Chapter 10

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Pooja looked at her room mate in amazement, not believing that she'd been hiding it for so long. "Kis ke saath, Naina?" she started thinking about it "Not with Huda???"

Naina just shook her head, tears coming to her eyes "Kash, Huda ke saath tha, it would be so much easier than this…"

"Then who…" Pooja's question trailed off as she mentally crossed off the options within her mind, 'Not Huda, not Ali, not Yudi, Alekh? No…then…' Suddenly her eyes widened in astonishment "Hai Rabba! Your connection is with Shahrukh isn't it?"

Naina just nodded her head slowly, not trusting herself to say anything at the moment. She just wanted to sob into her pillow and pretend that none of this was happening.

"Par…problem kya hai? I mean I know he's our teacher, but he won't be forever. We've only got a little bit more than a year here in the academy. Or is it because you don't know if he also wants to make a connection with you?"

"Pooja if that was the only problem then I could handle it, I could wait for him…" And saying it out loud, Naina realised that it was true. "I don't know how he feels about me, but I think that he feels the same way I do…the problem is something else."

"Dekh Naina, I know that usually you limit your outgoing, but if you tell me what the problem is then maybe I can help."

Naina began to cry then, quietly sobbing as the tears slipped down her cheeks. Pooja couldn't believe Naina was in such a state, she'd never seen her cry before. Immediately she came and sat next to Naina on her bed, putting a comforting arm around her.

"Please Naina, whatever it is I'll be able to understand, it's not like Ali's and my relationship is easy. I'll try to help you work it out."

And taking a deep breath, Naina wiped the tears off her cheeks and told Pooja everything.

In all the time Naina had known her, it was the first time that Pooja was truly speechless. She would open her mouth as if to say something, and then would close it again. This happened about three times until Pooja finally got a grip on herself and was able to talk.

"And I thought Ali and I had problems…"

She might not have meant it to, but the comment at least made Naina laugh a bit. "Chalo, at least my problems have helped make yours seem a little smaller."

But Pooja didn't laugh with her, she was deep in thought about a solution for Naina. Finally she spoke. "Naina what do you want?"

"I want to be with him…but Ma and Baba…it's just not possible."

"No Naina, I don't want you to think about your Ma and Baba, I want you to think about what you want. If you really and truly want to be with him then after that you can work out what to do about your parents."

"But I can't break their trust, I'm their only child left…after Navin's death they've trusted me to do what's right. If I decide to be with him then they'll never forgive me!" Naina started crying again, after everything that had happened to her, it was all just too much.

"Naina it's your life, and you're the one who has to live it, not your parents."

Naina finally looked up at Pooja, shocked by her words.
Pooja continued. "You're thinking about what your parents would want, but what about what Navin would want for you? Wouldn't he want you to be happy?"

It was the first time that Naina had considered this question, she had thought about what her parents would want and what she wanted but she hadn't thought about what Navin wanted…

He would've understood her, he would've given her his blessings.

"You're right, Pooja." She finally replied. "I never thought about what Navin bhaiyya would want for me…"

"Chal, now put yourself on sleep mode and we'll deal with it in the morning." Pooja said and lay down on her own bed.

But it was a long time before Naina went to sleep and even then it was a restless night.