Battle Of Love... Two Shots

part 1

“no no… I want to go there…” she says stubbornly for the umpteenth time… big fat tears are running from her adorable eyes… her parents are sitting either side of her…
“uttu… bachha… won’t you feel bad… you want to leave your mother... your mamma…” sujata tries to cajole her with her emotional talk… but her 8years old daughter is too stubborn to listen to her…
Uttara stays stubborn sobbing loudly… durgaprasad maheshwary looks at his brother and sister in law angrily… uttara is the youngest and the only daughter of maheshwary family… when he is proud father of two sons and his brother also have one son who is very sincere and intelligent among the three boys… uttara being the youngest and only sister, she is very pampered child… mainly Ramprasad has spoilt her to the core… she says one word and that thing will be near her feet in a fraction of minutes… though he never tolerate this kind of behaviour at all but for his brother’s happiness he stay quiet all the time… he knows very much pampering make a child nothing less than a spoilt brat… its not only that uttara is the youngest and only daughter of them but uttara is the only girlchild who have taken birth in the generations of maheshwary’s… when sujata was conceived for second time then whole family expecting another son… but sujata wished for daughter… ‘jiji… why son… I have one… I want a daughter this time for myself” she squalled happily sitting beside ram…
Durgaprasad frowned: but maheshwaries never had any girlchild…
“bhaisa its not like that… it was fate that our ancestors had boys only… but I also want a daughter…” Ram declared looking at his wife with love and affection remembering about the cute girl they saw with her parents giggling happily… that father was cooing at her… that melodious giggle… why didn’t he find sanskar’s childhood giggles so melodious… may be a babygirl only giggle so melodiously… sujata was seeing the little bangles and anklets in her hands and legs it was making sounds as she was throwing her hands and legs in air happily… and soon their thoughts broken by their 7years old son runs towards them…
“yes… I also want sister… I also show that rishi my big rakhi” sanskar maheshwary said hugging her mother’s baby bump… durgaprasad frowned but didn’t said anything that time… he clearly didn’t like it breaking the rules and tradition of his ancestors… and as sujata and ram wished uttara born breaking all records of maheshwaries… and Durgaprasad noticed for this girl their tradition is breaking one by one… now this girl out of nowhere demands to stay in boarding school… but why… whats need of that… and he is afraid that his brother may agrees to it too seeing her water drama… what will all say we can’t even take care of our daughter that’s why sent her in boarding school…
“this will not work uttara… stop this now and eat your lunch… we are not sending you in boarding school” he said strictly in an arrogant tone… and uttara burst in to cry loudly… ram looks at his elder brother…
“bhaisa please…”
“then make her understand… for you both she has become this much stubborn” durgaprasad says angrily… Annapurna maheshwary is silent spectator as always…
“why my doll is crying… mom dad leave her… she will tell her bhaiyu…” 15 years old sanskar walks inside the room then scooping her in his arm he goes to his room…
In his room settling his little sister on his lap he sits on his bed… his growth is very faster than the normal boys of his school… for this at the age of 15 only he 5.5 in height having a well built body also results of regular jogging and his participation in football…
“what happened to my doll”
“I want to go boarding school…” she says looking at his face with her adorable puppy face and eyes…
“why… why my doll want to go…”
“because shona is going there too… I want to be with shona” she says with tears in eyes..
Now sanskar frowns…: who is this shona?
“she is my bestest friend… I love her sooo much… she also loves me… she always fights for me… she also help me in studies… she is bili… bilia… biliarnt…”
“Brilliant” sanskar corrected her…
“if she goes to other school then none will be there for her… none will do friendship with her…” uttara says sadly “how will she remain there” uttara asks with hiccup…
“why?” he frowned…
“because she have two mother and two father but none love them… judge said her to stay with her 1st mother and 2nd father… but they are sending her boarding school… here all tease her but she never reply if they trouble me then only she will fight… she loves me so much” uttara says what she has understood from her best friend…
Sanskar frowns a little, he understood that particular girl who is his doll’s best friend, is having a serious family issue… he felt bad but at the same time for this, that particular girl can’t drag his sister in her complicated life… he tries to make her understand in different way…
“doll… try to understand… if you protect her now then she can never come out of it… if she fight for you then she should fight for herself also right… but if you remain as her shield she can never be a brave girl… and remember you can’t stay with her all the time… through out the life”
“why?” she makes a cry face again…
“see you make your sitara(doll) marry with my Balbeer(doll) so now balbeer and sitara both staying here in my room… that way your shona also will marry… my doll also will marry… then if your shona’s husband also mock her how will she answer him back… she should stand for herself right…”
Now uttara’s little heart got afraid listening this… what if her shona marry a bad guy… she looks at her bhaiyu: bhaiyu… you marry her…
“whaattt?” sanskar asks with shock…
Uttara cups his face: han bhaiyu… you won’t mock my shona right… chalo… I will talk to mumma papa… then she will also stay in this house with me and also she don’t have to go boarding school…
She stands on bed to go out… sanskar clutch her waist and again makes her sit on his lap: no no doll… I can’t marry her now…
“why”
“cause I am not adult… if I marry her now then police will take us and beat me…”
Uttara thinks for some time: then when will you marry her…
“after… after… after 10 years… yeah then…” he says knowing his sister will not bother him now…
Uttara counts on her hand then says: promise?
Sanskar looks at her hand: only if you say you won’t want to go leaving me…
Uttara pouts then nodes reluctantly…: ok… now promise me…
“ok promise” he said without thinking that his little innocent sister having very much sharp and different kind of brain…
“and also you won’t say mom dad about it… its secret between bhaiyu and doll”
Uttara nodes happily kissing his cheeks… when sanskar takes out a happy uttara ram sujata also feels happy…
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“shona you have to go alone only… but you don’t worry… soon my bhaiyu will marry you and you will stay with me and my mumma papa… they will love you sooooo much…”
“they will love me?” swara asks with her big round eyes…
Uttara nodes…
“but… my ma baba also was married then papa bring my another mother… and my mamma also bring my another father… will your bhaiyu also bring like this?” swara asks innocently and sadly…
Uttara slaps her lips: no my bhaiyu will never do that… and you also don’t do like that… ok? Look at my mamma papa… so don’t you dare to see any other boy or befriend with them?
Swara nodes quickly… uttara warn her like big grandmother… after some seconds swara hugs uttara crying: I don’t want to go… when will your bhaiyu marry me…
Uttara’s eyes also get wet…: soon…
She doesn’t want to scare her saying 10 more years to go…
Their class teacher saw them like this and came to them: why this two angels are crying…
Uttara told her everything… class teacher feels bad… swara is class topper brilliant student… also she is adorable and cute… she thinks for some time then says: our school also have hostel… but not for small kids like you… they are for students of class 5 and onwards… but if you give me application of your problem then I can ask principal and request her to keep you in hostel… you won’t get afraid in between big girls right?
Swara nodes no… but thinks how can she say her mother for application… she will not agree… she don’t want her near her… will she agree?
Uttara gets happy she can stay with her atleast in school…
Class teacher: you bring one application from your mother tomorrow ok?
Swara nodes slowly…
Next day…
Uttara bids bye to her bhaiyu and runs towards her class to meet her best friend… she found her scribbling something in her note book… and getting sad each second…
Uttara: what happened?
Swara: mom said she had no much time for writing application… ask me to tell my teacher to print that she will sign… or I have to go boarding school only…
Uttara slaps her forehead… she also know teacher has no such time…
Uttara tries along with her but their 2nd standard knowledge is not helping…
In between class teacher came…
Uttara was thinking what to do during class… then she gets idea… she pokes swara and whispers: swara… we will go to bhaiyu and ask him to write…
Swara widen her big eyes but nodes… at recess time… their junior school and highschool is in same campus but separated by a big wall… they have to go out of the school to go there… uttara request her guard uncle very much so he took them there… uttara runs to sanskar as soon as she spot her bhaiyu…
“bhaiyu bhaiyu bhaiyu…” uttara runs to him… sanskar gets startle seeing her coming to him… he noticed the guard and sighs and soon another figure stand behind uttara hiding herself… swara peeps from her shoulder… sanskar noticed her big adorable eyes… which quickly goes back of uttara’s head… sanskar chuckles… sanskar walks to the guard and ask him to go as he can drop them back…
He nodes… rishi sanskar’s friend notice swara and frowns… sanskar holds uttara’s hand and took her to his class: what you both doing here?
Sanskar asks uttara… swara was standing behind her as usual… uttara explain him everything… sanskar looks at swara sadly… why people do this… he takes out one paper and starts to write official formal later on behalf of swara…
Sanskar finish it and looks at both: completed… swara come here…
Swara peeps from uttara’s shoulder and looked at him… sanskar again called: come…
Swara slowly comes to him… that’s when he sees her cute chubby face… looking like doll… he feels to pinch her cheek but seeing her frightened face he controlled… he gives her the paper: see here… ask your mother to sign here ok?
She nodes looking at the paper keenly… sanskar continued: don’t spoil the paper… don’t crumple or tear it ok?
She again nodes looking up… she gives him her toothy shy smile: thank you…
Sanskar smiles and pats her cheek: you welcome… now come I will drop you both… recess time almost over…
He holds uttara’s hand by one hand and by other swara’s hand… he left them in the class… uttara kiss his cheek: bye bye bhaiyu…
Sanskar smiles and gives so many kisses on her face… uttara giggles… swara smiles… he gives final glance to swara and bid them bye…
Though it was difficult but somehow swara’s class teacher and uttara makes the principal agree… swara gets one sit in hostel… she was happy being with uttara…
Sanskar last saw her that day only… afterwards he only listen her name from uttara … in class 5 when both swara and uttara joined the senior school sanskar was in his 12th… he was preparing for competitive exams only attended the practical classes and most of the times remain in home only…
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After some 12 years…
It was almost 9 when sanskar returns home exhausted… he gives small smile to his mother and sits on dinning table to have dinner…
Sujata asks some casual questions then says… sujata: beta how many months uttara will take to finish his course?
Sanskar looks at her: why mom…
“woh” sujata hesitates… “bhaisa has brought one good alliance for uttara… your papa and I said but he is saying its good alliance…”
“who?” sanskar asks in gritted tone…
“maheta’s” sujata says looking down…
“wah when he can’t spoil my life… then he is taking uttara’s life as a pawn…”
“he ask your papa whether you will get married to his daughter or uttara will get married to his son now…”
“why can’t you voice your opinion in front of him… I choose business over medical just because he promised me he will not say anything about uttara’s career… I can’t become a doctor so I encouraged my uttara to fulfil my dream… when she is doing it sacrificing all things… and after finishing course if she has to marry then when will she enjoy her life…”
“after marriage…” sujata tried to say…
“han after marriage… right… like you badima and pari bhabi enjoying… mom enjoying bachelor life is another thing ma… you very well know that… oh sorry how will you know when you also never experience this…” he gritted… “why you all have to listen him… that orthodox man..”
“bade hai wo…” sujata says trying to calm his son…
“I don’t feel so… you saw that greedy spoil brat maheta’s daughter and his son… oh god whenever I see him in party I feel to rip his head off… and uttara will marry the one whom she will choose… no argument over that…” he says standing up from his chair…
“so you marry his daughter…” they heard a voice and looks at durgaprasad maheshwary… sanskar glares at him…
“what make you think I will listen to you… I am not that 18old sanskar… you are forgetting this is 30 years old sanskar standing infront of you…” he gritted…
“whats your problem with me sanskar… see I told you to study business and see what you are today… and you think I will choose bad for you… is your adarsh bhai unhappy? Laksh also agreed for ragini… such a calm and quiet girl…”
“ok… but neither I am laksh maheshwary nor adarsh maheshwary… I want my wife of my standard… not a girl who will remain in kitchen watch daily soap do some puja satsang… producing baby and end of life…”
“what do you mean?”
“working woman… you all are pestering me for marry… I will marry a working woman only…” he smirks…
“maheshwary daughter in law doesn’t do work…”
“then forget about my marriage… and uttara will also marry of hers choice that too after 2-3 years…” he was about to go…
“then I will cut your surname and will throw you out… you are making me do this…”
Sanskar looks at him shocked… durgaprasad can do anything for making his order established…
“you know what will happen then?” he smirks… sanskar looks at Ram and sujata… sujata is crying pleading him through eyes…
“either you or uttara” durgaprasad maheshwary smiles cunningly…
“I agree” sanskar sighs… “I agree with this marriage and again I am keeping a condition… uttara will marry whom she wants… you won’t compel her” he warned…
Durgaprasad maheshwary nodes… he was never bothered about uttara… he wants his sons that include sanskar also to follow his rules and become successful like him… he didn’t deny sanskar for opening own business… he saw himself in him… same attitude which he had… ruthless arrogant knows to rule…
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“mommmmm… dadddddd… bhaiyuuuuuuuu”
Whole maheshwary family wakes up with the loud shout of their only daughter uttara’s… ram sujata comes out quickly only to see their daughter standing with full smile…
She looks at them: surrrprriiiiiseee…
She hugs ram and sujata… then she took all elder’s blessings and runs to sanskar and literally jump on him…: bhaiyuuuu…
Sanskar smiles at his crazy sister…
“you came from Delhi all alone?” he asks worriedly…
“I am big girl…” she praise herself…
At breakfast…
“sanskar I have called maheta… at evening we will go there for marriage talk… you have…” durgaprasad was cut by uttara’s horrified voice…
“marriage talk?”
all looks at her…
“what happened beta?” ram asks confusingly… uttara didn’t say anything but looks at sanskar…
“bhaiyu you didn’t say me…”
“uttara… your badepapa select a girl… and we talked yesterday night only…” sujata says knowing uttara is very much possessive about sanskar…
Uttara looks at her then nodes and again looks at sanskar…
Ram: so how is going your study…
“wo I am here for the campaign … its for 1month… day after tomorrow the campaign start ” (its my imagination… I don’t know much about medical line… I know 4and half years couse and 1 year training as junior doctor… that why it takes 5 and half year to complete MBBS…)
She said not focussing much… she was thinking something deeply… she looks at sanskar who was going… she hurriedly finish her breakfast and looks at her mother: mom… I am going to bhaiyu’s office with bhaiyu… bye…
She runs out without waiting for her mother’s answer… durgaprasad shook his head at her behaviour…
Sanskar was about to start his car when uttara hopped in on passenger seat… sanskar looks at her amused… when she looks at him tying seat belt… sanskar raise his eyebrow…
“I… I have to talk bhaiyu… its very important…”
Sanskar notice the panic in her voice… she is trying hard to keep it calm… he cups her face: doll… everything ok?
Uttara nodes no: nothing ok bhai… please can we go somewhere we can talk peacefully…
Sanskar nodes and drive away to his office… after reaching… he ordered his PA to not to allow anyone in his cabin… he locks the door and looks at his sister who is now crying… he hurried makes her seat on sofa and asks: doll… what happened… are you in any trouble?
Uttara nodes no then asks: bhaiyu… why are you agree for this marriage… you love that girl?
“what the hell… 1st of all are you crying for this marriage… but whats there to cry?” he gets highly confused now…
“no 1st you say you love her?” she says nodding vigorously holding his hand…
Sanskar looks at her: no doll… why will I love that maheta’s daughter… you know my choice… if I love her or anyone then you will know 1st right?
Uttara gets quiet after that… and drinks some water… “then why you agree for this?” she asks looking at him…
Sanskar sighs… “1st you tell me why were you crying like this?”
“bhai… how can you marry… when you promised you will marry my shona” uttara blasted the bomb on sanskar’s head…
He was numb for some moment then says: huh? What?.... come again?
“you promised bhaiyu… you said you will marry my shona…” uttara repeated…
Sanskar stands up shocked and looked at her like she has grown two horns on her head... he takes sometime before replying: are you out of mind doll… what the hell are you saying?…
“bhai you promised bhai… remember…” uttara also stands up and holds his elbow gently…
Sanskar was still looking at her with wide eyes… he remembers the incident which he for get long back…
“Have you gone nuts? You was some 8 years old uttara… I just said casually... I had to stop you so…”sanskar don’t know what to say in this situation… his mind was not working at all…
“yes I was 8 years old but you were 15 bhai… I said swara you will marry her… I know you said after 10 years but I understood we have to focus in our career… so I didn’t said anything… and now its high time to make swara your’s wife officially…” uttara says looking at him… trying put her point infront of him…
Sanskar was looking at her like she is saying some alien language that is going above his head…
“bhaiyuu..” uttara shake him by his elbow… sanskar comes in sense… he rubs his face with his palm then goes to his table and drink some water… he looks at uttara: uttara sit please…
He sits beside her: uttara… you are knowing right what you are saying? Try to understand I said that just like that… I wanted to stop you from going boarding school… I had to do something… you were being stubborn that’s why…
“but bhaiyu… swara grows up all thinking she is your wife… she made herself exactly the way you want as  your wife to be…” uttara says looking at him… “now what I will say her… you know na bhai she has a bad family problem… bhai you know they never care about swara… for once also… both create their own family and leaves her to suffer… she is only living for you… she loves you very much bhai… she has been dreaming her future with you…”
Sanskar looks at her shocked… he gulps and looks at her: you know what you are saying?
“yes bhai… from 8 years old she just know one day you will marry her and you, our family will love her to the core… you know bhai she is afraid that what if she becomes like her parents that’s why she remain 5 feet away from guys… and she always remind herself that she is yours…”
Sanskar was just looking at his sister with shocked face…: uttara...
“bhaiyu… you know how many boys has proposed her… even some days before also one of our senior doctor proposed her… and she rejected… bhaiyu you…”
“uttara… listen to me… this can’t happen doll… you think badepapa will agree… leave badepapa even mom dad will also oppose… ok leave them also uttara… how i… how could you do this uttara… I know you were small but later… even now… you are 23 years old… can you imagine what the f*ck you are saying…” he literally yells…
“bhaiyu listen…”
“no you listen… stop this shit now itself… just intrude this in your dumb head… this can’t happen… how can you let her think this all… I know you provoked her… and now you only clear her mind… keep me away from both of your madness… even what your friend is thinking… I think she needs mental checkup… I never even talked with her and she is thinking all this… this also prove that how cheap mentality girl…” sanskar was abruptly stops listening uttara’s shout…
“don’t bhai… please… don’t say any ill thing about her… I understood you don’t want her… she is not like that she will throw herself on you… may be she loves you immensely but she is neither mad nor some trash… when you don’t know her personally then why are you saying all this without knowing?” she says angrily… she can’t bear anything about her shona…
“ok… I agree so you make her understand and yourself also… now out… go from here…” sanskar gritted his teeth and looks away… for the 1st time he felt rage in himself thinking he has pampered this girl so much she has lost the ability to think rationally…
Whole day passed… at evening sanskar returns with disturbed mind and the scene in the hall makes his blood more boiled… durgaprasad maheshwary looks at him and says: see… my son has also come…
With slow steps sanskar comes forward… durgaprasad introduce him to his called partner mr maheta’s family… sanskar just nodes… he looks at the girl Mayuri maheta giving him creepy shy smile although eating him through eyes… he looks for his sister who is standing at a corner with blank sulking face… mrs maheta starts to praise her daughter in all way possible… sanskar stands there helplessly with his headache… then only mr maheta said: even it will be more good if uttara comes to us as our daughter in law…
“no…” came a instant stern reply from sanskar who got attentive when he take his sister’s name…
All looks at him perplexed… mainly the mahetas…
Mr maheta frowns: why beta… I mean it will be good na..
“no uncle… 1st of all my doll will not marry now… 2nd I have sacrificed many things for her to see her as a doctor… doctor has many duty… so a professional doctor only can understand another doctor and support her for her career… I don’t think businessman can understand this… mainly a businessman like you and your son… and as I say I sacrificed my many dreams only for her so her marriage will be decided by me… not badepapa… right badepapa?” he looks at durgaprasad who can’t help but nodes sternly looking at him…
“what do you mean sanskar we won’t support her for her career…”
“yeah just the way you support your daughter in her career… to become a sarbagunsampanna bahu… if uttara has to go at night 1am to her hospital… will you support her?”
“look sanskar… you see this days situation… girls shouldn’t stay out at night…” mrs maheta says twitching her nose… sanskar chuckles shaking his head…
“then simple aunty my doll can’t be fit in your family… and why are we discussing this you came here for your daughter’s marriage… talk about that only… my doll’s marriage will not happen now… when it will happen I will definitely invite you…” he smiles…
Mahetas also smiles glancing at each other where mr maheta signals mrs maheta and his son to keep quiet…
That day went like this…
When they were leaving mayuri comes to him with a smile and softly says: if you want to meet me then we can meet…
Sanskar gives her tight smiles: no thanks I don’t want to go to any mandir for satsang…
He said reminding her mother says that only… she is so much sushil girl… she laughed…: arey no sanskar… we can go anywhere you want… club pub…
She said looking at him bending to him little: but don’t say anyone…
“in saree?” he asks gritted his teeth…
“oh comeon sanskar… I am not like that… you don’t know me well…”
“nah I know you very well… please keep this things with you only… I have no time for that… I am very much busy…”
“atleast give me your number… we can talk…”
“my phone handled by my PA… as you see I have no personal life… all its dictate by barepapa only… so I don’t need any mobile with me…” sanskar say closing his eyes… controlling his rage…
“what… but” mayuri stopped as her father called her…
“we have whole life to talk… atleast leave my remaining days..” he muttered… “your father calling… go… bye” he goes from there without listening her reply…
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After 2 days…
Sanskar looks at durgaprasad , coming home with a rage in eyes: badepapa why you give that girl my number…
“because you didn’t… its good to talk with eachother and get familiar with each other…” he says still looking at file..
“then you should have told her… I am not free like her sitting at home or parlour doing my manicure… or polishing my nails…” he spat angrily… then only he notice uttara is standing all exhausted with her coat and stetho… but she chuckles loud enough for him… he gets more angry… uttara is not talking with him from 2 days… avoiding him deliberately and now this…
She goes upstairs to her room… sanskar looks at durgaprasad: please badepapa leave my remaining days before the torture for whole life…
He also goes upstairs… ram looks at durgaprasad: bhaisa I think we are doing wrong… sanskar not liking it at all…
Durgaprasad looks at his brother: Ram… you know right I can never be wrong… you see na mahetas are so humble… mayuri will be best bahu and wife for our sanskar… he is my most precious gem like Kohinoor I will choose the best gold to hold it in grip…
Durgaprasad says proudly not knowing who he has chosen for his kohinoor…
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“doll… I heard you want to eat here in room… come we will eat together…” sanskar enters her room with two plate… uttara looks at him then turns other side doing something in phone…
“I won’t eat now bhaiyu… you go eat yours…” uttara says looking at her phone still… that’s when her phone rings…
“han shona… you reached… ok… go freshen up and heat the foods… I am waiting…” she cuts the call and looks at sanskar… she goes to him and takes her plate and sits on couch placing it on table…
“doll… you being angry will not help… you very well Know this can’t happen” sanskar says sitting beside her…
“yeah… I also think this will not happen… you got so much talented wife… my swara is where and she is where… definitely bhaiyu… you  have really a bright future… my shona can’t give you that…” she says with smile… sanskar close his eyes gulping his anger as well as her taunt…
“you talked with her?” sanskar asks changing the topic…
“that’s none of your business bhai… you have made your decision… lets not talk about it anymore…” uttara says looking other side…
“uttara… doll… comeon… leave this here… you are misbehaving with me for others… with your bhaiyu…” he says feeling hurt…
“you don’t understand bhaiyu… what I am facing… you can’t understand at all… you go from here… shona will do vedio call anytime… we will eat together…”
“i… I want to eat with you doll…” he says sadly…
Uttara says nothing as her phone starts to ring… uttara smiles looking at phone… then look at sanskar: bhaiyu if you are so eager to eat with me then sit at side… I don’t want shona to see you…
Sanskar sighs and sit at side sofa away from front camera view… uttara receive the call…
“heyyy…” her chirpy melodious yet bit tired voice reach his ear… he tries not to see at phone…
“hi” uttara says happily…
“how was your training…”
“good yours?”
“same boring…” her childish complain make him smile… “so what is your dinner?” she asks… uttara show her plate…
“wow… mom made your favourite veges…” she laughed… sanskar looks at the phone shocked… she is calling his mom as mom… uttara glance at him then focus on phone… as sansar looks at phone his eyes got stuck to see a beautiful girl’s smiling face with out any make up… her hair is open and the yellow t shirt is slightly visible…a plate with food in front of her…
“how is all there?” sanskar looks at her smiling face once again…
“all are good swara… but I am missing you like hell” uttara pouts…
“ummmm… sanskarji?” she asks with slight hesitation… playing with her food…
Sanskar feels goosebumps hearing his name and seeing her face which having slight blush… uttara smiles at her fakely: I said right all are good… bhaiyu count in them only…
“you again fight with him?” she says scrunching her nose…
“stop taking his side always… say me did you meet Pallav sir…” she says changing the topic…
“no… why will I meet him…”she says scrunching her nose being annoyed…
“actually shona I was thinking its not bad to talk… I mean he is good… just because he proposed you that doesn’t make him bad you know…” uttara says cautiously… try to make her understand… swara frowns…
“uttu… what are you saying… I didn’t say he is bad… but may be he take it wrong and try to hit me again… you only used to say this… now why are you saying like this…” uttara gulps mentally curse herself to provoke swara to this extent…
“yeah… but what if you find him more perfect for you more than my bhai…” she tries to make it like she is joking or kidding… sanskar was playing with his food but his ears are listening them only…
“why are you saying like this uttara… you know i… I never want to become like my parents… I … I… I am his uttu… only his… what happened to you uttu… from past 2 days you are saying all this… are you doubting me… I am not like them…” sanskar close his eyes listening her hurt and chocked voice…
“swara… shona…” sanskar looks at uttara who is now trying to call her friend but probably she is not lifting…
Sanskar sits beside her to console her but uttara stands up: bhaiyu please go from here… I know its all my stupidity… but I will handle it… you live your life with your so called perfect girl…
“uttu… stop bringing that topic… and I think its high time to say her everything calmly and clearly… may be she will understand… if you want I can…”
“no please… I am enough for her… she doesn’t need you… I will make her understand slowly…” uttara says looking at him… “now please you go…” she tries to call again…
“eat your dinner atleast doll…” sanskar says but felt bad seeing her ignorant behaviour…
He goes towards the door when he heard her voice
“I am sorry shona… I was just joking… you think I will doubt you…” sanskar sighs and goes out…
After 3 days…
Sanskar feeling suffocated now a days… uttara’s ignorant behaviour and above that, that mayuri maheta… he feels frustrated… more to add his mind is now a days thinking about swara what is her situation… he wanted to ask uttara but he know she will lash out more… he need to escape from here he felt… and the opportunity came… he has a conference in Delhi which is not important that much but he thinks to attend this… atleast for 3 days he will be out… so he asked his PA to confirm it…
At night he was packing… tomorrow afternoon is his flight… when he heard a knock… he feels happy seeing uttara… he smiles: come na doll… you know my doll don’t need to knock…
Uttara goes to him: mom said you are going to Delhi…
Sanskar nodes… uttara forward him a paper: this our apartment address… if… if you feel to meet shona then you can go… but don’t say her anything if you meet her… I will make her understand soon…
“I don’t want to give her false hope uttu…” he says softly…
“I know… I just thought to remove your misconception… if you want you can go that’s why…” she left the paper on bed and goes out sanskar looks at her going sadly…
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Its 7pm… sanskar is sitting in his car with his PA from last 45 minutes but Delhi’s traffic is not even moving a inch… how much time its there to reach hotel…
“sir from here its showing 30 minutes but traffic…” aman says looking at his anger…
Sanskar takes out the paper from his wallet and types the address… its showing 15minutes walking distance… he thinks for some time rubbing his forehead then clutch handle of his laptop bag and looks at aman: you go to hotel and when I say send car in this address… he says handling him the paper and goes out without listening the reply…
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After some 15 minute drooling over the door of the apartment he press the bell taking a deep sigh…
And soon the door opened followed by a melodious scolding… he sees her in deep green colour trouser with a red t shirt which is slightly visible as she has wrapped her upper body with a thin shawl… his hair is tied loose at back… some traces are either side of her face… she is doing something in purse and blabbering still didn’t look at him…
“haddd hai bhaiya… I ordered 2 hours before… its showed 15 minutes is this your 15 minutes now when I will coo…” she stops abruptly with shock evident in her eyes… her one hand is stretched to him which having some rupees… and in the other its having his purse and mobile… she drops it in shock but sanskar catch the mobile stepping inside hurriedly and looks at her… she comes in sense… but still didn’t get her voice…
“hi…” he says and remembers that chubby little cute girl with big doe like eyes… she is not like that she has grown up all in to a beautiful yet cute girl… he snaps his finger infront of his eyes… and chuckle as she blinks with stuck breath: aaapp… I …
“can I come in?” he ask in his husky voice…
Swara immediately steps aside… he comes in and keeps his bag on sofa and looks around… its 2BHK flat… with a big hall two rooms and another door lead to kitchen… there is small place where a table has been kept rounded by 4 chairs…
Swara pinch herself and then again looks at him… he is really here… with slow steps comes to the hall room… and looks at him nervously thinking why her best friend ditched her not saying anything about his arrival… sanskar looks at her face which have became so small being nervous… he chuckles looking at her face she is looking cute…
“I have a meeting… so thought to check on you… I didn’t mean to scare you…” he says softly coming to her… that’s when the calling bell rang… sanskar looks at her still starring him with shocked eyes… he shake his head and goes to attend the person at door…
“swara gadodia?” the delivery boy asks looking at him…
“yeah…” he says nodding and takes the basket from him…
“how much?” he asks…
“sir 589…” sanskar handover the money and close the door… then again walks to her who is still standing blankly: where should I keep this…
Swara is still staring at him shocked… “swaraaa” sanskar called quite loudly…
“huh… hann…” she startled and gulps…
“this bag…” sanskar shows her the bag…
Swara hurriedly takes that from him in this process some veges fall down… “sorry” she muttered was about to bend…
“hey relax… I will do it… relax…” sanskar picks them up and keep them in basket… swara hurriedly left to kitchen… after keeping it in kitchen counter she clasps her trembling lips… and takes deep breath trying to calm her heart bit… she goes to wash basin and wash her face…
“breath swara breath… its just him…” she clutch the locket around her neck and taking some deep breath she turns only to get nervous more to see him standing at the door with amused face…
“you okay?” he asks… she nodes timidly… then gain some voice: utt… uttara didn’t say you will come…
“she doesn’t know I am coming here actually it was a sudden plan and she was not at home…” he lied… “let it be secret only… I will tell her myself… or she will tease me…” he was afraid swara will not keep it away from uttara so warn her before…
Swara nodes…
“I need to use washroom… can I?”
Swara nodes and takes him to one bedroom… its having a double bed… a cupboard and one dressing table which contains some girly stuff… sanskar takes the towel which swara is forwarding and was about to go…
“will you drink coffee? And do the dinner?” she asks hesitant…
“yeah I only take bla…”
“I know black coffee without sugar” swara says with slight blush looking down then looks at him with smile… sanskar gulps hard looking at her serene clam face… which having small soft smile…
Sanskar comes out from washroom and scan the whole room… then only something attract his eyes… it’s a scatched photo which is framed… he takes the photo and gulp in horror… it’s not simple sketch… its him… he and swara standing side by side smiling and their attire is like bride groom… he closely look it… this is matched with something but which photo… and then only realise it’s a photo of cricketer virat and anushka which is drawn with his and swara’s face… but it was looking good… he feels good to see that photo… he was seeing the photo continuously when someone snatch it from him… he looks back only to see swara standing with coffee cup… she was avoiding eyes but tries to smile: your coffee…
Sanskar didn’t say anything just look at her… she quickly hide it in drawyer cursing herself in mind… sanskar gulps the coffee… and tries to think rationally… he looks at her hiding the photoframe: I know it swara… you don’t need to hide…
He says without thinking… swara with stucking breath stops her movement and looks at him…
“swara…” she heard his husky voice… she slowly turns to him fisting his hands and look at him…
Sanskar was about to say something but his eyes get the noticed the locket in her neck… he gets shocked…
“I am going to kitchen” she hurriedly goes out… sanskar remembers something…
“bhaiyu this locket is beautiful I want this…” 9years old uttara pouts sitting on his lap…
“papa will bring another one” ram cooed pinching her nose…
“no I want this only…” uttara makes a crying face…
“but beta… see sanskar is written there… we will bring with your name” sujata tries to make her understand…
“no no no… I want this only…” she burst out in to cry…
And its work sanskar makes her wear it…
After 3days…
Sujata gasp: you lost that locket uttara… what is this… I told you to not wear it right…
Sujata tries to hit her but only stopped by sanskar: its ok mom leave it… she is small she will not do like this… hain na doll?
Uttara nodes yes sobbing as she already got two hit from her mother…
“you are spoiling her a lot… today you will stay in room only… if I see you roaming in the house I will break your legs… go now do your homework…”