PS: I am sorry for the very sooo Late Update. But I am struck up in my lfie, and was deadly busy. I ask you people to please do read this update, because its one of my favourite so far. some of you may scold me for making Bharka look ood in the end, but life always doesn't stay same, and every one isn't bad. This is a truht which I learnt recently and that made me change her character a bit. Hope you people still liek it. Story is coming to an end as I already said this is the last but 2nd update. Only 2 updates more to end this beautiful journey.
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Part 48 - Diaries of Dev Purohith !
Chaya saw Dev taking Radhika some where out and she asked " Dev, where are you both going. You both are engaged just 2 days back and you have marriage in one week"
Dev spoke " Nahi maa, we both are going to college to give cards. We wanted to invite our professors"
Hari looked at them both and nodded " Radhika! Is it safe"
Radhika smiled " Absolutely uncle..." May be he may get his memories back' are the words unspoken
Dev smiled " Bichari hopes I get my memories back. But I am interested in how the college will be. So I agreed"
Chaya sighed " ok! Now be back by dawn"
Radhika frowned "But Aunty ji , I think it will take 2 days to distribute the cards in Delhi. I thought we are going to stay at my home"
Chaya glared at her " Look, I am not going to agree to this, you both alone, no way"
Radhika sighed " Aunty ji! Please, mujhe Pran ko yaha transfer karne ka bhi dekhna tha. I need to go and speak in school. Please aunty ji"
Chaya was about to speak some thing but Dev interfered "Maa! I have some work in company too, I need to go any way. So see you, lets go we are getting late"
Radhika looked unsure between Dev and Chaya and she followed after Dev when he slowly uttered "Radhika! Chalo"
By the end of this Chaya was fuming. First that girl comes into his sons life and now she had him twined around her finger. She won't accept it. She went to Vaishali who was doing some knitting and sat beside her " Badi maa"
Vaishali stopped her knitting and asked "Haan Chaya Bolo"
Chaya bit her lip and spoke " Badi Maa, I know what you people feel about Dev and Radhika, but do you think it is wise?"
Vaishali raised her eye brow "You mean"
Chaya felt unsure but spoke any way " That girl, we know nothing about her. How can we marry her of to Dev. She was very independent"
Chaya smiled fondly and spoke " Chaya, Mrinalini know her for past 7 years, and she sing very high praises of her. In fact if we think that way, we know nothing of Dev too right"
Chaya became silent
Radhika whooped with joy "Finally back to home"
Dev smiled at her and spoke " Radhika, you might be the first one to think your college as your home"
Radhika looking at the campus infront of her spoke " No, Dev, This college showed me what friendship is, what love is. It showed me that there will be a hope even in utter darkness. These people here they understood me and always stood by my side no matter what happened. I always missed this place. There are many memories in this place for me. " She looked at Dev "May be for you too."
Dev shrugged " I like those mountains, do you think we can go for a hike"
Radhika smiled " I always wanted to go for a hike, but non accompanied me, so I didn't" she was pouting and Dev can't help but smile. He showed the pile of cards in his hands and gestured " Shall we go?"
Radhika nodded and then she took him to the college campus, Many of the professors from her time retired except for few, and she came here mainly because she can visit her friends who joined there, and few juniors she know. She took Dev to her Anatomy dissection lab despite his protests and she spoke " This is my favourite place in whole college"
Dev made a face at her " I doesn't know you are a Non vegetarian Radhs"
Radhika slapped him on his arm and took him inside " For your kind info Mr.Purohith, it happened to be your favourite place too"
Dev saw some images like him self standing with a group of students listening to an old man lecturing and he spoke " Professor"
Radhika beamed " Yes, but sadly he is retired"
Dev spoke in a trance like state " His house is near to college. We should go to him"
Radhika laughed " If I doesn't he might as well kill me.Any way, you know what we first saw each other here only"
Dev smiled as he concentrated , he can get some glimpses but not a complete picture in his head. He get glimpses of seeing Radhika, with her hair over her face, but along with Radhika he saw some one else too, he left that part. He was snapped out from his thoughts by Radhika shaking him " Where are you lost?"
Dev asked her a bit slowly " Aren't we being a bit over joyous today"
Radhika smiled " Its my territory Dev, its my second home in a way"
"Trust Radhika to think of her college as her second home" came an amused voice, and they both turned around to see Professor Kapoor standing there, Radhika squealed in surprise , as she ran to him, and bent down to take his blessings " You are here?"
Kapoor smiled as he bless her and shrugged " Mihir called me as soon as you arrived to college, I thought I can come and meet you"
Radhika smiled, " Its really nice of you. " she then hugged him throwing all her caution and spoke " I missed you a lot sir"
He smiled as he patted her head in a grand fatherly way " I missed you too Radhika. We chat in skype, but its not the same"
Radhika smiled " I know."
Kapoor looked at Dev and asked Radhika "Hey, don't tell me now you brought him here, to help him regain his memories"
Radhika shrugged "That's a purpose. But our main reason was to distribute our wedding cards. " she smiled holding a card to Kapoor.
He looked at Dev, and Radhika for a while before he took the card and asked " So you said me your engagement was over, now, I think, you need to speak with Mihir, I will have a chat with Dev"
Radhika nodded, however she whispered to Kapoor before leaving " Now don't scare the hell out of him"
He chuckled as he spoke out louder " You know me my dear Grand Daughter"
"That I do , My dear Gran Professor" she replied and left, smiling to Dev
As Radhika left, kapoor spoke " Dev, you know what, you used to be my best student, till Radhika entered. After she came here, she surpassed you even, but she faced a lot of difficulties in her life. Infact its first time I saw her happy in all these years. I must warn you, if ever she got hurt because of you, I will kill you that's for sure"
Dev nodded " Sir, I don't remember, I guess you know that much from her. But one thing I can say is, I love her , I know it deep down my heart. I know you science people don't believe in reincarnation. But truly I loved her a lot, and will always love her."
Kapoor looked at him gravely "I see it in you now, but what will happen when you regain your memories Dev. What will happen when you don't have feelings for her then"
Dev nodded " Well enough sir, that was a good thought. But I can guarantee you that I love her."
Kapoor thought for a minute before he spoke " It's a secret between me and your other self. It was not known to any one. You have a locker here, but unsure of the keys, you used to keep a key with me. And when you are leaving this college you came to me and said me to keep that key with me always, and you have your soul in it."
"How you managed I don't know, but every year I see you coming to college and keeping some thing in your locker. I never opened it to value your Privacy. But I think you may need your contents present in it."
Dev nodded to himself, and Kapoor took him to the locker room, and pointed to a locker, which had a very old looking lock on it.he handed the key to Dev and left out,
Dev felt his hands shaking, what will be there in the locker, that he desperately wanted to hide, he doesn't know what will be the out come, but is he willing to take the step. Alone? He shook his head, he will wait for Radhika, he believe she will be there to support him. And he waited.
After an hour she returned and looked at him standing infront of the Locker room, and raised her eye brow. He spoke calmly " I have a locker, here, and It had some contents, and I wanna see them"
Radhika looked at him and asked " You meant me to accompany you?"
Dev nodded, she took a deep breath and followed him, but doesn't utter a word, he understood her distress and spoke " Radhika, I won't read it loud"
Radhika looked at him angrily, and spoke " I don't think , I will appreciate it knowing, how my gonna be husband spend nights kissing his past lovers"
Dev's eyes widened at that " What?"
Radhika was speaking very low as if she was whispering "According to the rumour mill of our time, Bharka wrote in her diary how, she did things with you"
Dev's eyes got much more bigger if it was possible, He spoke to her unsure " Radhika, I... I am sorry but truly I need to do this"
She hugged his from side, seeing that no one was around them and buried her head into his chest " I know, but still, I feel like crying"
Dev ran his hand through her hair, soothing her " I know, but who knows it will host my diaries only"
Radhika glared at him and spoke " I know, you probably would have kept diaries, because once you advocated some one to write diraries and they asked you in return if you do. You didn't, they choose not to follow you. So from then you started to write diaries, but you never read them or glance them back. "
Dev snorted " I am coming to realize, why Chaya maa feel that much distant with me, I am such a jerk she feels distant from me"
Radhika nodded "May be, but I doubt she knows it. You are pretty good at acting"
Dev shrugged as they lightened up and went in.
Just then they were met by a girl who squealed "Radhika didi"
Radhika smiled at her "Naina"
She ran to her and hugged her " How are you di? "
Radhika laughed " I am fine, And I can see that you are fine. "
She smiled and then looked at Dev and became silent, Radhika chuckled and spoke " Naina, this is my Fiancee Dev Purohith, and Dev this is Naina, my favourite junior, and she was studying her final year now"
Naina's eyes got bigger " Dev Purohith as in the sense, Golden God DP"
Dev looked at Radhika in confusion, but Radhika sighed and nodded in affirmation to Naina. Naina smiled " You have a lot of fandom in college sir. Oops ! never say any one I said that" saying that she went off.
Dev scratched his head in frustration, " Are you all Medicos a bit loose or what?"
Radhika laughed " You only, once said me that Every Medico by end of his five years, will become a psycho, and the best example is you yourself"
Dev shook his head in exasperation " Shall we go" she nodded and they reached his locker finally.
Dev opened the locker, and found it surprisingly dust free, he then saw an album at the top, he took it and then have some journals he took them out. Then he found a small bag. He took it put and then closed the door to locker.
Curious of what was in the journal, he opened a journal to a random page
" Loving some one is never a fault , but not realizing that till you loose them is definitely a fault. I didn't realize that I love her till I was about to leave her, but by then she was broken. What no one succeeded to manage, I did it. I broke the girl who stood straight even when she lost every other person she loved in this world. Today I miss her a lot. People say I am not my self, yes I am not my self . How can I be when I left my soul with her."
Dev flipped through the pages to get another entry
"Great! Now I am getting married. I love a girl so much but I am getting married to some other. Am I wrong? But can I get her? After saying on her face that I don't love her and I love her best friend, will she agree , If I go to her and now propose. Am I a beast now for thinking of my self, leaving her feelings in all this. No I can't go to her, she will crumble. But does that mean I like this marriage? No. Still I am the elder in family, unless I get married Rohan won't marry. And I can't let my parents suffer. I have enough of suffering. I explained to the bride that I am not interested in this marriage, still she agreed. Why only Kanha should know? "
Dev flipped through pages again...
" Now I am Dev Purohith, who lost his wife and child, during his wife's first delivery. Is that true? World has very weird notions about me. How can any one think, I will sleep with another woman, when by my life I love her. I don't get it. Yes the child was mine, apparently I was made enter into this relation ship, by mom only because the girl was some relation to her maternal family. She gave them 1 crore for her family needs on the condition that the girl should marry me and give a child. My wife said me that on the first day. Apparently she too have no love left for me, she was forced into this marriage. We came to the agreement that we will divorce, but what was unknown to me was, my mother held half of money she promised to give, until my wife gets pregnant. I can't believe my mom can do such a thing. What was unknown to world was, we both got the baby by Artificial Insemination technique, and I don't know what happened to child. But the girl, she was so distraught that the baby was absent after the delivery that I helped her to escape with the person who she loved, framing it as she died. Now she and her husband were happily living in Australia free of enough tensions. We both became good friends, and I was amazed by fact that how much she loved that guy, that she decided to kill her self, if I happened to touch her on wedding night. The guy was also nothing less. That makes me wonder, if Radhika was in her situation would she have done the same. No my Radhika would never do that. I miss you Radhu."
Dev sat himself shocked in a near by chair, and Radhika who was flipping through the things in bag came rushing to him, " Dev! What happened?"
Dev passed the Diary to her and she read it , she paled by every sentence she was reading, she looked at Dev who was sitting in chair still shocked, and shook him " Dev we need to go, come"
Dev who was so much shocked to say anything followed her and they left from college, Radhika drove them to home where she hugged him as he cried to his heart. She too has tears from her eyes, but she can't get week now. Dev need her. Dev took the diary and continue to read ... Each page he flipped through said him how much he loved Radhika, he can feel that love for Radhika, not Radhika Sharma he knows, but the Radhika Bharadwaj, whom he know a lot but forgot about. He felt himself drowning in the laugher and words of a girl echoing in his ear, the girl who was sitting beside him. That very girl who loved him always, and who stood by him through weakness, That very Radhika Bharadwaj, who agreed to act as his wife, just for his sake. Dev can remember about Radhika Bharadwaj, he loved... he felt his memories returning, the way he felt connected to her but didn't understand what it is. The way he thought he loved Bharka, who was nothing but a gold digger. The way he had tears running down his eyes on the last day he was leaving the college. The way he felt lost and defeated when he has to marry some other girl, the way he despised his mother, knowing what she had done. How he felt miserable when he lost the kid, which was his though through artificial methods, the way he felt happy and got his life back when Radhika entered his life again. He hugged her tightly and spoke " I LOVE YOU !! RADHIKA BHARADWAJ"
Radhika felt happy listening that " I love you too " she whispered to him as she hugged him more harder.
They both drove to their friends to handle them cards not wanting to post pone it, and Radhika asked Dev " Dev, we are going in wrong route!"
Dev smiled " We are going right route, trust me"
Radhika looked at Dev and spoke " You wish to take me to Bharka's house"
Dev shrugged " She's also your class mate and when you handed invitations to each one of your class mates, why leave her. Its unfair."
Radhika sighed "You are the biggest sadist in this world. Do you know that?"
Dev laughed "Absolutely, and considering, the one who said that to you, I must agree with you"
Radhika shook her head " I don't need all this drama now. I have had enough of drama for a day."
Dev laughed again, " You has to bear it darling, after all you are marrying Dev Purohith"
Radhika spoke immediately " I think, you should correct it as sadist Dev Raj Purohith"
Dev smiled " I need some time to sort out memories. Afterall its not everyday occurrence, that a person had an info full of two lives in his head"
Radhika smiles as she lie her head on his shoulder " I am afraid Dev"
Dev frowned "Why is that Darling?"
"Every thing is going nice, and fine. I am so happy right now. But Happiness is always followed by sadness in my life. I am afraid of what sadness awaits me"
Dev stopped the car and turn to the side to face Radhika, he cups her face making her look into him. " Radhika, I am also happy as you, but we both had 7 years of suffering to have this happiness. And not even this has happiness this had its fair amount of sadness too. Knowing that my mother stoops to such low levels, don't make me happy. Knowing that I had 7 years of suffering for nothing when you love me so much don't make happy. "
Radhika nods as she closes her eyes "Dev! You know how I was able to live this 7 years, In the first year I am highly depressed, The sudden urge for me to call you or to speak with you. It used to kill me, but I kept on saying to my self that you might have changed. And the Dev I loved is no more there . That thought only kept me going for 7 years. Knowing all this time, you suffered as much as me, if not more don't make me happy too, but that sadness is very much small compared to this happiness I am feeling. And now you taking me to Bharka's house, I am highly worried. My mind asks me What if your feelings for your ex revoke again?"
Dev kissed Radhika on fore head " Stupid Radhu! You know what, I never loved her, I thought I loved her. But I never. Its like she was normal, and a bit calm, I thought may be marrying her will give me some calmness in my life. The very next day I proposed her, I started to evaluate my decision, if it is right or not. It's a mistake on my part. The same goes to all my ex's I used to like people who are traditional, innocent looking and all. But after proposing them I used to realize they are not the ones. Its because I always loved you. You completes me. "
Radhika nodded with tears in her eyes , and Dev again started the car.
Tring tring !
Bharka opens the door of her house to see Radhka and Dev standing there. Thinking to her self why they are there, she hugs Radhika "Hey Radhu!! How are you"
Radhika smiles, as she awkwardly returns the hug and Bharka goes to hug Dev, but Dev settles for a hand shake . Radhika thinks to giggle but doesn't.
Bharka "Come in guys"
They both follow her in, as Dev looks around " Hmmm Nice furniture Bharka"
Bharka smiles " You are calling me Bharka?"
Dev catches what she said but pretends not to... " That's what your name was right? Did you change that"
Too shocked Bharka shook her head and he smiles, Radhika comes forward and handles the wedding card to Bharka " My wedding Bharka, You should come"
Bharka looks at card in confusion "But you married Dev, I mean you introduced him as your husband"
Dev intervened "That's a long story, some other time. But think in this way that she is my wife by heart and we are getting married for society"
Bharka nodded her head " Sit down I will get you some drinks"
Dev and Radhika both spoke at same time "Sprite" looking at each other they grin, as Bharka nod and go in. They both sit together and have fun. Dev try to lie his head on Radhika's shoulder as if he is in exhaustion, but Radhika shooks her shoulder, and then lies her head on his shoulder, Dev shooks his head, and they both try to pinch each other. Bharka observes all it from kitchen, and when she enter the hall, their fight was over, they both were laughing and Dev was straightening Radhika's hair. Bhark smiles and ask them both "Having fun. ?"
Radhika smiles as she take her drink " A lot. Infact, I am having the fun of my life."
Dev smiles " You both used to fight like this, I remember"
Radhika smiles as she gets into memories " Yeah, but usually Bharka used to be victim of my pinching, but we both used to have a lot of fun. Especially you remember that incident Bharka, where I pinched you in middle of class, nd you ended up shouting, Maa'm asked you to get out. "
Bharka smiled as she remembered " Yep, and remember that time in Anatomy dissection lab, where our fighting resulted in you having a cut. "
Dev raised his eye brow " You never said me"
Radhika shrugged " There is something called Girly secrets Dev"
They chatted for a while, and finally Dev stood up to leave, Bharka once again hugged Radhika and spoke " You are really lucky , you know"
Radhika nodded her head " Bharka , Do You still?"
"Love him?" Seeing Radhika nod Bharka smiled " Radhika, every one likes Taj Mahal, but that doesn't mean they will get it. Dev was nothing but my crush. "
Radhika smiled , Bharka may love Dev, may be she hurted her a lot, but Bharka was her friend and she says relation ship never die. She got the closure she needed in that aspect, they may never be the best friends as they were once, but they were no more the enemies. They were past that hurdle, that was enough for Radhika.
She nodded to Bharka " Please come for marriage, you need to do my Ghat Bandhan"
"As if I will let any one else do it" Bharka scoffed. Radhika smiled and she left.
As Radhika got into the car Dev asked her curiously " Did you get your closure"
Radhika didn't answer, she doesn't need to, Dev can understand her " you understand me too much some times"
Dev smiles as he started the car.
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