Hi everyone,
Finally 2nd part is here.
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It's the next day in Mumbai and it's Ragini's first day at college. She got ready soon to attend for her first class.

Divya: "you are leaving very early?", Asks Ragu while waking up from her bed

Ragini: "I am an early bird and early to class", says shrugging her shoulders.

Anita: "Do you know where's our classroom is?", questions her while getting out of the bathroom.

Ragini: "I don't know. But will find it after taking a tour of the college. If I couldn't then will call you guys. Okay?"

Anita: "and make sure you do that. Don't wander around yourself. Get it?" Says in warning tone.

Ragini shakes her head in fear. Divya laughs in background.

Divya: "serious tone doesn't suit you".

Anita twitches lips ignoring her remarks and starts to pick up the dress to wear for that day. Ragini leaves from there bidding bye to them.
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Scene focuses on a man, in his 20's who's walking backwards in the corridor of the college while speaking with someone on his phone.
Scene focuses on a woman who's walking backwards same way as him from the opposite direction while looking for the classroom, without their knowledge their backs collide, they stop abruptly and turns towards each other saying 'sorry'. But as soon as their eyes meet sparks ignite in their bodies, both gets lost in their eyes. The woman turns out to be Ragini, the moment she realizes she is making eye contact with a boy, she shuts her eyes tightly turning around and leaves immediately in the same direction she walked before. 'What a weird girl, she didn't even respond to my sorry' he thinks. The man is revealed to be Sanskar Malhotra.

After sometime, Sanskar is shown sitting in the classroom listening to the lecture.
"may i come in, sir", a sweet voice is heard from entrance of the door. Everyone's eyes turns towards the door of the classroom curiously. When the lecturer asks her to come in and asks her name and the reason for being late for the class.
'The same weird girl' Sanskar thinks and gets back to concentrating on class.
She replies, "sorry sir, i lost the way on my first day in college. And i am Ragini". Sir warns her not to be late next time, she nods. She finds her roommates and sits along with them.

Anita: "Ragu, you were the first to leave but last to arrive in the class", asks while whispering.

Ragini: "sorry, I thought i could find it on my own", whispers back.

Divya: "Ragu, don't always think you are alone. We are here for you don't forget. Ok?"

Ragini: "sure guys. Thank you", she smiles assuring them.
Then everyone becomes silent and starts concentrating on class.
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In the evening,
Divya: "Ragu, wear this and come soon", says while handing her a dress.

Ragini: "but this is one piece and this too short that i don't think this covers half of my thighs. If my dadi knows she will kill me", says grimacing.

Geethika: "offo! Don't be such a cry baby. Here in Mumbai everyone wears these kinds of dresses. Your dadi will never know. And if you wear something unusual from what people wear usually then you will definitely become an outcast, then people may rag you and tease. So you better wear this".

Ragu nods still in fear of becoming an outcast, soon changes her dress and comes back. Everyone keeps on looking at her in awe! As she is looking gorgeous in the black dress.

Deepika: "wow Ragini! Not me but your name should have been Deepika padukone, you just look like her", says while complimenting her.

Geethika: "I know, this is your first time wearing this kind of dress and you may feel it uncomfortable. And Ragu, this is not that short. Just be free then everything will be fine", says to Ragini who has been pulling her dress in the process of covering her thighs. Everyone assures her and she nods.

After getting ready everyone leaves for the freshers party, which is happening on the college grounds. The stage is decorated colourfully with lights, flowers and balloons. Students are seen enjoying the party while singing, dancing and some performing on stage.

Sanskar is seen dancing along with his friends among the crowd, it doesn't seem as if he is enjoying as his eyes are at the entrance as if he is waiting for someone desperately. The moment he sees her he gets mesmerised by her beauty.

Her friends drags her in the middle of the crowd and starts dancing crazily swaying with the music. Ragini stands there quietly not knowing what to do as she never danced before in front of anyone. She starts feeling nauseous with the continuous loud noise. She comes out of the crowd after informing her friends. Sanskar, who had his eyes only on her till now sees this and follows her quietly.

Sanskar: "Hi! I am Sanskar", says while standing beside her.

Ragini sees him and gets lost in his manly outlook. Not getting any response from her, he adjusts his blazer while clearing his throat. She comes back to her senses and responds with "Hi!" and continues walking. With the looks of the people around she starts pulling her dress again. He can see her discomfort, removes his blazer and gives it to her but doesn't take it from him. He can see her hesitation so he takes the blazer and ties it around her waist without touching, while standing close enough still maintaining a distance from her. She can see his efforts of not making her feel uncomfortable and smiles inside.

While walking, Sanskar sees two drunk seniors trying to approach her. He stops them before that,

Sanskar: "Hey bro! Please No. She is my girl", he whispers to them. He doesn't want her to listen or she may never talk to him. To his dismay, she heard it😱 she may be shocked but she is feeling happy inside without her knowledge.

Senior 1: "wow man! You already got a girl on your first day of college".

Senior 2: "says the one who haven't dated a single girl till now", says while mocking his friend.

Senior 1: "bro, leave him. You make sure that she always stays as your girl. There are many people who are ready to make her their's. Ok?"

Sanskar: "yeah, sure bro. Tq", then he sends him off. He comes back to Ragini but seeing her reaction he understands that she has listened to those whispers, "I am sorry. I didn't mean that, they were drunk and might cause a scene and i couldn't find a better way", says to her to cover up his real feelings.

Ragini: "it's ok. I understand, she nods with a smile. But in mind 'he didn't mean that' and feels disappointed".

He sees her off till she reached her dorm, then he too leaves.
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The very next day, Ragini is standing in the middle of the ground looking lost in search of the canteen. Sanskar observes this from a distance an approaches her, the moment their eyes meet she immediately lowers her head.

Sanskar: "Hi! Are you searching for something? (Getting no response from her, he continues) how am i suppose to understand if you don't speak?"

Ragini: "canteen", she mutters.

Sanskar: "yes, what?", asks in the process of hearing it from her clearly.

Ragini: "Canteen. I am unable to find", says this time loudly still closing her eyes.

Sanskar: "there it is", says pointing in particular direction.

Ragini mutters "thank you" abruptly runs in tht direction.

Sanskar: 'she might be new to the canteen as well, maybe. So lets check on her', he thinks after finding a reliable reason to follow her.

Ragini couldn't ask for anything in the canteen because of the crowd, she comes back in disappointment.

Sanskar: "what happened?"

Ragini: "there is so much crowd inside. I couldn't even get in, says in cute pout". (Sanskar's heart melts for her cute pout, he controls himself and asks)

Sanskar: "it's ok. I can get it for you. Just say it".

Ragini: "but....(he assures her) ok. Aything to eat for tiffin", and gives him money still worried.

She can see him struggling to get in between the crowd and him getting succeeded in bringing her the food as promised.
Her face lit by seeing the plate filled with food in his hands, he smiles in response.

Ragini: "thank you soo much", says directly looking into his eyes, while her cheeks are flushed pink with happiness.

Sanskar: "it's ok", he says. In mind, 'it's the first time she spoke directly looking into my eyes' he gets happy and leaves from their.

Ragini in mind while eating, 'he did it for me. Only for me" gets excited. But she remembers his words from the other day "sorry, I didn't mean to.." and gets disappointed again.
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After a few days, in the evening,

Sanskar was in the parking lot, taking out his bicycle but he is feeling restless, don't know why. He sees towards the college feels like something is going wrong inside, he feels like someone is calling him. He immediately sprints inside, runs along the corridors of the college. When he was about to near a room in the corner, his heart starts beating faster and faster, as soon as he nears the door he could hear the sound of someone tapping the door from inside. He observes that the door is locked from outside which means that someone is locked inside. He thinks of asking someone for help, but stops in the middle as soon as he hears the crying sound, he can recognize it immediately that the girl locked inside is HIS's, who he called as "His girl" a few days before.

Sanskar: "Ragini, are you there? Are you ok? Can you hear me?", asks worried.

Ragini: "Sanskar, please help me. I am locked inside. I don't know what to do". I am scared, says while crying.

Sanskar: "Ragini, shhh calm down. I am here, i will get you out. Don't worry". (He assures her, she controls her cries. He knows if he is tensed then it will affect her, make her panic. So he tries to stay focused and find the ways to get her out) "Ragini, stay away from the door, i am going to break the lock. Ok?" (She nods, he can't see but he understands.)

After reassuring her from outside, it takes a few tries to break the door but with the will of saving, even though it's painful, he finally breaks the lock and the door opens with force. He makes a fist looking at her messy state and tear sticken face, while controlling himself from hitting someone in his vision. He studies the surroundings and observes 3 girl at a distance hiding, as soon as he sees them they starts running away from there, he grits his teeth in anger.

As soon as she sees him, she runs towards him, hugs and starts crying immediately. He cools down a little and pats her back till she calms down. After sometime when she thinks she's ok, lifts her head to get a view of his face and realizes their closeness and breaks the hug immediately.

Ragini: "Thank you Sanskar. Thank you soo much. I thought i would die inside. I will never forget your help says while wipes her tears and runs away before he could even respond".
Anger raises inside him again while thinking about her state because of those girls.

Next day,
Furious Sanskar barges into a class room while slamming the doors and stops infront those girls, who were sitting in single iron bench. He slams the bench hard with his hands, the sound vibrates in the whole class which gains everyones attention.

Sanskar: "if something have happened to her yesterday, you would have been dead in my hands by now. Don't ever try such kind of pranks again. If you ever try to harm her or even to touch her again then I won't care whether it's a girl or boy, i will just kill them. So mind it", says in dangerously warning tone.

Those girls gulps hard and nods. Sanskar leaves in anger. If they were boys, he could have punched them hard till they bleed to death for hurting His girl, but they are girls. He can't raise his hand on girls. He punches the wall outside the classroom in anger and irritation being helpless. He ignores his bleeding knuckles and leaves from there.

Ragini is walking in the garden, she may have lost in her thoughts but she never forgets to notice Sanskar (that's how much he had occupied in her mind and heart) and the second thing she notices is his bleeding hand. She shouts his name and immediately runs towards him.

Just by hearing his name from her mouth, in her voice is enough for him to care less about the world. Yesterday's tear sticken face flashes in his mind, starts worrying about it thinking she might be traumatized by the incident. But looking at her face, he can say that she has overcome it and he is relieved to see her usual normal face.

Ragini shakes him holding his shoulder, he comes back to his senses and sees his hand in hers and understands that she is worried for him.

Ragini: "Sanskar, what happened? Why is your hand bleeding? Is it paining? What did you do? Did you hit someone?......", continuously questions him without giving break for him to answer

Sanskar: "Ragini, calm down. Nothing happened. I was actually having an action dream and in that process I hit the bench very hard. That's it", he explains with a smile.

Ragini: "who daydreams about action scenes and tries it in real? Seriously, Sanskar please try to be more careful from next time". He doesn't want to make her feel more worried, nods.

She holds his hands carefully, drags him along with her and makes him sit on the bench in the garden, takes out her water bottle and cleans his wound. Takes out her handkerchief and ties it around his knuckles. Sanskar is admiring her face and her care for him with a smile on his face. The moment she lifts her head up, her heart skips a beat by seeing his dimpled smile. She realizes his effect on her and leaves from there immediately not before asking him to take care of the wound.

After she has left, he kisses the handkerchief which she tied for him and places his hand close to his heart still smiling from ear to ear.
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College theatrical fest,

Everyone is assembled in the college theater. Coincidentally Ragini and Sanskar are seated beside each other according to the numbers on the ticket. Both are feeling happy inside yet they doesn't show it outside. Both say "Hi!", while sitting in their seats and waits for the movie to start. Their friends are sitting beside them. A sci-fic film is being played on the screen.

Sanskar who is not at all interested in the movie but was forced to join their friends starts dozing off while leaning his head on her shoulder. She stays still while he was leaning, ones she confirms that he has slept. She starts to admire his face closely and directly while tracing the features of his face and brushing his hairs with her hands. He wakes up during the interval, both doesn't say anything and sits silently.

During the second half of the movie Ragini drifts to sleep and holds his hands which are on the hand rest in her sleep without her knowledge. Sanskar tucks her hair behind and is admiring her face closely and their hands together. After the movie ends her friends wake her up. Both looks at each other sadly but are happy for being with each other for those whole two hours and everyone leaves.
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