Part 3 (Continued)
Kripa out to have known what it was like to fall in the arms of Angad Khanna.
Embarrassment, that's what it got. His one arm was wrapped around her shoulder, while the other had a strong grip on her legs. And, he was looking at her questionably, and he ought to be, when she was the intruder in his house.
Slowly and carefully he was now lowering her, and she prepared herself for the worst, his questions. But, nothing prepared her when she felt his arms on her waist as he put her down. His one touch sent chills down her spine. She lowered her eyes, as she could not even glance at him and all of a sudden it felt hot in the place.
The intrusion at the door forced her to look up. It was Prithvi again. And, he appeared stunned.
It was Angad, who first spoke, "Prithvi"
She had never heard a voice like his before, but she loved it. It was deep, husky and refreshing too...
"Who is this girl?" he asked
He was looking back at her.
And, as the words settled in her, a sudden storm took place within her. He failed to recognize her? How could he?
Tears began to prick in her eyes, as her heart screamed out loud, "You fool he is not even aware of your existence. He does not even recollect you... How will he even believe you?"
Prithvi cleared his throat, and replied, "Angad, I know her". And, that's when Angad left her waist and stepped away from her. He was now walking away.
Why did it feel like a part of her soul was leaving?
Kripa did not know what overcame her, but the next second, she had said, "No, Prithvi I am not here to see you", she hesitated as she said, "I'm here to see... Mr. K-hanna"
The atmosphere in the room had suddenly changed at her words. Angad had turned back around and was now looking at her, while Prithvi had his mouth wide open in shock.
"Dude, I guess I will see yah later", replied Prithvi and he now walked out on Angad and Kripa leaving the two of them alone.
Kripa could feel Angad's eyes on her. And, he cleared his throat, "You okay?" he asked as he approached her.
"Yeah" Kripa lamely replied
"Good. Let's start with names!" he paused a bit before he said, "Aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Before Kripa could even stop herself, she had said out loud, "A...nj...ali"
Great going Kripa Sharma! You just lied about your name! She knew she looked guilty and hoped he had not noticed that!
"Nice name" he was looking at her again, then he put his hand in front and said, "Angad Khanna! Nice to meet you"
Kripa just stood there frozen to the spot. She could not even shake hands with him.
God, she was making a complete fool out of herself!
"I am not going to bite you.. you know?", Angad said
Kripa laughed lamely. It was a lame laugh. But, she did not utter a word.
"Anjali"
That name sounded foreign, and it took her a second to realize he was talking to her, "Look, I can see your quite nervous and shaken up, but you really need to speak up. Why are you here to see me?"
"I m..." she paused, "pr..egnant"
There she said it! That did not sound so hard. The words were out of her mouth now. She sighed. The hard part was over!
"Congratulations!" he responded, "Who is the lucky father?"
"You", she replied immediately
Angad laughed out loud and replied, "You're kidding right?"
Kripa laughed with him, then seriously she responded, "No! Though, I wish it were a joke".
He was looking at her intently, as if trying to figure whether she was lying or not. She looked away, as she could not bear his gaze mainly his suspicious look
There was silence in the room now. Painful silence
A minute had passed. There was still no response from Angad.
She looked at him. He was stunned. Actually, more like frozen to the spot.
Two whole minutes passed.
Five minutes were over, and so was Kripa's patience."You don't believe me do you?" she screamed out loud.
There was no point in even staying here. The guy didn't believe her.... She felt sick to the stomach as she realized that.. He probably thought of her as a ***** or something..
How would her child survive in this pathetic society
?She did not expect him to marry her, but at least he could have believed her...
She wiped the tears that were now falling on her cheeks, and turned around to walk back towards the door.
"I believe you", he responded calmly
She turned back in shock. He believed her? He did?
That's when Angad Khanna spoke up, "You appeared familiar to me the minute I saw you today..... its just I couldn't figure out where I had seen you"
She just looked at him.
There was silence for a minute, before he spoke again, "Are you sure you are pregnant?"
She just nodded lamely. It was incredible that she could not even formulate a single word now.
"Look, I know you are scared! Hell, even I am scared and shocked too!! But, we really need to talk about this..."
Why did all the people in this entire world feel the need to talk? She hated to talk about things. First, it was Mishty, who wanted to talk about this. Then, it was Prithvi, who wanted to talk with her, but that was an entirely different matter, and now Angad wanted to talk! Just Great!
She noticed Angad was waiting for her response and thus replied, "I just came here to inform you, as I thought you had the right to be aware about this child... now if you could please excuse me. I would really like to leave"
"But ----"
"Look my dress is wet... I m sick... angry.... frustrated...hungry and tired. My whole life has turned upside down. I am feeling guilty because I have gone against the principles imposed upon me by my parents. Plus, Mishty has been troubling me about this since a two whole weeks. On top of it all Prithvi is a total nutcase, now please don't make matters more complicated for me"
She was now shaking after saying all of that, but there it was in plain words exactly what she was feeling.
"Have you thought about this child?"
"Yes," she responded unsure of where this was heading..
"What have you thought about it?"
"I .. I.." she did not know what to say
"I don't think you have"
Was he making a fool out of her? Excuse me, mister but she was perfectly capable of thinking about her child!
"It's easier for you to say. How about you take the responsibility?" she responded angrily
'Great! Please tell me I did not say it!' screamed her mind
He smiled.
"That's what I am here for"
"NOO! I SWEAR I DID NOT MEAN THAT!!!"
He ignored her and replied, "We need to get married"
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