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Aww this is so beautiful !! Finally,i got to read some of your magic !!👏 Love Siddhant and Avni. They really do have a beautiful bond of friendship and i am definitely hoping to see something more in their case. Update real soon otherwise now even i have some rotten food in my fridge which i am keeping for sometime.😛😆😉
Part 11
Shilpa couldn't believe how at home she felt with Sid and Sue in their home. In fact it was as if this is where she should have been from the beginning, it was the place she had spent her whole life searching for. Although Mummy and Papa tried their best to visit her and tried to make up for lost time, she never quite felt comfortable with them. She always felt as if she had to be on her best behavior, that she had to impress. But with Sid and Sue it was as if she was where she belonged. This is what she had always imagined life would be like with a family. She had just sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee staring off into the dark backyard after a long shift and was enjoying a few moments of home. Naturally her thoughts started to drift off towards Sid and the changes she had observed in him. She had always known he would be great with kids, he was a big kid after all, but the way he was around Siddhant was so...natural. It brought a smile to her face. And the way him and Avni were so comfortable with each other, sometimes it seemed as though they were simply cut of the same cloth, that they drifted towards each other because they were so similar, that they made soul friends. And then at other times she couldn't help but wonder if there was more, that maybe this was the woman Sid was meant to be with. She had tried a few times to get Sid alone and ask him, but they were always interrupted. And since Sue had been on nights for the past week she hadn't been an option. She had just resolved to corner Sid when he came in when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned ready to attack verbally, when she realized it wasn't Sid but Sue. She called a halt to the words already forming in her throat and exchanged it for a smile of victory. This is too perfect God. You must really love me you send the biggest gossip just as I conclude I need to find out the truth, and she's post call. I tell you it's like taking candy from a baby. Shilpa pulled out the chair next to her and motioned for Sue to sit down, "Hey Sis take a seat. You must be tired I'll heat up leftovers and make you a cup of tea how's that sound?" Sue plopped down in the chair Shilpa had pulled out for her ungracefully and let out a sigh of pleasure, "Sounds heavenly." She closed her eyes and rested her head back.
Shilpa quickly put the food and tea together and brought it back to the table, and silently watched as Sue satisfied her initially hunger. Once Sue had finished about half of her plate Shilpa broached the thing that had been eating at her, "Can I ask you a question?" Sue was so engrossed in the food and filling her belly that she didn't see the land mine she was about to step on, "Shoot." "Who is Avni and how do you know her?" Sue stopped mid chew and looked up at Shilpa at first confused, but as she looked at her face a little longer she realized the true meaning of Shilpa's question, "Don't you really mean who is she to Sid?" When Shilpa nodded her head in confirmation Sue continued, "You know I wonder that myself often, but to tell you the truth I'm not sure even Sid knows who she is to him. I do know that they met incidentally at the hospital a few months ago and after a short encounter with her and Siddhant he walked away figuring he would never see her again. Only to find Siddhant again, or shall I say Siddhant found him again..." Sue went on to explain what Sid had told her about those first few meetings, and then went on to explain her interactions with Avni and the kids and concluded with, "I truly don't know what Avni means to Sid, and I certainly have no clue what Sid is to Avni other than friends. But to me Avni was a guardian angel sent to save Sid from the darkness that clouded his life for far too long. Darkness that he didn't deserve the blame for and certainly for something he couldn't have stopped. Whatever comes of their relationship, even if it's nothing more than friendship, I owe Avni my brother's life and for that I owe her mine. And I most certainly will not interfere in her life, she deserves to live her life without my interference, as does Sid." Shilpa listened quietly completely engrossed in Sue's recount of Sid and Avni's first meeting and then she was brought back to reality by Sue's thoughts. Her thoughts were reflected in Sue's next words, "I used to think that there was no woman better for Sid than her. That she was the one woman who could make him happy, that they would live a long and happy life together. But now I'm not so sure. Now I question if she was even the right woman for him, if she was the one he was meant to be with. After seeing how he is with Avni I wish that he had met her before, that he could have avoided all of this heartache, that Avni was a part of this family and not her."
Sue's thoughts reflected Shilpa's and yet there was one thing Shilpa couldn't help but point out, "I too thought that they were inseperable, that she was smart enough to know what precious gift she was given. I also don't know if she was meant to be the one, but if Sid and her hadn't met, hadn't gone through the trials and pain they had gone through I'm not so sure Avni and him would have met. And even if they had met, I'm not sure they would have connected the way they did. I would never want Sid to be in pain, I never wanted Sid to be in pain, but no such life exists where there is no pain. And unfortunately it is only the pain that allows us to understand and appreciate the goodness when it comes our way, if...we are smart enough to see it..." Sue waited for more but it seemed as though Shilpa was lost in thoughts of her own, in memories of her own. Sue gently shook her and asked, "Hey, are you talking metaphorically or from personal experience. And before you lie know that you are as easy to read as a billboard." Shilpa's lips curved in a lame attempt at a smile, "Well if you know me so well then I guess I don't have to answer that question for you." With those words she got up gave Sue a tight hug and headed off to her bedroom, leaving Sue pondering what goodness Shilpa had found after her heartache that she wasn't smart enough to grab on to and hold on tight.
Shilpa knew she had left Sue hanging right after she had asked her to spill the truth out, but she couldn't tell Sue what had happened when she herself wasn't sure what it meant. All she knew was that although she had felt at home here, there was something missing. Something that didn't used to be when she was back in India. She walked into her bedroom shut the door and collapsed on the window seat. The words she had told Sue swirling around in her head triggering memories of another place, another time...
She settled into the routine of things as the hospital no longer felt new, and her consulting service was running well, thanks to Sid bhaiya and his connections and generous donations. She had never dreamt of her career becoming her primary focus. For so long she had been driven by her desire to find her sister, to become a part of a family. And yet fate had stepped in just as she was about to get everything she had ever thought she wanted. But there was no part of her that regretted her stance on the matter or the decisions she had made. She may have lost her sister, but she had gained a family in return. Shilpa finished writing in her latest file closed it and grabbed her things eager to get home after being out of town for so long. She stopped at her regular caf anticipating sitting at her favorite booth with a cup of the best coffee. She was going to need it with the task she had ahead of her. She had just taken a sip of her coffee and sat forward staring at her task as if she were about to face an army for war. She picked up her pen and started towards the paper, just as she was about to make contact she pulled away. Still unsure of what to write. She put the pen down and simply tried to gather her thoughts, What am I supposed to say to him? I know this is going to be one of the hardest days of his life, it certainly was last year. But if by chance he has finally moved forward, has forgetten that what this day reminds him of I don't want to be the one to remind him of it. She sat at her booth contemplating whether or not se should even be writing this letter when her phone rang she picked up without looking already knowing who it would be, "Hey. Yes I am back, and yes I am at my favorite spot." The person on the line started laughing with a response, "Why do I even bother calling you it's not like I even get a chance to have a conversation with you, you always cut me off with the answers. Don't you know that a conversation entails that TWO people get to talk? If one person is doing all the talking then it becomes a confessional. And I am no priest." Shilpa started to laugh at the outrageous analogy. "Yah, Yah. Is lecturing the only reason you called me? Or did you want to talk about something more?" The person on the other line responded, "No, I just called to ask if you were back I was hearing rumors of your return at the hospital and was wondering why you hadn't stopped by or bothered to call me. Then I figured I'd just call you as I came to check to see if you were at your favorite spot. And it looks like I know you as well as I thought..." Shilpa felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look at its owner, "...because here you are." Shilpa jumped up out of her chair and wrapped her arms around the person and gave a tight hug. She sat back down and gestured for the person to follow, "Once again you prove you know me as well, if not better, than I do myself."
The man let out a sigh of a relief upon seeing Shilpa safe and sound at her favorite booth. He was hoping the only reason she hadn't called him upon her return was because she had gotten to busy with tyring to catch up on work. And he was glad he was right. But this time it had been too close to that awful day that he had gotten a little nervous wondering if memories of that day had led to her ignoring him. As he watched her take a sip of her favorite brew he couldn't help but be thankful that she had come back into her life, he had thought that day he had lost her forever, that his obsession had driven her away. But thankfully his Shilpa had a kind heart, and their God had mercy on him for she had returned to his life and although she had been different she had not been indifferent. He was content just watching her, he could have watched her like this forever. Shilpa spoke so much that it was rare moments of silence like these that needed to be cherished. He wanted to ask her how she was feeling if memories of that day were haunting her, or if she had finally managed to get over them. He glanced at what was lying in front of her and saw the blank paper, the card and then pen he couldn't help himself, "Shilpa what is this? Is it someone's birthday soon?" Shilpa was aroused from her inner thoughts by the question posed to her, "Hmm? Oh yeah it's Sid's birthday next week and I was going to write him a letter to send with his card." It took him a second to figure out why it was still blank, Shilpa was never at a loss of words especially if it was either about or to her brother. And then it clicked, Sid's birthday was right before that day, the day that had changed all of their lives forever. She must be trying to figure out what to write to him, if she should bring it up. "Just write what your heart tells you to write, it will always lead you down the path you were meant to go."
Shilpa stared at the man sitting next to her, the one that she had thought she would never see again. The one that never seemed to stray far from her even if she ran as far and fast as she could. "The heart. The heart only leads to pain and sadness. I have already learnt that there is nothing but tears along the path the heart leads you towards." She knew what she was saying was the last thing he wanted to hear, but it was how she felt, and she refused to lie to him about what she believed. "Besides this letter isn't about me or for me, but it's for Sid. I want Sid to be happy. I want him to forget about that day and to move on. And for that day to be so close to his birthday, it always overshadows what should be one of the best days of the year. I just want to help erase that day from his life, I want him to forget about her about the pain she caused him. I wish she had never come in his life, even if that meant I would never have met him, wouldn't have gained his love and a family, I still wish for him that he had never met her. For she managed to destroy a man that should have been indestructible, and he was never cherished the way he should have been. Any other woman would have recognized the gem of a man that he was, he is, and would have protected his heart at any cost and yet she knew and even then she destroyed it."
He listened to all Shilpa had to say and once she ran out of steam he tried to get her to realized that life wasn't always fair, "I understand your wanting him to move on to find happiness, but maybe the best way for you to tell him that life goes on it to show him. You know there is no life that exists without pain, and to shut yourself out from feeling to try and save yourself the possibility of pain. You are shutting yourself off from the possibility of finding something precious. Shilpa, I know your heart was broken by that fool but that doesn't mean you won't find love again, maybe what you felt for him wasn't even love. As for Sid and her she may not have valued him, and certainly caused him heartache, but if Sid and her hadn't met, hadn't gone through the trials and pain they had gone through then Sid might not be where he is now. And where he is now might be exactly where he is meant to be to find the woman meant to be the one, the experiences he has undergone maybe the things that connect him to that person. No one ever wants to see the person they love in pain, but no life exists without pain, and it is only the pain that allows us to understand and appreciate the goodness that comes our way. If we are smart enough to see it." He watched Shilpa as he spoke from his heart, and saw that although she understood the words and was even maybe realizing the truth behind them, as far as she could see they only applied to Sid's situation. Not hers.
"Akash! That's perfect, hang on a second while I quickly write that down, I am going to of course reword it a bit as you should know from our med school days that your ideas are great, but your wording can always be improved. Remember that time in second year when I wanted to get that jerk of a guy to believe I was falling for him? And you gave me the most romantic poem, to this day I still can't figure out where you found it. I do think it was hilarious that you claimed to have written it yourself. But of course the goal was for the guy to fall for me enough that we could give him a taste of the pain he caused the girls he dumped not for him to fall head over heels in love. So of course I had to change some of the words to make it seem more believable that a med student had written it not a poet. But his face when he realized that it was just a joke. That was too perfect." She finished writing down the words he had spoken and looked up at him expecting a smile on his face, instead he was searching hers for something. She didn't know what exactly. So continued her rambling, "As for my heart, don't worry I have learned that the path your brain leads you down is much smarter, and that is the path I will always follow. Alright, enough about me how many lives did you save while I was out on my consult?"
"Oh the usual, a ton." They both smiled at the old joke that ran between them. "No but for real we were lucky enough to have gotten the new instruments from the States thanks to your brother and it helped us fix some of the valves on the patients that had been waiting for far too long before it. Remember Maya?" Shilpa's face brightened at the mention of the girl that had been at their hospital for almost a year waiting for a heart transplant since none of the other treatment options were valid for her. Even though everyday was simply a countdown of whether the heart would come first or if her time would run out first she was always a happy cheery girl. She loved to follow Akash around while he ran rounds and she had every one in the hospital wrapped around her finger. In fact, she reminded Shilpa a lot of Tam Jr. "Are you serious? Please do not joke about something like this." Akash, smiled sweetly as he told her, "I would never joke about something like that, but with the instruments we had ordered your brother some how managed to send over a few that we would never have been able to afford even in the next 10 years and a physician that was well versed in using them. And with it we were able to go in and fix her valve defect. She will be released tomorrow and will only have to come back every few months or so." Shilpa was ecstatic at hearing the news and jumped across the table and gave him a tight hug of joy. "Oh! Akash, that's wonderful. I'm so happy for her. See that is what I am talking about that poor girl's heart only lead to pain while it was your and that American physician's brain that helped bring her a chance at a new life."
He took a deep breath knowing what he had to do, "Well I'm glad you can see the value of that physician's knowledge because I found out have I have gotten the opportunity of a fellowship where I will be able to train with him. In the States, and I am going to take it." Shilpa was shocked with the news Akash had given her she was so happy for him. She got up and hugged him again while wishing him a congrats before asking him when he had to leave. He responded, "Actually you came back just in time I leave at the end of the week. That is why I was trying to get in touch with you I didn't want to leave without telling you goodbye, but I couldn't put off my leaving any longer. You returned just in time." He got up and gathered his things before leaning over to give her one last hug while holding her in his embrace he whispered to her, "Shilpa I hope you find the happiness you deserve and when you do you hold on to it tight. I hope after the last time you know by now that if you ever need me, all you have to do is call. And I will come without asking a question. And please stay away from jerks that are going to break your heart, because my hands can't afford to be in a cast for months like it was after the last one. If you are ever in the States do look me up." And with those words he gave Shilpa one last squeeze before letting her go and walking away. As he reached the threshold of the caf he paused and turned back towards her and said, "I still think that the path of the heart is the only one worth following even if it ultimately leads to heartache. Because there are times when it leads to something extraordinary and to miss out that would a be shame. Then again, sometimes we experience the extraordinary and are just not smart enough to grab on to it and hold it tight." With those slightly cryptic words he turned and walked out of the caf.
Shilpa watched as the one man who had stood by her through thick and thin walked out of her life towards bigger and better things. She felt a slight pang in her heart and figured it was simply the pain of losing a good friend. An everyday confidant. But she knew that she ever needed him, for anything he would come without question and would stand by her until she was strong enough to stand up on her own. As she watched him get into his car and drive away she wondered what girl had managed to capture his heart while not recognizing what a treasure she had been given. And even after not getting the girl of his heart he still believed that following your heart was the only path to take. She hoped that girl wised up and found her way back to him for his heart was just as precious as Bhiaya's and they both deserved to be cherished.
Shilpa felt wetness on her face, she reached up to wipe them only to find out that they were her tears. As she wiped them from her face she realized what had been missing, it was her heart. She had preached over and over again that she would never follow her heart, that the heart always lead to pain and heartache. Yet here she was in Houston, claiming to be here for a learning opportunity, here to spend time with her family. When deep down she was simply letting her brain fool her into believing she wasn't following her heart. Her heart had always known that she had found that happiness she had been searching for and it was with her all through college and med school. It was with her when she was shattered into a million pieces upon finding out what her sister really was, what the man she had thought was going to own her heart really was. And here, now, at a place and time where she should be feeling on top of the world, at home with her family there was something still missing. The thing that was missing was not a something, but a someone, it was the man that had owned her heart for so long that she didn't even know it was no longer with her. The man that had proved to be her guardian over and over again. It was and always had been Akash.
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