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Episode 2
#YOU_ARE_MY_DESTINY
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Hii… first of all really very sorry for not updating on Friday as per my schedule… I was not feeling well so I was not able to complete it…!! And the next thing… I request you guys to have some patience regarding the plot of the story… I can’t answer all your questions now… The story has just started… So it will take some time to get everything clear…!! Till then please be patient…!! For now… Sanskaar and Sanky are two different persons… Sanky is dead and Sanskaar is still alive…!! But to find out where is Sanskaar and who is Varun you have read the story further…!!
So, now let’s start the story…
Recap: Dp goes to Mumbai and sees Varun…
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Varun comes and stands in front Dp…
Varun: Hello Sir… (forwards his hand for a handshake) Varun…!! How may I help you…??
He smiles whereas Dp looks at him shocked…
Varun: Excuse me sir…!! Are you okay…??
Mr. Sharma: Ahh… yes…!! (jerks Dp) Sir…!!
Dp: (comes back to his senses) Haan… Yes…!! Oh… (shakes hand with Varun) Durga Prasad Maheshwari…!!
Varun: (smiles) It’s pleasure meeting you sir… How can I help you…??
Mr. Sharma: Can we talk to you in private…?? It’s actually something very important…!!
Varun: (nods his head) Please come this way…!!
He takes him to his room… one in the staff-quarters of the orphanage…
Dp: You live here at the orphanage only…??
Varun: Yes… I have been here like… for… forever…!! This orphanage has been my home ever since I remember…!! Please have a seat…!!
Mr. Sharma: Actually we have come here for something very important and only you can help us out…!!
Varun: Only me…?? How can I…
Mr. Sharma: (cuts in between) Before you say anything… I want you to have a look at this…
He forwards a photograph towards Varun…
Varun: (gets shocked on seeing the photograph) I… I don’t remember that I have clicked such a photograph ever… I don’t even have such clothes…!!
Dp: You don’t remember because this is not you…!!
Varun: (still looking at the photograph) Then who is this…??
Dp: My son…!! SHLOK… SHLOK DURGAPRASAD MAHESHWARI…!!
Varun: He looks exactly like me…!!
Dp: Not exactly…!! Your eyes are different… You have deep brown eyes but Shlok’s eyes were black with a tint of hazel-nut…!!
Varun: One minute… Were…??
Dp: Yes… his eyes were…!! He… he… is no more…
Varun: What…??
Dp: Yes… He died six months ago…!!
Varun: I’m really very sorry… I… I didn’t mean to hurt you…!!
Dp: No… no it’s okay…
Varun: What can I do for you…??
Mr. Sharma: Actually it’s about Shlok Sir’s wife…!! Since the day he died she has been behaving weirdly…!!
Varun: Weirdly…??
Mr. Sharma: Actually Shlok Sir died in front of her eyes… and from that time she has gone into a state of trauma… She doesn’t remember that Shlok Sir is no more… She still believes that he is alive and if by chance someone mentions about the incident or something happens in front of her that is like that incident then she starts getting panic attacks…
Dp: And her panic attacks have increased to such a level in last two months that we afraid that after losing our son we will lose our daughter also… (joins hand in front of him) Please you are our last hope… Only you can help us now…!!
Varun: But how can I…??
Dp: Only you can save her now… Doctors say that we can’t force her to remember anything… She must remember everything on her own… and only Shlok can bring her back… But…
Varun: But he is… dead… So you want me to become Shlok to help your daughter-in-law..!! Am I right…??
Dp: (nods his head) So…??
Varun: (stays silent for a while and then starts after taking a deep breath) I’m sorry Sir… But these are against my virtues…!! I mean… This is like deceiving her…!! And I have to become not anyone… but her husband…!! The person she loved…
Dp: No…!!
Varun: Huhh…??
Dp: Not love…?? They didn’t love each other…!! In fact their marriage was like an alliance between her father and me…!!It was an arranged marriage…!! Yes… they both respected each other but love was not a part of their life…!! It was hardly four months after their marriage that Shlok left us all…
Varun: Then also Sir… I don’t think so I’ll be able to help you…!!
Dp: (takes a deep breath and stands up) Okay… Mr. Varun… I won’t be forcing you to do something you don’t want to…!! Thanks for listening to us…!! But in case if you change your decision… Here is my card… (gives him the card) We are staying in the City Hotel and will be leaving tomorrow afternoon…!! (forwards his hand for a handshake) It was nice meeting you…!!
Varun: (shakes hand) Same here Sir…!!
Dp leaves along with Mr. Sharma leaving a thoughtful Varun behind…
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NEXT DAY…
It’s early morning and Varun is sleeping in his room when he gets a dream…
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He is standing in lonely place lit with dim lights… He hears a voice…
Voice: She needs you… You have to go there…!! She will die on her own… Please… Please…!!
Varun: Who is it…??
He looks in the direction of voice and finds a blur image standing in front of him… Slowly and slowly the figure starts becoming clear and within few minutes the person’s face becomes clear… Varun looks at the person and finds himself standing there…
Person: She needs you…!!
Just then in the flicker of the light he sees the person’s eyes… They were black with a tint of hazel nut in them… Varun gets shocked…
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He gets up… completely shocked and is profusely sweating… A boy named Chotu about 15 years of age enters the room with a cup of tea in his hand…
Chotu: Varun Bhai… Your tea…!! What happened you over slept today… It’s already an hour past your wake up time…!! (he notices Varun lost in his thoughts and breathing heavily) Bhai… are you alright…?? Bhai… (he jerks Varun’s shoulder)…
Varun: (comes back to his senses) Huhh… Haan… What… What happened…??
Chotu: Again that dream…?? (Varun nods his head) Bhai… You have been seeing the same dream since last six months… You know… My mother used to say before she died… that if we get the same dream again and again then they ought to have some meaning…!! Maybe someone is really calling you…!!
Varun: But this time it was something different…!!
Chotu: What different…??
Varun: This time I saw the person… the owner of the voice…!!
Chotu: What…?? Really…??
Varun: At first I thought that it was me… But later I realized it wasn’t me…
Chotu: Bhai… Does this have something to do with the two men who came to meet you yesterday…??
Varun: I… I… don’t know…
Chotu: I think you should consider their request… They really seem in the need of some help…!! And you won’t be doing anything wrong… You are just helping them in bringing an almost dead person back to life…!!
Varun: You really think so…??
Chotu: Yes Bhai…!! I think you should go to meet them once…!!
Varun gets up from his bed and stands near the window fidgeting with the locket in his neck and thinking something… It’s a ‘S’ shaped locket made of platinum along with a platinum chain… Chotu notices this…
Chotu: You always do this naa…!!
Varun: Huhh… What…??
Chotu: That locket… You always seem to be talking to it whenever you are worried or tensed…!!
Varun: (looks at the locket and smiles) I don’t know why but this locket always seems to be giving me strength whenever needed…!! I always feel like I have someone very close to me with me…!!
Chotu: But from where did you get it…??
Varun: I don’t remember… But I have had this ever since I remember…!! Baba (Varun calls the principal as Baba) said that I already had this locket when he found me…!!
Chotu: Then… Then… that means it is from your birth parents…!!
Varun: Stop it Chotu…!! You know I don’t like talking about them…!!
Chotu: Why Bhai…?? After all they are your parents…!!
Varun: (gives a sarcastic laugh) Parents…!! Yaa right…!! Parents who left their child who was hardly two days old…!! If they never wanted me they shouldn’t have brought me to this world…!! Leave it… I don’t wanna talk about them…!!
Chotu: Okay as you wish…!! So, are you going to meet them…??
Varun: (nods his head) I think I should go…!!
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CITY HOTEL…
Dp and Mr. Sharma are discussing some business matter in Dp’s room when a bell-boy comes and knocks the door…
Mr.Sharma: (opens the door) Yes…??
Bell-boy: Sir, someone is here to meet you…!!
Dp: (comes there) Who is it Mr. Sharma…??
Just then Varun comes out from behind of the bell-boy…
Varun: Hello Sir…!!
Dp: (smiles) Varun…?? Come inside…!!
Varun comes inside…
Varun: Actually Sir… I thought about it… and I think… (takes a deep breath) I’m ready… I’ll help you…!!
Dp: Really…?? You will help us…!! Thank you… thank you… thank you so much…!! I don’t know how I’ll be able to return your favour…!!
Varun: Please don’t say like that…!! What do I need to do…?? I mean… regarding my appearance and all to look like your son…??
Dp: Not many things…!! As you are very much like him… so you don’t need to do much…!! Except for your eyes…
Varun: Yaa… I remember… Our eyes colors are different…!! So, that means I have to wear contact lenses…??
Dp: (nods his head) I guess so…!!
Varun: Not a problem Sir…!! I can do it…!!
Dp: There is one problem…
Varun: What…??
Dp: You have to stop calling me Sir… From now on you are my son… So, you need to call me Papa… Just like Shlok used to call me…!!
Varun: Yes Sir… I mean… Papa…!!
Dp: (smiles) Okay then… from today onwards you are Shlok.. Shlok Durgaprasad Maheshwari…!! (Varun gives a slight smile) We will leave by night and we will be able to reach there by tomorrow morning…!! But before that we need to do some shopping…!! You can go along with Mr. Sharma…!!
Varun: (nods) See you in the evening then…!!
He is about to leave when Dp calls from behind…
Dp: Varun…!! I forgot to tell you one thing… (Varun looks on) We used to call Shlok as SANKY out of love…!! So, that will be your nickname…!! (Varun nods his head) and Thank you…!!
Varun: It’s my pleasure that I could help you…!! (he is about to go but turns remembering something) Sir… I mean Papa… If you don’t mind can I ask you something…??
Dp: Yes…??
Varun: What’s the name of your daughter-in-law…??
Dp: Oh… I forgot to tell you…!! It’s Swara… Swara Maheshwari…!!
Varun: (smiles) Swara…!! (he gets a different feeling on hearing her name) Okay… I’ll take your leave then…!!
Dp nods and Varun leaves along with Mr. Sharma…
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NEXT DAY… Varun finds himself standing in front of a huge mansion…
Dp: From now on you will be living here…
Varun: (smiles and nods his head) It’s really very beautiful…!!
Dp: Let’s go inside…!!
Both of them go inside… Ap looks at Varun and gets shocked… For a moment she is unable to believe her eyes…
Ap: Shlok…?? No… no… this is not possible…!! You are alive…??
Dp: Annapurna, he is not our Shlok…!!
Ap: Then who is he…?? And what is he doing here…??
Dp tells her everything…
Ap: (gets angry) How could you do this…?? How could you just bring anyone like our son…?? And Swara… What about her when she finds out the truth…?? (Varun stands there silently listening to them)
Dp: It’s for her only…!! This is our last hope… We can get her back… Her bubbliness… Her liveliness back…!!
Ap: I…
Before she could complete they hear the sound of something breaking… They all turn to find Swara standing there, a cup is lying there near her feet shattered into pieces…
Swara: San… Sanky…?? (Varun looks at her) Where… where have you been…?? Koi wapas aane mein itna time lagata hai kya…?? You know how much worried I was… You…
She starts getting some flashes… And before anyone could understand anything she gets conscious and is about to fall when Varun runs towards her and catches her at the right moment… He looks at her as she falls unconscious in his arms…!!
Episode ends…!!
Precap: Not yet decided…!! (Any suggestions… 😛 😀 )
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Okay… I know that this update is not a good one… But as I need to build up the plot so I had to write this one…!! But as the story will progress I’ll try to make it interesting…!! I hope some of your confusions might be clear by now…!! You all must be eager to know about who is Sanskaar… Some of you might have guessed it by now… But that revelation part is very important so I need to develop a proper plot for that…!! So, I request you to have some patience till then…!!
Any suggestions regarding the future plot is always welcome…!! Just let me know if you want to see anything particular in the further story…!!