AkYa SS: ||..Sun Saathiya..|| (Chap 3 updated on Pg. 07) - Page 2

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Delhi Airport, 28th April, 5:00 pm

She entered the sliding doors of the airport, proudly smirking. And her sight landed on the board indicating, "Domestic Departures" She was dragging her brief case behind her and glanced around to find many people looking at her with admiration. Now she couldn't stop herself from feeling overwhelmed with this, not truly it was where she belonged, according to her, but now, she was proud of it. But she noticed that some of the staff members were looking at her with confusion, and she guessed, she knew why. Now she was looking for the pilots' room, after climbing up from the elevator, when a girl stopped by her and complimented. "Nice dress, I never knew pilots could wear these uniforms. You're a pilot, right?" She shyly smiled at the girl and replied, "Well.. Thank you, & yes, I'm a pilot. I've a personal permission for this uniform from the authorities, so no problems." The girl replied immediately "Off course, By the way, you look very pretty in this." She brightly smiled at her, "That's so sweet of you. Thank you!" The girl gladly smiled and said "Mention not. BTW I'm Mahima Singh." She forwarded her hand to shake, "Hello, I'm First Officer Ananya Rawat." They shook hands gladly.

28th April, 2:25 pm, Goa

He took a deep breath and arranged the pillows at his back, making his sleep space comfortable. He spread his legs on the bed, keeping one on the other. It was a beautiful rainy day in Goa, rain had just stopped but still few drops were raining after the heavy rainfall, slipping on the windowpane. He switched the TV on & took a juicy bite from apple while surfing through the channels. Kind of in a pleasant mood, he thanked God inwardly that till now there was no news of arrival of Air Marshal Aditya Rawat's daughter.. But seemed like his thankfulness was not accepted, his mobile phone rang, flashing the caller id "Hotel Reception" he was confused that why would hotel staff call him at his mobile. He picked it up & spoke "Hello!" The very familiar voice spoke, "Akash tum ne apna phone check kia?" At first he was puzzled but replied "Nahi sir, but aap hotel mein kya kar rahe hain?" His boss answered again, "Mein hotel mein nahi hoon, reception se tumhe connect karwaya hai ta ke koi hamare phones directly track na kare. Hurry up and check your phone. Ananya 5:00 baje Delhi airport pe on duty report karegi. Make it quick!" Akash was shocked and he immediately glanced at his wrist watch, "Sir 2:30 to ho gaye hain, or mein abhi tak Goa mein hoon. How am I supposed to be there at 5?" his boss replied. "Don't panic. Mein ne Sunaina ke naam se 1 ticket book karwa rakha hai 3 baje ki Delhi wali flight mein, tum airport pohncho, mein wo ticket cancel karwa dunga." And the call was disconnected. Akash checked his mobile phone and found a MMS. As soon as he opened it, he was surprised to the core. He remembered his first meeting with her at mall and thought, "To tum ho Aditya sir ki beti, Ananya Rawat." He shook his head, remembering her childishness. He packed all his belongings quickly and checked out from the hotel.

All passengers were boarded on the plane and flight could take off any minute. Akash glanced at his watch, it was 3:05 pm now. He was anxiously waiting to fly, but flight was 5 minutes late now. He asked the passing by air hostess. "Listen! Hum take off kab karenge?" She looked confused, "Umm.. sir! Captain Rathore is seeking permission to take off from ATC, but I think Goa ki weather conditions kharab hain to shayad thora delay ho sakta hai." And she left after informing him. He muttered "Damn it!" and hit the seat arm in frustration.

Akash almost ran out from the boarding area towards pilots' room. He was supposed to change into his uniform and then search for her. He looked around quickly when he saw Mahima coming toward him, probably to take her flight, but she didn't notice him. Akash captured her hand and dragged her into a lonely corner. She was shocked and scared, and was about to scream when he made a "Shhh.." sound and she heaved a sigh in relief on seeing him. He asked her eagerly, "All well Mahima? Where is she?" She answered him quickly. "Yeah! Everything's fine. Mein ne usay abhi abhi pilots' room mein chhora hai. Lekin sab theek to hai na? Tum itni jaldi apni chhuttiyan cancel karwa ke kyun aye ho?" He answered her worriedly. "Kuchh theek nahi hai Mahima. This girl is in serious danger. Or isey is baat ka ehsaas bhi nahi hai. I guess ye jagah theek nahi hai baat karne ke liye. Tumhari flight ka time ho raha hai. We'll talk about this later, okay?" She nodded quickly and left from there easily, making sure nobody notices her. Akash also moved out after a few minutes & went towards his locker.

He entered pilots' room just after 5 minutes, while slipping is hands in sleeves of his jacket. But he found the room unusually deserted. There were no pilots in the room today. "What the hell? Where are they all?" He looked around in confusion. Just then Mr. Sen entered with a file and saw Akash standing alone. He greeted him happily. "Hello Captain Akash! Aap aa gaye." Akash greeted him back. "Hello Mr. Sen. Sab pilots.. kahan hain? Aap jante hain?" Mr. Sen nodded quickly. "Yaa Yaa.. hum janta hai. Wo to sab Captain Qureshi ki meeting mein gaya hai." Akash inquired him further, as he was not informed of any meeting after cancellation of his leave. "Anything important Mr. Sen? Mujhe to kisi meeting ke bare mein inform nahi kiya gaya." Mr. Sen chuckled and replied casually. "O no no Captain Akash. Ye to bas naye rookie pilots ke liye ek meeting tha, jis mein senior pilots ko bhi jana tha. But not important. Meeting bas khatam hone hi wala hoga, You relax han." Akash nodded and said "OK". Mr. Sen went away after keeping the file on a desk.

Few minutes later, all the pilots started arriving in the room. Captain Vikas arrived and saw Akash reading a magazine and slapped is back "Hey Saluja! Tum kab aye?" Akash looked up at him and smiled. "Bas thori der pehle. How're you buddy?" Captain Rathore shrugged and smiled. "Hamesha ki tarha." Akash chuckled at this and replied. "As expected." But during talking to Captain Rathore, Akash's eyes were continuously fixed at the door, waiting for a glimpse of her. He casually asked, "Ummm... Captain Rathore aj ek nai female pilot ane wali thi na? I wonder where she is?" Captain Rathore's eyebrows shot up in amusement and he teasingly said. "Ahan Captain Saluja! Abhi se female co-pilot ka itni besabri se intezaar hai. I wonder jab tum usay dekho ge to kya karoge." He laughed at is own comment. "By the way, lady is quite beautiful. I think wo meeting ke baad air hostess Natasha ke saath cafeteria gai hai, I saw her with Natasha." Akash appeared nonchalant purposefully and shrugged. "Its nothing like what you're thinking Rathore. I was just curious about the FIRST female pilot of Inde Air." Captain Rathore laughed heartily at his reply. "Mein to bas tumhare female colleagues ke sath previous records ko yaad karte hue keh raha tha." Akash just smirked at this and didn't say anything. He stood up, keeping the magazine on the table and went to the coffee maker to prepare a coffee for himself.

Akash came out of the pilots' room with his coffee mug, and looked around the corridor, wondering about Ananya. "God! Ye larki mujhe kabhi milegi bhi?" And when he turned his head towards left, his eyes met with Natasha, who was walking towards him and waving with a grin. Akash smiled at her and waved back with a "Hello!" Natasha came and hugged him, when his eyes fell on her, the most awaited person for him till now, Ananya. She was standing at Natasha's back a few meters away.

Ananya was walking around the airport with Natasha, and they were looking at the places new to her, when Natasha saw Akash standing and she went to meet him. And when Ananya saw and recognized Akash, her eyes went wide and she felt her palms starting to sweat, and numbness creeping up her body. She thought in distress, "O God! Why is he here, out of the whole world? Shit Ananya, ye tujhe hi kyun milta hai?" Ananya gulped and realized that Akash had noticed her at the back of Natasha.

Akash saw her standing, and with a smile, he waved at her too. He quite loudly spoke, "Hey First Offi..", but before he could say anything further, Ananya ran away from there, like a kid who saw a monster. Akash was shell-shocked to see her running away. Natasha looked where he was looking and inquired him in doubt. "Tum kise wave kar rahe ho?" Akash looked at her and asked. "Ye nai first officer thi na? Ananya Rawat?" Natasha nodded happily. "Yaa..You know her? Mein or Ananya school mates hain. I was her senior but we were really good friends. School ke baad aj mile to baatein khatam hi nahi ho rahi thin." Akash smiled at her awkwardly and spoke. "Acha," They talked for a little more and then Akash left, saying he had some important work.

In cafeteria, Ananya and Natasha ordered for Dunkin Donut's Alaska shakes and sat on a table near by the counter. They had this mutual liking of Alaska shake, and they were having it together after a long time. Ananya asked while sitting on her chair, "Ye kon tha Natasha jis se tum mil rahi thi?" Natasha carelessly asked back. "Oh! that jerk? He's CAPTAIN Akash Saluja, my every time crush." She emphasized on Captain' and then laughed. "Okay, that was a joke. But tum dono ne mujhse ek doosre ke bare mein kyun poochha? You both are weird!" Ananya didn't answer her, and by then, their shakes arrived. Natasha thanked the presenter. She sipped from her glass when her phone rang, and she grinned at the screen. She picked it up quickly. "Can't BELIEVE it Akash! Tum bohat lamba jiyo ge, I promise." She sorta danced while appreciating his timing. Akash rolled his eyes and chuckled, "Seedhi baat karna seekhlo Natasha, please." She laughed. He promptly asked her. "Anway, First Officer Ananya tumhare saath hain?" She looked in surprise at Ananya, who was listening to their conversation one sided. Natasha spoke aloud. "Ananya?" As soon as Ananya heard her own name, she panicked and signaled Natasha with a NO'. But Natasha didn't understand her signal. She asked to Ananya, "What?" Akash asked her in perplexity. "Kya What?" Ananya spoke in low voice, "Don't tell him Natasha ke mein tumhare saath hun." Natasha was confused, but nodded in affirmation. What they both didn't know was, that Akash could easily hear their Not-so-silent' conversation, and he heard what Ananya told Natasha. Natasha spoke instantly, "Errr.. No! Wo mere saath nahi hai." Akash didn't ask anymore questions and disconneted the call saying "Ok".

After her first meeting with Mr. Sen, Ananya was feeling satisfied that her senior pilots were co-operative, and she need not to worry, according to Mr. Sen. But she was nervous a bit, yet quite excited to experience her father's dream, and her first flight. She felt moisture on her cheeks and she rubbed them while speaking in her heart. "Thank you Aahu for choosing this wonderful, dream-like career for me. I never knew before, that today i'll be thanking you for this." A small smile spread across her pretty lips and she proceeded towards pilots' lockers' room. She went there to take out her needed things, as she was informed that her maiden flight was at 8:00 pm, and only one hour was left. There was no one in the lockers' room except her, and she locked her locker back, when door of the lockers' room closed with a loud bang. The sound boomed in the room and she jumped with a sudden jerk of her heart. She fisted her now sweating palms and turned around with wide eyes. And there stood her nightmare, to her horror. And it was none other than AKASH SALUJA. She started to back off, taking small steps backward. But her eyes never left his glaring ones. He wasn't moving a bit. He stood still, yet he could make her feel light headed with anxiety. She felt a restart in her senses when her limbs hit the table, kept in the center of room. Akash strode towards her and stopped at a safe distance. He tried to keep calm as much as possible, but couldn't control the anger in his voice. "Kya samajhti hain aap? Fidaa ho gya hoon mein aap pe?" She stood there like a statue, listening to him numbly. "Kya zaroorat thi Natasha se ye bolne ki ke aap uske saath nahi hain? Kya sochti hogi wo merey bare mein, Kitna cheap or third-class larka hoon mein, ke First Officer Rawat aage aage or Captain Akash peechhe peechhe." He hissed to calm himself down and looked away from her, running his hand through his hair. "Koi idea hai aapko ke kitni bachchon wali harkat ki hai aapne? I was NOT dying to talk to you Officer... Or agar mein chahta to as a captain, ek rookie pilot pe senior's disobedience ka allegation laga ke complain kar sakta tha, because when I was trying to search you, you were hiding yourself. Agar ye koi emergency situation hoti to kya karta mein? Do you have any idea?" She looked like a small frightened kitten in front of him, tears brimmed her eyes and her lips quivered. She bit her lower lip and looked down to hide her running tears. After the silence of almost 20 seconds in the room, she found her small voice back and tried to speak in her shaken voice. "Aa..ka.." He cut her in between and bellowed, "Captain Akash! Officer." His glares were still scaring her. She didn't find anymore strength to speak and kept quiet. Her light sobs filled a part of silence in the room. He sternly spoke this time, making sure to keep it a little light this time, not too harsh. "I just wanted to tell that your first flight is with me. And God knows what were you thinking." Saying this he strode away in anger, closing the door bit lightly this time.