, raising his voice.

"Choti baat?",

asks Naina, her eyes on the verge on dropping the tears, but she controls somehow.

"Haan choti baat. Theek hai agar ye library mein mil gaya. So what? I guess we should end this discussion right here.",

declares Captain Rajveer.

Then focusing on Pooja, he commands her,

"Cadet Ghai aap jakar apni classes attend ki jiye, mujhey Naina se kuch kaam hai. Wo baad mein aa jayegi"

"Yes Sir!",

obeying him, Pooja leaves, giving a last look towards Naina, concerned.

~*~*~

As she goes out of earshot, Naina scolds him,

"Aap iss baat ko itni lightly kaise le sakte hain?"

"Kyunki iss mein kuch important nahi hai. Ye seriously lene wali baat nahi hai Naina",

explains Rajveer.

"Seriously lene wali baat nahi hai? How can you say that?",

asks Naina, her voice still raised. Her brows knitted.

"Naina it's very simple. First ye writing Naveen ki hai so of course ye Naveen ne likha hai. Aur rahi baat kiske liye likha hai? So Naina, Naveen ki girlfriend kon thi?",

he asks her, arching a brow, smiling a little.

"Dr. Mishra?",

utters Naina, almost like a whisper.

Rajveer nods his head into positive.

"So ye bhi baat clear ho gayi. Rahi baat ki how can Dr. Mishra be so careless as to forget this chit here? Naina we still have no idea ki Dr. Mishra kab se traitor bani. Could be possible ki unke ander traitor banne ka beej iss pal se bou diya gaya tha? Ya shayad wo iss waqt bhi traitor thi, magar unke kaam itne chotey hote honge ki kabhi kisi ke nazar mein na ayi ho? Aur unhe ye harkatein bachkani lagi? Shayad, shayad wo Naveen ke unke prati succhey pyar ko samjh hi nahi payi?",

says Rajveer.

At this point Naina stares him. Rajveer stares back. Both the pairs of eyes, soft.

(Slow Rajveer-Naina tune begins as they stare each other)

"Shayad unke dimag mein desh se gaddari karne ka junoon iss tarah haawi tha ki unhe Naveen ki suchai, achai kuch nazar na ayi ho?"

His words succeeded in sending shiver down her spine. She remembers, likewise, even she got flowed away so much that she didn't consider thinking about the reason, why did Rajveer kill her brother, Naveen?

"Theek ussi tarah na jaise ye such janey ke baad ki Naveen Bhaiya par apne goli chalai, mujhey apki suchai, achai, Naveen Bhaiya se apka unconditional bond, nazar nahi aya?"

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"Galti thi meri wo! Bohot badi galti!",

apologizes Naina, not able to meet his eyes.

"Naina...",

he calls her softly.

Naina looks towards him, getting emotional. Rajveer shakes his head, staring her intently. Naina rubs off her tears and smiles, that doesn't reach her eyes.

"Main tumse bilkul naraaz nahi hun Naina. Bilkul bhi nahi",

assures Rajveer.

Smirking, her heart sinking as she witnesses his unshakable trust and faith for her.

"Aap mujhse gussa hote kab hain?",

she asks.

Rajveer, smiling, begins to reply, indicating his index finger towards her. And understanding what he is about to say, she quickly adds, not giving him opportunity to speak,

"Siwaye professional matters ke!"

Rajveer widens his eyes, surprised that she dared to say that. And they both burst out into laughter.

Then getting serious, remebering the moment again, Naina says,

"Mujhey apse kuch kehna hai!"

This surprises Rajveer. What does she want to say?

"I know it's quite late to say this but... aaj baat uthi to... I mean I need to do this. I should have done it much earlier but anyways, I am sure aap mujhey samjhoge",

Naina puts her trust and faith in him.

Unable to understand where the conversation is leading towards, Rajveer looks at her quizzically.

With utter shyness and guilt, she confesses how guilty she feels about the incident.

"Uss din gussey mein aakar maine jo kuch bhi kiya uske liye I am extremely sorry."

She doesn't look up towards him, not having courage to face him.

This skips Rajveer's heartbeat. She doesn't have to do this. He doesn't bear any grudges against her. He is just happy about the fact that everything is back to normal between them.

"Naina ye tum kya keh rahi ho?",

asks Rajveer, knitting his brows. Hurt on finding her apologizing for something he doesn't even hold her responsible. It was but natural for her, for a sister to react in the way she reacted after learning the truth behind her brother's death. The hatred wasn't for Rajveer but for the killer of Naveen, her brother, he understands this.

Naina stares him, waiting for him to continue.

"Naina main janta hun tumhare liye Naveen ko innocent prove karna kitna zaruri hai; kya mayine rakhta hai. So trust me maine tumhare kisi bhi baat ka bura nahi mana",

Rajveer assures her.

"Nahi Sir, maine galti ki hai, I know. Ye apki achayi hai ki aap mujhey kuch nahi keh rahe"

"Naina..."

"Bus Sir, mujhey iss barey mein aur argument nahi chahiye. I know I was at fault, and must apologize. So please, kindly accept my apologies",

says Naina sternly, but politely. She knows sternness is necessary or else they will get into an argument as always.

Finding her sterness adorable, Rajveer smiles. Naina smiles back.

"Maine tumhe tumhari har baat ke liye maaf kiya!",

declares Rajveer, smiling with all his heart.

Naina blushes, thanking him silently.

Then suddenly something comes into her mind, she says,

"Oh han apne ye to keh dia ki apne mujhey mere har baat ke liye maaf kar diya. Par har baat ka matlab ye nahi ki main 'POINT 1857' le jane ke liye jo apko tang karti hun, uske liye bhi maafi maang rahi hun"

He looks at her, widening his eyes. Naina stares back, blushing, waiting for him to reply.

He bursts out into laugh and says,

"Nahi... nahi maine tumse aisa kuch expect nahi kiya!"

After enjoying his laughter, he clears his throat and asks,

"So ready for tonight?"

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Naina blushes, looking towards him with sparkling eyes she nods in quick succession.

Sighing and shaking his head just like the last time, using the same tone just to tease her, he says,

"See you at 1900 hours!"

The repeatition of his words from the last time make her heart to flutter. Her eyes sparkle. She feels ecstatic.

"See you...",

replies she, almost like a whisper out of her flushed up state.

Enjoying looking at blushed Naina, Rajveer smiles with all his heart and turns to leave, that suddenly he remembers something and that skips his heartbeat, how could he possibly forget that?

He turns back to look at her. Naina notices that now not only her, in fact Rajveer is also flushed by some sudden thought, but what, she knows not! She stares him, smiling, her forehead wrinkled. She asks,

"Kya hua?"

Lowering his eyes, he asks her,

"Naina kya tum ek minute mere room mein aa sakti ho?"

"Yeah sure!",

agrees Naina immediately. After all this is not the first time she is going to his room. What was the problem in asking her that? When she can meet him there after lights out, so why can't she go now?

"Sub... theek hai?",

she asks, hesitant.

"Haan, chalo!",

he says and without looking at her again, he walks for his room.

Reaching there, he gestures her to get inside first, like a gentleman. Following her, he enters his room and bolts the door securely. Naina gauges his each action, anticipating his next move, but nothing matches her expectations.

He opens his cupboard and brings out a packet. Naina notices him staring at it, doubtful. Then he returns back to her and presents it to her, shying. Naina stares him, blushing and smiling as she accepts the gift and asks him,

"Kya hai ye?"

He looks towards her, blushing and asks her to check it out,

"Kholo!"

Opening it she finds a simple dark blue suit. Naina's heart swells looking at it; her eyes twinkle.

"Thank you!",

she says smiling, with her eyes glued to the beautiful clothing that he has gifted to her. Which is so precious to her.

Rajveer's sigh in relief grabs Naina's attention.

"Kya hua?",

she asks.

"I was nervous!",

he confesses. Shutting his eyes, he blushes.

"Maine pehle kabhi kisi ko... I mean kisi ladki ko... aise... gift....",

unable to complete, out of shyness, he shakes his head, knowing that she'll understand.

Naina's heart swells and flutters at the same time, listening to his sweet confession. But just to tease him; to minimize his blush, she asks,

"Nandini ko bhi nahi?"

Rajveer looks into her eyes. Her question skips his heartbeat. Looking into her eyes sincerely, he shakes his head into negative, smiling. They both hold the stare and enjoys it for sometime after his yet another sweet but silent confession.

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She nods her head to indicate him that she is happy on receiving the gift from him.

"Main chalun?",

she asks for his permission sweetly.

Rajveer nods, smiling, his eyes sparkling and permits her to leave.

~*~*~

Naina reaches at the exact time and place and finds Rajveer waiting for her wearing white shirt and blue trousers typing something on mobile.

"Hi!",

he greets her, not removing his eyes from upon his phone.

"Hi!",

she greets back, surprised that he wasn't oblivious to her reaching him. She smiles.

"Kya hua?",

asks Rajveer, putting the phone into his trousers pocket and looking towards her.

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Her natural beauty leaves him mesmerized yet again. Blushing he keeps the compliments to himself. He accepts silently that she never fails to skip his heartbeat whenever she wears informals.

He lowers his eyes as he realizes that he is staring. Naina blushing, had lowered her eyes already.

They commence their journey.

~*~*~

(Slow Rajveer-Naina piano tune begins)

As they walk on the lonely road covered with trees on the either side, Rajveer asks her,

"Naina, do you trust me?"

The sudden question skips Naina's heartbeat. Rajveer's eyes cascaded down, he doesn't look up towards her.

"Aap ye baat mujhse pehle bhi puch chukey hain!",

she says, looking towards him.

This makes Rajveer to halt, he widens his eyes on knowing that she remembers. They both together remember the moment, Naina looking towards a surprised Rajveer and Rajveer looking somewhere ahead on the road, as they remember....

'Main tumhara mentor hun. Lekin tum mujh par kitna trust karti ho?'

Smiling, he turns to look towards her and says,

"Haan! Par uss din maine wo uss Naina se pucha tha jo meri protegee hai, aur aaj main jis Naina se puch raha hoon wo meri..."

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Smiling, Rajveer cascades down his eyes.

"Wo apki...?",

she asks him to complete his incomplete sentence.

Smiling, he says,

"Khair janey do... tumhe ye dress kaisi lagi?",

he tries to change the topic.

By now they have started to walk.

Smiling, blushing, she says,

"I am sorry inn sub baaton mein, main apko thanks kehna to bhul hi gayi."

"Thanks?",

he asks, looking towards her.

"Mujhey ye dress bohot achi lagi. Thank you so much",

she says, smiling, looking intently towards him.

He sighs inaudibally. But it doesn't go unnoticed.

"Aap nervous the?",

she asks.

And not even giving her time to breath after asking the question, Rajveer replies,

"Bohot!"

The instant answer justifies his nervousness.

Smiling, she says,

"I must say, apki choice bohot achi hai"

Rajveer looks towards her. Naina stares back.

"Wo to hai!",

he says.

And his look explains her, what exactly he is referring to.

Naina lowers her eyes slowly, blushing.

(Slow Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

~*~*~

They continue with their journey silently for some moments.

"Apse ek baat puchun?",

asks Naina.

"Pucho",

says Rajveer.

"Aap bhi meri tarah uss din POINT 1857 pehli baar gaye the. To kya apko mann nahi kiya firse yahan jane ka?",

asks Naina, her heart beating fast as she anticipates his answer.

Shutting his eyes tightly, Rajveer smiles, trying to control his feelings and asks,

"Naina agar tumhara mujhse puchne ke jagah main tumse puchta wapas yahan aney ko kya tum meri baat manti?"

(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

Rajveer turns to look at her.

The question makes the blood to rush up to her face. She blushes under his constant gaze. His look oozes his possessive and his feelings towards her.

Naina takes her time to answer him. They keep staring each other. Then slowly, not ending the eye contact she asks,

"Apko kya lagta hai, kya main itni desperate thi wapas jane ko ki main kisi ke saath bhi chali jati wahan?"

Unable to understand why is she asking that, he asks,

"Maine aisa kab kaha?"

"Main apko ab bohot achi tarah samjhne lagi hun, aur ye baat aap bohot achi tarah jante hain!"

"Matlab?",

he asks, confused.

"Matlab ye ki main apke siwaye kisi aur ke saath yahan jana to kya, yahan jane ke barey mein soch bhi nahi sakti!",

she states clearly.

(Fast Rajveer-Naina tune begins)

"Kyun?",

he asks in a low voice.

They stare each other intently. Both knowing the reason why she wouldn't dare to go with someone else other than him, but simultaneously they both know what big tease Rajveer is! Oh, Rajveer of course knows about himself, and Naina... she is exploring Rajveer for the first time! Rajveer and not Captain Rajveer!

Thinking of a reply, she says, avoiding looking at him directly and using her peripheral vision. She strays away a little from him, just a precaution, as deep down she could anticipate the future.

Getting away a little, looking at him through the corner of her eye, she says,

"Ab yahan jane ka koi short route to nahi hai. Aur aise uut-patang, muskil road se to koi soldier hi ja sakta hai!"

Rajveer walking at little distance from her now, widens his eyes. Did she really say that?

Stopping abruptly at the lonely road, he calls out to Naina, creasing his brows, asking,

"To tum mere saath isliye ja rahi ho kyunki main ek soldier hun?"

His voice tells Naina that she hurt the male ego in him. But somehow she finds it quite amusing.

Turning to look towards him, excitedly, Naina shakes her head to a 'yes', grinning.

Seeing her grinning, transforms the little of Captain Rajveer left in Rajveer this moment into Rajveer.

Getting excited, he warns her,

"Brace yourself Naina!"

Taking the comment seriously, as she could read his ulterior motives through his eyes, Naina laughs out loud and runs away. Rajveer with full enthusiasm runs after her to chase her. He knows this won't be difficult because right now he is not facing Cadet Naina but his Naina! He understands his mere presence around her makes her go weak on her knees! And thinking about it this moment, Rajveer appreciates her in his mind for holding her feelings, keeping control on it so well in front of others. He realizes this is yet another reason why he loves her. And the realization makes him to fall in love with her a little more!

Rajveer runs after her, while Naina does her best to stay away.

She tries to dodge him, laughing. Rajveer enjoys it thoroughly. It at times frustrates him when he reaches so close to Naina but she somehow escapes and doesn't come in his hold. Hell! how does she do that? While Naina enjoys this little victory, there on the other hand Rajveer's failing the first attempt to catch her makes him determined to catch her and teach her a lesson about how she should not mess with him!

'Tumse kahein ya hum na kahe,

Bahki hui kyun hai ye dhakane?'