A new morning...the sun was shining more brightly today..they say right..darker the night..brighter is the sun? Well..last night was indeed a very dark one..on one hand..where a new bond..a new but strong friendship was taking birth...on the other hand..years old friendship got tainted with few disappointments..few mistrusts. Everyone was waiting for the dark night to get over..some were hoping to regain the lost trust..whereas some were planning to end the last night chapter forever..but only fate knows..what's in store.

Nandini gets disturbed when the sunrays directly fall on her. She opens her eyes and looking around..she realises she had fallen asleep at her favorite place..in the open area. But what caught her attention was the quilt that was covering her..she remembered being disturbed by the nightmare..she came in the open area for fresh air..without any quilt..n now..she was covered up. A small smile appeared on her face realising it must b Navya..after quite a while someone showed so much of care for her. Coming out of her trance. .she moves inside..going directly to her room where Navya must b sleeping. On reaching her room..she finds no one there and her bed made perfectly.. she was thinking of calling out Navya's name when a sound from the kitchen grabbed her attention. She goes to the kitchen only to find Navya there.

Nan: navya?

Nav: arre Nandu..uth gayi tum? Good morning. Chalo jaao..jaldi se fresh hoke aao..humne naashta banaaya hai..saath me karenge.

Nan: Good morning to u too Navya. Lekin iski zarurat kya thi..me banaa leti.

Nav: kyu? Tumhe hamara yaha aise bina tumse puche kaam kerna acha nahi laga?

Nan: aisi baat nahi hai Navya. Tumhe mujhse ijazat lene ki koi zarurat nahi hai. Tum ise apna hee ghar samajh sakti ho.

Nav: to bas phir..chalo jaao jaldi fresh hoke aao.

Nandini leaves for getting fresh and in the meantime Navya sets the dining table. Nandini comes back only to b surprised..

Nan (surprised): aaloo k parathe?

Nav: haan..wo hume kuch sooja hee nahi kya banaay..tumhari pasand na pasand pata nahi hai na..lekin koi na..agli baar hum tumhare hee pasand ka banaayenge.

Nan: relax Navya. Mujhe aaloo k parathe pasand hai. Lekin tumhe meri pasand ka banaane ki zarurat nahi hai. Tumhe jo pasand ho tum wohi banaa sakti ho.

Nav: arre aise kaise..humne kal raat kaha tha na tumse..jab hum akele ho..tab tum humse choti aur hum tumse badi honge..aur bade apne choto ki pasand na pasand ka khayal rakhte hai. Acha wo sab chodo..ye bataao tumhara haath kaisa hai? Ab dard to nahi horaha?

Nan: nahi..ab dard nahi hai.

Nav: acha to chalo jaldi jaldi nashta kerlo..

Nan: kyu..itni jaldi kya hai?

Nav: arre..hume dekhna hai na...k tum is pari k lambe baalo ko itne chote kaise kerdeti ho?

Nandini smiles. Both continue their breakfast and leave to get ready for college. Nandini gives another dress to Navya to get ready in. She herself gets ready in her usual dungris and comes infront of her mirror to set her hair. She looks thru the mirror n finds Navya observing her keenly. Nandini smiles n takes hold of her hair but soon hisses in pain.

Nav: kya huwa Nandu? Dard huwa kya?

Nan: nahi wo bas...

Nav: kya nahi? Tumse to baal pakde b nahi jaa rahe. Kaise baandogi tum?

Nan: dnt wry Navya..me kerlungi.

Nav: nahi..tum nahi karogi. Ek kaam karte hai..tum hume bataao k kaise kaise kerna hai..aur hum kerdenge.

Nan: nahi Navya its ok. I will manage. Tum stress mat lo.

Nav: nandu..humne kaha na hum kerdenge. Aur jab tak hum tumhare saath hai..tumhe aur takleef uthaane ki zarurat nahi. Chalo ab..bataao hume..kaise kerna hai.

Nandini then starts instructing Navya step by step and Navya obediently follows her instructions..in almost 15 mins..Nandini's hair got tied into short hair..giving her the famous SONI MUNDA look.

Nav: arre wah...yakeen hee nahi hota k aise b ker sakte hai. 15 min me sab hogaya.

Nan: ek baar aadat hojaay..to 5 min me hojaata hai.

Nav: acha chalo..hum college k liye late horahe hai. Lekin Nandu..ab tum car kaise chalaaogi?

Nan: Navya..ye mamuli si chot hai.. u dnt wry me manage kerlungi. Chale?

Navni leave for college in Nandini's cab.

Here...when the sun rose spreading its rays...3 boys were sleeping not so peacefully..their hearts still held disappointment from the last night but their minds were exhausted. Last night seeing Manik so vulnerable..Dhruv n Cabir stayed back with him. Their sleep was disturbed by continuous ringing of a phone.

Cab: Manik yaar..turn off ur phone plz.

Man: its not mine Cabir.

Dhr: sorry guys..its mine..let me see.

Dhruv picks up the call only to find it to be of Aliya's. Seeing her name..last night's incident again came into his mind. He ddnt want to talk to Aliya right now till he clears his mind. So he rejected her call. No sooner had he rejected..again a mobile starts to ring..but this time it was of Cabir's. Seeing the call from Mukti..Cabir too rejected her call. Manik by now was wide awake..

Man: kya huwa? Aaj subah subah tum dono ke cell baje..lekin tum logo ne uthaaya nahi. Koun tha?

Before Cabir or Dhruv respond..again a ring disturbs them. But this time..it was all of the 3 mobiles. All 3 check their phones and then look at each other. It was a conference call displaying FAB5. They ddnt knw what to do.. they ddnt want to face them right now..a lot had been running in their minds and they ddnt want tht to ruin their friendship. They needed some space where they could think of how to handle this mess. None answered the call.

Cab: guys..i think we should get fresh. We r getting late for college.

Dhr: hmmm..guess u r ryt

Man: ah..u guys go ahead..m not in mood to attend any lecture today.

Cabir n Dhruv understand that Manik is avoiding college to avoid Muklya and Nandini. He might somehow face Muklya..but Nandini?!

Dhr: buddy..we knw what r u thinking. But buddy..avoiding them wont b a solution.

Cab: dhruv is ryt Manik. We need to face them some day or the other..i knw what a mess has been created..but we cant just sit at home hiding our faces..

Man: but how will i face Nandini Cabir? U saw na..how i behaved with her? I even sla..

Manik closes his eyes tight shut recalling his slap. Cabir puts a hand on his shoulder..

Cab: i knw Cabir..now since its fab5 who has done this..so its fab5 who needs to sort it out too. We cant run away.

Manik was still in dilemma..but then..Nandini's voice comes in his mind.

Stop running away Manik. Running is no solution.

Man: u r ryt.. lets stop running. We will go to college. Come on..lets get ready.

Saying so all 3 get ready n leave for college.

In college:

Al: Dhruv isnt answering my calls.

Muk: neither they answered our conference call.

Al: we have really crossed our limits this time Mukti.

Muk: i knw Aliya..n thts y we need to set it alright. But before that..we need to talk to boys. I hope they atleast come to the college.

Navni enter the college n at the same time Manik, Cabir and Dhruv enter the college. All come face to face.
Cabir looks at Navya and he recalls her condition last night. That sight churns his stomach n he lowers his gaze. Here Manik looks at Nandini n Nandini too looks at him. Manik recalls all their encounters of the last day..how she got music back in his life..n how he repaid her..by slapping her n accusing her of something she never did. Here Nandini too was looking at him...thinking how could she fail so miserably in identifying the real face of Manik. She thought that Manik is a genuine guy..mayb thats why she could relate herself with him..mayb thats y she could see and sense the pain he held in his eyes.

Nav: chalo Nandu.. hume late horaha hai.

Both leave from there. N boys leave for canteen. Muklya find them on their way n stop them.

Muk: good morning guys

Al: dhruv baby..u ddnt answer my call..

Dhr (avoiding both of them): ah guys..actually mujhe yaad aaya k professor Mehta had called me..i will just go n meet him.

N he leaves from there.

Cab: chal manik..

Muk: guys plz..plz dnt avoid us..plz at least talk to us. Just come to the jam room once..plzzz..

Man: plz Mukti..we need some time..some alone time.

Saying so..he leaves from there followed by Cabir.

Al (sobbing silently): they hate us Mukti. We ruined it. We ruined everything Mukti. We broke fab5.

Mukti too weeps silently.

All this was heard and seen by 2 pairs of eyes...Navni.

Nav: ajeeb log hai ye.. pehle khud kaand kerte hai aur phir ye naatak..pata nahi kyu ker rahe hai ye sab? Dikhaana kya chahte hai?

Nandini was confused seeing all this. She wasnt able to understand tht The fab5..who never left each other r now avoiding each other. Yesterday they had planned such an evil trick..n today..everything has changed.

Nav: Nandu..kaha kho gayi? Chalo class chalte hai.

Nan: ah Navya..tum aage chalo..mujhe kuch kaam hai.

Nav: kya kaam? Kahi tum....phir fab5 k paas to nahi?? Dekho Nandu..agar aisa hai to hum tumhe unke paas nahi jaane denge. Hume unper bilkul b bharosa nahi hai.

Nan: relax Navya. Trust me..ek aakhri kaam reh gaya hai. Wahi poora kerke aati hu.

Nav: theek hai. Par jaldi aana.

Saying so navya left from there.

In canteen..a guy came running to Manik, cabir and Dhruv..

Guy: Manik..wo..wo Mukti aur Aliya...

Man: kya huwa Mukti aur Aliya ko?

Guy: wo dono fab5 k jam room me behosh padhe hai.

Cab & dhr: what!

All 3 boys rush towards the jam room. They were about to open the door when they saw Muklya coming while running towards them.

Fab5 together: are u alright?
(Guys asking girls n girls asking boys)

Dhr: r u both fine?

Al: yes..r u?

Cab: what was this? U guys again played a prank with us? Just coz we refused to come here with u..u sent that guy to fake ur fainting n called us here? Seriously man! I dnt believe this.!

Al: but cabir..we ddnt do...

Dhr: stop it Aliya. When we told u tht we need some alone time then y dont u give us our time.

Muk: guys plz trust us..we ddnt send any guy. In fact a boy came upto us n said that u guys have fainted here. So we came running to check on u.

Man: same happened with us..but the point is..agar tum logo ne nahi bulaaya..to phir hume bulaaya kisne?

Nan: mene.

Fab5 turn around to see Nandini standing there with her arms crossed at her chest. She approaches them..

Nan: i ddnt get any other way to call u guys..itne waqt me ek baat samaj gayi hu..u guys dont bother if the trouble comes on u..but if any of ur fab5 friend is in trouble..then u cant hold urselves back.

Cab: listen Nandini..actually..

Nandini shows her palm to him.

Nan: i havent come here to listen to or talk to u guys. Ur something was left with me..just wanted to return that.

Fab5 get confused.

Dhr: what is it?

Nandini takes out some money from her pocket and shows it to them.

Nan: This..
I had taken 10000 from each of u..a total of 50000. Out of that we spent 32000 for the kids in orphanage..that leaves a balance of 18000. So here u r..with 3600 for each of u. I wanted to give u this as ur own earned money..coz u guys had really worked hard for fulfilling the wishes.. though it was ur own money..but i wanted u to realise that money cant buy that smile which ur little effort can do. Anyways...here..take this. This was the last thing tht kept us connected..n now..m breaking that too.

With her last sentence..there was something that hurt Manik deep inside.. breaking all connections..means now No Nandini. The mere thought was giving him a sick feeling. He was continuously staring at Nandini..as if pleading with his eyes to forgive him..to not leave him...to stay by him..but...

Nandini left...

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Precap: fab5 to see one hidden avatar of Nandini.

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M so so so sorry for this crap. Couldnt write more as m not keeping well..but there was someone who had genuinely requested to update by tonight..n i couldnt deny.
I knw u wont enjoy this piece...but i promise to try make it up for u..