PRESENCE - MAKES YOU OR BREAKS YOU

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Darshan opens the door and he's shocked , shweta looks at him and his expression makes her laugh . She laughs and as he doesn't move from the doorway , she pushes him through his shoulder and gets inside

Shweta - morning , actually I thought you must be sleeping but then thought that no you would be having one more sleepless night . And I guess I was right , but ( she turns and sees that he is still standing at the doorstep ) darsh , it's your house you can get in ( darsh close the door as he hears her ) , okay so tell me from where to start with , like you were right I know how to play guitar and saxophone but I know how to play just one song on saxophone , you remember that song from aradhana ROOP TERA MASTANA , actually I just love that song , so I just learnt it . But ( she looks at him ) what happened to you , like why are you reacting like you saw some ghost

Darsh - what are you doing here ?

Shweta - I guess you are very bad at remembering things . Last night you told me na , to come here and we will start with jammin . Don't tell me you were fooling me

Darsh - you aren't mad at me ?

Shweta - for

Darsh - I'm sorry shweta , for whatever happe...

Shweta cut him in mid - are you guilty for what you did

Darsh - no

Shweta - if you aren't guilty then why are you sorry , and Mr.Raval I just wish I had that moment captured because I would have loved to make your fangirls jealous . I swear , you are so cute

She pulls his cheeks and slowly places her lips on his right cheek . Darshan's breath stopped , he felt goosebumps all over his body . He is standing still , shweta move back , smile and get inside his studio . Kri sees all this , and as shweta moves he bursts into pearls of laughter , he walks towards darshan , puts his one hand on his shoulder and between his laughter he speaks up ,

Kri - she's the first girl to take your breath away , to make your knees weak and most importantly to make you silent . Just look at you , oh god . I just love her

Darsh punched him in his stomach - shut up , ( Kri spell up , ' ooch , abhi se jealousy ' ) what's wrong with her

Kri - I guess everything is fine now , just look at her smile ( darsh shoots him death glares )

Darsh ignores him and gets inside the studio , as he gets in she starts

Shweta - so much scrap , how you work here . Just give me five minutes I'll clean this mess

She bends but Darsh grabs her by her elbow .

Darsh - what's wrong with you ?

Shweta - ( she rolls her eyes ) what's wrong with me 

Darsh - what did you do outside

Shweta - oh that , just returned you what you gave me last night

Darsh - you do know right you are not behaving normal

Shweta - you mean I'm abnormal 

Darsh moves his head in disbelief - are you gonna answer my questions with answers and not another question

Shweta shrugged his hand and kept it between her palms - darsh , till now you were with a person who had locked herself in a cage after she left her dad . She thought that her dad would love it if she behaved like a good daughter and called her back . But I forgot that why would love it if his daughter changed herself . I'm trying to be myself again and you gave me that strength . I'm trying to break the shell and breathe after so many years . So you have to tolerate this girl , and I don't think you have any other option