3 MONTHS AGO,AGRA
“swara di!…emergency”sunny said,pulling her duppta.
swara at her little friend then at others
“i am taking sunny to washroom…everyone will sit here silently”swara said to number of childern.all nodded.swara gets up and takes sunny toward washrooms.
“go and come fast..’swara said.
‘come with me…’sunny said,holding her hand.
“i can’t come…this gent’s washroom”swara said worriedly.
“come with me or else i will shout.”sunny said in threatening voice.
“i will stand right here…’swara said in pleading voice.
“Aaaaa!!!..’sunny shouted but swara keeps hand on his mouth and takes him inside.she sighed in relief seeing no one.
“you have 2 minutes…if you didn’t come out i will never play cricket with you’swara said,pointing finger at him.sunny nodded vigorously and went inside one and close the door.
swara pace in washroom,pleading to God continuously.Just then main door gets open and voice of man’s boots came.swara hits her forehead,went inside one washroom and looks the door.
“swara di..this lock is not getting open”sunny said loudly.
“hey bhgawan..’swara beats her forehead.at that time lights went out and darkness spreads there.
“captain..’sunny shouted in scared voice,seeing the darkness.swara quickly went out and starts opening the door.
‘i am here…’swara said and pulled the door with full force.it gets open and sunny comes out quickly and hugs her.
“isn’t it gent’s washroom..”someone speaks behind her.swara bites her bottom lip.
“i brought swara di here…you have any problem?”sunny said loudly in darkness.
“shhh!..’swara shushed sunny.
‘i don’t have any problem…angry little kid’sanskar said in chuckling voice. swara takes sunny toward washbasin and strikes with sanskar.
“careful miss…”he said and stepped back.swara opens the tap after tracing it in dark and sunny wahses his hand.swara walks toward door,holding sunny’s hand and again bumped to sanskar.
“ouch!..my foot.”sanskar cried when swara stepped on his foot.
“i am so sorry…i was finding door.”swara said in embarrassed tone.
“this is electric door…it will not open so please stand at one place.”sanskar said,holds her from shoulder and make her stand at side.
“we are stuck here..’sunny said worriedly.swara holds her from shoulder.
“just now you were behaving like young angry man now became scared kitten..”sanskar teased him.
“i am not scared kitten.i am very brave”sunny said in cute angry voice.swara giggles and pats his cheek.sanskar laughed a little.
“excause me miss…give me your mobile.i will call my friend.he will do something”sanskar said in general way and sunny burst out laughing.swara hits on his head.
“i am sorry i don’t have mobile”swara said in low voice.
“what was funny in this…kid?’sanskar asked confusingly.sunny again burst out laughing.
“sunny…’swara said through gritted teeth.
“the day captain will buy mobile….i will hit centuary.”sunny said in teasing tone.
“i m changing my team…”swara said in threatening voice.
“sorry captain…i will keep my mouth shut’sunny said quickly and keep finger on lips.
“don’t tell me…in this age you don’t have mobile.how are you alive?’sanskar said in complete shocked voice.
“do you have mobile?…”swara asked angrily.
“i belong to this era therefore i have mobile…but its battery is dead’sanskar said shaking his head.swara looks at vantilation system.
“can you please open this?”swara asked,patting the window.sanskar walks toward it.
“what’s so hurry….light will come any moment’sanskar said in flirty voice.
“open this….my children are alone in hall.”swara said in serious tone.
“CHILDREN!!!….how many?”sanskar asked with wide eyes.swara holds her head.
“uncle captain is not married….we won match therefore captain is giving whole team treat”sunny clear his confusion.
“thank God…your captain is not married.”sanskar said loudly,making swara hear it.he takes out the window with jerk and a gush of air touched his face.
“its dark outside…i will go out first then give me kid and last will be you…”sanskar said and swara nodded.
“miss captain…did you hear me?’sanskar asked loudly,not getting answer from her.
“okay…’swara said.sanskar shakes his head,climbs window and jumps outside.swara picks sunny and make him sit on window.
“sunny jump…”sanskar said loudly.
“captain..’sunny said in scared voice.
“jump…he will catch you.”swara said in soothing tone.sunny jumps and sanskar catches him.
“thank you uncle…”sunny said and hugged him.
‘your welcome…now its your captain turn..”sanskar said,making him stand on ground.
‘give me your hand…”swara said loudly after sitting on window.sanskar holds her hand and swara jumps down.sanskar staggered back a little but make himself steady.
their faces were very close and breaths were getting mix.swara’s hand were still in his.
“thank you..’swara said in whisper,steps back,holds sunny hand and leaves.sanskar was still standing there,hearing her foot steps which were going far.
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“you are not ready yet..’karan said in frustrated voice,seeing sanskar lost in thought.
“oye…..’karan said,throwing magzine at him.sanskar comes in his senses and looks at him.
“get up…we will miss our bus.”karan said,packing his own bag.
“which city is next….’sanskar asked in thoughtful tone.
‘MATHURA…”karan said in busy tone.
“i am here for few days…will meet you all there”sanskar said,taking decision in one second.karan looks at him with confused face.
“what is running in your mind….why you want to stay here.we had visited every place then?”karan asked in worried voice.
“Thaj Mahal is remaining…’sanskar said in chuckling voice,gets up and leaves.
“we went Thaj Mahal yesterday…didn’t we?”karan said confusingly then shakes his head and start packing again.
Sanskar walks toward reception.
“excuse me..”
“yes sir…how may i help you?”
“i wanted to ask about a girl…….
EVENING
“hello ma’am….can you please call miss swara bose?”sanskar said in very obedient way.
“why?…what work you have with her.”Chachi said,looking at him with narrowed eyes.
“actually ma’ma…she win a phone in quiz competition….i came here to deliver it.”sanskar said and peeps inside the house.chachi takes packed from his hand.
“i am her chachi..i will give it to her.”chachi said in very sweet voice.sanskar takes box from her hands.
‘sorry ma’am…but i need her signature also and i am ordered to give it in her hand…will you please call her?”sanskar said in sweet voice like her.
“she didn’t return from office still….give me register i will sign on it.i am her legal guardian.”chachi said,snatch register from his hand, sign on it and takes box.
chachi opens the box in front of sanskar and starts looks at it with wide eyes.
“kavita….”chachi called her daughter.
“yes mom…”a arrogant looking girl came there.
“swara won this in quiz competition..’chachi said,showing mobile to her.
‘smartphone…”kavita said with wide eyes.A boy came there and takes mobile from kavita’s hand.sanskar rubs his temple.
“i also want mobile like this..’kavita whinned like child and tried to snatch from her brother’s hand and drops it on floor.sanskar mouth gets open,seeing its screen broken.
“ma’am what did you do?”sanskar asked in shocked voice.
“taht was mistake…and you are still standing here.leave from here.your work is done”chachi said angrily.sanskar wanted to kill that woman but gulps his anger and leaves.
“didn’t even get to see her face..’sanskar muttered in annoyed tone.he was walking one footpath which was against a playing ground.
“chaka!!!!!!!(sixer)….”Children shouting voice came from ground.
“we won!!!….ya ho!!!!!”children shouting were touching the sky.sanskar stops at the door of ground and looks at children.Just then swara strikes with sanskar from back and both falls down.
‘watch it…ae you blind?’sanskar said angrily.
“sorry i was in hurry…”swara said while picking up her things.she picks up her things and went inside.
“match over….we won.”few children shouted seeing her.Other looks at her angrily.swara bites her tongue and looks at them apologatically.They stamps their feet and start walking out from there.
“i am sorry..’swara said walking after them.opposite team was hooting.
“you are not our captain from now….this is the time to come”sunny said angrily.swara stops them and come in front of them.
“my tyre got punctured..”swara said poutingly.
“bus tyre….”her team shouted in union.
“same thing…”swara giggled.
all shakes their heads side to side.
“we will get another captain…”they said in union.
“okay then i will leave..’swara said innocently and turns to go.Their mouth dropped seeing her leaving,without a single plead.
“your punishment…you will buy us ice creams…”they all shouted at top of their lungs and drags her toward ice cream parlour without hearing her answer.
“everyone will go home from here..”swara said in strict voice.all nodded and run from there.swara walks toward her house.she looks at highted haveli,sighed heavily and entered inside,oblivios from pair of eyes straing at her.
TO BE CONTINUED……..