Chapter 13

Previously

 

K - no...not now....

 

Angad cheered with Lakshya as another goal was scored, he turned to give Kripa another flying kiss but could only barely see her back as she ran, Angad was confused and shouted her name but she continued running.....

 

 

Kripa continued running as fast as she could, it was as if she was running on air, her feet felt as light as feathers, to the point where she didn't notice her surroundings. She wasn't even aware when she got to the Khanna house and when she ran into Angad's room, she lay facedown on his bed and flashes of her laughing and smiling while hugging another guy came before her eyes. She closed her eyes and tears began to flow when Angad opened the door

 

A - Kripa...

 

Kripa didn't look up at him, Angad walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and stroked her hair

 

A - you ok?

K (mumbles) - yeah

A - want to talk?

K - no

A - I'll leave you alone for now, when you want to talk then i'm here

K - ok

A - I'm going to eat, do you want anything?

K - no

A - ok

 

Angad kissed her hair and left the room, Kripa turned her head and watched him close the door, she sat up on the bed and picked up her backpack, she rummaged through it and found what she was looking for, two photo frames, she ran her fingers over the first one, it was a photograph of Kripa with an old man and woman, presumably her parents and an older guy, most likely her brother, she then looked at the other photograph where she was in the arms of another guy, a tear drop fell onto the frame, Kripa fumbled when she heard a knock on the door

 

L - Kripa you ok?

 

Kripa put the photos back into her backpack and called out to Lakshya

 

K - yeah i'm fine

L - can i come in?

K - sure

 

Kripa straightened herself out and made room for Lakshya on the bed

 

K - what's up?

L - bhai's worried about you, hell I've never seen someone run as fast as you did, what happened?

K - I don't want to talk about it

L - ok then you don't need to tell me but do tell bhai, like I said, he's really worried

K - thanks for the heads up

 

Lakshya smiled at her then told her that after she had disappeared Angad stopped playing and eventually the guys came home, Kripa was touched that Angad felt so much for her but she wasn't sure if she was ready to tell him about her past, her thoughts were interupted when the door opened, Lakshya stood up as Angad stood opposite the bed

 

L - I'll leave you guys alone

 

Lakshya left the room, Angad closed the door and grabbed the chair in the room and sat on it so the back was in front of him

 

A - you still not hungry?

K - no, I'll eat something later

A - so you want to tell me?

K - what?

A - the thing that made you run faster than Speedy Gonzalez?

 

Kripa smiled at him and patted the bed for him to sit next to her, Angad happily agreed and sat beside her, she sighed and got out the photograph of her family, she handed it to him and rested her head on his shoulder

 

A - you look beautiful

K - thanks.....that's me with my parents and my older brother Nishant (Hiten Tejwani)

A - I see

K - I used to love my brother so much, and my parents, things were perfect....until he came along

A - who?

 

Kripa pulled out the other photo and showed it him, Angad felt a pang of jealously seeing Kripa in another man's arms

 

K - .....my ex boyfriend, Prithvi Bose (Amit Tandon), we met a few years ago and hit it off straight away....he was the perfect guy, used to spoil me like heck and would always treat my family as his own, I was madly in love with him and I thought he was too

 

Angad nodded his head to show her that he was still listening, truthfully he wasn't sure what he was more mad at, seeing this guy all over Kripa or knowing that Kripa might still love him, he brushed the thought away and continued listening to her

 

K - it was Valentines Day, last year......

 

**Note** The remainder of this part and probably the next part wil be in flashback mode, I will do it in a different colour to avoid confusion

 

The whole of London City was celebrating Valentines Day, and Kripa wasn't any different, she had already shopped for presents to give to Prithvi and was looking forward to their romantic dinner that night aswell, she was standing in front of the mirror selecting an outfit when the phone rang

 

K - hey Prithvi

P - hey beautiful, you ready?

K - almost.....

P - let me guess, no idea what to wear?

K - you know me so well

 

Prithvi chuckled

 

P - ok so if I'm right, in your cupboard there is a black halter neck dress?

K - yeah

 

Kripa opened her cupboard and took it out and placed it onto the bed

 

P - wear that....with the necklace and earring set I bought for your birthday

K - ok sweetie, see you in an hour

P - see you

 

Kripa hung up and took her dress into the bathroom to get changed, soon she was all ready and was waiting for Prithvi, after 15 minutes the doorbell rang, Kripa hurried and opened the door, Prithvi smiled

 

P - you look gorgeous

K - thanks

 

Prithvi kissed her cheek and handed her the roses in his hands, she took them and handed them to her mum Gayatri

 

G - have fun you two

P - we will aunty ji

K - bye mum

 

Kripa followed Prithvi into the car

 

K - so where are we going?

P - it's a surprise

K - ooo can't wait

 

Kripa leaned over and kissed his cheek, Prithvi smiled and took her hand in his and kissed it, soon they arrived to a secluded beach.....

 

coming up - the rest of the flashback