My Journey - A Left Right Left Story

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8th December, 2006.

After the conference faculty was informed about Major Nair and Ritu and was that a major shock for them. Suri ji and Lolita ma'am were given the task to tell the cadets about it. And that was fun. On the other hand people were a lot more welcoming of Naveen. 

Now a week later everything is back to normal. Drills were more fun now. Everyone genuinely started to respect Naveen and he got his own fanbase too. He also serves as an excellent distraction for Rajveer. For the past week he has only asked me (and others) about my day or just chat with me after meetings.    

Anyways higher authorities decided to hold Nair's trial at KMA and given the wacky stuff that has happened they also decided to give us an early vacation starting tomorrow till January 6th. Taking advantage of this Rajveer, Abhimanyu and Gunny decided to throw a welcome back dinner for Naveen today. Doc, Suri ji, Lolita ma'am and of course the super six were invited. Which I had no clue about it.

It was during lunch that the topic for dinner was raised.

Shalini : Offo Captains aap log kaise boring jaaghey suggest kar rahe hai. Naina tumhi koi jaghey suggest karo na.

Naina (confused) : Jaaghey ?

Shalini : Offo dinner ke liye koi restaurant, cafe ya fir pub bhi chalega.

Naina : Dinner ?

Abhimanyu : Haan hum Naveen ki khidmat mai ek dinner rakh rahe hai.

Naina : Aaj ?

Gunny : Nahi kal. What's wrong with you aise behave kar rahi ho jaise tumhe pata hi na ....
Tum logo ne baataya nahi ?

Pooja : Woh sir excitement mai yeh sms bhejna hi bhul gayi.

Rajveer : Naina kya hua ? Tum chaalogi right ?

Naina : I'm so sorry Sir par main nahi aa paungi. Pehle pata hota toh...

Naveen : It's ok Naina. It is a last minute plan anyways.

I felt pretty bad for bailing but... 

Girl's Hostel :

The final classes were done for the day by 15:45 hours and everyone quickly went to their rooms to pack everything up. 

Mujhe 17:00 hoursish tak wahaan pauchnaa tha toh main pehle ready hone lagi. 

Pooja : Angry caller tu itna sona handset cover daal ke khidher jaa rahi hai. Mujhe bhi aapne saath le chaal na. 

Naina : Nope, meri ek kaafi important meeting hai. Agar sab sahi gaya toh main Parth ko ek fancy dinner ke liye le jaungi, aur agar bura gaya toh Chinese corner.

Pooja : Tu kam se kam chain se dinner toh kha paayegi. Mere naseeb mai toh itna bhi nahi hai. Pata hai woh Mogambo aur B.C. bhi ab humare saath chaal rahe hai. Fun ki magne fancy jaghe jana padega. 

Naina : Well at least tum logo ko future events ki practice is ho jayegi.

Pooja : Yaar Naina tu meri dost hai na, please mujhe aapne saath le chaal. Main chup rahungi kuch nahi bolungi. Rohit ki kasam.

Naina : Nahi.

Pooja : Par

Naina : Nope

Pooja : Parrrrrrrrr..

Naina : Nahi.

Pooja : Pa..

Naina (very seriously) : Look yeh ek kaffi important meeting, almost all companies are scrambling for this deal and I need, need to get it.Besides yeh roughly 2 ghante ki meeting hai.

Pooja (a bit scared) : 2 ghante ki meeting ?? Tujhe hi mubarak ho. Aur best of luck.

Naina : Yep, thanks. 

Pooja : Par tune toh Ananya ko CEO banna diya tha na ? Fir tu kyun... ???

Naina : Plan toh wahi tha par Ananya ne Dad ko meri chugli kar di...Apparently she's very happy with her current job and does not want a promotion. 

Waise tum log ja kahan rahe ho ?

Pooja : Pata nahi, bus kaha ki we should be nicely dressed.  

Par tu bata yeh Parth kaun hai ? Handsome hai kya ? Aur tum log kahan ja rahe ho ? Tu usse date par le ja rahi hai ?

Naina : Parth mera dost aur colleague hai. Yes he is handsome. Humari meeting Rosé Hotel ke lounge mai hai. Aur nahi hum date par nahi ja rahe hai.

Pooja : Yeh wahi hai na jisske baare mai uss din Ananya keh rahi thi?

Naina : Haan. Tumhe ab bhi yaad hai ?

Pooja : Wo naatak kon bhulega. Wesse, teri  watch baari soni hai. Kahaan se li ?

Naina (smiling) : Birthday gift hai.

Pooja : Kissne di ?

Naina : Raj....ummm...Jaldi hai mujhe nikaal na chaiye. Mera matlab hai ki mujhe jaldi nikaal na chaiye.

Pooja (shocked) : Shahrukh ne... Shahrukh ne kab ? Naina ? Nainaaa...

Restaurant (third person pov) :

The KMA group took three cars. One car had Abhimanyu, Naveen, B.C. and Moganmo, the second car had Gunny, Shalini, Suri ji and Lolita ma'am and the third car had Rajveer and the cadets. They had just given their cars to the valet and waiting for their table when,  

Yudi (accidentally blurting out) : Hey isn't that Naina ? 

And sure there was Naina in a grey suits with a white button down with her hair done in a side braid, wearing only a watch and very minimal makeup. Standing and talking with a bunch of guys in suits.

Pooja : Aalekh in mai se Parth kaun hai ?

Aalekh : Black suit, blue shirt.

Pooja (dreamily) : Yaar, yeh toh waqi mai kaffi handsome hai.

Huda : Arre Punjaban, Qadi yeh Parth kaun hai ?

Yudi : Yeh wahi hai na jis ke barre mai Anaya bol rahi thi ?

Aalekh & Pooja : Haan.

Ali : Par yeh yahaan kyun hai ?

Aalekh : Woh Naina ki koi important meeting thi yahaan ke lounge mai.

Pooja : Aur usske baad Naina Parth ko dinner par le ja raha tha, hai ?

Yudi : Like a date ?

Aalekh (sharply) : Nope.

Pooja : Haan wo Naina keh toh rahi thi ki yeh date nahi hai.

Abhimanyu : Par Naina ne toh Anyana ko...

Aalekh : Uss yedi ne Naina ke baap ko chugli kar di.

Inki iss conversation mai baki 2 logo ki car aagayi thi, they shook hands and drove off. The moment their car was out of sight Naina had the biggest grins on her face and Parth just swept her up in a hug.