Zaroori Tha

PART - 6

Around Same time

Y Cafe , Dehradun

One man is waiting impatiently for someone to come . Since last few months he was chatting with a girl and she is from Derhadun . So today nearly after six months they planned to meet . He is really excited for their first meet .

After nearly 30 minutes of waiting suddenly he hears a voice ,

" Excuse me ! Are you Mr. Cabir ? I mean Cabir Khanna ? " A beautiful voice asks him with little bit hesitation .

He looks at her and gasp loudly by seeing the most beautiful girl he ever seen infront of him .

"Beautiful ! " He whispers slowly .

" Cabir ! What are you saying ? " The woman asks by suppressing her laugh .

" Yeah .. I mean ... Nothing ... So you are Navya Kapoor ! If I am not wrong . My onlinr chatting friend ? " Cabir replies back by covering his embarassment .

" Yes I am . " The girl replies back by taking another chair infront of him .

" Ok. So finally when we both meet eachother atlast and you decide not to run away by seeing me , then why don't we order something ? I am starving . " Cabir asks dramatically .

" You and your all time hunger . But okey !! Yes order something . Actually I need to discuss something with you and this is very serious. " Navya replies back in a serious tone .

By seeing her change in tone Cabir doesn't ask her about more and just do as per her instructions . After placing their orders , he asks

" Navya now tell me . What is it ? Any problems ? "

" Cabir you told me that you are friend and manager of Nachiket Malhotra . Isn't it ? " Navya wants to know . .

" Haan . Yeah . So what ? Don't tell me you want to date him ? " Cabir asks with mock seriousness .

" Cabir I am not joking ! I need to know something . I need to know about Nnachiket Malhotra and .... and Niharika Khurana . I need to know why he just left her ? " Navya replies back with seriousness.

" Why do you want to know it Navya ? And wait ! How come you know about Niharika Khurana ? As per my knowledge they never made any public appearances . So tell me how come you know about her ? " Cabir answers back .

" Cabir ! It is not important to know that how do I know about Niharika . But the answers are important . Why Nachiket betryed Niharika ? Why ? Can you just explain why did he play with her ? " Navya asks angrily .

" Sorry Navya .. Nnachiket is my friend. And I respect his privacy . So I am not interested to discuss about his private life with any other person . Specially I just do not want to discuss about Niharika Khurana . Sorry it is against my ethics . " Cabir replies back firmly .

" Why ? You don't want anybody know that what a cheater your great friend is ? By destroying a girl's life , he is enjoying his own life there !" Navya asks mockingly .

" Miss Navya ! Not a word more . You don't know a single thing about Nachiket . So don't you dare to say anything about it. Nachiket can be anything but a cheater . Don't ever try to analyse my friend infront of me . " Cabir answers back angrily .

He really can't take anyone mocking or questioning Nachiket . He knows his friend more than anyone .

" Cabir please . It is very important . It is about a little girl . Please Cabir . " Navya pleads by getting tired of all these arguments.

" Little girl ? What ? What are you saying ? " Cabir asks with confusion .

" Cabir ... Nihu I mean Niharika is my old friend . We studied together , here .. But then we lost our contact.

Then suddenly six years ago , one evening Niharika Suddenly appeared in front of my door stop. She was devasted . She just hugged me tightly and broke down in tears .

That time she didn't say me anytime other than that she wanted to live with me for a few days. Then eventually she told me , her boyfriend cheated her with someone else. So she needed to leave everything and came here .

That time I didn't know anything about who was the man . But few days ago by seeing the picture of Nachiket Malhotra she again broke down . That time she revealed the name of her boyfriend , who cheated her. That man is Nachiket ... Your friend . And one important thing Cabir , she WAS PREGNANT when she came here . She blessed with a baby girl who is now five years old . That little girl needs her father Cabir. She never told anything loudly but always misses her father. She is still waiting for her father to come back . " Navya finishes her story and breaks down into tears.

Cabir who is still now listening silently gaps loudly when he comes to know about Niharika's pregnancy .

" What ! She ... She was pragnant . Did Nachiket know it ? No .. no if he knew that no matter what , he never let her leaves him . " Cabir says with frustration.

" No . Niharika never told him anything. As when she came to know she is pragnant , Nachiket already left her . " Navya replies back .

" Just wait. Wait ! Nachiket can do anything but he couldn't ever cheat Niharika . He loved Niharika with his everything. He still loves only her. . Only I know how broken he was when Niharika left her all suddenly. He was in depression. He nearly left everything . He just shut himself off from everyone . He can't ever cheat Niharika . Never . " Cabir answers back .

" Really Cabir ? So you wanted to say that everything Niharika saw that day was just her hallucinations ? Your "Soooo innocent " friend did not sleep with Rhea behind her back ? " Navya asks mockingly .

" Yes Navya ! I am sure . And wait with whom ? With Rhea ? This is next to impossible Navya . Nachiket would never ever do it . " Cabir replies back .

" How come you so sure Cabir ? " Navya wants to know .

" Because I know Nachiket better than anybody . I thought Niharika too knew him like an open book . But this girl ! She proved me wrong . At least she could come to me . I considered her as my sister . But she really disappointed me . " Cabir replies in a sad voice .

" But then Rhea ? Why she is with him ? You know she was the one who told Niharika that she and Nachiket were together and they had physical relationship . Niharika left Mumbai after that only . " Navya replies back .

" Navya what are you saying ? It is impossible ! Nachiket is not like this. He couldn't do it . And only I know how much he dislikes Rhea . Even I too don't know why he is tolerating Rhea . But I am sure it is something very important or else he just fed up with her. And Niharika just believed her and left ? Was this her trust ? I am sorry to say navya , she really failed Nachiket . " Cabir answers back .

" Cabir then we need to do something . We can't let them destroy themselves like this ! They need to think about the little girl too . she needs both if her parents . " Navya says in teary voice.

" Navya. I will ... " Cabir wants to say something but can't finish as the loud ringtone if his phone cut him .

The screen is showing , " Devil Malhotra " is calling.

" Speaking of the devil and the devil is calling . " He murmurs slowly and picks the phone up .

" Hello Nach..... " He tries to finish his line but then stop .

" Ok . Ok boss . I will try . " He replies back .

" Yes. Yes. " He answers .

Then he finishes the call and a smile breaks on his lips .

" Cabir what happened ? What he is saying ? " Navya asks with curiosity.

" He wants to know Niharika Khurana's address. So he just reduced our work into half . ' Cabir replies back .

" That's really good ! So why are you waiting ? I am giving you her address. You just sent it to him. Then they will meet and finally find they're happily ever after. " Navya replies back dramatically .

" Navya. Navya .. hold back your dream horse. As far as I know Nachiket , it is not going to be very easy. He was hurt when Niharika left him without saying anything. But he will be broken when he will come to know that Niharika hides about his daughter to him . Then the hell will be loose . I am really afraid that he will be a very tough nut to crack . " Cabir answers worriedly.

" What ! Nachiket will never do it. He loves Niharika . " Navya answers back .

" Navya I know my friend very well . He can take anything but not when someone close to him doesn't trust him . Moreover, from his voice I am very sure , he is upto something. If once old monster Nachiket in back na then hell will be broken. Niharika is going to face a very tough time ahead . " Cabir says worriedly .

" Then ? What will we do ? " Navya wants to know .

" Nothing . For now you are going to give me Niharika's address and I am going to forward it to our Devil Malhotra . Then we will with popcorn and cold drinks , enjoy the Tashan between Mr. Malhotra and Miss. Khurana . She really deserves these little punishments leaving without saying anything all those years ago . And you ! Like a good girl will keep your mouth shut . " Cabir answers back with a mischievous smile .

Nachiket's Room

After cutting Cabir's call , Nachiket is suddenly feeling very tired . He just closes his eyes when the memory of their first meet comes in front of him.

FLASHBACK (IN Nachiket'S P.O.V.)

MUMBAI ( 8 YEARS AGO )

Today is the first day of the recording of my new film . It is the first big budget film I signed . Till now I am doing my albums and done other low budget movies . But this is going to be a big milestone of my career .

As usual I was late for my darling ...my first love ... My sleep ! So I am in real hurry . I comeout from my Jaan ... By black Audi , which is last gift from my father and enters in the studio , with my guitar .

Suddenly I bang with something very soft .

" Ouch ! " I hear a girl cries in pain .

My eyes fall in the floor , the soft thing with which I banged actually a girl . She is now lying on the floor on . Her face if covers with her black hair .

I help her to stand up . After I am sure that she is fine I leave her and ask her politely ,

" Are you okey miss ? "

" Yeah . I am fine and thank you . " She replies back in her melodious voice .

Her face is still covered with her hair as she is now busy gathering her belongings which are on floor . All I want to do is remove her hair and see her face . I don't know why but sometimes is pulling me towards her.

" Hello by the way I am Nachiket. " I again say to her .

This is so unlike me . I was never comfortable with girls. But till with this girl I want to talk more . I want to know her more .

" Oh ! Niharika ... Niharika Khurana here . " She stands up and robes her hair .

My eyes fall towards her face . It is not that she is the most beautiful girl I ever have seen. But her eyes.. Those are the most beautiful and lively pair of eyes I ever saw in my life . Those big eyes really have something hidden in them.

Then everything becomes still around me . All I can do is watch those eyes.

As if my life depends on them .