Chapter 35

"haan ...tired to hun!" she forced a smile..
had she just imagined it or did raj really sound upset?

i wish i could tell him my feelings...par kya faayda...
unnecessarily putting him into an embarassing situation..
when i know he doesn't feel d same 4 me..
i'm tired raj...tired of hiding my emotions..tired of concealing my true feelings..
i wish dere had been no one in ur life....it just struck her dat she loved him...
wow!! so much for first love...
i wish it wasn't one sided...she sighed

due to their tireness they were all unaware as to when their heads hit the pillow...
& wen dey were all sound asleep ...dreaming about their loved ones..
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another beautiful morning dawned...d day was too pleasant to b spent indoors...
so all of dem went for a picnic..

"yaar dis is one of d best holidays i've had" yudi exclaimed

"ya & all thnx to naina...ek saath hum sab ko pata nahi kaise jhel rahi hai" ritu added

"oh come on ritu!!..u guys r like my family..mom-dad ke baad...ek bhaai ko chodkar ..i had no one..par now i hv all of u...
main abhi aayi.."
remimded of her parents...naina was tryin hard to fight back her tears..

"navin ..naina..she's upset..." raj pointed out to navin who had been cozying up wid shaalu
"i think usse apne parents ki yaad aa rahi hai..she needs u"...

it seemed raj could read her face..or rather her thoughts...& her heart...
yet the two seemed only to go furthur away from each other wid each passing day
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DIPIKA 6:31 am(15 minutes ago) apne parents ke baare mein sunte hi

..navin became rigid....reminded of all d pain..he went upto naina

standing alone on a cliff lookin at d vast expanse of d mountains & d clear blue sky...
naina felt small & insignificant...
the world seemed too large a place for her ....
her eyes brimmed wid tears...
those dark images beggining to haunt her once again...

she felt deathly pale.. shivering ..her knees unable to support her weight....gave way & she fell into navin's arms ...

"bh..bhaai" she looked up at his hardened face...& his moist eyes

"naina"

d two looked at each other for wat seemed an eternity...

not able to fight herself anymore..she resigned herself in her brother's arms...tears flowing freely..

unable to see her little sis upset ..navin hugged her tightly ..
not realising wen a tear wet his cheek...

"bas naina...bas yaar...u forgot ur promise..."

"i know bhaai...par aaj...aaj control nahi hua...aaj ma-baba ki bahut yaad aa rahi hai..."

a lump had risen in his throat..& he fought his desire to let his tears roll by...

the two snuggled tightly too each other..forgetting the world...sheltering each other from their own hurt...their own grief...

"u know i can't c u cry naina..yaar tu hi to meri himmat hai...my pride...my strength..aur agar tu toot gayi to mujhe kaun sambhalega..."
he tried his best to console her..while succumbing to his loss..his pain every passing second