Chapter 1
Part 1
"so should I wear the blue outfit to the party or the white one?
Angad looked up at Kripa from the newspaper, he scratched his chin before shrugging his shoulders, Kripa frowned as she stood up and put their coffee mugs into the sink. She came back and wrapped her arms around his neck and planted a soft kiss on his cheek
"I'll decide on my own, I'll be upstairs if you need me"
She kissed him again before flashing him a huge smile and leaving the kitchen to go upstairs. Angad waited until he heard the door to her bedroom close shut before he put the newspaper down and pushed himself away from the table.
Angad poured himself a glass of whiskey from the drinks cabinet in the living room, he took his glass and placed it on the counter while he leaned against the wall taking a deep breath. He hated keeping up this pretense of being in love with Kripa, hell he had been frightened when Kripa lost her memory almost 2 months ago, she didn't remember Angad's name but when he told his name was Angad and her name was Kripa, she saw the heart necklace with "AK" engraved around her neck and suddenly had the insane noton that she was in love with Angad and he loved her back.
The thought had the hairs on his back standing up, how could he be in love with the woman who his brother had loved? He would have set her straight but the doctor informed him that any shocking news relating to the accident or Kripa's past could result in Kripa becoming seriously ill and in worse cases her death, now Angad may have not loved her like she thought but he still cared for her, and he knew, if Aditya was watching down on him then he would have wanted him to go along with what Kripa said.
And that's exactly what he did, in the 3 weeks Kripa was in hospital after waking up, Angad rearranged everything in his home to make it look like both of them lived there, that meant getting her clothes from Aditya's room into his room then getting rid of all the pictures of her and Aditya, of which there were many, he boxed them all up and locked them in Adi's room. He took out some photos of him and Kripa, ones which Adi had insisted they take together and placed them in various rooms around the house. In short he got rid of anything which would hint to the fact that Kripa loved Adi and not Angad.
When Angad had bought Kripa home, he was quite scared thinking maybe she would recognise something, so he was on his toes all the time, the hardest thing had been keeping Kripa away from Adi's room, many times he would find her trying to get into the room, but Angad thanked his lucky stars for reaching to her on time and distracting her with something else, soon enough Kripa grasped the fact that there was something in the room Angad didn't want her to see so she stayed away despite her growing curiosity.
The second hardest had been when Kripa would try and come close to Angad, he couldn't blame her after all she did think they were in love, so it was obvious she would want to spend time with Angad, at first he made various excuses saying she wasn't 100% or he had some other work to do, but slowly he realised he shouldn't be doing that so he began spending time with her, hugging her, kissing her forehead and cheeks, at times she would reach forward and kiss him on the mouth, Angad would allow it for a while then pull back and kiss her forehead affectionately, he wasn't ready to get that close.
Angad gulped down the whiskey as her rubbed his forehead with his fingers, it was becoming stressful acting all fake in front of Kripa, it wasn't who he really was, damn that truck driver who crushed Adi's car, it was hard enough losing Adi and on top of that Kripa losing her memory, now it was like he was losing himself. Angad went back into the ktchen and rinsed the glass in the sink, he splashed some water on his face and dryed himself with a hand towel before heading upstairs.
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"so I chose the white one"
Kripa announced to Angad as he sat at his desk looking at something in the drawer, Kripa tried to peek over his shoulder but Angad put whatever it was back inside and locked the drawer, he turned and smiled
"that's great babe, you can pick something from my cupboard to match ok?"
Angad kissed her cheek lightly before leaving the room, Kripa sighed and began looking through the wall to wall cupboard for a nice outfit for Angad to wear at the party.
As soon as she was satisfied with her decision, she lay his outfit on the bed and sat down in the arm chair, they shared a big room with cream wallpaper, cream curtains and wooden flooring, Kripa had found the room a bit odd when she had come home from the hospital but Angad had assured her it was just after effects from the accident but gradually Kripa had come to love the room and she had given it her own touches within the two months that she had been home.
*****
Kripa slipped into the white halter neck dress, she tried to reach behidn to zip it up but all in vain, she called out for Angad who came into the room wearing the white CK suit Kripa had picked out with a light pink shirt and a matching tie, Kripa grinned to herself, he looked gorgeous, he had the top button to his shirt open, not enough to reveal skin but it had a sense of style.
"Angad could you zip my dress up?"
Kripa turned her back towards him, Angad breathed deeply as he walked across the room to Kripa, he held the zip hook in one hand while placing his other hand on her bare shoulder, he carefully zipped it up and Kripa let her hair flow loosely on her shoulders, she turned around to face him to catch his reaction, he smiled cheekily
"you look beautiful"
He leaned down and kissed her cheek before grabbing his watch from the table, he handed her jacket to her then escorted her out of the house.
They sat in Angad's BMW covertible as Angad drove them to the party venue, Kripa fiddled with the stereo much to Angad's annoyance
"leave it at one station Kripa"
Kripa glanced over at him and bit her bottom lip before she changed the station again, Angad glanced over at her and she quickly moved her hand out of the way before he smacked it. She grinned knowing she was annoying him, the only thing which hadn't changed with the accident thought Angad as he turned into the car park to the banqueting hall to join in the celebration of Kripa's best friend Neha's son's first birthday.
Neha greeted them both at the door while holding her son Arun in her arms, Angad leaned over and kissed her casually before taking Arun from her arms and giving him a sloppy kiss, Kripa handed Neha the gift she had bought for Arun, before she gave her a hug.
"come on, Sanjay is here somewhere, and we're about to cut the cake"
Neha took Arun from Angad's arms and handed him to Kripa
"take him to Sanjay will you Kripa"
Kripa nodded her head, smiled and walked into the crowd to find Neha's husband Sanjay.
When Kripa was out of sight, Neha held Angad's arm and took him to the bar, she pooured him a glass of whiskey and handed it to him, he threw it back immediately, she touched his hand
"how is she?"
"how can she be? she's in a dream world, and I'm jumping from her dream world to reality and back again, its killing me Neha"
Neha squeezed his hand lightly, Neha and Kripa had been best friends from their nursery days, Kripa had even been Neha's maid of honour at her wedding and had been the one to choose Arun's name, but after Kripa's accident it was like they were strangers. Neha had met Angad almost 2 years ago when Kripa had introduced her to Aditya and Adi had invited her over for dinner. Her and Angad had gotten along well and this made both Kripa and Adi happy and after Kripa's accident and Adi's death, Neha had been the one Angad turned to for comfort and advice, which Neha had given so willingly.
Angad plastered a fake smile on his face while standing next to Kripa as the cake was cut, Kripa casually slipped her arm around Angad's waist, he closed his eyes and breathed deeply before slipping his arm around her shoulders and bringing her closer, he mentally thanked Neha when she dragged Kripa off to dance leaving Angad with Sanjay much to Sanjay's disappointment, as much as Angad liked Neha he hated Sanjay and had expressed his disliking for the man when Neha had told him about Sanjay but Neha was happy with him and Angad stayed out of it, he greeted Sanjay politely and headed outside for some fresh air.
*****
Angad let out a sigh of relief as soon as he was in the comfort of his room, he loosened his tie and threw it onto the chair and did the same with his jacket, he began undoing his buttons when Kripa hugged him from behind, Angad allowed her to stay that way for a brief moment before moving her hands away. Kripa looked up at him and frowned, Angad smiled
"I'm tired, Kripa, lets just sleep ok babe?"
Kripa smiled back at him then leant forward and kissed his cheek, she disappeared into the bathroom and soon came out in her night clothes, Angad had also changed into a pair of pyjamas and a t shirt, he lay in bed and closed his eyes, Kripa slipped in next to him and wrapped her arm around his chest, Angad held her hand in his and squeezed it lightly, Kripa kissed his shoulder softly as Angad fell asleep, she watched him sleep for a moment, he looked innocent yet she knew there was a whole different side to him which she wasn't familiar with, she could tell even whenever he kissed her affectionately on her forehead that there was something missing in their relationship but whenever she would bring forward the topic, Angad would casually change the topic, but Kripa was happy with the way things were, she had Angad beside her, that's all that mattered right now.
Kripa woke at the sound of Angad's voice and the movement of him tossing and turning, she switched on the bedside lamp and looked at the clock, it was 3am, she looked over at Angad who was mumbling in his sleep, he was having another nightmare, she shook him but Angad continued to mumble away
"Angad!"
She shook him violently, Angad's body jerked up and his breathing became heavy, he looked around and saw Kripa next to him, she held her arms out and Angad took comfort in them, he closed his eyes and hugged her and rested his head on her stomach, she lightly stroked his hair soothing him until his breathing became light and again he fell asleep. Kripa lay back with Angad still clutching on to her, she let him stay there but mentally made a note to ask who Aditya was in the morning, for some reason that name sounded very familiar.
There's the first part, took me ages to type up and sorry if there's any mistakes. I hope everything is clear if it's not then feel free to ask any questions. Please post your comments for me to continue
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