After 7 years...
Bombay, A cancer hospital.
All the nurses and Junior Doctors were shivering , because one of them failed to give the treatment requested on time. Now they are waiting to face the wrath of their senior doctor, who was inside trying to fix up the mess they created. Sharmila snickered as just then the new recruit came in. One of them have to go in to assist their senior , but no one of them have the dare to get in, she supposed the new recruit may suffice the help. She know nothing about their senior,apologising her silently, she said her " You go in, our senior need an assistance,"
" What happened? " asked girl.
One of them answered " Ramesh gave an extra dose than required. It resulted in hyper action, Senior is inside, and he was trying to fix it up."
She nodded and wearing her dress went into ICU.
As she entered on she saw a man trying to set the man with ease, she was a fresh commer from PG but still she spent more of her time during her studies by practising than by hearting every thing present in books. She can't help but notice the flaw in his work, he was trying to make man vomit the dose, but consider the time of administration its not much of use, and they can't even give an anti dose as there's no such thing. Radhika looked around and found a jug of water, just then she got the idea and went back out side asking the nurse silently for 4 bottle of water and went in. She poured water in a glass and went to side of bed, the senior doctor who was already treating snarled " Despite of you people's in capacity, now you are giving me water, What now I shall stand and drink water, while patient is dying, put the glass aside and help me dammit"
She scowled , " Will you please move aside, the way you are doing is not helping"
He protested, she doesn't listen to him and pushed him aside by force, she felt the touch familiar, but now she doesn't have time to ponder on it, she ignored him and forced the glass of water into patients throast, she poured another glass and repeated the process. After making him drink 5 glasses of water he calmed a bit and she gave a sigh of relief. He gained conscious ness and she soothingly whispered him " You are fine sir! But You need to drink a lot of water to clear the dose from your system. Just drink a glass of water for every fifteen minutes. " When the patient affirmed a nod she smiled and then moved over to the senior doctor who was trying to shout at her, but can't as she kept a hand on his mouth from shouting. "Now sir, As ethics say us, you can't shout on me infront of a patient, and its ICU where loud voices aren't allow. So If I were you I would suggest we go out and talk" saying that she went out, and into the changing room, to pull of her ICU robes. She came out in a chudidar with her hair left free and waited for the man to come out. She was sure after what she has done the man will fire her, but she can't let a patient die because of wrong treatment. She stood there patiently and when she heard the door creaking open on opposite side, she turned around to see the person and they both gasped
"Dev!"
"Radhika!"
Dev looked at her for a minute and said firmly " My room" saying that he moved out, Radhika stood there for a minute to get herself under control, She saw Dev after 7 years. Many times Bharka relayed her that she was gonna meet Dev, but never did Radhika accomapanied her, she simply doesn't want to. All these years she expected at one point or other to get over him, but it as a fail attempt and she know it. Radhika sighed, her fate was really screwed, saying that to her self she moved out ward to Dev's office. She knocked the door and when he gave his 'come in' she went inside. He changed a lot, gone was that free careless posture infront of her was a serious man , whose face was devoid of any expression. She wondered what changed him this much. He motioned her to sit and when she sat he asked her " I never knew that I permit people to march into my ICU push me out and do their own treatment"
Radhika sat there and said "Perhaps if you doesn't know then its an appointment letter mailed to me yesterday evening asking me to join here exactly at 9 Am today, I did the same and when I proceeded to my department, one of the other junior doctors asked me to assist you in you so called treatment."
Dev glared at her " What do you mean by your so called treatment."
Radhika shrugged " Once upon a time a person said me, A doctor should think out of his technicality and there is no technicality for a doctor. You did according to the technicality but you forgot the fact that considering the time the drug was given, it might have already entered into blood stream."
Dev looked at her surprised, it was he who said her that, any way he was curious as per what treatment she did " May I know what you did"
"Simple, Water dilutes the drug and excretes it out, so I made him drink more and more water till he went through urine, and most of drug came out before its metabolised and started to have effects."
Dev nodded "Good idea. Atleast you managed to remember what I said" . Radhika looked at him incredulously and said " So what, am I going to be removed or what".
"No, How can I when you joined here on Directors special permission" . Radhika felt sad knowing that Dev wouldn't have let her stay if not for the permission and smirked out 'Let me be in his bad graces, atleast that will make me feel good' , she shrugged out " Its not my fault. Blame Rishabh"
Dev looked at her , even after years she won't leave Rishabh's name, why the bloody hell does she count on that man a lot, he know Radhika doesn't like him in a lover style, because the man got married to Madhu, Radhika's sister last year, but still he can't get over his head, that Radhika preferred him more than him. Why was he feeling jealous. He just wanted to break down all the ice and hug her, he missed her a lot, practically they both are friends for just one year, but even in that one year she understood him a lot, she never pointed out his mistakes, nor did his behaviour, she liked him for what he was. He missed her a lot, and now standing infront of him was her, and he doesn't even know why he was pretending to be like some other, to let her make first move, or what he doesn't know. Now that he thought to himself he practically changed after he left that day from graduation. He built a invisible barrier around him self not allowing any one. He lost her that day and he felt he lost a part of him self. He lost her true and only best friend.
On other side, Radhika watched Dev with frustration, she enjoyed it when Dev gave that irritant expression when she mentioned Rishab, however short lived it is and lost in his thoughts. She can't bear this moody, Dev, not that she wish to see him carefree, yes she does, but she understood that its not easy to be our selves, when one grows up, atleast they need to wear a mask infront of society, to stop them selves from predation. She herself adopted a stoic mask infront of colleagues, however here neither he nor she needs it, they both know more about each other to look beyond masks, she wants to stop this endless, adult conversation.She some where inside her heart knew Dev changed, and this moody ness was not his mask, but his truth which he adopted himself, yet she doesn't want to accept that. She stomped her foot "Enough Hunny, I am getting irritated. "
Dev smirked, finally!!!!! Radhika dropped her Miss.Bharadwaj mask, that means he should drop his Mr.annoying barking Purohith mask, which he was happy to drop. He smiled to her " So finally Radhs, hows everything"
She glared at him " Asking me the man, who himself tried to escape me for years,. WHy should I answer you Dev"
"Dev!!! Last time I remember we are not on first name terms."
Radhika huffed " Yes, but its you who started it. Any way, now I have a bad luck of getting job here, and considering we must co work, If I am you I would leave that behind."
Dev smiled " Its nice to see you being your self"
Radhika smiled "Same with you too Dev. Don't you think Barking Mr.Purohith is a bit over the top"
"These dunderheads here deserve it."
Radhika imitated heart attack " Oh... You wound me Hunny, Its Snape, and I always thought you as a mixture of Tom Riddle and Harry potter."
Dev huffed " I thought you as Ginny Weasley"
Radhika scrunched her nose " Me, Ginny, Am I looking you as that type of girl who will date numerous boys. "
Dev laughed " I am sorry, ok my true character for you is Hermione."
Radhika nodded "But I always fancied my self as Luna "
Dev smirked " Infact if I must say you are an odd combo of them both. ANy way, I think we are doctors, and should be discussing case sheets, not children books"
Radhika shrugged, " So you call your colleagues as Dunderheads, and out when I saw them they were fairly frightened of you. I thought it was some one else. I never expected you"
Dev nodded " If you expected me, I am sure you would have signed off for the job and joined some where else,"
Radhika gulped and looked some where else, what Dev said was right, she doesn't want to face him. but still she can't acknowledge that out, changing the topic she asked him "Hey, how many children do you have?"
Dev frowned and gave her a look , he was about to answer when her phone rang , Radhika attended the call with a smile " Hello kitten"
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Radhika laughed " Infact dear, so what do you want mumma to get for you"
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Radhika nodded " Its k dear, mumma will get the for you. Now mumma is in hospital she will call you later."
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"Bye dear, Mumma loves you too." saying that she kept her phone in her bag smiling and looked at Dev who was sitting infront of her shocked. She waved her hand infront of his face and he asked her " Is it your child"
Radhika nodded smiling " Yes he's my son , Nanha"
Dev nodded " What's his real name?"
Radhika shrugged " Pran. Why?"
Dev shook his head. Radhika tried to change topic "Hey! You didn't answer my question, how many children do you have."
Dev sighed " My wife died immediately after an year of our marriage, My child was still born during delivery"
Radhika felt really sorry for him, she always thought he will be a good husband , she went to him and hugged him " I am really sorry Dev. "
Dev nodded " Its already five years Radhs, chill"
Radhika nodded and asked him " You didn't marry again?"
Dev shook his head " Tum nahi mili na" . He winked at her and asked her " Acha tera husband ka photo toh dikhao"
Radhika shook her head " Mera shaadi nahi hua Dev"
Dev looked at her questioningly " Your son?"
Radhika sighed " I am trusting you with a secret and if you even utter it to another person, I will kill you"
Dev nodded, Radhika sighed 'Pran's not my son, I adopted him five years back.I found him on steps of an orphanage, crying out loudly. I doesn't know why but I always felt connected to him, so I brought him home straight away with me. Ofcourse, Dadima scolded at me, since I am a student still then, but later after seeing baby, she liked him and she helped me to raise him.No one knows about it, and for Pran, he was my little baby boy, and I am his mother. Simply thats just it."
Dev asked Radhika " Does Pran never asked you about his father?"
Radhika smiled "Pran asked me, I answered him that he doesn't have a father. He settled with that for now, but don't know what happens in future."
Dev asked her " Why didn't you marry Radhu"
Radhika looked at him straight in eye " I didn't get you to marry Dev." He looked at her shocked , and she said truth but she wanted to get over from it, she winked at him and said getting laugh into her voice " Do you think you are the only one who will be able to joke." Dev shook his head in amusement, Radhika smiled.
Dev looked at watch "Shit! Radhika we are sitting here for one hour. We need to go. "
Radhika laughed " Your staff might have been going nuts."
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Out side all were biting their nails,
Ramesh continued to throw glances at their seniors cabin. The girl went with him and was there for 1 hour, because of sound proof , they can't listen what was happening inside. They all were on verge of deciding that the senior is firing her off, when they both came out. Mr.Purohith in his as usual sneer and tailing behind him came the new recruite with her face blank and normal. They all were pondering what might have happened when their senior went to Ramesh " Mr.Ramesh, I expect you to show Miss.Bharadwaj around wards and explain her what her duties might be. Remember no mistakes."
Ramesh gulped and nodded 'Ye.. yes sir."
Dev looked around and went to Sharmila " I expect you Mrs.Roy to behave a bit responsible next time. You being friend of my brother won't help you ,hell being my friend it self doesn't help you, if you do mistake. remember next time." Dev glared at Radhika as she snickered " Finding some thing funny Miss.Bharadwaj"
Radhika nodded "Yes sir!"
Dev moved close to her " May I know what is that?"
" Nothing sir! You remembered me of some one" she said calmly.
He very well know who she was speaking about, its their Professor in second year, he shook his head stopping himself from laughing at the thought, instead he nodded at her and said " Better keep your snickering to your self, next time I won't tolerate it Miss.Bharadwaj"
Radhika nodded and as he left she looked at others and moved to Ramesh " Mr.Ramesh, can you show me around, I don't like wasting my time. " He nodded nervously, and she looked around to others "Nice meeting you people. Will speak to you in lunch hours." Saying that she left out.
Others groaned as she moved " Another one like our senior. Bhagwaan why we only get these people."
Radhika came from behind door "Because you people are unlucky." she smirked and winked at them before she went off.
Roli shook her head "Atleast she's a bit jovial"
Others shrugged,
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Chaya observed Dev all the day there was some new energy in him, gone was that moody Dev, and she can't understand for her life what in hell made him change his attitude which he adopted for 7 years. She looked at Rohan who was also giving his brother the strange look. "Rohan do you have any idea?"
Rohan shook his head " No maa! Did you see him, If I don't know any better I would have thought he got hit with a rod back those 7 years ago, and now he again got hit with another rod and get normal. But I don't think that's right. "
Chaya snorted , she should have thought, before she asked her younger son for explanation, for him only to come with old movie ideas. She shook her head " Duffer see, he was different, I must dare say as if he found the thing which he lost back all those years back"
Rohan nodded and frowned at this, he doesn't know why, but his brother changed immediately after his graduation day, its like he lost some thing very valuable to him that day. But he can't think of Bharka because his brother broke with her,one year later when he found her having another boy friend in college, Rohan snorted at the thought, hell his btoehr never loved her, if he must say that his brother loved any one that would have been Radhika. Rohan's thought hitched at moment 'Is it Radhika?', He should have got that idea, last time he knew she was doing her PG in oncology. He thought for a while and later called one of his juniors.
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If ever there's any thing Gaurav would have cursed him self , thats stepping into Radhika's house at a state when she was completely disturbed emotionally. He came there along with his wife to see how Radhika was doing on her first day at job, but here she was not even uttering a word for past 15 minutes. He sighed and looked helpless at his wife, she was one of their class mates Avanthika . They both married last year but rather have their relation ship maintained for 5 years. Avanthika knows Radhika for 7 years, she went beside her and sat " Radhika kya hua?"
Radhika looked at Gauav and simply said " I saw him Gau!"
Neither of them need to knwo who he was, every one of their batch by the end of their MBBS knows Radhika loves some one, and she got rejected by him but was living for him. Very few of them knows who he was, and Avanthika also came privy to the info being Gaurav's girl friend. But what Avanthika doesn't know is, how much she loved him, Gaurav can understand that. He knows bits about Dev, but all these years he managed not taking his name infront of her. Today she met him. He tried to control him self , But Avanthika asked the question which he wanted to ask " Did you met him at your work place, radh"
Radhika nodded, she continued " He was married Gaurav, his wife died, he lost his child. He became lifeless Gaurav, He's not the one whom we knew, and we adored. He lost himself, I tried for full 15 minutes before he behaved atleast 1% as his normal self. Practically whole colleagues fear him. "
Gaurav sighed, he knew it, he also knew that Dev became liked that after completion of his MBBS, but what shocked him was, Dev behaved atleast a bit as his old self with Radhika. Why? Dev never did behave like that, even with his family members, if what Rohan said was right, the members of their family settled with Dev's nature and changed them selves accordingly, but Dev now behaved as his old self with Radhika some thing is wrong. Gaurav was lost in his thoughts, when Avanthika frowned...
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Mrinalini sighed as she laid her head on Vivek's shoulder "Its 7 years Vuvek, it hurts me to see them both like that. And Dev's wife, if only we would have said them, Dev wouldn't have married her and poor girl wouldn't have faced that faith. "
Vivek sighed as he laid his hand around Mrinalini " Mrinalini! we can't change it, its their both lives, they should realise their love and get each other. We can't help it"
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Dev laid on his bed as he thought the before convo, he sighed to himself " What I said to you is truth Radhika. I didn't marry again because I didn't get you"
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Radhika sighed as she felt Dev thinking of her " I also said truth Dev, I never married because I didn't get you"
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Unknown to both of them a star fallen from sky at that moment only
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