After reaching home, Sameer immediately dialed Swati's number...

Swati : Hello

Sameer, "Hi Swati mein Sameer... sorry tumhein iss time disturb kiya, par kuchh jaruri baat thi"

Swati concernedly, "sab theek hai na, Munna toh theek hai.....

Sameer smiled seeing her concern for his best friend, "haan baba sab theek hai.. voh mujhe puchhna tha ki Naina aaj itani upset kyun thi... ab dekho jhuth mat bolna ki tumhein nahin pata... please bataa do...

Swati took a deep breath and narrates all happening in college with Sunaina & Mitali which makes her disturbed, " tumhein pata hai Sameer, usse shuru se hi dance karna kitna pasand tha, par ab... aur upar se voh Sunaina hamesha usase apni haar ka badla leti rahti hai... uppar se Naina ne mujhe kuchh kehne bhi nahin diya varna us Sunaina ko toh mein chhodti nahin"

Sameer : Koi baat nahin Swati, uss Sunaina ko toh hum baad mein dekh lunga... thanks tumne mujhe sab bata diya... thanks Naina ka itna khyaal rakhne ke liye aur usse mat batana hamari baat ke baare mein...

Swati, "Naina na tum se pehle meri dost hai samjhe... toh mujhe thanks kabhi mat bolna samjhe." They both laughed and Sameer puts the receiver down, keep thinking about her...

"Kyun yaar Naina tumne sab kuchh sehne ki aadaat bana li hai ... kya yeh ek kamjori itani badi hai ki tumhein khush rehne ka bhi haq nahin hai... Sunaina jaise log toh kabhi nahin sudharenge par tumhein toh apane liye khud ladna hoga... sikhna hoga jawaab dena.. log tumhaari masumiyat ka fayda uthaye yeh mein nahin dekh sakta... mujhe kuchh toh karna hi hoga... aise ghut ghut kar jeete nahin dekh sakta main tumhein...."

Naina after reaching home in context of taking rest went to her room, Preeti decide to watch movie on cable TV newly starts...

Naina open her cupboard and bring out a bag hiding inside and pull out the things she always kept secret with all... luckily all given by Sameer.. chocolate wrappers, paper chits, her picture with Sameer and Nanu... beautiful memories

Naina feeling sad, "meri wajah se aaj bechaari Swati kinti pareshaan thi... par jo Mitali ne kaha voh bhi toh sach hai... kitni khush hoti thi mein dance karke.... sirf Sameer ke saamne khud ko prove karne ke liye maine itani mehanat ki thi ki us competition mein first aaun... sab khatm ho gaya... ab kabhi dance nahin kar paaungi... dance to dur ki baat bina sahare chal bhi nahin sakti.... Meri wajah se sab dukhi ho jaate hai, Chacha Chachiji ko Taiji, Tauji, Papa ki baatein sunani padti hai... Preeti aur Pooja didi Arjun bhaiya se naraaj rehti hai... mere dost hamesha mera khyal rakhne ke liye apni masti chhod dete hai.. aur Sameer, voh toh har waqt issi koshish mein rehta hai ki mujhe kaise khush rakhe....." She cried silently and drift into sleep while continuous sobbing .....

Bela came back from market : Preeti, Naina kahaan hai, tu akeli kya kar rahi hai...

Preeti: mummy voh thak gayi thi toh so rahi hai.. kyun kuchh kaam tha kya usase.. mujhe batao...

Bela gets sad and sit near her... voh Preeti tu Naina ka dhyan achchhe se rakhti hai na college mein... usse koi takleef toh nahin hai na... usse kabhi akela mat chhodna...

Preeti : Kya hua mummy... kuchh hua hai kya... subah se Naina bhi kuchh udaas hai aur ab aap yeh sab... batao mujhe kya baat hau ... then Bela tells her all Taiji's rude behavior and morning incident...

Preeti shouted back : aapne mujhe subah kyun nahin bataaya... aur yeh Naina bhi na... kyun karte ho aap log aisa....

Bela feels very helpless : Beta ab mein unase lad toh nahin sakti thi na... aur phir Naina ne bhi mujhe mana kiya... par tu usaka dhyan rakhna.. Bela left in kitchen to completer her work...

Preeti sits there only feeling upset for not able to support her from elders of their family... phone rings...

Preeti in low tone: Hello....

Sameer : Preeti mein Sameer, kya hua tum itani upset kyun ho...

Tears starts flowing from her eyes and she tells Sameer, "voh Sameer Naina na subah ghar par gir gayi thi par usane mujhe kuchh bataya hi nahin, abhi mummy ne bataaya (she purposely hid about Taiji as doesn't feel like to tell ugly faces of their elders) ...

Sameer gets more worried & shocked : Kya, par usane toh mujhe bhi kuchh nahin bataya..... poora din toh mere saath hi thi.... usse lagi hai kya......

Preeti : Pata nahin... abhi toh so rahi hai... college se aayi thi tab hi se bilkul chup thi, mujhe laga shayad tired hai isliye...

Sameer then told her everything about Sunaina and Mitali.. Preeti cried listening all what Naina deal within today .. firstly, at home and then at college ..

Sameer: Preeti tum chinta mat karo, bas uska dhyan rakhna... tum hi usse sambhal sakti ho... mujhe bahut bura lag raha hai ki iss waqt mein usake paas nahin hun... please uska khyal rakhna...

Preeti : Thanks Sameer...

Idea struck in his mind, "Preeti, kyun na shaam ko law garden mein milen hum sab ... shayad uska mood thoda theek ho jaaye"

Preeti agreed immediately and they decided to meet in evening as a surprise for Naina... then they called all their gang to be there on time..... Bela too agreed to let them go out in evening..

In evening, Preeti, Priya & Swati insist Naina to join them for gol gappa party... they all reach there and saw boys already standing there waiting for them...

Naina : yeh log bhi aane wale the... tumne bataya nahin...

Swati in pleading tone, "sorry na.. voh Munna ko bahut miss kar rahi thi toh maine ye plan bana liya, bhool gayi tujhe batana... please ab tu mat gussa hona"... Naina smiled as now Swati seems in happy mood after morning incident... "Koi baat nahin, achchha hai tum log thoda time spent karo ek saath"

They met them all, but Sameer didn't even look at her and standing there with a blank face... no expressions and not even talking to anyone.... Naina feels odd seeing him like this...

Everyone starts moving to sit on a bench lying at corner for some chit-chat. She holds his hand and stop him going further, "kyaa hua hai tumhein... aise butt bankar kyun khade ho"... Sameer replied coldly, "tumse matlab.. tum kyun meri chinta kar rahi ho, chalo vahaan sabke paas".. saying this he starts moving but she stood rooted there only by his shocked behavior..... he turned back and saw her standing there only, a tear was about to drop from her eyes.. he melts and took few steps back to her and look to her beautiful face which turned into verge of crying.... He again said rudely to her, "chalo... yahaan kyun ruki ho ab"... she looked down and replied "naraaj ho mujhse... kuchh galti ki kya maine... pata nahin par phir bhi Sorry" saying this she hold her ear from one hand and look him cutely... he put her hand down and said, "dekhaa kitna bura lagta hai jab dost aapas mein baatein ya apni takleef chhupaate hai" she looked at him surprisingly and understood what he meant is..

Naina tried to convince him : Sameer aisi bata nahin hai.... par voh itni jaruri nahin thi ki college ke pehle din hi mein sabka mood kharaab kar deti... phir class mein tum sabne jis tarah mujhe wish kiya, mein khush thi, toh phir voh sab baatein maayane nahin rakhti, sirf isiliye nahin bataya, aur koi baat nahin..

Sameer : Naina, agar doston ko bhi baat batane se pehle itna sochna pade toh dosti ke koi mayane nahin hai... dosti sirf hansi majaak, ek dusre ke saath kuchh waqt gujarane ke liye nahin karte... jise dost banaya hai usse dil se apna bhi toh maano... aur agar voh sab mayane nahin rakhta tha toh puchh sakta hun ki subah se tumhari voh cute si hasi kahaan gaayba hai...

Naina tried to smile back: achchha sorry na baba, aage se aisa kuchh nahin karungi, pakka promise, ab chalein sab intzaar kar rahe hai hamara...

Sameer firmly nodded in no, "Nahin sabke saath nahin, mujhe akele mein tumse baat karni hai, chalo us taraf thodi der ke liye" Naina shook her head and follow him quietly... they settled on a bench quite far from their friends...

Naina cutely asked "abhi bhi naaraj ho mujhse... baat bhi nahin karoge" he smiled and look at her, "tumse toh koi naaraj bhi nahin rah sakta.. itna cute sa face banaogi toh gussa thode hi na tikega" he smiled widely

Sameer : achchha ek baat batao, jab subah Sunaina ne itna sab kaha tumhein gussa nahin aaya... man nahin kiya usse jawaab dene ka, Naina aise sab sun lena, bardasht karna galat nahin lagta tumhein, vohbhi tab jab kehna wala khud kitna galat ho......

Naina said innocently : Sameer, baat gusse ki nahin, pehli baat mein usaki soch nahin badal sakti, aur phir sach hi toh kaha usane, tum log mere dost ho, isiliye kabhi aisa nahin bologe jo mujhe bura lage, chaahe voh kitna bhi sach ho, par sach hamesha kadwaa hota hai... kya galat kaha usane ki mein dance nahin kar sakti, sabki tarah uchhal kud nahin kar sakti... I mean yeh sach hi hai na... toh kyun ladti mein usase... jab mein khud iss sach ko apnaa chuki hun toh kisi ke kehna na kehna se kya farq padta hai...

Sameer feels very angry on her thoughts but keep himself calmed as understood that he needs a lot of patience to handle her, "iska matlab ki jo log duniya mein kisi bhi wajah se lachaar hai ya helpless hai voh sirf daya ke qabil hai..... unke andar ki har khubhi, unaki saari qualities khatam ho gayi hai... matlab ki ab humein unse koi ummid nahin rakhni chahiye... correct? Tum aisa sochti ho ki insaan ke sharir ka agar ek bhi hissa kisi laayak nahin hai toh usski puri zindagi bekaar hai, useless hai, usey koi haq nahin khush rehne ka, jeene ka..."

Naina replied nervously, "nahin mera matlab voh nahin tha' he cut her in between and said, "matlab kya tha vahi toh nahin samajh paa raha hun mein... tum kehna chahti ho ki agar accident ki wajah se kisi mein koi kami aa jaaye toh usse apni zindagi se saari ummiden chhod deni chahiye.. bhale hi voh insaan kitna bhi achchha ho, intelligent ho, dil ka saaf sachcha ho.... Kya sach mein Naina tumhari soch itani chhoti hai ki Mitali aur Sunaina jaisi ladkiyaan, unaki baatein tumhein theek lagti hai.... mujhe toh laga tha ki tum ek fighter ho jo har haal mein gir kar uthna bhi janti hai aur baaki logon se aag nikalna bhi, apni manzil paana aata hai tumhein... voh bhi apne dam par"

Her vision got blurt and eyes pooled up, "Sorry Sameer, I mean pata nahin kabhi kabhi kyaa ho jaata hai mujhe... sachchi, mein aisa nahin sochti par aaj subah se hi itna sab hua ki jaise kuchh ..."

Sameer feels bad on getting angry on her and melts, he wiped out her tears and asked softly "tumne bataaya nahin subah ghar mein bhi... tumhein lagi toh nahin kahin.."

Naina surprisingly: "tumhein Preeti ne bataaya na" he nodded his head and asked, "toh nahin batana chahiye tha kya jaise tumne nahin bataya"

She slightly lifts her right hand sleeve and show her wrist with few scratch marks ... "bas thodi si lagi thi par maine dawai laga li thi... sachchi... tumse jhuth nahin bolti mein kabhi, tumhein pata hai na" she spoke with so much innocence that he couldn't control his laugh...... "tum hans kyun rahe ho... ajeeb ho abhi gusssa kar rahe the mujhpar ab hans rahe ho meri chot dekh kar .. paagal ho tum" she made a cute grumpy face..

Sameer control his laugh, "Nahin baba.. tum par nahin hans raha bas aise cute face banaaogi toh hansi ko control kaise karunga... pehle galti karti ho phir bilkul bachchon ki tarah masoom chehra bana leti ho.. duffer... pata hai mujhe ki tum jhuth nahin bolti par baatein chhupana khoob aata hai tumhein.. sahi kaha na"

Naina looked in his eyes, said "Sameer, sorry par aage se kabhi aisa na hi karungi aur na hi sochungi..... aur promise tumse kuchh nahin chhupaungi.. vaada karti hun ki apni har weakness ko apni taakat banaungi na ki unse ghabraungi ya pichhe hatungi... pakka" then to cheer up their mood, she asked "achchha ab chaloge nahin, bahut bhookh lagi hai, paani puri khaate hai.. nahin toh sab bhukkad humein chhod kar akele chale jayenge" he smiled and thinking in his mind, "koi bhi kahin bhi jaaye par mein hun na hamesha tumhare saath, tumhein kabhi akela nahin chhodunga" .... They joined the group and had lots of fun with chaat party and ice-cream, back in their jovial mood....