Broken Promises - A Praja SS - part 3 Updt on of Pg 4

Hello everyone
As I was watching old reruns of our beloved Praja scenes, this idea came to my mind.
A short story - about love found lost and regained again.
Hope you all like it and help me improve with your feedbacks

Broken Promises - Part 1

The rains splashed a few drops on her making her eyes to flutter and the breezy wind seemed to have turned into a storm just like the storm brewing in her heart. The invite splashed on her phone email was the cause of the upheaval.
It was her best friend's wedding. The only friend from the life she had left behind, she had been in touch with on the promise that past will not be revisited.
And her friend Sau had reminded her of the promise they had made when in school that no matter where either of them were but they will attend each other's wedding. Sau had in many ways warned not mincing any words in the email that she will not go thru the wedding if Ajabde would not attend.
This had left her in a dilemma. To abide one promise she had to break the promise she had made to herself... Of never to return to the place where she had found and lost Love. ...

Welcome to our lovely forum

This is quite an interesting take
I'm excited for your story to begin

A Praja story is always cherished

So hope you enjoy the ride of a writer here on our forum

Excited to read your story!!!

Love
Garima

Nice start waiting for the story to unfold 😃

Wow... A fresh new writer with a fresh new story!! Welcome dear(though I myself am new here)

Originally posted by: twilightlover29

Welcome to our lovely forum

This is quite an interesting take
I'm excited for your story to begin

A Praja story is always cherished

So hope you enjoy the ride of a writer here on our forum

Excited to read your story!!!

Love
Garima

Thank you so much Garima for the warm welcome!!!

Originally posted by: swara98

Nice start waiting for the story to unfold😃

do update soon and welcome to the forum hope you have a good time here😊

Thank you so much Swara!!! I will update soon

Originally posted by: Mnp279

Wow... A fresh new writer with a fresh new story!! Welcome dear(though I myself am new here)

That's great😃

Hey!

This is Mahishee

A mysterious beginning with an unknown past!!

Liked it😃

Am excited for it

But pls make the other parts a bit longer

Hello Mahishee...
Thank u so much for the kind words. I will surely
Write a longer part next time. Just wanted to get my
Thoughts out in the first one

Originally posted by: PrAjalover

WOW!! A new writer with a new story!!😃

Such a sweet and mysterious teaser!!

a mysterious beginning..😊

Welcome to the forum..

BTW I'm Tijil and I'm myself new here..

EXCITED!!😳

Part 2


What @ my promise Sau...
And what @ the one u made to me Ajabde. The other promise is the one u made to urself which u should not have made in the first place.. I am telling you Ajabde... If you don't come.. You will hear the news of my wedding being cancelled... So now its upto you as to what is more important to you... And the call went silent.
She knew this was gng to be the result of her conversation with Sau. She knew she has hurt her friend by suggesting of not coming... But what could she do.. She feared that she will not have the strength to face pain again... But who knows she might not even see him at the wedding... Then why break the promise in an anticipation of things that might not even happen.. But the place had too many memories...Too many good ones and one.. The most painful one..ohh I need to clear my head and I have to go there tomm to make a clear decision.
When she woke up the next morning, her mind was more foggy than the previous night. She hurriedly took a bath and reached the entrance of Begunahi-- a shelter for girls..she saw a group of girls surrounding a woman...who was elegant and graceful as if she belonged to a royal family.
"Oh No" Ajabde ran towards the lady..

"Maasa, I am so sorry. I totally messed up the dates and did not reach the airport."

"Ajabde, I just came a day early and did not want to wake you up early so did Not inform you."The lady who the girls were calling Ranima told Ajabde.

"Who is Ranima, is she a queen of some state ? And is That girl her daughter?" Asked a lady who seemed like a new employee to the lady working with her. "Ranima, is the founder of this shelter. And everyone calls her Ranima because a little girl thought she was the queen and everyone felt it was an apt name so Ranima it was for everyone. And that girl.. No no she is not Ranima's daughter. She started coming here 2 years back and they just bonded in such a way that Ajabde even stays with Ranima. Looking at both of them no one will guess that they are not real mother daughter.

"Didi, today u have to tell us the story of the prince. Plsss" the girls started pestering Ajabde. "See Ranima will also listen to ur story."
Oh yes why not. I will sit for a while.
Everyone sat in pin drop silence as they loved the stories woven by Ajabde.
"Ok.. So once upon a time there was a girl who was staying away from her parents in a boarding school.. So girls what should be the name of the girl in the story be".
"Is he girl going to be with the princess"
"Haha yes."
"Ok we want the girl's name to be Ajabde didi coz ur just like a princess". Said mahi the most natkhat of the lot.
"Ok so Ajabde it is. And so the story goes that one day Ajabde met a Prince...so what shud be the name of the prince?
"Ranbir " no raj.. No shah rukh .. A no of names were tossed but no one could agree on one. "Ranima, why don't u name the prince... Who is as royal as you"
Ranima looked at Ajabde and she could only utter one name which she thought would be ideal for Ajabde and it was 'Pratap'. The name of her beloved son whom se could never talk @.

Ajabde wa stunned to hear the name from Maasa's mouth. In the last 4 years she had not spoken @ him or taken his name in front of anyone not even Maasa.
Ranima was a bit puzzled by the reaction seen on Ajabde's face on hearing Pratap's name. She knew Ajabde from the last 2 years... People always told her that she was a good reader of people. And she knew Ajabde was a good soul.. But she was hiding lot of pain inside her. They had never talked @ each other's past and she had not forced Ajabde to talk giving her time and somehow she felt that she could read the hurt on Ajabde's face as if the time had come where the story of Ajabde's past was gng to unravel.
"Pratap ki Ajabde..Ranima u suggested a perfect name. It's fits so well with didi' name" said sia the more mature of the girls lot. Ok didi now pls proceed with ur story.
"Ajabde and Pratap.. ... "
A slide show of pics splashed in front of Ajabde's eyes..

Their first meeting
Their first dance
The acceptance of their love and she was jolted out of her memories by the shattering of some glass..
Symbolizing the shattering of her dreams..

"Ok girls I will continue the story later. Now back to some work."
"But didi at least tell us what happened to
Their love story."

"Their love story is incomplete... Never finished..." Saying this Ajabde ran to help with cleaning the glass pieces.

Ranima was keenly observing Ajabde. She felt that the name Pratap was associated with Ajabde's past in some way and it surely was something to do with her heart.
She knew that her beti needed her and she will be there.
Ranima and Ajabde had dinner in the house and Ajabde was talking non stop to
Cover her nervousness.
Ajabde are you alright?
Yes Maasa why?

Ok so u were telling me that ur best friend is getting married. So when r u leaving for the wedding.
I donno Maasa. I donno if I shud go?
What do u mean? Ur thinking of not gng to ur best friends wedding? One does that only to avoid coming face to face to some people ? R u trying to avoid someone or r u dreading of meeting Pratap?

The last question left Ajabde speechless
"Maasa... How do.. You.. What do you know?
I just know that Pratap was ur prince and u still think him as ur prince
No Maasa it's nothing like it. There is no pratap in my life.
Ajabde sometimes you should empty all u have in ur heart.. It lessens the burden of pain and u start seeing. Things differently..
Tears started streaming down her eyes and she fell into Ranima's lap..
Maasa... I have never spoken @ this.. Pratap... He was.. Not was .. He is and always will be the love of my life...
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"Chakri what do u want me to do. Not attend the conference and miss the deal so that I can be at ur what ceremony"
"Sangeet, Pratap"
"and ur saying that If I don't attend u will not attend it too. It is ridiculous Chakri. This is blackmail"
"Pratap, I am just reminding you of your promise"
" I don't believe in promises anymore Chakri. Promises are just empty words without soul."
"But that does not mean I will not keep
My promise. Rajputs always keep their word and I will too. I will be there. So
Sau finally agreed to marry you ha. She was with us from
junior college right ?
"Yes she was in our junior college... They were a team. She and Ajabde"
The name earned him a fiery gaze from Pratap.
"I told u never to take that name in front of me"
"Sorry Pratap.. But Ajabde is the love of your life.
"Enuf Chakri. She is not.. She was once. I have forgotten her and removed her from my very existence.
Just pls leave me alone for now .."
The conversation had left him in a bad mood. He took his coat and walked out of his office and instead of taking the car, he started walking and stopped at the park nearby. He sat on the bench trying to clear off all he past memories when his gaze fell on the lotus flower.she loved the lotus flower and when asked why she preferred a lotus than the rose . Her answer was coz lotus leaves amidst dirt but still is pure which teaches us how to shine positively event amidst negativity.
It was sooo untrue that he had forgotten her. NO he had not.. Everything reminded him of her. He had once loved her more than anyone in this world and now he hated her with equal fervor.
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"So how's the plan headed? Did u get anything from Ur best friend Patap? He is going to come right ? Does is still love ..
" So many questions at one go. Yes he is going to come. He says he no longer loves Ajabde..and has forgotteN her
But I know that's not the case.. I can see it in his eyes.. He can say he hates her but deep down in his heart he still loves her and he will always do..
My dear Chakri I have always loved ur wise thoughts.. So now we wait till the day the see each other again.. I am sure their love will win over the cloud of misunderstandings and mistrust hanging over their relationship. My friend is very mature. If only ur friend could have Been a bit more...
Hey don't say anything @ my friend. He was the one who was wronged..
Seriously mR. Chakri u think My friend wasn't..
They both start walking off in opposite directions angrily..
Chakri... Listen
He turns...
We cannot fight like this. Both are our friends.. And to get them together first we have to be united in everything.
Sau well said and that's the reason I love u so much..and they hugged each other..
So now let's get started on Mission Reuniting Pratap and Ajabde!!!!