Part 5
The next day everyone was excited to get to the farmhouse. Even the kids were up early so they can leave on time. And like always, the kids were matching; Kripa was wearing a cream churidaar matching with Angad's cream shirt, Kashish was wearing a red churidaar matching with Sujal's red shirt, Anjali was wearing a green churidaar just like Kavya's green shirt, and Tannu was wearing a black churidaar matching with Samrat who was wearing a black shirt. It was weird that they would always match with each other when they didn't know what the other would be wearing, but they had gotten used to it after a while. When they came down, this did not go unnoticed by the parents once again their minds were filled with how cute the couple look matching with one another. The parents left in one car leaving the kids to decide their seating arrangements, obviously Sujal wanted to go with Kashish, all they needed was two more people, and they just had to choose who it would be. Kripa wanted to go with her sister but Anjali wanted to go as Sujal was her brother so the two were fighting.
Tannu- stop!
Everyone stopped and watched the girl stand there with her eyes closed and an annoyed expression on her face. She took several long and deep breaths before looking at the others and telling them she had an idea.
Tannu- right now let Anjali and Kavya go with Kash and Sujal
Kripa was about to protest when Tannu held up her hand.
Tannu- when we're coming back Kripz and Angu can come with Sujal and Kashish okay??
The two girls thought about it and nodded and everyone else sighed with relief. They sat in their cars and drove off to the sun. Sujal was driving with Kashish in the passenger seat and Kavya and Anjali in the back. Everyone was having a good time in the car talking about the wedding and what they would do for the time they would be there when Anjali being the curious person asked Kavya about the reason Tannu used to hate him. Kavya became quiet and thought about it, he opened his mouth and started the tale of that one misfortunate day everything was ruined between him and his sister. He starts speaking as the others listened silently and closely with care and wonder as the secrets spilled out of his mouth.
we had just moved to India a year ago and that year I was 16 and Tannu was 15…we were really close, like you know mom isn't my biological mom, her and dad married when Tannu was 5. At first she would ignore me and I would do the same to her, she didn't want to share her mother with a stranger and I didn't want to share dad. Tannu couldn't sleep without someone next to her since she would get nightmares and normally mom would sleep next to her but after the marriage she told Tannu that she was too old to get afraid of monsters under the bed or the closet…but Tannu insisted that she wouldn't be able to sleep but mom ignored it thinking she was just scared to be in a room alone without her mom. 5 months went by; Tannu had nightmares every night and was unable to sleep. Her screams woke me up since my room was next to hers while mom and dad were in the other wing away from us, they never heard her yelling and screaming, pleading someone to stop and leave her alone. I would enter her room and be horrified by the sight in front of my eyes, she was turning, tossing and looked like she was trying to fight someone off, her clothes were wet with sweat and her face with tears. It was the same dream every night, I would wake her up and she would hug me close trembling with fear…that's how we got closer and started treating each other as siblings. I would spend the next hour calming and pacifying her but she still wouldn't let me go so I would lay on the bed with her cuddling me and sing her a lullaby, only then would she sleep but when I would move to leave, I was unable to because she was holding my arm and shirt in a tight grip which didn't release even in sleep. After that I started sleeping in the same room as her and we continued to until the age of 10, she told me that she was grown up now and moved into her own room. I would go to sleep in my room, my bed…alone, and she would go to sleep in her room, her bed. Next morning I would wake up in my room, my bed…but not alone, she would lay there cuddling my arm. This tradition continued for the upcoming years, her nightmares slowly and gradually stopped, so did her coming into my room looking for comfort, she was growing up and her nightmares stopped terrifying her. She never told her mom what the nightmares were about, only I knew. Her biological dad used to beat her…when mom wasn't there, he beat a 1 year old and continued to until mom finally divorced him when she found him cheating on her with his secretary, Tannu was four and a half. Mom met dad and they fell in love but poor Tannu was unable to forget those nights mom wasn't home and that monster would slap her, beat her and scream at her. She never told mom because he threatened to kill her, when you tell that to a little kid they listen to you, and another reason I could read in her eyes was that she was ashamed…of her not being able to fight back. She blamed herself. She told that to me…and I betrayed her by telling that to everyone in our school. It was a bad day for me, first dad yelled at me for a bad grade then my girlfriend dumped me for my enemy. It was lunch time and Tannu came over to talk to me like always. I was sitting with my clique, the jocks and the popular guys. She started bugging me and I just blew up, I stood and yelled to the whole school that "Tannu was abused, she had nightmares till she was 14 and she's scared of the dark". Her eyes…so sad and betrayed made me feel like crap, she ran out as some of the kids started laughing and calling her a crybaby. I realized what I just did and ran after her but it was too late, she was already packing up to leave for America and told dad to take her to the airport. Dad asked her what was wrong, she told him "I don't want to live here anymore, I'm going back to America, don't ask me to stay because I won't and never ask me to come back, not until I can finally come own my own". Dad took her to the airport and I tried to apologize to her when she was getting in the car, but she only whispered, "I hate you, I hope you die and go to hell". That was the last thing she said to me and the last time I saw her. I felt like crap, I stopped eating and sleeping, I didn't go to school anymore. Mom asked dad to move us somewhere else, maybe the new surroundings would make me feel better…it didn't but I got used to being hated by the one person I love the most in the world, by my sister and I started hating myself. That's the reason she hates me and its totally justified because what I did was wrong, thankfully no one heard the abused part only the nightmare and the dark part so I guess in a way her secret was still a secret with me until now. You all know about her most private secret don't tell anyone only the gang but not the parents.
The others looked at him, his grey eyes filled with distraught tears and pain. His heart felt lighter, now his burden had gone the minute he started the he started his story. Anjali hugged him, her own dark eyes teary along with Kashish. Sujal's jaw was clenched tightly and his hands held the steering wheel in a death grip, his eyes angry and filled with hatred for the man who would dare hurt a child, especially a child that grew up to be his friend, like a sister to him. In the other car the girls were sitting in the back singing and dancing in their seats while Samrat drove with Angad in the passenger seat. The music was blasting and the mood was a calm happy one that kept them talking about the wedding and other things. Kripa was fighting with Angad about what radio channel to listen to when Tannu's phone rang. She smiled happily as she read "Bro" on the screen, flipping her phone open she answered.
Tannu- hey bro what's up?
Anjali- Tannu it's me Anjali
Tannu- oh Anjali umm I thought it was Kavya and how come your calling me from his phone?
Anjali- he told us
Tannu- okay…umm what cha talking about?
Anjali- he told us about your nightmares, the reason for them, and also why you left and hated him
Tannu- ………………………..
She closed her eyes and sighed suddenly looking ragged and tired. The others looked at her and became worried. She opened her eyes and shook her head looking at them.
Anjali- Tannu? You there?
Tannu- you know something…
Anjali- what?
Tannu- I never blamed him…neither did I hate him. I was angry and sad but I knew that one day would come when he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret anymore, because I could tell that he wanted me to tell someone, to talk to an expert or something. I knew and still do that he loves me, maybe more than his life and I know that I love him the most in the world, I could live without talking or seeing mom and dad my whole life but him…I would die without hearing his voice or seeing his face, and the pranks we pulled in school on the teachers and everyone, even mum and dad, life would be boring without them. *laughs softly* and his expressions, oh my god did you know that he is an awesome actor but he sucks at lying to me. You can tell because he doesn't look you in the eyes when he is lying about something, always act like he was busy looking at something. Oh Anjali I swear to god, I love him a lot…they returned the night I left, on the plane the hostess woke me up because my screaming was apparently disturbing the other passengers. I haven't been able to sleep peacefully for the last five years; I had to take medicine to make me sleep. If I could I swear on my life I would take back everything I said and never have left, I swear Anjali I really do!
Anjali- he can hear you, you're on speaker right now
Tannu- im sorry…so sorry
She hangs up without waiting for a reply. Kripa takes her in her arms as Samrat stops the car. Tannu was hugging kripa close and needed the reassurance, for what they didn't know but they would still give it, and so they did for some time, they held her close in a big bear hug.
hope you liked! please comment and tell me what you thought of it. i would rlly appreciate it a lot.
nd now you know the reason for the hatred btwn kavya nd tannu. plz comment! thank you. ~~rinki
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