It's been 3 days sana talked to rita ji. Well now she was her maa. She called her at least twice a day and when she didn't rita ji used to call. Sana was behaving like a little girl and used to tell about her day and all that happen to rita ji on phone. There was a bounce in sana's movement. She was happy and relax and this didn't go unnoticed by anu. She wondered what had happened to sana all of a sudden. Since she ran from the music room the other day she had been behaving differently. Anu wanted to ask her the reason but decided against it as she didn't wanted to make her conscious about it and let her be happy, whatever the reason was, it didn't matter until sana is happy. But now she need to bring some love in her life. And for that there was one person whom she gave the responsibility but she only got to know that trip had been postpone for 3 days.

On the other hand, sidharth was tensed as he didn't know what kushal has done. Whenever he asked him he used to say ' are bhai tension mat le sab set hai. Tu bas bags pack kar aur jane ki tayari kar'. But kushal had informed him that trip had been postponed for 3 days so now 5 days were left for the trip. Only sidharth knew how would he spend these 5 days.

And to increase his stress anu was there whose calls sid avoided but today wasn't his day.

"Mr. Sidharth shukla if you don't want me to come up and throw you out of the window of whatever floor you are at come down to the parking lot of your office right now." Said a very angry anu over phone which he picked up without seeing the caller ID and obviously regretted. Saying so she hung up the phone without waiting for his reply.

After 10 mins sidharth came down and saw anu roaming in the parking lot and is all red in face.

"Hi" sid said hesitantly.

"Hi hello jaye bhad me. Maine tumse ek kam karne ko kaha tha aur tum vo bhi nhi kar paye. No no actually kiya na tumne, hamari trip ko postpone, right." Anu Ranted angrily.

"Shant hoja meri maa. Sab ho gaya hai. Postpone karna pada yaar zaroori tha." Sid said wishing she would not ask the plan kyunki bechare ko khud nahi pata.

"Kya ho gaya hai. You better tell me what's your plan. Maine ab aur wait nahi karna. Jab dekho sab ho gaya sab ho gaya lagake rakhte ho. Ajj to janke hi jaungi." Anu said determine and sidharth panicked.

"Yaar kya farak padta..." Sid was interrupted by anu.

"Don't make any excuses mr. Jane bina to mai jaungi nahi aur na hi tumhe jane dungi. Samjhe tum." Anu said crossing her hands on her chest.

Sid looked at her weighted his options of telling and not telling. He knew he was stuck and telling is the better option. So he decided to tell.

"Okay I have no idea what's the reason of trip being postponed and what arrangements are made to help us. Bas itna pata hai sab ho gaya hai aur 5 din bad hume jana hai." Sid said honestly.

"What does that means?" Anu asked.

"Okay plz don't be mad at me. I asked for help from a friend of mine and he did all the arrangements and he had not told me anything just ki everything is done better than I wanted." Sid told anu.

"Now there's one more person who knows about her condition." Anu asked.

"Umm...Actually two people." Sid said rubbing his back of neck.

"Tum ek kam kyun nahi karte loud speaker lo aur jake chaurahe pe khare hokar chilla chilla ke poori dunia ko hi bata do. Matlb yaar seriously maine tumhe help ke lie poocha because you love her aur tum. Uski personal life ke bare mein batane se pehele ek baar poochna zaroori nahi samjha. This is not done." Anu said and looked away.

"Hey..hey..Listen to me plz. My friends kushal and vikas are more than my brothers. They mean no harm to her. Infact they are happy that I have fallen in love with someone. Like you are with her in all her times they were with me. Yeah I should have told you before and I am sorry I didn't but trust me they are very good people." Sidharth tried to convince anu.

"See sidharth she means a lot to me. Anything wrong with her, I can't tolerate. I want to know what you guys are up to if you want me to trust you and continue in this with you." Anu said calmly.

Sidharth sighed and nodded understanding. He called kushal and asked him to come to the office.

"Let's go to my office and wait. He will be here in 15-20 mins." Sidharth said and anu nodded. They both went to his office to wait for kushal. He came after 15 mins to sidharth's office.

"Sup bro. Why called so urgent. Ohh...Hey ..I am kushal and you are..." Kushal asked entering the cabin and then diverting his attention to anu who was well looking, no actually staring at him. She came back to the earth by his voice.

"Uhh...I am anushka. And hello" anu said in low sweet tone. Sid was amazed to see this. This girl few minutes back was shouting like hell and now behaving sweet suddenly. They both were holding each other's hand and were looking in each other's eyes. They came back with Sid's cough.

"Agar app dono ka akhoon hi akhon mein kho jane ka session poora ho gaya ho to age bade." Sid teased Turing them red in embarrassment.

" Han..Han bata kyun bulaya." Kushal fumbled taking his seat.

"This is anushka, shehnaaz's friend. She wanted to know what have you done regarding the trip." Sid told kushal who 1st looked at anu and then sid.

"Are yaar tujhe bola na sab ho gaya kyun tension le raha hai."  Kushal whined.

"Oohh...Hello mister, this is my best friend for whom we are doing all this. To chup chap bolo kya kia nahi to dafa ho jao tum bhi aur apne is dost ko bol do deal cancel." Anu said pointing at sid. Well kushal was stunned by the sudden change in the tone of anu. He looked at sid who shrugged giving I-AM-HELPLESS wala look.

"Use kya dekh rahe ho bolooo na." Anu whined.

"Fine. Bata raha hoon." Kushal sighed. "I have a friend jiska yeh travel ka business hai. He was in a little loss but I knew he has a lot of potential in this business so I offered him a 60-40 partnership in business and he agreed. So hume contract chaiye tha thora bada aur aisa jisse publicity ho. When sid told me about the trip and the problems he was facing I asked aman, the same friend. He made a very good package and well arrangements were done according to the plan of yours, uspe bhi ata hu abhi. But the problem was ki tumhare college valo ne bookings kar di thi hotel ki. To use cancel karvaya pehele fir tumhari principle ko bhi manaya. But as ki 3/4th money hi refund hua to college vale trip cancel karne vale the. But humne unhe apne package ko unke budget jitna karke unhe bataya aur manaya. In sab mein time lag agaya aur jab sab final hua to bookings date se 5 din bad ki mili so isiliye postpone ho gaya." Kushal explained.

"Kitne ka package kitne mein diya. Sid asked in his businessman tone.

"50 ka package tha 40 mein mane." Khushal told sid. Sid nodded understanding but anu looked at them confused.

"50 40 what?" Anu asked confused.

"Lakhs?" Kushal answered not understanding why she asked.

"50 lacs and package tumne 40 lacs mein diya. Aur baki 10 lacs." Anu raised her eyebrow in question. Kushal sighed and pointed towards sid. Anu looked at sid and her eyes got wide in shock.

"You are going to pay the rest 10 lacs?" Anu asked to which sid nodded.

"Tum pagal ho, 10 lacs. It's a huge amount." Anu said in shock.

"Are baba relax. It's like an investment in new business. Partners to vaise bhi ban gaye hai. Jo bhi profit hoga uska 60% share humara hai. Aur vaise bhi kisi bhi naye venture par kuch to invest karna padta hi hai to ise bhia aisa hi samajhlo And moreover I know aman he is very good at what he do. This is gonna be a beneficial merge. Aur college trip that too famous one, publicity bhi milegi. Aur vaise bhi Shehnaaz ke lie yeh 10 lacs are nothing." Sid explained but saying the last line in whisper so that none of them heard.

Anu looked at him in shock, disbelief and awe. She smiled thinking that her best friend has a gem in her life.

"Okay so yeh sab to theek hai. Ab bata mera problem solve kaise hua." Sid asked kushal.

"Itna bhi kya utavla ho raha hai. Vahan jakar dekh lio. Abhi main chala." Kushal said and was about to get up from his place but stopped listening to Sid's threat.

"Agar tu yahan se utha to main goa mein kya hua tha vo teri mummy ko bata dunga with pictures." Sid threatened making kushal shocked. He immediately sat back on his seat and gulped hard.

"Good boy. Ab chup chap bata kya kia hai tumne. Nahi to abhi ke abhi aunty ko call kar rha hu." Sid smirked and kushal frowned.

"This is blackmail." Kushal whined to which sid only shrugged.

"Fine" kushal huffed. "Hotel ki jagah resort book kiya jisme cabins hai, islie pack mehenga hua. Anyways resort rooms kafi bade hai to 4 students in each room..." He was interrupted by sid.

"What? 4 students abe yaar tune yeh plan kiya hai. Ab baki ki 2 ladkiyo ka kya karunga main." Sidharth whined.

"Poori bat to sunle mere bhai" kushal sighed.

"Bol"

"So 4 in one room but I have arranged the things. Tum dono ka room sath mein hoga aur ekdum last mein hoga. Aur tum dono ke sath hum honge jinhe sab pata hai so don't worry." Kushal said and both sid and anu looked at him confused.

"Aisa kya kia hai tumne." Anu asked and kushal smirked.

"Maine unhe kahan for convenience and vahan koi hosh posh na ho, isiliye hum sari tayari karke jate hai and vahan jakar sirf enjoy. So jin jin students ne trip ke lie entries di thi hume, humne forms diye aur bola ki jo list hai notice board pe vo final un baccho ki hai jo trip pe jane vale hai and un sab ko 4-4 jano ka group banana hai for the whole trip, obviously college hai to boys alag girls alag. Isse sabko apne pasand ke companions bhi mil jayege aur mera kam bhi ho jayega." Kushal said.

"Ek minute mujhe aur sana ko to aisa koi form nahi mila, in fact we didn't knew about it as well." Anu said confused.

"Ab tumhe pata kaise nahi chala yeh I don't know but yeah tum dono ko forms maine janke nahi die aur na hi tum dono ka name tha list mein taki tumhe koi chune na." Kushal told anu.

"Yaar kushal mujhe kuch nahi samajh aa raha. Dhank se samjha." Sid said.

"Are...In dono ko kisine select nahi kiya to ye dono bache and fortunately baki jitne bhi the sabke groups ban gaye the to jab mujhe list di gayi maine usme in dono ke names add kiye and then tera mera vikas ka aur riya ka add karke unhe kahan yeh final list hai. Last ke 4 sponsor and uski team hai jo ki dekhna chahte hai ki investment sahi jagah kiya na to vo log bhi aayenge and will be with students only. So ab ek room mein hum tenno aur ek mein shehnaaz anushka aur riya. Aur humare rooms baju baju mein hi hai but bakiyo se thora door. Last ke ekdum do cabins humare. Dekha hun na main kamal ka. Mera koi jawab hi nahi" Kushal told straightening his collar.

"Riya bhi aa rahi hai sath. Usko kisne bola" Sid asked to kushal.

"Tujhe lagta hai aisi koi trip ho aur vo na ho." Kushal answered chuckling. Anu looked at them confused and a little sad as she thought riya is kushal's girlfriend.

"Riya kon?" Anu asked in low voice.

"Riya...Well she is my darling." Kushal answered smiling from ear to ear. Anu's face fell which didn't go unnoticed by sid so he thought to play cupid in this case.

"Han yeh to hai. Riya is a darling. You know anushka iske parents se iske ghar ke sare log darte hai sirf riya ko chorhke. I remember ek bar rakhi pe yeh gift lena bhool gaya usne iska kya hal kiya tha. I swear kushal agar kisi ki bat pathar ki lakeer ki tarah manta hai toh vo hai riya. Uske lie yeh kuch bhi kar sakta hai." Sid said smiling.

"Rakhi..Umm matlb she is your sister?" Anu asked hesitantly.

"Yeah cousin actually. Humare sath hi rehti hai bachpan se. Her parents died when she was 3. She is my princess. One who I love the most in the world." Kushal told with warmth in his eyes and anu smiled in awe.

"Anyways ab to jau bhai. Office ka kam nipatana hai 5 din mein." Kushal said getting up and hugged sid good bye and waved at anu and left the office.

"Umm...I am sorry sidharth for shouting and talking to you that way." Anu apologized to sid.

"Areh it's okay. I know you care for her a lot and trust me I adore your friendship. I am glad she have you. By the way I talked to her 4 days back I guess." Sid said grinning making anu amused.

"Yeah I called avai and she picked actually. Pehele to shocked tha but then we talked." Sid said smiling.

"You know I am also glad you are in her life. She is a gem sidharth but sabne use itna hurt kiya hai ki usne khud ko hi chupa diya hai. But you know what pichle 3 din se she is behaving differently. Matlb khush khush hai aur aisa lagta hai jo warmth pehele ati thi na usse vo vapas aa rahi hai. Mujhe reason to nahi pata and honestly poochna bhi nahi hai. Agar vo conscious ho gayi to firse pehele jaisi ho jayegi. Aisi acchi lagti hai." Anu said smiling.

"Achanak se. Kuch to hua hoga na." Sid said getting curious.

"Don't know. You remember jab main live chali gayi thi when she was singing, uske bad vo bohot gusse mein gayi thi but jab sham ko lauti to ekdum normal, normal mein vo shant sana nahi balki pehele khush aur positive rehene vali jo kho gayi thi, vo vali. It was so good to see her like that ki kuch poochne ka man nahi kya." Anu said and sid nodded.

"I wish main bhi dekh pata." Sid numbered to himself but anu heard.

"Uhhh...I guess ab mujhe nikalna chahiye." Anu said getting up. She hugged him good bye and was about to leave the cabin but halted at the door listening to sid.

"Vaise kushal single hai." Sid told keeping a poker face but this made anu blush. She went out without replying but came back a minute later and peeked in the cabin.

"Vaise tumhe sana ko dekhne ka intezaam main kar dungi. Rat ko 10 baje video call." Anu said and rushed outside without waiting for the answer leaving a smiling and blushing sidharth behind.

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Hmmmm....So this is the longest I guess I have written. Ab agle part se lets being the trip and mission heal sana.

Anu and kushal are being Cupids for sidnaaz to unki bhi gadi age badhayenge. What say?

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