Hii everyone…!!! How are you all??!!! I think I am back very early…!! 😉 Ready to have your chappals…!! It’s getting hard for me to write…!! Please bear me few more episodes guys..!!! I am cutting out storyline…and decided to end soon…as I myself is feeling disheartened and helpless for my irregularity…!!
Thank you soo much to each and everyone….for your patience in waiting…and encouraging me till now…for writing my ff..!! I hope you all continue to support this… in this last stage…despite of being angry with me for my late updates…!!
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RECAP: Swasan to Kolkata….!! Ragini trying to talk with swara about her love…at river bridge…!!
Link to previous part: Episode 30
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She held my shoulders and spoke in a calm tone… “Sooo…you want to get your life into love and marriage stuff right??!!! Face it now!!!”
Before I could analyse what she told…I was pushed down from the bridge…!! “SWARAAA!!!…..” I screamed in shock…!!!
Like a reflex she held my hand…as my feet…which is my last contact with the bridge…is about to lose it’s touch…!!
“How are you feeling??!!” She asked coolly still holding me…!!
“Is this the time for interview??!!! Pull me…pull me…!!” I shouted panicked…and she did it finally…!! Uff…!! I let out a big sigh of relief…!!
“How was your experience??!!” she asked controlling her laugh…!!
“You stupid…idiot…!!!Are you mad??!!! How can you push me like that??!!! What if I have fallen into river??!!!” I asked with rage…!!
“Calm down my dear lovely sissy…!! I am just trying to make a practical experience for you… so that you will understand my point…!!” She tried to console me…by hugging…!!
“Calm down??!!! How can I??!! And what hell experience you want me to feel??!!” I shouted loudly pulling myself away from hug…!!
Now…she started laughing out madly… but seeing my seriousness she became silent…!! She sat down and I too joined her…and both started staring into water…!!
Swara: “Getting a life partner is also something like this sudden push into river…in your life too…!! And the hand you got to hold is nothing but will be your partner’s…!!
An understanding and caring partner will save you….and make up your rest of life…!! But if not…you will be drowning in those misery waves…!!
I do know that you will be marrying some day or the other…!! You are just 22 now…and I want you to enjoy your life as much as you can…being a single… with me, with our parents…!! It’s the time…where you can be yourself…!! I am not saying that you won’t be like this after marriage…but I can’t guarantee it too…!!
That’s why I am advising you to have as much fun as you can…now…!! Meanwhile…we will get a best partner for you…!!”
Me(shocked): “Well!! It’s a kind of surprise for me…!! It means you are ok with my marriage??!! Umm…Actually…you are suggesting ‘late marriage’ instead of ‘No marriage’ for me!!!”
Observing what-the-hell look on her face… “I mean…you don’t believe in marriages right??!!” I quickly added one more line….!!!
“Soo??!! I think that doesn’t mean…I won’t let you marry even…!!Right??!! I am not a hitler to stop your marriage…because…I don’t believe in it…!!!” She spoke frowned…!!
“So, Is it ok, if I find myself a best partner, with whom I will be happy??!!” I raised a doubt like a small kid…!!
Swara(banging her head): “Ooh…God!! I never knew you are this much desperate to get married…!! Well!! It’s up to you…when you want to marry…!! I don’t care even you find yourself a person…!! But if I don’t feel him good…I swear…I will not let him marry you…!! So…better leave that task of finding a groom for you…to us…!! You asked my opinion…and I gave a demo to you…!!”
Yahhooo…!!! My heart started dancing…!! This conformation is enough for me…!! Who wouldn’t like my laksh??!! He is such a sweet guy…!! Let’s talk about him right now…!!
I ran to her like a cheetah in excitement…while she was heading towards temple…!!
Me(running): “Swara…wait…!! I still need to say something…!!”
Swara(walking): “We have 3 more days for our stupid talks…!! I am already late…!! Either join me to temple…or stay here at bridge and enjoy…!!”
I was about speak…but my phone vibrated…!!
“Ok…fine…!! You go..!! We will talk later…!! I know very well… just like you got a perfect partner like sanskar…I will get married to mine…!!” I said happily…!!
As soon as she disappeared from sight…I quickly opened and read message…‘I would like you to honour your knight with your presence today 7.00pm…at our spot…!!’
With big smile on my face…I replied ‘I accept your invitation Mr.Cheesy romeo…!!’
POV ENDS…!!
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SWARA’S POV
‘You got a perfect partner like sanskar…’ Ragini’s words struck me…!! They hit me to such an extent…like my heart resonated finding out it’s tuning frequency…!!
It’s not only her…!! In this first visit to Kolkata together, after our marriage…my family…sanskar’s family…relatives…neighbours…everyone is referring us as ‘Perfect couple’…!! Every time, they praise us like this…every time, they bless us like this to be together…my heart excites…!!
BUT WHY????!!!Are we a perfect couple??!!! NO!!!
SANSKAR!!! He is soo caring, understanding, supporting guy…!! He has all the things… which in fact I told to Ragini just now…!!According to me…he is the best partner for any girl who dreams about her marriage…!! HE IS PERFECT!!!
The thing is…he held a wrong hand…!! He held a person’s hand who doesn’t want her life to be like others…!! I want my life to be different and interesting…!! IT’S ME WHO IS IMPERFECT FOR HIM…!!
I dream of becoming a famous archaeologist…settling in foreign… while he…on the other hand…will be running his father’s business in future here…in Kolkata…!!
My dream and his destiny never make us fit together…!! And I never want my life to be alike of other women…married…adjustments…regrets…etc..etc..!!
“God bless you Children…!! Stay happy together like this till the end…!!” Priest words at the end of puja…made me stiffen…!!
Offcourse it’s not going to happen…!! Even Sanskar knows it…!! Little does this priest and the whole world knows this fact…!! But I am scared….!!! I am scared because…I could hear screams from somewhere…deep inside my heart … shouting and wishing… for these blessings to become true…!!
POV ENDS…!!
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SANSKAR’S POV
“Why didn’t you tell her till now…??!!! Two days back…you were in a huge urge to speak about this matter..!! Now how come you have become cool??!!” I asked Ragini…!!
Offfoo!!! This girl is not even listening to me…!! Her continuous stare towards moon…sitting on swing, moving to and fro…and forgetting her surroundings…is giving me a feel of ‘black and white love story’…!!
“RAGINI!!” My shout took her out from her dream world…!!
“Chill jiju…!! I didn’t tell about laksh…but I talked to her today…!! I am sure she would like my laksh and accept us both…!! Have some sprite…!!” she said casually…and took out her phone…!!
“What are planning to do now??!!” I asked…!!
“Thinking to call laksh before sleeping and say good night…!!” she said… eyes still fixed on phone…!!
Me(face palming): “ What the hell??!!! I am asking about swara…!!”
Ragini(realising and smiling seepishly): “Oooh…!! Sorry jiju…!! Anyways…there is nothing to think…!! I will talk to her tomorrow…!! Now don’t disturb me…!!”
Disturbance!!! Is she pointing out my helping hand for her love as disturbance??!! Phewww!!! She and her love sickness!!!
“Fine…!! Good night…and have love dreams with your Boss!!!” I said…!!
I turned back…while yawning…and got uprooted in the same position…open mouthed…seeing HER!!!! Did she hear our conversation??!!!
Holding laptop close to her chest…she stood in front of me…with eyes representing a sort of hurt…!!
“So…you too know about her relation!!” She stated…!! Ragini…who was busy with phone flinched hearing her voice…!! She walked straight to ragini…and handed her laptop…!!
Swara: “Sorry…Ragini…!! I just happen to go through some of messages in your phone…this evening…!! I know it’s personal…but it was accidental…!! I guess…you have changed your PC password…because of some personal stuff…!! No worries…!! I will do my work when I reach sanskar’s home tomorrow morning…!!”
All the time while speaking…she just looked down the floor without meeting anyone’s eye contact…!!
“Good night!!!” she spoke and tuned back to go away…!!
“Swara!!! Wait!!!” I stopped…!!
“We are planning to tell you!!!” I added immediately…!!
“Even I am expecting the same…but only from her…not you both!!!” she replied immediately…and went away…!!
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“Swara…!!Don’t be angry…!! Don’t judge her love with your opinions and thoughts…!! I can feel her seriousness in this matter…!! It’s her life…!! She is soo confident that you too will like him…!!”I tried to convince her…while driving car…!!
She didn’t reply…but just let out a light chuckle…!!Thank god…!! At least she gave a hint …that she listened to me…!! Ragini and I are banging our heads since yesterday seeing her silent mode…!!
“Swara…!! We reached the restaurant…!! Just meet the guy…!!” I said again…!!
As I was opening my seatbelt…I heard her voice finally… “You know what sanskar… I have two things to say…!!”
Swara(opening her seat belt too): “Firstly…I am neither angry on Ragini nor you…!! But I am jealous of you…!! Jealous of your and ragini’s closeness..!! Being her own sister…she couldn’t tell this matter to me…and told you first…!!”
Me (interrupting): “It’s not like that swara…!! May be she couldn’t share this first to you…but she loves you more than me…!!”…!!
Swara: “Whatever…I am jealous of your both bonding!! And secondly… she is just a kid…!! She doesn’t know the difference between love and attraction…!! I would have been happy…if you have made her understood this…instead of supporting her…!!”
I was about to speak…but she cut off me…!!
Swara: “ Yaah..!! I know what you want to say…!! Don’t judge her love right??!! Ok…!! Fine..!! I am not going to do it…and I don’t need to…!! Even you are going to meet the guy first time right??!!! Let’s find out how much serious they both are…!!”
She completed her lecture and got down from car…!! Her words say…she was not angry…but the way she spoke displays her annoyance…!! She says…she didn’t judge…but her words show that she had got into conclusions long back…!! I don’t understand…why God had inserted a faulty brain and heart …while creating her!!!
Well…!! It’s better to zip up my mouth for now…rather than speaking something and argue with her…!!!
Swara: “You just go…!! I have some work at nearby post office…!! I will catch you people in 10 minutes…!!”
Me: “Ok…Come fast…!!
I went inside and found ragini and that guy already waiting for us…!!
“Hi…!! I am Laksh Kapoor…!!” he said forwarding his hand…!!
“Sanskar Maheswari…!!” I said shaking his hand…!!
I have been talking with both of them…waiting for her arrival…!! 10 minutes passed…20… 2 hrs…!! But she didn’t turn up…!!
“The number you are trying is currently switched off” is the response of her phone…!!
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“No sanskar..!! Swara didn’t come to home yet!!! What happened??!!” Mom asked…little worried…!!
“Oohh!! It’s ok Mom..!! She might have gone to her house then…!! Don’t worry…!! I will talk to you later…!! Bye…!!” I said and cut the call…!!
Ragini even nodded negatively calling her parents…!! This girl…!!! Where she might have gone??!! It’s already dark…!! Think…Think…!!
“Jiju…!! I guess…she doesn’t want to accept us…!! I thought she would atleast respect my feelings and meet us even though she don’t like this…!!” I found Ragini speaking disheartened…!!
“Heyy…!! Don’t worry Ragini…!! You didn’t do any crime…!! Love has power to change whole world…!! After all…she is your sister…!! I am pretty sure…she will understand…!!” I assured her…!!
“It’s ok jiju…!! Go and check her at howrah bridge…!! She would probably…be there…!! That’s the place where she goes alone …if she gets disturbed or something…!! I am not in a mood to meet her now…!!” She said and turned to laksh…!!
“Laksh…can you drop me at home??!!” Her voice still depressed…!!
They both bidded bye to me…and left…!!
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With dasara celebrations everywhere, the vehicle traffic on road…is quite higher…!! Walking on the pedestrian path is better than riding a vehicle…!! I am glad that this sidewalk asusual… is free and spacious with few vendors here and there…and some visitors enjoying the glory of lightening lamps decorated bridge and soothing night breezes of hooghly river…!!
There she is…looking into river…holding rails…her back facing me…!!
“If you don’t like to accept Ragini’s love…you could have told her on face…just right after meeting that Guy!!! What do you want to prove yourself by running away from there???!!” I asked in a serious yet calm tone…looking at her…standing beside her…!!
But still… she is silently gazing into river…without even bothering to look at me…!! It’s enough…!! I can’t control my anger anymore…!!
“Wahh!!! Excellent…!!” I said sarcastically while clapping… “How can I forget that a person who doesn’t even have heart to love…will understand others feelings??!! But remember one thing…!!! Your silence and disallowance can never prevent Ragini from loving…!! You can escape today…but one day you need to answer her…”
Without completing my sentence…she suddenly burst on me shouting… “What should I answer??!! Should I answer her…that the person with whom she is in love with…is the same person for whom I had once developed my feelings??!!!”
Her intensity in voice…I could figure shivers in her shout…!! WAIT!!! WHAT DID SHE SAY?!!!!!!
POV ENDS…!!
PRECAP: Swara’s POV, Swalak’s past!!!
I myself don’t know what I have written…!! If you feel anything weird…point me out through comments…so that I can explain exact swara’s thoughts in next episode…!!
Bye bye…!! Wish you all Happy Pongal in advance…!! 😀 😀