Part 4 -
The next morning Pragya woke up before Abhi which was unusual. She got up and walked into the wash room. She had promised herself to get Abhi to tell her whatever it was that kept him tense. She glanced at herself in the mirror.
'Is it even possible to look this bad?' She asked herself. 'Why the hell did he even marry someone so ugly and stupid as me?'
Pragya washed her face and then put on a smile before walking out to confront the rockstar about the day's plan.
She saw him sleeping with a frown on his face. She walked over to him and wondered how to wake him up without annoying him after all she needed him to stay in a good mood if she wanted to achieve anything that day. She pulled at his cheeks to make him smile, hating that he always had a straight face, she wanted to see him smiling.
Abhi woke up to see Pragya sitting by his side pulling his cheeks and he quickly got up. Pragya pulled her hands away.
"What are you doing?" He asked clutching his cheeks in slight pain.
"Woh, I - I wanted to see what you looked like when you smile, sorry" she replied looking down.
"Really?" Abhi pushed the duvet away and walked into the washroom.
Pragya sighed with relief. Thank god he hadn't lost his temper. Pragya mentally smacked herself, no games today, she needed to sort the rockstar out. It was now or never.
***
"Wow!" Abhi gasped. "What a beautiful sight"
Pragya smiled proudly. After a lot of convincing she had managed to persuade him to go to the mountains near by. The sight from the top of them was extra-ordinary. The clouds and the white mountains blended together, the blue sky shone along with the bright sun. Abhi breathed in deeply, after a very long time he felt at peace.
Pragya looked at him. She walked near the edge of the mountain and shouted, listening to the echos of her voice.
Abhi watched her and she beckoned him. "Don't just stand there, come here and join me." Pragya waved her hands at him.
Abhi hesitated. "Oh come on now, I know you want to" Pragya winked at him.
Abhi walked forward and shouted at the top of his voice and listened to his voice echo through the mountains.
Pragya sat down along with Abhi and both talked and smiled. Abhi had never felt so free before, it had been a long time since he had felt to relaxed and he thanked Pragya for it.
Pragya asked Abhi if he wanted to go to beach for a while and he reluctantly agreed.
***
"Come on let's play in the water" Pragya called to him. She held him by the arm and took him to the water.
She sat him down and then sat next to him. Both stared at the blue water glistening beneath the sun, shimmering away. Pragya put her feet in the water and swayed her legs and Abhi joined her.
As the water spread along his legs it gave him relief, an experience he loved. Pragya watched him looking into the distance and held his hand.
"Rockstar, should I ask you something?"
"Hmm?" Abhi looked at her.
"Why do you alway look so tensed, why don't you smile, why don't you have fun?"
"What do you mean, of course I have fun" he told her.
"Lies don't work with me Rockstar, you always act so serious, do this, don't do that, why do rules matter to you so much, a little fun doesn't hurt" she told him. She realised that Abhi still wasn't telling her exactly what the matter was, he was avoiding the question.
Abhi looked at her for a few moments.
"Really?" He told her
"Yeah" Pragya replied.
"Okay" Abhi splashed her with water and she pulled his arm and both began jumping around in the sea.
***
Abhi fell on the sand laughing holding Pragyas hand. They had spent the whole afternoon at the beach playing, having fun and eating and Abhi felt happy, he felt like he had found a long lost part of his life.
They lay their for a few moments before Pragya got up and asked him to come with her. When Abhi asked her where they were going she didn't tell him and they just walked. After walking for a few moments they reached a bridge above a shallow river.
Both sat down on the edge with their feet hanging down from it. They stayed silent for a few moments watching the sun set with all shades of pink, yellow and orange scraping across the sky.
"Pragya" Abhi whispered.
"Rockstar" Pragya whispered back.
"Thanks" he smiled at her.
"For what?" Pragya asked scrunching her nose in confusion again.
"For making me smile, for making happy" he told her, pinching her nose, "You know it's been a long time since I had fun."
Abhi breathed heavily before continuing.
"My parents passed away when I was young and I was left with the responsibility of my whole family because I was the eldest. We used to live in a chawl, Daadi, Aaliya and everyone suffered because we had no money. But, I managed, I made sure they ate, slept and gave them hope. I hate them memories and since I became a rockstar that was all I did. I thought everything was about money, but then why wouldn't I? I was scared, scared to have it all taken away and then see my family suffer again and I didn't want that. But I guess in my worry over that I forgot that there was more to life than money. There's love, there's happiness, there's a reason to smile, and you, yes you made me find that reason to smile. Thank you so much Pragya" Abhi told her.
Pragya who had been listening intently watched a lone tear drop from his eye and wiped it.
"Rockstar, that's what I do, I will always be here for you." Pragya held his hand and he clenched it tightly, kissing it.
They both stared out at the sky again.
"Rockstar, let's try something" Pragya told him.
"What?" Abhi asked.
"Let's jump" Pragya squealed.
"What, no!" Abhi tried to move back but she held onto him.
"Come on, you just said I taught you how to live now come on live properly!" She told him.
"I learnt to live, not die. You don't even know how deep the water is?"
"It's shallow!" She told him
"Like you've measured it" Abhi rolled his eyes.
"So what, you can swim I can swim, there's the sand, we won't drown. Come on." Pragya squealed and held his hand in excitement.
"Okay." Abhi stood next to her.
"One, two, three, jump!" Pragya shouted and both screamed as they fell into the water.
***
"That was fun wasn't it rockstar!" Pragya told him as they entered the beach house.
"Yeah, I never knew water would fascinate me so much in a single day" Abhi laughed at her.
They both got changed into their night clothes and went to bed, huddling beneath the covers as it got cold.
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?" Pragya asked.
"You surprised me today, so let me surprise you tomorrow" Abhi told her.
"Why do you talk in circles?" Pragya asked poking him in the chest.
"It's fun teasing you at times" Abhi laughed at her and pulled her into a hug. She snuggled into his chest and soon she fell fast asleep.
'Pragya I'm sure there is something that makes you so care free, why do I think that your smile is something that you put on simply so that others don't worry? What is it that is you personal worry? I promise I will find out" thought Abhi. He fell asleep planning what he was going to do the next day.
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