AbhiGya SS - A Life Without You -Completed -Pg35 29/11 - Page 12

Originally posted by: daisydee425

Great

Originally posted by: aash2302

super awesome update...lovely characterization of both abhi and pragya

Originally posted by: rbb1

god Aaliyah wants to ruin his life what will he do with her now, poor Pragya I felt sorry for her she needs someone to hold her and give her hope, I hope things get better for her soon

Hey guys! As usual a quick shout out to all of you who commented and liked the story! Means a lot!⭐️

This is the chapter 05! Especially dedicated to Kubare(Krishna) and Rbb(Ray) for their unwavering patience!😉😆

Enjoy then...😃

Happy Reading!

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A Life without You...

Chapter 05


"Aaliyah! Aaliyah!"

Abhi's agitated cries echoed all over the Mehra Mansion as he climbed the stairs two at a time and barged into Aaliyah's room ignoring a shocked Taiji and Mithali Bhabhi downstairs.

"Bhai! What is wrong? Why are you shouting like this?"

Aaliyah's cool tone did not go down well with Abhi's fuming fury. He grabbed her by her upper arms.

"Aaliyah! Don't act smart! I know it's you! Why did you do this!?"

"Bhai! Let go off me! BHAI!"

Abhi let go off her and sat down on her bed.

"Aaliyah why did you do this? What did you gain from doing all this?"

Aaliyah could hear the dejection in her Bhai's voice. This is all because of that Behenji! She went away, but still she has this effect on our lives... On our relationships! God! I hate her so much! This is all her fault.

"Bhai... Listen to me! It needed to be done! It really did!"

"Aaliyah how could you even say that!?"

"Bhai... Please listen to me! You have to listen to me! You might deny this Bhai but I can see you have changed! You have changed a lot! It's like I hardly know you! You are not who you were two months ago!"

"Aaliyah! People change! People should change! You should..."

"I don't want to hear anything Bhai! I know you kept on meeting that Behenji even after she left home! And you hid that from me for so long! Why Bhai!? Why? You are the only family I have... And she is trying to snatch you too... I won't let that happen Bhai! I won't!"

Aaliyah wiped away the tears running down her face.

"First she snatched my love from me! Then she snatched my Daadi from me! And now she is trying to snatch you too... Aaliyah won't accept this! I will do everything to stop her! I am going to punish her Bhai! I am going to punish her for all that she has done! This was just the beginning Bhai... Even you can't make me stop! I will destroy her! I will do whatever it takes to get rid of her! And if this means I would have to kill her then I would kill her!"

"Aaliyah!"

Abhi sprang to his feet and raised his hand.

"ABHI!"

Daadi's alarmed voice coming from the doorway stopped him at the last moment from slapping Aaliyah.

I was going to slap her!? Slap my Aaliyah!? Aaliyah my little sister... My only sister... Who means the world to me! What is wrong with you Abhi! You would rather die than having any pain inflicted on Aaliyah... And today you raised your hand on her! What kind of a brother are you?

Aaliyah stared at her Bhai who was now staring at the hand he raised seconds earlier.

Bhai was going to slap ME!? Me? He goes crazy whenever I am in pain... And when Purab slapped me that day at the hospital, Bhai was going to kill him! And now today he was going to slap me!? For that Behenji!? First Purab slapped me because of that Behenji! And now Bhai! I swear now I am not going to let you live Behenji! You will pay for this! Not only you, your whole family will pay for what you did!

"Abhi! Aaliyah! What are you two doing?"

Abhi could hear Daadi calling him after so many weeks... but he couldn't meet her eyes... He couldn't meet Aaliyah's eyes... I just need to get out of here...

Daadi sees Abhi leaving the room ignoring her callings but she let him go... She knew what it must be for him... Aaliyah is his everything! I am glad that I managed to stop him before he slapped her. Otherwise his guilt would increase in hundred folds. But that doesn't mean I disapprove of slapping Aaliyah!

I should have done that years ago when she began to manipulate my Abhi... I always let her have her way... I never thought this would be the result... Today she is hated by all... And she fails to see the love of her family... Her Bhai, her Daadi, her Bhabhi all love her so much but all she sees is what she chooses to see... And what is this need to get others punished? Who is she? She is not god!

I am sure she is already making a plan to harm poor Pragya... I will have to talk to Aaliyah... She wouldn't listen... But I have to get through to her before she becomes a threat to others and herself too... But wait! You can't just talk to her like her Daadi... You will have to talk to her in her own language...

"Aaliyah come sit with me..."

Daadi sits on Aaliyah's bed and try to make her sit too.

"Daadi please just let me be! I just have to be alone for awhile..."

"I know beta... I understand what you are going through..."

Aaliyah looks at her Daadi surprise written all over her face.

"I know beta... Your Bhai who loves you more than his life... Who suffered more than you if you were in any kind of pain... Today he almost slapped you!"

She slowly sits down next to her.

"Haan Daadi! How could he do that Daadi? How could he? I thought he loved me!"

"I know Aaliyah when the people you consider your own, hurts you it becomes the most agonizing pain in the world... Your Bhai in your case, my grandson in my case, her husband in Pragya's case... All are hurt! All are hurt by Abhi! Only because he married Pragya for the wrong reasons... If that didn't happen everything would have been so different right? Beta he told me that he married Pragya for your sake... He was going to divorce her for you... So it is obvious he loves you a lot right? And today did you see his reaction when he realized what he was going to do? He was not thinking clearly..."

Daadi watched as tears ran down from Aaliyah's face. She slowly drew her towards her and made her lie down on her lap. Just as she did when Aaliyah was just a little girl... So innocent... So happy... Where did that girl go?

"Daadi... That Behenji has trapped my Bhai Daadi... She snatched everything I had!"

"Behenji? You mean Pragya? What do you mean? How did she snatch away everything you had?"

"Daadi you don't know her! But I know her well... First she snatched Purab from me..."

Daadi slowly caressed Aaliyah's head.

"Purab? But how?"

"She made him run away with her sister on my wedding day! She always wanted that to happen... To teach me a lesson..."

"To teach you a lesson? So you are saying Pragya made Purab run away on his wedding day to teach you a lesson? But as far as I know Purab is not a fool right? So why did he get along with her plan knowing the outcomes of his action? It affected him too right? He lost his best friend who was nothing but a brother to him..."

"I don't know Daadi... Maybe he didn't realize it or maybe that Behenji forced him..."

"You have known Purab all your life right? And Abhi knows him more than you... Pragya I think maximum a year right? Beta don't you think it is bit odd that Purab listen to what Pragya told rather than listening to you or Abhi... But of course you know better so you must be right... And also Aaliyah if you didn't force Abhi to marry her in the first place... No drop it... You know what is best right?"

Daadi could see wheels turning in Aaliyah's head. But knew she will not be willing to change her opinion. And I don't wish to force her to change her opinion. But I would show you the way beta and I know you will analyze all this in your head... I just hope... I just hope you realize what you have done is wrong... You are a smart girl... You will get there eventually...

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Okay now Abhi!

Daadi has spoken to Aaliyah for more than an hour. She offered to be the listener Aaliyah craved for. Therefore her object was easily achieved. She raised questions on Aaliyah's mind as to the fairness of her behaviour. She knew if there was anything Aaliyah was ever sure of, that was her need to do justice.

Aaliyah was always like that. Rewards for good behaviour, punishments for bad behaviour. She was an extremist. She did not have any middle grounds. So I have approached her in that sense... It will take time, but she will try to think it all over. And the questions in her mind would make her work harder to get to the bottom of her problems...

But now it is Abhi's turn.

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"Purvi! What are you saying!?"

"Bulbul don't shout if anyone at home hears this they won't let Di go back to college..."

"Of course she can't go again... I am not letting her go there again to face anyone's questions!"

"But Bulbul I told you already Jiju managed the situation. There is no problem now..."

"Purvi... Shall I ask you something!? But you have to be honest! What do you think?"

"Arrey Bulbul... Are you mad? First tell me the question!"

"Purvi what do you think about Di and Jiju?"

"What do you mean?"

"I meant to ask what do you think? Are they happy without each other or were they happier when they were together? Be honest!"

Purvi got up from the bed and went towards the door and checked for any eavesdroppers. Making sure there were none she came and sat close to Bulbul.

"You want my honest opinion? Well, I think they should be together! And I think two of us should do something to bring them closer!"

Bulbul looked taken back for a second hearing the enthusiasm in Purvi's words.

"Purvi! I just asked you whether you think they are happy. I didn't tell you anything about getting them back together!"

"Oh..."

"Why did you tell like that? After knowing all that happened you still want them together!? But why? Unless you are hiding something from me?"

Purvi's guilty look revealed it all. She knew how adamant Bulbul can be, so she finally decided to fill her in all that happened from the time the Rockstar Abhi came to their college to how their Jiju saved their Di from those obnoxious gossip mongers.

Purvi looked expectantly at Bulbul after finishing her story only to find her lost in her own world.

"Bulbul..."

"Huh..."

"Tell me... What are you thinking?"

"I don't know Purvi... I really don't know... I really want to believe that Jiju really loves our Di but I am scared to trust him again..."

"But Bulbul this time he really has changed... And I think even Di is happier when she is with him..."

Her Jiju taking coffee for her Di, Jiju and Di bickering like small kids in the hospital all flashed before Bulbul's eyes. They seemed to be so lost in each other... As if they are not even aware where they were... Just as Purab and I used to be... So much in love... In love? Jiju is in love with Di?

And Di? She hardly speaks at home anymore but that day she was fighting with him like a school girl... She was happy... Happily in love...

"Purvi... You are probably right... But still I just have to make sure Jiju is really in love with Di this time..."

"But Bulbul how are you going to do that?"

"Oh Purvi! Seriously!? You are asking me that? I am Bulbul remember? I will figure out something!"

"And if whatever you are going to do prove that Jiju truly loves Di... Then?"

"Oh... Purvi! Calm down... One step at a time beta! One step at a time!"

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"Abhi?"

He was sitting on a corner on his bed. Daadi went and sat there next to him. But he didn't respond to her. She slowly made him turn towards her but it took her longer to make him meet her eyes.

"Abhi... Beta it's okay. You didn't slap her in the end..."

"It is not okay Daadi! It is not okay! I was going to slap Aaliyah! Our Aaliyah! What was I thinking?"

"I think you were thinking of Pragya. Oh... Now don't look so surprised Abhi. I heard everything. I saw everything. You couldn't bear to see Aaliyah hurting Pragya in anyway... That's why you snapped..."

"When did Aaliyah become so selfish Daadi? When did she become so self obsessed that she can't identify the difference between right and wrong?"

"Since we, Haan... Both you and I, let her have her way. She kept on demanding and we left no stone unturned to fulfil her demands... She is our weakness, because we love her very much. And Aaliyah... Well she knows this very well... But what is upsetting is that she acknowledges our weakness but she can't see our love behind that weakness."

"But Daadi I have to stop her! I have to stop her before she does anything to Chashmish! What if she really tries to harm her this time!? I have got to stop her..."

"Don't worry Abhi... I talked to her. Give her some time. Don't force her... Because you and I both know it won't have any effect. Rather it will make her even more stubborn..."

"I will go talk to her! I will tell her to stop whatever she is planning... I can't take a risk with Chashmish's life Daadi... I really can't... Daadi you are smiling!? Why are you smiling!? This is not funny! This is serious"

"I know! I know Abhi! You are serious! I am just so happy to have my old Abhi back... The Abhi I knew... Not the Abhi who married my Bahu for revenge... But my old Abhi who would go to any length to protect those who mattered to him... People he loved..."

Love? Did Daadi say I love Chashmish!? No way! Of course she mattered to me... But love? It is impossible!

"Daadi you are wrong! I don't love her. Of course she matters to me... But that doesn't mean I love her..."

"Achcha you don't love her? But you agree that she matters to you? How? She is not anything to you anymore right? You are already separated and with time you will get divorced... Then she is not anyone to you right?"

Divorce! What is wrong with all of them? Why do they keep on saying divorce divorce! Anyway Daadi is right in a way... Chashmish is not related to me anymore... But still she matters to me! She always had mattered to me! Even when I was under a misunderstanding...

"Daadi... She might not be anyone to me. But I cannot forget everything she did for you, for this family. I am indebted to her..."

"Really!? You are indebted so that is why she matters? But tell me one thing... You made sure to give Sarala the best medical facilities right? Then you saved their marriage hall right? And you even went to jail for that! So I guess you are no longer indebted to her."

"Daadi where are you going with this?"

"Abhi I don't know what is going on with you and Bahu... I didn't even know you two kept on meeting till today... But I know one thing despite all your faults, you still care for her! It worries you when she is in trouble, you feel this need to protect her at any cost... Today you almost slapped your sister who means the world to you, just after hearing her threatening Bahu... So now you tell me! What should I make out of all this?"

Daadi looks at Abhi's face and a smile comes to her face. He is absorbed in his own world. Abhi and Aaliyah could be poles apart... But they both needed a guiding light before they can make any decision... I have shown the way now it is up to them... She slowly leaves the room leaving Abhi to his own thoughts...

Daadi is right! Why do I feel protective of Chashmish? Why do I constantly worry about her well being? And this loneliness!? It is never there when I am with her... So does it all mean I love... No! NO! You can't think like this! She deserves someone better! Someone who makes her happy! Not someone who tortured her daily for an offence she didn't even commit! Not someone who was blind to see her goodness!
I cannot love her! She deserves better...

Abhi closes his eyes.

Suddenly a picture of a smiling Chashmish comes to Abhi's mind. Smiling happily... Holding a stranger's hand!

His eyes open. And mind fills with jealousy at the unknown stranger! His Chashmish! With another man! No!