Chapter 5

..... The Sweet Surprise.....

Purvi and Tarika are moving towards the lab. Tarika is now following purvi, watching her pony tailed hair swinging left and right along with the steady and rapid motion. Their walk was interrupted by purvi's phone. She stopped abruptly and took her phone and found ACP sir calling. Purvi turned and said to Tarika,

'Dr Tarika, Ek important call aarha hai. Aap ek kaam karo sidha jaake left lelo vahi pe lab hai. Vaha par Dr. Salunkhe rehenge. Aap jaaiye.'

'Teek hai, me jaati hu' Tarika replied purvi and continued in her path while purvi answered the call with a 'hello sir, ' and left the place.

Tarika is now heading towards the lab briskly. With her each step, the sound of those acute heels were resonating in that corridor. And finally, she reached the door of the lab and stretched her right hand to grab the handle. Meanwhile, the door opened hastily and a man accelerated from the lab towards her.

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*A few moments ago, inside the lab.

'Abhi tak aapne autopsy nahi ki? Kya aap bhi na Salunkhe sir..Accha vo chodo,aap is angutti ke baareme kuch bol sakte ho kya?' Abhijeet with an irritated face asked pointing his forefinger towards the ring placed in an evidence another hand was placed in his waist.

'Mujhe koi magic nahi aata hai bhai jo me sab ek saat karlu. Iske liye thoda vakt lagta hai thoda sabar karo yaar. Idar me ek hi insaan hu.'

The genius Forensic Doctor of CID, Dr. salunke's complaining voice. He was busy in checking the reports.

Dr. Salunke, he is the in charge of Forensic lab, and an expert in forensic science His conclusions and reports regarding the forensics will be precise and it can be considered as a main component behind the success stories of CID team in solving numerous cases.

'Vo sahi kaha aapne. Hum jaa rahe hai. Abhi yeh pata karna hoga ki yeh ladki kaun hai?' Daya, Abhijeet's best buddy, said taking a look at the corpse which is lying on a table near them, before leaving.

Both of them started walking towards the door and daya came in to the usual talks with abhijeet.

'Yaar Abhijeet, Accha hua ACP sir case ke silsile me bahar gaye,varna aaj late hone k chakkar me hum dono ko aaj unse bahot dhant padti...Accha..pehle yeh bata ki tum itne late kyu aaye pick karne keliye? (With a mocking tone)Sr. Insp. Abhijeet ki Punctuality ko aaj kya ho gaya?

'Kuch mat bolo bhai. Subah se kuch na kuch ajeeb ho hi rha hai. Abhi aate samay ek jan ko lift di thi vahi uske baad ek chotta accident hua...aur'

'Accident?!Abhijeet Yaar,tumne mujhe bataya kyu nhi. Kaha pe hua tha? Aur chott tho nhi lagi na tume? Theek ho na?' Daya was shooting questions one after the other. The care and concern for his intimate friend reflected in his eyes.

'Aree aree aree bolne tho do yaar. Kooch nhi hua mujhe. Me theek hu. Ek bujurg aadmi gaadi ke samne aaya tha magar bagwaan ke krupa se use kuch hua nhi. 'Abhijeet relaxed his buddy with a calm expression.

Daya was a bit angry but also happy to hear that his friend is alright.

'Accha vo chod, tumne lift kisko diya tha?D

aya asked abhijeet.

Both of them reached the lab's exit and Abhijeet, who always walks hastily, pulled the door and stormed out followed by daya.

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*present time.

Yes.. It happened...!

Abhijeet and Tarika bumped each other!.

Actually it was abhijeet who bumped into her. She was not excepting anyone there at the moment and when he struck her with his solid chest, of course she lost her balance and bounced back. Unfortunately, his right foot got pressed on the soft toes of her long left leg which was covered barely by the straps of her high heels and..It hurt her a bit.

'Oouuchhh...! ' Tarika uttered in pain and shock.

'Ahhh.. ' A cry of astonishment from him.

At the same time, her upper body collided with his chest shortly, which made her completely lose the balance and it resulted in clutching his strong and rigid left shoulder covered by the ash colored coat with her right palm.

As a cop, Abhijeet had a quick reflex and he reacted at the precise moment itself. Honestly, he excepted no one there, at the door. .that is why he moved outside in all of a sudden. When he hit her, he failed to notice her face as it was covered by some of the curls which came out in that sudden struck. but he was damn sure that it was a lady. In the next second, he realised that she is losing her balance and without wasting time, he held her waist with his left hand and pulled up. She squeezed his shoulder lightly with her soft hand in fear of falling. Abhijeet noticed that something is falling from her left hand, his sharp eyes detected that it's her mobile and in a fraction of second, he catched it expertly with a swift movement of his right hand and prevented it from cracking on the floor.

Abhijeet slowly pulled her against him grabbing her waist with his left hand. Tarika's grip on his shoulder loosened and she gained her balance and stood straight, keeping some distance between them. (They were so close.. Too much close that she could even smell his perfume.)

Tarika tucked her curls behind her ears as they were disturbing her vision. And oh! her ears were decorated by those gorgeous pearl earrings.

Tarika's annoyed and shocked expression altered at the moment when she recognised the man who struck her, and she wore a surprised look.

When their eyes met, they were literally surprised and shocked at the same time!

'Abhijeet?! ' Tarika was not excepting him in here, at her workplace.

'Aree..Dr. Tarika? 'Abhijeet who was prepared to seek sorry to the lady uttered the name in a super excited voice.

They both shared a laugh and one person is witnessing the whole event which is super dramatic and taking place in front of him. Finally he spoke.

'Ek ek.. Ek minute.. Tum dono ek dusre ko jaante ho? '

Atlast Daya asked throwing a suspicious look on his friend.

'Of course! Abhijeet ne aaj subah mujhe lift diya tha. isliye me time par pauch gayi.' Tarika replied daya who is keenly watching her and returning his gaze to abhijeet for explanation.

'Haan daya, Me kaha tha na aaj mene ek jan ko lift diya tha vo hai yeh...Dr. Tarika'

Now he enquired to Tarika 'Accha Tarikaji aap yeh bataiye aap yaha kaise? Kuch kaam tha kya? Cid ki koyi madat chayiye aapko?'

'Nahi Abhijeet. Mein yaha forensic me join karne keliye aaya hu. As a forensic assistant. 'She replied with a brief smile.

'Ohh.. So.. You are a Forensic doctor? That's a surprise, Anyways Welcome to CID Mumbai, Dr Tarika. I'm Senior Inspector Abhijeet...Aur.. (turning against daya who is standing behind him)Ye he Senior Inspector Daya. ' Daya smiled at her who is really astonished to know Abhijeet is a CID cop. 'Hello Dr. Tarika'

'Hello.. ' she managed to speak.

Daya, the Sr. Inspector of CID, has the same designation of Abhijeet and he is one of the 3 important pillars of CID along with Abhijeet and very popular too for breaking doors!. (Everyone in Mumbai know about him except Tarika as she is new in both Mumbai and in CID).

As Tarika noticed him, he is a tall man having a muscular body, broad chest and wears a golden bracelet and ring too, in his right hand. He is also clean-shaven like Abhijeet, looks dashing in that black shirt and dark blue jeans.

Tarika smiled at him and Abhijeet broke the brief silence prevailed there.

'Ok , Abhi late mat ho jaieye. Andar lab me Dr. Salunkhe hai. Kahi saalo me vo ek assistant ko dhudh hi rahe the. Jaldi jaeye.'

'Tho theek hai, Dr. milte hai' Daya bid her a bye and began walking leaving Abhijeet and Tarika behind.

'Abhijeet, phone? ' Tarika asked him with a questioning glance.

'Uhh..? 'Actually he was busy staring her.She is so pretty, man!

'Umm... That's my phone... ' She pointed her hand towards the phone in his hand.

'Uh.. Ohh.. Mm.. I'm sorry! 'He quickly gave the phone to her.ahh..That embarassed look makes him so cute! She thought.

The smart and intelligent cop is now acting so stupid and he couldn't figure out the reason! ''What's happening to you Abhijeet? Don't be so stupid.."He scolded himself in mind. He put aside his thoughts and was about to move from there, but suddenly his eyes went on Tarika's purse which she dropped along with the mobile phone, which he failed to catch.

Tarika got her phone back from him, she searched for the purse and found it lying on the floor.

Both of them bent at the same time and their heads slightly knocked each other.

'Ouchh.. '

'Oopss.. '

Not again! He rolled his eyes and quickly stood up. And tarika too stood up after him grabbing her purse. Both of them were unable to look at each other. Tarika is blushing slightly, ohh! Redness of her cheecks raising her beauty.. Abhijeet took a quick glance at her and turned his head abruptly. A shy smile curved in his lips at the moment and that magnetic smile made tarika to turn even more red with blush.

Tarika turned and moved against the door but stopped by Abhijeet's dialogue. 'By the way, sorry for the "ACCIDENTS".'

A broad smile appeared on her lips mixed up with blush.

She turned back but could only watch Abhijeet who is picking up his pace in order to reach daya who's talking to purvi at the end of the corridor.

:) To be continued.

And finally...Abhirika met in the lab! How was it?

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