10:00 am at Duo's House

Daya was reading a book in the hall. He was feeling a bit lonely in the house. He remembered Abhijit's words before he left for the bureau today.

Abhijeet: Daya yaar, tere bina Bureau mein kaam karne mein man nahi lagta! Hum dono ko na ek saath hi off-day milna chahiye...

Daya: Dono senior officers agar ek saath off le lenge to kaam kaise chalega! waise bhi tu chita mat kar mera bhai, main tujhe phone karunga

Abhijeet: (smiling) haan, woh to mujhe pata hi hai, Diya ek baar uth jaye, to tujhe to call karna hi padhega. Anyways, tu sambhal ke rakhna bachchi ko

Daya: Haan baba, don't worry! Aur haan, ACP Sir se woh Freddy ke village mein picnic wali baat zaroor kar lena... Bhulna mat

Abhijeet: Thik hai, dekhta hoon. Agar Sir ka mood thik rahe to...

... Daya was smiling unwillingly remembering that conversation. Suddenly he looked at the watch.

Daya in his thought: Arre, 10 baj gaya. Yeh Diya aur kitna soti hai?

He went to the babies' room. Diya was still sleeping peacefully under her blanket. Daya looked at her.

Daya's thought: Kitni cute hai na yeh? bilkul guriya jaisi! Kabhi socha bhi nahi tha itni khushi bhi kabhi meri zindegi mein aa sakti hai!

Daya went near Diya, then he silently took her in his arm and then kissed her on her head lightly. On this Diya slightly opened her eyes and saw her Pappa, then she smiled sweetly.

Diya: P-a-a-a-p-p-a-a-a

And then she hugged him even more tightly and tried to sleep in his arms. Daya smiled looking at her.

A few hours later in the dining hall

Daya was trying to convince his li'l baby to finish her breakfast while she was not in a mood of listening to all these gibberish!

Diya: Pappa, baiya kahan hai? school?

Daya: Haan beta, woh bas kuch hi der mein aa jayenge, tum yeh doodh pee lo abhi please

Diya: mujhe nahi peena. Baiya school kyu jate hai?

Daya: Padhne ke liye. Arre yaar pee lo na

Diya: Diya ko bhi jana hai school

Daya: Haan haan, par jane ke liye jaldi bada hona padhega, aur uske liye yeh dudh bhi peena hoga

Diya: Diya ko dudh pasand nahi (made face) ganda!

Daya's thought: size itna sa, par nautanki dekho! drama karne mein to mujhse bhi badh kar! Pata nahi kaise sambhal lete hai Abhijeet isse

Daya: bas thoda sa pee lo, phir hum photo dekhenge, thik hai?

Diya: Diya ko chocolate milk chaiye.

Daya: Ab woh kahan se laun?

Diya: Bale pappa Diya ko chocolate milk deta hai. Diya ko yeh ganda wala milk nahi peeni

Daya: Maan bhi jaa, meri bachchi...kahan hai chocolate mujhe pata nahi

Diya: (made a red face, and her eyes started welling with tear) Diya ko bale pappa chaiye

Daya: (with a helpless look and a deep sigh) Ab beta, Bade Pappa chocolate thodi hai, ke 'Bade Pappa chahiye' aise zid kar sakte hai aap? woh kaam pe gaye hai na, raat ko ayenge

Though Diya is just a baby, still born and brought up in a CID family already made her matured enough to understand words like 'work', 'duty', 'bureau' etc. So she stopped after hearing that. Though her face reflected her sadness.

Daya was already tired of managing this chhote shaitan. He planned something. He played some family function CD and took Diya in hall to watch those together, so that she became busy in watching those. Diya was also very excited watching all of them on screen.

Diya: Pappa, woh kaun hai?

Daya: Arre woh? woh to teri Di hai! (smiling)

Diya: Di! Par Di yeh dress kyu pehni hai?

Daya: Bas special day tha na, is liye

Diya; Aur pappa, woh aap?

Daya: Are wah! mujhe pehchan liya

Diya: (excitedly) Pappa pappa dekho, bale pappa!

Daya: Haan beta woh Bade Papa hi hai

Diya: Par Diya kaha hai? Bale pappa ke paas Diya kyu nai?

Daya: Beta, tab tum nahi the, yeh bahut purani CD hai na, tab tum nahi the

Diya: (with sad face) kyu? Main kaha thi?

Now Daya was feeling danger with her shots of QUESTIONS! He remembered something and called Abhijeet

Daya: Hello, Abhijeet

Abhijeet: Busy hun yaar! kya baat hai jaldi bata

Daya: yaar tum isse kaise sambhal lete ho? kitna sawal puch rahi hai! Aur kitna drama...

Abhijeet: mera to adat hai na, tujhe jo sambhalte aya hun itne dino se

Daya: Nahi yaar sach mein, ek purani CD dekh raha tha, ab puchh rahi hai uss mein tumhare saath woh kyun nahi!

Abhijeet laughed loudly hearing his problem.

Abhijeet: Sambhal le na bhai... bachchi hai. Aur haan, woh picnic wali baat Shreya aur Purvi ne sir se karnewali hai. Kuch hoga to bata dunga. Thik hai? Chal, main rakhta hun.

In Bureau at Lunch Time

Abhijeet was busy with his desk work. Shreya looked at him.

Purvi: (in low voice to Shreya)Shre, aaj lunch karneka mann nahi hai kya? Chal na, bhukh lagi hai

Shreya: Ek minute ruk to sahi. Jeej busy lag raha hai. unhe puchhna hai lunch ke liye. Tu ruk, main abhi ayi

She walked towards Abhijeet, but Abhijeet was too busy to notice her coming.

Shreya: Sir, aap lunch ke liye canteen nahi jayenge?

Abhijeet: (unaware) Umm?

Shreya: Sirrrrr!

Abhijeet: (woke up from work) Haan Shreya, bolo. Kya baat hai?

Shreya: (showing him her watch) Lunch time...

Abhijeet: Are, itna der ho gaya, pata bhi nahi chala. Thik hai, tum log jao. Main bas yeh file khatm karke ate hun

Shreya: Pakka?

Abhijeet: (smiled lovingly) Haan, tu jaa, main aa raha hun.

In Cafeteria

Tarika was already there waiting for the rest of the team.

Tarika: Kitna der kar di tum logo ne

Shreya: Jeej to abhi bhi file mein dube huye hai

Tarika: (smiled hearing that) Aaj ka din kitna boring tha. Udhar Salunkhe Sir ka bhi mood off hai. Pata nahi kyun

Purvi: (naughtily) Shayad girlfriend se jhagda ho gaye honge

Shreya and Tarika laughed aloud!

Tarika: (To Purvi) Haan Purvi, main to batana bhul hi gayi thi, woh tumhari gifts Adi ko kuch zyada hi pasand aa gaya

Shreya: Aur Adi ka CHachu ko bhi!

Purvi: Sach mein? Pata hai, kal ghar lautne ke baad tum sab ko kitna miss kar rahi thi

Shreya: Aisa mat bol yaar! Ek baar woh Picnic ka plan ban jaye na to dekhna

Tarika: (anxiously) are haan, kuch hua?

Purvi: Hum dono ne ek baar ACP Sir se puchcha

Tarika: Kya kaha unhone?

Shreya: Zyada kuch to nahi, bas itna kaha hai ke, agar weekend tak koi case nahi rahega, to weekend mein hum jaa sakte hai. Lekin Freddy Sir se baat karna padhega. Aaj woh nahi aye na, to abhi tak kuch final nahi hua

Tarika was too happy hearing this.

Tarika: Arre, sir ka permission mil gaya, aur kya? Wow! kitne dinon ke baad hum aise bahar jayenge. Aur Diya ka to pehla tour hoga na!

Rajat, Abhijeet joined the gang.

Rajat: Kya chal raha hai yaha?

Tarika: Bas Picnic ki planning

Abhijeet: Haan yeh sach mein bahut hi mazedar hoga. Maine Daya ko bhi bata diya. Woh to bahut zyada hi khush ho gaya

Tarika: Ghar pe sab thik hai na?

Abhijeet: Haan, sab thik hai abhi. Kuch der pehle to janab kaafi pareshan the apni beti ko lekar. Par ab Adi bhi aa gaye, to teeno 'bachchon' ab khush hai

Shreya: (giggling) Yeh sahi hai

A/N: .1 ,Arthita, ConfidentGirl22, sweety, Navkiran Kaur, sneha, adk, zoomra, and all others whom I missed: Love you all and thank you so much for loving this story.

Prabha: Main na zyada long update thik se likh nahi pati hun. Sorry yaar. Please gussa mat hona :)

Abhi Freddy Sir ke village mein Picnic ki Taiyari shuru kijiye. Bas kuch hi dino mein hum log aa jayenge. Keep smiling and be happy. :)