"Well then.. that's ..Umm great."

"I know..

"Listen.. umm.. Sasha.. could you please track the investigation?! It's very important for me."

"Of course Karthik... What do you have to do with Mr. Balchandani's family?"

"Nothing.. just it might get us some lead."

"Okay... Well then.. I have got to go. You take care and call me if you need any help."

"Sure.. and a.. thanks!"

"For what?"

"For being there for me.. when I have no one."

"Ditto!"
And they could manage to show each other some teeth.

The next morning

Unable to sleep.. Karthik lay wide awake in his bed. The chain of events was just boggling his mind.

Reva.. Reva... How would she be..? Finland? Why .. how.. when..?

"Hey Sasha.. sorry to call you up so early.. but can I meet you?"

"At this.. hour?"

"Yes or no?"

"Yeah okay..
Where?"

"Coffee shop near my house."

After an hour...

"Hie.. thanks for coming!"

"I told you.. you could call me anytime. Anyways.. whatsup?"

"We have to track Mr. Balchandani's daughter down."

"But the police are already at it."

"Oh no no! Before them."

"But why..?"

"It's just important. Tell me will you help me?"

"Why is it necessary in the first place?!"

"Yes or no?"

"Ugh... Okay.. yes! I will."

"Great then. Now let's rumble the old principal's house."

"Wha..
Before she could say anything, Karthik was already out of the place. She had no choice but to follow.

Within an hour.. they were outside the isolated bungalow.

"Whoa.. it looks ...

"We don't have time for that. Let's break in."

"Break in? Are you crazy."

"If you say so. Now please."

And they barged into the house breaking the lock.

"Aren't the police gonna reckon who broke the lock when they get here?"

"I don't care."

"Listen.. I don't want to get into troubles. Okay?"

"Well then you should just leave. Here take my car."
Karthik said throwing the keys at her.

"Okay.. okay.. I am sorry. But we will see through this together."

"Seems good enough."
And they kept on searching the house.

"Sash.. you go check the bedroom I will be upstairs."

"Okay."

Karthik climbed up the stairs. There was only one room there and a door to the terrace.
There was graffiti on the door of the room. It looked like a shiny, silvery horse.

It was Reva's room. And Karthik slipped back in time...

"Hey!"

"Hii"

"You know what?"

"I know what. I know why.. and other such words too. Why what's the matter?"
Reva replied in her usual tone to Karthik.

"Shut up. Now listen."

"Yeah I am."

"I just got us two tickets to the night show of Harry Potter and the goblet of fire!"

"Oh my goodness! You are kidding me!"

"Nope.. I am not."

"You are so great."

"No you are."

"Yeah I know. But don't think you think that it's so coincidental how too people who are in love with each other are also in love with the story of the boy who lived!"

"Yeah ... I know. It's so great."

"But you know what.. I have read the other book too. Order of phoenix one. And you how I could always connect to Ginny...

"Um hmm.. absolutely."

"I just found out her patronus is a horse!"

"A horse?"

"Yeah. And the funny thing is that when I was a little girl, I and Puppy
.. umm my father that's what i call him. So anyway, we used to live in this beautiful countryside. With our whole family and maa was also with us. And we used to have a farm and the school was really cool and after school I used to go to this riding school where grandpa was an instructor and after his students went away.. he used to teach me how to ride .. and there was this pony.. named Harvey. She was shipped from Australia.. and I used to ride her every evening. The sky would be all orangish with the setting sun and weather really cool and breezy and I and grandpa used to ride her and all around the feild and there was this ditch of water which usually got collected there because of a nearby canal.. and we used to let her stride right through the ditch.. splashing water all over me.. and I would get all muddy and than.. grandpa used to clean me with the water he splashed on me with the hose pipe...
So.. if I had a patronus.. it'd be definitely a horse."

Her eyes were gleaming as if she was living those evenings once again in her words. And Karthik could not help but fall even harder for her.

Karthik was standing there as if he was on the feild and he was watching the young Reva riding along with her grandpa and her face filled with joy and the feild with her laughter. Reva's description was so vivid, it had done this to Karthik.

Suddenly Sasha's voice interrupted in Karthik's happy place.

"Hey Karthik.. come down.. look what I found."
She was almost screaming.