DESTINED("never together")

The taste of reality!!

Varun………….
There was a loud scream, her mom who was asleep woke up, tensed looking at her daughter, she tried soothing her, she slowly opens her eyes and finds her mom patting her and kissing her forehead.
Not again….
Maa, I keep getting weird dreams and its really disturbing, none of these people have ever passed my way ,but I feel connected to them,in most of the dreams I have heard to two of the characters having mine and Neel's name but there's also another girl in this,but i dont remember her name.
After hearing that her mom was a little worried,she tells her to sleep  and thinks of taking her to a psychiatrist, the night was spent with weird thoughts running around,meanwhile she wakes up gets ready to school, her mom drops her to school to make sure her daughter is safe,after dropping her she meets her friend and tells her all about Shikha's weird assumptions to her surprise her friend also complains of the same, that her son gets weird dreams often.
Both of them look soo confused and clueless, they return to their apartment and part ways.

Scene 2
Hey did you complete math assignment????
He throws a chalk at her, she grins, I know you haven’t completed your assignment and I’m not helping you this time you don’t support me or take me to your guitar classes, why should I help you, Moreover Maya would be helping you I guess..

No she hasn’t come today, help me this time , I’ll buy you your favorite ice cream while going back home.
She smiles at him and nods, few glances exchanged. She was all red!!

Neel seemed worried, but shikha  looked all happy looking at that desk.
Wow!!! It was my dream to see Maya scoot off and she made it easy for me, hate that bitch she took away my credits and Neel’s attention.
Everyone in class were worried for Maya, she had disappeared without leaving a clue and none knew where she was ,some made rumors and enjoyed it but few were genuinely worried. Finally it was the most awaited day of 10th graders, “The class photoshoot “, and all the 10th graders were excited about this, but there was one girl missing, that was none other than Maya, Neel looked a little dull but Shikha stood next to him, he smiled ,she blushed standing very close she pulls his tie and they have an eye contact which had locked them for a minute, for once both of them realised that ,there photoshoot was done right and then they dispersed.

Days passed they received their photoshoot pictures, she notices a guy next to her ,who was damn cute, with an amazing personality, staring at her as though he seemed to be jealous ..
Lot’s of questions were running in her head, by then she finds Neel all sad and it was high time ,he collapsed ,she then takes him to the art room and asks him, if he was going to open up his feelings to her, he was all tensed,she makes him comfortable with a hug and he initiates “I gathered a lot of courage and finally gave a thought on unleashing my feelings to her, but destiny has its plan, she isn’t here now, everyday I pass by the Bakery which is right next to her home and my bad the door is remains shut everytime.
I miss her a lot!!”

Neel’s pain was seen, but there was an unusual pain felt by her when he spoke...
I can’t see u breakdown like this, according to rumors she left school as her dad transferred to Darjeeling..
Neel couldn’t digest it soo easily, he immediately rushed to his teacher leaving behind shikha and he asks her about Maya, for his bad luck he hears the same, he goes home late wondering if she was fine, would she ever come back ,did she ever feel the same towards me, will she ever remember me, will she recognize me if we ever met ,what if I wasn’t the one she looked for, these thoughts had engulfed him…

He reached home got freshened up finished all his assignments and guitar practice, he was lost in her thoughts, he couldn’t convey his feelings or give the sketches to her though he loved her for 3 years, his books were filled with her sketches, she lived not only in his thoughts but also in his interests, any event held in school he took her pictures ,he had composed a song for her and was trying to figure out the tune, by then Shikha enters his room, she peeps in and sees Maya’s sketch, she then realizes how serious he was, she hugs him and cries on his shoulder, he soothes her with tears, I love her and I really hope she remembers me atleast, she pats him and leaves his place, he goes to bed after 10-15mins…

The day wasn’t good for him, everything around him seemed to move but he was stuck in her thoughts, he then recalls that Jumka which played the major role, he wakes up and finds if the jumka was safe in his draw , he then found his b'day photos in which he and Shikha were holdings hands and posing crazily during their 6th grade, for his surprise Shikha also wore the same jumka which he had.

Astonished looking at the pictures, he then recalls of Shikha loosing her jumka on annual day function of 7th grade.
Next day morning he asks her ,if this was her jumka which was lost, there was a scream and she was on cloud nine after seeing it, she jumps over him and hugs him.

Wait it’s all messed up, I thought it was Maya’s jumka because it was fallen next to her, she then explains him the scenario, thats when Neel realises that, the girl with those jumkas, and her dance wasn’t Maya's but it was Shikha's, she further add’s on, I danced covering my face with dupatta and Maya performed right after my event and you turned out to be a dumbo I had to search you every where, because you had disappeared after my performance.

Listening to that he was awe struck ,totally confused his voice becomes more curious then what about those sketches which was found in Maya’s desk?

Listen Neel I had to tell you this back then but I thought you would have realised it on your own, that day I kept quite so that I dont  snatch your happiness !!

Neel, we (Shikha & Maya) were benchmates, I had sketched your picture to gift it on your b’day but it no more remained as a surprise because of your stupid friend, this had drained out my excitement, but the worse thing was after I heard what you spoke, you spoke something that blew me away , how could you ask Maya if she had done those sketches, I felt all efforts were in vain,I broke down!!

By then his eyes were partially filled with tears, he then opens up, "Shikha do you remember before 6months, I had performed in a promotional event and it wasn’t my composition it was Maya’s she had kept the lyrics sheet in my locker with a message in it, “Let this secret remain with you, I want you to grow beyond your thoughts”.

Hearing all this Shikha yells at Neel,        " what’s wrong with you Neel, how could you give her away all my credits, it was my composition and I asked her to keep it in your locker because I was busy with music classes, you again assumed it to be her how could you, I agree I never told you anything openly but I  knew you would know the true 1 behind all this, it's totally unfair Neel, all this while you kept assuming me to be Maya, this is soo unfair Neel I never expected that you wouldn't recognize me,else I would have confronted you regarding this back then, all depressed she walks away..

Neel was totally messed up, he was happy that he fell in love but it turned out to be the biggest blunder ever.

He storms away, it was the most toughest thing he had ever faced he could possibly lose her incase he told her, that it was her whom he fell in love with, she was the only girl in his life whom he loved the most and he had misinterpreted it to be Maya.

The next day, that cute guy approaches Shikha ,he asks her to help him with the lyrics and a particular tune, she agrees and they start working on it, they sit on the bench facing opposite to each other, she soon finds him sensible and amazing!! she feels good spending time with him, they proceed with normal conversation and get to know more about each other, by then Neel on the other corner of the class sitting on the last desk kept staring at her, he then makes a move towards her, pulls her out of the room pushes her towards the wall, looks deep into her eyes, she was all red, she makes an effort to look into his eyes, he grabs her waist and  …..