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As Karishma prepared her bed that night itself, the thoughts of their first date kept roaming in her mind. Just then, she received a call from her mother.

Karishma- Boliye..

K's Mom- Kya boliye? Tu bol...kaisi rahi date? Ladki pasand aayi kya tujhe? Bol rishta leke jaaun?

Karishma chuckled at her mother's antics. She felt so lucky to have a mother she could talk about anything with! She was really cool and amazing at times.

Karishma- amma bas kariye..hamei bolne dijiyega?

K's mom- haan bol...

Karishma (smiling)- Acchi thi woh..hame unse baat karke accha laga..vaisey aapko pata hai woh bhi ek police officer hai..aur toh aur hamari senior hain...

K's mom- Accha? Yeh toh aur acchi baat ho gayi...bata kab baat karu rishte ke baare me?

Karishma (annoyed)- Amma aap rishte ke peeche kahe padi ho...abhi toh ham bas miley hain..hame janne toh do unke baare mey...

K's mom- Accha accha thik hai..chal koi baat nahi...aur kuch hua aaj?

Karishma told everything that happened today. This was her favourite part of the day when she used to talk with her mom. Sadly, her mom was in her relative's house for a week. But nothing could stop the mom daughter duo. They talked to each other over the phone for atleast an hour.

[After probably an hour later~]

Karishma- Thik hai..ham rakhtey hai..ek min ek min..aapne apna dawai liya...

K's Mom- haan baba..liya..tu itni chinta mat kar meri...

Karishma- Aap sach bol rahin hain na?

K's mom- hey bhagwaan kabhi kabhi toh lagta hai tu hi meri maa hai...haan le liya..pakka...

Karishma chuckled...

Karishma- Accha chaliye...rakhtey hain..kal thaane bhi jaana hai..

K's mom- thik hai..aur sun acchey se khaana peena...sehat ka dhyan rakhna..laparwahi mat karna..

Karishma- Ji..ji...

K's mom- Aur agar baat kuch aagey badhe toh mujhe bolna zarur..aasha hai ki tu samjh gayi hogi...

Karishma smiled at this sentence.

Karishma- Haan..thik hai thik hai..bye abhi...

She hung up. Smiling, she laid down on the bed and dozed off.

Next morning she reached the thaana early to find her team mates doing their usual Bakaiti...

She nodded disappointedly and warned them to focus in their tasks. The team agreed and they started to work for the day.

Karishma was busy for the whole day. She couldn't even open her phone for once nor did they have any breaks in between. She was really busy since the morning. Only in the afternoon around 1, she completed her work and sat on her chair relaxing...

The ringtone of her phone attracted her attention.

A smile crept up on her lips as she read the caller ID.

Karishma- Ji boliye...

Haseena (teasing)- Kya boliye? Kahan hain aap? Kahin sachmein senior honey ki wajah se doori bana lene ka toh nahi socha?

Karishma (chuckling)- Arey kaa baat kar rahin hain aap bhi...ham bas subha se bohot busy the..abhi jaake free huye hain...

Haseena- Hm...laga hi tha..kyunki aapne hamare messages ka reply nahi diya...

Karishma checked her whatsapp to find 3 messages from Haseena.

Karishma (sheepishly)- Sorry...hamne dekha nahi..

Haseena- Arey it's okay..toh batayiye abhi kya kar rahin hain aap? Lunch karliya aapne?

Karishma (holding her head)- Wahi karne jayenge abhi...subha sey kaam tha na toh time nahi mila hamko..

Haseena- Abhi tak khaana nahi khaya? Kuch toh khayal kariye apne sehat kaa..

Karishma- Haseena ji aap hamari amma ki tarah shuru mat ho jayiye...

Haseena- Toh aur kya kahein? Accha chaliye...saath me milkar khaatei hain..kyunki aapne khana jo nahi khaaya...

Karishma- Ji?

Haseena (smiling)- Samjh jaiyega..

Haseena hung up leaving a confused Karishma staring at the phone. Just then she noticed someone enter the thaana. She was surprised to see the lady.

Karishma (surprised)- Haseena ji aap?

The other members too noticed her and assembled around them.

They noticed the 3 stars on her shoulders and realised she was their senior. So all of them saluted her in unison.

All- Jai Hind madam.

Haseena (smiling)- Jai Hind.

Karishma- Aap yahan? Kab aur kaisey?

Pushpaji- Aap ek dusrey ko jaanti hain?

Karishma (covering the truth)- Haan woh ham ek police function mey miley the..tabse jaante hain..

She looked at Haseena apologetically to which Haseena raised an eyebrow and smirked but she too played along Karishma.

Haseena- Ji Ham Haseena malik hai..Jankipuram thaana ke SHO...Aur haan uss award function ke baad sey yeh hamari acchi dost ban gayin...

Santosh (innocently)- Oh. Lekin Karishma madam ne kabhi aapkey baare me nahi bataya..

Karishma (embarrassed)- Abhi pata chal gaya na santu..toh khush raho na...

Everyone chuckled.

Karishma again looked at Haseena.

Karishma- Waise aapne kaha nahi aap yahan???

Haseena- Woh hamne socha aapki team sey mil liya jaaye...aur ham samosey bhi laaye hain...saath mey khaate hain..

She pointed towards a plastic bag which she was holding.

Santosh- Wow Samoseyyy...kitney din ho gaye khaaye huye...sach bataun madam mujhey bohot din sey man tha khaaney ka..but moka nahi mila...ab aapne hi meri wish poori kardi..

Haseena smiled and gave it to them. All of them arranged some plates. They devoured on the samosa...75% of the samosas were swallowed by Pushpaji and Santosh alone. Poor Karishma could only get half of a samosa. Haseena realised that she was still hungry and dissatisfied. She walked upto Karishma and nudged her.

Haseena (whispering)- Bahar chaliye...

Karishma (confused look)- Kaahey?

Haseena rolled her eyes and quickly dragged Karishma out of the thaana with her.

Karishma- Kaa hua Haseena ji?

Haseena- Kuch nahi...oh..ek minute..hamey aapsey ek favour chahiye..

Karishma- Kaisa favour?

Haseena- Aap thaane ke peechey jo park jaisa ilaka hai..wahan jaakey bathiye...ham thori der mey aatey hain..

She was about to walk away when Karishma held her wrist.

Karishma- Aap karna kaa chahti hain? Aur aapko peeche wale jagah ke baare me kaise pata?

Haseena (folded hands)- Aap hampar bharosa nahi kartin?

Karishma (sheepishly)- Bilkul kartein hain..

Haseena- Phir jaakey baithiye..aur haan ham police waaley hain..sab jagah ki khabar rehti hai...

Karishma smiled and nodded. She walked away to the park like area. It wasn't actually a park as there weren't any people as such. There were some benches for people to sit and the scenery/view was awesome from here.

Karishma settled on a bench and waited for Haseena to come. She came back after a while with another plastic bag much to Karishma's surprise.

Karishma- Ab kaa laayin hain aap?

Haseena settled on the bench beside Karishma and placed the packet in between them. She unwrapped it and took out a box full of biryani and shahi paneer.

Haseena (chuckling)- Yeh laaney gaye the..

Karishma's mouth watered seeing the dishes. She looked up to find Haseena staring back at her.

Karishma- Lekin yeh kaahe?

Haseena- Hame pata hai aapka pet nahi bhara hoga..aur hamein pata nahi tha aapke thaane me itne saare members hai..so hamne socha aapko alag sey lunch karwayein...

Karishma melted on her statement. Karishma found her extremely cute at the moment. It was unusual for her to receive so much care from another person except her mom.

Karishma- Aapko itna kuch karne ka zarurat nahi thaa...aapne kal bhi hamarey liye itna kiya..

Haseena- Ham jo kartey hai woh apni santushti key liye kartein hai. Toh aap hamei kuch karney sey rok nahi sakti..

She pulled up her collar and winked At Karishma making her chuckle.

Haseena- Ab chaliye...shuru kariye..

Before starting Karishma gave a tight hug to Haseena.

Karishma (whispering in her ears)- Thankyou..

Haseena blushed slightly and reciprocated the hug. They broke off after a while and Karishma started to have the meal.

She asked Haseena if she would have it.

Haseena- Ham yeh sirf aapkey liye laayein hain..hamne lunch kar liya tha..

Karishma (surprised)- Toh aapko kaise pata chala ki hamne lunch nahi kiya hoga?

Haseena- Ham toh bas aapsey aur thaane ke members sey milney aaye the..aur appko chotu sa surprise deney..but jab hamne phone kiya tab pata chala aapne lunch nahi kiya hai..aur tab tak ham samosa ley chuke the toh socha aapko wahin de diya jaaye..aur baaki ki kahani toh aap jaanti hi hain...

Karishma had a wide smile on her face and she kept adoring Haseena's quality of caring. It wasn't even a day that they met and she had known so much about this lady.

Karishma- Aur agar ham lunch kar chukey hotey toh?

Haseena- Toh.........

She scratched her chin.

Haseena- Toh...ham aapko phir sey khila detey ya phir khud kha letey..

Karishma couldn't help but chuckle at her response. This was her second date in the last 24 hours and she was glad about it. Haseena's genuine care started winning her heart slowly of course it was unknown to her. As she was having her food, Haseena did nothing but stare at her cute chewing face which was like a baby...

Karishma finished her meal and started to pack up.

Then, Haseena indicated towards something. Karishma looked behind her. Haseena made a poker face and indicated towards her lips. Karishma still couldn't understand. Finally Haseena leaned forward and wiped some curry which was stuck under her lower lip. Karishma's heart skipped a beat and she couldn't help a blush from appearing on her cheeks.

Haseena realised that from her action and herself looked away to hide a smile.

Anyways they got up and prepared to leave for the rest of the day.

Karishma- Aapke saath waqt bitakey accha lagta hai..

Haseena- Hamey bhi..umeed hai jaldi milengey...

Karishma nodded and they started walking back to their thaana.

Karishma- Aajkey liye phirse dhanyawaad.

Haseena (annoyed)- Please thank you mat kahiye..aap hamari khaas dost hain...aur itna toh ham kar hi saktey hain...

Karishma- Phir hamey bhi kabhi aapke liye aisa kuch karne ka moka dijiye..

Haseena chuckled and nodded in a disappointment.

Finally they reached in front of her car. Although somewhere in their hearts, they both didn't want the other to leave but duty always came first so they had to. Haseena waved a final goodbye to her and walked back towards her car.

She ignited the car and drove away soon..Karishma kept staring at the car/jeep until it was completely out of her sight. Sighing, she too walked inside the thaana to work for the rest of the day...