Chapter 14

Kripa obeyed as the doctor shone the torch at her eyes, he checked both of her eyes then sat down in his leather chair opposite Angad and Armaan, Kripa got up from the patients bench and stood behind Angad until Angad stood up and made her sit in his seat and decided to stay standing, the doctor wrote some notes in Kripa's file then folded his hands together and placed them on the table, Angad was feeling nervous by the doctor's quietness and couldn't take the silence and spoke

 

"Is everything ok?"

The doctor nodded his head ad placed his hands on the table and leaned forward.

"This is good Mr Khanna, although it may be a small detail but it shows that the area in Miss Sharma's brain which was damaged from the accident is slowly healing, if this continues then I assure you Mr Khanna, her memory could be back within the next few months"

 

Kripa looked delighted, she had always wondered what her life with Angad was like before the accident but he never spoke about it, if what the doctor was saying was true then soon she would have her memory back and be able to spend the rest of her life with the man she loved.

 

Angad thanked  the doctor on their way out, Armaan noticed his uneasy look and nudged him reminding him of their conversation, Angad agreed and slid his arm across Kripa's waist as they left the doctor's surgery.

 

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"Do we need milk?" Angad asked as he checked the prices of the milk cartons, he glanced at Kripa who nodded in reply, he picked up two cartons and loaded them in the trolley, they walked a little further and he did the same with the other groceries. Armaan followed them a few steps behind picking up items for himself and placing them into the trolley. The trio continued walking around until Armaan spotted something he liked, he rushed past Angad and Kripa to get the item only he ended up crashing into someone, he turned to apologise and was shocked

 

"Oh my God....Atul!"

Armaan pulled Atul into a bear hug and dragged him back to Angad and Kripa where Angad also hugged and greeted him, Kripa introduced herself and stood there for a while looking bored, Angad sensed her bored ness

"Hey how about we go out tonight?"

"That sounds great Angad, I'll meet you guys at Rock 'N' Roll at 8ish ok?"

Armaan nodded his head and took Atul's number in case anything popped up, Atul wished them goodbye and walked off, the trio finished the shopping and headed home.

 

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Angad stood in front of the mirror as he slid his arms through the jacket, Kripa crept up behind him and wrapped her arms around him

"You going to be ok tonight?"

"Yeah Angad, I'm not a child"

"I know"

Angad turned and kissed her lightly, Kripa kissed him back then went downstairs, Angad looked at himself in the mirror once again and smiled satisfactorily, he recalled the countless times he would stand in front of the mirror checking himself out and Aditya would catch him and tease him, Angad shook his head and suddenly missed his big brother, he felt the key around his neck and went out onto the landing, he heard Kripa talking to Armaan downstairs , one minute wouldn't hurt, he thought to himself, he undid the chain around his neck and slid the key into the keyhole, he turned the key and the door unlocked, he put the key in his pocket and put his hand on the handle ready to turn it when he heard Kripa's footsteps coming up the stairs, he panicked and rushed to his room reminding himself to lock it after.

 

Kripa came into the bedroom and found Angad still standing in front of the mirror where she left him, she giggled to herself then went and tapped his shoulder and informed him that Armaan was waiting downstairs, he turned to leave but Kripa stopped him and tip-toed and placed a warm kiss on his lips, Angad replied by holding her waist and kissing her again, they would have stayed like that if Armaan had not yelled Angad's name, Angad pulled away and kissed her cheek

"Don't wait up"

Kripa nodded her head and followed him out of the room, all thoughts had left Angad's mind as soon as Kripa had kissed him including the reminder he left himself to lock the door to Aditya's room. Kripa moved past Angad and went into the kitchen to make herself a small snack, she heard Angad yell bye and yelled back.

 

Angad slammed the front door shut as he left with Armaan, Kripa finished her snack and went into the living room and began watching some tv, after half an hour of The Gillmore Girls she began feeling tired, she decided to go upstairs  and get some rest, she walked upstairs and was almost outside her room when she slipped, she put out her arms for balance and steadied herself holding on to a door, she presumed it was her bedroom door, but when she looked it was the other door, the one to the room she wasn't allowed in. There were lots of things roaming in her head, the most important being, why had Angad left it open?

 

Kripa stood outside the room confused, part of her mind was assuring her that maybe Angad trusted her now and maybe he was ok with her going into the room, but another part kept reminding Kripa of the last time she had almost succeeded in going into the room, Angad had been furious, but then why was the door open? Had it been a mistake on Angad's part or was it intentional? Kripa shook her head and walked to her bedroom, she sat on the sofa contemplating what she should do, she resorted to lying in bed, hopefully she would fall asleep and by the time Angad got home she could check the door, if it was locked then she would know Angad left it unlocked by accident, but if it was open she would know he did it on purpose and it would be ok for her to go into the room.

 

But Kripa would hate herself if she went in and then found out it was Angad's mistake, he would never forgive her, she closed her eyes and tried blocking the urge to go into the room out but it over powered her, Kripa pulled the covers off herself and went to the landing, she placed her hand on the door handle and argued with herself whether she should open it, curiosity got the better of her and she began turning the handle.

 

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"This club is rocking!" Armaan yelled loud enough for Atul and Angad to hear him.

Angad nodded his head in agreement as he sipped his drink, he looked around and saw some familiar faces, he nodded at them acknowledging their presence, he slid his hand into his pocket as he leaned against the counter, his hand touched something cold and metal, he took it out and he saw his key, panicked ensued, Angad shoved the drink down and rushed out of the club, Armaan followed hastily apologising to Atul, he barely caught up with Angad as he got to the car, he held his arm and slowed him down and turned him around

 

"What happened dude?" Armaan asked as he watched Angad take out his car keys

"Kripa's alone at home" Angad replied as he unlocked the car

"So?" Armaan looked confused

"So....I was about to go into Adi Bhai's room earlier but I heard Kripa coming so I didn't, I told myself to lock it when Kripa went downstairs but when Kripa came, we kissed, I heard you screaming my name so I went downstairs and we left" Angad told him as they sat in the car

"Yeah, I still don't get why we're going home" Armaan pointed out

"Because" Angad replied as he started the engine "I forgot to lock the door"

Armaan realised as Angad stepped on the pedal and raced down the streets.

"We need to get there before she realises its open, I know her Armaan, she'll go in, heck she' tried before"

 

Angad began driving as fast as he could in order to reach back to the house before Kripa found out about the room being unlocked. Meanwhile back at the house Kripa pushed open the door and reached for the light switch, she pressed and the lights came on, the room was dark, she figured it was because the curtains were closed, Kripa went inside and spotted a photo of Angad, she grinned to herself and picked it up

"Is this what he's hiding? Photo's of himself?" Kripa giggled to herself.

She put the photograph down and turned her head to the wall, she looked at in and got confused, she went closer and ran her hand over the photo to get rid of the dust, the photo became clearer, she looked at it analysing it, on one side stood the man she knew, Angad but next to him stood someone she didn't, he seemed familiar but Kripa couldn't place it.

 

Kripa stepped away from the photo and looked around, she spotted the boxes and wandered over to them, she lifted one and put it on the bed and opened it, she took out a few photo albums and some framed photographs, she looked at the photographs first, they were of her and the same man in the picture with Angad, Kripa shook her head feeling more dazed, why had Kripa not seen this man before if they knew each other? Kripa picked up the photo albums and began flicking through them, they're were some pictures of the mystery guy and Angad but mostly pictures of the mystery guy and Kripa. She put the photo albums back and went to pick up another box

 

This one was labelled "clothes", she opened it and pulled out a guys shirt, she held it in front of her and felt it closely, she took out the rest and there were more clothes, she put the box aside and picked up another one, this one was different, it has things which she figured were gifts, there were some teddy bears, a watch, some other jewellery and a red box. She lifted the red box and opened it revealing a diamond ring, Kripa breathed deeply and picked up the diamond ring and held it in her fingers.

 

She began breathing heavily, she closed her eyes as images flashed before her, she shook her head trying t get rid of them but they were still there, she saw the same mystery guy standing in front of her holding a blue box, she saw him opening the blue box and taking out a necklace and leaning forward as if he was putting the necklace around her neck and then she saw the image that confused her the most, she saw the man standing next to her looking in the mirror as she was touching the necklace, then she saw him turn her around and kiss her.

 

Kripa opened up her eyes in shock, she didn't know what was going on, she shook her head and put the ring on the bed, she wanted to leave the room, she turned to go to the door but her leg hit another box, but this one was hidden away under the bed, she lifted it up and put it on the bed and opened it and pulled out another shirt, only this one was covered in blood, Kripa screamed as she dropped the shirt from her hands.......To Be Continued