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Recap : Manik scold Sona for not taking care of Nandini. Sonakshi and Manik asked Rajeev about Nandini's father but he refused to tell.

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It's raining ....

Sonakshi parked her bike near the road side coffee shop.  Due to chill weather..her whole body shivered..

Sonakshi to shop owner  :  "One cup coffee....with light sugar"

"Why Light Sugar? Having diabetes?"

Hearing the voice Sonakshi turned fastly... Dev is standing with a big smile on his face due to which his two teeth on the either side is seen. Seeing that, Sonakshi gets reminded of what Nandini said....Sonakshi immediately glared him.

Sona  :  "Hello!  Whether I have sugar or not? What is your problem? Or you are dancing in your heart?"

Dev  :  "Hey just for fun yaar.  What sonu?  Why are you getting angry for every little thing?"

Sona  :  "What sonu? I don't like any short names for me"

Dev  :  "I don't like calling lengthy names....My mouth will pain"

Sona irritatingly  :  "Hello!...."

But before that coffee came for Sona...So she took the coffee and turned to other side and started to drink it.

After drinking coffee, her body seemed to be normal again without any shivering.

She went near her scooty fastly. She thought to reach home before it start raining heavily.

When she started the scooty, Dev came and waved his hand saying bye. But she ignored him and started to concentrate on the road.

Dev chuckled at her behaviour wore his helmet and started his bike.

It started to rain heavily.

Sonakshi reduced the speed of her driving.

Dev to came that way only. Dev seeing Sonakshi again waved at her.  Dev now overtook Sonakshi and went forward.

But Dev who went forward stopped his bike and started doing some research in it.

Sonakshi became very happy and parked the scooty near him.

Sona : "What happened ? Has you bike got repaired? I knew it already when I saw how you ride your bike with speed and style! I knew that it will happen for sure"

Dev  smilingly  :  "Ohh...So you were drooling over me and noticing my style and all"

Sona  :  "Hello! I didn't drool over you...Nice joke. I stopped the bike thinking to help you...I think I made a mistake.. I am going now"

Saying this Sonakshi is about to go. Dev rushed to Sonakshi.

Dev  :  "Hey sorry sorry.. I just said it casually...You itself told as a joke right?....Please help me please....Please drop me to the place where I tell you. Please...."

Dev requested Sonakshi while she started to think over it.

Dev continued  :  "Even I am afraid to come with you because you are known to me....But what can I do? I will get cold easily if I drench in rain....So thinking to go home early...That's why I drove the bike speedly...Please help me. It's very cold here"

Sonakshi  :  "Okay come"

Dev smiling  : "Oho...Thank you...Thank you so much Sonu"

Sonakshi glared Dev

Dev  :  "Sorry Sonakshiiiiiii"

Dev parked his bike near a shop and told the owner that he will take it next morning. He went near Sonakshi.

Sona :  "Hello! You told that you will get cold easily. So only I am taking you. Don't take advantage of that and touch me here and there...If you do that....then you will face the consequences"

Dev  :  "Okay Sonakshiiiiii. I will not touch you here and there. Enough?"

Saying this he sat on her scooty and she started to drive slowly.

Within minutes, the place which Dev mentioned came....Sonakshi stopped the scooty. Dev got down.

Dev  :  "Thank you very much Sonakshiiiii....Very fastly, safely you delivered me perfectly without any damage....Please come inside..Have a cup of coffee "

Sonakshi  irritated :  "I don't want anything.  I am leaving now"

Saying this she turned to go but Dev hold her hand.

Dev  :  "You are coming now inside. Otherwise I will carry you in my arms"

Saying this Dev is about to carry her in his arms . He kept his hands on her shoulder. But she removed his hands fastly.

Sona  :  "If you keep your hands on me, I will break it....Go away. Don't talk to me"

Saying this she turned the other side. Dev cupped her cheeks and turned her.

Dev  :  "Sorry dear. I don't know you have fever.....That evening, I waited for you for long time. But you didn't come. So I got angry....That's why I didn't attend the next call you made...."

Sona  :  "How could you cut my calls before you anything? .....Do you know how much I worried?"

Dev  :  "Sonakshi! I am sorry dear....I am guilty. I did a big mistake....That day, I bought a gift for you...I was waiting for you eagerly to give you the gift.....I got very angry when you didn't come...That's why I thought to not to attend your calls....Okay for that you gave me punishment right?  You didn't speak to me for whole one week...So all over now....Please dear, talk to me. If you didn't talk to me, I will surely lift you in my arms"

Sona  :  "Okay. I will speak to you. But hereafter we should not fight with each other. Okay?"

Dev smilingly  :  "Okay...hereafter no fight. Only romance"

Saying this he put both his hands on either of her shoulder with her head in middle.

Sonakshi smilingly removed his hands.

Sona  :  "Okay sir. Now tell me.What gift you have bought for me?"

Dev  :  "It's surprise....I will give you tomorrow...Now, come, let's go inside"

Dev pressed the calling bell and Shekhar opened the door.

Shekhar saw Sonakshi fully drenched in rain.

Shekhar :  "What Sona? You have drenched in rain like this?...Come inside and wipe it"

Dev  chuckled  :  "Mamu....I am here only standing before you.. I am also drenched in rain...Do look after me also"

Shekhar smiled  :  "Both of them get inside now...I will bring coffee for you both"

After they came inside, Shekhar went to his room and came out.

Shekhar  :  "Sona dear....there ...in that cupboard, some sarees and salwars are kept. Change into those whichever you like"

Sonakshi  :  "Dad!....But those you bought for Nandini right?"

Shekhar  :  "Sona...You and Nandini are same to me...Go and change...It's not good for health if you stand here for long time"

Sonakshi went to change. Dev also went to change as he has set of clothes for him in Shekhar's home already.

Sonakshi and Dev after changing came to the living room. Shekhar brought mushroom soup for them.

Sona  :  "Hayyee.. dad...This soup is very much need in this weather. Nandini also liked this soup very much"

Saying this she started to drink the soup.

Shekhar chuckled :  "Yes dear. She started to like this soup when she was a child.....The soup was made up with my Shwetha's recipe.

Sona  :  "Super Recipe dad"

Saying this Sona and Dev drinking the soup while chatting with each other. Shekhar drowned in past memories.....

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Sonakshi's home!

Sonakshi can't sleep at home. Till yesterday, she can't sleep because she didn't speak with Dev. But now she spoke with Dev... So she can't sleep"

The memories of when she first met Dev came before her eyes...

Flashback!

Sonakshi, her father Rajeev, mother Sharmila left for Rajeev's relatives wedding.

After attending the wedding they started from there by 10.00 p.m in night.

Sonakshi slept as soon as the car started by keeping her head in Sharmila's lap.

But she woke up when she heard the sound of something bursting.

Sona :  "What happened Dad?"

Rajeev  :  "The tyre got bursted dear"

Sona worriedly  :  "Now what we are gonna do?"

Rajeev is thinking.

The car is stuck in some village it seems. Far away there are some light and loud sound is coming from speaker.

The place where they are stuck is surrounded in dark. Sonakshi is scared seeing this.

Sona  :  "Dad! I feel scared here. It seems to be a village. There is some function going on. We will go there and see"

Rajeev chuckled  :  "Sona! It's not function. I think it is some temple festival"

Sona irritated  :  "Now why are you doing this research. Come we can go and see there"

Sharmila worriedly  :  "Yes..Rajeev...We can't stand here for long time..Come we will go there and see"

The three of them came to the temple festival... Sonakshi got tired and sat on the rock like thing.

Rajeev enquired a person.

Person  :  "Mechanic?  Here you won't find any mechanic...You will find them in the nearby village...We will go there only....That too will not be open in this time. It will close by evening 5.00 itself"

Rajeev thought for a  while .

Rajeev  :  "Can we find any room here for stay?...Any lodge?"

That person looked at Rajeev  in amusement. Sonakshi laughed.

Sona  :  "Dad! This is village...Here they don't have even a mechanic shop. Why would they have a lodge?"

Person  :  "No...there is a lodge" Sonakshi stopped laughing.

Sona  :  "What?  Is there a lodge here?"

Person :  "Yes...This temple festival will be conducted every year for 2 to 3 days. So many people from other villages and cities will come. So there is a lodge here"

Sona  :  "Then why do you think for that? And why do you look at my dad like that?"

Person  :  "Nothing like that. You seem to be rich...I was thinking whether you will stay in that room or not?"

Sona  :  "Why? Will it not be clean?"

Person  :  "No...There will not be any cot. So you all have to sleep in the floor only"

Sona  :  "Ohhh...Bed is not there....Do they have fan?"

Person chuckled  :  "Yeah! Fan is there...Without fan how will it be?"

Sona  :  "Then okay dad! We will adjust"

Sonakshi whispered in Rajeev's ears :  "Dad! I will sleep on your lap today"

Rajeev chuckled  :  "Then my sleep is gone today"

Rajeev to person :  "Can you tell me where is the lodge?"

Person  :  "Follow me sir. I will take you"

Rajeev, Sonakshi and Sharmila reached a building.

Person  :  "This is the lodge. Go and enquire inside"

Rajeev  :  "Thank you so much for helping us"

Person smiled  : "It's okay. Even enquire about the mechanic to lodge caretaker itself. He will tell you"

Saying this he left.

Rajeev, Sona and Sharmila entered the lodge.

There a man of mid age was sleeping while sitting in the chair itself.

Rajeev  went near the man.

Rajeev :  "Excuse me!....Excuse me!"

That person woke up with great difficulty from his sleep.

Person  :  "Who is that?"

Rajeev  :  "We need a room to stay"

Person  :  "No room is there sir. All rooms are booked"

Sharmila worriedly looked at Rajeev and Sonakshi.

Sharmila :  "Rajeev! What are we going to do now? We are having Sonakshi with us. It's not safe to have a young girl like on the road. We need a room"

Sona  :  "Dad! Might be he is blabbering because he is in sleep. We can ask some other person"

Saying this she looked at her surroundings when her eyes landed on a tall young man.

He is speaking on phone. Sonakshi ran to him.

Sharmila angrily  :  "Hey Sona! Where  are you going?" 

Sharmila glared Rajeev while he gave a small smile and followed  Sonakshi.

The moment Sonakshi went near him, the person hung up the call.

Sona to him  :  "Hello!"

When he looked her , his eyes glowed and he looked at the people standing behind her.

Person smilingly : "Hello Tell me"

Sona  :  "Sir! We came to know that there are rooms here....Can we get a room to stay"

Person chuckled  :  "Sorry! Even I came from the city. He is the caretaker who is sleeping there in the chair"

Rajeev  :  "Ohh sorry....We thought you are the caretaker of this lodge....We asked the person who is sleeping, He told all rooms are booked....We thought he might be blabbering"

Person :  "What he told is correct. When we came here, he told that our room is the last one to be vacant"

Rajeev  :  "Ohhh, is it?"

Rajeev looked at Sonakshi and Sharmila worriedly. They don't know what to do one.

"Sameer!"

Hearing the voice, the person who is talking with Sonakshi and Rajeev turned to his back

Sameer  :  "What Dev?"

But he didn't gave any reply but came near them.

Dev to Rajeev  :  "Hello Uncle,   I am Dev...from Mumbai...I heard what you were speaking and came here"

Rajeev nodded smilingly.

Dev continued  :  "Uncle...we are medical students...second year...This is my friend's village...He invited us for this temple festival. So we came here....My friend's home doesn't have that much space to stay there. So we are staying in this lodge.What I am saying is? We are now going to watch some kind of religious night drama. So we will be staying whole night outside only....So...."

Seeing Dev hesitating....Sameer panicked.

Sameer  : "Hey Dev! What are you saying?'

Dev angrily  :  "You keep quiet"

Dev to Rajeev  :  "Uncle?"

Rajeev : "Tell  me"

Dev  :  "If you don't mind...you can stay in our room for this night"

Sameer :  "Hey Dev! Then our room?"

Dev ordered : "Shhhh...You keep quiet....You go and ask Sudeep to come out of the room'

Sameer glared at Dev and went to their room. After Sameer went Dev continued.

Dev  :  "Uncle...you stay here for this night and you can leave by tomorrow morning.  Let our things alone be in the room itself"

Rajeev is very much happy inside as now they got a solution for their problem but didn't express it.

Dev continued  :  "Uncle.This is the only lodge here. Along with you, there are two ladies? Where will you go? That's why I am saying"

Rajeev looked at Sonakshi and Sharmila who also gave him a confused look.

Dev : "Why are you hesitating Uncle. If you want, you can check my id card"

Rajeev  :  "No....that's not needed. You are saying all this with a good heart. How can I not believe you. I just thought because of us...you are facing difficulty"

Dev :"There is no difficulty uncle.  The room will be vacant for the whole night otherwise. So you please stay here"

Rajeev nodded and he along with Sonakshi and Sharmila went to the room.

In the Room

Sharmila  :  "That boy seems to be a very good. What a intelligence, What a humbleness....I pity my fate. My two children are exactly opposite of him. I told Sonakshi not to come to the wedding and be with her Dadi or Nani. But she didn't listen to me all. What if we didn't get any room? Keeping a young girl with us..in the night time...."

Sonakshi irritatedly  :  "Enough Mom! I want to sleep"

Saying this she kept her head on Rajeev's lap and closed her eyes.

In the Morning,

When Rajeev opened the room door, Dev and his friends are waiting outside.

Rajeev  :  "Hello boys! How is the night drama?"

Sameer  :  "Who knows?"

Dev whispered   :  "Hey Sameer keep quiet"

Dev loudly  to Sudeep  :  "Hey Sudeep, what is the name of the drama?  Maa  ahha....?"

Rajeev  :  "Is it Mahabaratham?"

Dev  :  "Yes. correct uncle......In that too.....one lady will like a deer and villain will kidnap her. That villan name is....mmmm?"

Rajeev  chuckled :  "Lakshmanan?"

Dev  :  "Super uncle, that's great"

Hearing this Rajeev started to laugh loudly.

Hearing his laugh Sonakshi and Sharmila came out of the room.

Sona :  "Dad! Why are you laughing?"

Rajeev  : "Wait. I will tell you"

Rajeev  :  "Dev! Now I am sure that you didn't go to any drama. Because the villain name is ravanan and the drama name is Ramayanam. Now tell me where were you all the night?"

Dev and his friends smiled sheepishly.

Dev  :  "Terrace"

Sameer :  "Yeah we slept peacefully with lots of mosquito bites"

Rajeev and Sharmila are shocked. Sonakshi made a wow face

Rajeev : "Dev. I don't know what to tell.  We have not met each other till yesterday...But because of us, you people left your room and stayed in the terrace all the night. I feel worried for you"

Dev   :  "What Uncle? What is there in it to be worried? By helping others only we can get real happiness. We are boys. We can stay anywhere. But you are here as a family with two ladies particularly . If I had told you yesterday itself about the terrace thing, you won't leave. And I don't know that you will ask questions about drama and all"

Hearing this Rajeev chuckled.

Sonakshi is now seeing Dev with great respect.

Dev  : "Uncle...What is the problem in the car?"

Rajeev  :  "Tyre punture. There is no mechanic in this village. I have to bring him from next village"

Dev  :  "Uncle, Don't you have stepney?....Don't you know to change it?"

Sona chuckled  : "Dad only knows how to repair human punctures"

Dev confusingly  : "Human punctures?"

Sona  :  "Dad is a doctor. That's why I said like that"

Dev  :  "Ohh superb uncle"

Rajeev gave details about his hospital in Mumbai. After talking about some other things...Dev and his friends offered to change the wheel.

Rajeev refused. But Dev was adamant.

Dev  :  "Uncle, car is ready....Now no problem will be there. You can reach Mumbai safely"

Rajeev patted his shoulder  :  "I don't know how to say thanks to you or is just a thank you enough? It's nice meeting you"

Rajeev took his hospital card and gave to Dev.

You and your friends can approach me anytime whenever you people need help.

Sameer  :  "Will you give free treatment in your hospital uncle?"

Sudeep  :  "Yes if you give your one kidney, they will take another too"

Sameer chuckled  :  "Just for fun uncle. Don't mistake me"

Rajeev  :  "Not at all. I like friendly behaviour. I will be as a friend to both of my children. My son is also from your college only....Sahil Bose....Second year"

Sudeep  :  "Ohh...Is he your son? He is the most silent person in the whole class uncle"

Rajeev  :  "Okay boys...We are leaving now. Take care"

Saying this Rajeev, Sonakshi and Sharmila left to Mumbai.

Rajeev and Sharmila was all time talking about Dev on the way to their home and to Sahil after reaching home. 

Whereas Sonakshi kept silent and crashed herself on the bed as soon as she reached her room.

After that Sonakshi kept chilling with her college friends...forgetting Dev.

After one week.

One day, Sonakshi was going to her friend's home by scooty. When she took a turn, her phone ringed. So she is about to answer it, while she and her scooty bumped into someone.

A man who is of her father's age fall on the road.

Public who gathered around begin to taunt Sonakshi.

Sonakshi hung her head down in guilt since it was her mistake to answer phone while driving.

The man who fell down got up with the help of others

The Man  :  "Please leave her. She didn't do it wantedly. I didn't get hurt anywhere.

Sona  :  "Uncle, please come to the hospital"

The Man  :  "No dear. I didn't get hurt. If you can, please drop me home"

Sona :  "Sure Uncle, Come"

Saying this Sonakshi dropped the Man in his home.

Sona  :  "Uncle...Really you didn't get hurt? Or you told that because they are taunting me?"

The Man  :  "No dear. Really I didn't get hurt. I told you to drop me because they are taunting you"

Sona  :  "Thank you so much Uncle. You didn't get angry on me for bumping and also you saved me from them"

Saying this she hold his hands.

The Man  :  "What's your name dear?"

Sona  :  "Sonakshi Uncle"

The Man  :  "Nice Name. You seem to be tired Sonakshi. Come inside and drink something"

Sona  :  "No Uncle...Already late. I have to go home"

The Man  :  "Okay dear. Go safely. Don't answer calls while driving"

Sona smilingly  :  "Okay Uncle. Sure...What's your name uncle?"

"Shekhar,.....Shekhar Murthy"

Hearing another voice both turned again to see Dev standing there with a smile.

Sonakshi identified him as Dev as soon as she saw him.

Sona  :  "Hai Dev"

Dev  :  "Hai Miss....."

Dev started to think her name. 

Dev  :  "Sorry I Identified you by seeing. But I don't remember your name"

Sonakshi was worried a little as he forgot her name. But she didn't express it.

Sona  :  "You forgot me. I am Sonakshi. Cut the word Miss and call me Sonakshi"

Dev  :  "Yeah...now I remembered. Sonakshi? What are you doing here?"

Sona stammeringly  : "Thatt....That..he"

Saying this she looked at Shekhar.

Shekhar  :  "Nothing Dev.....I felt dizzy while walking. So I asked her to drop here.. Do you know her Dev before?"

Dev  :  "Yeah I know her Mamu. I will how I met her afterwards"

Dev to Sonakshi  :  "Sonakshi, he is my Mamu....My Maternal Uncle....This home is my Mamu's home. It's nice to meet you again. How is Uncle and Aunty?"

Sona  smilingly  :  "They are fine. Mom will always be talking about you only....That's why I remembered your name.. Okay..now I am leaving. My Mom will scold me....Bye Uncle. Bye Dev"

Saying this Sonakshi left for her home. After she went...Shekhar kept quiet for a while.

Dev  :  "What are you thinking Mamu?"

Shekhar  :  "Do you know this girl Dev?'

Dev  :  "Yes. I know her Mamu"

Saying this he told the happening in village

Shekhar  :  "Do you know who is that Rajeev?"

Dev confusingly looked at him.

When Shekhar explained who Rajeev is, Dev was surprised.

Now Dev knows who is Sonakshi. So now he started to meet her often.........

Flashback ends......

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