Chapter 3: Matters of the Heart
''di are you okay??'' mayank who was still in a trance broke out and looked at gunjan who seemed worried for the girl who was akwardly starring at him lying in his arms.
''oh, i'm sorry'' shuffling abit, he lifted her up to her feet and let nupur go, '' are you okay?''
Nupur hesitantly fixed her scarf and shook her head slowly looking at gunjan who grinned in return and looked at mayank who was lost in nupur, '' Mayank this is my sister --''
''nupur?'' mayank completed for gunjan, Nupur gave a quick glance to mayank and than turned back to face gunjan,
''di this is mayank, remember that guy who came to our house last week?'' nupur nodded prevailing her gaze '' yea he is the same guy, i invited him''
Nupur stood their silently with a fixed gaze on gunjan she didn't have the courage to look into mayanks eyes, he from the time had helped her up was starring at her and it made nupur alittle concious of her surrounding and more so scared of his intentions. She was an innocent girl but she had seen the world with her eyes open, it made her tremble to think what a person could do if given the chance. People in this world are power hungry, if you give them the chance they prove just how lost in touch are they with their humanity.
''i promise i won't bite'' mayank said extending his hand forward towards nupur in efforts of making small talk with her, from what he saw she seemed more shy and reserved than gunjan which he had not expected at all. That day when he saw her at the window,he had seen that spark in her eyes, the spark that told him she wasn't like the rest, she was unique. Yes, a unique piece.
Gunjan muffled her laughter and looked the other way when nupur glared at her angrily, turning back to mayank nupur politely brought her hands together and said, '' namaste''
Gunjan eyes windened in shock, it had been years since she had seen nupur act so prim and proper, or maybe it was the fact that mayank was a stranger, '' di chill,mayank is cool..you don't have to be formal with him''
''Gunjan '' before nupur could continue on, gunjan placed her hand on nupurs and gave her a nodd with a silenced appeal.
Unsure nupur turned to look at mayank and smiled, '' hi mayank!''
mayank grinned seeing her smile for the first time, precious lips of her forming into the most beautiful smile he had ever seen really made his heart skip a beat. Though he was confused he couldn't reconize this girl, she was no where near the girl he had seen that day...she was different, different good but that girl she didn't seem okay.
shrugging away his thoughts, '' you have a beautiful smile'' he replied sending nupur into a blushing mode with a giggling gunjan who held on to nupur tightly.
''thank you'' nupur reciprocated
''nupur you have fans waiting, should i let them in??'' the manager asked handing her a bouqet of flower but before she could take it, gunjan swiped them away from her and smelled, '' these smell so good, di your favorite red roses''
Nupur genuinely smiled and awaited for the fans to arrive after giving a side galance to mayank. it was not often a young man with gorgous looks called her smile beautiful she wanted to breathe in this moment and remember it forever.
the fans gushed in parting mayank away from nupur, mayank smiled seeing her surrounded by a bunch fans ranging from various age groups, they all seemed in awe of her.
everything seemed to be going fine and mayank knew something was defintely changing within him and it was more or less because of nupur. It was as if he was just surrounded by her and her only, everywhere he looked he found her and her smiles....
''Ms. Nupur can you sign this for me'' a girl in her teens held out her note pad and a pen to nupur, whos eyes widened and she instantly turned away, '' sophia can you give her one of my already signed photographs'' nupur instructed her assitant who nodded and handed a already signed picture to the ardent fan.
Mayank looked at nupur displeased but he saw a formation of her sadness in her eyes when she had turned away, he wondered why?
When more kids urged nupur for an autograph she huffed off the backstage leaving mayank ultra confused by her unexpected mood swings. He found himself looking at gunjan for answers but even she remained closed.
''is she okay?'' mayank questioned walking forward to gunjan who happened to be running her hand over the flowers in a systemic pattern.
''hmm'' looking up she smiled, '' i told you na, she is unique''
''unique good or bad?' gunjan opened her mouth in shock when she felt a prick on her finger but she smiled, '' they say the eyes are the window to a persons heart, look into her eyes and you tell if she is good or bad?''
Gunjan excused herself after bidding him goodbye. Mayank watched her leave and her words seem to be echoing in his mind over and over.
she was right, what was is he couldn't see even though he wanted to see it or was it that she was letting him see it. Whatever it was he needed to find questions to his answers and that too soon.
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stepping out of the shower, nupur stretched her hand out and slowly grabbed the towel in a perplexed motion. at a very silent stream she wrapped the towel around her hair and stepped out dragging her feet along the way.
She stopped infront of the mirror and wiped the mirror roughly until she could see herself in it. Her reflection seemed perfectly well, but the difference was she wasn't. They say reflections of a person tell their unspoken truths but here she couldn't even take that reflection to be herself..she wasn't that same girl starring at her, she was that girl who looked like she had the whole world at her feet, or the girl who reasons to smile, or the girl who loved life. Her reflection was lying and she knew it...opening the tap angrily nupur took water into her hands and splashed onto the mirror until she came to be disfigured on it......
sighing to herself, nupur slid down the wall softly in whispers of tears that streamed her plump cheeks and stopped at her moist lips making their way down to her neck and than dissappeared...
''di'' hearing the knock on the door, nupur lifted her head and wiped away the tears roughly and splaced water unto to her face opening the door.
''what took you so long'' gunjan asked jumping on the bed while nupur took her time in making her way over to the dresser where she sat down before it and looked at herself.
running her hand over the materialized things laying on the dresser, nupur miserably closed her eyes and than opened her eyes again feeling the towel slide of her hair.
''here i'll do it'' gunjan suggested placing the towel on the bed.
Gunjan moved her hand onto nupus hair but nupur dejectly stopped her, '' for how long gunjan?''
''till i'm alive'' there was no sense of emotion in gunjans voice as she bent down to grab the brush from the table but nupur grabbed her hand.
''don't spoil your life because of me'' nupur whispered turning away.
''di what are you talking about??'' Nupur looked at her wretchedly walking over to the window, '' i'm talking about you giving up on your career and joining me ..i'm talking about you being there for every second of my life just so you could take care of me, i'm talking about the fact you have a life also''
''di, come on i love music and you know that..and about my life well don't worry about that. my life is with you'' Gunjan approached nupur but she stopped when she saw nupur rasing her hand.
''don't, just stay away from me''
''di?''
''Gunjan, did you not hear me...''pausing she choked on her own voice, '' just go away, i don't want your pity...just leave me alone. i don't want you in my life'' nupur yelled angrily pointing towards the door.
Gunjan who had never seen nupur speak to her in such manner, trembled seeing her like this, '' but di''
''I SAID LEAVEEE'GUNJAN''
''fine go to hell, i don't care about you either...di how could you? one person...one person i knew would always be there for me is today turning back on me..and calling my love pity??...I hate you''
gunjan ran out of the room before she could see nupurs hand which reached out to stop her seeing her broken. Once gunjan left the room, nupur fell to the ground and let her tear submerge with her guilt and fear. It felt as if the world were crashing down, piece by piece around her, and all she could do was watch vunerably.
moving her hand forward she looked at her voilin, running her trembling hands over it she tried to pick it up but her hands quivered feeling a fresh pair of tears stumble down her cheeks , she gave all the will power she had to lift up the voilin with both hands but every attempt failed.
feeling fustrated she kicked the voilin away with her foot and screamed in pain venting out of her anger again and again.
her hands shook as she touched her face and tried to hold it slowly slowly............
''WHY MEE?? WHYY MEEE????????????????' she screamed loudly hitting her head back on to the wall from time to time letting the pain she caused herself seep in as the moment went by.The thing is most wounds run deeper than we can imagine. You can't see them with the naked eye.
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'' mom, i have fallen in love with her'' mayank confessed placing his head in his mothers lap slowly and soundly as she carressed him lovingly.
''but mayu, you barely know her'' mayank held onto his mother,
''i don't care, mom you don't know when i see her infront of me i feel like she completes me and when go far away i felt empty as if a part of me is missing!!'' mayank said slyly suprising his mother at his sudden outburst.
''what about her?''
Mayank lifted his head up and looked at his mother, '' mom, i don't know about her but i know she is mine and will only be mine. The way she smiles or the way she talks hesitantly...it makes me go crazy and oh yeah when she plays that voilin, its like i enter a whole another world wheres its only me and her...I know this crazy but ever since i have met her i have thought of none but her...''
Shilpa cupped her sons face into her hands and looked at with with a smile, '' hmm so my son has fallen in love, just wonder how many hearts will break mayuu''
Mayank got up with a smile, '' mom theres only one heart i care about and that is nupurs and i promise i will never let it break ever!!''
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Hey guys, I hope its clear what is wrong with nupur, if not i't'll become more clear in the next update.
Anyway enjoy and Do leave your precious comments.
Sajjal
Edited by -Sajjal- - 14 years ago
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