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A black SUV car stopped in front of the main entrance of St. Stephen's college. From it, stepped out  a man in his early-forties followed by a woman in her late-thirties. They were none other than Anand and Bela Aggarwal.

From the back seat, stepped out three girls.....Out of which, two were really excited seeing the premises in front of them....while the third one, seemed a bit lost and sad too.....Anand turned around and asked the girls to come froward....

Anand: Naina....Preeti....Swati...come....

The girls came ahed and stood beside Anand......all three of them looked at the huge premise in front of them in awe....

St. Stephen's....

It was built by the britishers in late 1800's. It has been situated between the hills in Mussoorie. This school had everything...from gym...to pool...to a huge library....This school offered education starting from standard 1 to college for bachelor's. This was a whole world, within the walls which surrounded the college and separated it from the outer world. This school provided very high level of education, and not only academics, but also sports and arts. You name it, and it's there. And due to these international facilities, the fees was not affordable for regular people. Kids of high profile businessmen to that of film stars and politicians studied in this school.The only rule is, the hostel is mandatory. School kids have a uniform for special occasions...but school blazer was mandatory, while the college students were allowed casuals on daily basis and formals for special occasions with college coat, different from that of school. And college students were allowed to go out till 10 pm at night and school students had a deadline of 7 pm.

Stephen's had been a well known name in the world of education. They also had International students, who would come for student exchange programs and this helped students of Stephen's to stand out from the rest of the crowd. And also, this was the only school in the whole country, which had co-ed hostel facility available. 

Preeti: (excitedly) Wow...yrr kitna awesome h naa....

Swati: Haan yrr sachi....aur ab hum yahin padhenge...mai b bahot excited hu....Hai naa Naina?

Naina just hummed with a small smile...Bela came ahead and hugged her daughter....

Bela: Naina....dekh tune promise kia tha naa...ki tu apni life ka ye naya safar khushi khushi shuru kregi.....dekh bhaiya bhabhi ko b achha nii lagega...tera ye ultra hua chehra dekh k......aur..Udhar dekh(pointing towards Anand and Swapree) inke b chehre utar jayenge tujhe aise dekh k....

Naina first looked at all the other three, who dropped the corner of their lips dramatically to look sad and then at her Chachi who gave a her an assuring blink....Naina came out of her Chachi's embrace...and ran to her Chachu and hugged him.....He kissed her forehead and Swapree too joined the hug...Bela looked at all of them.....

Later they all entered and were mesmerized to see the place......Many students were moving around, it didn't look any less than a fashion show......all the student decked up in all branded woolen clothes, as it was evening.....And the classes were to start from the next day only.....They all were walking towards the principal's office, just then Naina's shoe laces opened and she stopped in her tracks, and the others moved ahead, without realizing that Naina isn't with them.....

Naina was just done, when she received a call from Preeti...

Preeti: (worried) Kahan reh gyi Naina?

Naina: Are shoe lace khul gyi thi.....aa rii hu.....

Preeti: Tu aa rii h yaa mai aau?

Naina: Aa rii hu baba.....

Naina was busy on her phone, and she didn't realize that a boy was coming  towards her running from the opposite direction......Naina and the boy, both almost collided and twirled around to stop themselves from falling down....They both were lost into each other's eyes for a moment........

(P.S. Ignore the uniforms...😅)

They both came out of the reverie, when a girl came towards the boy and pulled him towards herself.....And it was none other than Sunaina......

Sunaina: Sameer..baby let's go..tum yahan kya krre ho....chalo yahan se.....

And Naina looked at the boy in front of her....He was devilishly handsome....with his boyish charm,  and yet looked like a greek god in black hoodie....he was definitely something...but the arrogance on his face can be seen even from a great distance........Yet she felt something different in her heart...It was still pounding really hard........

He gave a quick glance at Naina and then turning towards the girl, he moved in the opposite direction...and the girl too left behind him giving an angry look to Naina....Naina too shrugged her shoulders and left from there towards the principal's office......

They all met the principal, Anand and Bela themselves went on to check the hostel rooms, and once satisfied.....they shifted the girls to the hostel room...they got single room for all the girls, as it was school rule, that four girls share single room....and in that room one girl was already residing, who was one year senior to them......

It was a decent room with four bunk beds.....the room was decorated in white and wood finish....It had centralized cooling and heating system, with study table and chairs for each resident of the room....attached washroom and built in closet for each student...a black door opened to a small attached balcony for students to sit outside in the sun during winters, if they wish to........

Naina was relieved that she'd be staying with her sister and her best friend...she hoped that their other roommate was also nice, knowing Preeti's temperament......After keeping their luggage in their room, the girls came out to see off Anand and Bela......Though they both were really emotional on leaving their daughters here...Swati's father couldn't come as he was out of country for some work, and had promised the girls that he'll visit them as soon as he's back and would also bring them lot of gifts.........

Anand hugged all three of them together and then gently patted their heads.....

Anand: Ab tum teen bade ho bye ho...so be responsible....and take care of each other...aur koi b baat ho to mujhe yaa Bela ko immediately call krna....and I know meri betiyaan bahot strong h...aur Naina....beta I trust u the most...so you are responsible for the other two....ok?

Naina: Promise Chachu...app b apna khayal rakhna...aur rona bilkul b nii....

Saying this, she wiped the tears from his eyes, which he had been trying to control from a long time....He gave her an emotional smile and then gently kissed her forehead.....Bela too hugged all the three girls......and she let her tears flow freely.....

Bela: Tum teen dhyaan rakhna apna....achhe se khana aur time p b....mujhe meri bachchiyaan wiase hi wapas chahiye...jaise mai chhod k jaa rii hu smjhi...

All the three girls...nodded their heads like little obedient kids....

Bela: Aur Preeti...beta yahan achhe se padh lena....aisa naa ho yahan b teri complaints aye...smjhi...

Preeti: Kya h yrr mummy...hamesha bs mujhe hi bolti ho....

Bela: Haan to beta...yahan tu hi to top krti h......peechhe se......

Naina: Aap chinta mt kijiye Chachi.....mai hu naa...ye bahot achha result laayegi....

Bela: (cupping Naina's face) Jaanti hu laado.....ek tu hi to h jispe mai hamesha bharosa kr skri hu in dono shaitanon ka dhyaan rakhne k liye...lekin tu b apna dhyaan rakhna.....(to Swapree) aur tum dono khayal rakhna iska.....smjhi

Swapree: Yes Boss....

All of them laughed and after a final family hug...Anand and Bela left reluctantly...the girls stayed back waving at them...and left from there......once the car was out of their sight....Swapree moved ahead whereas Naina kept staring at the long empty road in front of her.....

Naina: (in mind)  Kitna kuchh badal gaya in kuchh hi mahinon mei...Mom Dad ka mujhe chook k jana...Taiji ka mujhe har baat p rokna tokna....aur ab ye....(sighing) St. Stephen's.....pata nii ab aur kya kya hona bacha h...aur subah vo ldka.....kya naam kaha tha us ldki ne? Haan..Sameer...kitna ajeeb tha...akdu....naa sorry kaha...naa mujhe bolne ka mauka dia...phir b kuchh to tha usme...uski aankhon mei b ek ajeeb si emptiness thi.......khair jo b ho...ab ye mere liye ek nayi shuruat h.....My new beginning.........Let's hope ab aur kuchh naa Khona sade mujhe.....I'll make you proud Mom Dad...I will win...

Her reverie was broken by Swapree's voice, who came back running to her, when they found her missing......

Swapree: (shouting) Naina......

And Naina followed them with reluctant steps towards her new life...new starting...oblivious to what the future beholds......

In all this, the girls didn't see a pair of eyes who were watching them from a distance......and that was none other than Sameer.....he looked at them keenly...especially Naina...

Sameer: Huh is pinjre Mei ek aur kaid chidiya.....ye pyaar...maa-baap sb jhooth h....ise b iske gharwaale yahan chhod gye.....yaa to zada paise kamane yaa fir kisi aur wajah se....Aur kya bulaya un logon ne ise? Naina......kuchh to h isme.....lekin mujhe kya.....she too can go to hell.....

Saying this Sameer too left towards the canteen, where his friends must be waiting for him.....

So everyone..this is the first chapter of this book...I'm gonna post Adhure hum next...this one is on special demand from _yesha_jain_ 😂😂😂 Le bhn....done....Please let me know...how's this part...and please take care and stay safe.....

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