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Two-friends:

Good Morning Class, Today we have a new student among us, her nameis Samyuktha" announced the class teacher "Samyuktha come here,

introduce yourself to the class"

Samyuktha a 12 year old girl, with fair complexion skin and a neatly

pleated hair on either side of her head was sitting in the one corner of

the class.

She slowly got up from her seat. Each one of the student in classstarted staring at her. With all those stares, new faces, new city, new

school, she was scared to death. She moved slowly to where her

teacher was standing and faced the class with lowered head as if it

were a punishment.

"Samyuktha introduce yourself to class. Why are you lowering your

head?

Stand straight up. Don't waste the time of the class" said teacher

somewhat sternly.

"My name is Samyuktha..I..I...I know no English much..i..i.." said

samyuktha with a very feeble voice.

The whole class started giggling and started hush-hushing comments on

Samyuktha. The teacher asked Samyuktha to go back to her seat

hearing the commotion in the class and asked the class to be quite.

Samyuktha almost had tears in her eyes. She was lost in her own world

for the rest of the class.

During Interval she sat alone at her desk, looking at her book but not

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looking at the words but thinking about the world she left back in her

small town, Varanasi. "Hi" said a voice. Samyuktha looked up to see a

girl standing there. She was slightly dark complexioned, with a smiling

face, and had hair exactly like Samyuktha's."I am Prachi, your classmate. Why are you not having lunch?" said

prachi.

"a..umm..i not feeling hungry much." replied Samyuktha.

"Why not? Common I know you felt bad when the class laughed at you.

Even I felt bad but don't care about them. If you don't eat, you will

become sick.

Did you bring your lunch box?" said Prachi.

Samyuktha felt a sense of relief after hearing what Prachi said and

started feeling hungry too.

"Yes I brought. Will you eat with me?"asked Samyuktha..

"Yes sure. Lets go outside and eat. We will have some fresh air" said

prachi and took samyuktha's hand and went outside the class to a

playground. Both sat and started eating together. They shared a bit of

each others lunch too.

"so, you miss your old school..isnt it?" asked prachi.

"Yes a lot. I am from Varanasi. Daddy got transfer here. I got no

admission here as my English is poor but daddy gave donation and I got

admission..i will fail sure" said samyuktha sadly.

"Oh don't be sad Samyuktha. I will help you. You will learn everything

easily. Where is your house?" asked Prachi.

"In Vasant Kunj, Phase-1" said Samyuktha. "hey even I stay in same

place!"

said Prachi happily.

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"Is it." Said Samyuktha gladly.

"Yes, now don't worry at all. We both can study together." Said Prachi

assuring Samyuktha.

"Hey can I call you Samyu?" asked prachi.."Yes sure, my friends in Varanasicall me with same name. I am happy"

said Samyuktha with a glitter in her eyes. Thus the friendship between

Prachi and Samyuktha started in the 6th standard/grade which grew

manifold during the years to come.

Samyuktha had an intelligent mind which needed some shining and

polishing whereas Prachi was a creative person. Samyuktha and Prachi

became best friends during their first year together itself. They weretotally inseparable. Due to them, both the families of Samyuktha and

Prachi too became good family friends. Samyuktha just about managed

to clear her 6th grade but later with Prachi's support she became

more and more confidant.

Prachi used to force Samyuktha to be a flamboyant and aggressive in

school activities which boosted Samyuktha's inner confidence.

Samyuktha overcame all her inhibitions within few years. Prachi was

very jovial and used to crack jokes which Samyuktha cherished. The

whole class used to be jealous of their friendship. Samyuktha and

Prachi both excelled with good marks in their 12th standard and both

got admission in B.tech in DelhiUniversity.

Through all these years Samyuktha became very outgoing person. She

was now no more the person which she was 6years ago. She became a

smart, stylish and trendy by the time she turned 18. Prachi on the

other hand remained same.

Prachi still doted on Samyuktha and was very possessive about her.

Samyuktha started drawing lot of attention in college. Due to her looks

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and attitude, boys went crazy for her on the other hand Prachi was not

at all approachable and she hardly cared about her looks. Samyuktha

started loving the attention showered on her from her B.tech

classmates. She participated in a fashion parade in College's annualfunction and with that she became an instant hit through out the

college. Prachi always used to pull back Samyuktha to the ground and

asked her not to neglect her studies. Other than Prachi, Samyuktha

started having her own circle of friends in college. When Prachi and

Samyuktha were together, Samyuktha's friends used to talk to her but

didn't give much attention to Prachi. Samyuktha did try to mingle

Prachi with her other friends but Prachi didn't show much interest.There were lot of times when Samyuktha bunked her classes and

Prachi used to make a copy of notes for Samyuktha too. As Samyuktha

became more and more involved in other activities of college rather

than studies, Prachi became too much involved with her academics and

had very few friends or one can say acquaintances other than

Samyuktha. During 2nd year of B.tech, Prachi and Samyuktha started

having some arguments and fights. Samyuktha wanted to enjoy the

college life with fun and being naughty sometimes. Prachi on the other

hand didn't approve with Samyuktha's thinking.

It was during 3rd year of college when Aakash, the 4th year B.tech

student entered Samyuktha's life. He was supposed to be the most

handsome guy of the college. Aakash had the looks of a model with a

very sexy voice due to which he used to compere most of the college

shows. Aakash came in touch with Samyuktha through some common

friends and instantly fell in love with her.

Samyuktha, was on top of the world when she came to know about

Aakash's feelings. With Samyuktha and Aakash's love affair going

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strong, Prachi distanced more and more from Samyuktha. Prachi hated

Aakash to the core and blamed him for ruining the friendship between

her and Samyuktha. Samyuktha who was blind in love, didn't

understand the feelings of Prachi. During 3rd and 4th year of college,Samyuktha and Prachi rarely used to spend together.

Going to each others homes became almost null. Samyuktha started

suspecting Prachi to be jealous of her on the other hand Prachi used to

miss Samyuktha and longed for her to be like her old school friend.

One day during the 4th year of her college, Prachi was alone in her

room and was crying looking at the old photos and greeting cards whichshe got from Samyuktha for different occasions.

"Prachi what happened? Why are you crying?" asked Prachi's mom with

worried look.

"Nothing..its just that" said Prachi trying to wipe of the tears from her

cheeks.

"Kya hua beta..something wrong in college?" said Prachi's mom With

that Prachi hugged her mom and started sobbing.

"arey arey..what is this..i never saw you crying this way..tell me what

happened..did Samyuktha say something to u?" asked Prachi's mom.

Prachi's mom observed the growing distance between Prachi and

Samyuktha but she never talked about it with Prachi.

"mom..why do people change in college..why do we get old..school days

used to be so good" said Prachi between her sobs.

"beta..thats life..there's a saying "the only thing which remains

constant is change"..you are not a small girl now..you should understand

this..going to college, getting married, getting career, getting old..all

this is part of life..you should learn to accept this.."said Prachi's mom

caressing p's hair.

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"No I will never marry in my life for sure. I cannot accept tha some

outsider comes and changes other relationships in life. I will not let

that happen to my life" said Prachi strongly.

Prachi's mom chose not to argue with her at that time and hoped timewill change her attitude towards life.

"Mom you know this year Samyu forgot to wish me on my birthday.

Since that Aakash came into her life, nothing else is important to her.

And tomorrow its her birthday and I don't feel like wishing her either"

said Prachi

"Why not..thats wrong..you should wish her..if you don't wish her there

wont be difference between you and her. May be after u wish she will

realize her mistake. You should atleast give a try to revive your old

friendship." Said Prachi's mom convincing Prachi to call Samyuktha.

When clock struck 12, Prachi decided to call Samyuktha and dialed her

mobile number. Her mobile was engaged. She tried calling 3-4 times

more but still her line was busy. When it was almost 12:30 A.M she

thought of calling her landline but she held back fearing everybody at

her home might get disturbed. Prachi knew that Samyuktha might be

busy talking with Aakash and hated him more. Next day Samyu didn't

turn up at college either. After college, she went straight to

Samyuktha's house with a greeting card and a small painting which she

herself did. Samyuktha was not at home as well, when confronted with

her parents..

"Hey Prachi, Samyu is not with you?" asked Samyukhtha's mom.

"uh...No..Infact I came here to wish her" said Prachi "She said she will

go with you to Aakash's home. Aakash is leaving to US today. She said

she will see him off to the airport and that you will accompany her"

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calling you day before yesterday night to wish you at 12 but your line

was constantly busy. Yesterday nobody informed me about your plan."

"C'mon Prachi. I know how much you are jealous of me since I met

Aakash.Prachi you should go and get some life. I never thought that you would

come down to such cheap tricks. Thanks to you my parents have

stopped trusting on me" said Samyuktha and left the class fuming.

Prachi stood there with tears and embarrassed with all the stares

towards her in the class. The whole class saw what happened between

Prachi and Samyuktha. After that incident almost everybody stopped

talking to Prachi.Prachi remained aloof from everybody even outside the college. She

remained to her self and kept herself busy with studies. After 6

months, college was over and since then Prachi and Samyuktha never

met.

Soon after graduation Prachi started searching for jobs and almost

immediately she was placed in TCS, Bangalore. Prachi didn't knew what

happened to Samyuktha and didn't care to find out. She moved to

Bangaloreimmediately and took an apartment all by for herself. She

lived alone. In office she used to talk with others when only it was

required for work. She was not friendly with anybody. She used to eat

alone in the office canteen. Everybody in the office used to call her

with different names like 'sadist', 'psycho','poor thing'..etc etc. Life

went on.

2 years later, one fine day early in the morning at around 7:00 AM

Prachi heard the door bell. She looked at her watch and wondered who

would be ringing the bell at this time. She just got up to get ready for

the office.

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She went and opened the door to see a young man standing there with a

small bowl in his hand. He was about 6 feet height with curly hair and

lean figure and good features. Prachi looked at him with red face.

"Hi..umm..i am Mayank, your new neighbor" said Mayank.

"So...."said Prachi with irritation.

"I am sorry, actually I came to borrow some sugar. I moved in this

apartment today morning. I have the habit of drinking tea early in the

morning..so if you plz don't mind can u plz lend some teaspoons of

sugar" said mayank with pleading eyes.

"So..for your tea..you disturb other people early in the morning" saidPrachi and started closing her door.

'Plz plz plz don't close the door..if I don't have tea in the morning I

get sick.. I tried many other doors, but only you opened it..plz ' pleaded

Mayank once again.

Prachi closed the door on the face of Mayank and he stood there stand

still for a minute and started moving to his apartment when he heard

the click of the door open from his behind. He looked back to see

Prachi standing there with Sugar bottle in her hand.

"Hey..thank u so much..errr...i thought..u got angry...u saved my life..u

know"

said mayank gladly.

"How many teaspoons do u want?" said Prachi seriously ignoring the

excitement of Mayank.

"umm..oh..umm..2 spoons" said Mayank somewhat embarrassed.

Prachi took 2 teaspoons of sugar and poured it in the bowl of Mayank

and without a word went back inside the home closing the door behind.

"Thank you" said Mayank to the closed door!

Prachi got ready for the office and left the home exactly at 8.45am as

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she used to do daily. Her day in the office went on as usual and at one

instance while having tea she remembered the early morning incident.

She realized she doesn't even remember the face of the guy clearly.

Back at the home at around 8pm she heard her door bell ringing again.When she opened, she realized it's the same morning guy standing

outside.

"Now what??" said Prachi again irritated.

"Actually I bought the sugar in the afternoon...so thought of giving you

back your 2 spoons of sugar which u gave me......" said Mayank with

little naughtiness in his eyes."Whaaaat" said Prachi with disbelief.

"Here your 2 spoons of sugar" said mayank again bringing the small

bowl in his hand towards her.

"Godddd..wait...here" said Prachi and closed the door. She went back

inside the home to her kitchen and came back with Sugar bottle. When

she opened the door, Mayank was still standing there waiting for her.

"Here now put that sugar inside this bottle" said Prachi handing over

the bottle to Mayank.

Mayank pours down the sugar in the bottle.

"Ok..Anything else?" Said Prachi with an angry tone.

"Nope..thats it..thank you for lending me sugar in the

morning..otherwise I would have been dead by now" grinned Mayank

"Its ok. Goodnight!" said Prachi somewhat mellowing down and closed

the door.

Prachi felt amused by the behavior of Mayank and the fact that he

came to return back the two spoons of sugar.

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"Was he trying to impress me" thought Prachi..."Anyway good, I didn't

give him any kind of that impression..now he will never approach me

again"

Next day after coming back from work, again her door bell rang. Prachisomehow suspected it must be Mayank again and she was right.

"What??" Said Prachi hardly opening the door enough.

"umm..i am sorry...umm..to disturb u again..actually I need to make an

urgent call to my parents in Bombay. I don't know why but my mobile is

not activated yet. So, can I please make a call from your phone?" asked

Mayank.

"Good lord..there are thousand PCO's outside this apartment..whydon't u go and call from there?" said Prachi annoyed.

"Actually there's only one PCO nearby and today that is closed due to

ID festival..i went and enquired and the next one is 3kms from

here..well it was urgent..otherwise I am sorry I wouldn't have

disturbed you" said Mayank with pleading eyes again.

"huh..wait I will bring my mobile.." said prachi and closed the door

behind , again to come back with her mobile.

Mayank takes the fone and moves little far away from her. Prachi

stands there for a while and then goes back inside the home, with door

almost closed. After a short while she hears a knock on her door.

"Thank you so much..i cant tell you..how grateful I am today..had it

been not your Mobile..i would have not known that in khichdi I need to

add 3 glasses of water for 1 cup of rice.." said mayank happily

"Whaatttttt...your urgent call was about khichdi???" said Prachi

somewhat angrily.

"umm..yaa...u know..i love the khichdi which my mom

makes..so..anyway..here take this 10rs for the STD call" said mayank

handing over a 10 rupee note to Prachi.

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Prachi takes 10Rs note without a word and hopes not to create any

good image of herself in front of him.

"Hey thanks a lot..for everything Prachi" said Mayank "How do you

know my name?" said Prachi with surprise."Well you wrote Prachi on your Mobile's screen" smiled Mayank.

"Ok..goodnight" said Prachi and closed the door.

"There is something peculiar with this man..." thought Prachi again.

Through out that day and next day Prachi kept thinking about Mayank

and felt bad that he was coming again and again in her thoughts. She

tried her best to remind herself that she should not fall into any kind

of distractions in her life. There is no place for a man in her life.Till next couple of days she never met Mayank but he never went out

of her mind. She was angry that she was thinking about him how much

ever she tried avoiding. One day again in the evening she heard her

door bell. She was in kitchen cooking dinner for herself and when the

door bell rang, she ran into the bathroom to comb her hair neatly and

then went to open the door .

"Hi" said Mayank with his ever charming smile.

Prachi making sure that she is not pleased seeing him asked him with

monotonous tone " yes, what do u want now?"

"nothing..today I came to give you something?" said Mayank.

"well you have given me money for the call you made from my fone last

time..now what?" said Prachi

"not that..today I made gajar ka halwa and it came out really well..so

came here to share with you some" said Mayank bringing his hand

forward from behind with a box.

Gajar ka halwa was Prachi's favourite sweet dish but she resisted from

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showing any kind of positive emotion.

"see mayank..i don't know what you think about me..but I don't like

such gestures from anybody..i hardly know you..as a neighbor I helped

you ..thats all..dont expect anything else...do u understand that?..now you can leave.."

said Prachi fighting back her inner emotions.

Mayank stood there like a rock for a minute .

"sorry Prachi..i don't consider you just as a neighbor but as a friend in

need..but ..but..i respect your privacy..today is my birthday...I don't

know anybody else in this city..so thought to share this halwa with thefirst person I came to know in this city..anyway I wont disturb you

again" said Mayank and started to leave.

After hearing that its his birthday, Prachi felt a guilt pang and stopped

him "hello..wait..umm..i am sorry..i didn't know its your birthday..Happy

Birthday" said Prachi loudly.

"Thank you" said Mayank turning back to look at her.

"Well, can I taste your Halwa..ofcourse if you are not mad at me" said

Prachi with a smile for the first time.

Mayank was surprised to look at her beautiful smiling face for the first

time and was smitten.

"Heyyy..no..not at all.." said Mayank and gave her the box he brought.

Prachi opened the box and tried some with her hand.

"ummm..it tastes great" said Prachi licking her fingers "can I keep

whole of this box."

"oh sure.. that was for you anyway.." said Mayank "I guess I should be

leaving now".

"Ok..will return the box tomorrow..by the way happy birthday again"

said Prachi.

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"umm..u know what..i was lying..its not my birthday" said Mayank and

before Prachi could say anything, he ran back upstairs to his

apartment.

Prachi stood there in disbelief but later smiled at herself thinking howeasily she got fooled. She somehow didn't feel mad at Mayank later

and relished the halwa.

As usual Mayank's magic lingered on Prachi for that day and next day.

When it was time to return the box to Mayank, Prachi questioned

herself whether to go or not to go to his house to return the box.

Finally she decided to listen to her heart and braced herself to go to

Mayank's house.She pressed the door bell of Mayank's house and waited for few

seconds when Mayank opened the door.

He had a big cutlery spoon in one hand and was wearing an apron.

"Hey, what a correct timing..can u plz taste my rajma curry and let me

know if everything is ok?" saying this Mayank left her at the door went

towards his kitchen.

Prachi was standing at the door steps unable to decide whether to go in

or not. "Prachi...come in..where are you" shouted Mayank from his

Kitchen.

Prachi stepped in the house and realized that this was the first time

since she came to Bangaloredid she stepped into anybody's house. She

noticed, the house was clean and neat, had decent furniture and she

could listen some soft soothing music from the speakers somewhere.

Prachi walked slowly towards the kitchen. Mayank was ready with some

rajma in a small bowl and asked her to taste it.

"ummm..its nice...everything is ok..." said Prachi after tasting the Rajma

"oh good...see my mom doesn't believe that I am good cook..i will have

to make you talk to her one day...then only she might believe" said

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Mayank feeling satisfied.

"Ok, I will leave now" said Prachi.

"Why?..i have prepared dinner for both of us." Said Mayank.

"What....?" Said prachi."Well I knew you would come home to return my box today and

obviously you will come little early..and also I am sure you would not

have got time to cook dinner by now" said Mayank while putting plates

on the dining table.

"How were you so sure that I would come?" asked Prachi amused.

"Well I can read People's mind..after all I am a Psychiatrist" saidMayank "Psychiatrist!!" exclaimed Prachi.

"ya why?..cant handsome men become psychiatrists?" said Mayank

naughtily.

"aha..i didn't mean that" smiled Prachi "I don't know if you are lying or

telling truth..yesterday you were saying it was your birthday..now today

you are saying you are a Psychiatrist!"

"no..seriously..i am a Psychiatrist..i don't lie on Wednesdays..u know"

said Mayank.

"uh..u r impossible..anyway what made u believe that I will have dinner

with you" asked Prachi "Well, today is my birthday..and I knew you wont

be able to say no" said Mayank.

"What..plz..you think I can be fooled twice?" said Prachi "ha ha..see I

was born on 6th aug and today its 6th nov ..so its my monthly birthday"

said Mayank showing her the seat to sit.

Prachi and Mayank laughed together and started having dinner

together.

Mayank was indeed a good cook and Prachi liked everything prepared by

him..no not only the food..but she realized she liked Mayank's charming

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nature.

"So, what made you come to Bangalore?" asked Prachi having her sweet

dish.

"I saw that this city had lot of scope for doctors like me..so I choosethis place for my practice" said Mayank.

"Scope!" exclaimed Prachi

"yeah..you see..Bangaloreis a software hub for India..and hence more

patients for me" said Mayank with a naughty smile again.

"aha..so you mean software engineers are mad people?..Mister..Even I

am a software engineer..remember that!" said Prachi."Oh..is it..i never knew that beautiful gals too are becoming software

engineers" said Mayank flirtingly.

Prachi wanted to reply him back and suddenly realized that Mayank was

complementing her and gave him a smile.

"thanks" said Prachi blushing.

"thank god..you understood that" said Mayank with a twinkle in his

eyes.

While Prachi was about to leave his house after dinner. Mayank asked

"So at what time should I come for dinner tomorrow at your house?"

"what?" said prachi and stared at him questioningly.

"yeah..you are a self-respect girl right..i know you will return my

dinner!!" said Mayank again with his flirting smile.

Prachi couldn't stop smiling and said "hmmm..smart..haan..come at

8pm..dinner will be ready."

After coming home , thoughts of Mayank and whatever they talked

lingered in Prachi's mind. She looked herself in mirror a thousand

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times. All her life never did any guy talked to her the way, Mayank

talked. She realized she smiled and laughed so many times on that

single day. Mayank did some magic on her.

Next day she was not able to concentrate in her office work too. Shewas too busy thinking what she should prepare for dinner and what all

she need to buy to prepare food. She even tried searching some

recipes on the internet.

She left office early at 5 pm and went to grocery store to buy all

vegetables and groceries to prepare dinner. She decided to make Jeera

rice, Palak Paneer, Cabbaga kofta, rotis, fruit salad and lassi. She

finished off everything by 7:30 and cleaned the kitchen and dining hall.She realized she never cooked so fast earlier. She dressed herself in

one of her best casual salwar suits and waited for him. Exactly at 8pm

her door bell rang. She wanted to run and open the door but she

resisted and took some time to open.

Mayank looked handsome as ever. He wore a short kurti and jeans and

looked cute.

"Wow you look wonderful" said Mayank.

"Thanks. Come in." Said Prachi blushing.

Mayank stepped into her house for first time and was soon impressed.

"You did all those paintings?" asked mayank looking at big canvas

paintings in her hall.

"Hmm..yeah..i do it for my timepass" said Prachi.

"Oh man...they don't look like timepass paintings Prachi..these are

master pieces!!" said Mayank who kept gazing at those beautiful

paintings.

"Oh please...I am not a trained painter..thanks anyway..come lets have

dinner"

said Prachi.

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When Mayank saw what all she prepared, he said "sorry for giving you

trouble!"

"No its fine. Cooking for one person extra is not a trouble" said Prachi

while serving food in his plate."Don't say that otherwise I might come everyday" said Mayank.

Prachi wanted that to happen everyday. She never felt so happy after

a long time. Throughout the dinner, Mayank kept on praising her food

and she got more and more attracted to Mayank's charm. After dinner

they talked for long time. Mayank kept making jokes and Prachi laughed

non-stop. Prachi never realized when it was already 11:30pm.

Mayank suddenly looked at his watch and realized it was late. "Hey..sorry..its late..i should leave..you have to get up early to the office

again tomorrow" said mayank and got up to leave.

Prachi didn't want him to leave and wanted to stop him for some more

time.

"yeah..it was ...it was nice having you here today" stammered Prachi.

"really?" said Mayank

"yeah...u know..i never smiled and laughed this much before Mayank. You

brought something back which I lost long time ago." Said prachi, her

eyes were almost in tears.

Mayank kept looking at her for sometime.

"so where is my fees?" said mayank.

"Fees??" questioned Prachi.

"yeah for bringing back what u lost!" said Mayank.

"aha..so I am your first patient it seems...tell me whats urfees, I will

give you" said Prachi with a smile.

"ummm...lets see..umm" said mayank making a thinking gesture "how

about one more dinner, this time somewhere outside"

"done" said prachi almost immediately.

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"wow...that's an improvement ..i thought you would me hit" said Mayank

laughing.

And then for coming weeks they were inseparable. They met almost

everyday for dinner. Mayank and Prachi were madly in love with eachother but never expressed it to each other. Prachi started smiling

more and more and became more communicative in office with

colleagues. All her colleagues were surprised to see the change in her

behavior. She even started taking care on what she was wearing and

how she looked.

One day in a restaurant, Mayank seemed little restless."What happened to you today?" asked Prachi.

"Actually I wanted to tell you something..dont know how you will react!"

confessed Mayank.

Prachi suspected that he might propose her and felt little nervous

deep beneath her heart but was still waiting for this moment since

long.

"Its ok Mayank..tell me...since when did u get so nervous in front of

me?"

said Prachi.

"hmm..its not nervousness but..i don't want you to hate me after what I

will tell you" said Mayank.

"Now...plz..dont keep me in suspense!!" requested Prachi not able to

keep bear the excitement.

"Actually, few days back I read a article in a newspaper. There is going

to be a painting exhibition for new talents in Mumbai. That's going to

be conducted by Tina Ambani, wife of Anil Ambani of Reliance

Industries.

Without your permission I sent your name and one of the photos of

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your painting. Today I got a reply from Tina Ambani herself and she is

pleased with your painting and want that to be exhibited. I know you

are going to be mad at me now but Prachi I want the whole world to

know your talent" said Mayank holding one of the hands of Prachi.

Prachi listened to all with complete silence. She didn't knew how to

react.

She was expecting something else. She was in love with Mayank but

with what Mayank told her, she could not hold back her tears. Tears

rolled over her cheeks and she couldn't speak.

"uh..oh..sorry Prachi..i dreaded this..i didn't want to hurt you..Yourpaintings were so impressive, that I felt it should not confine just

within four walls of your home. I guess I should have asked you before.

I am sorry again" said Mayank with guilty.

"uh..no no..dont say sorry Mayank..its just that..i never thought you

cared about me so much..i never realized that you felt my paintings

were worth sending to an exhibition...i..i..am surprised ...but I don't

think I am worth it....i do it for my own pleasure.." said Prachi with

chocking voice.

Mayank holding her hand tight "I already told you this before..your

painting are master pieces and now the response from Tina Ambani

herself tells you what you are worth of. Prachi you should learn to be

proud of your own talent..you really don't know what you are worth

of..."

After a 2 minutes of silence. "I don't know Mayank..how to thank you

for all this...how will I be able to return the favour" said Prachi.

"The fact that you are not mad at mr after hearing this, is itself a big

favor" said Mayank smiling "And the by the way, there would be

competition too in that exhibition and whoever wins, will get a sum of

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Rs 5lakhs and a contract to do the painting of Reliance's New office in

Mumbai."

"oh is it...that sounds interesting..i hope you wont ask 5lakhs in return

of favour" said Prachi teasingly."ha ha..may be" said Mayank.

Mayank took care of logistics of sending Paintings to Mumbai. All 5 of

her paintings were selected for exhibition. Prachi and Mayank both

went to Mumbai together on the day of the opening of the exhibition.

There were total of 25 paintings altogether. Prachi was nervous to talk

to Tina Ambani but Mayank stood beside her and gave his support.

Prachi and Mayank could notice that Prachi's painting caught most ofthe attention from viewers.

Prachi and Mayank spent that day in Mumbai doing shopping and sight-

seeing.

She couldn't believe she was with Mayank for whole day. They were

hardly in their hotel rooms and were roaming around till 2 am midnight.

When they came back to their hotel, they were both tired and dozed

of almost immediately in their respective rooms. They returned back to

Bangalorenext day by early morning flight. Exhibition was held for 2

more weeks and results were out the last day. As expected Prachi's

paintings won the first place.

Mayank was ecstatic with the news and Prachi was more pleased to see

Mayank happy than winning the actual award. Calls didn't stop pouring

in Prachi's phone that day. Her office was proud of her after hearing

the news. Prachi's parents were both surprised and felt on top of the

world.

While they both were on flight to Mumbai to receive the award..

Mayank whispered in Prachi's ears "Prachi when we will go back to

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Bangalore, I will ask you to return my favour"

Prachi looked surprised and said "I will be pleased"

The award ceremony went on very well. Prachi had to speak few words

on the stage after receiving the award and she was very nervous aboutit but one look at Mayank and words flew from her mouth smoothely.

She became a celebrity overnight. It was one of the memorable days

ever for Prachi and now Prachi was looking forward to what Mayank

would ask her after returning to Bangalore.

Mayank asked her to come home for dinner the day they returned.

Prachi was on cloud 9 and she was sure that Mayank would propose her.

She looked forward for the evening and got ready on time. She lookedin the mirror some 100 times before making sure she looked perfect.

Sharp at 8pm she went to Mayank's home and rang the bell.

Mayank opened the door and stared at her.

"Oh my god..dont do this to me!" said Mayank.

"What did I do?" said Prachi surprised.

"You look ravishing..what if I get heartattack? I am just a psychiatrist

not a cardiologist" said Mayank again with his flirting smile.

Prachi blushed and felt shy.

Mayank took her hand and made her sit on the sofa. Mayank sat on the

small chair beside her still holding her hand.

Mayank stared at her for a minute and said "actually I have two things

to ask from you Prachi"

"And what are those?" said Prachi, her hands going numb.

Mayank took a deep breath.

"Prachi I want you to forgive Samyu..i mean Samyuktha" said Mayank.

Prachi didn't understand what was Mayank talking about for a second

and later got shocked.

"Yes your friend Samyuktha, Prachi" said Mayank.

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Prachi took back her hand which Mayank was holding and stared at him

with thousand questions in her mind. Mayank looked away from her and

stared behind her. Prachi didn't understand where he was looking andturned to the direction where he was looking. Samyuktha was standing

there behind her.

Prachi got shocked looking at her after all these years.

"Prachi..hi...how are you?...." said Samyuktha slowly.

Prachi looked back at Mayank.. "So you knew me from before hand..and

all this was one big drama?" said Prachi with anger.

"See Prachi..yes I knew you ..but all this is not a drama...don't get me

wrong...i..." said Mayank when Prachi cut him in mid-sentence and left

his home in rage without looking back.

Mayank ran for her but Prachi didn't let him in her house. She closed

the doors and went to her bedroom weeping. Mayank tried calling her

mobile, but she kept it off. Mayank tried knocking her door many times

but she didn't budge from her bedroom. The whole night Prachi kept

reeling back to the time she met Mayank for first time, how she spent

time with Mayank and felt sad that all that was a drama. He did it all

for Samyuktha not because he liked her. She hated Samyuktha for

coming back in her life again. Everything was so beautiful till yesterday.

She ruined everything again.

She slept sobbing in her bedroom and didnt know when it was already

9am in the morning. She realized she had headache and called her

office to tell she will be on leave. She noticed a letter near her main

door. She knew it must be from Mayank and didn't touch it for long but

kept looking at it. After few hours passed she decided to read it. It

was not from Mayank but from Samyuktha.

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Dear Prachi,

I know you are still very angry with me. And I know I deserved it.

Prachi I cam here all the way from US just for you. After leaving

college, I soon went to US for higher studies and later married Aakash.Life was rosy for few years but I realized I lost all my friends. Even

after marriage Aakash kept in touch with his old school friends but I

didn't had any genuine friends. The one genuine friend I had, I broke

her heart. I wanted to get in touch with you again but was afraid of

your reaction. I tried contacting your parents in delhiand they said you

left Bangalore. They told me how much you have changed and distanced

yourself from everybody even with your own parents. Then I realized Iam the reason behind it. Prachi when I was in college I was naïve and

was drawn to all attentions. I didn't understand what was right or

wrong. When I was in school, you helped me to come out of my shell and

later you went into the same cocoon because of me. You don't know how

bad I felt later when I realized my mistake. I wanted to repent for

everything I did and wanted to bring back that old charming Prachi.

Mayank is school friend of Aakash. I met him when i visited Indialast

time and became good friends. When Mayank decided that he wanted

to go to Bangalorefor his medical practice, I told him about you. I

asked him if its possible for him to get in touch with you. I took your

address from your parents and luckily Mayank got a flat for rent in

your apartment. Mayank kept telling me about you whenever he met

you. I realized you have changed a lot and felt guilty. Mayank and I

decided to tell you about me when the right time comes. Prachi, Mayank

likes and respects you a lot. Being a psychiatrist he knew you are not

the person you were projecting. He wanted to bring out real you and I

was happy that what I couldn't do, atleast he can do that and did that.

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Prachi I am leaving to Delhitoday by 5pm flight. I want to say sorry to

you again in person though its ok if you don't forgive me. And one more

thing, if you want to hate me still, its ok, but don't hate Mayank.

Whatever he did was not because I asked him to do but he himselfwanted it to do. I primarily wanted to be in touch with you through

Mayank, nothing else. I am not sure if you will forgive me or not but I

want to say Sorry for one last time.

Love

Samyu.

Prachi read that letter for 10 times and tear swelled from her eyes. At

4'o clock she decided to go to Airport. She reached airport by 4:30and saw Samyu there. Samyu was overwhelmed with joy when she saw

prachi. As Prachi came near she swung and hugged her with tears.

"I knew..i knew you would come" said Samyuktha

"How wouldn't I ..i wanted to hear a sorry from you" said Prachi with

tears.

"I am so so so so sorry Prachi..you don't know how happy and relieved I

am after all these years..." said Samyuktha.

"Me too...and...I want to say thank you!" said prachi "Thank you?"

puzzled Samyuktha "Yeah..thank you for sending Mayank in my life"

said Prachi "I guess that was fate Prachi...I didn't send him..but it was

a co-incidence that you happened to be my friend...err...aren't we

friends"

"Yes..yes..now again don't make me cry..cried a lot since yesterday"

said prachi with a smile.

"ha ha ok ok.." said Samyuktha.

"That's bad, you friends are having good time and forgot about me"

said Mayank from behind.

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Prachi looked back with surprise and became happy to see him there.

"Mayank, you wanted to ask one more thing to Prachi yesterday night

right..why don't you ask that?" said Samyuktha looking at Mayank.

"May I madam?" asked Mayank looking at Prachi.Mayank bent down on his knees and took out a small box from his

pocket.

"Will you make tea for me early in the morning everyday , will you cook

dinner for me every day, listen to my bak-bak everyday, sleep with me

in my bed, ....be my better half for rest of my life" said Mayank

showing the ring to her.

"Yes" said Prachi smiling but with tears " you guys are making me crylike anything".

"I hope you will not cry for rest of your life" said Mayank and hugged

Prachi.

It was time Samyuktha to leave and she once again hugged and

congratulated Prachi. Then congratulated Mayank and thanked him for

everything.

"Happy Ending"

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