3.Moved on..

Farah couldn't deny the urges her body was feeling standing in front of the bar, but in midst of all this, her phn rang, "di tum a rahi ho na?", shehna's voice clearly conveyed the fear and un-assuirty, and farah could even visualize her expressions , "haan haan a rahi hon, half an hour"

She disconnected the phn and taking a deep breath, She walked forward,

 After sitting in another bus, she reached her desired stop and then on five minutes' walk was shehna's home.

She reached there and pressed the doorbell nervously. And as expected, manzar opened the door, farah smiled awkwardly while manzar smiled a bit,

"hi manzar", she was amazed at how her voice was sounding

"hi, plz come in..", he stepped aside from the door and farah moved in taking off her over coat,

"diiiii", shehna came running towards her and hugged her, "uffff, u are looking so beautiful",shehna looked at her and farah smiled shyly, she was getting embarrassed at shehna's excitement as manzar was standing there and manzar was all lost in the smile of shehna, he loved to see her happy, but shehna was all lost in her sister, he silently went inside and farah noticed it.

"rohan , araav, see who is here?", they moved inside as shehna called her sons,

Both of them came running down stairs, "maasi", farah sat on her knees, opening her arms and embracing them.

Rohan and araav were twins, 4 years old, and the apple of farah's eyes.

"maasi u forgot us?", araav asked in a complaining tone.

"no baby, can I forget u?"

"nai u did, u came after so long", this time it was rohan, in an even complaining tone

"ok, maasi is sorry', she held her ears, "sorry"

Both of them kissed her cheeks and hugged her,

"see kids what did maasi brought for u", shehna separated them, showing the box,"muffins!",

They both were ecstatic and they had smiles for which farah worked all the day. The kids took farah to their room and showed her their toys and home works, farah was really enjoying, shehna was working in the kitchen for the dinner when manzar entered.

Shehna's hands stopped, he poured in water from the dispenser,"umm..manzar",

He was about to take a sip, but stopped, "ummm, wo di muffins le kar ayi hai, taste kar lijye", she hesitantly held forward the box and manzar placed the glass back and picked up a muffin and moved out of the kitchen, "Manzar", he again stopped at the kitchen door, "wo, I hope u didn't mind , main ne di ko ghr pe.."

"shehna ye tumhara bhi ghr hai , u have an equal right to call ur family," he left hurriedly taking a bite of the muffin , leaving shehna with a strange bit of embarrassment. Sometimes she really didn't know how to react to him.

All of them were having dinner, quietly, the kids were busy in their small tantrums, and shehna was busy handling them

"how is your job going manzar?", farah finally managed to speak after thinking much and shehna's pulse increased at farah's question, she was fearing how would smart answer, she didn't want her di to get hurt..

"very well, how is ur work going?", manzar smiled lightly, and replied normally, which relaxed shehna.

"ummm..yeah, my work is also fine, ", farah got embarrassed on his question. She had not gone to her job since the last week.

They finished dinner and it was pretty late, "ok shehna, thank u so much for the lovely dinner, she said getting up from the table, "now I should leave"

Farah hugged araav and rohan, "ok babies, bye"

"massi u will have to come every week, promise karo!"

"ok promise", she stood up kissing their cheeks and turned towards manzar,"bye manzar,"

"bye, take care",

Farah than hugged shehna, "bye shehna, main atti rahon gi", shehna smiled assuredly and whispered in her ear, "di sedha ghr jana, tumhain meri kasam hai", she said in a very worried tone and farah started laughing,"acha g, sedha ghr joan gi", farah grabbed her over coat and wore it.

"farah",

Shehna was shocked at manzar's voice, her feet froze and farah turned,"haan manzar"

"umm, next time, bachon k sath muffins main mera share bhi hona chaiye, plz", he smiled pleadingly an farah's eyes were opened wide whereas shehna was staring manzar,

"ofcourse", she felt so respected and nice, all that awkwardness was gone, she knew manzar was a gem, that is why she never kept a grudge against him, she left and manzar closed the door and turned to see that shehna was standing there staring him in amazement. He passed her a smile and went inside.

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 Farah was walking down the street, the air had tinge of coldness. Her heart was feeling very nice, if leaving drinks for one day could give her such love and respect, than how would she feel if she would leave them forever.

She sat in the bus and reached her midway stop, again started walking, thinking it is not that difficult, today she left drinks for the smile of araav and rohan, tomorrow she will leave drinks for..

here she felt weak, she didn't had anyone whom she would leave drinks for..

tomorrow she would leave drinks for.."OUCH!"

Her trail of thoughts was interrupted as she collided with someone, she looked at him and he was busy collecting his papers from the ground, he stood up and looked at her, for a moment farah noticed a relief in his eyes, but then it changed to stern expressions again,

"I am sorry", he had a stiff, deep, coarse voice, with no emotions, and he turned and started walking,

farah thought she knew him, she had seen huim before, but she couldn't connect, "excuse me",

. He stopped but didn't turn, farah took hurried steps towards him, "do I know you?"

 

dil ki rahoon k do ajnabi..