Last part for now. I hope you're all liking the story so far. :)

Key:

Italics and single quote- Bulbul's mindvoice

Single quotes and normal font- Pragya's Mind voice

Italics and Double quotes- Abhi's self talk

Bulbul is in her car, on the way back from her music class, when she sees Purab waiting to cross the road .

'Purab! Today I am talking to him come what may !'

"Bahadur bhaiya,please stop the car and wait for a while na I will be back "

"Okay beta"

She gets out of the car and walks fast to reach Purab who was about to cross the road.

"Purab! Puraaabbb! "

"Eh ? Nightingale ? Why is she calling me ? Wait first of all how does she know my name ?"

He stands there confused and Bulbul reaches him by then..

"Phew ! Finaaalllyyy"

Purab looks at her waiting for her to speak further

Bulbul sees his confused look and says .. "Purab I am very sorry . I misunderstood you "

"And how did this realisation dawn upon you all of a sudden ?"

"Woh Ananya hai na ? She is my best friend . That day after you shouted at me and walked away.Ok ok that day after you replied to MY yelling at you and walked away , I saw you talking to Ananya. I asked her about you and she told me you are her bhai's bestie and how good you are and all. The other day, like you know already, I was scared and I wasn't thinking straight. So I just told whatever came to my mind with out bothering to think if the other person was genuine or not. Sorry .."

"Woah so you know to apologise also ? Nice . But you shouted at me twice so I am not sure if I will forgive you right away "

"What yaar Purab! Second time even you shouted back na ? Acha bathao..What should I do to make you forgive me ? Wait.. I know what ! I will treat you for lunch now . Sounds good ?"

"Haha not bad. Shouting to requesting...good transformation I say. And free lunch in an expensive city ! I am in"

" Yay ! Come on let's go then" Bulbul says and calls her drives and asks him to get home telling him she will reach after eating out with her friend.

They go to a restaurant nearby , one which Bulbul has been to quiet a lot of times , that she knows the menu almost by heart. They place their order and wait for it to arrive .

"Btw . What's your name?"

"Oh you don't know that yet, I forgot . Take a guess na"

" I will go with Nightingale cos you sing amazingly well."

"Hahaha that's so sweet! Didn't realise you would've seen me sing that day. Man U dance brilliantly ! I was looking around for you after the event to apologise , but somehow all you guys disappeared soon after the performance . Glad I finally met you today . And no my name is not Nightingale.One more chance "

"Oh no . And you looked around for me ? If I had known that you would want to talk to me without accusing me for something then I would've gladly stayed back."

" What yaar.. I apologised also na. Forget that incident no please. I feel guilty every time you bring that up"

"Haha I was kidding Nightingale . Relax. And okay your name .hmmm something like Shreya ? Diya ? Maya ? "

":) none of the above and I remember saying one guess"

"Not fair na. Name is such a broad category and you want me to take just one guess. Okay give me some clue then. How many letters ? Starting letter?"

"I can as well tell you my name then. Okay fine 6 letters..B it starts with"

"B and 6 letters eh hmm lets see. "he counts the number of letters for every name he says to check if it has only 6 letters"Bhavya , Banita , Barsha, Brinda, Bhakti, Bulbul "

"Bingo. "

"Bulbul? That's cute"

"Haha hai na ?Thanks ! And btw how do YOU know so many girl names ? Ex girl friends kya? "

"Why ex? All current"

"WHAT ? So many ? "

"Arey I am kidding. Haven't had any girl friends till now . I have just heard these names that's all"

"Haha good guy eh nice "

Just then their food arrives..

"Wow Bulbul! Nice choice . Amazing food !"

"I know right ? I like this place a lot . Not very spicy, not very oily just perfect "

He smiles at that and they both enjoy their food for some time .

"What do you do ? Are you a professional singer?"

"Not exactly a professional singer yet but will be soon. I wanted to do graduation as I needed time to practice singing before I go for auditions so my college is getting done next year and after that I will concentrate on music full time "

"Wow that's exactly what I did too. College got over just last month and I wanted to finish graduation as I needed time to mould myself to learn many dance forms before I take that up full time . So hi five there"

Bulbul grins at that and gives him a high five.

They continue chatting for some more time and leave after exchanging their numbers .

Pragya is in her room that evening and she feels like talking to Bulbul as it's been really long .

'I know her Skype ID na I will see if she is online'

Unfortunately Bulbul was offline.

'Next option - Abhi . I just have his number and I don't know if he gave her my number yet so I ask him directly'

She sees that he is online on whatsapp and pings him there.

"Hey Abhi"

"MV ! Pragya pinged !"

MV: "Wow Abhi seems like she is missing you too"

"Really ? "

MV: "Talk to her and see what she wants to say "

"Okay"

"Hey Pragya ! How are you?"

"Good Abhi .. Is Bulbul home ? "

"She pinged me to ask about Gudiya , MV "

MV: "Aww. It's okay Abhi ..atleast she gave you a chance to keep looking at this ping of hers and dream about her all night"

"MV !"

"Yes Pragya she is . Should I convey something to her ?"

"I just felt like talking to her but she was offline on Skype and I didn't have her number either . Can you give me her number ? "

"Oh I gave her your number but she was busy with her classes so guess she didn't get time to call you back . This is her number " he says and gives her Bulbul's number.

"Thanks Abhi"

"No problem and wanted to tell you , I met Purab yesterday "

"Purab ? When ?"

"In the fundraiser event that my friend had organised . Few guys from LSD performed and he was there too. He dances superbly . Very talented ! Then we happened to meet during dinner and I got to know that he is your brother "

"Wow that's so cool . I haven't spoken to him yet so I had no clue about this . Glad you guys met"

"And I am his bhai now by the way.I asked him not to call me Mr Mehra so he asked me if he could call me bhai and I readily agreed . So we are even now. My Gudiya is YOUR sister too and your chote is MY brother too "

Pragya and Abhi have the same thought at that moment - 'How I wish this becomes our future and we all are one big happy family ! '

But it's not Skype so they can't judge each other's reactions so Pragya replies with a  "haha that's awesome . But Now I should start worrying about his ignoring me in future "

Abhi repeats Pragya's dialog "You really think that will happen ? I can't see that happening anytime soon so chill, fan girl"

"Okay boss, if you say so"

"Pragya , do you know to cook ?"

"Ya I can manage decently well ..Why what happened ? You want me to send you something ?"

":)I would like that but sadly I don't live in your neighbourhood so sending is not an option and I was swapping channels when I saw master chef Australia featuring so thought I will ask "

"Ah Okay..you cook or maximum maggi level only?"

"Oh hello ! I am a brilliant cook ! You may ask gudiya"

"I have a feeling you might not have stepped into your kitchen till date what with so many servants etc. and you are confident that I won't ask Bulbul right?"

"Woah are you doing a part time job in reading people's minds ? Okay fine yes I don't even know to boil water"

"HA.Caught you"

"How did you do that though ?"

"That was a wild guess . Just turned out true and you confessed it yourself"

"Aha ! I should've not let this secret slip . Okay keep this also to yourself "

"It's okay if you don't know to cook . No big deal "

" I am Abhi Mehra and I should know everything no"

" No "

"No?"

"No. What if you are Abhi Mehra ? You are the designer Abhi Mehra , not chef Abhi Mehra so it's perfectly fine "

"Okay boss , if you say so "

Pragya chuckles at that while Abhi has a broad smile on his face and both of them think "I have a feeling he/she might like me . Hope my wish comes true "

Abhi's dadi calls him on Skype so he excuses himself saying he will catchup with her soon. Pragya bids him goodbye.

Pragya pings Bulbul on whatsapp after a while

"Hey Bulbul ! If you are free come online on Skype "

Bulbul sees that and calls Pragya on Skype

"Pragya di? Di I am very very very sorry Di. Bhai gave me your number but somehow I was held up with classes so couldn't call or text you "

"So what Bulbul ? No problem na. Chill "

"Thanks Di okay whatsuppp? Tell me some gossip na"

"Gossip eh ? Guess what ! Sameera likes Madhav and Divya is going out with Rupak "

"Who are all these people di ? "

"Who knows ? I just made this up";)

":)Haha Diii! " and both of them smile.

"Tell me about your friends na"

"Okay Di . I have Ananya and Sunaina who are my best friends here . I have known them for a long time and they play guitar and keyboard for me when I sing . Others are my friends from my classes Pooja ,Nithya Preethi and Anny "

"You sing, Bulbul ? "

"You didn't know Di ? Yes I sing"

"Sing some song now na pleaseee "

"Hehe okay Di.What song do you want me to sing ?"

"Any song of your choice"

"Okay hmm I will sing few of my favourite songs" , she says and sings the medley that she sang at the event the previous day. 

Pragya loves her sweet voice . It has that soothing effect that Pragya closes her eyes to enjoy it better and revel in that peaceful feeling for sometime

Once Bulbul is done with it Pragya gives her a flying kiss and says" I am proud of you Bulbul . I can't describe the peace I felt when I heard you sing .If anyone is stressed and they happen to hear you sing na , all their tension will just fly away . Don't ever give up singing no matter what ok ?"

" Yayyy thanks Di . I am so glad you like it so much . Love you loads Di and no way I will give up music . I m passionate about it Di and I am going to pursue it full time from next year so no question of giving it up "

"Awesome Bulbul ! Yay then I will get to see you as a professional singer in a couple of years . Can't wait for that !"

"The feeling of having an elder sister to whom I can blabber to my heart's content , is only now setting in slowly Di.:)"

"Haha I am here to stay.. so I'll wait for that feeling to set in "

And they continue chatting for a long time , each telling the other about many incidents from their childhood and present.

LONG CHAPTER GUYS!! AND THE FOURTH ONE IN A ROW!!! Don't you think you should be nice and generous with your comments ?;)