RagLak- The Journey (4)

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Journey 5

Place: *Vishakhapatnam*

In that silent weather the sounds of waves have surrounded the place. The deep rhythmic music of the waves has some unknown message to say. Ragini is involved in listening to those sounds who was sitting on a rock, where beneath the waves are sticking that rock.

Laksh was looking at her who is standing just a little far from her. Sanskar was busy in taking photos.

Ragini who was looking at ocean, her thoughts shift to a flash back…

“Maa, Baba, Ragini’s marriage was stopped. And, that groom has eloped. Who will marry her now..??” Ragini’s mama asks. He is own son of daadi and dadaji.

They three are silent.

Her mama, “she will marry my son.”
His words shock daadi, daadaji and Ragini. Because he is well known notorious gunda, and he was already married twice.
Dadaji slaps him.

*Assume this mama character as Bhuvan from PPk serial*

Dadaji:: we came to this village, to your house.. to forget the pain, and you are being my own son giving more pain..!! we will not stay here a minute..!!

Dadaji fumes. He is about to go out, but Bhuvan drags Ragini into a room and locks the door.

“No one will go against my words. Ragini will marry my son..!!” Bhuvan orders and leaves. Ragini’s room is guarded by two men. Dadaji and Daadi looks with tears.

Ragini’s deep thoughts are shattered by the wave water’s sprinkles. She moves her face aside as the water fell on her and she sees Laksh was looking at her. laksh was still seeing her even she was seeing him. Both have a brief eye lock. Same as the secret language of those waves, their hearts also speak something.

“Guys, we are getting late..!! shall we go to hotel back??”
Sanskar just comes and asks.

Laksh nods head, Ragini stands and starts walking towards Laksh. He waits till Ragini comes, Sanskar keeps going.
Ragini and Laksh are walking side by side in the sand of that ocean shore and they are leaving their foot prints in that sand… ragini was looking at ocean again and again.

Laksh looks at her..
“Bay of Bengal.. Did you like it?” he asks. Ragini nods her head in a smile.

“My daadi used to tell me, there is some relation between ocean and shore. That’s why ocean keeps touching the shore. It sometimes goes back and comes forward.. but, never stays in same place. It keeps moving. But, shore never moves away. It is stick there.”
Ragini is saying and Laksh is listening to her.
“Some people in our life are also like that, who keep changing always and some remain as ever.”
Laksh doesn’t understand why Ragini said it, but he feels that situation was same with them.

The trio reaches a hotel. For that night, Laksh decides they would stay in the hotel in that vizag city. So that driving becomes easy next morning. Laksan takes one room and for Ragini other one.

Ragini gets fresh and switches on the TV only to see a horror movie. She scares watching it. she tries to sleep but, that show keeps haunting her.

In their room, laksan are talking,

“haha, ocean keeps moving.. it’s bcz gravitational force of attraction..!! do you listen these kinds of speeches..” Sanskar laughs when Laksh says about what Ragini said.

Laksh looks Sanskar in a frown and he drops the coffee cup down which Sanskar supposed to drink..
“bro..!!” Sanskar shouts..

“it’s gravitational force of attraction dude..!!” Laksh winks eye.

“you idiot..” Sanskar is about to attack Laksh, then someone knocks the door. Laksh goes.
It’s Ragini. Laksh amazed, “Ragini you.?”
Rag: la..laksh.. once come there..
Ragini calls him hesitatingly. Laksh goes with her..

Sanskar looks both of them, “he is gone now. I’m sure he will come tomorrow morning only.!!” Sanskar sleeps.

Laksh goes with Ragini into her room.

Rag: there is something there…

Ragini shows him a curtain which is moving. Laksh smiles and opens the curtains, “it’s just wind Ragini..” he says and looks at her.

Ragini seemed scared by something. Laksh understands her.

Lak: you want me to stay here tonight?

Ragini nods her head bending her eyes. Laksh says ok and closes the door. Ragini sits on chair. Laksh takes the duvet, “I will sleep on floor..” Laksh says.

Rag: no no Laksh, I will sleep on floor..

Lak: hey, it’s ok..

Laksh lays the duvet on floor. Ragini looks at him in guilt.
“I’m sorry Laksh, I’m troubling you a lot..”

Laksh looks at her.

“I said I will go in my way., see you are struggling because of me..” Ragini keeps saying bending her head.

Laksh smiles:: Ragini, it feels good to do such things for loved ones.

Ragini surprises with his words and looks at him. Laksh says ‘good night’ and sleeps. Ragini keeps thinking about his words.

Next morning,

After all personal works.. and break fast,

Ragini is sitting in the jeep, LakSan will be coming holding the luggage.

San: last night, both in same room.. alone…
Sanskar is winking eye..

Lak: dude, don’t think rubbish. Ragini is purest of the pure.. look at her..
Laksh looks at Ragini who is innocently looking all surroundings.

Lak: see how innocent she is.. how can you..

San: bro, I think you are in love with her..!!

Just then, Laksh phone rings. It’s swara.
Laksh keeps phone in speaker as he is going to drive. Laksh sits in driving seat.

Lak: yes swara.. we are on way..

Swa: laksh, actually I’m thinking.. I’m thinking to listen to baba’s words.

Laksh looks on.

Swa: that groom is very nice actually.. so,..

Laksh stops the vehicle. Ragini looks at Laksh in concern. Sanskar holds his head.

Laksh: so..??
He questions strongly.

Swa: so, drop your journey Laksh.. I’m ok with the marriage..
She cuts the call soon.

Laksh looks at steering thinking deeply.

San: dude, come on. Turn the vehicle. We shall go back to Kolkata. This girl keeps changing her mind.. as Ragini said, just like ocean..

Rag: wait a minute Sanskar..!!
Ragini cuts his words. then she looks at Laksh.

Rag: laksh, maybe she said out of force of her dad. Maybe he forced her to say so.. think..

Laksh looks at Ragini from the mirror. Ragini was looking directly at him, not through mirror.

Rag: we are going to Mysore. Getting her, and you are marrying her..!!
Ragini decides. Laksh laughs holding steering.

San: she ordered. Now you decide.

Laksh puts on glasses and says, “Mysore, we are coming.”
Ragini smiles.

San: I don’t trust her..!!

As he thought, swara was looking at groom’s pic and blushing.

Their journey continues through those rough and soft roads and from fields and forests.

“Bhuvan sir, we found Ragini. But, some guy is with her. he escaped from us..” a man says. Bhuvan raises from the chair.
“Kill that idiot, and bring her back soon..!!” he orders.

Daadi prays to krishna to keep Ragini safe.

‘Kanna soja zara… kanna soja zara…” Ragini is singing. Laksh was sitting beside the driving seat and smiles listening to her song. He was leaning his head to seat to sleep.

San: Ragini ji, plz.. if you sing that song I will sleep here only..

Rag: mr. Sanskar, I’m not singing it for you.

San: then for whom..??

Laksh moves his eye balls and looks at Ragini from his eye corner, Ragini who was smiling a little looks out from window.

Sanskar applies sudden breaks and raglak shocks, the trio shocks to look at some men who are standing with weapons in front of them in vehicles.

To be continued…

Hi friends, how are you all? I’m fine.

Astra.