The Reunion Party

~Meeting after years~

Happy reading.

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"Kuch nahi hoga Monami, tu kar sakti hai yeh, tujhe koi farak nahi padta ki woh yaha hoga yaa nahi, tu yaha uske liye nahi aayi hai..." Monami repeated the lines to herself for the nth time.

Ever since Sid had told her about the invitation they had received from the Parakram Academy about the reunion party they wished to hold for the first batch of civilians they had trained, the memories of those two years at Parakram had started replaying in her mind, but she had made herself believe that she had moved on from everything in the past, and after a lot of persuasions and emotional blackmailing from Sid, she had agreed to accompany him to the party, she knew she could never let him down, after all, they had been with each other through all the phases of life, not only the happy ones but also the hard ones. Monami knew that she would meet many people from her past and that they would bring back many memories, but she was ready to face it, she would not let anything affect her, not even him.

"Monu bro, ab pura time car mein hi baithne ka plan hai kya tera..." Sid opened the door of the car, thus breaking Monami's chain of thoughts, "Chal yaar, ab aur wait nahi ho raha mujhse, itne saalon baad Ms. Tattoo ko dekhunga..." his smile faded for a moment as he thought about Sanjana, "Ab tak toh, woh Ms. se Mrs. bhi ban gayi hogi..." she felt sad seeing Sid like this, those two years in the academy had not only changed her life, but his also, "Chal naa bro, itne saalon baad kisi party mein aaye hai, aaj toh enjoy karna banta hai bro, chal ab..." he said and as always, he quickly hid his sadness behind his charming smile and held Monami's hand pulling her out of the car.

She followed him with a smile, no matter what happened in life, these two were always going to be there for each other.

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"Baar-baar darwaze ko dekhne se woh jaldi nahi aa jayegi..." Faizi stood beside Karan, "Aur shayad yeh bhi ho sakta hai ki woh aaye hi naa..." he took a sip from his drink as he observed Karan's expressions change from hopeful to doubtful.

"Tujhe kitni baar kaha hai jyada socha mat kar, main Monami ka wait nahi kar raha hu..." Karan once again tried his best to mask his emotions, he did not want anyone to know that she still affected him the same way she did years ago, "Mujhe koi farak nahi padta woh yaha aaye yaa naa aaye..." he said with a determined look but was surprised as he saw Faizi smiling at him, "Ab aise smile kyu raha hai..."

"Smile naa kare toh aur kya kare..." Faizi kept the glass in his hand on the counter and turned to Karan, "Humne toh Monami ka naam bhi nahi liya aur tujhe pata chal gaya ki hum uske baare mein baat kar rahe hai, aur bhi kayi log nahi aaye hai abhi tak party mein par tumne uska hi naam liya..." Karan did not know what to say, "Zubaan par usi ka naam aata hai jo dil mein hota hai, maan le Karan, tere dil mein aaj bhi Monami hi hai..." Faizi patted on Karan's shoulder and walked towards Koel who was talking to Suman ji and Chitra, leaving Karan lost in thoughts.

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"Kafi time ho gaya naa..." Faizi's voice caught the attention of the ladies, Suman ji and Chitra signed to each other and walked away after greeting Faizi. Koel too wished to walk away, but she knew it was not an option she had, now that he was standing right in front of her, "Kya hua chup kyu ho, hume pehchaana nahi, yaad nahi hum tumhe..." he said and Koel's felt a sharp pain in her heart, hearing his words, she had hurt him a lot.

"Aisa kuch nahi hai bas samajh nahi aa raha kya kahu..." Koel spoke hesitantly.

"Sach bolne ki koshish karna, shayad is baar kisika dil na tute..." Faizi said and walked away.