Hi - this is just a short update. next one will be much much longer
Wedding comes to an end and family and friends gather to bid M goodbye. After hugging Jay, M turns to Isha who was next to her. Awkwardness arises, but M hugs her “I wish you all the happiness” whispers isha. M breaks the hug, smiles at her and says “I know” and both hug again. After her departure, Isha, Sid, Rohan, and Luv head to a bar. “I can’t believe she went through with it” says Rohan
“I really thought she would come around. Atleast hear him out once” adds Sid
Rohan - “what really happened? Who was that girl? I asked Uday so many times but he just doesn’t say anything”
“ banna doesn’t recall much, but I think they meet at a party” says Luv
“I wish they would have acted like adults” adds Sid “one with her stubbornness and one with his anger”
Rohan - “well her stubbornness led to most of the anger. I love M but she overreacted so much and now both are miserable especially Uday. I never expected her to be so stubborn”
“it’s not jiji’s fault” says Jay who had heard their plan at venue and came by as she felt guilty and bad about M
“oh sorry I didn’t meant to” says Rohan
“its okay, you are jiji’s friend and I know you mean well. But it’s not all her fault.” Jay then narrates story about her father and his affair. All were surprised “As much as dad loved dada, he always wanted a daughter. He says jiji and I were the best gift, especially after they had lost hope. And we grew up such, especially jiji. She was dad’s princess and DS’s pride in every way. And both people she looked up to broke her trust and let her down. Watching your family shatter and your mother live in depression is not easy. It really impacted her. She started having trust issues commitment issues. I just hope you look at things from her side” she wipes her tears
“I am sorry Jay, I didn’t know” says Rohan as he offers to hug her. On the other side, Isha felt guilty of how she treated M. She knew about her dad’s affair but never considered the aftermath and what M had to go through. It made sense why she reacted to the whole Uday fiasco like that and I wasn’t there for her. I am a terrible friend she thinks as tears drops off her face. Sid, who noticed, wipes her tears and hugs her. Unexpectedly, she hugs him back. ‘are they dating’ thinks Rohan who sees them. HE feels a bit weird with the scene in front of them and turns away to luv “have you talked to Uday today? He didn’t answer my call”. “ya he is fine” Luv replies to avoid unnecessarily worrying others. He had spoken to Kush after doctor had checked Uday.
After few hours, kids head back, Sid goes to drops Isha. She thanks him and exits the car. Sid says wait making Isha turn around. “I have something to say”. Isha was afraid of what was coming next, she knew what it was and was dreading this conversation. “look I don’t know much about your… umm your past. But I didn’t want to regret not asking … All I am asking for is one date.” She was about to reply “wait Don’t even think of it as date, just two friends hanging out. (isha smiles at his antics) I would just love to get to know you better”
“ammmm… look sid (she sees his face frown at her words but she also recalls Manyata’s words about moving on”) okay” she says. A smile adorns Sid’s face, excitedly he hugs her “sorry sorry” as he lets her go.
At Chawdhury Mansion
Aryan enters the room to see nervous M sitting on the bed. She was lost in her thought and looked scared. Aryan comes and sits on his side of bed, breaking M of her thoughts. Sensing him, she slightly moved away. Aryan leans toward her side to grab the remote on her side of the bed. M flinches and gets up quickly, making Aryan chuckle. M goes to the restroom. 30 mins past and Aryan goes to check on her. As he goes close to the restroom, he hears water run. Another 30 mins pass, he checks back but this time no noise. Knocking the door, he says “are you okay?” M comes out changed into her fully covered nightgown. She nods yes. Aryan goes to the restroom to freshen up. M sits on the bed regretting. She was not ready but somehow, she thought she could manage but now that she is married its harder than expected. She heard door unlocks and quickly lays down and closes her eyes, pretending to sleep. Aryan sleeps next to her and M starts praying. Aryan falls asleep shortly, M opens her eyes and thanks God.
In the morning, Aryan wakes up to see M was not there. He freshens up and goes downstairs. Mr. Chawdhury (father in law) was being served by M. Being a politician Mr. Chawdhury was usually traveling between Delhi and Mumbai. But he was here now for few days for the wedding. He greets her and his dad before sitting down. M serves him and herself. After eating, Aryan heads out to work. He calls M to ask her for his wallet. M comes outside to his car, after handing it to him she tries to leave. Aryan holds her hand. It spooks M so Aryan let’s go. “listen I just wanted to say that I understand this is all hard for you” as M turns around. M had told Aryan about her and Uday and he was very understanding. “there is no rush, take your time. I can wait … until you are ready to move forward” Aryan adds as a tear run down M’s face. M says “thanks”. She was happy to have found someone who was so caring and understanding.
Few days had passed, M was at a Café constantly checking her watch, when finally, someone comes and sits across her. “I didn’t think you would come” says relieved M….“almost”
M – “well then thanks for com…”
“I thought I was important in your life then why didn’ I get an explanation? You dismissed me” M was silent and looked away feeling awful. “I thought we supposed to be best friends?”
“We are Isha (she pauses) I was beyond heartbroken. I didn’t have courage on top of that I felt so… so stupid”
“Manyata, this is what best friends are for” …. “I know Isha, but I was not in the state of mind and I am sorry”
“it okay, I guess.” M gets up and hugs her tight.
“But I wish you would have given Uday a chance to explain…” Isha get off
“I had Isha”… I - “wait what when?”
Flashback:
Couple of days had passed after the incident and M was lot calmer now. She messages Uday to meet her. She reaches the café and waits. Uday was leaving the office to meet M but gets held by a call. He msges her he was running late. 15 mins had passed. Uday haven’t come but “Meenaxshi” says surprised M
“I heard about you and Uday. i am sorry about that. He doesn’t deserve you. He is a player. he did the same to me” M was shocked by her words. Meenaxshi tells her past with Uday, how they dated in London and how he dumped her. “he would have done the same to you eventually. Consider yourself lucky you found things out sooner”
hesitant M says “I am not sure Meenaxshi, part of me doesn’t want to believe he would” She pulls out some documents and hands it to M. M’s heart broke even further “now you know Manyata. he would have done the same to you” Meenaxshi takes the document and leaves.
“What was in the document” asks curious isha
“a legal document between Jaigarh and Raigarh (she pauses to control her emotions) it said that Yuvraj of Jaigarh will be married to Yuvrani of Raigarh” finishes M as a tear runs down her face. Isha was beyond shocked she couldn’t believe it. “I couldn’t do it after. I felt dumb. I just wanted to isolate myself” …. Isha understood M’s point of view but there were so many questions. She decided to forget them for now and focus on M. Girls continue to chat as it has been a while. Isha shares about her and Sid’s first date.
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