2 Days Later..

Manik was in his room packing when Nandini entered.

"Manik...ho gaya tumhara packing?"

"Almost...vaise I cant wait to get there." Manik turned and pulled Nandini closer by her waist. "Tumse door nahi rehna parega na."

"Achaji...aur yeh khush fehmi tumhe kaise ho gaya?" Nandini giggled. "dadi ne saaf saaf bola hai ki shaadi ke ho jaane tak hum dono ek saath nahi reh sakte."

"I know par hum wahan hotel mein rehne wale hai....and I convinced Dadi ki shaadi tak tumhe aaram se alele mein sohne dena chahiye. You get a whole room to yourself, that way Dadi puri raat jaagh ke pehredari nahi kar sakti aur main tumhare paas aa sakta hoon." Manik grinned so proudly.

"tsk tsk tsk....bechara Manik....kitna planning ki hai na tumne? Unfortunately main Dadi ki khilaaf nahi jaane wali hoon so too bad. Main raat ko kamre ke darwaze ko lock karne wali hoon." Nandini replied before leaving. 

"Arre par....yaar Nandini you're supposed to be on my side!" Manik complained.

Finally everyone was all packed, Nandini got into a car with Navya & Mukti while Manik was with Cabir & Abhi. The other family members were in other cars.

"Yaar tujhe kya hua?" Cabir laughed seeing Manik's grumpy face.

"Maine itne saare planning ki, tujhse Nandini ke liye alag sa kamra book karwaya...woh bhi Dadi ke kamre se door lekin iss ladki ne sab kharab kar diya!"

"Kyun? Kya kiya Nandini ne?" Abhi asked.

"Usne kaha ki woh dadi ke khilaf nahi jayegi...like seriously? Aisa lagta hai sirf main hi usse miss kar raha hoon. She doesnt miss me at all!" 

"Aisa kuch nahi hai Manik....she loves you. Bas jaan bhuj ke tujhe pareshan kar rahi hai." Cabir replied.

After a long drive, finally they came to Pragpur. The moment they entered, Manik was getting that feeling like he knows the place. Soon they also arrived at the hotel.

The feeling got stronger and suddenly he heard some voices echo through his head.

"Paras! Mat bhaago gir jaoge beta!" A woman yelled. A kid is heard laughing.

"Mujhe Jhanvi ke saath khelne jaana hai Mumma!"

"Jhanvi nahi babyji bolo!" The woman scolded. "Woh Maalik ki beti hai."

"Woh dost hai Mumma!" The boy answered back.

"Manik....Manik!" Abhi shook Manik to get his attention. "Kya hua?"

"Nahi....woh...did you here that?" Manik asked.

"No....hear what?" Abhi looked confused while Cabir was smirking in the back.

"Those names....phirse wahi naam par iss baar the memory was different. Koi bachpan wala memory hai....aur shayad....shayad yahi ka hai." Manik said.

"But....you've never been here before na?" Abhi asked. "Kuch zayada soch raha hai tu. I think you are just tired.

"Dude....what if yeh koi punar janam wali situation ho?" Cabir spoke up. "Like jaise filmo mein hota hai, Karan Arjun, Karz....Om Shanti Om? Vaise?"

"Shutup Cabir! Woh film hai....sach mein thodi na aisa hota hai. Logically socho....rebirth makes no sense at all! Right Manik?" Abhi stated. Manik nodded but he wasnt so sure.

"Abhi aur iske Logic ka na, main murder kar dunga!" Cabir drilled holes into the back of  Abhi's head as he glared. "Manik agar mere baaton pe vishwas karta bhi hai toh Abhi ka Logic beech main aa jayega."

They got out of the car and waited while the others arrived. Manik kept looking around at the familiar place.

"Wow...this place is awesome. Nice hotel Cabir." Dev commented as they got out of their car. Nandini got out of her car and smiled happily to see her home again.

"Manik....hotel ghumke aate hai na." Nandini said, wanting to jog Manik's memory.

"Huh? Haan...okay." Manik agreed. As the rest of the family went inside to check in, Nandini took Manik to roam around the haveli.

"Ooh there's a swing!" Nandini cheered as she ran up and sat on the wooden swing that was tied to a tree.

Manik started getting flashes of a girl swinging on the swing while a guy pushed her form the back. The girl giggled while the guy admired her.

"Jhanvi...." Manik whispered. Nandini smiled to herself and then saw the fountain nearby.

"Manik...wahan dekho! So pretty!" Nandini dragged Manik to the fountain and watched as Manik clutched his head. 

He got flashes of the girl sitting by the fountain, playing in the water.

"Manik....Manik tum thik ho?" Nandini got worried and decided not to push it. "Chalo yahan se...bohot ho gaya ghumna. Abhi kamre mein jaate hai okay?"

"Im okay...Im okay." Manik assured her.

"Chalo." Nandini & Manik went back to the others. Raj gave them their room keys and they went their own way.

"Nandu...thodi aur agar ghumte toh pakka usse kuch yaad aa jaata." Cabir said as they sat in Nandini's room. "Yahan aate vaqt hi usse kuch kuch yaad aa raha tha."

"I know bhai par main uski tabiyat risk nahi karna chahti. Hum yahan aa gaye hai na....toh Manik ko yaad zaroor ayega par main kuch bhi push nahi karna chahti." Nandini explained.

"Acha chal....thodi aaram kar le. Bakki ke mehman aa rahe hai aur shaam ko teri mehendi aur Sangeet  hai." 

"Ek saath?" Nandini asked.

"Manik se na intezaar hi nahi ho raha hai. Usne khud kahan ki woh pure rason riwazon ke saath tumse shaadi karna chahta hai par ab khud keh raha hai ki Mehendi aur Sangeet ek saath kardo ta ki jaldi se jaldi tumse woh shaadi kar sake." Navya laughed.

"Bechara Manik." Cabir commented and even Nandini laughed.

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Later in the evening everyone went onto the roof of the haveli where the mehendi/ sangeet was taking place.

Nandini and the other girls were getting their mehendi done while Manik was with his brothers, Cabir & Abhi. Nandini purposefully found a specific design on the internet and showed it to the mehendi lady. "Mujhe yeh design chahiye."

"Ji Didi...abhi karti hoon."

(Mehendi design for Nandini)

(Manik & Nandini's look)

After her mehendi was done, Nandini walked upto Manik. " Manik...meri mehendi kaisi hai?"

Manik saw it and some more flashes came to him.

"Paras....meri mehendi kais hai?"

"Really Jhanvi? Tum kisi ke naam ki  mehendi laaga rahi ho aur mujhse puch rahi ho ki kaisi hai?" Paras scoffed.

"Paras tum jaante ho ki yeh shaadi meri majboori hai....par meri mehendi pe bhi sirf tumhara naam aur mere dil pe bhi." Jhani showed the design to Paras (It was the same as nandini but had a P hidden).

"Yeh...mehendi...."

"Achi hai na?"

"Haan....Its nice." Manik replied, a little preoccupied with the flashbacks he was getting.

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Sneak Peak: Everyone is dancing when someone enters.. Dadi goes to the person smiling but Manik is shocked. His head starts hurting and he is getting even more flashes. Excusing himself, Manik goes down a random flight of stairs into a hallway. He stumbles and as he steadies himself with the help of the wall he sees......

"MANIK!" Nandini screams as she watched Manik fall to the floor unconscious. Picking up her lehenga she runs to him.

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Note: So what did you think? Next chapter someone comes who do you guys think it is? What does Manik see that makes him fall unconscious?