"mom, no I am not marrying him... please mom..." swara says umpteenth time...

"why swara... What is wrong in him? He is a very good guy, beta... your father has investigated you know..." sharmista says smilingly caressing her cheek...

Swara looks at her then grumpily says: I know how good he is...

Sharmishta stares at her confused: you know? How?

"wo... I... I... you know magazines and all... he is very famous..." swara stammers...

"I know beta... when this alliance came... your father also thought but then he investigated... it's all rumours..." sharmishta says holding her hand... swara looks away... not knowing what to say...

"ok you don't have to marry him... they are coming the day after tomorrow... we can't deny them right? And you only give your answer to your father... as I didn't find any fault in him..." sharmishta says and goes away from her room...

Swara facepalm herself not knowing how to tell or say... she agreed for marriage but never knew this would happen... she looks at her phone and without thinking massage to her saviours... anwesha and khushi...

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"Oh hello... you called us to meet immediately. I took half a day for it... you know how much work I had? And now you are not saying anything from half an hour..." anwesha says angrily...

"yaar... I have to read... you know next month is my exam..." khushi is giving her 5th attempt for upsc...

Swara takes a deep breath: you both know I agreed for marriage...

Khushi rolls her eyes: you didn't agree... uncle just told you, you have to get married... yaar you just spoil our dream... we vowed we will live together...

She says as usual in a dramatic way... dramaqueen...

Swara sighs: papa has already found a guy...

Khushi again opened her mouth: so... for this you called... it's an obvious thing...

Anwesha chided this time: will you stop, letting her speak...

Swara: and the guy is sanskar...

swara said, taking a deep breath...

"you don't mean to say sanskar maheshwary?" khushi says with stopped breath, her eyes are round like perfect rasgulla...

Swara sighed... anwesha looks at her... swara noticed her: why are you looking at me like that

Anwesha sighed: so what?

Khushi looks away: what do you mean by so what? Don't you know how that guy is... how he tried to spoil swara

She gritted... swara also gets annoyed... Anwesha smiled: we already discussed it years back...

Khushi leaves her and looks at swara: you just say no...

"it's not that easy... papa likes him very much... papa mamma asking what is the fault... how can I say... papa will cut me limb by limb..." swara says holding her head...

Khushi rubs her temple for some seconds then says: ok then say that you know him and say some other girl's name instead of yours...

"I said it to ma... ma told it but you know papa having a very high misconception for him... like he is very naïve, very hardworking, disciplined etc..."

Anwesha watches both of them silently then says: why don't you just meet him and tell him to take a back step...

"you think he will?" swara says mockingly...

"I don't know... but I think he will not force you..." anwesha says though having her own doubt...

"I don't want this marriage yaar but my strong gut feeling says that it's only going to happen..." swara says hiding his face in her palm...

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Sanskar was standing in his room by the window and looking at the moon with still eyes... he took out his wallet and opened it... an 18 year old swara's pic was showing there... she was little chabbi then with a hair up to her shoulder wearing a blue top... he cares for it and sighs... he kisses her photo then places it on table and goes to sleep...

Lying on bed he still remembered how it started...

He sent her friend request just because she was a very close friend to his ex girlfriend... and after some one month she accepted... they never talked with each other... they knew they are in the same standard but still never talked... his love life was going smoothly... very hot bold girlfriend... Everything was set until that girl went to another city for study... and within one month his break up happened... he was heart broken... and with his best friend's suggestion he started to talk with random girls... and in that way he found swara... one of the closest friends of his ex girlfriend... very sweet talking...

They first chatted on her birthday... and he was shocked she was clueless about him... she said: yeah I remembered anwesha told me your name... but I didn't know your surname...

He understood she knew nothing... he told her... that time anwesha was his best friend's girl friend so it was going good... he started to talk with her more and he liked it... he was liking her very much... She was giving her moral support also... everything was going smoothly until he found another friend of his circle trying to get the attention of the same swara... and he is none other than swara's another best friend khushi's boyfriend's twin brother... khushi was very much excited about this... they both will stay in the same house... he knew khushi and swara is not that type of girl like they will change boyfriends daily... they will select one and will drive their partner to a marriage mandap...

And if that guy succeeds in wooing swara then it will be.... He doesn't know what it will be... but he knows he can't tolerate this... he didn't want to lose her at all... but at the same time he knew it's still not love... what he will do... he was getting hyper every minute... and his blood more boiled seeing the group chat that same boy is hitting on swara repeatedly flirting with her... swara was also replying in very innocent manner making everyone laugh... he just threw his phone in anger... and after sometime he realised what he has done... he tries to restart his phone but it didn't work... frustrated him just tried to calm down and call it a day... he needs a fresh mind to think about all this...

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Sanskar wakes up next morning as his sister in law was knocking at his door... he lazily walks towards his room door and finds her with an aarti thal and a teasing smile on her face... she pulled his cheeks, "devar ji what han? Dreaming about my devrani... relax relax we are going to meet her only"...

Sanskar rolled his eyes high... his sister in law is very dramatic and now when his marriage talk is going on she is being over dramatic... he goes away from her shoving her hand gently... Ragini comes into the room holding her baby bump and keeps the arti plate on the table...

"come down quickly..." she says arranging his bed neatly...

"Bhabi you don't have to do all this... you just go and take rest... i will do it or i will say ramu kaka you know..."

"Once my devrani will come I won't even step in your dirty room..." ragini says making faces... "oops that won't even be dirty anymore right?" ragini giggles...

Sanskar shook his head "bhabi, you are thinking too further..."

"You go... i will come soon... before you and mom place breakfast on the table..."

"Okay... don't forget to take arti..." she pats his cheek and goes away humming...

Sanskar opens his wallet and looks at swara's pic... "i won't let you go this time... you have to listen to me..."

He goes to the bathroom and starts to bathe while thinking about what happened 9 years back...

The next day,

When he woke up, the 1st thing he remembered about was swara... he looked at his side clock. It was 9am... swara will go college in minutes... he goes to his father..

"Papa, I want a new phone..."

Ram looks at him raising his head from the newspaper...

"What happened to your phone? You bought it before one year only..."

"Dad its broken now, why are you asking this much question... so what i bought one year ago..." he says irritatingly...

"Sanskar..."

Sanskar looks back at his mother and sighs audibly...

"Is this way you talk with your father? I don't know what happened to you nowadays... this all because of that samar... i don't know what he has put in to your mind"

"Mom please... why you bring him in between always... and what i am asking just a phone right? You know what none do like you both... my friends parents are poorer than you but i think they get more pocket money than me..."

"Sanskar you will get a slap from me now... have you seen laksh your brother... you won't listen to us, you won't listen to your brother also... he told you right to go to him, but you have to stay here with your lafanga friends... sanskar sanskar..."

Sujata shouts seeing him storming out of the house in rage...

Sanskar off the shower with a sigh, what a jerk he was... he comes out wearing his formals... coming down he took blessings from his parents... sujata kisses his forehead loving...

"I couldn't believe you are going to marry... it was like that day only i brought my small golu molu sanskar in house in my arms and now you become so big that we are going to see girl for you..." she couldn't stop her tears...

"Mom... stop your water work... you know i don't like it a bit..."

"Waise, ragini you know sanskar was so chubby in childhood..." Laksh says laughing...

"Hahahaha... very funny... should i take out your childhood photo?" Sanskar says with narrowed eyes...

"Ok now enough... let's eat now, laksh sanskar, come before 5pm..." Ram says sitting on his head chair...

"Ok dad"

"Shekhar ji called sometime before asking when we are coming..." Ram says with a smile...

Sujata smiles back...

"Bhabi from when you are taking leave?" Sanskar asks looking at her..

"I was thinking that next month i will work from home... Most of the projects I have completed, my team hired a new girl. I will teach her from home only what she has to do till the time I am absent and then I will take a long leave..."

"Ok... inform me if something goes wrong... i will talk..."

"No no... sir i can do it..." ragini giggles...

Sanskar smiles... laksh stands up from his seat with his white coat and stetho...

"Ragini have you finished, lets go..."

"You don't even let me eat peacefully, i will go with dad... you go..."

"How much she will eat, and at night she will say, laksh, am i fat?" laksh mimicked under breath... Sujata slaps his head showing eyes...

"What you murmured?" ragini narrowed her eyes...

"Nothing meri jaan, i said i love my life so much... I have to go early... bye..." he pecked her forehead then pats her bump and goes out hurrying...

"Bhabi why don't you come with me..."

"No, all will stare seeing me coming in Ceo's car... I don't want that..."

"Fine... mom i am going..." he pecked her cheek and went out... "see you in office mrs maheshwary..."

"Sure sir..."

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Swara was looking at the copy sitting in the staffroom of her school where she teaches physics...

"Swara, where have you lost your phone ringing..."

She looks at her phone and it's anwesha calling...

"Han bol..." she says getting up from her chair and coming in the corridor...

"You okay right?"

"No, I am not okay... my hands and legs are shaking already... i don't want to face that disgusting guy at all..."

"Swaru, see you have to see him... and if you ask me its better you stop freaking out... see i know what he did was wrong... but he was not that bad swara..."

"You please stop it anwesha... you know right i almost lost you both for him... i don't want to fight with you at least for him..."

Anwesha sighs... "fine... khushi and me are coming in the evening... we will be there with you... just stop freaking out..."

"Really you both are coming? Thank god..."

"Yeah... i will pick you up from your school okay?"

"Fine..."

"Now bye... just do your class... everything will be okay..."

"Hmmm"

She goes back to her place...

All the other teachers were having lunch but she didn't feel like having anything...

"Hey swara... come na..." bipasha mam called her to join them...

"No no... bipasha di... I don't feel like eating anything..."

"Why what happened... you okay..."

"Yeah... just small headache"

"Ok..." they smile and again engross themselves... swara sits there thinking about the past incident...

His father was a police commissioner who recently retired... her parents were very strict from her childhood, maybe because she was a police commissioner daughter... she was an easy target for her father's enemy... but they let her spread her wings after a particular time... when she joined college...

She completed her schooling in all girl's school... and then in coed college physics honours(calcutta university), msc is also there and then now doing Phd... with that she joined in school as teacher... her parents are proud of her... she knows... she fears her father very much... now also... his saying is the final verdict in her family...

After 12th when her father gifted her phone, the 1st thing she did was to open a facebook account... all were waiting for results... in between this time they joined some extra curricular courses...

In school they had a big girl circle, the closest was anwesha khushi and then punam... Punam was the particular girl who had a boyfriend from 9th standard... 1st it was some Sagnik...

In our life we come to know about those particular topics from our friends... today's generation is way advanced but the 90's kids were not aware of those topics even in their highschool specially the indian... school teachers were not very comfortable talking about the topics which are in the biology book then forget about other things... so friends would be the teacher of those things... whatever it is, the code languages and other things...

In swara's group it was punam and anwesha... they knew many things which make swara and khushi all red... both were naive about those things... punam was way bold...

So after 11 swara asked about sagnik and punam started to cry... she was flabbergasted... she comes to know from anwesha that she broke up with him... and also she is now dating another boy... sanskar maheshwary...

Swara rolled her eyes, she was not that much interested... she was never close with punam that much, it was always like she khushi anwesha is a team and she is the odd one... whatever it was after school punam starts to distance herself from them... she got admission in other college and portray herself she is the most busy person in the world... Meanwhile, Anwesha and khushi got one one boyfriend... khushi's arnav and anwesha's samar... khushi got quite busy with arnav and anwesha with samar... and when they three met anwesha and khushi used to talk about their boyfriends only... arnav is like that samar did that... swara felt herself left out and also thought that boyfriend is a very attractive thing... they used to come to take khushi and anwesha... she felt they are cute... their nok jhok... she wished she also had a boyfriend...

And then one day samar comes to take anwesha with his best friend sanskar maheshwari... swara didn't talk much, just gave formal hi to samar and took leave from anwesha... next day it was her birthday...

She was enjoying her birthday with her family and friends... She opens her mobile at night before dinner and she starts to reply to all who have wished her for her birthday whether it is dm or in timeline...

After dinner she was chatting with her friends on messenger and suddenly a message came...

"You welcome, how was your day..."

Swara frowns and opens the chat and it was from some sanskar maheshwary...

She 1st see his profile... then she remembers he is samar's best friend...

"It was good..."

"So what are you doing now..."

"Nothing just chatting with friends..."

"Oh... you know me right?"

"Yeah you came with samar yesterday..."

"No... you don't know me apart from that?"

"No... why are you famous or something?"

"No its ok... good night..."

"Good night..."

She says bye and keeps her phone aside...

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It was evening...

"Khushi beta... anwesha beta... do hurry they are coming in 5 minutes..." sharmishta shouts from downstairs

"Ji aunty..."

Both shouts and looks at swara...

"Yaar... i am not going to meet him..."

"Look swara, you have to go there anyway so please... make yourself up..." anwesha says holding her shoulder...

"They will ask her to talk to him personally..." khushi says biting her nails... "do one thing keep a pen knife with you..."

"Stop freaking her out..." anwesha scolds... "swara listen just talk to him with confidence... ask him to back out... that's it..."

"And if he tries to do something then shout immediately..."

"Khushi please yaar..."

Swara looks at his hand... "i... i feel disgusted when i know he is around me... those messages"

"Be strong swara... it's okay..." khushi says rubbing her shoulder... "just relax..."

Swara hugs her... "i don't want to meet him at all... you know what its all your fault..."

She says turning the other side...

"Hi" all looks at the door, a beautiful girl with green anarkali standing there...

"Hi" all say awkwardly not knowing who she is...

"I am ragini... sanskar's bhabhi..." Ragini says with a smile... all notice her baby bump...

"Oh you are having your little one there... come sit..." khushi says with a smile...

"Thank you..." ragini says happily then goes to swara...

"Aww... you look beautiful..." she says cupping her face...

Swara smiles nervously...

"Lets go... aunty ji was coming i said i will come... by the way who are you both..."

"I am khushi and she is anwesha, swara's best friend..."

"Oh... nice to meet you both... let's go down then..."

"Yeah..." khushi says, holding swara's hand...

Anwesha pushed her a little as she was not moving a inch...

"Relax babe..."

Sanskar looks up and takes some suffering breath looking at swara looking beautiful in peach coloured anarkali... his eyes move to her side after some seconds and notice khushi throwing daggers at him... he looks at the other side anwesha whose whole focus is on swara...

"Swara beta come here..." shekhar says and makes her sit beside him...

"Ramprasad ji... this is my princess... my swara..."

Swara puts her hand together looking at all... she didn't even spare a glance at Sanskar but she feels that he is looking at her only...

As usual all are chatting... shekhar asks sanskar about him... sujata also talk with swara asking about her... swara just says a monosyllabic answer...

"Shekhar ji... if you don't mind let's leave the kids sometime on their own so they can interact freely..."

Swara gulps and looks at her saviours... Anwesha blinks her eyes assuring her...

"Ji... no issues... swara go with sanskar to the garden..." swara nodes still looking at her friends...

Sanskar stands up after her and silently goes behind her... when they are out of the side of elders, she marches towards the garden...

She rubs her sweaty palm against her dress...

"How are you swara..." Sanskar says standing behind at a safe distance... swara turns to him

"Can't you see how i am... and you know what i was very good until you and your family sent this proposal here..."

Sanskar stays silent...

"I am surprised that you came here for this meeting... how could you..."

He still remains silent...

"Look sanskar...(she takes a deep sigh) just say no for this alliance and we will be in peace like we were before... no crossing path of eachother... even forget the existence of each other in this vast world"

"No" Sanskar says looking at her... swara looks at him with wide eyes...

"I can't do that swara... I won't..." sanskar says taking one step ahead... swara quickly steps back... he stops looking at that...

"Why are you doing this..."

"I... i don't know if you will believe me or not... i... i love you..."

"Don't... don't say about love from your dirty mouth..."

Sanskar closes his eyes...

"If you want you can do anything to stop this marriage... but from my side... i won't do anything to stop it..."

He says with a calm voice...

"Don't make me hate you more sanskar please..."

"I am not doing anything swara... your picture came in my house I selected you... I want you in my life as my life partner..." swara looks away feeling disgusted listening to his words...

"If you hate me... or don't want to marry then you can do whatever you want... you can refuse you can do anything... but i won't deny to marry you..."

"You know what... you are the same disgusting creature... just like you were 9years before..."

"I am not... believe me I am not... I am sorry for whatever I made you feel at that time... but in all these years i loved you only... i..."

"Just stop... I know what you think about your so-called love... and whatever you did to portray yourself as the sweetest guy ever in front of my father, let me tell you I will pull out your all goody boy mask soon..."

"I said right you can do anything swara... but i won't do anything to stop this marriage..."

"Swara..." khushi called standing at the door...

Swara was about to run towards her but stopped listening to him again...

"You said swara... you will give me one chance... you said you will accept me if i change..."

"Your type of guy can never change..."

Sanskar sighs... swara goes to khushi...

He comes into the hall and his parents look at him... he nodes looking at them... ram prasad maheshwari smiles...

"Shekhar Ji... hamari taraf se han hain... we will wait for your call..."

Sujata smiles broadly... ragini also...

Shekhar nodes with a smile feeling happy...

"Ji... we will contact soon..."

Ragini goes to swara and cups her face... "me and my champ will wait for you..." she says happily... "You know I made a long list of what we will do together..."

Swara just faked a smile...

"Ragu... don't scare her..." laksh teased her holding her shoulder... ragini elbowed his stomach...

"Thik hai shekhar ji... now we will leave... we will wait for your call then..."

"Ji... we will surely contact you as soon as possible..."

"Ji... namaste..."

All stand up folding hands to leave... Sanskar looks at swara for the last time and then goes away...

Shekhar and Sharmistha come out to see them off...

"Swara... did you talk?" Anwesha asked, holding her hand...

"He said no..." swara says fuming... then soon her eyes fills with tears...

"See i told you..." khushi said to anwesha...

Anwesha looks at swara... "yaar stop crying..."

"How will I tell papa... he has such a high misconception..."

"Swara..."

All looks back... shekhar comes to her...

"I said right that they are very good..."

Khushi and anwesha look at each other...

"Umm uncle... swara is still reading... if they don't like it..."

"Arey no no... beta... ragini... his sister in law... she is doing a job... she is in sanskar's office only..." shekhar smiles...

"Papa... i don't like him much..."

"Why? I mean see swara... I have been searching for your marriage proposal for the past six month... either they have a problem with your work or for me... you see i was ex police commissioner they believe that i have many enemies and all... then when pandit ji approached with sanskar's proposal i literally stock him for one month... he is a very good guy... did her higher study in america... and now within 3 years he is having his own office... which is one of the top companies in whole india... his character is also good beta... i think you should think about it more... they are good..."

Swara looks down... shekhar cups her face... "you will think right?"

"Ji papa" swara smiles...

"Okay... tell me within 7days ok... i will expect a good answer from you..." he pats her cheek then kisses her forehead...

"Anwesha, khushi... i have talked to sushmita ji and sharbani ji... you both will stay here... and tomorrow is sunday... so both of you will go after lunch only okay..." sharmishta smiles at them...

"Ji aunty..." both smiles back...

"And make her understand... you both see right how good they were..."

"Ji aunty..." they smiled tightly... "we are going upstairs..."

They drag swara away...

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It was night...

"Sanskar was always like this... i didn't like that guy at all from the beginning..." khushi says sleeping on anwesha's stomach... swara is pacing around the room... "he even tried to spoil my arnav also..."

Anwesha pushed her head away from her stomach and sat...

"Aowww" khushi rubs her head... anwesha points her finger at her, "stop saying this khushi... we have discussed enough about this... you and i both know sanskar was not behind it entirely... and arnav himself confessed it..."

Khushi looks away...

"Will you guys stop... can't you see my situation..." swara sits hiding her face in her hand... "did you hear what papa told... how can i disappoint him... last month he had a minor attack... I know he was tense about my marriage... and i don't know now what to do..."

Both anwesha and khushi hugged her...

"I said right... now i am saying again... you will see this marriage will happen for sure..." she cried...

"Why can't you tell aunty about it..."

"I can't... i am afraid..."

Trio sit like that...

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Swara...

"Hey sanskar... what are you doing here..." swara asked with a smile sitting on her scooty waiting for the signal to become green again...

"I just saw you... so i thought to talk to you..."

"Oh... I am going to college..." swara smiles...

"I know... i was thinking... are you free at evening..."

"Han... why?"

"Great... will you come with me to the coffee house..."

"No sanskar... you know my parents... papa is very strict... they only allow me with khush and anwe..."

"Oh... can't you say something... lie..."

Swara widened her eyes...

"No sanskar... I don't lie to them... and you know the whole police department knows me... i can't..."

"Hmmm... but..."

"Oh... see, the signal is green... I am going bye..." swara smiles and goes away...

"Damn it..." sanskar cursed...

"Hey sanskar..."

"Samar... buddy... i am so frustrated... help me yaar..."

"What happened... let's go to the tea stall..."

"Yaar... swara... did you see how dhruv was hitting her last night..."

"Han yaar... i was trying to call you..." he forward one cigarette...

"I broke it in anger... no yaar... mom somehow understood i am taking cigarettes... she was upset..."

"Arey... leave it na bro... moms are like this only... they will do this emotional blackmail... actually they couldn't do fun in life so they stop us also... you take na... your frustration will also reduce..."

"Hmmm" sanskar with disturbed face take it...

"You like her right... she is hot..."

"Samar..." Sanskar gritted...

"Oh ho... itni garmi... you like her a lot..."

"Yaar..."

"Why don't you propose to her..."

"Are you mad... propose to her? I don't think she is ready... nor am i..."

"What's there to be ready bro... and girls are always ready... didn't you see poonam... they are friends... she is like that only..."

"Don't say that yaar... swara is much innocent... she is not like that... she won't leave me i know..."

"Arey yaar... just enjoy for now... don't think much... i know how you enjoy with poonam..."

"Stop it yaar... don't take her name... and i am saying again don't compare swara with her..."

"Chill yaar... you just propose to her or i am saying that dhruv will woo her..."

"No... swara... i can't let him do that... yaar everything going so good... and i don't think she is ready for a relationship..."

"Girls are always ready bro... propose her then make her ready as you want... you know right?"

"I don't know..." he said thinking deeply... "1st let me tell papa to buy me a phone..."

"Yaar your parents... don't take me wrong... but if i were you i would have give them earful"

Sanskar didn't say anything...

"Leave it yaar... you concentrate on swara and your new relationship..." samar said, punching his biceps...

Sanskar washed his face with water looking at the mirror... if he knew the true meaning of relationship then it would have been much different...

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