When I first started this SS it was purely for myself, but than I thought of sharing it on the forum & I was unsure abt it Yet when I got my first comment, I was obliged, this 10 chapter is dedicated to Sukriti Raizada for her beautiful comment, for taking her time to go thru it. An inspiration for me
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~~~~ Chapter 10 ~~~~
At Taj, they again rode the lift & went to same suit. there today it looked so fimilar, thought khushi, "excuse me" said Arnav and went to the wash room. Khushi went to the couch & waited for him, when he came he looked relaxed, he told her just needed to wash my eyes. when he came back, he told her Khushi, In the wardrob u can find nights clothes for you, these mite be uncomfortable for you & we have a long night ahead, she thought, how thoughful and she moved towards the wardrobe, she found a nighsuit with a long tshirt & tack pants, quite similar to him with matching sleepers and I note, It said " I believe now you wear this style of clothing or u do not feel uncomfortable in these anymore" she changed & came back to the couch, she asked should we continue
He said "yes"
She started " the trail at Vermas started the coming Monday & I enjoyed with the kids" The kids were naughty & adorable soon we were frnds & Vvermas, enjoied fresh food, soon I became a pert of their house & at the end of 7th day they decided to continue with the, I had to work from 9am - 4 pm mon to friday & I got paid decently, in case of an emergency I could go late just inform Mrs Verma 30 mins in advance. I was happy This way I was earning & had time for my classes & on weekend could take extra orders for home parties,what more could I ask. I was happy but each night when I closed my eyes I msd RM, more than I can say, I part of me was left behind, each night when I turned my side on the bed, my eyes searched a glimpse of you yet each morning I when I woke i felt the pain.
Life was moving & what more could I ask and in 3 months time my food making course got over & I had learnt a lot of new things abt packaging & preserving, health equations & sustainabilty of food for longer periods.
On my special request I got a week of extra classes for foods & snacks specially designed for ppl with diabetes.
My work on orders now reflected my new gained knowledge, the textile course which I had joined was for a more detailed one it involved fabrication, designing and presentation of it, I always had a liking for clothing, so I grasped as much as I could and my concentration was reflected in my work, my professors were impressed, in the meanwhile with my expreince in babujis mithai bhandar, I started packaged supply of snacks to local store i started with abt 50 pkts each weekend and in few months my weekly supply grew to 500 pkts and things were better for me money wise and my grades at college were improving & things looked settled for the moment but each time I saw someone with BT my thoughts returned to U & each time I heard the name of delhi & saw a white SUV instantly visions of you clouded my mind.
and than after a year, we got a circular that in a month they had a international design comptetion and all textile students could participate and the student who will that comptetion was to be sent to paris for a 9 months, with all expenses paid & the one who will come second could win 5 lacs rs. I was exicted I could never resist a challenge you know that abt me by now, so I participated and it was exciting & scary at the same time yet it bought new hope for me, I kept thinking If I win 5 lacs I could send it amma babuji & their life would be little easy,and that motivated me create something which was good very good, all my mentors were sure that I will surely win But I kept my fingers crossed & in those days I created some more designs, & when I the time came for submissions, my Professor told me to 2 designs I wasnt sure but I sent & and continued with life.
My days were intresting & my thoughts were always filled you I would sometimes come out my bathroom and look towards the left side my room to look for you as you had your recliner on the left side & One Day the whole class went for textile exihibition it was a learning handson training as they told us.
Here I meet Aditi & Anirudh. they were of my age & both madly in love. Aditi loved to design jewellery & Anirudh did evrything what aditi did, they were so much in love with each. words werent needed between them to communicate with each other. Only Aditi was too serious she didnt smile a lot & than one day during one of the sessions she bumped into me and spill her juice on me before I could utter something Anirudh came to apologise and I just laughed a hearty laugh looking at his expression he was scared it looked like I was abt to eat aditi alive & he couldnt bear that. My laugh melted the ice & I told him it wasnt necessary for him to apologise as anyone could make a mistake. they both relaxed & the next morning when I went for my exhibition lecture They Bought tea for me and I thanked them very much & this way we became frnds.They liked me for myself & I liked them for themselves. we exchanged a lot of information abt each other and after exhibition got over they gv me their cellphone nos and wanted to be in touch with me. they belong to very to do families of Lucknow & with all the luxuries of Life, big cars servants yet had no arogance like you. they had become my frnds.
After I returned to my hostel, they would just call up when ever they felt and drop in and sometimes take me out with them for outings. I was grateful for them to life.
Aditi would design fabolous jewellery & bring each of her sketches to me for my view on them I knew they didnt need me yet they cared for me.
2 more months passed & one day the news came. I had won both the first place in the intl desgn competion. my whole world was crumbled I awnted money & I got a chance to go to Paris, me who had never travelled beyond Delhi in my whole life.
That evening I was sitting in my room & Aditi and Anirudh came, they sensed something was wrong. when they wanted to know I couldnt share that I had not won the money, I told them I had won the first prize and was scared to go to Paris as I dint know english, Anirudh said jus that, between me n Aditi we can teach you english you dont need to worry. & they started to make a plan betwen them I was so grateful for them. thet started coming everyday to teach me and I dont know when they realised beside the english problem I had the financial problem of helping my family, Anirudh & aditi one day offered money which would be required for my family to tide the year I was in paris, nvr had anyone been so kind to me, I refused there help saying that I would ask them i couldnt manage but until then i couldnt accept. I had contacted Shuklaji agn in those days & asked him to come down to meet me in Licknow, I had some offers for him. Shuklaji came to meet me the following week & I told him abt the snack business which I was running & i could let me be incharge of it if he paid me a certain amount, though he was intrested in it but his responsibilities were in delhi with his familyand delhi lucknow owuld be difficult.I felt stuck again, but this time again aditi & anirudh came to my help. Aditi had a widowed cousin who was looking something to keep her occupied, she was educated and decent yet had nvr worked for earning but she was eager to learn so we started working together, she had decide to share the profits with me on 50% business as I was the owner of that business. Soon I was ready to be in paris, I who had nvr thought the world existed beyond Lucknow, I was ready to face a new world. In those days I found Aditi looking at me sometimes as if trying to decipher something yet when ever i chckd she jus shook her head.
On the last day just before I was ready to Leave for Paris, Aditi came to me, again she kept looking, when i asked her this time, she told me " khushi for all the time me n Anirudh hv known you, we hv found a happy cheery gal, but who are you hiding behind that facade, who is that who moves with your soul, who is that whom your eyes search whenever The white SUV passes by you, who is that who mirrors his soul into your eyes, who is it who is not with you yt is the only reason for your smile" I was stunned a gal like Aditi who didnt utter a lot of words could peep into my eyes my soul." She again said, I dunt know what is it or how has he been away with you but if you gonna try to take him away from your life, you gonna be breakng the mirrior into pieces and each pc will still carry him with you" She said think abt what I told you my frnd because It takes two to make a Tango, one can play the game alone. For the first time after she left I cried cried & cried.
Edited by Jhalak29 - 13 years ago
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