ShubDaSara

Baby Step Towards the Unknown

Sara's POV: Been sometime since we have come back from Dubai. The trip was all in all great. Arjun had an amazing training experience, I also enjoyed myself, met my old friends too. But if ever I had to point down the best part of the Dubai trip, those cheeky eyes with dimples simply flashed. It would be a lie if a say I didn't stalk him after coming back. He was added in Arjun's list, it wasn't that difficult to find him without knowing his last name. But that was all. Being the daughter of "The Sachin Tendulkar", there was nothing else I could have done about this feeling. I really never wanted him to even have to slightest idea of what it was like, because in some or the other interview he might just casually say "Sachin Sir's daughter slid into my DMs" or "Sachin Sir's daughter led me on once in Dubai." Ugggghhhh! These thoughts troubled me hence I decided to let go of them and move on with my life. It was time for me to go back to London.

Shubman's POV: The training was great. My heart was full because I had learnt so much there. I had returned to Chandigarh. But whenever I used to close my eyes, Sara's smiling face would find it's way somehow. I had always known about her existence but meeting her felt like I wanted to know everything about her. I did google her. She was persuing a degree in clinical science at London. Wow. How well read was she, she carried herself so well, so confident in who she is. Suddenly I realized,  I have been thinking about her lately only to conclude how different we both were. How different our worlds were. Nevertheless, I had to be in Mumbai for practice from next week so I decided to put my mind to that.

Time Flew:

March 2018
London

Alysha (Sara's childhood friend) has come to visit her, they both are at a cafe discussing life lately.

Alysha: "How is everything ? How is Arjun doing?"
Saea: "Yeah Man, he is good, busy with his practice sessions"
Alysha: "Ohh! In Dubai again ?"
Sara: "No, he is in Mumbai only"

Sara's POV: Alysha mentioning Dubai took me back to the random meet and a blush followed my face since then.

Alysha: "Why are you blushing suddenly?"
Sara: "Who? Me? No, I am not!"

Alysha: "Ohh! Shut up, I know you too well for this drama, tell me about it"

Sara's face was too vocal to hide it from Alysha, she gave up and ended telling her about the meet they had.

Alysha: "Omgg!! Why aren't you doing anything about this ST ?"

Sara: "What do you expect me to do ? Take some Pom Pom and shout his name around"

Alysha: "No, Not that! But may be try connecting with him on social media or you know, may be ask Arjun for his number"

"I cannot do either of this, AL. You are forgetting who my father is. It's not that I am scared of him or he will be angry but it's just that I cannot risk all that he has earned in all these years over a random man I met in Dubai. And above everything I don't know anything about him, no idea of what he feels." Sara explained.

Alysha: "Ya, that's true. But we can atleast manifest something angelic to happen na"

Sara laughingly: "Yeah, why not, let's do that only"

March 2018
Mumbai

Shubman is with Jugnu and Subeer (Shubman's another friend), for a lunch.

Subeer: "How are the sessions going on, buddy?"
Shub: Yeah! All great man, looking forward to the coming matches now"
Jugnu: (Teasingly) "Subeer, you should have come to Dubai, it was great there, hai na Shub ?"

Shub's POV: Jugnu mentioned Dubai and I was lost in her thoughts again. Still I managed to reply him, "Haan bhai, ek number tha"

"Maine suna tu wahan kisi ko dekhte hi reh gaya tha, thoda blank sa ho gaya tha?" Subeer asked teasingly

"Kaun, main ? Kab ? Kisko dekh ke ?" I was taken aback as to how is he mentioning things that I had felt in Dubai.

"Abe haan tu, aur Sara Tendulkar ko dekh ke. Tujhe kya lagta hai, main andhaa hoon, mujhe dikhaaai nahi deta ?" Jugnu said.

"Shhhh! Kya faaltu bakwas hai. Kuch bhi. Bhai, we met, that's all. Aur kuch nahi." Shubman clarified.

"So you are not going to do anything about those jitters that you felt?" Jugnu and Subeer asked together.

Shub: "Guys, what's wrong with you both. You know who she is na ? Sara Tendulkar! You want me to be thrown out before beginning my cricket career only ?"

Jugnu: "Are you crazy ? You guys have just met once. You can be connected socially with anyone right ? You are friends with Abhishek's sister too. You are just overthinking and just so you might not have realised it, if this is difficult for you to add her to your social media, it's 10x difficult and questionable for her. So I just hope you are not expecting her to initiate anything here. She is not a random girl, we really think you can atleast give it a try and if she doesn't revert, we can close this chapter once and for all.

Shub's POV: Idk how these 2 idiots were making so much sense. They were correct, I had always been thinking why didn't she send me a request, clearly failing to understand her version.

I decided to follow her on Instagram. Within few hours, I got a notification saying "Sara Tendulkar started following you." I didn't know if I should laugh or be nervous about it, but clearly it made me smile. Cannot really believe those 2 idiots were correct.

Sara's POV: Just 3 days after Alysha gave me gyaan on manifestation, I got a message on my phone. A notification that changed everything. It said "Shubman Gill started following you" I couldn't believe my eyes. Why? Why after all these months ? What changed ? Did I like any of his post while stalking him ? But I decided to follow him back because there was no other way I would have wanted this to happen. The universe was giving signal.

Shub: "Yo! How's London doing today ?
Sara: "Good, Windy and Cold."
Shub: "All 3 at once?"
Sara: "Yeah, just like you and your irrelevant texts"
Shub: "So you mean to say I am irrelevant? :P"
Sara: "Not at all, just a bit confused."
Shub: "Ohh! So I am confused also now"
Sara: "Lesser than me, for sure. You ended up giving this a chance atleast, haha!"
Shub: "Tareef kar rahi ho ya taane maar rahi ho?"
Sara: "Hahaha! Appreciation hai Sir. How is your Cricket sessions going on?"
Shub: "All good, in Mumbai right now."
Sara: "Ooo! I am jealous, I miss Mumbai."
Shub: "Then you shall come back na ?"
Sara: "Well, I wish! I am quite serious about my studies and they won't allow me to come back untill I finish them."
Shub: "Ohh! That makes both of us so similar. I always try to put cricket first."
Sara: "Well, who knows that better than me, clearly you took some months to initiate a conversation."
Shub: "Looks like someone was waiting for it. So glad I took that step :P"
Sara: "We will Seeeeee XD"

Author's POV: The first meet in 2017 had converted to a flirty conversation in the early of 2018. For an outsider, these baby steps might not appear to be leading anywhere, but the heaven knew that it was the beginning of something exceptionally beautiful. Two people who had so many questions within them, decided to let go of everything around and listened to that one tiny voice inside them, which kept on shouting, "this is it."

Here comes the end of Part 4. Did you all like it ? Let me know in comments. How many of you are waiting for the next part ?