Rhea: so.. after Prachi and aap gets married, what will I call? Jiju ya bhai?
Pranav felt really uncomfortable hearing about his and Prachi’s marriage… Still, he didn’t let it come till his face…
Pranav: you can call me bhai…
Rhea smiles…
Pranav: by the way, Rhea, you and Ranbir are getting married right??
Rhea nods her head…
Pranav: he is a lucky guy… But I never saw you both together…
Rhea’s face gets dull…
Rhea: he is busy…
Pranav: oh… Rhea… You call me bhai right?
Rhea: hmmm…
Pranav: so you consider me as your brother…
Rhea: hmm..
Pranav: so… If I ask you something, will you do it?
Rhea: of course bhai…
Pranav: Rhea… I know Prachi for more than 7 years now…. Whenever we meet, she used to tell me about her twin sister, how much she misses her.. how much Pragya aunty and she longs for her…
Rhea’s eyes got filled with tears..
Pranav: One year back, when I called her, she was very happy… She said that she found her long lost sister… She told me that you both began in the wrong foot, but now everything should be right…
But… I don’t feel everything is going fine between both of you…. I know, you are meeting after 20 years… You are different… Whatever maybe, you are sisters….
Rhea nods her head…
Pranav: The way you scolded Prachi that day, she was crying bitterly… Look, you are nice to me, to all… Then why not to your sister? Your own blood??
They reach near Pranav’s room..
Pranav: hope you understand…
Rhea nods her head in agreement…
Pranav pats her shoulder…
Pranav: okay then… Good night…
Rhea: Good night…
Pranav enters his room…
Rhea was walking towards her room…
She was passing through Prachi’s room…
Rhea looked inside… The door was open and Prachi was packing her bags…
Prachi couldn’t see Rhea…
While Prachi took something, a pendant fell down.. it fell near Rhea’s leg…
Rhea took the pendant and opened it…
On one part of the pendant there was a photo of her and Prachi when they were infants and other part was Pragya and Abhi’s photo…
Riya gets emotional…
Prachi sees Rhea…
Prachi: What happened Rhea? Kuch kaam tha kya?
Rhea: mm.. Well.. I .. I was just passing by… Ha… Here, this pendant was lying down…
Prachi sees the pendant in her hand…
Prachi: I had kept the pendant on the table… how did it fall down?
she walks towards Rhea and takes the pendant from her…
Prachi: Thank you…
Prachi turns…
Rhea: Prachi…
Prachi: haa..
Rhea: Good night…
Prachi: Good night…
Rhea leaves…
Prachi smiles…
***********
RHEA’S ROOM
Rhea was lying on her bed… Thinking about what had happened….
Rhea’s pov:
Pranav bhai…. when he came here I felt jealous because they were only talking to Prachi…. But… That day, when he scolded me… I didn’t feel bad… I felt that my elder brother was scolding me…. Whenever someone advice me, I get very angry… But today, he advised me and I was convinced…. When I held his hand, I felt very secure…. I felt he is my own…
My own… Prachi is also my own….
(Rhea remembers what Pranav told her)
Maybe bhai is right…
I am nice to everyone here except to Prachi…
I used to use to blame her for taking the love that I should get from mom..
I blamed that she took all the love which I also decided to get….
but….
it’s not her fault….
It was mom who took her away….
and dad took me….
I didn’t get my mom’s love but even she didn’t get a father’s care….
I had Buji and Meera aunty…
but… But she didn’t have anyone to fill her father’s position…
am I wrong??
she had promised me that she will stay away from Ranbir….
and she is doing it….
but it was not I who stopped dad’s and Meera aunty’s marriage…
Even if I insulted her again and again…
She never said anything….
(pov ends)
Rhea was lost in her thoughts…
Pragya enters…
Pragya: Rhea beta…
Rhea woke from her trance… And gets up…
Rhea: haa.. mom…
Pragya: packing ho gya??
Rhea: yes mom…
Pragya comes and sit on the bed near Rhea…
Rhea hugs her, Pragya reciprocates the hug…
Pragya: what happened? Are you fine?
Rhea: mom…
Pragya: hmmm…
Rhea: why did you leave me?? Why didn’t you be with me these 20 years?? I didn’t get love from a mother… Why did you choose Prachi??
Pragya’s eyes gets filled with tears…
Rhea: mom… Don’t cry…
Pragya: who told I left you and chose Prachi?? I wanted to take both of you with me… Your dad took you saying he want a child with him…
Rhea’s eyes welled up…
Pragya’s throat gets heavy… She couldn’t speak…
Rhea gives her water…
Pragya: when you and Prachi got separated, you were so young that we cannot say who is Prachi and who is Rhea… Your di… Kiara’s…
Pragya cries…
Rhea comforts her…
Pragya: Because of my and your dad’s ego… You couldn’t get my love and Prachi couldn’t get dad’s love… You had your Buji and Meera aunty… But Prachi was brought up by a single mother…. This doesn’t mean that we didn’t even think about you… Every day… Every moment… I used to think about you… Whenever I look at Prachi, muhje tumhara yaad aathi thi…
Rhea cries and hugs Pragya tightly…
Pragya comforts her…
Rhea: mom… Can you sleep with me today??
Pragya: okay…
They both lie down to sleep..