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Part 65:

One Week Later:

Angad and Tanya settled in the couch completely exhausted.  They had just moved back into the house and realized that there was still a lot of cleaning left for them to do.  They had jumped at it as soon as they entered the house.  Tanya was glad Prateek wasn't with them at the moment.  There was too much dust in the house for him.

Tanya: seems like no one's been here for years…

Angad: pretty much…dad just bought this house thinking me and my wife would want to move out after marriage...

Tanya: and you never did…

Angad: yea…we didn't find a good enough reason to…anyways…we'll talk about that later…we should really get unpacked right now…what say?

Tanya: yea…definitely…won't be able to do that peacefully once prateek is here…

Angad smiled and nodded.  She simply smiled and walked into the room Angad had told her would be hers.  She was looking around the room when she remembered what he had said to her when they were driving here.

 "I know you will feel bad when I tell you this but I have to.  Not that I don't trust you.  But you have to promise me you will never go into my bedroom."  She had looked at him as if he has just talked in Greek.  She didn't want to ask reasons so she nodded as she added "Don't worry…your privacy will be taken care of".   He smiled and said, "No…it's just that my bedroom is literally filled with my wife's memories…"

Tanya stood in front of the mirror.  She didn't like it much when he talked about "his wife".  He had not once mentioned her name.  She always tried to go back to the topic and find out more about her.  Tanya agreed that she wasn't being logical.  His wife had just passed away a few months ago, obviously he was missing her.

Tanya (talking to herself): snap out of it!!  He is taken, and still in love with his wife…..whoa whoa….Love??....did I just say love?...oh my god…what is happening to you Tanya??  Control yourself…..control control control…..

She ran out into the living room when the doorbell rang.  Angad, oblivious to Tanya sprinting to the door, casually walked out of his room to open it.  Tanya opened the door and screamed in joy taking prateek from Mishti.

Tanya(hugging prateek): Oh….I missed you so much!!!

Mishti: are wah…mujhe kisi ne miss nahi kiya kya??

Tanya: kiya na Mishti…

Mishti: yea yea….whatever…

Tanya left with prateek and sat down on the couch with him in his lap.  Angad crossed his arm and leaned against the edge of the doorway observing them.  Mishti walked up to him with a grin on her face.

Mishti: so…

Angad: hey Mishti…

Mishti: don't hey Mishti me!...my wedding is tomorrow and you guys just had to move in today??...you know how much shopping we still have to do?....aur tumne Tanya ko yahan phasa ke rakha hai…

Angad: are…..peechle ek hafte se app sab shopping kar rahe ho….Tanya ko apne pati ke saath bhi to thoda waqt do…

Mishti(stunned): Angad!!....Agar usne sun liya to??

Angad: Nahi sunegi…

Mishti: acha?......tumhe future predict karna aata hai?

Angad: Nahi…lekin main apni Kripa ko bahut acchi tarah se jaanta hoon…iss waqt who prateek ke saath hai na?...to phir usse aur kuch nahi sunai dega…

Mishti: really……

Angad: What?...you don't believe me??.....okay look………Tanya (no respond)……..Tanya listen….(no response once again)…Tanya…are you done unpacking?.....(no reply)…..see…I told you!

Mishti walked up to Tanya and tapped her shoulder.

Mishti: Tanya…I have to leave soon…and I have to tell you something important…

Tanya: Something important??  Whets that?

Mishti: Can I talk to you alone?

Angad worried for a second thinking Mishti was going to tell Tanya the truth.  He sighed in relief when Mishti signaled him to assure him.  He couldn't stop the urge so he followed Mishti and Tanya and stood outside Tanya's door when he heard her talking in an upset tone.

Tanya: I can't do that Mishti!

Mishti: you have to…come on Tanya…she needs someone to replace herself for that one performance…

Tanya: but Mishti…

Mishti: what but Mishti Tanya?

Tanya: Mishti…that's her song…I can just go up there and sing it….forget all that…I haven't practiced the tune, I don't know the words, and I have NEVER heard it before…

Mishti: you still have 3 days to prepare for it…

Tanya: make that one!...tomorrow is your wedding…then the day after tomorrow is your church wedding….since you guys proponed it…and then the day after that is the concert…I have prateek to take care of…how am I going to manage??  And I really wouldn't want to take her song…

Mishti(understood why Tanya was trying to avoid the song): alright…so you're lying to me?...Now I see why you don't want to sing that song…

Tanya(sighed): Mishti…if you know then why did you still ask me to sing it?

Mishti: but Tanya…how long?...I know you act all positive and strong on the outside…I know what you deal with within yourself…who do you think you're lying to?...I've seen you taking your anger and frustration out on the guitar during practices and concerts…..the pain you go through reflects in your voice when you sing…(abruptly turned Tanya to face her): Am I right?

Tanya: WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT?...I can't help it alright!...I tried!!  You know I tried…its not my fault that I lost my memory…nor is it my fault that no one from my family tried to look for me…you have any idea how lonely I feel in this world?  I have everything and yet I have nothing…music is the only way I can let my frustration out…..and trust me Mishti……if I sing that song...I will seriously break down right there on the stage and you know it….

She went and sat on the bed, crying, while Mishti went and kneeled in front of her.  She took Tanya's hands in hers.

Mishti: Tanya…you say it yourself that its not your fault that this is happening to you then why do you punish yourself?...you have to live again Tanya…and you cant say that your family isn't looking for you….you don't have the same name, you don't remember any of them…how can they locate you?  And so what if you don't have your family beside you?  Are we any less than one?  Kartik, me, barkha, armaan, riddhima, rahul, eijaz, Angad…and prateek?...do you know what role you play for him??  Don't forget that he will see a mother in you when he grows up? Why when he grows up?  He sees a mother in you right now.  You are the person he will be spending the most amount of time with.  You have to hang in there.

Tanya: I understand all that Mishti but…it's not that easy…I always…(looked up at Mishti but saw Angad at the door with tears in his eyes).

Mishti got up a little shocked.  She didn't want him to know that Kripa/Tanya had broken down emotionally. If he found that out, he would break down as well.  Kripa was and is his strength.  Angad took mishti's place and kneeled before Tanya.  He knew he had to be very choosy about what he said to her.

Angad: so you are not positive after all…I'm sorry…I know I shouldn't have listened to your conversation but I couldn't help it once I heard a couple of words…look. I know we just met and stuff…I don't know how much you would want to listen to me or trust me but I can tell you one thing for sure…we are all here for you…you must be already very close with the band members and Kartik…prateek seems to have made his way into your heart as well…and I wouldn't mind to be added to the list.  We're going to be living together, In the same house…we will get closer to each other...Im sure of that but for now…can you please at least consider me your friend?  Any relationship is best started off as friends right?  You need a friend, I need a friend in my lonely world as well…so what say?  Will you be my friend?

Tanya looked at him with tearful eyes and nodded with a slight smile.  Angad tapped her nose lightly with his index finger and gave her a light friendly hug.  Mishti smiled seeing them hug.  She thought it was about time she made the atmosphere a little lighter.

Mishti: hey guys!!!  Where is my hug???  Come on come on…..group hug!!!

She went and threw her arm around Tanya while her other one went around Angad.  Tanya jumped out of it when prateek let out a couple of small sobs.  Making sure that they didn't break out into louder ones, she picked him up in her arms again and rocked him gently putting him into sweet slumber.

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Angad: Tanya!!!  Hurry Up!!!!!!

Tanya (yelling from her room): WAIT…I'm a woman!!  We take time!!!

Angad: I think I know that…..

Tanya: Two More Minutes!!!!

Angad: you have been saying that since the past two hours!!!

Tanya (opening the door and stepping out): There!  All done!

He turned around and looked at her.  He let out a groan leaving Tanya frowning.

Tanya: What?

Angad: It took you two hours to get dressed into that??

Tanya: yea……..what's wrong with it?

Angad: tanny….you are wearing s knee length pink skirt with a black halter top, to be precise, it took you TWO ENTIRE HOURS to get dressed like that?

Tanya: well…us woman have to take care of make-up and the hair too….

Angad: well…let's see….you are wearing eyeliner, a little bit of eye shadow, and your hair is let down lose just the way it is everyday!   What on earth takes so much of your time?

Tanya (teasing): Are you done checking me out?

Angad: very funny…so that's how you're going to Kartik's wedding?

Tanya: No…..we're all getting dressed and getting out hair and make up done at Kartik bhai's place….before Mishti is brought down into the mandap…

Angad: so how many hours are we looking at?  4?

Tanya: hmm….that's possible….and my my my……aren't you looking a little sexy today…

Angad (baffled): what??

Tanya: do you mind?  I was talking to my love.  (Walked up to Angad and scooped prateek out of his arms): Kaash aap kuch saal pehle iss duniya mein aaye hote…chalo…mera nahi to aaj kisi aur ladki ka number lag jayega….

Angad: Definitely not!

Tanya: why?

Angad: my son is going to get an arranged marriage…

Tanya: you have got to be kidding me!
Angad: well…I'm not!

Tanya: but why??

Angad: that's because I had an arranged marriage….and to be honest…I was more than happy with my life after marriage…I feel that our parents can choose a better life partner for you than yourself…because if you fell in love with someone, you would get so blinded by it, you might not even see what you're looking at…a glorious sunshine or a disaster in the future.

Tanya: but you would get thrown into a relationship with someone that you probably don't like at all….

Angad: that's when you do get the choice…you see…I had the choice of saying yes or no…sort of….but I chose to say yes…..and that was the best decision I have ever made in my life.  Anyways…let's go….Kartik will kill us otherwise…

Tanya: yep…let's go….by the way…You're looking quite handsome in that sherwani as well….

She walked past him making her way to the door while Angad just smiled to himself on receiving that compliment from her.  Yes she had lost her memory, but his Kripa was still present somewhere in the corner of Tanya's heart.


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