Arhi FF: Judai - Page 2

I sat by the shore, trying to skip rocks like Amma did but my rocks just kept sinking. Amma tried to teach me but I never was able to get it right.

Flashback

"Spin the rock a little as you throw it Isha" Amma said.

"Amma mine just keep sinking" I whined

I ran up to a rock and plunked down on it. I felt the tears falling. Suddenly they were brushed away by a gentle touch. I turned to see Amma smiling at me.

"Amma, why can't I be good at anything? Why can't I be good at skipping rocks like you?" I questioned her.

Isha you are good at a lot of things! You are the best painter I have ever seen and you take care of your garden so well. Even better than your Papa! As for the things you're not good at, for those you need to practice." Amma replied back

"Now look at me, I use to be awful handling Arnavji. I couldn't stand him! Ab dekho kitna achi tarah se handle karte hoon unko!" (Now see how well I am able to handle him) Amma laughed.

Papa came from behind us, put his arm over my shoulder and bend his head to my ear.

"Yeah, after much practice I have learned to stand your Amma's pagalpan!"

Papa whispered to me.

I looked at Amma and started to laugh.

"Arnavji, I heard you! You called me pagal! And Isha you are laughing! I am not talking to you both!" Amma pouted

Me and Papa looked at each other and smiled. We got on our knees and knelt before her.

"We're sorry Amma" I exclaimed

Amma smiled and hugged me and Papa. After a while I bent back and cupped Amma's face"

"Amma, promise you will never stop talking to me. I will die if you stop talking to me" I whispered.

"Isha, I would die if I ever had to stop talking to you!" Amma replied back

"Khushi, Isha! Don't say things like that!" Papa yelled.

Flashback

I was suddenly brought back to reality when I felt a big splash on me.

"ADITI, RIYA STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!" I shouted

Aditi and Riya had gone in to the water and started a water fight splashing me in the process.

I quickly came out of the water, while I glared at them. They ran off across the shore to collect rocks.

I sat down by the shore getting lost in my thoughts again.

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"Di, look the sun is setting, isn't pretty!" Aditi shouted, her loud voice bring me out of my thoughts. I hadn't realised it had gotten so late.

"Aditi, Riya, let's go it is getting late!" I shouted

Papa would be very mad if he found out that we were coming home so late.

"Ok, Di but wait" Riya said as I grabbed her and Aditi's hand.

" What! We are getting late and Papa is going to kill me!"

"Di we wanted to give you something" Aditi said.

"Fine what is it?"

Riya pulled something out of her pocket

"We are sorry Di. Here is a gift from us." Aditi said.

Riya placed the prettiest rock I had ever seen in my palm.

" Wow, it is beautiful"

I was lost in the beauty of the rock. It was heavy for its size. It refracted the light making it shine a rainbow of colours. It looked like it could be a diamond. It suddenly struck me that Aditi and Riya had said they were sorry. I had been so lost in the beauty of the stone.

I looked down at them.

"What are you sorry for?" I asked.

"We are sorry we wasted your time. You had to waste your whole day with us"

I hugged them as guilty tears filled my eyes. It was obvious that they had heard my fight earlier with Papa.

"I am SO sorry you guys. I didn't waste my time at all with you guys! I was just mad at Papa and I am sorry I took that out on you guys!"

Riya wiped my tears and kissed my cheek.

"Make a wish Di" Aditi told me.

"What the! This stuff doesn't really work" I said but then I saw their faces.

"Fine, I will make a wish"

"Thank you Di, we love you"

"Same here"

Just to make them happy I wished that we could have a big mountain of jalebis for dessert.

"By the way why do we think this is a magical rock?" I asked

"Because we found it outside Devi Maiya's mandir." They answered

I rolled my eyes. I believed in Devi Maiya but I was also practical. This rock was not going to be magical just because it was outside the mandir.

Papa would be mad if he found out that Aditi and Riya were thinking like this. Papa had started to believe in God after he married Amma or atleast he used to participate in pujas and stuff but after Amma died he lost all his belief. He thought that if God existed then Amma would still be alive. Papa was strictly against religion. He didn't believe in it at all. Papa would have made the three of us atheist too if it wasn't for Anjali Bua. She is the one that made sure that we attended all the pujas and havans. I think sometimes she over does it a bit. It was upto her she would just stay in the mandir.

We then headed home. Papa was already home when we got back. I was panicked as we entered the house. Papa was going to be mad. I opened the door trying to sneak us in but when I turned Papa was standing there.

"I have a surprise for you guys!" Papa announced.

Just because he had a surprise didn't mean it was a good one. He would probably being grounding us until we were 18!

"What is it Papa, show it to us please" Aditi and Riya shouted.

"Not now, after dinner"

I followed them to the dining table.

We ate then my dad wheeled in a stack of jalebis.

"Di, look our wish worked" Riya shouted

I quickly hushed her. We were all dead if Papa heard that we had made a wish on a rock that we found outside a mandir.

On the very top was a jalebi shaped into a word.

"Sorry!"

My dad came and hugged me.

"Sorry. I will try and spend more time with you kids. You shouldn't have to be the only ones making sacrifices."

I wasn't the one making sacrifices. Papa, Aditi and Riya were! That night Amma made the sacrifice for me!

I had tears flowing from my eyes. If it hadn't been for me, then I and my sisters would have a mother and my father would have had his Khushi. It should have been me that day not Amma!

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