Hey guys...this is the sequel to the previous 2 OS... So Far So Close and When You Are Here.
Sometimes……certain events happen in your life……certain moments arrive…….so blissful…that all you can wish is that those moments to never end………you don't know what had happened before that particular time…..and you don't care what will happen after that….
All you want is to continue in that phase for as long as possible……….forever perhaps….
Raghav felt the same at that moment……..with Sia sitting beside her….her head resting against his shoulder……and the rain outside…….he wished that moment continued forever…..
It was raining still….but not as much as before. Raghav could see the outside…….it was foggy though. They were almost Elite now…..a few more minutes perhaps.
"Umm……tab to me market me hi tha, Juno ko call karke pata chala tum waha ho…to me wahhan chala gaya aur phir tumhe call kia…….and then I was searching for you"
" kaise pata chala me kaunsa dukaan me hoon?"
"Mene ek dukaandar se pucha…bhaisab kisi rote hue ladki ko dekha he? toh usne bata di ki ha uss taraf gayi he", Raghav said with a grin.
"Tumhe mazzak lag raha he na……..par sach to yeh he…..ki tum ne mujhe zada miss kia!!!", Sia said angrily.
"Toh mene kab kaha ki mene tumhe zada miss nahi kia tha?? I missed you so so much!! Cause I love you more!!"
"jhootha!"
"Thik he……I won't quarrel with you tonight….tum jo kahogi..wahi sahi he…thik he??"
"Hum agaye he", she said.
It was around 5 minutes walk from there to Elite School. But it was a light drizzle now……so they started walking.
Raghav looked at her and smiled. He touched her nose playfully,
Sia couldn't understand what he meant to say. She looked at him curiously.
Raghav came close to her….really close……..
Sia knew what he meant.
It felt so weird though……..specially to her. She has never cared about stuffs like Love.
When she used to hear her friends talk about their special persons and how much they missed them….she used to think they are just making up stories.
How could it be possible for someone to feel for someone else so deeply…..that the rest of the world would seem colorless, useless and of no meaning?
But now she knew…..not only did she know…..she had felt it so strongly…..
……….Without Raghav her life had become meaningless……..
And now all she wanted was to be with him as much as possible.
"Kuch bhi nahi…………"
When the evening had slowly transformed into night…they didn't know……..
They were walking alone there……..only the street lights showing them their way……..only the sounds of the rain to accompany them……..
So many times they have walked this road before……..sometimes alone…sometimes with each other…….sometimes with someone else…………….but today felt different.
There was something today that was there never before………the sweet smell of reunion in air.
Sia thought of their walk from the cafe…………it was night….and it was a rainy weather…just like tonight……
…that night….they went on a date for the first time…
….that night…...when for the first time Raghav had seemed different to her……
.that night…when she had for the first time felt something more for him……
….that was the night probably………when their story had got started…..
Sham ka anchal……. tor ke ayi……
dekho wo raat suhani………
a likh de hum….. dono milke…..
apne yeh prem kahaani………
Raghav was grinning.
"Its so weird he na? bas ek saal pehle…..me tumhe janta bhi nahi tha……aur aaj……you mean so much to me!...life is so weird!"
"Jab Coach ne kaha tha…ki new boxer is coming……..woh bhi she boxer……I was so disturbed", Raghav continued on his own, " mere friends bhi soch rahe the ki now I will get overshadowed………..par….
……how can you get overshadowed by the person who has brought a new light into your life?"
"You understand me like no one else Pushpa………you understand me more than myself……"
"Jab yeh saal shuru hua to never thought ki……..itna kuch ho jaega….things will change so much………..I mean kitna saara drama ho gaya…………pehle we were like always fighting…..tum to mujhe hate karti thi…….", he grinned remembering those days when he used to irritate her calling her 'Push-pa' all the time…..and she used to get mad at his gestures!
Raghav felt funny thinking about them getting kidnapped. Juno would have got hyper for sure and Coach would have blamed Raghav only as usual!
Suddenly he realized that Sia was not saying anything for a time.
He looked beside him…..she was not there!!!
Raghav turned to look behind….
He didn't notice when she had fell behind……..she was walking very slowly……..absorbed in her thoughts…….
What was the matter?
Raghav walked back to her.
Sia stopped on her tracks…..and looked up at him.
He was not sure….but in the feeble light…….her eyes looked very sad…..she looked hurt.
Raghav came and stood close to her.
"Ek saal…….ek saal guzar gaya….."
"Pushpa…..toh kya?"
"Aur bas ek saal Raghav…..uske baad…….Elite……hum Elite chor ke jaenge……"
"woh to hoga hi……it will be our final year……par……."
"Aur hum alag ho jaenge Raghav….."
Raghav was stunned to hear that remark. Why would that happen?
"Pushpa…tum kya bol rahe ho? Hum alag kyun honge?"
She is so stupid. How could she have thought that they will be together always? Even if they go into the same college…..outside the Elite their worlds are heaven and hell apart! They belong to 2 different society………things will never work out…..they will get apart…sooner or later.
Yes she will also miss her other friends…..Arjun, Sama, Gurmeet, Wadda and Nikka bro……they will all go into separate fields……..how will her life would be then?
Without Arjun to talk to? Without Sama to gossip? Without Amber, Aakash and Gurmeet to chat?
Without Raghav……?
Elite was like a dream…..where every impossible thing was possible……..but now it seemed that the dream was breaking slowly………….she was gradually waking up now….
She was so lost in her thoughts…...she had forgot that Raghav was standing there.
Raghav held her hands in his firmly…..his other hand then touched her face softly…..
Raghav paused for a second and then again continued….
Raghav gently moved aside her hairs. Her face was moist……he didn't know whether from a raindrop……..or a teardrop……but he wiped it.
Raghav drew her close to him…..and pulled up her face……..and he kissed her.
All his care…all his love….was pouring into her……
It was not the raindrops anymore…..Sia's cheeks were now getting wet from her tears.
How did she fell in love with someone…who loved her back so much?
Raghav let go of her after few seconds…..
Sia stood for a second…her eyes closed…….and then she opened them….
Raghav smiled looking at her, "Aur waise bhi……abhi to ek saal baki he…..tumhe tang kar ne ke liye….phir tum khud I mujhse dur bhagogi!"
Sia smiled hearing that.
"Chalo…..der ho raha he", she said.
Raghav took his bag and her also and they started walking.
Sia could see the Elite's gates….it was a few more steps ahead.
When this day had started…..she was crying because he was away…….and now at the end of the day…….she was walking back into Elite with him by her side…….
Yes she was a bit scared of the coming day………she didn't know what will happen to them…….but the new day also gave her such a surprise…….it brought back him to her...it brought back her love...
She looked at Raghav walking right by her side……she was at peace again.
Yes she was unsure of the new day……..but she was sure of one thing……..his love will remain with her ……just like this moment and for always……
Ane wali subah jane……
.rang kya laye dewaani……
Mere chahath…….ko rakh lena…….jaise koi nishaani……
Hum rahe ya na rahe……
Yaad ayenge yeh pal……
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
