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Abhi in his room getting ready for his duty, Tarika knocked his room door.

Abhi - aao Tarika.

Tarika - tumme kaise pata bahar main hi hun.

Abhi - smiled at her, instinction.

Tarika - really ?

Abhi - combing his hair, hmm..

Tarika - Abhi, ( handing him a box ), I bought this for you.

Abhi - kya hai iss mein ?

Tarika - perfume..

Abhi - oh thank you. He sprayed it on him and again busy in wearing his belt in front of the mirror. He noticed in the mirror, Tarika looking at him without blinking her eyes. He turned to her,

Abhi - hey what ?

Tarika - Abhi, you look so smart..

Abhi - is mein naya kya hai. I am always smart.

Tarika - haan haan you are always smart my buddy. I am talking about your uniform. Sach mein its suits perfectly on you..

Interrupting their conversation her phone rings.

Tarika - ek sec Abhi..

She attends and cuts it in 2 min.

Tarika - now a days we don ' t get time together. Isn ' t ?

Abhi - haan yaar. Mujhe bhi yeh ehsaas hai. but we cant help. My duty, your studies..

Again her phone rings. She attends and cuts it in mins..

Tarika - continuing, tch . one more year to complete , then practice , hospital , life is getting more busy day by day. Abhi can you free yourself this Sunday , we will go somewhere.

Again her phone ring interrupts.

Abhi - getting irritated, arey kaun hai wo baar baar call karraha hai..

Tarika - my friend Abhi. He needs some clarification..

Abhi hands stop its work instantly which till now flipping a case file.

Abhi - ek min. he ?

Tarika - haan Nitin. Uska naam.

Abhi - oh boy friend ?

Tarika - Abhi for your kind information he is a boy so obviously my boy friend.

Abhi - stammering, mm hmm . but why is he calling you. Don ' t he have any other friend in college..

Tarika - understanding his jealousy, what is your problem, don ' t forget you have so many girl friends too.

Abhi - sternly keeping his hands on his hip, girl friend ? mujhe ? wait a minute. Saying he moved to his cupboard and took out a big box and gave it to her.

Tarika - what is this ?

Abhi - pucho mat. Kholke dekho.

Tarika opens the box and a sudden laugh escapes her mouth.

Tarika - Abhi you are still having all this..

Abhi - aur nahi tho kya . see how many rakhis I have. You didn t leave any girl as my friend . huh ! Tarika could not control her laughter. Seeing his stern gaze she closes her mouth keeping fingers on her lips.

Abhi - now only three ladies left..

Tarika - instantly, three ? k ka kaun hai wo ? kahan hai wo ? how do you know them ? school friends , college friends sab ko pata hai mujhe phir yeh naya theen ladies kaun hai.

Abhi - oh hello saans lelo.. I was saying about my three ladies. Mumma, chocolate aunty and finally you .

Tarika - bit her tongue. Ohhhh..

Abhi - atleast leave them yaar..

Tarika - Abhi mere pass ek idea hai.

Abhi - casually, kya ?

Tarika - smirking, how about me tying rakhi to you.

Abhi - in top voice, whatttttt ?

Tarika - smiling, haan idea bura tho nahi na ?

Abhi - slapping her head, have you gone mad, idiot ?

Tarika - ouch. Kyun.

Abhi - gritting his teeth . pagal. You are not my sister.

Tarika - thinking to irritate him more. , no problem . I ll become your sister when I tie this in your hand.

Abhi - Taarikaa . helding her neck in his palms. No way. You cannot be my sister. You are my friend fool.

Tarika - moving his hands away, show me one law which says friend cannot be a sister. I will accept.

Abhi - slaps his own head, god save me.. hey you , listen . stressing each word, you are my friend. If you think you need a brother then go tie it on that dummy moron s hand.

Tarika - dummy moron ?

Abhi - haan wohi, kya naam hai uska , Nitin , Nitin. Bye I am getting late. Pagal kahika. He stops at his door step and turns to her again, Tarika remember you are not my sister. Got it ? better you get it. He left the room in fast steps.

Tarika blushes hard on his his words.

Tarika pov - you cannot be my brother. Because you are my….. my friend . smiles herself.

Anita and Nandini who hears their conversation from their doorstep moves immediately and sat on the couch pretending like talking with each other seeing Abhi coming out.

Abhi bids bye to them and left the house. In fraction of a second, he again came to the entrance and

Abhi - mumma , chocolate aunty , aap apne bête se kehdijiye wo mere sister nahi hai. saying he left without waiting for their response.

Where the ladies burst out in laughter.

Abhi getting into the jeep waiting for him outside his gate turns to the driver and said, she is not my sister.

Driver - scratching his head, sir ?

Abhi - adjusting, wo turning into inspector mode, hum court jaana hai. move fast.

Abhi pov - yeh kya ho raha hai mujhe. I am getting crazy on her. Abhi control yourself . She is Tarika man. your friend .

Where in home, ladies move slowly to see Tarika still in blushing mode.

Anita and Nandini hi fied each other and move silently to the couch again.

Nandini - Bhabhi so we are not wrong. In dono ko bich kuch chal raha hai. lekin abi tak ehsaas nahi hua.

Anita - hmm . dekha mere ladla ka chehre ko. Bechari .. imitating him, mumma chocolate aunty aap apne bête se kehdijiye wo mere sister nahi hai.

Again ladies burst out in laughter.

Nandini - eyes getting moist, I just want to see both happy together.

Anita - pressing her hands, don ' t worry , I assure you Tarika is my Abhi ' s wife. No body can change this. But we have to wait for this to happen..

In a year time , Abhi ' s dedication and sincerity towards his work gained a lot of appreciation from the society. Abhi was appointed to lead a team which succeeded in encountering a drug dealers gang which was a great threat to the society. Papers published articles on him , TV channels flashing his face . he is celebrated as the country s pride. He is showered with many prestigious awards. This made ACP Pradyuman of CID, Mumbai turn his head towards him. He recommended his name for his team to the head Quarters which accepts his request.

Abhi got an order from Head Quarters stating his transfer to CID, Mumbai. It was a prideful moment for his family .

He has to leave for Delhi for the training for his new posting which is for a month.

Tarika helping him in packing, was hiding her tears but caught by Abhi. He held her chin and lifted her face. Her tears broke the barrier and flows on her cheeks.

Abhi wiping her tears - if you say, I will not accept this transfer. I will continue in the previous post.

Tarika - instantly, nahi Abhi. Don ' t do any such things. This is a great opportunity to you. Don t miss this.

Abhi - looking in her eyes, I don ' t want to miss you too.

Tarika - composing herself, just one month schedule na. it will move fast. Haan ?

Abhi - cupping her face, hope so. Take care , ok ? and it is your responsibility to take care of our family also.

Tarika nodded - don ' t worry. I will take care. You concentrate on your training. I packed all your things. Kept medicines in the side zip. Be careful.

He kissed her forehead. He don ' t know what drives him to kiss her. Ignoring his feelings, he hugged her . now this was not making them embarrassed. They started to realize their love but unknown to each other . they fear what if their friendship gets affected by this new feeling. They cannot afford to lose each other. So the confession is not possible between them. They are getting satisfied seeing each other near them. And now again a one month separation.

Abhi left for Delhi. Tarika locked herself in her room and cried harder hugging his picture. Her mobile gave a message alert tone . she opened the message,

Wipe your tears jaan. Its painful to me…

She wiped her tears instantly..

Abhi s mobile beeped in train.

Wipe the tears at the corner of your eyes. Its equally painful to me.

Abhi wiped his tears with a smile in his lip.

Both lips murmured, I love you.

Abhijeet is a dignified CID officer completed his four years of service with flying colours. His braveness and sharpness uplifted him as a Senior Inspector and second in command to ACP.

Forensic lab:

Team entered the lab,

ACP - ha Salunkhe jaldi batao kya pata chala iss laash ki bare mein..

Salunkhe - arey aagayi tsunami..

ACP - kya ?

Salunkhe - nahi nahi kuch nahi.. pehele inse milo. Yeh hai naya forensic expert..

Abhi - Dr. Tarika Kumar.

Team look at him in surprise.

Salunkhe - arey Abhijeet tum isey pehele hi jaanti ho kya ?

Tarika - Sr. Inspector Abhijeet ko sab pata hai. hai na Abhi sorry Abhijeet sir ?

Daya - Dr. Tarika aap bhi Abhijeet ko jaanti hai ?

Both Tarika and Abhijeet at the same time - hum childhood friends.. and look at each other smiling.

Daya - oh acha acha. Tho yeh hai wo Tarika. Abhijeet you didn t tell me she is going to join here.

Abhi - surprise..

Daya - nice to meet you dr. Tarika. Welcome to CID Mumbai .

Tarika - same here Daya Sir. Thank you.

Freddy - wah dr. Tarika you recognize all by name..

Tarika - haan Freddy sir . Abhijeet sir has told me about you all.

Abhijeet - Tarika stop calling me Sir.

Salunkhe - oh hello, hum bhi yehi hai.

Abhi - hum kab mana kardiya ?

Salunkhe - Abhijeeet …

Acp - Salunkhe hogaya tho kaam pe lag jao.

Salunkhe - ( to Acp ) you are the one spoiling your team.

Acp - nodding his head disappointedly , Tarika tum kuch bata sakthe..

Abhijeet hides his smile seeing the irritation of Salunkhe..

Days passing smoothly ,

One day at cafeteria ,

Tasha and Tarika sipping their coffee .. Tasha noticed Tarika s gaze fixed on Abhijeet who is standing and discussing a case details with Daya at some distance.

Tasha cleared her throat which brings Tarika to life.

Tasha - if you don t mind shall I ask you something ?

Tarika - if you are going to seek permission before your question then don ' t ever ask..

Tasha - ok ok.. hmm hesitatingly, pointing at Abhi , are you both in relationship..

Tarika spits out her coffee coughing on her sudden question.

Tasha - hey Tarika araam se.. lo paani piyo.

Tarika - its ok. Am fine.

Tasha - hmm . so you both are in relationship , right ?

Tarika - sighed, no Tasha.

Tasha - i feel your lips are lying but your eyes shows something.

Tarika - tch. Aisa kuch nahi Tasha.

Tasha - ok fine. If you are not ready to share then ..

Tarika - Tashaaa.. it is 100 % true that we are not in relationship. But ,

Tasha - but ?

Tarika - took deep breath, I love him.

Tasha - I don't understand..

Tarika - we are friends from our childhood. Infact my first friend. He means a lot to me. I don t know when my view towards him changes. I don ' t know at what point my friendship turns into love. Now my heart beats for him. I love him madly. But I don t have the courage to express it to him. What if he denies ? I fear of losing him.

Tasha - what about Abhijeet Sir ?

Tarika - that is my problem. I can understand him completely but this thing I am not sure.. what he thinks about me , does he too having some feeling for me , sighing deeply, kuch pata nahi mujhe…

Tasha - I think he loves you too.. the care and concern he is showing towards you is portraying his feelings.

Tarika - nahi Tasha. He always has care and concern for me. I am seeing this in his eyes from my childhood. I cannot take this factor as his love.

Tasha - arey Tarika , then understand he loves you from his childhood.

Tarika ' s face brightened hearing her words.

Tarika - matlab he also loves me ?

Tasha - oh god Tarika you are wasting your time.

Tarika blushes simultaneously her eyes getting moist.

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