Monami and Sid are sitting in the mess...

: Actually I am excited to learn from Nishant... sweet hai .. I am hoping trainer bhi achha ho..

: Monu woh kuchh baat batani thi...

Bol na Sid...kya baat hai...

(Sad tone) : Kal party ke baad Sanjana ne mujhe propose kara ...

: I am sorry Sid.. ek min... what... Sanjana ne tujhe

: Shhh Monu... volume...

(lowering her volume) : Sanjana ne tujhe propose kar diya ... Toh yeh tu aise kyun bata raha hai... I am so happy for you...

: Tera reaction dekhne ke liye... Pata hai I was shocked when she did that... but she did bro...

: Main yeh baat Karan ko bata doon..???

: Of course bro Karan bro.. non bro ne itni help ki hai meri... uska jaan na toh banta hai na... I don't mind..

: Theek hai... Aaaa. I am so happy...

Monami hugs Sid ...

: Cadets aaj se aap sabki target practice start hogi... yeh aapki training ka ek bahut hi major part hai... I hope aap sab isko seriously lenge... Ek aur baat .. aap sabko ek gun with 6 bullets licence ki jaayegi... jab aap academy se bahar niklenge... aap sabko yeh make sure karna hai ki aap usko personal use ke liye use na karen.. Aapko government ko ek ek bullet ka hisaab dena hoga.. Is that clear..

(In unison ) : Yes Sir...

: Is that clear...??? Louder

(In unison ) : Yes Sir

The cadets are divided into a group of 3 and each cadet comes forward... one by one...

Monami's turn comes and she smiles at Karan... but Karan doesn't smile back...

(in mind) : Iska yeh training ke time only training attitude...

Monami shoots the first bullet which doesn't even hit the target board... Karan holds her one hand and grabs her waist he straightens he body and helps her press the trigger ... Monami breathes heavily and shoots... the bullet hits the target...

: Aise hi practice karo .. main ek min paani peekar aaya ...

Karan drinks water and when he turns he notices Nishant standing with Monami.. He walks back...

: Main sirf paani peene gaya tha main sikha raha tha..inka trainer main hoon

: It is ok.. Karan tum tab tak kisi aur cadet ko training de do... main hoon yahaan Monami ke saath aur woh dekho kuchh targets bhi blank padhe hain...

Monami turns and smiles at Nishant and then Karan...

: Haan Nishant hai .. tum baaki cadets ko dekh lo..

Karan walks away in anger and bumps into Tanisha who was busy in some papers...

: I am so sorry maine dekha nahi...

: Meri bhi galti hai..

Karan bends down to help Tanisha pick up the papers... and Monami notices Tanisha and Karan's hand touch...

: Excuse me .. I need to use the washroom...

Monami rushes to the washroom in anger...

(In mind) : Batchmate hai aur Karan ko like karti hai iska matlab yeh thodi usse unnecessarily touch karegi... I mean..

Monami takes a deep breath and looks at herself in the mirror...

(In mind) : Tujhe kyun farak padh raha hai Monami...tera kya matlab woh jo marzi kare...

Monami walks out of the washroom and notices Nishant busy with some other cadet who had apparently asked him to help and he had reluctantly agreed... She then notices Karan still busy with Tanisha

Monami walks in speed towards Karan and grabs his hand ..

: Nishant busy hai doosre cadet ke saath and I don't want to waste a single minute of my training...

She pulls Karan with her ... and Karan follows her order and keeps looking at her awestruck..

Karan now holds her the same way Nishant was holding her...and helps her shoot...

****

Karan is sitting in his room thinking about the shooting practice...

(In mind) : I held Monami the same way as Nishant ... phir mujhe bura kyun lag raha tha... Shayad woh donon abhi dost nahi hai isliye... par on training ground toh Monami aur main bhi sirf ek trainer cadet hai... jaise Nishant aur woh.. Karan tu bahut zyaada soch raha hai... isme kuchh bura lagne waali thi hi nahi... tujhe bura lagna hi nahi chahiye tha... itna mat soch... on training ground trainer cadet warna dost bas...

****

Monami is lying down on her bed at the night recalling the day's events..

(In mind) : Aaj jab Nishant ne mujhe gun practice karwayo tab mujhe kuchh feel nahi hua... lekin jab Karan practice kara raha tha.. toh why I could feel the heat and butterflies in my stomach... jab Nishant doosre cadets ko practice karwa raha tha tab bhi mujhe bura nahi laga... mujhe bura tab laga jab Karan ki jagah Nishant aa gaya , jab Karan Tanisha se baat kar raha tha...kyun... Monami what is this happening to you... Tu harr waqt khadoos ... (smiles) now sweet Shergill ke baare mein kyun sochti rehti hai... training par focus kar... training par... Aaj yahaan training mein bhi toh main Karan ki wajah se hoon he took a stand against my dad.. aur phir mid terms mein bhi toh usne meri itni help kari...(pretending to get angry on herself) Monu... stop thinking about him... kal teri training hai it is better tu so jaa... I also forgot to tell Karan about Sid and Sanju... sleep Monu...

Karan and Monami get jealous at various instances .. get angry but try to control... they self talk about their feelings and try hard to take the other person out of their head... in the following week...

Saturday Morning

Bhabhi calls Karan and asks him to come tonight so that they can celebrate Baby's birthday tomorrow... she also asks him to invite people from the academy...

Karan invites Monami, Nishant, Tanisha, Sid , Faizi , Sanjana and Bala and Ustad Ji for the birthday party and they happily agree... they also agree to help him with surprise decorations tonight..