Entangled Destinies by Mahira (part 13)

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PART 13:
Swara’s appearance at her sister’s side takes Sanskar’s breath away. In a short blue dress discovering her shoulders which are ornamented with her heavy hair’s black curls, the light make up drawing her huge eyes with a fine black eyeliner and glowing her lips with pink gloss, perched on half heels sandals… she’s absolutely stunning!
Laksh’ smirks patting his shoulder to break the charm keeping his mouth opened for a while as Ragini helps her getting down scales giving her a helpful hand and walks with her to the two men near the car.
Smiling joyfully not taking her gaze from Sanskar’s eyes, she stumbles at few steps from him falling ahead only to be caught by his strong arms.
She makes the remaining steps steadily taking his hands away gently assuring him that she could do it by her own:
– it’s ok… I’m fine! Hi Laksh’…
she greets with a wide smile and he just smiles back saying:
– hi Swara… waouh! You’re looking great Miss Gadodia!
– Thank you Mr. Maheshwari, thanks to Miss Gadodia number two!
She turns to Ragini and surprisingly plunges in her arms hugging her tight and adding:
– Thank you Ragini, thank you so much!
Both Sanskar and Laksh’ are surprised the scene as Ragini hugs her back tighter unable to hold back her tears when she replies on a chocked voice:

– You’re welcome!
They get apart and she hurriedly wipes her tears adding:
– Challo, take care of yourself ok?
– Ha ha Ragini-ma… I’ll do!
When she climbs in Sanskar’s jeep helped by him, she’s ignoring the shocked looks Ragini and Laksh’ are exchanging. A last good bye to both and the car’s motor roars away.
Ragini can’t stop herself from plunging in Laksh’s embrace bursting in joyful tears:
– Laksh’… you heard it hai na? … she… she said Ragini-ma… just… just like before… she’s getting really well! Old Swara is coming back… she’s…
Suddenly, feeling his arms surrounding her soothing her sobs and his breaths brushing against her neck, she realizes what she just did and hurriedly gets apart looking down in embarrassment mumbling a sorry.
When he’s about to say something, she just turns away walking back to her house’s entry but she’s stopped abruptly as he hold her wrist in his hand obliging her to look back to him.
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Swara looks once more to Sanskar who is keeping his eyes on the road since they left, he seems absorbed by some thoughts and she finishes by break the unbearable silence around saying exasperatedly:
– Ok… what’s wrong with you?
He frowns giving her a rapid look before focusing on the road back smiling as he says on a light tone:
– What wrong with me?
She raises her brows confusion turning her head to a too small space for her too much questions! Sighing she asks:
– You didn’t speak since we leaved!… actually no, you didn’t say a word since we met! Qya hua?
– Kuch nahi…
He shrugs nonchalantly taking the next turn. Silent gains the vehicle again and looking in the front mirror he could see that she turned to the other way and her folded arms expressing her disappointment. He closes his eyes frowning at some blurred black and white images of flashbacks of her standing stature in front of him… they’re arguing!
After some minutes, he takes a deep breath before saying:
– If I don’t have anything to say, it doesn’t mean that you have to be silent too you know?
She doesn’t reply, she’s really offended by his behavior and it’s saddening him but she’s ignoring the tumult she’s raising inside his heart tonight!

– Actually, I was wondering where did my princess disappear, Miss Gadodia… that’s all!
Surprised, Swara looks back to him blinking few times trying to register the meaning of his words. The question itself isn’t surprising, he’s talking about her look in this dress and sandals but something in his voice is troubling her even more than his long silence.
When he looks to her again she almost chokes in surprise at his dark gaze detailing her face and dress down till her discovered knees then back to her face which turned red crimson feeling the need of pulling down her dress’ hem.
He focuses on the road again when she asks hesitantly:
– You don’t like the change?
– Who I am to give my point of view? I’m just your doctor… but your fiancé praised you a lot… you should be happy!
For a moment the world seems has stopped turning around her, her wide eyes are unable to blink, her breath seams run away and her ears only hearing his words again and for an instant she feels something new toward him… it anger, she’s angry about his accusing… she’s angry against him because she doesn’t even know what Laksh’ is doing in the middle of the conversation!
Suddenly, he just move on asking on a light tone:
– Where did Ragini find this dress? I never saw her in occidental attire.
That’s it, just like by magic the unease her heart was feeling evaporates in some fog of emotion and her shining childish smile gets back when tells him:
– She said that it’s probably mine, she found it in tossed in my closet when we came here and sent it for cleaning.
Sanskar sees himself with Swara in the same flashback, he offers her a big box but she’s arguing and doesn’t accept it throwing it to his chest.
He closes his eyes briefly chasing the image but is surprised to feel Swara’s hand over his on the wheel:
– Kya hua Sanskar? Are you upset? If you don’t like it…
He stops the car abruptly in a deafening brake’s sound his eyes not leaving the road in front of him, again images of her invade his mind, in that same dress melting in his embrace… under his caresses… her breaths brushing against his skin… he closes his eyes for a moment gulping hardly scolding himself:
– Control Sanskar… control yourself! You’re ruining everything when we’re reaching our aim…
He never thought that it would be so difficult for him to return to the past too, what’s wrong with him tonight?
He should be happy to see her like that, to see one more huge step toward full recover but somewhere, Laksh’s words are repeating bitterly in his mind… haunting his heart…
this is a dream and waking up will be rude for all of them, he warned him to be heartbroken soon but he’s already indeed! How much he wanted to punch his face tonight seeing him praising Swara just to tease Ragini… or to tease him… and the worst is that it’s working! He’s here like a silly teenager burning with jealousy! Damn stupid inappropriate jealousy coming out of nowhere and setting fire in his feelings like never before…
a sound of door’s slam snatches him abruptly from his dark thoughts suddenly, he opens his eyes looking aside to find the next seat empty…
– Swara!?
He storms out searching for her his heartbeats pounding madly in his ears and calls out alarmed:
– Swaraa?
His anguished eyes search in the near dark surrounding in vain for few moments looking like eternity for him then there she was… walking back in the middle of the road her head bending down not even looking straight in front of her, he yells again:
– Swara!!!
She doesn’t stop, neither look back to him and keep walking rapidly reminding him the old Swara he knew… angry little thing she has always been, but tonight he deserves it all and unconsciously, a small smile stretches his lips feeling proud to see her like that too, he missed this side of hers!
Suddenly, seeing a car coming ahead lights off makes his heart jump in his chest as he cries out running toward her:
– Swara!!!!
He miraculously reaches her just at the right moment dragging her in his arms to the road side shouting madly:
– How can you be so careless!? What do you think of yourself, ha? Have you lost your mind? And who the hell allowed you to get out of the car ha?
Swara’s eyes look up to him wide opened in shock, she’s trembling from head to toe and if he wasn’t handling her arms forcefully, she’s sure she would has fallen her knees turning jelly under his blazing gaze! She could only mumble tearfully:
– S… Ss… Sankar…
Her shaking voice stabs his heart even more, he snaps angrily:
– To hell Sanskar!
Releasing her arms, he take her face in his hands making her look straight up to his filled with burning tears eyes as snaps:
– What if the car has… what if I didn’t reach you at time? Can you just imagine what could have happened to you?… to me? TELL ME!!!
She jumps in place startled by his angry words and shocked by his tears, she brushes a tear away palming his cheek and saying with a small smile, tears forming in her eyes too:
– Main tik hoon, Sanskar… as long as you’re in my life, nothing can happen to me…
Her confident tone, her absolute trust in him achieve his defenses as he folds her in his arms breathtakingly burying his tears in her neck his heart screaming “if only that was true” the rude reality hitting him like a slap in his face… he couldn’t be there then, he couldn’t reach and time and protect her then… he couldn’t save her from her family’s deeds… he doesn’t deserve this trust… he never did, he never will!
Swara stays paralyzed for a moment unable to understand what was going on, but soon her arms raise up toward his shoulders instinctively hugging him back, this new kind of care was new for her, she doesn’t know what it means but she feels something new aching her heart deliciously in response…
Sanskar has always scolded her whenever she puts herself in some danger unintentionally, but tonight was different… HE is different! If SHE is the one in danger, why is HE suffering that much? A question she’s not able to ask him, she just caresses his back up and down soothingly saying:
– I’m sorry…
He breaks the hug immediately composing himself. The moment after, he’s just like he has always been, calm, stoic and so irritatingly perfect! He says on a stern calm tone:
– You should be, miss Gadodia!
She makes a disgusted face rolling her eyes and says:
– Oh God ! can you stop with this miss Gadodia matter!… anyways, I’ve always preferred Bose’ name!
He smiles knowing that she’s not even registering that she’s recalling her old self and the rift between her young identity as Bose’ granddaughter and Shekar Gadodia’s daughter becoming adult!
– Accha princess! As you wish… can you now tell me what were you intending to do with your super stupid heroic act walking away without a word?
She looks down holding to her dresses fabric balancing from a foot to other making his nod questioningly by his chin.
– Actually…
– Actually what?
He looks to her from head to toe asking again:
– If you needed to go to washroom, you could tell me, na?
She widens her eyes exclaiming her cheeks turning red and her hands gesturing in big NOs:
– Nahi nahi… nothing like that!!!
He’s actually amused by her shyness wondering when did she turn from a small girl to a young lady embarrassed with such so natural things for the doctor he is?
– Where were you going? bolo na!
– Home… changing
To his frowning with incomprehension brows, she explains with a small voice:
– Actually, I was annoyed by the people looks around whenever we go out together, I know that they’re always wondering what a man like you is doing with a girl like me!
He rises his brows asking with a smile:
– A man like me?
– Ha… look at yourself, you look like cinema’s heroes and I’m always roaming around with my… Sanskar!!!
She hits his chest pouting at his widening satisfied smile and adds:
– Don’t mock me!!!
He shakes his head feeling actually flattered and keeps his hands on her arms bowing his head down saying:
– Sorry… I’m not mocking you! But tell me, why do you want to change then?
She makes a sound expressing her deception and replies jerking his hands away:
– Because you didn’t like my new look!
– Is my opinion that much important to you?
– Obviously! whose opinion matters then?
Sanskar looks to her in awe for a moment, this so innocent creature is turning him nuts by such cuteness!
– Tell me one thing, princess… do you like this dress?
– Ha!
– Then don’t ever let anyone dictate you what you should and what you shouldn’t wear, eat or think… those are personal choices and you should never get influenced by others opinion when it comes to your like and believes. Do you understand?
Swara makes some steps thinking of his words deeply, this isn’t the first time Sanskar talks about this topic. Having her own preferences, her personality, her likes and dislikes, imposing her own opinion… it’s all his battle in this world for people like her… giving them the esteem they deserve, treating them like complete human being and not considering them as sub-persons not allowed to live by their own.
She finally turns to smiling widely and says on an excited tone:
– Challe!!! We’ll miss the concert na?
She walks steadily to his car he parked in the middle of the road and he joins her helping her to climb in. when he buckles her belt, he gets lost for a moment in her beauty as she keeps looking in the front mirror checking her perfect look… he finally confesses:
– By the way princess, you really look beautiful tonight!
A moment later, he resumes the drive amused by her still blushing face. To chase all what has already happened in just the beginning of what he feels has turned to a kind of date, he turns on the radio… the first notes of music plunges him once more in his memories…

To be continued!