14th January 2015 

Three months later.

      
Sanskar knew time is running was running out , bringing down his uncle hadn't been a easy task as he expected. He never expected things would get complicated this much. He felt he had neither the drive for revenge as his future self . But in order to protect Kavita ,he need to be able to hold the power over his uncle . His only ally was his memories and he made use of it .                              

He tracked all those who helped him back then , to help him this time.. A slight problem arised because he forgot they are not exactly the same. Their skills were lacking compared to few years later. Especially Krish the PI he hired to look into Kavita death . Krish could hack into an server in matter of minutes back then but right now he takes hour to Crack an website. He is still good but he lacks the experience of his future self .

        
Krish was the one who told him Kavita  death wasn't an accident. If Sanskar memory served ,he remembered asking his uncle for permission to marry Kavita and was shocked to he denied with such anger . He believed eloping would be the right choice , he had his father inheritance and though it would hurt him to abandon the only family he knew , he couldn't abandon Kavita when he was all she had as family .

              
The only person with whom he shared the news was with Laksh and now he understood Laksh was trying to trust his father but his future self wasn't that forgiving . He still remember driving with Laksh  to get married ,only to stumble upon her lifeless   body . They said it was an accident , The police registered the complaint as hit and run . Sanskaar thought it was an accident that cruelly snatched the love of his life till he stumbled upon the truth .

     
The police closed the case after three months as unsolved ,then only he began hiring PI to find those who caused her accident ,everyone said it was unsolvable ,  Until he hired Krish   two years  later. Then his whole life changed.

Sanskaar refused to believe it at first , But the files Krish  retrieved. The bank accounts and the transfer of cash. All deemed his uncle guilty. Yet those files were obtained illegally and couldn't be used to punish his uncle back then ,  So he took revenge in his own way just like now .

         
Krish was still good but he lacked the experience,  When Sanskar first approached him. It was hard for Sanskar to make him trust that his case was worth working on . He spent almost two  months gaining his acceptance                

     
 Trusting him to undertake the plan seemed stupid,  But he can't find another guy like him in five months. All he can hope is he get its done. Because Kavita life is in the line. As always he was lost in his thoughts that Kavita practically have to shake him up to bring him back to his present.         

              
A present where Laksh is Swara best friend,  Not him. A present where he is Swara friend's boyfriend and not her husband. A present where she wasn't his Shona.  Yeah not the time to wallow in pity.  When lifes were at stake.  He put back his smile and apologized for zoning out of the conversation.    

" We will miss you, College trips. Why does it have to be for three days,   " his cousin voice spoke up,  as the four of them gathered together for dinner  

"  You will miss Sanskaar or Swara ,Tell the truth,  " Kavita teased making Sanskar frustrated ,it has been that way for the last three months .

"  I Know who you will miss more Kavita, Definitely not me,  "Swara tried ,  to spare Laksh from answering .

"  When will you be back guys ? " Sanskar valiantly tried to change the topic as well .

  "  Monday , Don't worry. We will be back soon,  " Kavita answered back with a smile of her own 

Tomorrow Laksh and Kavita are going on an college, three days where he wont have to keep us the fascade of a normal person . He need to call Krish  and check up on the progress ,  So he excused himself to make the call.               

   
Sanskar didn't mean to be disappointed,  But he was to know there was no progress. He need to hack into the accounts. Not just hack but frame his uncle.  First he felt it was poetic justice. To make an random accident blame fall on his uncle , But now he realized it is too much work. He couldn't just dethrone his uncle ,if his name was in papers linked with shadow deals then he had to step down and since laksh was still in college, he would be asked to step up . That was the plan

        
He should have just went for simple plans , He also have a simple back up plan. He will execute it if Krish didn't make it by the end of the month. With the thought he returned back to join the others .  Sanskar was always  be  cautious. Never to make any slips . Especially when it comes to Swara.  But today he will blame it on stress. Because he made an huge mistake. He called her Shona.      

They were just talking about their passion and Sanskar should have kept his mouth shut. But he didn't, he thought he was making small talk. But he didn't expect that he will make an slip like that 

" I Know Shona passion is dancing , She can dance all day without stop,  "he said,  when they were talking about their interests .When she looked upto him ,he realized his blunder .    

"  How do you know that? "  Swara asked him, and he tried to pretend as if it well known information             

 "  What we all know you love dancing, That not an secret, " he said,  with enough confidence .

"  Not that you called me Shona, "She clarified ,a privilege only given to her family members . That when it dawned on him. What mistake he actually did.

   "  Your dida calls you Shona right,  "he tried to explain .

"   Yeah I forgot, You know my dida, she must have bored you to death with my talks ,  " Swara said with a hint of a smile .

               
  And the matter was dropped , Sanskaar can't seem to keep his thoughts in check when he was around her. Next time he will be careful he promised himself. He just didn't realize how much things will change in the three days.                                       

The next day,  Sanskar dropped laksh and bid goodbye to Kavita for their college trip. He knew Kavita would love that trip.  He had memories where she  talked about it non stop for the next month.         

It was a pretty normal day for Sanskar. Until he got the call from her. The name Shona flashed on his screen , He was in an meeting. He could have left the call unanswered. But he knew something was wrong for to call him .                               

For Swara , He was her friend's boyfriend.  And so she always kept an considerable distance between them. It hurt him to see her being distant with him. But he knew that was inevitable this time . And she never once actually called him before, So he was worried. He left the meeting earning himself an glare from his bade papa and answered the call.     

" Swara, What happened? "his voice held concern for her and he found himself driving to her home .

"  Dida .. Dida.. mom is not at home,  I don't know who to call, "her panicked voice,  propelled him to leave office.

"  I will be  right there , " his words reassured her as he drove his car towards her home                                                                

He knew from his memories that her dida had heart condition, He also knew she was admitted once before. But back then Swara must have called Vivek. He was her boyfriend. And now Sanskaar had changed his past leaving her with no one to call , He knew she would have called Laksh if he was around. The fact they have become good friends is hard to accept.

But it better than dating,  That what he keeps saying. Though he knew his cousin is waiting for the right time to ask her out. While his cousin was an open book, Sanskar hasn't been able to read Swara heart as of yet.                      

He reached her house in minutes. He had already called for an ambulance before leaving the office ,  Swara looked devasted .  Just like last time. He knew how much shattered she was to see her dida unconscious. She got into the ambulance while Sanskar followed them in his car.                                   

Dida was moved to the ICU and Sanskar already knew the results , But it was Swara who kept crying. He didn't know how to comfort her. She just kept crying and crying and it broke his heart.  He didn't know how to console her that made him angry at himself ,   He felt utterly useless at the moment.            

The doctors declared her safe at the moment. But decided to take some more tests and so advised her dida to be kept in observation for the whole day. Swara didn't know what the tests would reveal but Sanskar did. One advantage of knowing the future .                                 

Her mother reached the hospital in the evening . She advised Swara to go back home and come in the morning but Swara was adamant on staying behind. And even Sanskaar couldn't leave them alone. So he stayed as well.    

   During the night in the waiting hall ,Swara fell asleep sitting beside him and she her head accidentally leaned on his shoulder ,he didn't have he heart to wake her up so he let her lean on him .       

When he first woke up with the memories ,Swara was a person his future self cared about , the memories belonged to them and not him . It was easy to distance himself from the said memories . But now as she leaned on him ,he realized he had been making new memories with her in the present ,she may be Kavita friend ,she may not be in love with him as in the future .  

But his heart was troubled ,that he is beginning to care about her a lot ,more than he realized , his future memories may have belonged to his future self but the new memories made him doubt every thing.                                       

When Swara woke up from her sleep and realized the fact she was leaning on him. Her traitorous heart gave a leap of an emotion she couldn't very well identify .  He was already fast asleep by then. She didn't want to wake him as well ,so got up from the chair and went to check in on her mother and dida ,by the time she returned back he was wide awake .

           
" Maa said the test results came back normal Sanskar ," she spoke up , when she greeted him and Sanskar realized that her mother lied to her just like before ,he didn't want Swara to lose her dida and so he went and talked with the doctors and found the truth by himself .            

 It was then he came face to face with Swara waiting for him outside the doctor door ,the look of confusion in her face wrecked his heart .

             
" Mom said she was fine ,but the doctor told you dida needs surgery, " Swara voice, confirmed his fears that she over heard him talking with the doctor . Then in an event that he didn't expect she burst into tears and embraced him ,as she soaked his shirt with the said tears . His arms reached out to wrap around her .          

When she realized the liberty she took ,she shrunk away from him as if she made a grave mistake and ran outside ,he wanted to go after her but he felt the need to talk with her mother was more important.           

Swara felt like an horrible person , he was her friend boyfriend and she had no right to lean on him for comfort . If it was Laksh who was practically becoming her close friend then she could consider it as friendship but with Sanskar it was complex . She didn't know why she always trusted him , maybe it was because the way he looks at her . His gaze always held a familiarity she couldn't understand. It was as if he knew her for years .

           
  By the time she composed herself and walked back ,intent on confronting her mother . Her mother greeted with the news Sanskar had agreed to pay for the surgery . And already settled the bills .  The gratitude she felt towards him was consuming but she didn't see him after that outburst , he didn't visit when dida went through surgery and three days later he came for a visit with his girlfriend by his side .

       
And Swara understood the message loud and clear ,she over stepped her bounds last time .And looking at Kavita concerns towards she knew he was right . She needed to stay away from him. Because no matter how confusing her heart felt towards him ,she knew he belonged to her friend and not her . And Swara refused to be the hindrance in their life . 

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 Juanita Reid