Tia's Drabbles: New drabble on pg 35- PraNu version 3

Drabbles on

Page 1- CHOICES, LOHRI SHOPPING, LIBERATION, ST. ANDREWS, A BABY

Page 2- YAADEIN

Page 3- PICNIC, AUs (ROBIN, ABHI)

Page 5- COME BACK

Page 6- A LONG NIGHT

Page 7- ABHI'S VOICES (1 and 2)

Page 8- ABHI'S VOICES (3), ROCKSTAR DAD

Page 9- ABHI'S VOICES (4,5,6)

Page 10- Doesn't matter

Page 11- Abhi and his voice-7

Page 13- Abhi and his voice-8

Page 16- Abhi and his voice-11

Page 16- Abhi and his voice-12

Page 18- I want to be yours forever

Page 19- Confession

Page 20- To let go

Page 23- Laddu, Baby Shopping, Pig family, I want to forget, What is love, Tannu?

Page 24- PraNu

Page 25- Faithful

Page 27- Fuggy

Page 28- Pragya vs. Fuggy

Page 29- Un-Fuggy

Page 29- The evolution of blouses and..

Page 30- PraNu (version 2)

Page 34- Hate

Page 35- PraNu (version 3)

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CHOICES

Abhi Mehra, the rockstar was forced to make a choice.

He had fought even his destiny when he was put through hardships and asked to give up on his dreams. But he hadn't budged.

But now his girlfriend had given him an ultimatum to make a choice.

It was between her and his wife, the wife whom he did not consider a wife.

But choosing his girlfriend also meant choosing against his Daadi, choosing against the trust of his wife's family, choosing against a bunch of things he believed in.

He had told her that choosing her would make a lot of people suffer, and would harm his career too, and this wasn't the time for all that.

But she hadn't cared. She just wanted her wishes to be fulfilled.

But what were her wishes when he had asked her to marry him? She had refused him. And he hadn't suffocated her with choices at that time.

But now he felt suffocated.

On the other hand, his wife had gotten to know about his girlfriend's wishes. And she had told him that he was free to make the choice he wanted. She had told him she could convince his Daadi and her folks that they were not meant to be. She had told him to choose whatever that made him happy.

She had every chance to put him in more trouble. She had Daadi by her side. She was legally and socially bound to him. Yet, she was ready to set him free.

And he had always loved his freedom. He did things for people out of love, not out of force.

Talking of love, he had never believed in dreamy love. Yes, he had told his girlfriend he loved her and would marry her. But he knew it wasn't unusual for people break up- people broke up after decades of staying together, after marriages, after having kids, and this was just a girlfriend of over a year.

And to think of it, he wasn't even attached to this girlfriend. He could remember being emotionally bound to his first girlfriend a lot more than this.

So, it wasn't worth it.

If she could force him to make choices today, she would do that later too. She would ask him to make choices when he gave attention to his Daadi, his career, his friends and a lot of things. He knew she was capable of that.

And that was the moment he made his choice. He wasn't sure if he was choosing his wife, but he was definitely not going to choose his girlfriend.

He made a call to her and when she did not pick up his call, he left a message.

"Hi Tannu, you asked me to choose and here I choose. I choose everything but you. Good bye."

(I really don't know what will make Pragya snap at Abhi. Hope a situation like this will. It's a bit incoherent.. but I hope my point comes across. It's an attempt to dissect this weird AbhiGya equation.)

A BABY

Pragya prepared Daadi's breakfast and tea that morning and took them in a tray to the old lady's room.

Daadi was trying to go through the morning news paper.

"Good morning Daadi, you have your breakfast and chai. I will read the news for you" Pragya offered.

"Thank you beta" said Daadi as Pragya read out the headlines.

"Beta, do you have any good news for me?" Daadi asked and Pragya bent her head down and looked away.

"I know it's not you. It must be Abhi. He must be telling you to not have a baby soon. But beta, listen to me. I am talking from experience. The older you are the harder to have a baby. You are almost 30 now. Isn't it a good time? Even Abhi is growing older. Does he want to become a father at the age of a grandpa? Tell him I talked to you about this. Or else I will talk to him directly" said Daadi.

"No, Daadi. I will talk to him," said Pragya as she excused herself to leave the room.

Pragya couldn't hide her tears as she walked to her and Abhi's room. Daadi was intrusive to always bug her with baby questions but had it been a normal situation, there was nothing to be sad about it. But her and Abhi's reality was something else.

"Hi Diii, I am here for just a min, okay? Mom made methi paranthas today and asked them to drop at your place because jiju loves them" BB ran into the room following Pragya and was shocked to see her sister in tears

Abhi had just gotten into the changing room after his shower and he realized BB and Pragya were in the room.

"What happened Dii? Maa ki kasam, tell me why you are crying." BB asked tenderly.

Now why was this Fuggy Chashmish crying, thought Abhi. He was never the one to eavesdrop but right now, he was gonna hear the sister's conversations as he changed.

Pragya just looked at her sister and hugged her tightly. "I am tired of lying, Bulbul" she sobbed.

"Di, tell me na? What happened? Did Jiju say something?" Bulbul interrogated.

"Nahi, Bulbul. Daadi reminded me again about having a baby. I just can't lie to her face all the time. She has so many hopes from me. And you know how it is between your Jiju and me. I don't know how to tell her I can never be a mother to her great grand child. May be I should tell her that I am incapable of having a baby.. that I have some problem in my womb.. " Pragya sat on the bed.

Bulbul sat by her and put her arms around her. "No Di..Of all the people, you can't talk like this. You love babies so much and how can you not have a baby? Please don't feel this way. I am sure everything will be alright. It's just a matter of time. Everything will sort out..." Bulbul tried everything she could to console her heartbroken sister. After a while, she left for her work since she was already late, leaving the pack of paranthas with her sister.

Abhi had heard it all. He felt piercing pain in his heart. He knew why.

By the time he came out of the changing room, Bulbul had left and Pragya was still sitting on the bed.

"Ey, Chashmish, I know why you are crying. Now don't make up some other story" Abhi said walking towards her. Pragya realized he might have heard her conversation with Bulbul. She definitely did not want to share her pain with him.

"It's nothing. Just a moment of distress" Pragya said getting up to walk away.

Abhi made her sit back where she was forcefully. And he sat on the floor bending his knees.

"There is a solution to this. We can work this out, you can be a mother," Abhi said determinedly.

Pragya looked up in disbelief and smiled sarcastically since she clearly knew there was no solution to this.

"What is the possible solution? Adopt a baby? Or let Tannu have your baby and I raise it?" Pragya asked looking right into Abhi's eyes.

Abhi was taken aback by the bitterness in her voice. At the same time, he knew he could never have entertained the idea of Tannu being the mother of his child. Nor any other woman he has been with previously. And that's why he was going to suggest to Pragya the solution that had just came up in his mind. And he was so sure that was not a bad idea.

"No, No Chashmish. Your baby. Mine and your baby. We can have our baby" he said before he properly framed the sentence in his head.

"What?" Pragya sounded shocked.

Abhi just knew Pragya would be the perfect mother for his baby. And that idea sounded perfect in his head as well.

"Yes. It's exactly what you heard. You and I can try for a baby and we will have it. You will have a baby and Daadi will be happy too" Abhi explained.

"Enough Mr. Abhishek Mehra" Pragya held his collar. "I will never do it to my baby. I have settled to the idea of a fake husband but I will never let my baby suffer having a fake father or a fake sense of family" she said gritting her teeth and walked off.

Abhi had never felt so small before.

YAADEIN (MEMORIES)

-Abhi takes pheras with Pragya on Lohri as a part of rituals. The crowd cheers for them when they go around the fire, especially the Daadi/Daasis.

-After the celebrations, Abhi takes Daadi to her room and tucks her in her bed. Pragys is seeing off her folks who had also joined them for the party.

-Abhi feels sleepy too and when he goes to his room he is shocked to see Daasis and housekeepers decorating his bed with flowers.

-"If you guys took pheras and re-married today, it's our duty to fulfill the rest of the customs" announces Indu Daasi. "There is no need for all this" complains Abhi. He plans to take all that off as soon as Daasis leave.

-When Daasis are about to leave the room, Pragya is at the door. She is shocked to see the flowers too.

-"Us raat ki yaadein tazaa hoyengi aaj (the memories of that night will fresh up today)" winks Indu Daasi as she leaves with Swarni Daasi, pushing Pragya inside the room and pulling the door shut.

-There is an awkward moment between Abhi and Pragya as their eyes meet. Abhi can't stand the pain in her eyes.

-Pragya does not want to shed a drop of tear for she had accepted the fate of that night, but she can't help it. It was the night in which her heart was cut into pieces without warning.

-Abhi knows her tears are flowing even without looking at her.

-Pragya runs into the balcony not wanting to cry in front of him.

-Abhi just wants to run away from the room, from Pragya. But he can't.

-He was drunk that night, but the alcohol wasn't enough to fade his memories. He remembers what he did exactly. He had abandoned her. She had followed him, and she had known he not just abandoned him but betrayed her.

-He had his justifications at that time, but nothing stands now. He was wrong and he knows it. But he also knows, he can't make it right.

-He walks to the balcony to find her sitting in a corner with her head hidden in her hands.

-"I know my sorry will not make anything better. But I just want to tell you, I regret it the most in my life" he says as he walks back into the room.