Next day morning...
Nandini opened her eyes ..n then realised that she slept in the terrace itself ...she remembered her talk with manik n his anger ..she sighed n came back to her room....she went to take shower ..
Downstairs in hall...
Mukti was talking to the servants n telling them to arrange the things which she has to take for the pooja ....
Mu - " kaka yeh saman bhi rakdijiye car mai " saying this she gave him a plate covered in red cloth...
Just then manik came down in his formal dress with his laptop bag ...seeing this mukti became sad that manik wont be coming ...
Mukti was standing near the stairs n talking with kaka ...manik just came down n stopped near muktis place ...
M - "umm...tell abhi that i will be coming to pooja after a while ..i have meeting ..." said in cold tone n went out...
Mukti was under shock ...first thing is manik spoke to her after soo many days n next thing he said that he will attend the function ...tears clouded in her eyes....she ran towards nandinis room....
In nandinis room..
Nandini came out from the washroom n wore her pink kurthi...n was wearing her pants looking into the mirror just than mukti barged in without knocking the door ..nandini was shocked for a second as she was not in that good state ... she was tying her pants lace ...seeing mukti she calmed but muktis next step made her gasp ...
Mukti came in picked up nandini ( just a little not fully)...n started screaming...
Mu - "nandu ...nandu ..." n twirled her around ...she was soo happy ..
N - "mukti ...chodh ..chodh mujhe..yaar meri pant ..chodh na nikal ayyegii ..put me down "...said pleadingly....
Mu - "ohh ..sorry sorry ...but listen im soo happy"..said this putting her down n again twirled her around...
N - "mukti meri pant nichhe ajayegi ..n i dont think its a beautiful view to watch...chodh mujhe"...said in sarcasm.
Mukti made her stand in one place ...
Mu - "nandu bhai mujhse baat ki...can u believe it..."
N - "tu tho aiisa baat kar rahii hai jaiise tune PARTH SAMTHAAN ke saath selfie lii ..huh !!"...she said in annoyance ..
M - "yeh parth samthaan kon hai"...said in confusion ..
N - "WHAT...dont tell me u dont know PARTH SAMTHAAN "..said exaggerating ...
Mu -" chodh wo jo koyii bhi hai ..par meri baath sun ..bhai ne haa kardiya ..he ..he is coming to the function..."....she exclaimed ..happiness was clearly visible in her eyes ...
Nandini smiled seeing mukti happy ...
Nandinis thoughts - ayyaippa aap sun rahe hoo naa ...us kadoos ne haa kardi ...matlab usne meri baath manli ...aaj aapne sooraj ko kis side se jagaya ...ya aaj teez barrish honi walii hai...not bad haa nandu tune uss akdoo ko sambala ...great !!..im proud of u my girl...keep it up...
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N -" pehli baat parth samthaan mera fav hero hai ..n dusri baath at last teri uss akdoo bhai ko akal aagayii ..."....said calmly...
Mukti made "hawww" expression...
Mu - "agar bhai sunliyana aab jo bhi tumne kaha ...tu tho gayii .."...
N - "oye tera bhai chuha thodina hai jo mai usse daruu haa .."
Mu - "chuha"..said in confusion ...
N - "tu nahi samjegii...wo chodh yeh bol abbi tak ready kyu nahi uhhi hai tu ..."...
Mu - "ohh shit mai tho bhool hii gayii ...but wait tu yeh simple saa dress kyu pehen rahii hai "..said seeing her pink kurti n white pants ..
N - " arrey aaj meri first day of college hai ...tho isliye .."..
Mu - "par function "...
N - "chill yar ..aaj sirf orientation program hoga ...it mi8 last for 1 or 2 hours ...i will come back soon aur ready hokke ajaungi function mai "....
Mu - " ohh oki...aachha sun bahar ramu kaka hai ...vahi tumari driver hai ..dad ne unne specially bolahe to take u anywhere u want soo agar kahibhi janaho tho take him with u oki..."...said with concern ..
N - "haa baba...aab tu jaa aur tayar hoja ...tujhe pooja mai betna hai naa "...
Mu - "yea...oki bye "....went away saying this ..
Nandini got ready n came down had her breakfast ...she yelled n said to mukti that she is leaving n came out ..ramu kaka was waiting for her as mukti informed him when she came out from nandinis room ...
Nandini sat in ...n within 15 minutes journey she reached her destination ...
She came out of the car n read the name of the instution
SPACE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ....
( guys malhotras are NOT the trustees of this institute ..they have nothing to do with this institute )
Nandinis pov...
Huh !!...it feels soo good to be here ayyaippa ...just hope this college brings loads of success n luck to me ...
Asking for luck from ayyiappa i walked in ...i came across a peon n he informed me that the program is held in auditorium n also showed me the way to it...
As i entered i saw lots n lots of students over there ...i guess all r from different parts of india...
I went inside n occupied the seat which was labelled with my name...
All the guests made their way on the stage n thus the program started ...
After 1 n half hour program in which they told us about the institution n about our project where we will be working as a group of 4 members ...n the groups list was displayed on the notice board...
I went near the notice board to see my name n group number ...
My group number was 16 n other group members were ...
Aryamaan khanna ..
Arush kumar...
Mona singh ...
Names tho acche hai i just hope log bhi acche hoo ...i came out of the institute where ramu kaka was waiting ...i hopped inside the car ...i checked my mobile ..i had 5 missed calls from mukti ...huh !! This girl...wo tho itni excited hai ..kyu na hogi uski boyfriend ki home opening jo hai n more over wo uske saath pooja mai betrahi hai ...tho double dhamaka ...ayyaiappa ...aap na usse aiise hii kush rakna hamesha ...aaj yeh manik ke wajese kitni kush thi .....aab kaise bhi karke uss saadu se baath karni padegii...nahi nahi nandu ..tune dekha nahi kaise chillake chala gaya kal ..agar aaj bhi tu usse sunane gayii naa tho teri kairr nahi ...huh !!..ayyaippa aap hii uss akdoo kha raksha karna ...
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Nandini came back home n went to her room to get ready ...as by now abhi, navya n aliya called her to ask where she reached ...
Nandini came inside her room n got ready with this dress n necessary accesories n same hair style as in the photo ...
She rushed out while wearing her bangles but stopped as she heard few footsteps ...
She looked up n guess what she saw ....
She saw a greek god ...dressed in indian attire ...
maniks attire
Manik who came from the office after attending a meeting went into his room n got ready in the dress given above n came out of his room ...n turned his head towards the direction where he heard bangles sound ...
Thats it ...his world stopped seeing the epitome of beauty standing infront of him ...cursing her bangles n was wearing them forcefully as they were tight...
Even nandini saw manik...
Both were looking at each other without blinking their eyes ...manik seeing her wearing his favourite colour n was mesmerised by her beauty ...he was getting strong feelings to touch her n to hold her ...these were the feelings which developed in his heart without his consent ...
Nandini tho in her mind was like
Kya mast hot lag raha hai boss ...
Just then cabir came inside the house as his car broke down near malhotra mansion soo he thought he will take a driver n get his work done...as he entered he was shocked seeing nandini n manik looking at each without blinking their eyes ...he wasnt that shocked seeing nandini looking at manik as he has seen lot of girls drooling over his best friends charm ...but was shocked seeing manik ogling at nandini ..not that she was not good looking ...she was looking like a princess ...it was just that he never saw manik giving a look to any girl ...that too after sohas incident ...
Cabirs attire
He snapped out of his thoughts n coughed to bring manan out of their dreamland ...
C - huhu huhu !!!...
Listening to this manan came out of their dreams ...n looked everywhere except each other....
C - "guys !! Waha kaha dekh rahe ho...mai yaha hu" ....said waving at them ....
M - " cabir tu kab ayya "..said in a go...
C - " jab tum dono ek dusre ko guur rahe the tab "...said in 'matter of fact' look...
Nandini lowered her head in embarrassment as she was caught red handed ogling at manik...
M - " shut up ...there's nothing like that " ....said out of embarrassment ...
C - "accha" ...said with a naughty smile ..
To which manik glared at him
M- "tu yaha kya kar raha hai "....
C - " kyu maine disturb kiya kya " said controlling his laughter...
To which manik looked at him in shock ...as he didnt expect cabir to tease him that too infront of nandini....
Nandini was biting her lower lip ..as her cheeks were blushing red..
M - " chal tu yaha se "...saying this manik dragged cabir outside the house ....
Once they were out of the house cabir started laughing holding his stomach ..where as manik made annoyed face...
M - " cabir just shut up...why the hell r u laughing like a maniac"...
C - "dude r u seriously asking me this "....said amidst of his laugh ..
Manik knew about what he is talking ...he himself didnt know y he was staring at her ..n if cabir would ask him , he had no answer for this question soo to change the topic ...
M - " y r u here "...said in cold tone ...
"And our 'cold tone' manik is back"....cabir muttered ...
C - "yar wo gadi karab ho gayii hai ..yahii next road pe ...i just came here to take driver with me ..navya ke dad mom ghar par mera wait kar rahe hai . ...i should take them to abhis house "....said. his story ...
M - " dont take only driver with u ..ramu kaka aur car ko lekar jaa...waise bhi uss car aur meri car ke alava sarre cars service ke liye beja gaya hai ..baad mai dusre driver ko bejkar tumari car garage bejdunga ..."...
C - " sach mai ..ur a saviour man ...agar ek aur ganta late huna naa tho uss madubala kha mom dad mujhe kaccha chabadenge ..chal bye "....
Manik slightly smiled listening to cabir ...yes ..only cabir could do this ..as cabir was closest to manik ..manik could never give the place which cabir hold in his life to others ...he trusts only cabir blindly ...