Chapter 9
"Mrityunjay, what is this? You decided to get married to Taara?" Aditya asks as he walks into my room. "When did you come back? And how do you know?" I ask, getting up. "Your mom told me. Now tell me, we were gone for a week and everything is completely different than the way it was before. Since when are you so interested in Taara that way?" he asks. "I'm just helping Taara," I say. "Help, how? Mrityunjay did something happen?" "Uncle wants Taara to get married, and that too to me." "But why?" "It's his last wish," I say and look to see his reaction.
I can tell that he is shocked. Who wouldn't be? It was an all of a sudden thing for everyone. No one had expected it. "Taara... And this..." he says. I tell him everything that had happened. He grows more shocked and concerned for Taara and Uncle. "How is Taara?" he asks. "She's fine for now but it's Taara, you never know what she can do," I reply. It was true. Taara was sensitive in these situations and it was up to us to handle her with the utmost care and attention that she needed. She needed to feel that she would never be alone, which she would never be anyways because I would always be there for her. I would never let anything happen to her.
"Are you... in love in Taara?" I look at Aditya, shocked. Love? And that too with Taara? That was a thought that had never crossed my mind. But what if it was true? What if I was really starting to fall in love with Taara?
"Taara, do you need help?" Meethi asks as she walks into the kitchen. I had told her everything and I was glad to have her here with me. After Mrityunjay, Aditya and Meethi were the people that I was closest with. "No, it's ok, I'll do it," I say. I was making lunch for Papa.
"By the way Taara, are you happy with this decision?" Meethi asks. I stop what I'm doing and look at her. "It doesn't matter if I'm happy or not. As long as Papa's happy, I'm happy," I say. "But Taara..." she says. "Meethi, it doesn't matter. I'm not changing my decision. It's here to stay," I reply.
"Taara, look, I'm back," I turn and see Aditya at the door. "Adi," I say and give him a hug. "How are you?" he asks. "I'm fine," I reply. He smiles and says, "Meethi come, Mom wants to talk to you. Sorry Taara, we have to go, Mom needs to talk to us urgently." "Yeah, you guys go," I say. They leave and I finish making lunch for Papa.
"Hey," I say walking into Taara's house. She was cleaning up the kitchen when I walk in. "Hi," she says. "Did you tell Adi?" "I didn't, mom did," I reply. "Now what?" she asks. "Now... our engagement, I guess?" "Right." "Mom wants to talk to you about that." "Will you stay here with Papa? I'll go meet aunty." "Ok."
I head off to Uncle's room while Taara heads off to my house. I was thinking about what Aditya had said to me this morning. Love, me and Taara. It was a thought that had never crossed my mind. But was it possible? Maybe... just maybe... I might actually be falling in love with my best friend. Who wouldn't fall in love with Taara though? She was probably the sweetest person on earth. She put her father before herself, not even thinking once about how all of this would affect her life.
"Taara, come, I need to talk to you. Look at these, decide which ones you like," Aunty says taking me into her room. The entire bed was filled with dresses and jewelry boxes. "But for what?" I asked. "For your engagement. We have kept a small function for tonight. Just us and some other close people. We have to get you and Mrityunjay engaged," she says. "Tonight?" I ask. Tonight Mrityunjay and I would get engaged? But- no Taara. You agreed for this now you have to go along. "Yes, tonight, now decide quickly, we don't have much time." I sit down and look through the dresses.
I pick up a pink dress. It looked sort of familiar; I could swear I had seen it before. "Aunty, this dress... I've seen it before," I say. "It's your mom's. She wore it on her engagement with your Papa," she replies. This dress belonged to my mom? No wonder it looked so familiar. I had probably seen it in a picture. "I'm going to wear this one," I say. "I thought so you would choose this one, now you go home and rest for a bit. Your engagement is tonight, until then, I'll talk to Mrityunjay," she says. I leave the house and come to my own room. Mrityunjay leaves once he sees me come back. I walk up to my room and pull out a photo album. It was filled of pictures of my mom. I found the picture that I was thinking about and took it out.
My mom looked beautiful in that dress. Like it was meant just for her. A tear rolled down my cheek. "I miss you mama," I say and hug the picture. I wish she was here right now.
A/N: Hope you all liked this update ๐
