Impossible - Warrior High Season 3

Episode 117 - The One who knows

"Check the Batch of 90" she heard a voice and turned, Rohan stood by the door of the library with his hands on his pocket.

Si - Huh?

Siyali looked at him for answers while Rohan just gestured her look at the year book. As Rohan left to use the computer in the library, Siyali hastily found the year book of the batch of 1990. After the first few pages, there were 4 house group photos of each of the groups. She titled the book to landscape when she looked through Tagore house group photo. She couldn't obviously identify who was her mother. She turned few more pages after which there were passport size photos of each student attached along with their names.

In the Tagore house section, the first picture was of Prathick Rajput along with the designated "Head boy" and the second picture was of Shivani Rajput, Head girl.

Si (low voice, emotionally) - Shivani Rajput.

Siyali slowly touched the picture of her mom and smiled. She also looked for the same girl in the group picture. She found that her mom was very pretty and had a beautiful smile on her face in both the pictures. She scanned through the book where there were a lot of pictures of Shivani and Prathick winning various awards, participating in competition, etc. She also noticed that in these pictures was young Urmila ma'am then known as Urmila Ganguli before her marriage to Prathick Rajput. Reading the names under every picture, the name "Rajput" struck her. She wondered what their story might've been. Who could she ask? Who would know? And it struck her, there might not be someone who knew everything for sure but she did know one person who usually knows things and that person might know these too. After all he did know what she was looking for, and hence she decided to take the chance. She turned back to look at Rohan who was sitting by the computer,

Si (trying to start a conversation) - Rohan? Tum yahan kya kar rahe ho?

Ro (not looking at her) - Lucky ki assignment?

Si - Isn't that.....?

Ro - Just retrieving corrupted files.

Siyali gets up and slowly walks up to Rohan, she stands leaning on the wall near the computer and gives an awkward smile at Rohan who responds with a more awkward and funny smile and continues editing Lucky's assignment.

Si - How did you know what I was looking for?

Looking at the computer screen, Rohan gave an evil smile,

Ro (cool) - Sweetheart! This isn't how exchanging information works. Its quid-pro quo. You give some, you take some.

Rohan looked at Siyali with a sinister smirk,

Si - You sound like a goon!

Ro (cool) - I know! Why do you think I was the villian around here for so long? Nothing comes for free.

Rohan continued coding while Siyali stared at him,

Si (annoyed) - Fine! Kya janna chahtey ho?

Ro - Siyali Shreya ka role kyun kar rahi hai?

Siyali looked at Rohan in disbelief on how he could ask her such a question,

Ro - Well, there's no one here. You don't have to in charecter.

Siyali gave a surprised expression along with a exhale through her mouth as she folded her hands. Rohan lifted both his palm meaning that if she wouldn't answer, she wouldn't get any answers.

She stares at him for a while but seeing that Rohan won't budge she goes and sits on the bench she was previously sitting it. She angrily turns but then again turns back.

Rohan finishes retrieving the file, takes the pendrive out and gets up to leave. As he gets up, Siyali puts her head on the table with a loud sound. "Aah" she shouts to herself.

Seeing this Rohan sits on the bench opposite to hers such that the two of them were facing each other. Siyali looks at him sorrowfully,

Ro - Fine! First order discount. Dhoosra sawaal poochta hoon

Si (hopeless) - What?

Ro - What was Fridays drama all about? Sid ke saath publicly jagda?

Rohan asked messing up his hair looking like he didn't much care about the answer,

Si (hopelessly) - I just wanted him to stay away from me.

Ro (convincing) - One line answer dhogey toh one line mein hi answer milega.

Si (annoyed) - I don't even know if you know the answers to my questions.

Ro (convincing) - Well. It's your only shot.

Siyali grunts angrily on why she was stuck in a situation with Rohan. It was impossible for anyone except Vidurshi to have a fruitful conversation with Rohan. Siyali gives up and,

Si - I wanted him to stay away from me. Mainey bohat bhaar koshish ki. But he just doesn't listen. Akheley mein main kuch bhi kahoon ussey farak nahi padta hai, but Sid is ego consious. (Guilty) Publicly humiliate karoon toh at least dhoor rahega.... For a while. So when he held my hand that day, mere dimaag mein already bohat much chal raha tha, and I just shouted.

Siyali, now confused about the fake truth from Friday, was repenting on her behavior that day. She was looking at the table as she answered,

Si (fastly) - Now my turn. What do you know Shivani and Prathick Rajput?

She looks at Rohan for answers, fidgeting with her fingers and praying that he knew some answers,

Ro - Hmm! Short and sweet kahoon toh! They were like you and Utkarsh.

Si - Me and Utkarsh?

Ro - Siyali and Utkarsh.

Siyali tried to imagine the kids she's seen in the photos as Rohan told what he knew or may be what he had found out,

Ro - They had the same surname. And they probably lived together their entire life. I don't know if her actual surname was Rajput or if they gave it to her, but Anwesha ma'am was her guardian. And so Shivani aunty and Prathick uncle were brought up together in the Rajput mansion. And may be that's why people sometimes though they were brother and sister. But they were best friends.

Siyali looked dreamily as she heard about her mother. Even though it wasn't much, it was something to start with.

Ro - Ab samji. What I meant by Utkarsh and Siyali?

Rohan raised his eye brows while Siyali smiled about it. She remembered how Sid had first asked if Utkarsh was her brother and Utkarsh and Siyali replied together,

Si - Yeh mera bhai nahi hai.

U - Yeh meri behan nahi hai.

And looked at each other smiled. Siyali imagined the kid version of Prathick and Shivani from the photo going through the same (in black and white)

Shivani - Yeh mera bhai nahi hai.

Prathick - Yeh meri behan nahi hai.

And the two of them look at each other and smile.

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