Preetan FF : Truth of life Part 25

London

Tanya tells her mother to take rest and she will prepare dinner for her.

Nandini : please let it be, last time when you cooked, you remember what condition my kitchen was

Tanya : mom, the whole world praises for your daughter’s cooking skills, and you criticize it, no worries today you will praise your daughter

Nandini : okay fine, lets see

In an hour Tanya sets the table for her mother to taste her food. After her father’s death, her mom went through depression for 3 years. She felt orphan again after losing her parent’s love but now is trying it make everything normal putting aside all her pain, emotions.

“Dinner is ready makes her mom sit on chair properly

Nandini smells the aroma of the food and appreciates her talent.

Nandini : you finally proved, that you are my daughter, I mean you learnt how to cook so fabulous

Tanya : thank you, now finish this food and then your medicine time

Nandini sees the messages of Karan and Rishab flashing on Tanya’s phone when she is cleaning up everything. She finds Tanya’s diary under table.

“Its been only few weeks I met them but I can still feel that essence is still present in the relationship I shared with them in past. My Rishab has changed so much, this responsibility taken away his smile, my heart was aching to return his precious days that were lost. He made Karan so successful leaving behind his dream. My only wish from god is to give him back everything. Somebody said it right, a bird needs wings to fly up high to his destination. I am sure one day god will send one angel who will give wings to him and follow his destination. 

Today is the special day for my Karan, he is selected for international, his life long dream. My heart was filled with all happiness when I became the reason for the small push in his life. I don’t know why I always felt strange connection with him, the way he supports me, protect me from every problem from childhood. Even today he is the same, prankster, naughty but I know he has pure heart that can never do anything wrong with anybody. 

The day Karan found out truth of her identity. All my inner fears came out in only few minutes and came in front of me like a storm spreading everywhere. What should I tell him? who am I? his pinky who he lost years ago or Tanya  sister of the person who brought down his family. 

“My heart is divided in two worlds, one is where I live right now and other where I want to spend my life. Every time I leave one other shakes up, now only I have one wish to see the ray of hope in my life again” 

Nandini closes the diary not able to read further. Her daughter has buried her real heart under responsibilities just like Rishab.

Later Nandini massages Tanya’s hair to relieve all stress. She gets in thinking

Tanya : what are you thinking mom

Nandini : nothing, just seeing my daughter has become so mature in time, why such a sudden change, is everything okay

“Yes, why are you saying that? I am same as before, just time and relation has changed looks at the brightening stars

Nandini : I am your mother, I can hear what your heart is saying even your mouth does not say

Tanya : mom, I have left everything back to its place, now my world is only you, nothing else

“What about the other part of your life, that you gave place in your heart Nandini gives her the diary

Tanya mom? please don’t push me back in the place I threw out of my life

Nandini : dear, whole life you lived according to my condition in this house and outside to your rules, now I want you live your dreams, I also taught you to move on from the past

“I don’t have courage, I still could not got over Papa’s death, and leaving you again Tanya criticizes of forgetting her duty

Nandini : you are our pride, my dignity, your dad’s strength, don’t judge yourself with the name, just see who are you as person, a person can have several names but heart will always be one

Tanya : that means?

Nandini ;  to grow a plant one has to nurture it with giving time, same with relation you have to give them time with love, affection

“Should I go asks her with tears

Nandini : if you don’t go I will kick you out and don’t forget my peanut brittles from lonavla, they are very speciality

Tanya : really? who is going to (sees her phone messages from Karan),  you read my message too (gets up and runs after her mother like kid)

“Why, you stole my secret of making good food I never taught you trying to save herself

Tanya ; mom thats not fair, I don’t know what enmity everybody have with my diary, its so personal why people still do that, first that idiot Karan and now you

Nandini ; if you want to teach manners, open school and make sure one of your student is your Karan

Tanya : why so?

Nandini : because he seems very flirtatious, give him some sense before reading sombodys diary.

Tanya ; you don’t have to worry about that, first I have to book the tickets

“This tickets hands her the tickets and passports

Tanya ; mom, really? you booked the tickets what if I could not go

Nandini : I told you, I am your mother, I know how to convince you for anything, now start packing your flight is tomorrow morning

Tanya ; oh mom, I love you so much, lets go

Arora house

Preeta and Shrishti as usual have argument regarding their clothes for trip.

Preeta : how many times I told you we are going for a week not whole life

Sarla : why are you both fighting like this?

Preeta : mom, tell your daughter she never listens to me

Sarla : if I had raised her, then she would have been straightened by now, you might be too lenient on her

Shrishti ; stop it both of you, my ears are paining hearing your talks

“Really, trying to be smart with your own mother twist her ears gently

Shrishti : stop doing that to my ears and let me finish packing

After Sarla leaves the room Preeta encourages Shrishti to tell her feelings to Sameer in the trip.

“Look I know your shorty is very reserved, he will not tell you anything easily, I saw when you broke your leg, how his world was shaken, don’t back out this time Preeta gives advice to her little sister

Shrishti : don’t worry sis, this time I will come back only after knowing his feelings and I bet on that

Preeta ; okay my dear sister, now finish your packing we have to leave early tomorrow morning

London

Nandini goes to drop Tanya at airport wishing her good luck.

Tanya : I will miss you mom, why don’t you come with you didn’t meet those people, you will be very happy

Nandini ; no dear, if I go there then all my old wounds will reopen and I don’t have strength to heal them again

Tanya ; I won’t force you but please take care of yourself, you just came from hospital

Nandini : stop worrying so much, go and enjoy your trip, have fun, now go or you will miss your flight

“Bye mom, love you hugs her emotionally but still have a fear in her heart of something bad happening behind her

Nandini : whats wrong?

Tanya : nothing mom, I don’t know why I am feeling restless, leaving you alone only that think is not giving me good vibes

Nandini ; stop being so superstitious, your flight is announced go

Tanya bids farewell to her mother and checks inside.

Next day everybody gets ready to go for Lonavla trip. Karan’s heart feel more faster and gets naughty idea to finally spend some time with his baby doll.

Rishab : hello where are you lost? help us keep luggage in car

Karan : Sammy, bhai is calling you, go help him with everything

“Very funny, I called you, do some work, he will finish his task, leave some space for the girl’s luggage ” Rishab gives him work

Karan : once you get married, I will be free, your wife will do everything at least we both will get some peace

Rishab : if you are done with your nonsense can we leave we are getting late

Sameer : bhai, booking and everything is done, so I guess we should leave

Rishab : thanks Sameer, and you star cricketer hurry up

Karan : bhai, you will pay for this one day remember that

The trio goes to pick up girls at Arora house.

“Shrishti, hurry up, you have been eating for long, come on Preeta yells at her

Sarla : let her eat properly, time is not running alright

Karan beeps horn outside to call girls but Rishab tells him to stop making noise.

Karan : why are they taking so long, few minutes ago you were scolding me

Sameer : relax bhai, why are you getting so hyper, I know why

Karan : shut up or I will break your teeth

Rishab : hey don’t say anything to him alright, or else (tickles him)

Karan : what are you doing?

Rishab : stay quiet or else I will throw you in back seat okay, they are here

Sameer volunteers to help the girls put luggage in the car.

Shrishti : I am so excited, my first trip and that too with Karan sir

Karan : high five, my tall fan we will make it blast for everybody, right

Preeta rolls her eyes and greets Rishab and Sameer ignoring him. She intentionally sits in the middle so Karan have hard time seeing her face from mirror.

Karan tries to fix the mirror constantly to see Preeta who is busy talking with Shrishti.

Rishab ; are you not able to see properly, fixing mirror every other minute

“Rishabji, I am sure he might have seen a hot girl around and trying to see her Preeta winks at him

Karan : bhai, explain her to mess with me or

Preeta : or

Karan : or else I will (hits excelator to jet speed)

Sameer : bhai, slow down we will all die

“Karan, stop it, have you gone crazy Preeta shouts at him

Rishab : Karan, stop the car right now, what are you doing

Karan : this is so much fun, enjoy this, you won’t get to see this adventure again

Rishab : shut up, stop the car

One truck comes in speed at front when Karan is about to lose the balance. Rishab turns the steering wheel hitting to the car and prevents the accident. Everybody gets in shock with the accident and comes out of car.

Rishab : is everybody okay?

“Bhai, thank god you moved the steering wheel or today we would have reached heaven Karan thanks his brother

“Karan, do you have any sense what could have happened today, how many times I told you control yourself, anything could have happened Rishab gives him piece of mind for being irresponsible

Karan : I am so sorry bhai, Shrishti, Sameer, but this happened because of this Preeta, what was the need to mess with me

Preeta ;you are so insensitive, still blaming me, I didn’t say anything ask anybody

Shrishti : di, Karan sir is right, you were irritating him and hurt his ego

Preeta : are you my sister or his?

Shrishti : di please don’t call me his sister for god sake (closes her ears)

Preeta : both are such dramebaaz, I bet if somebody you don’t have work join drama company I am sure both will get an award

Sameer : you took my words Preeta di

“Hey shorty, mind your tongue Shrishti shows him finger

Rishab ; enough, you all started again like seriously we are stuck here in mid road

Karan : relax, its not a big deal, we will handle it together

Sameer : Rishab bhai is right, we won’t even get any transportation, how will we go

Preeta and Shrishti sits on the car drinking some water.

Karan : I cannot get signal here

Sameer : we don’t have any choice than waiting till any car comes we can ask for lift

Rishab : but how will we go

Sameer : bhai, there is a bus station like 5 miles away from here, if we get lift we can go from bus

Rishab : thats right, see thats why I trust you, smart guy

Karan ; my brother, sometime praise me also, I am your brother too

Rishab : yea sure, only when you not drive again (takes key away)

Karan : bhai

Rishab : no more word, you will not drive car for at least a month, until you control your speeding alright

Karan : okay fine, I cannot even argue

Rishab ; better, Sameer you come with me for a second, lets see if we can find somebody, and Karan stay with this girls

Karan : hey baby doll, how was the adventure I am sure you might not enjoyed a long drive better than this

“You are seriously nuts, why don’t you go see a psychiatrist, I mean who gave you license to drive, seriously Preeta gets down making her voice louder

Shrishti : di, calm down why did you start again, poor Karan sir

Preeta : you stay back, he is not a poor soul, absolutely spoiled brat

“Oye Ms Kareli, do you want me to show how spoiled I am pulls her towards him holding her with waist

Preeta : what are you doing? at least get your eyes checked, we are on road

“Why do you forget who am I , the Karan Luthra, and girls die to be in my arms plays with her hair holding tightly

Preeta ; you need a doctor Mr Luthra, leave me now, Shrishti is here

“I have closed my eyes, but remember if somebody sees you like this it won’t be good looks at other side

Karan : why don’t you treat me? did you get fake degree

“No, but what is there na, I am a physio, not a psychiatrist pushes him away quickly

Karan : your hand is so hard, now I remember that day in mall why those goons ran away, they might be scared of you

Preeta : really? but I was not the leader, it was your pinky who beat them to death

Karan : that reminds me, in cape town before match one robber stole my wallet, and my god she ran like marathon and she can defeat boxers in no minute, that poor thief was bleeding, imagine I have to save him from this karate champion

Shrishti : Karan sir you are forgetting I am also good fighter

Karan : teach something to your sister

Preeta ; I don’t need to learn anything from anybody

Rishab : are you guys not tired of fighting yet

Karan ; bhai what happened

Rishab ; the vendor said the bus station is couple kilometers away and next bus will come in evening now, it will pass from here

Shrishti : so now? will we stay in car

Sameer : no no, we all will sit on the rooftop getting some fresh air

All of them get stuck on road when they finally get a bus which is luckily for Lonavla.

Rishab request the driver to let them in and pay the fare of the bus. The five of them quickly gets in the bus. Sameer Shrishti fights for seat but end up sitting together. Karan takes the seat next to Preeta behind Rishab who has to sit with a stranger whose face is covered with blanket. At night Rishab sees the duvet came off from the face and again is covered blowing hair. He is hesitant to remove those hair but slowly puts them behind her ears. He is shocked to see its none other than Tanya sleeping on the seat. His heart is full of questions, what is she doing there? why is he so happy to see her next to him?. Preeta put her head on Karan’s shoulder while sleeping. He kisses her hands without disturbing and watch her sleeping peacefully on his shoulders. Tanya wakes up only to find Rishab dozed off next to her. She sees all five of them in the bus and plays small prank. She takes a pillow and throw on Karan but he does not wake up first time. She does it again disturbing his sleep this time now. He tries to find out the person but is unable to when his eyes fall on Tanya. Initially he could not believe thinking he is imagining but pinches her. She wakes up in panic feeling a pain in her body and sees Karan standing in front of her. Everybody wakes up with her scream.

Tanya : what are you doing? trying to take advantage of a decent girl

Karan ; hey, give break to your mouth, you were throwing pillow on me

Tanya : so? will you pinch me for that, how childish you are

Rishab ; shut up guys, you both woke up everybody (apologizes to everybody)

Tanya : why are you saying sorry, this arrogant guy should say sorry

Karan ; you psycho girl, you think I will say sorry to you

Tanya : of course because of you everybody’s sleep is spoiled

Sameer : both of you save your fight for later, we are in bus right now

Karan and Tanya scratches each other’s hair like school kids. The bus drivers tells them to leave the bus after passengers complains.

Now all of them gets stuck on mid highway because of another prank.

“Are you happy now, another mistake, when will you grow up, you make everybody fight with you Rishab rubs his head for everybody’s childishness

Sameer : Tanya, what are you doing here?

Karan ; what do you mean Sammy? she is spying us what else

Tanya ; excuse me, do I not have any other work other than following you

Karan ; I thought you are foreigner, then what you have to do at Lonavla

Tanya kicks on his feet with her legs

Preeta : Rishabji, now what will be all do, with so much difficulty we got bus

Shrishti ; di what is that? (points at small bungalow)

Karan : I think thats a small, lets go there and stay for a while

All of them goes to the dark house but the structure scares them. Preeta holds Karan’s hands with fear but he instead makes fun of touching him. The fuse of light blows off.

Sameer : I don’t think we should go inside, it could be risky

Shrishti ; Karan, we both can go inside, I guess other are scared

Rishab : don’t challenge us, we all will go together, my sweet brother why don’t you open the door and enter

Karan touches the door with shivering but the door opens on its own. Tanya pushes him inside again arguing but Preeta stops them.

A weird noise echoes of somebody stamping feet in the house. Karan, Shrishti and Tanya starts sweating and chill run down their spine. Sameer shows Preeta their scared face and asks to play prank on them for teasing. She goes to the other side and makes sound of laughing evilly.

“Who is it Karan ask softly without showing any kind of anger

“Your death  why did you all come here Preeta hides her laughing while mimicking

Tanya : its not my fault, this cricketer wherever goes, creates drama, please spare me and make him ghost

“I will send you to the world of witches, thats where you belong, wild cat Karan tells her for scaring him more

Shrishti : Karan sir, this voice is so scary

Rishab, Sameer and Preeat enjoys their terrified expressions.

“Ms ghost, what do you want, we can give you everything except our life Shrishti says calmly

“No young child, we want your life now, and we will take that’ Sameer changes the voice

Tanya ; this ghost speaks different voices

Karan ;  you should know that, after all its your department, are you less than a spirit

Tanya tells the ghost to take Karan with them

An old man comes from back with the lantern in his hand.

Karan : uncle, please save us or else that spirit will kill us

“Who can kill a dead person says the old man sounding like dead

Rishab throws an anklet from upstairs without them being aware.

“Ah Tanya shouts when anklet suddenly fall on her and stamps her feet

“What, you are scaring me, coward Karan hides his fears and blames on Tanya.

Tanya ; really, you are so brave na, go upstairs and get rid of that spirit

Karan : I am brave but not a fool to confront a ghost

Tanya : really? when are you dealing with person like me I am sure that spirit might be a fan of yours, what say

Karan : fine, I will show that I am not coward,, you both stay here

Preeta hides in the room Karan enter nervously. He opens the cracked door slowly making faces of child frightened from his parents. Preeta enjoys seeing him like that and covers herself with the white curtain. She comes in front of him like white shadow making him run like marathon.

“Run, there is white spirit up there makes Tanya fall in his marathon running. She and Shrishti too hurries outside the room. They hear noise of laughing thinking its the spirits but it turns out to be Sameer, Preeta and Rishab who pulled their leg.

“Just look at their face, it looks like they really saw some kind of horror scenes Rishab makes fun of their expressions

Sameer ; did you see bhai, they went like tiger and came out like scared

Preeta and Rishab taunts them for making fun of their personality,

Shrishti ; is this the way to bring heart attack? my life was half stuck

Tanya ; Rishab, I didn’t expect this from you,

Karan : you keep your mouth shut, I ran only because you both were scared

Precap : The group enjoy their trip with new friendship and love blossoming. Preeta and Karan spend time alone on the hill with their romance while Shrishti tries hard to confess her feelings.