Part-3:
The saga of Love
had just about to arise, the long drought has been over, and the wait is over
for both Ankita and Abhinav. It seemed the barrage of the love would be broken,
the emotions would flow free.
But before Ankita
and Abhinav would confess about the love they had, suddenly Ankita got a call
from her mother, that her father have got a stroke and is in hospital.
She, forgetting
the daze, went into another shudder. The thought of losing someone is very excruciating.
And when you know, the loss is reaching, it discomforts a lot.
She hurried to the
hospital. But luckily, her father, Mr. Gupta was recovering then, and the
doctors have said he could be well in few days. Ankita breathe out with the
relief. Abhinav was too there, but the momentary confessions of the souls in
love have lost the rhythm, have lost all it flows, but still there lied the
seepage of the adoration that was calm and stationary for years.
That night again,
Ankita saw her long lost reverie, this time the noble man was revealed as Abhinav
and grown-up Disha with him. She happily cuddled her. And then, when she looked
at Abhinav, she saw the same eyes with the love and the respect, she once saw. The
Noble man was closer than he was before. Before she would feel him with the
touch of her hands, suddenly she woke up.
To her sheer
amazement, She found her hand been clutched with hands of sleeping Abhinav. She
switched on her bed lamp to see her hand was held by Abhinav, and there was
smile in his face, a smile she yearned to see, a smile which made her feel
triumphant for Abhinav, like he got his happiness back after a very long time.
Ankita didn’t strained
to withdraw her hand from his grip, as she too never felt this gratification
before. She slept rest of night, with joy and the serenity. Somewhere she got
the answer although not from Abhinav’s words, but from the involuntary gesture
that happened this night.
And this blissful
actions happened all following nights thereafter. Ankita never wanted to
question any more, of what this was. Abhinav too didn’t have the courage to
speak. But It seemed like the gust of affection prevailed, although felt but
not heard of.
In few days, the
exchanges of glances, the comfort in discomforts grew, the untamed smiles were
exchanged. Disha and others relatives noticed the same. Ankita had left her
company job by now, as she wanted to be a full-fledged mother for Disha, being
her protective shade for long. To astonishment, Disha never complained.
She in fact
revealed that her Ma is her best friend, to her college buddies. The magnitude
of her obedience made her successful in every examinations. She excelled in
many fields of her interest. She always had benedictions of both mothers she
belonged to.
In these days,
Disha was furtively planning of something in the coming Valentine’s Day, as if she
wanted to surprise her parents with her new attention .And unexpectedly she sought
after many novels especially the love stories of the times.
One day, Disha
came up to her mother and said,
“Ma, in few days,
there is Valentine’s Day, So, I have something to tell you.”
Ankita grew
curious, as at this age girls do often get into relationships and most of times
with the wrong ones.
So Ankita interrogated
in tensed voice,
“You have a
boyfriend, and you want to go out with him on that day?”
Disha crinkled her
lips, thinking
“How come Ma knew I was about to say that?”
She replied with
hassled tone,
“Ye-yes Ma, please
let me go.”
Ankita replied,
“I will allow you
only when I and your father meet him”
Disha was overly
excited as if her plan worked. She hugged her Ma and said in thrilled tone,
“Sure Ma, do meet
him some day, Shall I book a table in our favorite restaurant? You meet him,
ask him any questions you want. And if you find him suitable for me, then please
allow us to have good time in Valentine’s Day, I promise nothing will be out of
line.”
Ankita said,
“Its fine, Disha
but before that ask your Dad. It’s very crucial decision. “
“Ok Ma” Disha hastily
answered and went off.
Ankita was tensed,
not how come her daughter is in relationship, but will she able to get all she
dreamt of. Being a mother, she wouldn’t understand how to recommend her for
this is quite delicate issues, as she too have underwent such commotions in
life.
Meanwhile Disha
went to her father and asked the same.
Luckily, Abhinav
too wanted to meet Disha’s new found association.
So Disha fixed-up
a meeting over a dinner on 13th of Feb, thinking that she can have a
beautiful day after with her new found love.
The night of 13th
Feb arrived. All fretful. Disha reached with her parents. Ankita and Abhinav were
equally edgy as they can see and feel the same in their daughter’s face.
They got seated at
their booked table. Awaiting a new person in Disha’s life, Abhinav and Ankita
were looking at each other, like enquiring each other,
“How will be he?
How to start? What to say”.
But then Disha
asked casually for starters and dinner, as if no one else has to arrive, Ankita
asked her to wait for the person.
But Disha smiled and said very serenely.
“No one is going
to come. Ma”
Both Abhinav and
Ankita were more stunned, to which Disha started saying,
“Ma, Dad this was
the only way I could make you come together, I know you never had the circumstance
to talk to each other.., about each other. This is the time you both recognize
and make realize to each other what’s in your heart”
Abhinav and Ankita
are still flabbergasted that how can their young daughter said everything effortlessly,
where they didn’t find the valor to confess their love for each other.
Disha added,
“It’s would be
nice if I leave for the dinner, as my friends are here. I will move back to
home with them now for I have group study to make for coming exams”.
After Disha moved
out, there was an unseen discomfort to which Ankita stood to move out too, but
to utter perplexity, Abhinav detained her by clutching her hand gently.
“Ankita, can you
please stay?”
This touch, these
words, were as if novel to her, as if the bud of her life is being to blossom.
She stopped and
silently sat, with a little confusion mixed with some unknown contentment.
Abhinav started to
speak,
“I don’t know what
to say. It’s been sixteen years, and too long. I know. But I was confused. I
didn’t knew what to say and how to say. I thought I could do injustice to both
of you… I am sorry, I had made you to
...”
Ankita interjected.
“You didn’t made
me do anything accordingly. I did with my satisfaction. You don’t have to be
guilty for anything, for me. Abhinav, I am really fine and happy in this marriage.”
Abhinav took
Ankita’s hands and continued.
“I don’t know how
to say you thank you, for you did everything exceptional. I can only be apologetic,
I couldn’t been the life partner you always thought to have”
Ankita was
shell-shocked again and said.
“How did you know
what I have dreamt of my life partner to be?”
Abhinav replied,
“One day you
muttered my name in the sleep, had caught hold of my hand, that day somehow I
understood what you have for me, before you would wake up, I closed my eyes, so
that you won’t let your hands off, and if make you let know nothing about this,
I hold your hand”
Abhinav added.
“I know Ankita
what you have for me, because I too feel the same way...”
Both sat there pleased
and accepting, that yes, their love has triumphed, acknowledged and finally
their love has instigated.
It’s not required to actually say “I love
you” to confess your own feelings for the person. Your right person, the One
made for you will cognize it any way you do or say, and even your quietness can
say it all. The eyes will only deceit you with feeling that other person won’t fathom
your emotion, but it often says it all
to your true love.
It’s, at all times, and said when it’s true
it triumphs…. Be in love, make it True!! J J
~Sruti
Wednesday,
July 02, 2014
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