Night Time in AbhiRika room:

Abhijeet entered the room after having some usual chit chat with his brother. His face was covered with a very contended smile. But his eyes paused when he saw sitting Tarika in front of her laptop with teary eyes. Abhijeet was at first utterly shocked. What could happen to her now! She was perfectly fine a few hours ago only... Is she alright? Abhijeet came near her hurriedly. He came with immense concern in his eyes. He came and touched her shoulder.

Abhijeet: Tarika!

Tarika turned towards him and instantly wiped her tears. Then she tightly hugged her dearest and nearest person in the world. Abhijeet kept his hand on her head. He did not ask her any question right now. As he knew sometimes a silent presence of our dear one around us can soothe us even more. He just wanted to make her comfortable. After sometime, she looked into his eyes. Those eyes throughout all these years which remained as addicting as before! The depth of the brown of his eyes always makes her lost...

Tarika: Abhijeet, woh actually main kuch purani CDs dekh rahi thi... to woh sab purane din yaad aa raha tha... isi liye bas thoda...

Abhijeet: To tum itna dukhi kyun ho?

Tarika: Nahi Abhi, main sad kaha hun? main to sirf yehi soch rahi thi ke Adi - Diya sab kitne bade ho gaye hai, hai na?

Abhijeet smiled.

Tarika: Main to soch bhi nahi sakti hun ki hamara Adi bhi CID officer banne wale hai! Bas lagta hai jaise kal ki baat woh kaise Daya ke saath bureau jane ke liye zid kata tha, hai na? aur Diya ko hi dekho- (she smiled unknowingly)

Abhijeet: Arre, to chalo na, hum milke dekhte hai, woh purane time bhi yaad aa jayega... (looking at the laptop) Arre haan, yeh Pari ka first birthday ka video hai na?

Tarika played the video from the beginning, now she had smile on her face, Abhijeet also sat beside her.

Same time in Adi-Diya Room:

Diya was sitting beside the window. Adi was on his bed.

Adi: Tu abhi tak kyu jag rahi hai? Bata na mujhe kya hua hai?

Diya: Bhaiya, abhi nahi, kal baat karte hai na

Adi: Dekh Diya, mujhse tu kuch mat chupa. Aj tak kabhi aisa hua hai kya ke teri man mein kuch hai, aur mujhe pata na ho! Bata na please Diya, pareshani kya hai? Tu mujhe nahi bayega to aur kisse batayega?

Diya: Bhaiya, aap pehle promise karo ki aap kisi se kuch nahi kahoge!

Adi was now a bit tensed as he could sense the seriousness in Diya's tone. He knew Diya very well. She is enormously brave. She has faced already many problems, but she had a very calm nature. Basically Adi got his father's temper which sometimes pushes him into trouble, but Diya is really cool headed person. The tension in Diya's voice really made him worried. He came closer to Diya and took her one hand in his hands.

Adi: Diya, please please bata mujhe kya hua hai. Mujhe kuch thik nahi lag raha hai.

Diya: Bhaiya, tum door close kar do pehle, phir batati hun.

Adi worriedly went towards the door and closed it. Then he came towards her and sat beside her.

Diya: Bhaiya, kal main Pari ke ghar gayi thi

Adi: Haan pata hai. Tu bata ke gayi thi. To?

Diya: (pause) waha se jab main nikal rahi thi, waha maine usse dekha

Adi was hell shocked hearing that!

Adi: tera matlab hai woh-

Diya: (cutting him) haan bhaiya, maine apni ankho se use dekha ghar ke bahar! Usne mujhe dekha nahi, lekin woh waha gaya tha Bhaiya!

The fear was clearly shown in her voice.

Adi: Lekin Diya, woh to kab se...

Diya: Mujhe kuch thik nahi lag raha hai bhaiya! aap ko to yaad hai na, 6 saal pehle jab bade papa aur papa ke saath woh haadsa hua tha, tab se le kar aaj tak kisi ne uske bare mein kuch nahi suna hai! woh to lapata ho gaye the na!

Adi: haan, wohi to! agar woh zinda hai to phir itne salon mein kabhi usne - I mean you know him! He was dangerous. Agar woh sach mein zinda hota, to abhi tak chup rehta kya?

Diya: I don't know bhaiya! lekin kuch na kuch zaroor honewala hai.

Adi: tujhe pura yakeen hai, tune thik dekha?

Diya: Bhaiya, mujhe pura yakeen hai...

Adi: Main chachu aur papa se baat karun?

Diya: Bhaiya, pehle hum kuch pata karle... phir batate hai. thik hai?

Adi: Tu aur kisi ko kuch bataya? Pari ko?

Diya: nahi, tujhse pehle aur kise batau!

Both of them were silent for the moment. There were thousands of thoughts roaming in their minds.

In AbhiRika Room:

Abhijeet: Wow- yeh din main kaise bhool sakta hun! hum kitne enjoy kiye the na

Both of them were lost in their memories of past...

Flashback starts:

Abhijeet was in the hall.

Abhijeet: (shouting)Daya- yaar! aur kitna der lagayega tu!

Tarika and Shreya were already waiting outside.

Shreya: (giggling) Jeej, humara family duniya ka pehla family hoga jahan girls taiyar hoke bahar wait kar rahi hai, aur boys late hai!

Tarika: Shreya, bechara Daya ka sare galti nahi hai, woh chota shaitan bhi to hai na uske saath! koi naya drama chal raha hoga upar - "Chachu - mujhe yeh chahiye - woh pehenna hai"

In room-

Diya was pulling Abhijeet's trousers to draw his attention.

Abhijeet: Kya hua beta?

Diya: Diya ko Bale Pappa ke goudi me jana hai

Abhijeet took her in his lap. Just then Daya and Adi came. They both were looking very handsome :) Abhijeet just smiled looking at them.

Daya: Sorry Boss. thoda late ho gaya- woh bas Adi ko woh sun glass chahiye tha, woh mil nahi raha tha

Abhijeet: Daya, woh ek 7 saal ka bachcha hai! Yeh sun glass pehenna itna zaroori hai uske liye! Tu na kuch zyada hi bigad raha hai use

Daya: Dekho Boss, tum na mere aur Adi ke bare mein aisa mat bolo -

Just then Abhijeet's phone rang.

Abhijeet: Haan Purvi, hum log bas nikalne hi wale hai...

...

Inside car:

Diya: Bale Pappa, aaj Pari ki Birth day hai na?

Abhijeet: haan beta

Diya: Pari kitni choti si hai. (tried to show her size with her fingers, but the size she was showing were merely of a cute little bird) bas itni si -

Daya: (laughing loudly) Arre haan, aur tu to kitni badi hai, hai na?

Diya: Pappa, main sh-shkoool jaati hun, baiya ke sath! aur Pari ko to lymes (rhymes) bi nahi ata

All were laughing aloud.

Abhijeet: Humari Diya bhi ab badi ho gayi hai!

They all were extremely happy for their Pari's first birthday. Their dear Rajvi's daughter - their cute little Pari.

A/N: I am including some flashbacks in this story as my First story ended at "twenty years later" I had to start this one from where I left the first one. But I can understand there is a huge gap of 20 years :P so I would try to fill those gaps with some little flashbacks (Anupama - this is for you). I know that in this chapter Adi-Diya's conversation is not at all clear to you. But trust me, it will be revealed gradually. Till then let us enjoy the cute and lovely moments with the FAMILY. [Krittika - your request is in my mind, but please give me some more time to pen it down]