Originally posted by: lashy
PART 22
Not-too-happy with his reserved responses to her light-hearted attempts, she sighed 'Jalal...I came because I never stopped considering you a friend...YOU are the one who's chosen to end it this way...' she couldn't believe she'd said it, but she did anyway!
He nodded faintly in acknowledgement 'True...and wish I could be crafty like always and come up with a smart solution, Jodha...but, the ugly truth still remains that I might not be as strong-willed as I assumed I was...' his husky voice slightly cracked as he approached the end of that difficult confession 'At least, not around you...' awww poor jalal. It is very difficult to deal with heartbreak;it can shake even the strongest of all like jalal.
'Shut up!' she scolded 'The Jalal I know is NO weakling so don't call him that!' rolling her eyes, she grinned impishly to hide the latent gloom in her voice 'Well, its not really YOUR fault that Jodha Singh can get quite irresistible at times...but, I can make her curb all that natural charm, if it'd help...' that was so cute, sweet and caring of jo.
This time, he HAD to look up at the young lady sitting beside him - that one playful line of hers had conveyed many unsaid things. Damn! When he was struggling to get over her, did she REALLY have to compel him to fall for her all over again? Awww, jalal.
He continued gazing into her eyes - making up for all the moments that he hadn't done so, so far. This was the very junior who'd captured his attention from the word 'go' - and she still had the same effect on him. Not surprising though. After all, she could be just as bull-headedly tenacious as she could be sweetly caring. She could be just as loyally supportive as she could be fiercely self-assured. Only; he couldn't pride himself on the fact that all those fascinating traits belonged to a girl he could call HIS. I just loved how u described jodha's qualities shraddha.
What a strange juncture their relationship was at - she knew he wanted her and he could see that she wanted him - but, not in the same manner. Complicated indeed!
Snapping out of his daze, Jalal cast her a tender smile 'So, you claim you're irresistible, haan?' he winked sadly 'But I can't quite boast of being irresistible myself any more, can I?' that must have been hard for jalal to say especially for a guy who was always a stud and girls would ready at drop of hat to be with him,
'God' she grimaced - if only he hadn't revisited the proposal 'Jalal... about that...' she spoke up thereafter - seeking to brush aside the delicate topic 'You know my answer...'
'Then, you know mine!' he came back - soft yet stern
Once again, the situation had reached an impasse.
Once again, no words or looks were exchanged for a few moments - till Jodha decided it best to end their strange meeting for then.
She stood up a second later 'Ok...bye Jalal...we'll meet later' she paused 'Or maybe not!' she was not even sure if he would meet her again or not. Its like she wants to be friends with him but dies nit eant to hurt him either.
Her dejection wasn't unjustified. After all, the two had barely met in the past few weeks over project work discussions - and by the end of the month even that'd be done!
With no intention of lingering in his presence any longer, she then turned away to leave. However; just when she was about to get going, she found herself stopped in her tracks.
Immediately spinning around, the startled young lady noted how he'd caught hold of her palm. Stunned by this unexpected gesture, she looked up at his agitated frowns. It took her a while to come to terms with what she saw then - he was obviously not prepared to let go of her, yet. Though Jalal was quiet throughout, the painful parting queries in his gazes was something she wished she didn't have to brave.
Unable to endure the profound emotions those heart-tugging glances evoked, her unhappy glimpses raised a valid question 'Why Jalal...why are you doing this?'
'So, its true then...' he smirked cheerlessly 'You don't have ANY feelings for me?'
Emotional, Jodha shut her eyes for a second - before shaking her head in the negative 'Asking me the same question over and over again isn't going to make me change my answer, Jalal...'
Observing her unwavering stance, he could do little else but scoff his darned fate 'So, that's it then?'
This time, her eyes replied nothing in return. He got the message. He had to just get over her - there was no two ways about it
'Let go' he steeled himself thereafter 'LET GO, JALAL'
Listening to the voices in his head, the young man proceeded to gently unfold his fingers that'd wrapped her palm within his. A second later, she was free to go.
However, she didn't leave right away. Her hand lingered on his open palm for a few seconds longer, while both studied the other's expressions for the last time. Neither did he care to free himself from her touch nor did she let her palm slip apart from his. Even when she subsequently realized what was going on, her paralyzed fingers took their own time to recoil - almost like they wanted to savour the feeling till the very last second.
This could be just described as both of them did not want to let o of each other hand in a one sentence.but, hats off to u shraddha, the way u explained all of their feelings, expressions, postures in above paragraph is so vivid that u feel like u r right there. I just love it that how u write in anazing details which u can sum up it in a line.
'Take care Jalal... get well soon...' she numbly whispered thereupon 'Bye...'
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That night; she'd successfully erased ALL of his texts, pictures and memoirs!
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