originally posted here in AT #54 - an alternative ending to the Nov 27 scene with drunk Abhi pawing Pragya...
RECIPROCITY
a- bolo naa shuruwaad...
p- aap...darwaaza band kijiye...phir...
p-phir?
a-kijiye naa...darwaaza band...
*he closes the door and backs her against it, palms flat on the door on each side of her head*
*she looks up at him with angst in her eyes but also something else, that looks disturbingly like hope*
p-maine usko kuch nahin karne diya...
a-jhoot mat bolo -
p-*talking over him* lekin - lekin aap ko poora haq hai... sab kuch karne ka...toh kariye naa, shuruwaad
a-*frowns in confusion* kya?
p-aapko haq jataane tha naa...jataaye. waise meri bhi haq bante hai...mangne ka
a-aur tum...mang rahi ho? mujh par haq?
p-kyun? aap akele mang sakhte kya?
*he pulls away from her*
a-nahin...aise nahin..tum...tumhaare saath mujhe kuch bhi nahin karni hain...aur tumhe mujh par koi haq nahin hain, aur kabhi nahin hoga...
*he stumbles away into the bathroom to douse his head in cold water*
*she slides to the floor and feels numb about her close escape...and yet another rejection*
ENGLISH
a-tell me how he started...
p-close the door...and then...
a-and then?
p-first...close the door
*he closes the door and backs her against it, palms flat on the door on each side of her head*
*she looks up at him with angst in her eyes but also something else, that looks disturbingly like hope*
p-i didn't let him do anything -
a-don't lie-
p-*talking over him* but - but you have every right...to do everything...so...why don't you...start?
a-*frowns in confusion* what?
p-you want to assert your rights don't you? go ahead...but then i also have rights...a right to ask...
a-and you're...asking? for your right...to me?
p-why? are only you allowed to ask?
*he pulls away from her*
a-no...not like this...you...i don't want to do anything with you...and you don't have any right on me, and you never will...
*he stumbles away into the bathroom to douse his head in cold water*
*she slides to the floor and feels numb about her close escape...and yet another rejection*)
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