RaYa - Trips and truth ..... (Part 21 on Pg 26) updated.. - Page 6

This is a fab series!

Aaww I didnt want them to just go to sleep. At least ahem ahem ka initial stage hona chahiye tha 😃😉

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Ahem ahem ka initial stage hoga😆 😂😂

Hi y'all ... Firstly Thank you soo much for all the love you guys have given me. It surely makes my day☺️.... Secondly, enjoy reading the next part..

- PART 7-

“Mr. Kapoor, can you please check one more time properly!” she said for the hundredth time, And Ram was getting irritated, “Arrey yaar!! I have checked it MANY TIMES NOW!!!! How many times will I do it!” he yelled, “Mr. Kapoor! Why are you shouting, you need to calm down” she yelled back, Ram laughed sarcastically, “I need to calm down uh! Look who’s talking…” he retorted, “What! I am not shouting and you know, you could have checked one more time instead of standing here and arguing…” she retorted back. “Haan, that is what I am, useless, tell me more, I am irresponsible, I am careless, I am this, I am that… what else is new?” he huffed. Priya rolled her eyes, “yes, aaj aap pehli baar correct hai. You are very careless, now, take your wallet from the table… I am sure if I hadn’t seen it, you would have just left it there, and you said you checked many times and still you didn’t see your wallet lying there.” She said face palming, Ram rushed to take his wallet and kept it in, he was about to say something but was interrupted by the staff, “Sir? Mam? Can I take this luggage or Should I give more time?” he asked, “You can take them, thank you” Priya said sweetly. Ram looked at her wide eyes, ‘Abhi toh she was shouting, now look at her tone, so sweet. Mrs. Priya Kapoor, you are damn confusing’ Priya looked at him, “Mr. Kapoor, I shouldn’t have yelled like that. It’s just that when it comes to packing and leaving, I get a bit uptight” she said sheepishly, Ram understood, she will miss this place, he will too. “It’s okay, and I should be more careful.” He said. Priya then signaled him to leave. They were coming out of the room. As they were leaving, Priya took a glance back, the garden, which was still decorated with roses and blown candles, she smiled remembering last night. “it’s okay, we’ll come back here and the next time, I’ll make sure our date night is not interrupted” he said holding her hands, she smiled at him. They checked out after bidding their goodbyes to the hotel staff.

Ram was driving the car; both were looking out enjoying the scenery. He will miss this so much. “Mr. Kapoor, do you know to swim?” she asked, “yeah dad taught me. You know what he used to do… when I was in 5th standard, we used to go the pool, and then dad will always take me to the deeper side, I could never reach the bottom. He will stand at a distance and ask me swim to him, so I’ll do that but as I get closer, he moves away making me swim harder. And I used to get angry when he does that. But that is how I learnt. And today I understand it. He says, ‘Not everything is handed to you in a silver platter; we need to work hard and smart to get what we want’. “Priya smiled, “Sounds like a wise man. I totally agree!” she said. “yeah, he was very smart. I miss him so much now, his smile, his laugh, the way he teases us, his love, the warmth I felt when I hug him, his bad jokes that I inherited, the way he treats Shivi like his princess, he was so protective of her…” Priya smiled sadly, Ram looked at her, “Oh Priya, I didn’t mean that, I mean… there are different type of fathers… Sorry, I didn’t mean to…” she cut him, “Why are you sorry? I love hearing about your dad, he is an amazing person, and I don’t feel bad at all. I am proud that he was your father.” She said and Ram eyes twinkled. “You know Priya, he would have loved you. Hell, he would have loved you more than me. I am pretty sure you will be his favourite. He was fun and jovial at the same time he loved discipline and keeping things in order. He would have said, ‘Ram learn from your wife’… ‘See I told you, she is the best, after all she is my daughter in law, no, my daughter’. I wish you had a chance to meet him” he said. “I wish that too. I would have loved him too” she said slowly. She always wanted a chance to feel fatherly love, support, but unfortunately hers turned out to be a monster and his, passed away. “Waise, I wanted to tell you… you know when I saw you in that video, you looked so weird. Ek ladki ko propose karne se pehele hair toh comb kar lete. Such a messy hair, it feels as though you had just gotten up from your sleep.” She laughed. Ram looked at her in disbelief, “excuse me, what about my hair? College pe sab inn baalon par marte the, after all I was the romance king” he said in suave, which made Priya laugh harder and that irked him. “romance king...” she mimicked him and laughed. It annoyed him but seeing her laugh merrily made his heart jump. “You keep laughing, wait, I will ask Sara di for your photos, I am sure you would have also looked funny.” He said smirking, “Haan haan, ask her. Even I would like to see, but I am surer I looked better than you” she chuckled, and Ram shook his head, smiled secretively. He stopped the car suddenly, Priya looked at him narrowing her eyes, “One last picture before we leave.” He said, “Mr. Kapoor I think we have taken so many…” she said, “Pleaseeeee...” he pleaded showing his puppy eyes to which Priya felt hard to deny. “Fine!” He took her to the edge, and the view behind was breathtaking. He found a man and asked him to click a photo of them. They stood closer, as Ram put his arm around her shoulder, grinning widely, Priya heart was beating faster standing so close, but she smiled too. It was a cute picture, one that they’ll treasure forever. They continued their journey back to the airport. They thanked the driver and boarded their flight.

Ram was scrolling through his phone while Priya was deep in her thoughts, his words from last night kept replaying in her mind, “so you are not bothered of my past? Does that mean you not care at all, all of our progression is for nothing, as usual I am the one who fell, who gave my everything, Priya!! how I am supposed to take your fear out if you don't take a step forward with me... Priya tell me honestly, Are you not bothered about what Vedika just told?” these words kept ringing in her head, ‘fell? Fell for whom? Me? Mr. Kapoor fell for me? He did say that last night, but did he actually mean it? Wait, Do I even want it to be true? Maybe… why does he make me feel things? And he did overhear my conversation with Sara di… and he wanted me to overcome it. He is right, every time he takes a step forward, I move back in fear…’ her thoughts were broken by the announcement made to fasten their seatbelt as they were to land. Soon they had, and Tarun was waiting for them. Priya greeted him with a smile, while Ram was busy on the phone talking to Adi. Priya soon informed her family as well that they have reached Mumbai. It was a silent ride back. They both wanted to talk but didn’t in Tarun’s presence. They reached and Tarun went in to keep their stuff in their room. They were about to enter, but Ram stopped her. “Priya… this week has been a dream to me. A dream I wish I never wake up from. I know, after everyone returns back, it’s going back to the same old routine. But I don’t want to lose what we have gained this one week. We have moved forward, and I don’t want you to step back. Priya, I know the road we have ahead of us is way too bumpy, there will be different kind of troubles, drama, or difficulties every day, but if I want to cross them, I want to do it with you, beside you, and only you. I want you standing next to me, telling me whether I am wrong or right, scolding me when I do something stupid, taunting me for my bad habits, changing me for the better. But I also want your laughs, you smile, your giggles, you sharing with me. When we go inside it won’t go back to how it used to be. I am done living a monotonous life. I want to live with you now, my companion for life, the one who puts me in front of herself, the one who waits for me to have dinner with, the one who scolds me for buying clothes every now and then” he chuckled, so did Priya, continuing, “Whatever happens Priya, and I mean it, no matter what, I am with you, and there is nowhere else I wanna be” Priya smiled, “Mr. Kapoor, your laugh, your pain, your tears, your smile, you bad jokes, everything that is related to you has somehow become mine. I know I am independent, I don’t need anyone, but I need you, I always feared that you will become my weakness, but I was wrong, you have become my strength, my source from which I derive my happiness.” He beamed and pulled her into a hug. “And I promise, I will never leave you...” she said, tightening the hug. After few minutes, she broke the hug making him pout. “How long so you intend to stand on the doorway?” she asked, “How unromantic you are!” he muttered, “what?!” she asked glaring, “No-nothing, let’s head inside” he spoke stuttering. 'I have indeed fallen for him too' she thought. He held her hand and they entered together smiling.

They went up to their room, freshened up and came down for dinner. Just then the other members had arrived from their vacation. Ram and Priya greeted them. Nandini could feel something different, both had a different glow on their faces. “Shivi, I have bought so many presents for you from Ooty, we’ll have dinner and then I’ll give.” Ram said, Shivi hugged him and thanked him. Shubhu just stood there expressionless, waved a hi to him. “Ooty?” Nandini asked. “Haan Mom, who actually, since me and Priya had completed all our works, we though why not a small vacation, so we went to Ooty.” He explained, Nandini was annoyed, but she plastered a fake smile, “Okay, good that you guys took a break, you both work so hard.” She said. They nodded and headed to the dining table. Shivi was exclaiming how much she enjoyed while Ram listened to her heartily, but Priya knew, he wished for them to give the same love, she sighed. After dinner they proceeded to their respective room as everyone was tired due to the travelling. Shivi happily accepted those gifts he felt them to be cute and chic which made Ram happy but Shubhu passed comments on how they weren’t branded ones. Ram came back to his room.

“You were supposed to be here breaking them up and instead they went on a vacation and have become more closer than ever. You should have informed me!” A frustrated Nandini yelled. “Aunty, I did try but they made it clear that it will be just the two of them who’ll go. And open up your call log and text, I tried reaching you but you were busy enjoying...” an annoyed Vedika replied. “still!! You should have tried something. It was only Ram who loved her, now slowly I can see Priya reciprocating it too…” she said. “So? It’s good. Aunty, I am done with this. I am done playing with other people’s life, especially Ram’s. He was right. I totally needed this week for myself and it has given me so much clarity. When he loved me, the attention I used to get from him made me feel powerful, and I loved it but as it faded, it made me weak. And made me stoop so below. I already hurt him once and I don’t want to again. I have moved on, so has he and it is for the better” she said shocking the daylights out of Nandini, the same Vedika who was ready to do anything to separate Ram and Priya was now changed for the good. “Vedika…?” vedika cut her, “Aunty, I think you should give a chance to Priya, you really think she will separate you from Ram. No, I am pretty sure she is that type who would make sure the family never tears apart, the one who puts family before everything else. Think about it. I am now have taken a resolution to rectify my mistakes, starting from false accusation on Shashi… sleep on it. Give a chance” Vedika said cutting the call. Nandini was baffled. ‘Is Vedika right? Was she drunk? No… but she is not wrong, we accused Priya, but Priya never did anything wrong and Ram? He has never once objected our demands. Maybe it is not wrong to give a chance…’ she thought and headed to sleep.

Ram entered his room and saw Priya standing next to the bed. He went towards her but tripped on the carpet and fell on her. They were on the bed with ram above her. The butterflies in his stomach made him blush. They were having a moment, gazing each other’s eyes intently, just as the moment was romantic, Priya groaned, “Mr. Kapoor you elbow, Ow!!” Ram quickly lied beside taking his elbow that was pressing on her stomach. Priya sighed in relief, “yaar moment hi kharab kar diya!” he thought not realizing it was out loud. “excuse me, maine kya kia? Who asked you keep your elbow on my stomach?” She said. Ram looked at her embarrassed but soon smirked, “so you mean to say that, If I hadn’t kept my elbow, the moment wouldn’t have been ruined and you won’t be irritated?” Priya looked at him flustered her cheeks were red, “I… I… I just mean that… Oh god! You have put me in a tight spot now...” she said, Ram’s smirk grew more, “not yet” he moved so much closer carefully not keeping his elbow on her, her heartbeats raced, as her breath hitched. It was no less for him; he could melt anytime now. “Now you are in a tight spot…” he said, Priya blushed. Unfortunately, his phone rang making Ram curse and she let out a chuckle recovering from what happened. “Yes yes, I am fine. We are gonna take rest now. Don’t worry Jaan.” Priya smiled at Brinda’s concern. “So, where were we?” he asked smugly, she rolled her eyes making him laugh. “toh?” he asked, Priya looked at him in confusion, “what?” she asked, “well, remember you said… you wanted to share something with me after we come back… I mean you can if you want to, no pressure…” he said, Priya grew a bit paler preparing herself for what might come next. She took a deep breath, “Mr. Kapoor, aapko woh accident waali raat yaad hai? The truth is it was never really an accident...” she said, Ram stood there, dumbfounded, looked at her in shock…

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I hope you liked it, do tell me what you felt about it. I just wanted one villion to be good. So, I chose Vedika... just made her out of RaYa's way.

Nae hisse ke saath aaee thee pyaar kee garmaahat, Priya aur Ram ab pahale se kaheen jyaada baantate hain, dhanyavaad)

Atleast one Villain seemed to have got their cricks out, so cheers to that🥳

Yet Again, Loved Ram & Pri's conversations❤️

Will we get to read more about the Date in the next piece entirely or are you going to slowly reveal it in bits & pieces every chapter ?

Oh what a point to end!!! This is so not done.

Please update soonest!

Originally posted by: SONIA441

Atleast one Villain seemed to have got their cricks out, so cheers to that🥳

Yet Again, Loved Ram & Pri's conversations❤️

Will we get to read more about the Date in the next piece entirely or are you going to slowly reveal it in bits & pieces every chapter ?

Thanks❤️

I don't know what more to bring about that date night though... but I will think about it.. thanks for the suggestion😆

Aren't cliff hangers just the best😵😆.... Will do it as soon as I complete writing it👍🏼

(slight mention of abuse, if not comfortable then I suggest you to skip the part)

- PART 8 -

“Mr. Kapoor, aapko woh accident waali raat yaad hai? The truth is it was never really an accident...” she said, Ram stood there, dumbfounded, looked at her in shock. “Accident nahi ka matlab kya hai?” he said nervously, “Mr. Kapoor…” he cut her, “Priya? Wat? Tell me…. If it wasn’t an accident you mean it was a mu….” He yelled stopping before he could finish the word. Priya grew paler by the minute, He was walking frantically yelling something on his own scaring her. He looked at her, she was standing next to the bed terrified with her face down. He realized he had frightened her, he took deep breaths and calmed himself. “Priya? I am sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s just that…” he spoke making her sit on the bed. “It’s okay Mr. Kapoor, I get it. It is a lot to take in.” she said after relaxing a bit. “go on…” he urged her to speak. “I will, in one condition, you will not interrupt, and let me speak fully… okay?” she asked and he nodded. She started off by saying how Mahendra Sood had come to the Lohri party and created a scene there. And then when she was talking to him on the phone outside, she listened to Mr. Sood talking to someone on murdering him by accident. Ram’s body stiffened, but he told Priya to continue, she then told him that she ran to stop but was unsuccessful so she had to take a vehicle nearby, she only found an auto. It came crashing down for Ram, he now realized what she was doing in the middle of the road in an auto. Ram’s anger boiled listening to her, as he was about to speak more, “wait, I didn’t finish yet… there is more…” he narrowed his eyes as she went on telling about the day, she thought she will trap Mr. Sood and take his confession. She turned out to be successful but she had to lose it to save Neeraj from being arrested for he did nothing. Ram rolled his eyes in frustration. As Priya teared up, “I am extremely sorry… “she said, which made Ram soften up. “Are you angry with me?” she asked innocently, Ram sighed, “Yes Priya I am, of course I am angry, all this… Till now, I thought what happened to you was an accident, now I find out that you were ready to sacrifice for me, you knew you might get hurt, hell, die in the worst case scenario, but you came, stood in the middle, protected me. I don’t know how to process this… “he said on the verge of crying, that incident was a nightmare to him, he could have lost his Priya. She looked at him and apologized again. “Priya… what if something happened, it was luck that we made it to the hospital. I cannot imagine, I don’t want to… You are important to me, you get that right?” he asked, she nodded her head silently. “actually, I had a hunch about that but I brushed it off, I somehow knew it was never just an accident.” He continued, “how?” she asked. He narrated about his father’s accident, which sent shivers down her spine. “number plate?” she asked as she knew something, “Yeah, the number plate of his car was missing...”, it hit her, the number plate!!! “Mr. Kapoor, if you don’t mind, do you have a photo of his car or his number plate?” she asked, Ram looked at her confused and then took the photo frame and gave her. Her doubts were right. She started breathing heavily, “Priya? Kya hua? Is everything fine?” he asked her, “Mr. Kapoor, I am afraid…” she replied, Ram quickly took her in his arms, hugging her, “Priya talk to me… why are you afraid?” he asked softly, while she whimpered. “One day, me, mama, Sara di were at home, Sandy and Maitreyi were fast asleep. We were just in the living room, Sara di and mama had a fight which made her go out. Then, sir came knocking, he was drunk and he looked ragged. I was in my first year of college, looking at him, it frightened me… he had a number plate in his hand. He came in and verbally abused mama, I couldn’t take it, so I spoke back, and he got agitated. He… he… He umm… hit me. The more I got up showing I am strong, the more he hit me and at a point even I was tired. So, ma came in between to defend but even she was harassed by that number plate. Before I could call the police, he ran away. Sara di came in shocked, we went to the nearby hospital.” She could feel Ram’s fisted hands, “He had left the number plate in our home, and I kept it inside… should’ve thrown it. But I don’t know why it seemed important. I brought it here, so that ma wouldn’t find it there, it gives her anxiety. I have learned to move from it, she hasn’t. But now that number plate….” She quickly got up, and went towards their cupboard and took the damned number plate out. “dad’s… this is my Dad’s!!” he yelled. “I realize that now, so, from what I can make out, he was never in an accident too. Mr. Kapoor, we cannot back down now, we need to get that man, he needs to pay for all the crimes he did! I will make sure of that… And I promise you that, you know I never back out of my promise.” She said mustering up the much-needed courage. “Yes! We will make sure he rots in hell. He will pay for all he did, murdering my dad, laying his filthy hands on you and Meera ma, how dare he?! And then, attempt to murder me, because of which, I could have lost you… No… no … I will not spare that creature!!” he said. He held her hand, “Priya, we are making a new promise now…. We will never keep any secrets from each other, okay?” he asked, “Yes, I promise.” She replied. He had calmed down a bit. It was around 1am, they both were exhausted. They lied down. Ram turned the other side, trying to control his tears. Priya gently kept her hand on his shoulder. “I don’t know how to console a person, maybe because no one has done for me. I have always learned to accept the fact and move past it. But I will not say that to you. Whatever has happened is wrong and not worth moving past it, it needs to be corrected. He disgusts me, I am ashamed. He snatched the opportunity of me meeting my father in law, the one who you said would love me, my one chance of getting a fatherly love, and he took that. He also took the person who you considered to be the world, Shivi and Shubham’s dad. I feel guilt-ridden. You don’t deserve this; you don’t deserve me…” she said sobbing lightly. Ram turned to look at her and cupped her face, “No Priya, none of this is your fault. He murdered dad way before we even met. I will see to that, that he never comes anywhere near our family nor us.” He said. They were tired but sleepless. ‘Priya, are we gonna be alright?’ Ram thought. After a few minutes, “Are we gonna be alright?” Priya asked softly. The same question that lingered in his mind became clear now, “Yes… we will be, as long as we are together, as long as you are with me, we will be alright.” He said, earning a small smile from her face. He gently pulled her closer and slowly kissed her forehead. This was new to her, she was just getting used to his touch, but the kiss made her weak, she could melt anytime now and he was feeling butterflies in his stomach, more excited that Priya didn't stop him. She closed her eyes feeling his lips on her forehead. Everything felt alright for the moment. “Everything will be fine” he whispered. As much she wanted, she was afraid of getting hurt more… She pulled herself back, Ram looked at her questioningly. “Priya? Did I make you uncomfortable?” he asked, bracing himself for the answer, he would never want to make the woman he loved uncomfortable around him. “No” she replied, he took a breath in relief. “then?” he asked, “Mr. Kapoor, I am just scared that if I get too attached to you, I might go through the same thing again and I can’t… I have no strength to put myself back together. Our growing bond scares me… As much I want to move forward, a voice in my mind brings back all the bitter memories…” she replied, “So, you don’t trust me… you think that I might hurt you…” he said sadly, she could see hurt and guilt in his eyes, and it pained her. “Never… you are different, you can never intentionally hurt me… and I trust you.” She said keeping her palm on one side of his cheek. “Then Priya, you cannot be afraid. The only way to get rid of this fear is to overcome it. And you don’t have to do it alone… I am with you every step” he said moving forward touching his forehead with hers. “okay…” she said weakly in his embrace. “Wow, a one-week trip to Ooty brought us here, we should go on in more vacations” he said lightening the mood. “Really?” she asked sarcastically. “yeah, a longer one this time, I wonder what might happen to us” he said smirking, causing Priya to blush lightly, “uh huh, think ahead are we?” she asked, “Well, I remember you telling me that you’ll come along where ever I go… so… yeah. Next time, we’ll go for 15 days somewhere far away, Europe?” he asked. “we’ll see, Mr. Kapoor.” She said nonchalantly. “So, I’ll take that as a yes.” He said grinning widely, Priya chuckled, “Maine yes nahi kaha” she said, Ram smiled slyly, “Haan toh no bhi nahi bola na” Priya shook her head. “As I said Mr. Kapoor, we’ll see…” she said again. “I cannot wait for it!” he exclaimed hugging her. “Ahh… okay now, you are crushing me” she said, he pulled back and smiled sheepishly.

The following morning, Ram asked Priya not say anyone anything about this till they ae clear with evidence as he didn’t want to stress out anyone. After the breakfast, Priya gave her statement to the police, firstly they find that he hasn’t gone home for quite some time now, secondly, he has been seen going in and out of Shashi’s house, but to their disappointment, the house was empty. “Mr. Kapoor, try to think, does Mahendra Sood have any relations with your father earlier? Have you ever seen him before meeting him as Priya’s fa- “before Inspector Rawat could complete, Ram intervened, “No sir, I do not recall him from earlier.” He looked ta Priya and gave a slight nod, “Ok Mr. Kapoor, we don’t have much now, and there is no concrete proof other than Mrs. Kapoor’s statement. We’ll look more into it.” He said. “Thank you, Inspector Rawat” Ram said and he took Priya out, and headed to car. “Priya, you sit in, I’ll be back” he said. “Mr. Kapoor, I’ll come with you.” She said, “Please... listen to me… Sit inside...” he said, while she sighed and obeyed him. Ram entered the police station. “Mr. Kapoor? Is everything fine?” inspector asked. “Yes sir, I just wanted to clarify one thing. Mahendra Sood would not be addressed as Priya’s father. I do not want to make my wife uncomfortable with this investigation. I hope I made myself clear.” He spoke firmly, everyone agreed to him. He entered his car, “Kya hua? Why did you go back in?” she asked, he smiled at her. “kuch nahi… don’t worry, I am not hiding anything from you. I just wanted them to know that Mahendra Sood must be addresses as such and not as your father” she was overwhelmed by emotions, giving a small smile, he took off. Ram suddenly stopped the car, Priya was used to him stopping the car suddenly, but it still irked her when he did that. “Priya, chalo, let’s have ice cream, I want one” he said making a pouty face. “That is not gonna work on me. And Mr. Kapoor, we had so much junk last week on the trip, and ice cream….” She spoke, “NO CHANCE!” they spoke together, Priya looked at Ram narrowing her eyes, “I knew you would say that… “he said frowning and drove to her college to drop her. “Accha Priya, when will your classes get over?” he asked as she got down, “Today I have till 5.” She relied, “oh I have a meeting till 5:30…” he said sadly as he wanted to pick her up, “Okay, toh kya hua… I’ll come to your office, it’s nearby and for half an hour I can wait, no big deal” she said, Ram’s face lit up, he was happy that she suggested to come to his office rather than going home by herself. “Okay then, I’ll see you at 5 mi amor” he said and quickly drove his car leaving a flustered Priya, “Mr. Kapoor- “but he was too far now. She shook her head and let out a small chuckle….

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Hi y'all, I hope you liked it, tell me what more would you like to see, and also tell me how it was.. love reading your views on it😆.... and might I say, Fathers are very important, everytime I see MS misbehaving, I cannot imagine the pain she must be going through, my father is so damn amazing... and I am super lucky to have him, looking at her, I realize how important they are❤️

A very emotional part, I wanted to cry, and laugh, and rejoice, and be sad with them. It's good that the truth has finally been revealed, now you can plan a new trip)