Author: hope95

O: I can help you. (Om takes her hands and start to massage her neck and he could sense that she is feeling very uncomfortable and shy.) O(Thinking): I cannot touch her like this until she feels comfortable. This is just wrong. O: Hey, I have an idea. (He opens the drawer and takes out a massage vibrator. He turns it on and puts it on her neck.) G: That feels so much better. (She takes the machine and starts to massage her entire neck.) I can move my neck a little bit. Gauri turns her body around and sees…

Om goes back to his room and decides to call it a night. It was 1 a.m. when he woke up to get a drink of water. Just as he gets a cup of water, he hears sniffling sounds so he walks toward the noise. He stops in the hallway and realizes that it was from the living room. He stands behind the wall and peeks into the living room. Gauri was walking slowly and then all of sudden, in emotional pain and sadness, sit on the floor, with her head resting on the wall, crying. Om takes a step…

The next morning they all wake up except for Omkara and Gauri. Their pose was so cute and no one wanted to break it. Annika took a picture using Gauri’s phone and saved it as a her home screen. A: Let them sleep. Everyone walks away and continue with their chores. Gauri wakes up first but then sees Om’s head on top of her, so even though she is awake, she stays in that position. Shivaye walks by him and turns his head horizontally, confused why Gauri is still like that. S: If you stay in that position, then your…

After cleaning herself up, Gauri heads back downstairs to finish the decoration. The powder she needed for the decoration was all there, arranged in different colours. Gauri opened the bucket with the green powder but then closed it back. She then opened the bucket with yellow powder and closed it back again. With a confused look, she stared at the floor. O: What are you doing, Gauri? No response, Gauri continues staring at the floor. Om taps her hand and she comes out of it. G: Omkaraji, when did you come here? Om was sitting beside Gauri with a book…

MYRAH! The man runs to her as she hits the floor. Myrah, it is me, Om. What are you scared of? Myrah lied there unconscious. Om picks her up and carries her to the bed O(thinking as he is placing her on the bed): Who was she scared of? Why did she say that Myrah is not her actual name? Who is she? How can I ask her that and if I do, will she tell me? Om runs to the kitchen to get water when he sees a box of medicine on the table with her name on it.…

Myrah was sleeping in her bed sweating profusely. She kept on moving her head left and right. M: NO! Myrah gets up and covers her face. M: It is burning. Please do not pour that on me. And then she feels her face and can feels the bumps on it. She feels her way to the lamp and turns it on. She feels the bed and the things around her. M: I am not at the Bareilly train station. Thank goodness I am home. And then he hears a laughter. A man’s laughter. M: Kali! Why is he Here?…. Gauri……

Om and Myrah come back from the funeral home after finishing all the rites. M: You know, Omkaraji… O: Omkaraji… M: Yes, Omkaraji. I feel that I should call you that… Gauri remembers the time she crushed Om’s car with the bulldozer. Om remembers the time Gauri and Om collided when she was having Gol Gappas. They both smile and then Om turns to see her. M: Why are you smiling, Om? Did someone call you Omkaraji before? O: Yh… she did (smiling) M: Do you like her? O: What? No… Why are you asking me such questions? M: You…

O: I am not here for you… I am here for my friend, Myrah who has always surprised me with her perspective in life. She may have a disability… I mean everyone does… but her disability is a physical one. However, she turns that into a disadvantage and shows everyone that she is equal to everyone. That girl… sorry… my friend has lost something dear to her heart. So I am going to leave but she needs to know that I will be waiting outside of this hospital and whenever she needs a shoulder to cry one (He takes her…

G: Omkaraji, can you turn around for me? Om turns around. O: Gauri, you are at my eye level. How did you get to this height? What did you climb? You are going to fall down. Get down and I will bend down so it is easier for you. G: I have danced on sofas before so this is nothing for me. Om remembers Gauri’s dance at Kali’s house and smiles for a moment. But, then instantly, his smile turns into a frown as soon he realizes that she was dancing for Kali. O: Gauri, are you done? G: One…