"We live in a society, where offering helping hand to other is thought to be selfish first.."

"To tumhe lift nahi chahiye"

"French m likh kar du..nhi"

"kitna attitude hai na tumme"

"kitne lafandar ho na tum"

"Lafandar..like seriously" he said laughing

"Matlab roz subah subah, aise mere peeche peeche chaloge, to Barack Obama kahu tumhe"

"Keh sakti ho..I am also smart you see"

"Idiot..'Idiot' is the word" she said as another auto passed away

"Yar tum sach gaadi kyu nahi lekr aati apni"

"Kyunki middle class hu m.. ek hi gaadi hai or vo m ghar par dad"..."ek second tumhe kyu btau m...tumhari trah sab high class nahi hote na..jo petrol fukte hai faltu m"she said turning away, scrunching her nose

"Tumhe apne middle class hone se problem hai ya mere high class"

"Tumse..muje tumse problem hai"

"Meri bas yahi chahat hai ....to kya kahogi" he said singing winking at her

"Mai tumse kahungi, mere dil ka hai ye kehna, tumko hai chappal khana, fir der kyu hai karna,abhi utarti hu na" she sang sarcastically giving him a forced smile as he laughed his lungs out at her answer, she recomposes herself taking big steps..walking away from him, as he just moves his car behind her again

"We are soulmates" he said between his laughter...she stopped and looked at him their eyes met, as he stopped laughing, their eyes were locked as the time stood still...when he broke the moment ...."I can go with you to the wedding" he said trying his luck, knowing somewhere she won't agree...

"Han" she said coming out of their gaze

"I was saying...I can go with you and Vaidehi for your ex's wedding"

She looked at him as her nostrils flared, why does he have to do this, she wanted to yell at him but realizing they were on the road..she just turned around giving him a death glare as she walked past him...he just shook his head knowingly and again pressed the clutch moving the car behind her..."Just think about it okay..I would not want Vaidehi to go with a strang" before he could complete she bursted out angrily..."Kya who are you to want or not want something for Vaidehi, you are no one, why are you intruding our lives..just because I am replying to you or letting you talk to Vaidehi does not mean that you get a right to enter our lives or control it" she almost yelled at him, that was it..Sidharth rubbed his hands on forehead trying to calm himself but she really does get on his nerves

"Listen woman...stop shouting first, and why is it so difficult for you to understand that someone is actually trying to help you and not intrude..like seriously, I was concerned that is why I asked you..but you need some other help instead..'Mental help'..you need to see a psychiatrist..so that you can actually trust people..and not throw attitude like a confetti"

"And you...you need some work, so that you can stop stalking me and roaming on roads behind me...And I really don't need your pity or sympathy..I can take care of myself and my daughter"

"Sympathy, pity...ye kaha se aaya....matlab koi banda genuinely help nahi kar sakta..are you for real" he said now frustrated as he banged his palm on steering

"No m unreal..wax museum ki doll hu m..tumhe kya, tum kyu humari life m ghus rahe ho..charity case nahi hai hum..what is your motive.."she said equally frustrated pointing finger at him, he had enough he just got out of the car..his temper rising more than the heat of the sun.."Haan muje tumhari croro ki property chahiye..nahi actually mere pas rehne ko ghar nahi hai to tumhare ghar m sharan lena chahta hu.." he said in a mocking yet high tone.."For once..can you just believe not everyone is helping you has a selfish reason, tumhari self respect ego ban chuki hai..that you see this as a charity..like seriously consider getting your mental health checked.." he said as he got into the car driving away as Shehnaaz stood frustrated on the road..stomping her foot as she saw him racing away..

Well Shehnaaz was not having a good day to say the least..firstly that arguement with Sidharth early morning which was affecting her mood for every reason possible..like firstly she was angry at him for intruding their lives..secondly she was upset about the fact that how he thinks of her as some lost case..and thirdly a part of her was on a guilt trip telling her that she was ruder than required with him but he crossed his line the other part conflicted, well stress and conflicts are never good for a creative mind, and that was showing on her work today, she had been working on an office design for a new client since past 3 hours and well the result was more worse than her mood, she decided to grab a coffee before continuing, but well universe did plan a horrible day for her today..as she read the message "Shresth: Wanna meet you..Same place at 8.30 ?"

"Okay" she just replied cursing heavens for taking her challenge and making the day worse by every passing second..

It has been half an hour since Shehnaaz got dressed up standing in front of mirror, putting her make up and dressing herself to her best, which she does not do very often, she was not nervous but just had a little fear in her heart to not overreact to anything that might happen tonight..her ego did take over at times and she knew that...as the clock stuck 8 she decided to leave, She quickly went to Vaidehi's room who seemed to be showing some drawings she made to Sidharth, which was sometimes astonishing to her that how he never got bored of her blabberings, which irritate her as well some times..but he always seems to be laughing and baby talking with her from what she has heard, so she just justified her thinking telling to wait till his patience runs out and he will stop calling her, she had mentally prepared herself for that day, even though her heart does not seem to agree so much to that thought, it had some strange trust on him which she failed to comprehend...She just rushed towards Vaidehi kissing her on forehead "Have dinner on time baby" she said as she turned a little glancing at screen to find Sidharth glaring back at her with equal anger and a bit confused, she just ignored him as she rushed out calling the cab...

"Shenu...gaadi lejaa beta"

"Nahi dadi aap or Vaidehi ho ghar par..koi zarurat hui to..driver hai neeche..ap tension na lo cab safe hai..Vidu ka or apna dhyan rakhna bas"

"Maa looks hot naa" Vaidehi asks Sidharth as Shehnaaz leaves he just nods, his mind actually wandering to the times he saw her in that white dress or the red jumper suit she had on at that trek, trek...his mind taking him to that kiss, his heart filling up as he remembered that moment, he failed to understand that why after so much of rudeness from her, he just felt a strange pull towards her, why was the reason maybe that he felt suddenly concerned where she was going dressed like that at this hour, his mind reminded him of her words accusing him of intruding and what not this morning.......he just shook his head shrugging away the thought of even knowing what was up..when Vaidehi continued .."She is going to meet Papa..I hope vo sad na ho bas" she says in her baby voice as she looked at Sidharth..who just felt a gush of emotions in him, realizing his anticipation coming true, he had no logic to explain why he wanted to know the reason for her visit to him..but his conscious knew she wont ever answer him...

"Chal..I will drop you...Vaidehi se bhi nahi mila kabse"

"Han..okay" she replied absent mindedly,as they walked out of the cafe towards his car, her mind still running over blunder she had committed tonight..

As they drove back home while Shresth kept talking about his future wife and plans for wedding, being sad or jealous about all of this was least of her concerns right now her mind kept on cursing her own mind for the screw up she had committed and trying to think of all plans to get out of it...

It had been an hour since Shreshth and Shehnaaz had been sitting chattering at the coffee shop, well what chattering it was mostly Shresth blabbering about how good his new to be wife is and how they were planning a proper destination wedding in Goa...Shehnaaz was feeling a mix of emotions as she heard him talking about this girl so much, she could not blame him for being a bad person because it was only after she told him she was completely okay with idea of his remarriage and actually pushed him to tell her about his to be wife that he started this conversation, at first she just pushed him to actually show him that she is not stuck up or something, not that she actually was, but still he was her ex husband and seeing him talk about his future with someone else was not the best thing for her riled up emotions specially when she herself was single, she made a mental note of dating someone asap, as she nodded to the story of how they met..."So, you still single..or dating someone" he asked..breaking her chain of thoughts...

Okay that was not a difficult question but when your ex, most importantly ex husband who is getting married in a few days asks you this, when all you are doing is just rejecting or throwing guys out of your lives for most stupid reasons, this was definitely not easiest question to answer....and his tone maybe it was not mocking, but the situation in which she was , actually made her feel it was more like a mock or a show off that he has moved on while she hasn't...orwas it her ego taking over her, no idea....so after what seemed like a milenuim of silence..she replied.."Yes..I am dating someone" she replied trying to speak with confidence sipping in some coffee hoping that conversation ends here but remember how universe planned to make a worse day worser..well that was the case with her today.."Really..wow..who?" he said smiling as he sipped on his coffee

"Huh?"

"I mean name"..."Koi naam to hoga is bnde ka" he asked laughing...

"Han...Sidha..rth..Sidharth..Sidharth" last one more like a question to herself and mentally slapping and cursing herself for being incredibly foolish to pull this stunt, like why on the earth did she take his name, she continued mumbling mental abuses to herself when he hit the last stroke of making this night more shoddy for her.."Amazing..why don't you invite him as well to the wedding...Bring him also..m personally invite kar dunga uska no. ya....we can all meet up or something"

"Wow..such a bright idea..We can all meet up and kick Shehnaaz's ass..Shehnaaz herself doing it first" she mumbled to herself .....and then just recomposing herself as she just nodded positively...

Well since then she has been replaying that conversation hurling all cuss words and abuses she knew in all languages to herself for doing something that stupid and almost begging god for not making this day anymore dreadful than it already was..

'Ding Dong' they rang the bell as the door opened to her house and she realized how her prayers are literally going into god's spam box today...

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