*SPEAKERS OFF PLEASE*
A new day.. And maybe a new hope.. The D3 team was back to college.. The previous 2 days had been somewhat a terrible experience for them.. but as they say.. All's well that ends well.. But had everything really ended? Had any situation left an effect on anyone of them? Maybe yes.. Maybe no.. Those 2 days would surely go down the memory lane.. For some as a good experience and for some a devastating experience..
Everyone was present in the canteen except for Sharon.. All laughing and cracking jokes on their village experience.. Swayam was too laughing along but the two incidents that left him disturbed were skimming through his mind.. His chain of thoughts was broken when he heard Simi greeting someone..
Simi: Hey Sharon!
Swayam turned and looked to find Sharon walking towards them.. She was her own self.. Her Diva avatar.. The attitude on her face.. Her eyes.. devoid of emotions??.. Her smile not reaching her eyes.. It looked as if she hadn't taken good rest or slept properly.. Her face yet looked exhausted.. There was something in Sharon's eyes that told him that things were not good..
Swayam (in mind, confused): Sharon ko kya ho gaya?
Sharon walked to the girls and smiled warmly while greeting them.. Simi came to hug Sharon like she always did.. But today Sharon's reaction shocked everyone.. She flinched back from the hug.. Her face showed disgust in that fraction of a second.. Simi and the rest of the gang looked at Sharon quizzingly.. Swayam and Rey immediately looked at each other knowing the reason behind Sharon's actions.. Sharon involuntarily glanced at Swayam telling him to do something.. Swayam immediately looked around at everyone still looking at Sharon and before anyone could say anything he jumped in..
Swayam: Aare guys, kuch order karte hai..
Rey: Haan yaar bahut bhook lag rahi hai..
Vicky: Yaar mujhe bhi!
Nil: Aae tereko to 24 ghante bhook lagi rehti hai..
Amar: Aare tum sab batao kya khaana hai.. Main lekar aata hoon..
Everyone got busy giving their order but no one noticed the Diva sitting quiet between the chaos.. Sharon was physically sitting there but mentally absent.. This trip had left a huge impact on her..
Itni der baad toh pakde hai.. Itna jaldi kaise chodenge?!'
Asli maza toh ab dilaenge'
Baatein bhi karenge na.. Par humare tarike se'
Camera aapko milega.. Tab jab woh milega jo hume chahiye'
Tujhe camera chahiye.. Aur mujhe tu'
Sharon was bought out of her thoughts when she felt a tap on her shoulder.. She looked up to find Rey looking at her with eyes full of concern..
Rey: Hey Sharon!.. Tum theek ho?
Sharon smiled weakly but then shifted a bit to avoid Rey's touch.. Understanding her actions Rey pulled back her hand.. Swayam noticed this entire scene and was hell worried about her.. The incidents that took place back to back were disturbing him so much so he gauged how disturbed Sharon would be.. She felt his gaze on her so looked up.. He had concerned and worry written all over his face.. As if being an alarming sign she immediately hid the vulnerability with the Diva mask..
Sharon (cheerfully): Hey guys! Chalo Rehearsals ke liye nahi jaana?
Rini: But Sharon hume abhi class attend karna hai na?!
Rey: Haan guys! Chalo.. Yaad hai na VP sir ne kya kahan tha?!
Everyone starts leaving for the classes.. They were about to enter when Sharon stopped..
Sharon: Tum sab class attend karo, mujhe kuch kaam hai.. I'll see you'll later..
Everyone entered the class whereas Swayam waited back to talk to Sharon..
Swayam (stopping her): Sharon tum theek toh ho na?
Sharon (attitude): That's none of your business..
Swayam (calmly): Attitude dikhane se kuch hone nahi wala.. Canteen main jo hua main uski baat kar raha hu..
Before Sharon could give him a piece of her mind the professor came and asked Swayam to get into class and Sharon left saying she had some important GS work.. Swayam sat next to Rey with his mind pre-occupied.. During the lecture Rey nudged Swayam..
Rey (softly): Woh theek hai?
Swayam looked at Rey helplessly and nodded negatively.. Both sighed and Rey continued listening to the professor..
Swayam (in mind): Sharon ki yeh yeh halat sirf aur sirf meri wajahse hai.. Maine usse uss Alok ke saath akele nahi chadna chahiye tha.. Mere saamne Sharon ke saath itna kuc ho gaya aur main kuch bhi nahi kar paya.. Uss Alok ko toh main.. (clenched in fist in anger) Relax Swayam (breathing in and out) Wahan kuch nahi kar paya but ab Sharon ke bare main sochna hai.. Sharon sab kuch apne andar daba ke rakh rahi hai.. This is not a good sign.. Uske andar ke ghusse ko.. dard ko bahar nikalna hoga.. Otherwise it will drive her crazy.. Kuch toh karna hoga.. Par kya?
Here Sharon walked to the girl's locker room with her mind bringing in the same thoughts.. She was just feeling disgusted with all that had happened..
Sharon (in mind): Jo bhi mere saath hua.. Its my mistake.. It has always been my mistake.. Swayam ne mujhse kahan tha to stay away par mujhe mere ego.. mere attitude ke saamne kuch nahi dikhai diya.. Jab bhi Swayam ne mujhe warn karne ki koshish ki maine humesha uska opposite hi kiya hai.. Agar kal Swayam time pe nahi aata toh (a tear trickled down and she cringed at her thought) I deserve this pain.. I deserve it..
She looked around and realised this wasn't the right place or the right time to thing about all of this.. Trying to distracted herself she took out her laptop and started editing the dance video's that had to be sent to New York for the affiliation.. After an hour, Kriya entered the locker room and saw Sharon engrossed in doing some work on the laptop..
Kriya (walking to her): Hey Sharon! Aap yahan kya kar rahe ho?
Sharon (continuing her work): Woh jo video New York bhejni hai uski editing kar rahi thi and I guess it's almost done.. You can have a look..
Kriya (sitting next to her): Aapne kiya hai toh mujhe dekhne ki kya zarurat.. I'm sure it will be great!
Sharon: Nahi Kriya ek baar dekhlo.. Tum ek baar dekhlogi toh accha hoga..
Kriya sat next to her and Sharon shifted a bit maintaining a distance.. Kriya didn't notice it as she was busy watching the video..
Kriya: Waoh Sharon! This is Amazing! I'm sure Dean Sir ko yeh accha lagega..
Sharon (smiling): Thanks!
Kriya: Sharon! Aap theek toh ho na?
Sharon: Haan! Mujhe kya ho sakta hai?!
Kriya: Nahi woh main aapko subh se dekh rahi hu.. Aap bahut chup-chup se ho.. Koi baat hai toh aap mujhe bata sakte ho..
Sharon (fumbling): Woh.. main.. Theek hu.. Bas woh.. itna travel aur woh gaon main sab.. Toh sab thak gayi hu..
Kriya knew Sharon was lying.. After all they were good friends now and she also knew that Sharon was terrible at lying..
Kriya: Woh main aapko Thanks kehna chahti thi..
Sharon (confused): Kis liye?
Kriya: Woh aap aur Swayam time par camera lekar aa gaye.. Nahi toh pata nahi kya ho jaata.. Aap dono ne Rey aur mere liye itna risk uthaya..Uske liye thanks..
The thoughts that Sharon was trying to avoid gushed back into her mind.. The entire incident of Alok trying to force himself on her ran through her mind.. Keeping her thoughts aside she placed a hand on Kriya's lap..
Sharon (warmly): Come on Kriya! Rey aur tum, Swayam aur mere best friends ho.. Tum logon ke itna toh kar hi sakte hai.. After all, Dosti ki hai nibhani toh padegi hi..
Both shared a warm laugh and continued with their talks.. By the evening they were done with their classes and just finished their Rehearsals.. All were leaving as they were done for the day..
Sharon: Guys you'll continue main kuch aur der Rehearsals karna chahti hu..
Rey: But Sharon it's getting late..
Sharon: Relax Rey.. I'll be fine!
Rey: Are you sure?
Sharon: Yeah!
Everyone left leaving Sharon alone..
All the happening in Sharon's life were just going from bad to worse.. Whenever she tried to do something good things backfired.. How much can a person take?.. A normal human has a tolerance level.. And she surely was a human.. Doesn't she feel hurt?.. It all started off with their break-up.. The fights.. Misunderstanding.. Ignorance.. Cold behaviour had already created an imbalance in her life and now THIS.. She was no Super-Woman to take all of it with a smile on her face..
The only way to get it out of her system was to dance it out.. She pulled out a song from the playlist and let it play..
*REFRESH NOW AND SPEAKER ON*
She started off with slow soft movements.. She closed her eyes letting the music take over her mind and body..
Saaiyaan mere saaiyaan
Saaiyan mere saaiyan (mere saiyaa re)
Saaiyaan mere saaiyaan...
With her eyes closed she stretched out a hand as if calling him.. Stopping him.. Telling him to wait for that one moment..
Mere saaiyan re, saaiyaan re
Saancha bole naa jhootha mahiya re
She let her body flow to the music.. The rhythm.. The pain her heart was going through.. She let the feelings take over her and let them flow with the music..
Mere saaiyaan re, saaiyan re
Jhoothi maaya ka jhootha hai jiya re ho o
Ab kis disha jaaun, kit main basera paaun
Tu jo thame sambhal jaaun o ho
Saiyan mere saaiyan...
She showed how lost she felt.. How alone.. How lonely she felt in the crowd.. She just wanted him.. To help her.. To guide her.. To love her.. To bring in steadiness.. She wanted to love him.. shower all her care.. But she was standing all alone..
Mere saaiyaan re, saaiyaan re
Mere saaiyan re, saaiyaan re
Saancha bole na jhootha mahiya re
She portrayed how her destiny was playing with her.. How they were laughing at her.. She was living through sleepless nights.. Painful tears.. she felt abandoned..
Daaman mein samete andhera laayi hai behrupiya roshni
Ho o loriyaan gaaye toh ninde jal jaati hai
Laage kalsooni chandni
Her heart.. her hopes.. Her strength was now shattered.. Breaking her completely.. Her mind.. Heart.. Soul all had gone numb.. She just needed him to come and take her out of all of this.. She just wanted him by her side..
Mere saaiyaan re, saaiyaan re
Dil sheeshe ka tuta aashiyaan re o ho
Ab kis disha jaaun, kit main basera paaun
Tu jo thaame sambhal jaaun o ho
Saaiyan mere saaiyan...
As the song ended Sharon was sitting in the middle of the rehearsal hall curled up.. Her head resting on her knees and tears streaming down her cheeks.. It was just getting unbearable for her.. The chain of event that flashed across her mind broke her completely.. Little did she know that there were a pair of moist eyes observing her each move.. each emotion..
Swayam had waited back as he was worried for Sharon and her safety.. He was sitting by the entrance of the Rehearsal Hall as he didn't want to invade her privacy.. But when he heard the music play he stood at the door observing each expression her face emoted.. Each tear her eyes shed.. And looking at his love in so much pain he himself had tears..
He slowly walked in and knelt in front of her.. She was so lost in herself that she didn't budged an inch.. Swayam hesitantly kept a hand on hers and gave it a light squeeze.. Sharon's head jerked up as she didn't expect anyone there.. But as soon as she saw him, she felt defenceless.. She eyes showed him all the pain.. the guilt.. the longing.. the craving she was going through.. It was difficult for him to see all of it but it just want to tell her at any given point in time if she was lost.. pained.. lonely.. he would be standing by her as her support.. His shoulder would be there for her to cry on.. He ears would be present to listen.. His eyes there to see.. His arms there to hide her.. His heart there to love her.. Unable to get his feelings in proper word, he slowly moved his hand to her cheek and wiped the tears but before he could finish she wrapped her arm around him and nestled herself into his chest weeping.. Swayam held her close and tried to pacify her.. But he knew it won't be easy.. He placed his palm flat on her head, trying to get her to relax..
Sharon placed her hand on his chest and crumpled his t-shirt wailing.. She just wanted to let all of it out..
Sharon (crying): I'm sorry.. Sorry.. M-ai-ne.. Tu-mha-ri.. ba-at.. M-a-an..Le-n-i..cha-hi-ye.. t-th-i.. I'm sorry!
Swayam: Shhh.. Nahi Sharon.. Iss main tumhari koi galti nahi hai.. Aur please rona band karo.. Please.. Alok jaise log tumhare aanson bhi deserve nahi karte..
Sharon: I was wrong.. I'm sorry.. So-or-rr-ry..
Swayam: Shhh.. Stop crying Sharon.. Bas.. Shhh..
Sharon continued crying hiding more into him.. All that she had gone through had left a deep impression on her.. He continued holding her close and let her calm down at her own time.. He wanted her to get it out so that it doesn't start eating her from the inside..
As Sharon's cry mellowed down to sobs and then sniffs Swayam slowly pulled her away looking at her.. Without uttering a word he helped her get up.. Collected her bag for her.. Led her to her car.. Got her seated and drove her back home.. Sharon had relax quite a bit by now but she was just too silent.. As they reached her house Swayam opened the passenger door for her.. She slowly got out and started walking to the door.. He was standing their looking at her retreating figure when she stopped and turned to look at him..
Sharon (smiling weakly): Thank you..
Swayam smiled assuringly
Sharon: Good night..
Swayam (softly): Good night.. And take care..
Sharon smiled at his concern and walked in while Swayam made his way back home.. both hoping that the next day comes with a New ray of hope..
*The End*
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
