Episode 18 : Last chance

In Shreya's house, she was seen wearing Warrior High uniform and looking at herself in the mirror. She gently touches the logo in the uniform when Gautam enters. She looks at him and at the mirror,


Sh - Aaj Warrior High mein fresher's party ho rahi hogi..


G - Ya!


She smiles seeing herself wear the uniform and sadly takes the jacket of the uniform off.


G - Itna hi chahti ho toh join kyun nahi karleti.


Sh - Kissi cheez ko chahney mein aur karney mein bohat difference hai. Not all the things you wish happens.  


G - But tumhare case mein tum khud usse door rakh rahi ho.


Sh - And you know why, Gee. Mamma doesnt want me to go. Aur main bhi unhe chodke nahi jaa sakti hoon. Agar mere jaaney ke baad phir se mamma ko kuch ho gaya toh?


G - Be positive Doll. Ab tum kissi aur ki khushi ke liye apni khushi ko sacrifice kar'ogi. Bohat selfless banne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.


Shreya smiles and sits on the chair near the dressing table,


Sh - Being selfless, can hurt you a lot. Par iss liye selfish nahi ho saktey na. Khudgarzi honey se jo kushi milta woh bohat din nahi tikta hai. Par ek bar selfless ho jaaye, baath hi alag hai. Hum achey hotey toh humarey saath bhi acha hi hota hai. Experience se bol rahi hoon. Waise bhi khud ke liye jeeney mein kya faida hai. It's for others one should live.


G (filmy) - Aapney mujhe prabuddh kiya hai Swaami Shreyanadha.


Shreya stares and smiles at Gautam who also laughs and sits on Shreya's bed,


G - Seriously Doll, (Mocking) Tum ho toh 16 ki, Par 60 ki budi jaise baat karti ho.


Sh - Isse maturity kehtey hain.


G (in a funny tone) - Meri maturity waali maa, Thoda logically socho! Poorey semester ki fees bharadiya. Ab kya? Refund bhi nahi milega.


Sh - Toh main kya karo'on? Tumhe kisney bola fees bharney ke liye.


G - Haan! Tum kaho'gi mujhe warrior high jaana hai, main tere liye admission le aaya. Maamu kahengey ja'o fees bhardo. Maine jaakey fees bardhiya. Aur ab mujhse pooch rahi hai ke kissney bola. Iske baad na main tumharey liye kuch nahi karney waala hoon.


Gautam gives a cute angry look. Shreya laughs and hugging him says,


Sh - A big big big thank you. Ok?


Gautam smiles but breaks the hug and on a serious note,


G - Dekho! Last chance hai. Main kal warrior high jaa raha hoon. Tum aa rahi ho ya nahi?


Sh - Nahi


G - Aunty se ek baar jaakey baath toh karlo. Agar tum chahti ho toh main jaake...


Sh - No Gee. Don't


G (irritated) - Tu sunegi nahi?


Gautam gives an irritated look. He looks around, walks towards the door and locks the door while Shreya stared at him.


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Next Day, In warrior high, a chemistry orientation session was going on. Deepa ma'am who was handling chemistry was telling the students about various things that would be dealt in the subject before choosing the stream.


DMaam - This session wasn't there before. But this year, we want to give students a proper platform to think about what they want. Tum log apney interest ke according choose kar sakte ho.


While this was going on, Megha was chewing a bubble gum and blowing small bubbles when Yakshit stares at.


Y (whispers) - Stop this Megha. Phas ja'ogi.


Me (whispers) - Iss se nahi phas'ongi. (scary) Par isse zaroor phas'oongi.


She chews the gum fast and blows a huge bubble. As the bubble grows bigger, Yakshit eyes widens in tension. *tap* the bubble breaks. Deepa ma'am stares at Megha.


DMaam (angry) - Kya kar rahi ho?


Me - Bubble gum ko wapas muh pe daal rahi hoon maam.


The students start laughing while Megha puts the gum in her mouth again.


DMaam - Yeh kya batameezi hai? Naam kya hai tumhara?


Me - Megha Das


DMaam (doubtful) - Girinath Das ki daughter.


Me (with attitude) - Yes.


There was a change in Deepa maam's look hearing Megha's Dad's name. She calms down and,


DMaam - Don't you know? Aise class mein chewing gum khana manners nahi hai.


Me (acting) - I know ma'am. But yeh toh orientation hai, class nahi. Wahan ke rules yahan bhi applied hain?


DMaam - Par aise chewing gum khaana allowed nahi hai.


Me (acting) - Sorry ma'am. Mujhe toh patha hi nahi tha. Warrior high na thoda ajeeb hai. Tradition ke naam se hide and seek kheltey hain. Filmy style ki fresher's party kartey hain. So confused ho gayi main.


DMaam - Ab confusion door ho gayi? Spit it out. Yahan nahi. Dustbin mein.


Megha walks to the dustbin and spits inside.


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Niti is seen sitting near the tree along with a photo frame of her picture along with Utkarsh and Siyali. She remembers


[Flash back]


In the orphanage, Siyali stares at Utkarsh and Niti when they're seen along with the bottle which had Utkarsh's frog inside.


The trio are seen sitting in the terrace laughing and eating.


Niti and Utkarsh hug Siyali in the railway station.


During the Night call, the trio hug each other.


After the Earthquake,


U - Woh sab chodo. Yeh batha'o ke ladkey baazi kaisi chal rahi hai? Koi ladka mila ya phir tu ab tak kajal lagakey so thi hai?


After a fight with Siyali,


Si - Tum jaanti ho na? Main tumse zyaada der naraaz nahi reh sakti.


A - Ok. Group hug.


The three of them hug.


[Flash back ends]


Tears start flowing off her eyes. Utkarsh who was walking along with Sid sees this and,


U - Sid! Tum ja'o. Main baad mein aata hoon.


S - Ok.


Utkarsh walks towards Niti. She sees him and wipes her tears,


U - Phir se Siyali ki yaad aa gayi kya?


Ni - Phir se matlab? Usse kab bhula ke yaad karney ki zaroorat pad gayi?


U - It's true.


Ni - Mujhe patha hai ki main ek anaad hoon. Par jab se tum dono mere life mein aaye the, mujhe kabhi akelapan mehsoos karney nahi diya. Ab jo Siyali chali gayi, mujhe bohat akelapan mehsoos ho raha hai. Atleast tumhe toh ek pariwar bhi hai, par mera koi bhi nahi.


U - Niti? Please aise baat math karo. Main hoon na.


Ni - Nahi Utkarsh. Tum nahi ho. Jab se Sid terea bhai hua hai, tum sirf uske saath ho.


U - Tumhe lagta hai ke mujhe pariwaar milney se tumhe bhul jaa'onga? Niti tum ab bhi meri best friend ho.


Ni - Friend honey mein aur pariwar honey mein difference bohat hai.


U - Niti. Aisa please math socho. I'm sorry ke main tumharey saath nahi tha.


Ni - Utkarsh! Tumhe sorry bolney ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Mujhe patha hai ke tum iss liye Sid ke saath the kyun ki usse tumhari zaroorat hai. Main tumhe blame nahi kar rahi hoon, Utkarsh. Galti toh meri hai ke main aisi hoon. Iss liye toh mere papa ne mujhe chod diya. Galti toh meri hi hai na.


U - Niti, tum jaisi bhi ho, bohat achi ho. Bohat khoobsurat ho, dil aur dimaag se. Galti unki hai ke unhon ne tum jaise beti ko chod diya.


Ni (crying) - Main itni achi hoon toh mere maa baap kyun nahi hain. Tere jaise meri bhi maa mujhe kyun nahi mili?


As Niti cries, Utkarsh holds her by the shoulder and feels sad for his best friend. He felt helpless and so did Niti


Ni - kaash meri bhi koi family hoti.


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