"Istarah..."
"bahut achi lagti ho..."
She could hear those words even if he didn't say it loud... They have left from the projector room way before ...the little moments they spent were still lingering in her thoughts... She was blushing all the way to locker room looking at the pencil... How for a moment she forgot every dam thing except him... his smile... them... She just jumped and doing a dance turn in excitement just to face RUHI...
All her happiness and excitement turned into fear and anger as soon as she saw Ruhi who was looking at her with that suspicious look...
Ruhi: Wow... itna pressure mein bhi itni khush...kya baat hai Sharon... kuch good news hai kya... mujhse share nahi karenge kya...
Sharon: Look thats none of your business...
She moved to her locker and started taking her things out...
Ruhi smirked to herself...
Ruhi: Ha aap ka business mein koi interest nahi hai mujhe... agar interest hai tho sirf aur sirf swayam mein... agar aap hum dono ke beech mein nahi aate tho mein aap ke baarein mein sochthi bhi nahi..
Sharon was not even paying attention to her stupid blabber...she didn't want to spoil rest of day by arguing with Ruhi
Ruhi : waise i hope you remember ki aap ke sabse bade raaz mujhe pata hai...
Sharon got irritated and turned to face smirking Ruhi...
Sharon: bas isliye tum mere saamne aise khadi rahi ho...
Ruhi: job hi hai... mein aaj raat Swayam ke saath time spend karna chahti hu... so u know... i hope aap humhe disturb nahi karenge...
Sharon: What the hell... how dare you...
Ruhi : sambhal ke Sharon...yaad hai aap ka raaz mere paas hai...
Sharon: How cheap of you Ruhi... You just wait and watch,..yeh sab...
Sharon couldn't control her emotions...fear...anger..hatred and... concern for swayam... made her hyper... She felt her body betraying her...she started coughing badly... she tried not using the inhaler.. She took her bag and ran away from Ruhi...
She ran into a empty classroom and inhaled the medicine... Somewhere she knew that Ruhi would have followed her and would have seen her taking inhaler...she cursed her fate for this.. she hated being weak... she threw her bag in frustration and she settled down on the floor ... feeling frustrated... scared...
Ruhi smirked to herself and went back from there...
She felt like destroying everything around her... she couldn't help but accept defeat infront of that Ruhi... Ruhi was taking everything away from her life slowly...likea poision...first Swayam ...then dance...
She couldn't stop the tears flowing... she tried but she couldn't find any ray of positive hope...
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Swayam finally felt his mind and heart at peace... He was so happy...not that something happened but those small moments of love made his day... they way she looked out of the world... the way she blushed.. the way she ran off from there...
It's always bliss to see her happy...smiling... . he kept walking in corridor remembering the moments they had..
Just then he heard some noise from the nearby class room...
He saw inside to see Sharon ... She was sitting on the floor cuddling to herself...
Swayam just couldn't understand what happened suddenly that she was happy before... he rushed inside...
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She came out of her trance when she felt someone entering the room.. she looked back to see Swayam looking at her with concern... love..
He came to her and sat near her... she looked at him...
None of them spoke anything... she just kept staring at him...as a tear escaped her eye...
Before Swayam could reach to wipe she turned around and wiped it off...she made her face alright...and tried getting up from there...
Swayam: Sharon...
He said holding her hand...
She knew she could spill out everything in moment ..she wanted to avoid it.. she did not want to face him..neither did she strength to answer him...
She remained silent...
Swayam saw inhaler in her hand...
Swayam: Kya hua Sharon...
Sharon: kuch nahi...
Swayam: tumhe attack aaya...
Sharon: mujhe jaana hai Swayam...
She ran from there... she avoided Swayam rest of day...
Meanwhile Swayam was very tensed for Sharon...even though she avoided him he could see her all lost and sad most of the times and he failed to understand why she was not ready to share what was bothering her... she even got an attack... whats wrong... most of all he hated seeing her lost and sad all the time...
It was night Sharon tried finishing all her work and packed all her things to leave...
She was walking in the corridor... She was passing by rehearsal hall suddenly someone pulled her inside and pinned her to the wall...
She just closed her eyes...scared... she opened her eyes just meet his eyes... pouring her with lots of questions... she felt so vulnerable... she felt like hugging him and crying her heart out...
Swayam was surprised and was concerned to see Sharon in pain... He was not able to understand what was bothering her...
Sharon came out of the trance and wanted to leave...
HE has blocked her from both the ways...
Sharon: let me go Swayam...
She said avoiding eye contact...
Swayam: Kyun...
Sharon didn't answer neither was she looking at him...
Swayam: whats wrong Sharon... kya hua... tum itna lost kyun ho...
Sharon: kuch nahi Swayam... ha mein ..mein tensed hu... woh affiliation ... woh sab kuch chal raha hai...bas..
Swayam: Really now... .. And we both know thats not the reason...
Sharon: i can't help it if you feel so... let me go...
She was going... he held her hand and pulled her back...
Swayam: Fine mat batao... I don't like it when you look tensed and sad Sharon... mujhe acha nahi lagta...
Swayam: Sharon job hi hai... everything will be fine... and kuch galat nahi hoga ...
Sharon didn't answer him she kept staring at him.she gave a faint smile... and was about to walk back...
Swayam: kuch galat hone nahi doonga...
Suddenly something struck him...
Swayam: Sharon...
Sharon: ha...
Swayam: humara routine...
Sharon: routine..??
Swayam: bhul gayi...musical...
Sharon: ha... kal se karte hai... im not in a frame of mind...
Swayam: Sharon aisa kaisa chalega...look we hardly have a week ...and kal raat tak der ho jaayega...
Sharon: Swayam please..
Swayam: Sharon socho... aur the more reason that we should think of routine...saara thoughts bahar rakkhe...
Sharon: Swayam aaj nahi...mujhe attack bhi aaya aaj.. i dunno if..
Swayam: Do you trust me??.. he said moving close to her...
Sharon nodded head...
Swayam: So trust me one more time... nothing will happen... i wiil not let anything happen to you...
They kept staring at each other... Swayam took the bag from her shoulder and signalled her to go change as he went to do the same...
Sharon came back after changing clothes..they have gone through lot of songs and routines... Sharon couldn't concentrate much ...she was still lost in the thoughts...
Swayam has shut down the laptop and went and switched on the music...
Sharon came out the of the trance...
Sharon: music... routine deicide bhi nahi kiya humne...
Swayam:: maine kar liya...
Sharon: what tho tum akela karo dance... mein jaa rahi hu...
Swayam pulled her close and held her...
Swayam: Humhe kabse routine soch ke prepare karne ki zarrorat padagyi...
Swayam: just look into my eyes... forget everything else... be with me...
He whispered...
Amongst all her thoughts in head, that whisper has sent chills down her spine...
She looked into his eyes... and she hardly knew anything after that...
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They hardly felt the presence of world . They kept moving... not for the music ... but for the melody their hearts are playing now...
He entwined his fingers with her... he made them move...
She was just lost in his eyes... just moving on the command of his eyes...
Celebrating love ... celebrating them being together...
For a moment both of them forgot everything else in eachother's embrace...
No friends...no afflication...ro intruders..
Just them...only them...
She forgot all her worries... he felt at peace seeing her smile...
Her every sense was happy today being with Swayam after so long... being with him...dancing with him...expressing.. all her love
They have stopped dancing... staring at each other...
She was smiling... so was he...
She went and hugged him tightly...
It took him by surprise... he embraced his arms around and her and hugged her back...
She couldn't help those tears flowing from her eyes...
He felt her tears.. he moved little apart and saw her... she was smiling...yet she had tears...
He held her face and kissed her tears...as she closed her eyes... letting herself sink in the moment...
Arjun
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