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"Marry her Yash beta" Buaji said as they walked back into the house after seeing Arti and Ansh off one evening.
Yash whipped his head around to look at her, surprise etched on his face, "What!?!"
Buaji nodded. "In this last year beta, you have finally come to terms with our loss. You have finally found peace in life again. Your friendship has...healed you. You smile again, laugh again - especially when you are with her." With a twinkle in her eye, she added, "And she spends five evenings out of 7 here anyway. So bring her home permanently."
"Ansh is adopted" Arti said quietly. The shocked expression on Buaji's face confirmed Arti's doubts.
She looked at Yash and for the first time, was unable to read his expression. "I am divorced. You know that, right?"
He shrugged, "I guess I did. Makes no difference. And neither does Ansh's being adopted."
"Why?" Buaji interjected. As the other two turned to look at her, she asked bluntly, "Why did you adopt a baby? You can't have your own?"
The old hurt reached out to grab her in its clutches. She looked directly at Yash as she told her story.
"I was pregnant when I fell down the stairs. I lost the baby...the doctor said there are no guarantees I can conceive again. And...I didn't." She remained dry-eyed as the taunts and curses rang in her ears again. "After almost a year, I suggested we adopt. That's when they told me...He had been seeing another woman and wanted to marry her...They said I was a 'baanj', a curse..." Her voice dropped to a hoarse whisper. (baanj = infertile).
Yash walked to her and draped his arms around her shoulders as Buaji's eyes filled with tears.
"My parents helped me, supported me. After the divorce, with their help I was able to adopt Ansh. He came into my life and turned things around. Ma-Bauji forced me to look for a job too, become self-sufficient. That day..." She looked at him and he nodded. He knew which day she meant...
"I got the call telling me I had got the job for the junior editor position. We went to the mandir ...but..." she stopped, unable to go on.
Yash pulled her up and into his arms. As she stood with her head bent on his chest, he stroked her back, calming her down, with each stroke taking a bit of the pain away. "Ansh is your son. And he has the most amazing mother."
"Marry me Arti", he said holding her a little away from himself.
She looked into his eyes and then nodded. And Buaji wiped her eyes and blessed them.
It was a small wedding, in the same mandir where they had come to know of the extent of the other's loss. The family was complete - they did not need any one else to help them celebrate.
They sat at a corner table, a lit candelabra the only illumination. It was Arti's birthday and they had come out for dinner.
The kids had collapsed giggling when they were told they could not go. "We know!" Payal had shrieked. "You are going on a date!"
"Mamma and Papa are boyfriend-girlfriend" Palak and Ansh had high-fived as Arti had blushed red and Yash had grinned.
Now, they sat quietly, comfortable in the silence between them. As the next song started up, they both looked at each other startled and a small smile lit their faces at the same instant. Yash held out his hand and Arti placed hers in it. He led her out to the dance floor and they swayed to the beat, waltzing slowly to the lyrics they would always associate with each other.
| Jab koi baat bigad jaye Jab koi mushkil padh jaye Tum dena saath mera, oh humnawa
| (Whenever something goes wrong Whenever there is a problem Stand by me, my love) |
They had danced to the same song back then...oh so many years ago...the last dance for the graduating students...
| Na koi hai, na koi tha Zindagi mein tumhare siva Tum dena saath mera, oh humnava | (Neither there is, nor was Anyone other than you in my life Stand by me, my love) |
As the haunting melody played, the lyrics washed over them bringing a new dimension to their togetherness.
| Ho chandani jab tak raat Deta hai har koi saath Tum magar andheron mein Na chodna mera haath | (Till there is a moonlit night Everybody stands by you But you, you don't leave My hand in the darkness') |
Of its own accord, Yash's palm cupped Arti's face. Without knowing what he was doing, his thumb grazed her lips. Her lips parted slightly of their own accord and she closed her eyes against the intense look in his.
| Wafadari ki woh rasme Nibhayenge hum tum kasme | (Those rituals of faith/loyalty We will be faithful to our vows) |
Yash bent to her ear and whispered, "I want to make love to you...".
Arti's eyes snapped open and as she looked at him, he felt himself drown in their depths. "Can I?" he whispered.
She didn't answer. Instead, she turned her head to the palm that still cupped her face and kissed it. He held her to him, their bodies moulding together and they continued to dance.
| Ek bhi saans zindagi ki Jab tak ho apne bas mein | (Till even a single breath of life Remains in our control...) |
Every touch they had shared, every look they had given, every moment they had spent together in the last six months since marriage came back to life. It had been a dance of seduction, of passion, of friendship, trust and everlasting love - a dance begun nearly 10 years ago...a dance that culminated that night.
"No!" Yash said firmly, the shuttered look descending on his face again.
She had known he would react that way! Still, she was going to try. "Come on Yash, the doctor said it could be possible" she cajoled. "Why can't we at least try?
"No." The answer was as grim as before, his face even more shuttered if possible.
"Come on Yash." She turned him around forcefully. "Think about it - our own child. I want to have your child, I want to feel it grow inside me, give birth to it."
Yash couldn't help it. Her intense expression made him break into a smile. "You always were a drama-queen when you really wanted something. How many Hindi movies did you watch to pick up those lines?"
"Shut up" she pouted and turned away from him. He grinned and turned her back. The fine sheen of tears warned him against teasing her further. He pulled her to him in a tight hug and said, "We have children Arti - three of them."
"I know. Why can't we try for another? Please Yash..." She begged.
He caressed her back and said, "Because the doctor said your life could be at risk. The damage from the fall could be risky if you were to get pregnant."
"Could be, Yash, not that it will be" she emphasized. "We won't know till we..." she stopped as he pushed her away slightly to look at her face.
"No. Its not a risk I am willing to take. I will not risk your life for anything, not even on an off-chance." As her eyes filled with tears again, he pulled her to him roughly and said, "I can't risk you. You are too precious to me. I can't lose you Arti, not now, not ever... I love you too much for that" the last was a whisper she had to strain to hear.
A strange calm surrounded her and she rubbed her tear-stained face on his chest. "You know... this is the first time you ever said that to me."
He stilled. Almost in a whisper he asked, "Said what?"
"I love you" Arti replied.
He smiled at that - "The first time you ever said it to me too Sakhi!"
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