1.The Romantic

                                    

                                          

"Arey yaar, I too want a love story..., please Shiv ji, just one love story, let me cry for someone other than these fictional characters, let me wait for my someone special, let me get jealous, let me get my good night kiss" a girl in her mid-twenties folded her hands in prayer, sounds of giggles broke her concentration, she opened her eyes only to find her best friend giggling at her 
"You! Jack less Crack-Jack!" she pounced on her friends tickling her, soon the giggling turned into laughter filling the room, tired they slept beside each other staring at the ceiling 
"Santu..., I want, no, no, no, I need a love story..." the girl said hitting the other one's stomach with the back of her hand
"Ouch! Karu, stop hitting me and let me think" 
"Santosh Sharma! and Karishma Singh! I need both of you at the dining table in two seconds or get ready to sleep empty stomached" an angry voice broke their conversation 
"Coming Pushpee" they both ran to her, a woman in her late forties sat at the dining table looking at them sternly
"I am Head Constable Pushpa Singh, not Pushpee and call me Amma you idiots"
"But Amma doesn't have the vibe of Pushpee na" they both pulled her cheeks
"AAaa, you brats!" she chilled them getting up and pulling their ears
"Amma sorry, sorry, sorry" they both pleaded 
Leaving them she said "Come on, eat now, tomorrow I need to leave early for the station and you guys to your Café"
"Yes amma" they started eating 
"Amma, I forgot, tomorrow we have to go to the orphanage. We will be late as you know those kids are not going to stay put until we have dinner with them, so don't wait for us" Karishma said as she stood up finishing her food 
"I'll also come, I haven't met them in the last 2 months" Pushpa Ji responded 
"Wow, kids would be thrilled to have their favourite Pushpee tomorrow" Santosh added instantly 
"Aye!" Pushpa ji chided; Santu giggled  
"Then Amma, why don't you stop by the café, Billu will close the shop, and we can go together" Karishma added coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of fruits, everyone sat on the couch, enjoying the movie till late in the night


"Karu, why isn't Pushpee answering our calls, she was supposed to meet us at 6:30, but now it is 8 in the night, I am going to call the orphanage and tell them we are going to come some other day, try calling Amma again, I am a bit worried now" Santosh went to make the call to the orphanage as Karishma walked to and fro in the kitchen calling Pushpa ji, still not receiving any answer she closed her eyes leaning on the wall, trying to control her agitated mind.
"Santu, we need to go look for her," Karishma said as Santosh entered the kitchen, as they were about to go out, Pusha ji entered, seeing her both of them hurried towards her and engulfed her in a hug,
"Amma, where were you? Do you know how worried we are? Why didn't you answer any of our calls? We were about to come looking for you! What happened? Are you alright?" they bombarded her with questions, checking her for any injuries
"Arey my little devils, let me speak, I am completely alright, actually there was a small accident, a boy came in the wrong way and hit my car, but you know how the public is, they always blame a woman, so they there was a big crowd and all, then suddenly a girl came to my help, spoke in my defence, helped me to settle everything, my phone is locked in the car and finally when everything over I thanked her and came here" Pusha sighed 
"You should have called us amma," Karishma said in a concerned tone
"I was about to, then she came"
"You should have offered her a coffee" Santosh said
"I did but she said she was in a hurry but couldn't leave me without any help, as she was late so she left"
"Okay, have a seat I'll bring a coffee for you," Karishma said
"And something to eat too," Santosh said with puppy eyes, rubbing on her stomach, Pushpa ji and Karishma burst into laughter, nodding her head she went in
Late in the night Santosh barged into Karishma's room and jumped on the bed beside Karishma,
"Santu, you IDIOT!" Karishma shouted startled  
"Wait, before you say anything, I got an excellent Idea, if you hear that, you are going to dance in happiness" 
"Then spill it, are you waiting for the stars to align?"
"What will I get in return?"
"What do you want?" Karishma questioned, eyeing Santosh's lightly flushed face with questioning eyes
"I want an off-tomorrow evening"
"For?"
"I have a date" Santosh said her face fully painted red
"With WHOM?" Karishma shouted excited
"You remember the person who came to our bakery a month back, when leaving he asked my Instagram handle, Cheeta, Cheeta Chaturvedi"
"Why haven't you told me about this chatting going on between you to"
"It's just friendly banter, he is a good person, let's see how well the date goes?" she smiled
"Yeah! I am so happy for you" They both hugged each other
"Now give me my idea, if it's an idiotic one, forget about the date, I am going to kill you right now" Karishma warned
"See you don't want to meet anyone through social sites right, and you are clearly not fond of the people who are approaching you, so, let's opt for the old method, your favourite letter writing, write a letter, go to the library, keep it in your favourite book," Karishma looked at her confused, Santosh continued "aren't you the one who told me that, whenever you visit the library you make sure to visit your favourite book ones, so whoever finds the letter there are 70% chances that they are like you or 30% chances that they have the same taste as yours, whatever the situations, we will have an interesting match for you" Santosh wiggled her eyebrows at Karishma who is thinking seriously, slightly her lips broke into a sweet smile
"Excellent!" she kissed Santhosh "Today you proved that you too have a brain and it can be used other than for baking" They both started to dance, and when the meaning dawned on Santosh, she stopped dancing and started hitting Karishma with the pillow
"Karu ki bacchi" Santosh shouted, eventually their fight came to a stop with Pusha's scoldings

In the alleys of night
A Benz moving swiftly in the dark of night,
"How is the search going on?" a white hair man asked
"We are nearing the end sir, soon she will be in front of you"
"Make sure there is no problem, I already waited for a long time, I want her before me as soon as possible" he sighed looking out
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