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Two months after Footloose:
"Do you have to do this?" he asked in a low voice.
"You know me more than anyone else and yet you are asking this question," she asked.
Both were sitting on a staircase in one of the abandoned areas of the college.
"Have you thought about him? How will he react?" he asked still not looking at her.
She took a breath and answered, "I don't know Swayam. I know it will hurt him but I cannot do anything else. I love her and I have make her believe in me again, to make her understand that this is what I want."
"But Kriya, how can you do it. You are leaving us in the middle like this and you are going so much far away so that we won't be able to reach you," he said sounding frustrated.
"Swayam you are my best friend, I never hid anything from you, i hope you understand me. I have no other choice." she said while tears gathered in her eyes.
Swayam could not see his best friend crying and hugged her sideways to let her know that he is there for her, in every decision that she took. He will always support her, no matter even if he disagrees.
Before two months: after completion of footloose:
"What was that?" she asked her daughter, who stood in front of her with her head down.
"Mom, wo," she tried to speak but her mother was in no mood to listen.
"Just shut up Kriya. This is what I get for trusting you. You told me that you have quit that thing, yet you were there, dancing and I like a fool trusted my daughter who told me that she was going for a pajama party with her friends and will return tomorrow. Tell me, am I saying the truth or lying?"
"Mom, it was just a competition and my friends insisted, so i went with them and danced," she was on the verge of crying.
"Please don't try to give me excuses. I bet even those extra classes that you were to attend last week were an excuse to do dancing. isn't it?" her mother asked all angered by the fact that her daughter lied to her.
Kriya now knew that this is the time. It was time for her to tell the truth to her mom and make her understand what dance means to her. It is now or never. "Mom, please let me explain..."
"Explain what Kriya? There is nothing to explain. I think it is all my fault, my daughter lied to me, she didn't trust me. I failed as a mother. I could not gain her trust. I thought that i will always be a friend to my daughter and will not act as mother, so that she will always be comfortable to tell me everything, so that our relation will be different from every mother-daughter, but I failed." she just sat on couch with her face in her hands.
Kriya was not able to see her mother like this. She went near her, sat on her knees, and kept her hands on her mothers' "Mom, please don't say like this. You are the best mother. You did everything right. I lied to you, I know and I am sorry for that. But believe me mom I never intended to hurt you. Please mom believe me."
Her mother looked up at Kriya's face and said, "Believe you, how can I Kriya after what you did. You think it is easy for me to say all this. I love you and i want what is best for you, but it seems like I was never able to give you that."
Kriya shook her head and said, "No mom, you always gave me best. I know what you went through, how you struggled to give me everything I wanted, but I wasn't able to fulfill your expectations. Mom if I ask you something, will you give it to me?"
Her mom took her face on her hands and said, "Kriya I have always given you what you desired but don't ask me for something for which I might not be able to say yes to."
Kriya looked at her, took a deep breath and said, "Mom, I want to dance..."
Her mom shook her head and said, "Kriya, but..."
"Mom, please, just listen to me once, please let me say what I want to, please mom."
Smriti looked at her daughter's tear striken face and nodded her head to continue.
"Mom, dance is my life. It the the one thing that makes me wake up everyday. I know i lied to you about attending classes and then about the part, but mom I wasn't able to stop myself from dancing. It gives me confidence, it rejuvenates me. When I first came to know about dancing in my college here, I did not participate, because I did not want to break your trust, but mom I wasn't able to stop myself. When I hear music, my feet automatically start to move. I know mom that I hurt you, but please try to understand it is my passion and I cannot let it go. Dancing is what completes me, what makes me, ME. Mom please don't ask me to leave dancing. I don't want to lie to you anymore, I can't mom. All this time I lied, it was because I did not want to hurt you. I know you are not happy with me dancing, but I can't help it. Mom please give me a chance, I will prove it to you how much it means to me. Please mom."
For the first time after a long time, Smriti felt helpless looking at her daughter. She never thought her forbidding her to dance will lead to such thing. She can't see her daughter looking at her hopeful face, like her mother will give her a chance to make her trust her again.
"Please mom, say something. I cant bear you silence, please mom."
Smriti just left her there and went to her room not before saying "Good Night Kria." and banged the door shut.
Kriya went to her room, all hopeless of not being able to pursue what she wanted and also for losing her mom's trust. She fell asleep crying.
Smriti was all night thinking about her life, her past and most of all her daughter, who is the most precious thing in her life. And then she came to a decision.
Next morning, she went to Kria's room with two coffee mugs, to talk to her daughter. She saw her sleeping, and saw tear stains on her face. Her heart ached but now she knew what she had to do.
"Kria baby, wake up," she tried to wake her up.
Kria opened her eyes to her mom's smiling face. She suddenly got up, hugged her and said, "I am sorry mom. I will never do that again but please never stop talking to me."
Her mother rubbed her back to calm her down. "Kria, how can I do that. I love my daughter too much to not to talk to her."
"Mom, I saw in my dream that you stopped talking to me and I was all alone. Please mom never do that." she said while still hugging.
Smriti came out of the hug, cupped her face and said, "Never sweetheart. I love you."
"Mom, I will leave dancing. I will never dance again."
Smriti looked at her daughter, proud of her that she was willing to leave her dream because she did not like it. She then mischievously said, "but I never asked you to leave dancing."
Kria looked confused at her mother's statement and said, "huh?"
Smriti smiled looking at her daughter's confusing face and said, "I want you to pursue your dream..."
As soon as the word escaped her mouth, Kria's jaw dropped and she hugged her mother and asked, "Mom are you saying the truth?"
"Yes baby, but first listen to me." Smriti said in a strict tone.
Kria just nodded her head.
"I will give you two months, and in these two moths you have to make me believe that you are really as passionate as you say about dancing. You have to prove to me that dancing is what ypu want to do."
Kria interrupted her and said. "Mom, I will..."
"Kria, first listen to me, then say what you want. So i was saying that in these two moths you have to show me what dance means to you, without anyone's help. If you succeed, then I will not stop you, but if you fail, we will never talk about dance again. And you will not lie to me again. Agreed?"
Kriya smiled and once again hugged her mother tight, "Oh mom, you are the best mom in the whole world. I will make you believe in again and I will make you believe in my passion. I love you mom. I love you so much."
Smriti just shook her head and said, "Ok, okay. I love you too. Now leave me or else I will suffocate."
Kria just kissed her mother's cheek, got out of her bed, switched on her music player and began dancing.
Smriti laughed at her daughter's antics and left the room.
Past ends...
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i have been a silent follower of this forum...n this is my first post...
do tell me how is it...
i was just thinking how it will all end when kria makes her exit...i hope they end her character rather than bringing a new actor to play Kria...so thinking that in mind i wrote this...
hope you enjoyed reading it...
i wanted to complete in one part...but it was too long...n i have to go somewhere,...so i will try to write the second part tomorrow...
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