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At Udaipur...
It was a big hall where everyone gathered to celebrate something very special, Priyanka and Ankit's engagement ceremony.
They both came to the stage holding hands.
They took their rings. Suddenly Pri started looking here and there.
"What happened?" Asked Anki in a low voice.
"Yeh Sid nahi dikh raha. Aaya nahi kya abhi tak?" Said Pri trying to find him.
"Aa toh jaana chahiye tha. I swear agar woh nahi aaya na humari shaadi pe, main uss se zindagi mein kabhi baat nahi karunga."
Seeing them standing still, their parents again told them to exchange the rings. They understood that they had no option. They had to do the ring ceremony without Sid.
Anki hold Pri's hand and made her wear the ring making her smile. Then she hold his hand and made him wear the ring too. After the ring ceremony was finished, everyone clapped for them.
After that Pri and Anki got down from stage and took their seats.
"Now Priyanka's best friend Shehnaaz will say few words for her." Announced the host and Sana stood up.
She was looking extremely gorgeous in her brown coloured saree with golden blouse.
She was not the same Sana anymore which she used to be in college. She has now become much more extrovert and confident. She became slim and stylish than earlier. She slowly walked towards the stage while some guys kept staring at her.
Coming to the stage, she looked at everyone and started speaking.
"Good evening everyone! Toh abhi mujhe stage pe bulaya gaya hai Priyanka yaani meri Pri ke liye kuch words bolne ke liye. Words toh kya agar main uske liye ek pura essay bhi likh doon na toh bhi kam hai." Said Sana making Pri chuckle.
"Waise Pri aur Anki dono hi mere college friends hai but Pri ke saath meri friendship woh kuch aur hi hai. Ek din suddenly mujhe uska call aaya, kehti hai, 'Aaj 9 saalo baad main wapas Anki se mili. He has joined my office'. Ek moment ke liye mujhe samajh nahi aaya main kya bolu. I just asked, 'Are you okay?'. Woh has ke kehti hai, 'Chill! Mere aur Anki ke bich sab kuch 9 saal pehle hi khatam ho chuka hai. I'm over him. Now everything is just professional between us'. I said, 'Ok. Good for you'....... Exactly 1 mahine baad mujhe wapas se Pri ka call aaya, 'main shaadi kar hoon'. Ladka kaun? Woh hi, apna Anki."
Pri and Anki smiled together and hold each other's hands tightly.
"You know college ke farewell party mein meri aur Pri ki thodi anban ho gayi thi. Mujhe laga iske baad humari dosti sayad pehle jaisi nahi rahegi. Phir achanak ek raat mera phone baja. Kehti hai 'Darwaja khol'. And there she was, Pri. Haath mein beer aur pocket mein ciggerate le ke. Usne puri raat rock music suna aur main earplugs laga ke so gayi. Aise hui humari phir se dosti, jo aaj tak nahi tuti."
Sana paused for a while and said, "Maine na sab dekha hai, iska gussa, iski zidh, iska pagalpan, iska leather jacket phase, iska 'I am a painter' phase...."
"Arrey! Main hoon artist." Said Pri cutting in between.
Sana laughed and said, "Iska hair colour phase, pink, purple, yellow..... Everything. But you know, Pri jitni Junglee aur Jhalli ladki hai na, utni hi acchi aur bharosemand dost hai. I love you Pri."
"Aww I love you too."
Saying that Pri went to Sana and hugged her. Then she again returned to her seat.
"That's all."
Saying that, Sana was about to leave the stage, but suddenly stopped feeling someone's presence. She looked behind but found none. She again started walking down the stage but again stopped hearing a very familiar voice.
"Kehte hai shaadi karne ka koi sahi waqt nahi hota. Jab kar lo tabhi se tumhara bura waqt suru."
A smile came to Sana's face hearing the voice. She recognised it very well.
"Pri aur Anki, mere sher, mere cheete, tum dono ko kuch saal akela kya chhora, tumne itna bada jhol kar diya."
Pri and Anki frowned and tried to find from where the voice was coming.
"Kehte hai badtameezi ek bimari hai. Jo waqt ke saath saath dheere dheere budhape mein badal jaati hai. Main toh kehta hoon jab tak budhapa nahi aa jaata, thodi badtameezi hi kar lete hai."
Sana didn't stop herself anymore and looked behind. He came from the backstage wearing a black coat, looking hell handsome as always.
"SIIIDDD!!!" Screamed Pri and Anki immediately standing up.
After 9 years, Sana's heart again skipped a beat seeing him. His well built body, perfect jaw, mesmerizing eyes attracted her once again. She just kept staring at him.
Sid started coming while dancing with the beats with full swag. He passed by her without even noticing her at first. But then suddenly he stopped feeling something.
He turned behind and looked at her. His jaw dropped seeing her. He couldn't believe that she was the same nerd Sana, his 'Chasmish'. Indeed she was changed a lot.
He just passed her a smile and then went towards Pri and Anki who were jumping in happiness. He hugged them while Sana was also smiling in happiness seeing him after so long.
(Imagine all of them in this song)
With Sid's stunning entry, four of them again reunited and did a lot of fun together.
After engagement ceremony....
Sid, Anki and Pri were sitting in the lawn of their resort. They were drinking beer.
"Mujhe just yakeen nahi ho raha. Hum teeno itne saalo baad eksaath baith ke beer pee rahe hai. Oh My God! I missed this a lot" Said Pri finishing her glass.
"Yakeen toh mujhe bhi nahi ho raha." Said Sid. "Tum dono ka suddenly patch-up kaise ho gaya? Arrey kuch mahine pehle tak toh koi contact hi nahi tha tum dono ke beech."
"Humein bhi kaha paata tha ki aisa hoga." Said Anki smiling. "Lekin do mahine pehle jab office mein hum mile, humein realise hua ki hum kabhi move on hue hi nahi the. Ab soch ke lagta hai kitni faltu si baat pe humne break-up kar liya tha. Humare bachpane ki wajah se humne apni zindagi ke 9 saal waste kar diye."
"That's why we thought that no more time waste. Ab hum direct shaadi karenge." Said Pri.
"Sahi hai phir toh." Said Sid. "Aur baki sab kaisa chal raha hai?"
"Humara toh thik chal raha hai, tu apna baata. Aaj kaal bohut busy ho gaya hai tu." Said Anki. "Tujhe paata hai, maine na kasam kha liya tha. Agar tu humari shaadi miss kar deta na, main tujhse kabhi baat nahi karta."
"Aise kaise miss kar deta? Akhir mere do best friends ki barbaadi...."
Pri glared him when he said, "I mean shaadi hai. Mujhe toh aana hi tha."
Pri and Anki laughed hearing that.
"Toh tu kitne din yaaha ruk raha hai?" Asked Pri further.
"Bas teri shaadi ki raat ko hi nikal jaaunga. Yaaha se seedha Paris." Replied Sid.
"Paris? Hum dono honeymoon pe waha jaa rahe hai. Waise tu kyu jaa raha hai?"
"Ek kamal ka offer aaya hai. Humara channel ek naya show launch kar raha hai. Jaha pe show ka host world ke famous jagao pe jaa ke, waha kuch mahine reh ke apna experience share karega. And guess what? I'm hosting that show. Pehle Paris, then Tokyo, then Istanbul and at last Berlin."
Pri and Anki widened their eyes hearing that.
"Sounds cool yaar!" Said Pri.
Anki thought for a while and said, "Accha sun. Tu humari shaadi ki raat ko hi nikal raha hai. Iska matlab tu Mumbai, apne ghar nahi jayega?"
Sid's expression changed hearing that.
"Nahi yaar. Iss baar nahi ho paayega." He said in a serious tone.
"Par Sid tujhe jaana chahiye." Said Pri. "Aunty ke saath jo hua uske baad tu ek baar bhi....."
"Please!" Said Sid showing his hand. "I don't wanna talk about this. Bas itna jaan lo, main ghar nahi jaa sakta."
Pri and Anki didn't say anything else understanding that the topic was making him uncomfortable.
Sid was about to drink more beer when his eyes suddenly fell on Sana who was talking to some guests.
"Anki ek baat baata. Yeh apni hi Chashmish hai kya?" Said Sid pointing towards Sana.
Anki also looked at Sana and said, "Lagta toh yeh hi hai. Jab maine dekha tha toh main bhi shocked ho gaya tha."
"Meri sangat ka asar hai." Said Pri flipping her own hair.
"Dikh raha hai." Said Sid. "Accha Pri, tune Sana ko mera contact number diya tha?"
"Of course." Replied Pri. "Kyu?"
"Nahi bas uska kabhi koi call nahi aaya. Maine khud se ek do baar call kiya tha par usne uthaya nahi.... Accha woh pucchti hai mere baare mein?"
Pri nodded her head negatively.
Sid somewhere felt little sad and then again looked at Sana.
At Midnight...
Sid was walking alone at the lakeside when he noticed Sana sitting, dipping her feet in the water.
"Sid!" She said waving her hand. He smiled and went towards her.
"Baith yaaha." She said pointing beside herself.
Sitting beside her, Sid tried to deep his feet in the water but as soon as his feet touched the cold water, he moved back.
"Thanda hai." He said.
"Paani hai. Kuch der mein thik ho jayega." She said.
Still he was hesitating to dip his feet.
"Arrey kuch nahi hoga." Said Sana giving him assurance.
Sid finally dipped his feet in the water.
"Maine tumhe kahi dekha hai." He said suddenly looking at her.
"Accha? Toh baatao kaun hoon main. Rashmi, Shefali yaa Arti?" She asked controlling her laugh.
"Yeh sab kaun hai?"
"Bhool gaye?"
"Obviously. Mujhe abhi sirf foreigner ladkiyon ke naam yaad rehte hai."
"Then let me remind you, yeh sab tumhari ex-girlfriends hai."
"Really? Toh tum inn mein se kaun ho?"
"For your kind information, main tumhari kisi bhi ex-girlfriends mein se nahi hoon. I'm Shehnaaz Gill, from City College. Tumhari dost."
"Accha woh boring, padhaku, chashmish ladki?"
Sana tried to show little anger but failed and they both laughed together.
After laughing for a while, Sid asked, "Kaisi hai tu?"
"Thik hoon." She replied smiling.
"Shaadi ho gayi?"
"Nahi."
"Aur bacche?"
Sana rolled her eyes and said, "Haan. Teen bacche hai."
"Behuda aurat!" Said Sid dramatically making Sana laugh again.
"Tu kyu puch raha hai?" She asked.
"Nahi bas soch raha tha sambhalu yaa bindaas flirt karu."
"Flirt karna zaroori hai?"
"Aur nahi toh kya. Sehat ke liye acchi hoti hai flirting. You know like...."
Before he could complete, Sana said, "Yoga. Yaad hai mujhe."
Sid gave a slight smile. They became silent for sometime while Sid kept looking at her. Her face was looking beautiful in the moonlight. He wondered that he noticed it before.
"Tu pehle bhi itni hi khubsurat thi yaa waqt ne kiya koi haseen sitam?" Asked Sid suddenly.
"Ishhh! Kitni filmy line boli hai." Said Sana making faces.
"Abhi yeh sab tujhe filmy lag rahi hai Baby Doll. Ek zamane pe inn hi lines pe mara karti thi tu."
"Main? Tujh pe marti thi? Please!"
Sid didn't say anything.
After sometime Sana said, "Tu bilkool nahi badla Sid.....umm..... Siwaye ek chiz ke. Pehle wala Sid khul ke flirt kar ne ke saath saath khul ke muskurata bhi tha."
Sid became little surprised seeing how easily she understood what was going inside him. It was true that in his college days he used to smile freely. That time he had his friends and closed ones by his side. But now everything had changed. He doesn't smile like that anymore.
"Kya baat hai?" Asked Sana keeping her hand on his shoulder to know what was bothering him.
"Tujhe kyu baatau?" He asked making an angry pout, removing her hand from his shoulder. "Tu kaunsa sagi hai meri? America jaane ke baad ek call tak nahi kiya."
Sana chuckled seeing his angry pout and said, "Baccho ki tarah muh kyu fula raha hai? Aur tune kaunsa call kiya mujhe?"
"Main busy tha. Par phir bhi ek do baar kiya tha call. Tune uthaya tak nahi."
Sana smiled sadly remembering that. She couldn't tell him why she avoided his calls.
"Main bhi toh busy thi." She said.
"Aayi badi Prime Minister! Busy thi! Huh!"
Sana again chuckled seeing his tone of speaking.
"Inn sab baaton se kaam nahi chalega? Bharpaai karni hogi." He said further.
"Bharpaai? Woh kaise?" Asked Sana.
"Pur shaadi mein tu sirf mere saath time spend karegi. Baata. Manjoor hai?"
"Sochungi...." Said Sana trying to show attitude but Sid glared him.
"Ok Baba manjoor hai." She said at last.
"Promise kar." Said Sid forwarding his hand.
Sana kept her hand on his palm and said, "Promise."
They kept holding each other's hands for sometime and then left.
"Paani kaise lag raha hai ab?" Asked Sana.
"Thik lag raha hai." Replied Sid.
"Maine kaha tha na? Thoda waqt de, sab thik ho jayega."
Sid understood her words and nodded in yes smiling.
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