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Sonakshi was amused to see Samaira in such a jubilant mood, "kya baat hai? Kya India ne test series jeet li kya? Itni khush kyon hai?"

Samaira rolled her eyes, "Sonakshi! Don't talk about cricket right now....pata hai aaj Kohli phir 0 par out ho gaya......par main kisi aur wajah se khush hoon."

Sonakshi gave her a puzzled look,"tere boss tujhse impress ho gaye?"

Samaira wrinkled her nose and grinned, "wo bhi aur ek aur baat pataa chal gayi. Guess kar jaldi."

Sonakshi was clueless, "pata nahin....ab bataa bhi de."

"toh mere jiju ka naam Rehaan Ahmed hai.....haina?" Samaira put her arm around Sonakshi and asked.

"Kya!!!! Tujhey kaise pataa chala? Mera peecha toh nahin kiya tune?" Sonakshi was in a way pleased that Samaira had found out; she was anyways banking on her sister to break the news to her parents.

Samaira picked the two CD covers from the bed, "apne Rehaan ko itna chupaakar rakhegi toh kisi ko bhi shaq ho jaayega madam."

Sonakshi covered her face with her hands over her foolishness.

"Aaj phir uske paas gayi thi?" Samaira glanced at her pretty sister in the blue sari.

Sonakshi nodded, "haan aaj unki dadi se milkar aayi hoon.....ab tujhey meri help karni padegi.......kya tu mamma papa se baat kar sakti hai?"

Samaira rolled her tongue mischievously, "hmm! What do I get in return?"

Sonakshi hugged her sister, "jo tujhe chaahiye, jab chaahiye wo mil jaayega......mera sab kuch tera hi toh hai!"

"Jiju bhi?" Samaira teased her.

Sonakshi slapped her sister's back, "Chup kar! Yeh maine kab kaha?"

Samaira ducked playfully, "dekha abhi toh khud hi keh rahi thi ki jo mera hai wo tera bhi toh hai.....aise promises mat kiya kar jo rakh nahin sakti."

Sonakshi twisted her sister's elbow behind her back, "unke alaawa sab tera...bas..ab khush!"

"AHHH! mamma dekho Sonakshi kitni possessive hoti jaa rahi hai jiju ke baare mein.....abhi toh shaadi bhi nahin huyi hai, toh yeh haal hai," Samaira yelled. Sonakshi tried to shush her but Asha walked in after hearing the commotion, "kya baat hai? Kyon ladh rahi ho? Itni raat ho gayi hai, ab so jao...aur yeh jiju jiju kya lagaa rakha hai?"

Sonakshi and Samaira stood still like two little school girls after being caught red handed, "kuch nahin mamma! Hum toh aise hi mazaak kar rahe the.....Goodnight!" Sonakshi said hurriedly.

Asha turned around to leave, but Samaira stopped her and blurted out, "mamma....Sonakshi ko kisi se pyaar ho gaya hai aur wo usse shaadi karna chaahti hai!"

Asha was stunned; she turned around to face the girls. Sonakshi had turned into a beetroot from embarrassment; she wished she could bury herself somewhere.

Asha walked towards Sonakshi and lifted her chin with her fingers, "kya yeh sach hai Sona?"

Sonakshi just lowered her head and drew circles on the floor with her toes.

Asha smiled affectionately, "kaun hai wo? Mujhe bhi toh bata?"

"mamma...wo ek bahut bada singer hai," Samaira butted in

"Achha? Yeh toh bahut achhi baat hai....kya tere saath college mein tha?" Asha asked

"Nahin mamma.....wo ek pop singer hai.....celebrity hai," Samaira offered her services once again

Asha gave a stern look at Samaira, "Samaira! Main Sonakshi ke mooh se bhi toh sun loon kuch, ya tu hi bolti rahegi?"

"mamma....Samaira ko sab pataa hai, aap usi se poonch lee jiye," Sonakshi said shyly and ran to the bathroom and shut the door. This was too much for her; she was just too embarrassed to talk any further about her and Rehaan with her mom.

Asha looked at Samaira quizzically, 'tu hi bataa, kaun hai yeh?"

Samaira did not want anyone to know that Rehaan was an Dev look alike, possibly his lost twin brother, at least not yet, "mamma....wo ek singer hai, Rehaan Ahmed."

"Rehaan Ahmed?" Asha was taken aback, "ek Muslim ladka? Pagal toh nahin ho gayi ho tum dono...aisa rishta hum kabhi nahin kar sakte!"

Samaira hugged her mother, 'mamma......wo ek doosre se bahut pyaar karte hain...aur aap hi toh hamesha kehti hain ki pyaar har rishtey ki sabse badi zaroorat hoti hai.....aap aur papa bhi toh shaadi se pehle ek doosre se pyaar karte the....toh phir Sonakshi ko kyon nahin apne life partner choose karne ka right hai?"

"Kya ho raha hai itni raat ko?" Bijoy entered their room too. Asha filled him with the recent turn of events.

Meanwhile, Sonakshi had changed up into her night clothes and was startled to see her whole family discussing her marriage in the room.

Bijoy gave a stern look at Sonakshi, "Sonakshi...yeh kya sun raha hoon main? Ek Muslim ladke ke saath ghoomna phirna ho raha hai?"

Sonakshi lowered her head and kept quiet.

Samaira came to her rescue. She had half a mind to tell everyone that Dev and Rehaan might be long lost twins, but she really wanted her parents to accept Rehaan as he was; what if he was not related to Dev and was actually a Muslim- then what? Sonakshi deserved to marry the person she loved, religion or any other factor had no business to snatch her sister's happiness away.

"mamma...papa...aap kaisi old fashioned baatein kar rahe hain?" Samaira retorted, "kal agar Sonakshi, Rehaan ke saath ghar se bhaag jaati hai toh aap log kya karenge?"

Sonakshi had never seen this side of Samaira- she knew her sister was fearless, but tonight she knew that Samaira could stand up to anyone if she believed in something. Sonakshi had tears in her eyes as she saw her parents and Samaira argue about her and Rehaan right in front of her.

Finally, Sonakshi spoke up, "Aap sab ab bass kijiye! Papa...mamma...Samaira.....please aap meri baat bhi sun lee jiye."

Bijoy glanced at Sonakshi angrily, "haan bolo....tumhein kya kehna hai? Waise bhi baat toh tumhari hi ho rahi hai na!"

Sonakshi closed her eyes and let her tears flow freely, 'Papa.....main sach much unse bahut pyaar karti hoon.....agar meri unse shaadi nahin hui toh main kisi aur se bhi shaadi nahiin karne wali hun"

Bijoy had never heard Sonakshi say anything against them or counter their wishes since childhood. He figured, she must really mean what she was saying. He took a deep breath and said, "theek hai...kal shaam ko ghar le aana Rehaan ko...hum log pehle usse milna chaahte hain....agar wo sach much tumse utna hi pyaar karta hai, jitna tum karti ho, toh humein koi problem nahiin hai!" saying that, Bijoy walked out of their bedroom.

Sonakshi and Samaira hugged their mom, "thanks mamma!"

Asha stroked her daughter's heads, "chalo ab dono so jao. Tum dono ki khushi se badhkar hamare liye aur kya ho sakta hai?"

After Asha left, Sonakshi gave a big bear hug to her sister, "thanks Samaira! You are the best!"

"Jaanti hoon!" Samaira hugged her sister back.

NEXT DAY:

Samaira was early at work, as she had to finish some left over work from the day before. She saw Dev walk in and wave a big hello to her on his way to Vicky's office. She was pleasantly surprised to see him dressed in trousers and a casual shirt that day- NO THREE PIECE SUIT! She got up and walked towards him, "aaj suit dry clean ho kar nahin aaya kya?"

Dev smiled and looked down, "nahin....aaj se dress down day shuru kar raha hoon.....twice a week.....no suit...chaaho toh jeans bhi pehen sakte ho....we need to change the culture of our company......make it a fun place.....what do you think?"

Samaira was blown away, "toh aapki mom ko koi objection nahin hoga sir?"

Dev stiffened a little, "main koi doodh peeta bachha hoon jo har baat apni mom se poonchunga?"

Samaira folded her arms and rocked back and forth, she raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "mujhey khushi hai aapne doodh peena chhod diya hai......ab kuch din mein aap aur chhezein bhi peene lagenge....mujhey bas uss din ka intezaar hai," she winked as usual and walked back to her office.

Dev cleared his throat and walked away towards Vicky's office. He glanced back and saw Samaira buried in her desk, "kabhi kabhi aisa lagta hai jaise yeh ek nahin do ladkiyan hain......wo mandir aur mall waali yahi hai kya? Ya koi aur hai?"

Vicky walked out of his office and noticed that Dev was staring at Samaira. He closed his file and tapped Dev's shoulder, "kya baat hai Dev...kahan kho gaye?"

Dev shook his head, 'kahin nahin....kuch nahin...actually main tumhare paas hi aa raha tha.....I need to update you about yesterday's meeting."

"OK...I will come to your cabin....let me get some files from Sonakshi," Vicky walked towards Samaira's desk and stared at her. Samaira looked up, "yes Vicky? Aapko kuch chaahiye?"

Vicky was surprised that she did not show any signs of recognition from last night, "isko toh acting ke liye Oscar milna chaahiye."

"Nahin...mujhey kal ki meetings ki files chaahiye...aur yeh kuch data chaahiye,' he pointed some information written on a paper.

Samaira took the paper and looked at it, 'yeh toh galat hai Vicky," she scratched out the information and re wrote in her handwriting. Vicky was shocked to see her use her left hand, "tumhare haath mein chot lagi hai?'

"Chot?" Samaira looked up, "nahin toh...kyon?"

"Why are you writing with your left hand then?" he asked

Samaira shrugged her shoulders, "because I am a leftie....aap ne shayad pehle notice nahin kiya."

"May be....I am sorry...I need to go now," Vicky left abruptly leaving a puzzled Samaira behind, "why is he acting so strange?"

Vicky took the elevator to Elena's office. He was sure that last night Sonakshi had used her right hand to write her phone number in his diary.

He shut the door behind him as he entered Elena's office, "Razia.....mujhe lagta hai Samaira aur Sonakshi do alag alag ladkiyan hai."

Elena smiled at him, "Exactly! Main tumhey phone karne hi waali thi....I found out that Bijoy sir had identical twins! Samaira and Sonakshi! Now the mystery is solved."

Vicky pondered seriously, "toh iska matlab it is just a coincidence that this girl who is actually Samaira is working with Dev aur.....wo ladki...kya naam hai uska Samaira ya Sonakshi jo bhi hai...I am confused now.....wo ladki jo Rehaan se shaadi karna chaahti hai....she does not know what she is getting into......I will have to keep her away from Rehaan.....aur koi option nahin hai Razia."

"Lekin Iqbal.....Rehaan is in love with her.....aur tumhari baaton se aisa lagta hai ki wo bhi Rehaan ko bahut pyaar karti hai.....aise alag kaise karoge unko?" Elena asked

"There is no choice.......abhi Sonakshi ko thoda dukh hoga par poori zindagi ke dukh se toh wo bach jaayegi.....I can't let a girl ruin her life with Rehaan....main chalta hoon...I have a meeting with Dev," Vicky walked out to Elena's dismay.

Meanwhile, Sonakshi tried to reach Rehaan all day, but as usual his mobile was either switched off or not available. Even Iqbal did not pick up his phone. Vicky had several missed calls from Sonakshi, but he ignored them as he was in a meeting with Dev.

Finally, in the evening Sonakshi decided to go to dadi's house herself and bring Rehaan to her house to meet her parents.

Asha and Bijoy had made arrangements to meet their prospective son-in-law. They had come to terms with having a Muslim son-in-law as long as he would take good care of their frail little Sonakshi.

Sonakshi dressed in a red and black printed chiffon sari with a halter neck black blouse and headed for dadi's house.
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Precap- Will Rehaan come or not??

Many of you are waiting eagerly for the next update of 'Someone Like You', and I have even started draftingg it. But unfortunately, am not getting enough time to complete it. Still, I will try my best to update #SLY soon

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