It's the night just before the exams and Swara is studying late night when her phone buzzes on receiving a new message...!! She looks and smiles seeing a message from Sanskaar...

(San) I KNOW YOU ARE STILL AWAKE...!! 😄😄

(Swa) WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT...?!! EXAMS ARE STARTING TOMORROW...!! 😐😐

(San) ALL SET FOR TOMORROW THEN...?!! 😊😊

(Swa) ALMOST...!! BUT I STILL HAVE A FEW TOPICS REMAINING AND ALL OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT...!! 😢😢

(San) DON'T WORRY YOU'LL DO GREAT...!! NOW, I WON'T DISTURB YOU ANYMORE...!! STUDY BUT DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A GOOD REST...!! 😊😊

(Swa) YOU MESSAGED ME TO SAY ONLY THIS THING...!! 😕😕

(San) NOPE...!! 😄😄

(Swa) THEN...?!?! 😮😮

(SAN) JUST WANTED TO CHECK WHETHER YOU ARE ALRIGHT OR NOT...!! 😊😊

(Swa) I'M ALRIGHT SANSKAAR...!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME...!! 😊😊

(San) I'M NOT WORRIED...!! 😜😜

(Swa) THEN WHY ARE YOU MESSAGING ME...?!?! 😏😏

(San) I'M NOT MESSAGING YOU...!! MY HANDS ARE DOING...!! 🙌🙌

(Swa) YEAH, RIGHT...!! ONE IS THIS TRUTH AND SECOND THAT I'M THE QUEEN OF NARNIA...!! 😠😠

(San) OH GOD...!! YOU ARE THAT EVIL QUEEN...!! 😱😱

(Swa) SHUT UP...!! 😠😠

(San) ALRIGHT...!! ALRIGHT...!! I AGREE, I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT; JUST A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT YOU...!! 😅😅

(Swa) THEN, YOU COULD HAVE CALLED ME...!! ☺☺

(San) NOT A GOOD IDEA...!! 😰😰

(Swa) WHY...?!! 😕😕

(San) BECAUSE IF I LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE THEN I DON'T THINK I'LL HANG UP BEFORE AN HOUR...!! SO, FOR NOW GOOD NIGHT...!! 😄😄

(Swa) GOOD NIGHT TO YOU TOO...!! 😊😊

(San) AND YES...!! ALL THE BEST FOR THE EXAMS...!! 😊😊

(Swa) BEST OF LUCK TO YOU TOO...!! 😊😊

(San) SWARA...!! 😊😊

(Swa) HMMM...!! 😐😐

(San) I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING REALLY VERY IMPORTANT AFTER EXAMS...!! 😊😊

(Swa) WHAT...?!! 😕😕

(San) AFTER THE EXAMS...!! SO, FOR NOW STUDY...!! 😝😝

(Swa) I WAS STUDYING BEFORE YOU STARTED MESSAGING...!! 😏😏

(San) TCH...!! YOU TALK TOO MUCH...!! BYE...!! 😠😠

(Swa) IT'S YOU WHO START AGAIN EVEN AFTER ALL YOUR BYE AND GOOD NIGHTS...!! BYE...!! AND DON'T START MESSAGING AGAIN...!! 😄😄

(San) ONE LAST THING...!! ☺☺

(Swa) NOW WHAT...?!?! 😕😕

(San) MY GOOD NIGHT KISS...!! 😘😘

(Swa) SHUT UP SANSKAAR...!! BYE...!! 😠😠

(San) DON'T WORRY, I'LL HAVE THAT VERY SOON...!! BYE...!! 😘😘

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After a few days...

Exams are over and today is the day of the announcement of results...!!

Sanskaar gets ready and runs to the college...!!

Sanskaar: Lucky, I'll see you at the college...!!

Laksh: But bhai, wait for me too...!! I'll finish the breakfast in just five minutes, after that we can leave together...!!

Sanskaar: (swinging his bag on his shoulder) Nope...!! The results are coming today and I can't waste a single minute...!! So, see you at the college...!!

Laksh: But why are you so excited about the results...!!

Sanskaar: (winks at him) More like, what will happen after the results...!!

Laksh: Means...?!?!

Sanskaar: You forgot...?!?!

Laksh: Damn...!! I completely forgot, you are going to propose to her...!!

Sanskaar: Now, you understand, why I can't waste a single minute...?!!

Laksh: Yes boss...!!

Sanskaar: So, bye...!!

Laksh: Bye...!! I'll see you in twenty minutes...!!

Sanskaar leaves for the college and Laksh sets himself at the dining table for the breakfast...

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As soon as Sanskaar reaches the college, he runs towards the bulletin board where all the results have been put on display...

Rushing, pushing and making his way through the crowd, he reaches the front...!! He scans through the board only for two names... Sanskaar and Swara...!! And there they are...!! Their names next to each other...!! But to his dismay, not in the way he wanted...

1. Mr. Sanskaar Maheshwari - 98.6%
2. Ms. Swara Ahuja - 96.3%

Sanskaar: (looking at the board) This is not happening...!!

Rolling his palm into a fist and taking a deep breath he walks away from there...

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Sanskaar is pacing up and down the lawn of the college when Laksh and Ragini reach there...

Laksh: (excited) Congrats bro...!! You are the topper again...!!

Sanskaar: (looks at him angrily) Seriously Lucky...!!

Ragini: (hits the back of his head) Duffer...!!

Laksh: (rubbing his head) Oww...!! What...?!!

Sanskaar: You are seriously asking this question when I told you everything...!!

As soon as realization hits him, Laksh screams...

Laksh: Shit...!! Swara...?!!

Sanskaar starts pacing up and down again grabbing his hairs out of frustration...

Sanskaar: This is not happening...!! Not happening...!! (screams loudly) No...!! No...!! No...!! Has she seen the results...?!!

Ragini: I guess so...!! I saw her going towards the bulletin board...!!

Laksh: Bhai, so are you going to do it...?!!

Ragini: Do what...?!!

Laksh: He was going to propose to her after the results...!!

Ragini: Really...?!! So, what are you thinking now...?!!

Sanskaar: (taking a deep breath) Nothing...!!

Ragini: I think you should tell her now...!!

Sanskaar: No, I won't...!!

Laksh: But why...?!?!

Ragini: I knew this Kavita will do something or the other to distract her...!!

Sanskaar: Exactly...!! And she should learn how to tackle all these type of distractions...!!

Laksh: But what if you don't tell her anything and someone or the other says that you are just playing with her feelings, then...?!?!

Sanskaar: That will happen only when she loses her trust on me...!! And that I'll never let happen...!!

Ragini: But what's wrong with the proposal now...?!!

Sanskaar: Do you really think she'll be in a condition of accepting or rejecting a proposal with all her problems running in her mind...!! She knows she need to acquire overall first position to get the scholarship...!!

Laksh: So, what now...?!!

Sanskaar: For now...!! She needs my support more than my proposal...!! Obviously, I don't want to get rejected on my first proposal itself...!!

Ragini: What's going on in your mind...?!!

Sanskaar: I need to go...!! I have to find her first...!!

Laksh: But Bhai...!!

Sanskaar: See you both later...!!

Ragini: Do whatever you want to, but don't take much time...!! It's going to rain soon...!!

Laksh: All the best for whatever you are planning...!!

Sanskaar: Thanks...!! Bye...!!

Sanskaar runs to find Swara...

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After searching Swara for almost ten minutes, Sanskaar reaches the college backyard...!! Dark, tumultuous and rugged clouds cover the entire sky like a blanket...!! He runs to the farthest end of the backyard and finds Swara sitting alone at one of the benches...

Sanskaar walks towards her slowly and sits beside her...

Sanskaar: Hii...!!

Swara: (playing with her fingers) Hii...!!

Sanskaar: What are you doing here...?!?!

Swara: Nothing...!! Just thinking over...!!

Sanskaar: And what are you thinking...?!?!

Swara: Nothing important...!!

Sanskaar: I know you are trying to find out where is the problem...!!

Swara: Huhh...?!?!

Sanskaar: Let me tell you...!!

He stands and sits in front of her on his knees holding her hands...

Sanskaar: The problem is here...!! (he points towards her heart and smiles) This little thing beating in here is very innocent, just like that of a kid...!! You trust someone very easily and get attached to them...!! You are fearful that the people you love will leave you...!! But life is all about hope and risks...!! Right...?!?!

Swara nods her head and as a tear drop rolls down her cheeks, a raindrop from above falls on Sanskaar's hand...

Sanskaar: Swara, are you a fox...?!?!

Swara: (wiping off her tears) What...?!?!

Sanskaar: Have you seen that korean drama My Girlfriend is a Nine-tailed fox...?!! In that the heroine is a fox and whenever she cries it starts raining...!!

Swara: (smiles) You are doing this on purpose right...?!! To distract me and make me smile...?!!

Sanskaar: You have any doubt about that...!! But seriously Swara, just learn one thing today...!! Never, never in your life pay attention to what others are saying...!! Just follow your heart and have trust on the people who are important to you...!!

Swara: I know Sanskaar and I trust everyone...!! To be honest, if you hadn't come to my room that night, I wouldn't have scored such a good percentage...!! I'm happy about my results...!! See, I'm not crying also...!!

Sanskaar: Then, why are you here...?!! Away from everyone...?!!

Swara: I just wanted a little time for myself...!!

Sanskaar: And what are you going to do then...?!!

Swara: (taking a deep breath) I don't know...!!

Sanskaar: Seriously Swara, you have no idea what to do...?!!

Swara: I... I don't know...!! I need to do something to support my family...!!

Sanskaar: I think you are already doing that...!!

Swara: Then what do you want me to do...?!?!

Sanskaar: Beat me...!!

Swara: (confused) What...?!!

Sanskaar: No...!! No...!! No...!! Not literally...!! I want you to beat me in the exams and get the first place...!!

Swara: Why are you saying this when you have been a topper all your life...?!?!

Sanskaar: Umm...!! Because I think it's good to be on the second place once in awhile...!! I think it will be fun...!!

Swara: And you think I can do it...!!

Sanskaar: I know you can do it...!! You have got yourselves the world's best tutor...!!

Swara: (furrows her brows) Who...?!!

Sanskaar: Me, of course...!! From now onwards you are going to do whatever I'll say...!! We have seven semesters left and you can definitely become an overall topper...!! We have a difference of just 2 percent...!!

Swara: 2.3 percent...!!

Sanskaar: (shrugs his shoulder) Yeah, whatever...!!

Swara: But...

Sanskaar: See Swara, if I won't get a first place nothing will happen but for you, this is your chance to make a better future for yourself and for your family...!! And if you are the one who beats me in the exams, then trust me no one would be happier than me...!!

Swara: But why are you doing this...?!!

Sanskaar smiles but before he could answer her, it starts pouring down heavily...

Sanskaar: See...!! If your mood have been better, we could have gone for your next wish...!! But never mind, let's go inside for now...!!

He gets up but Swara holds his hand...

Swara: Sanskaar...!!

Sanskaar: Hmm...!!

Swara: You were going to tell me something after the exams...?!!

Sanskaar: (smiles) Beat me to the second place and I'll tell you...!!

Swara: But...

Sanskaar: And don't think that you are very special to me, so, I'll go easy on you...!! I'm definitely going to give my best and that means you have to give your double best...!! You got that...?!!

Swara smiles and nods her head...

Sanskaar: Then, come...!! Let's go inside...!!

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After a few days...

The new semester has started and right now there are only five minutes for the lecture to get over...

As soon as the bell rings and Swara keeps her belongings inside her bag, Sanskaar holds her hand and drags her outside...

Swara: God Sanskaar slow down...!! Where are you taking me..?!!

Sanskaar: Library...!!

Swara: What...?!! But you never go to the library...!! Then, what's the need now...?!!

Sanskaar: I don't need it...!! You do...!!

Swara: What...?!! Why...?!!

Sanskaar: Self study is very important and the best way to do that is making your own notes...!! We are going there, so that you can make your own notes...!!

Swara: But I can make them at home also...!!

Sanskaar: Nope...!! The sooner, the better...!! And I'll be choosing the books as I'm your tutor for next three and a half years...!!

Saying this he drags her to the library...

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Both Swara and Sanskaar are in the library, and Sanskaar is loading her with the books she should study...!!

Swara: Sanskaar...!!

No reply, as he is busy finding the books...

Swara: Sanskaar...!!

Again no response...!!

Swara: (loudly) Sanskaar...!!

Sanskaar: Geez Swara, quiet...!! This is library...!!

Swara: (loudly) Then why are you not answering me...?!!

The librarian gives her a grumbled annoyed look lowering her spectacles...

Librarian: Quiet...!! Ms. Ahuja...!!

Swara: (slowly) Sorry Ma'am...!!

Sanskaar: (chuckles) See, I told you to be quiet...!!

Librarian: You too, Mr. Maheshwari...!!

Sanskaar looks at her, shrugs his shoulders and turns his attention back to the books...

Sanskaar: (looking at the books) Hmm...!! This one looks important...!! This is too...!! You can find a few good topics in this book...!!

He keeps looking at the books and adding them into a huge pile that Swara is holding...

Swara: (slowly) Sanskaar...!!

Sanskaar: Now, what Swara...!!

Swara: Umm...!! Don't you think these many are enough for now...!!

Sanskaar: (turns to look at her) Oh...!! How many are there...?!!

Swara: Almost, more than ten...!! How am I going to study all of them...?!!

Sanskaar: Today is Friday...!! We have two days holiday...!! You can study them very easily...!! And I'll be asking questions from your notes on Sunday evening...!!

Swara: You are kidding me right...?!! Twelve books in just two days...!! This is not fair...!!

Sanskaar: You have today also...!! You lazy girl, now come, let's get them issued...!!

Swara: But we can issue only six at a time...!!

Sanskaar: Right...!! That is why you will issue half of them on your library card and I'll issue the other half on mine...!!

Swara nods and both of them get the books issued...

Sanskaar: Now, you take all of them to the car...!! I'll be there in a minute...!!

Swara: You want me to take all the books alone...?!!

Sanskaar: So what...?!! Don't tell me you want your tutor to take the books...!! You should respect your teacher...!!

Swara: (sarcastically) Don't worry Sir...!! I owe you my special respect...!!

Sanskaar: I know I'm a wonderful teacher...!! Now, go, I'm coming...!!

Swara sticks out her tongue to him and leaves for the parking lot...

As Swara is walking down the hallway, she sees Kavita coming from the opposite direction...!! Kavita comes and stands in front of her folding her arms across her chest...

Kavita: Some people are really very foolish to expect a help from their opponents...!!

Swara ignores her and tries to go away but Kavita grabs her upper arm...

Kavita: You really think he is helping you...!!

Swara: I don't think I need to give you an answer...!!

Kavita: You shouldn't talk back to me darling...!! Have you forgotten what bhai did the last time you messed with me...?!!

Swara: And have you forgotten what happened to your bhai after that...?!! And yes Sanskaar is not my opponent...!!

Kavita: You really think so...!! I'm telling you well in advance that he is playing with you...!!

"Even if I'm playing with her, why is your body itching...?!!", says Sanskaar coming from behind her...

Sanskaar: Why do you always keep poking your nose in others business...?!! Now, I think it's time to modify your name...!!

Swara: Modify the name...?!!

Sanskaar: Yup...!! Umm, let me think...!! I got it...!! So, IPGS it is...!!

Swara: IPGS...?!!

Sanskaar: Yup...!! Itchy Poking Gas Stove...!! IPGS...!! Wow, I'm pretty talent...!! Ain't I...?!!

Swara: Yes, you definitely are...!!

She gives him a hi-fi and both of them start laughing seeing Kavita's expressions...!! Even her minions couldn't suppress their giggles..

Kavita: (shouts) What the hell...?!!

Sanskaar: Exactly...!! So, if you don't want all the hell to break loose and fall on your head, don't try to mess with her again...!! Otherwise, you can't even imagine what will happen to your name after that...!!

Kavita glares at both of them as Sanskaar takes half of the books from Swara's hands...

Swara: (holds Sanskaar's hand and looks at Kavita) So, if you have seen and heard enough for now, I think you can leave...!! We have many important things to do...!!

Kavita gives them a final look before stomping her way away from both of them...!!

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Same day...!! It's late night and Swara is busy making notes when Sanskaar calls her...

Swara: Why are you disturbing me now...?!!

Sanskaar: Easy...!! Easy there, Fireball...!! What happened...?!!

Swara: First you gave me so many books and now you are asking me what happened...!!

Sanskaar: Alright...!! I got it...!! Twelve books are a bit too much...!! But you have those books with you for an entire month which makes three books per week...!! Is that okay...?!!

Swara: Oh, thank God...!! But seriously, don't even think of becoming a teacher in the future...!! You'll surely kill the kids...!!

Sanskaar: I'm not even planning to do so...!! I don't want to be a murderer...!! Anyways, how is everything going...?!!

Swara: I'm not able to memorize a few things...!! They are a bit complicated...!!

Sanskaar: Then, do one thing...!!

Swara: What...?!!

Sanskaar: Keep Mr. TR in front of you and start repeating whatever you are not able to memorize unless and until he starts repeating after you...!!

Swara: (shocked) 'He'...?!! You mean Mr. TR...!! Are you serious...?!?! You are asking me to teach him...?!!

Sanskaar: Ya, why not...?!! See, if he can memorize the things, so can you...!! Just keep repeating in front of him...!! You'll see the results will be positive...!!

Swara: I don't believe this...!!

Sanskaar: You don't even need to...!! Just go and study...!! I'll see you on Sunday...!! Bye...!!

Swara: (taking a deep breath) Yeah, bye...!!

Sanskaar hangs up and Swara looks at Mr. TR...

Swara: So, you also think that you can also help me in studies...?!!

Mr. TR: Stupid...!! Idiot...!!

Swara: Yeah, right...!! I'm stupid...!!

Mr. TR: East or West Sanky is the best...!!

Swara: Shut up...!!

Mr. TR: Bye bye, Baby Penguin...!!

Swara lies on the bed with a thump and covers her face with a pillow...

Swara: I swear, this Sanskaar and his mini version will drive me crazy one day...!!

With that she opens the book and starts making the notes again...

Episode ends...!!

Precap: Swara tries to teach Mr. TR and Sanskaar's special way of asking questions...

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A/N

Hii guys...!! I hope you liked the chapter...!! Kindly forgive me for the typing and grammatical errors...!! Thank you so much for your love and support...!! See you all later...!!

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