Avni / AvNeil OS ~ Scarred
Scars are there...
Scars on skin
scars on soul;
outside are few,
others deep somewhere ;
Some have a story,
some unwritten;
Some you can see,
but
most are hidden;
Yet,
scars are there...
Wounds heal, pain dies along with time but scars...they neither heal nor
die. They are immortal. They stay to remind the demons of the past
who hurt and pained us. These scars won't let us forget them even if
we want to. Scars are just not the impressions on our body, they leave prints on our souls forever.
Her body shook vigourously as she sobbed...sobbed hard. She curled up
like a ball against their room's door. Hearing the little girl
address herself as 'najayaz', reminded Avni of her own childhood. Her
childhood was snatched by her own grandmother, Dayawanti Mehta, her father and the society. They accused her and labelled her of being an illegitimate child, tortured and killed her mother without an ounce of mercy.
She picked up one of their pics from the hard-tile flooring of the room
and caressed it with a smile on her tear-stricken face. Theirs was a happy family of three, her parents and herself, until the truth came open. Her father never suffered any humiliation because he was a man. The society only blamed the lady, Ayesha Haider. And little Avni had no clue of what was happening around her. Fear crept inside her.
The word 'najayaz' haunted her everywhere so much that she herself
believed to be a cursed one with none to love and care for her. She turned into a stone-hearted, venegeance seeking woman with only intention to destroy the Mehtas. She forgot living, just existed on the earth.
Then crashed ACP Neil Khanna, an honest and a hard-working police officer,
into her life and changed it for better. He healed her bruised soul and filled the aching gaps between them,brought her back from the path of revenge,
helped her to emerge victorious in the war against Dayawanti Mehta
and in the process fell in love with her, making her too fall for him
in return. Who wouldn't love a person like Neil Khanna?
Avni could relate to the happenings in their lives . The same old story with
new characters. Juhi as Ayesha, herself as Neela, Mishti as little
Avni and Neil as...
"No, what am I even thinking? Neil is not Ashish Mehta. He wasn't and can
never be. She shook her head in negative.
"Avni, open the door. Neil screamed from the other side knocking the door
again. He had myriad of emotions inside him. He himself was aghast to
hear Mishti addressing herself an illegitimate child. And witnessing
his wife's reaction shattered him to the core. He knew her
insecurities would rise again. And Neil Khanna would do anything to
make sure his wife feel secure of her existence, position and
importance in his life. And so, there he was at the threshold of
their room banging on the door pleading Avni to open the door. The
old demons cannot give new wounds, he was determined to not let his
past affect his wife, he could not and would not let go of her for
she has become the sun around who his life revolves.
But little did he realize, wounds fade, pain flies but scars...scars are
always there. Miles from anyone's notice, hidden from the world, but
they always stay. No medicine can remove their imprint on our body
and soul.
Scars are there...
She was the scarred one.
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This is my first attempt on AvNeil, in particular Avni. Let me know your views on this piece of writing. For those who don't know me, I am Nivedita.
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