"Do you remember
Us dancing in the rains,
All wet but thirsty
For each other."
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Sara's POV

I am trying to cheer myself up, for the sake of my friends, but all in vain. My love life and my professional life is at stake, so how can I calm down. Even Orry doesn't understand my position.
Uggh..! I just hate my life. It's all subfusc. It's 11 in the night and we were still at beach, my friends were at the beach bar, enjoying themselves but I'm here all alone but accompanied by my tranquility and nostalgia.

I remember 8 months back, when I was in Mumbai, at his house. I was helping Kiki with what to wear the next day, and I heard honking of the car. But Kiki and me didn't pay any attention to it, we were busy with our fashion spree.
My phone started ringing.
"Tumhe sunai nahi de raha..mai horn mar rha hu." He complained like a kid.

"Arre kab baja dia horn. Ghar ki grocery akele jaake le aao.. or phone rakho..mai Kiki ke sath busy hu." I said jokingly.

"Achaaa! Chal na natak mat kar. Niche aa ja."

"Pehle tu meri bat sun.."

"Mai ni sun raha.." he cut me.

"Suno Na.." I said while sugar coating.

"Han!?" He replied all drooled over her.

"Maine kaha suno Na..."

"Bolo! Na!"

"Sara grocery lekar aana..kuch mat bhoolna..nhi to aunty datengi." I joked and laughed very hard.

"Hogya! Bs! Thik hai..ab chl niche aa.. Sara! Niche aaja!" He literally pleaded in the end.

"Aati hu!" I said putting off the call.

There he was, waiting for me in his car. I can't tell how happy I was when he brought it, in the honours of aunty, with his money. He was so excited when he informed me about it.

Those were the days!!

So where I was, yeah, I came inside the car and took the passengers seat and eyed him as he was staring at me throughout as I had put the seat belt around me.

"Why are you staring? Or jana kaha hai?"

"Do you trust me?" He asked in answer.

"What kind of a question is that?" I eyed him angrily.

"Then how does it matter, ke hum kaha jaa rahe hain!" He replied.

"Ye intense hero wali acting hogyi..ab batao kaha jaa rhe hain hum! Kartik bata na" I made a puppy face.

"Mai ni batane wala." He smiled And he started driving the car.
"Shanti se beth ja na..kahi special jagah ni jaa rhe meri maa. Just wanted to spend some lone time with my princess." He said as I was sitting with a sad face.
As soon as I heard the last line, I smiled ear to ear. He's such a cutie. I immediately pulled his cheeks and pecked the same, as a result of which he just blushed.

He stopped the car when we reached a beach. "Tujhe aksa beach ghuma du aa chlti kya!?" Kartik sang as he removed his seat belt.

"Hahahah! Salman sir did it better." I said with sarcasm.

"I know. Tum kabhi to meri tareef karo." He pouted.

"I had a crush on Kartik Aaryan and now he's my boyfriend. Umm..kuch to bat hai ladke me iska matlab. Haina..! Mujhe lagta hai ke he's a gentleman and he's saara ka saara Sara ka." I said cheekily and with a lot of expressions.

In response he rushed out of the car and came to my side. He offered me his hand to come out and said
"This way mam!"

"Again address me as mam and I'll bang your head." I threatened him but he still was smiling. My flattered boyfriend. He's the sweetest.

"Well it's a date right?" I asked slipping my hand in his as he was standing, while waiting for me.

"Kinda." He replied while smiling meekly and I was just crushing over him all over again. His gestures for me, are always so cute and heartwarming.

"Will you be my date tonight?" He asked as we were still standing, yeah we were staring at each other with love.

"Nobody else can be!" I asserted and smiled.

"When did you planned this?" I asked when we were having our wine, non alcoholic ones of course. (Phew!)
We were standing right beside each other, under the most beautiful setting, he had decorated, witnessing the waves of the water body.

Vast open waters, soft rolling tides and blue black horizon was doing wonders to me. Not that I haven't visited beach before, it's about him, it's about Kartik, his company.
There was SarTik written on the sand with flower petals, and the candel laid tent. It was all so mesmerizing.
But thanks to Mumbai rains, it started raining abruptly and I ran to the tent when Kartik held my hand and stopped me midway. He smiled as he held me close in the rain shower. Rain conjured a sweet pattern upon his face. We were standing amidst the stars, rains and waves. It felt good. With him it felt good. We rested our foreheads against each other and blushed hard. It is one of those moments in my life, which I'll always reckon.

... I still remember that night...it treasures memories, of me being with him. Of the comforting love that remains and the hopes That I hold for us, in a parallel world.

All this just flashed in front of me right now as I am sitting alone.
"Sara ander aaja, shayad baarish hone wali hai!" My friend called from a distance.

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2 days later

Kartik's POV

"Halki halki barish ho rahi hai koki! Chal aaja barish me nahate hain!" Kritika asked me breaking my chain of thoughts.

"Nhi yaar! Mai ni chal raha!" I almost whispered.

"Kyu tuje to bachpan se barish achi lagti hai. Mummyyy koki badal gaya!! Haye ram!! ab ye sab ise pasand nahi?" She literally made a drama. Such a mellow dramatic queen she is.

"Kiki!! Kiki!!! Esa nahi hai. Mujhe barish pasand hai par ab bheeg jaane ko dil nhi karta." I replied.

"Mummyyy koki sach me badal gaya hai..shayar ho gaya hai!" She went away, yelling dramatically like a mad woman.

I switched on the TV to distract my mind when I happened to see a headline on one of the news channel which stated "Sara Ali Khan and some other actresses have been named in the drug case. Sara has been asked by NCB to report to them as soon as possible. She has been charged for drugs consumption." What the fuck!

She is sober. And..
Oh my god! She needs me.

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A/N : Here's the next chapter!! Tell me how it is and don't forget to share the story. ❤️✨