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Part-7
"whatever i did...i did it correct, right" rashi turned and looked straight at ahem's face and spoke for the first time in her life"No ahem...U dint!!!"
Her one word, crashed ahem's world down. He sat on the swing defeated, fighting back the tears which were coming due to hurt and pain. "I wont cry!"he said stubbornly, crying or showing any type of displeasure means to accept defeat and Ahem Modi never accepts defeat, Never in his life..All his attempts,all his plannings...even though all the precautions he took to save his friendship to crash down..it still did.
Slam...Ahem bet his fist on the swing in frustration. Why did she have to be so senti...foolishly senti...so what he does cheated gopi...what wrong he did...she made it coming for herself...How can she think that she can slap ahem modi and can silently get away. No way. No he wont let her defeat him...Not now..in his house, under his nose...Ahem closed his eyes and relaxed taking a deep breath...He know he created this mess and now he have to over come it ..somehow...
Ahem silently shifted his mind back to all the events.. THis was his techinque to come out for a solution, whenver he gets stressed. Revise the pbms ...the pbms wil give u a answer...and now..his biggest pbm is ...Gopi...A little silent girl.now created havoc in his deep friendship. Ahem balled his fists in anger when gopis innocent face flashed in his mind. Innocent...My foot..he thought angrily. All his pbms started the day he met her.
Her courage when for the first time she stood against him...Against Ahem Modi...It was lucky for him that she made herself a laughing stock and thanks to his friends who bullied others when she was in the principal office.
He thought she had learnt her lesson when she started to turn away from his path but no...she was the same...he overlooked it...Even today his body shaked with rage when remember the incident she slapped him. He could clearly see his friends mocking faces and the fall of his prestiage in his eyes. The Ahem Modi who always maintained a respect among his friends, was suddenly became a laughing stock to his friends
.So their was only 1 option left, it was to bring her back to the earth. He thought he could win her easily ...but the girl proved really difficult. He registered in his mind what qualities she was proud of...a good friend...so the first target was to become her friend.
He thought it would be easy...but he was really shocked when he got bowled down instantly. She rejected him...his friendship..which every girl was dreaming of. It was then he knew that he have to create a well stratergy plan. It was then he involved anitha.
He was hesitant to ask her as he knew she liked gopi, but he knew that she loved him too, it was her decision to make to either accpet the love or her friendship, and he was right, she choose him, and betrayed her so called friend. He knew that only his efforts were not enough, he made anitha to presude gopi to forgive him too he never imagined she would be so stubborn. He had even have to get soaked in rain for her,
but little she know that he never did. Why would he soak in rain for her, as planned, he kept ajay on watch to see whether they were peeking or not, and for his safety, he never stood infront of the window directly, he stoo at the side window as he knew, that they would first check the front window and he would get the time to slip to the side window.
As expected, no one caught him...But he had to admit, she guessed his nature so accurate ""do u think he wil be here!" "no way, drenching in rain all night...we are talking about ahem modi here!!". Ahem smiled...she was always right about him...but foolishly sentimental. He thought his act would melt her, like any other girls, but least
he knew that he was not the same type. In opposite, she started to remain extra careful.
He made sure that to pretain about only forgivness in front of all, and let the flirting be taken alone. He dint want a alibi to her. and as thought everyone accepted that Ahem Modi started to repent...Repent..My foot. He never imagined that she would cheat him, in a way he told rashi the truth, she cheated him by not coming to the parlour, his master plan went to the drain.
so for sometime he turned his concentration on the other thing...her education, she was proud of...he cant snatch her talent, but he can show that her talent depend on his courtesy. And made her shcolarship forward and made her pass in the exam, so that she would be indebtd to him for her life. Again, she predicted it right.
"How could she see through me..."ahem asked himself. He knew he need to took a final step, and narrated a story...and miraclelessly she fell for it. He had lost hope and was wailing his defeat with anitha, when she turned up offering her friendship.
One stone and two birds. And after that their was no turning back. Anitha was the one to suffer, as she wanted to spend time with him, but made adjustments for him, so that he can convince gopi about his friendship and lay foundations for his next plan. But he knew she was hurt everytime, he turned anitha down. Well, he did make up for it after college, he proposed her, as he knew,,...she would be the one who would support him always at any cost.
So though how much rashi ask why did he choose anitha...this was the reason he can never give to anyone...she was the one who supported him, after rashi without any questions..and he loved it. A true patner in life. The days passed and Ahem had to accept, it was not bad being gopis friend, she is indeed a good friend in life.
but the pbm is she makes friendship with wrong people. It was her quality to be kind to others, which suprised him that day. Until then he thought gopi to be a self pride girl, but that day, she seemed different. No one would take any street begger boy to a shelter home so silently. It was actually good. On that day, he really had second thoughts on what he was going to do to her.
Her face seemed so innocent and pure and true. He dint want that face to dissaper...but he knew, people dont appear as they seem...all they think about is about themsleves and Gopi was not an exception. If she was really so kind of mother terresa nature, then why did she help that one single boy..what happend to all the other orphanes, it was then ahem realized, she was trying to impress him, what if the boy was a toy planned by her.
She knew he would get curious at her sudden dissapereance. so naturally he would follow her. So their were not any second thoughts, and the final plan began. As decided, he ask gopi for the party and anitha to go with ajay. And according to plan, he bailed at the last moment,
and everyone seeing anitha with ajay, believed he went out of town that day, as until then, he and anitha would always appeared for every party. The final plan went really very well, and without giving her a chance to let her feelings out, he dissapeared fastly.
Ahem had to accept, that he had never expectd gopi to call anitha, it was a real blow. It was his luck that she called anitha, and not others, as she would get a alibi for herself, which he dint want at any cost. And luck favoured him again, when she belived anitha blindly, when she said she is happy for them. Love makes people blind...it got proved that day. Otherwise..such a smart girl would not fall for his proposal so easily. But stil she did,
which means, she was not different from others. She too fell for his money like others, and wanted to grab the chance as soon as possible, but table turned on her and made herself a huge mockery among others.
He destroyed all those things, she was proud of...friendship----she dint got any friends left, friends who dint trust her anymore .
goal and a bright future------as he can see, there was no future for her in that college...everyday was a nightmare.
self respect--------well, she cant expect self respect after the drama she created herself... He made a proud principled girl to a cheap gold digger and never saw back again...Until she came back in his own family like a nightmare...
He had already buried her on that day and never brought her back but seeing her in his own house...Ahem had to agree, he got a real blow. He felt anitha's grip on his hand, Both had the same feeling, her slip of one word and they are doomed.
Their prestige was at her feet at that moment, and Ahem knew very well that if the truth was out...His family prestiage would go to drain and no need to say his value in the family too. But he cant hide suddenly, so he took the biggest risk of his life and moved forward. Her shocked face told him, she dint forget him either, and he decided to meet his doom but luck favoured him again. She dint recognize him, or to say..acted as if dint recognize him. and this was his chance.
He dint expect her to be so close to his family, but he was not taking chances everyday. Who would trust a betrayed tigeress. His first step was to not to let her make impression on anyone. He got suceeded at his mom, but got slipped with rashi.
He was angry that his situation got in her hands, who would thought she would become kinjals best friend, and that brief second was enough for rashi to catch. He never expected she would be so quick, if he dint tell her anything or tried to hide, then it was sure that she would get the matter out from gopi by hook or crook, which..was not good for him. So he had left with only chance to tell her the truth, but not the ful truth. He got the gist that gopi was trying to hide their past for her own good reasons
as no one dint belive her in college, no one would belive her now too...except Rashi. and it was from that danger he wanted to escape. Rashi knew him very well and his mind games, she knew that he wouldnt take anything light, so she would be the person to trust gopi.
so he decided to put the blame on her, tell her that she cheated him as he knew that once rashi anger was enraged, she need no explanations, she would simply stay out with gopi and in the mean time he would arrange gopi to go out of the house, he would be safe. But he overlooked the fact, that rashi might observe them. Anitha was right from keeping rashi away from this, but out of habit, he involed rashi again. He just cant say no to her when she ask somehting.
So to save his lie and friendship, he had only one motive, to keep gopi away from rashi, and to make gopi go away from the house. He started to follow her like a shadow and really had a skip of heart when gopi told rashi that she dint knew the truth.
Which means she was here to take revenge with him, she was playing slow, so he confronted her and warned her to stay away from rashi, but in anger, let his weakness out for her. He knew she would strike with rashi for sure, so took every opportunity to humiliate her. He hit the score, when his mother said kaki to make gopi leave. One challenge against her self respect was enough for her, she decided to leave the house, everyhting would have been happy by now...and all came
crashing down because of his silly mistake. He saw that Rashi was going to create a scene, and if the scene come out, gopi was not the type of girl to take the blame unnecessarily, she would talk and her talk means his disaster, he had to make rashi shut up, but never meant so harsh...Result...the truth came out though how much he played and planned to keep it bury and as expected rashi took it seriously...and left him all alone...
Ahem took a sigh, he had to start over again, he was not going to let gopi go away with the pleasure of victory. He have to win at any cost. He have to bring rashi back, thier friendship back, his life back.
"I am sorry" "Get lost" "I am sorry" "Save ur breath" "I am sorry" "Go to hell"...This was the limit, he gifted cholacate, flowers, teddy bear even but still she was not talking to him. "Rashi u are too much" Ahem accused and Rashi flared up immediately. "Ohhh now i am too much, u lied to me ahem...to me...how can u expect i would forgive u so easily...u ...u liar!!" "I lied to u, to save our friendship, i knew u would take this so sentimentally and support that girl"
"That girl was someone like me...and u made me go against her. Because of u, i dont know how much curses i gave her and how much i was rude to her." "Big deal!!" Ahem said casually "Its a big deal for me!!" Rashi shouted back. "How can u break our friendship for a girl who came two days back"Ahem shouted
"How can u lie to me for a girl who came two days back" Rashi shouted too. AHem dint said anything as he knew she got a point. "k K my mistake, i agree, i shouldnt lie to u, but seriously, if even i tried to tell u the truth, would u have forgiven me then!"
"Atleast i would appreciated ur honesty ahem, but u never gave me the chance" "I always tell u the truth." "Not this time!" "Mistakes Happen!" "Never Happend among us." "So what do u mean, my attempt to save our friendship was a mistake of mine.
My attempt to keep u happy was a mistake of mine. U dont know her, she want this to happen among us, she wants us to get seperated, she wants to get back at me." "If she wants to seperate us, she would have done it back when i scolded her, if she wants this to happen, she would not
try to hide the truth, if she wants to get back at u, she would have dont it by now...the reason u are still safe mr.ahem modi...because she forgave u." "Then learn from her" "i dont have such a big heart" Ahem sighed and kneeled down in front of her. Rashi turned her head pouting hugging her new teddy bear sitting on the bed.
"Hey sweeto...do u really think, i felt happy lieing to u, u dont know the fear which gripped me every moment, the fear of losing u, the fear to face ur anger. Since yesterdays night, dont u know how much pain is going through me. i cant even imagine a life without u rashi...i just dint want to lose u, is this single lie became more important to u than our friendship" Rashi turned towards him with tearful eyes "its not a simple lie ahem, its the reason behind the lie"
"I already told u...i lied to u because of our friendship." "No ahem, u lied to me...because u were feeling guilty". Anger flared Ahem's face immediately and sprang to his feet. Rashi knew he was not going to like this, but she had to. "What nonsense!"Ahem shouted. "yes ahem, u were feeling guilty of what u have done with gopi"
"She deserved it" Ahem shouted. "She dont, and u too know it, all those reasons, ur fear on seeing her in our home, ur fear to see her talking to me. U motive to keep her away from me,...all because u were feeling guilty" "It was a precaution to stop her to talk." "And why would u want her to stop,no one would believe her, because u knew that she was the victim and felt sorry for her. somewhere at the back of ur mind ahem...u knew that what u did, it was wrong"
"what i did was right Rashi" "Then why cant u see, someone blaming her.U cant watch her in tears, u cant see her when she is hurt, even u scolded me for shouting at her." "I was trying to stop u" "Why..Ahem...if u want to humilate her, then it was ur best chance, then why did u stop me...because u were feeling guilty of standing their and let her bear all the accusations. U were unable to watch her get blamed unnecessarily" "It was I who put the blame on her"
"People change Ahem, and the Ahem who i know, is not so heartless" Ahem came straight to her and said in a final tone "She deserved for what she have done and I am not Guilty" and left leaving a fuming rashi. And gopi was in deep thought hearing everything.
"Hetal auntie i wanted to tell u something!" "Say dikra..but First have breakfast, and then we can talk, Otherwise koki would come and scold me saying is this a way to treat our guests hetal" Gopi smiled, but she needed to get out of the house right now, before she have a another go with ahem.
Rashi came and started serving the plates, and gopi noticed that their was a sadness in her face. Ahem came immediately after her and both sat down together turning opposite to each other. "
Rashi pass, ahem these toasts" Rashi took those and pushed the plate silently to ahem. He pushed it back "I dont want to eat" he said stubbornly. "i dont want to eat either" Rashi pushed back the plate too and turned their face opposite to each other. It was a real sight to see, Hetal dropped the spoon she was holding.
Kinjal mouth was wide open, Koki gave them a suprise stare. Gopi understood this was the first time they quarreled. "I dont believe this, did u guys fight" Kinjal asked shocked. "None of ur bussiness" AHem flared. Gopi noticed their was a smirk and a proud look in rashi face. "Ahem stop this right now and eat!" koki sounded, but ahem dint move his finger.
Gopi noticed that koki moved her eyes to rashi and rashi immeidately set the plate and gave Ahem a pleading look to eat. "Tell me what i want to hear, i wil eat" Ahem demanded. Rashi moved her eyes to koki, and hinted ahem to eat. "No"he said stubbornly. "Stop being so childish ahem" Parag scolded coming to the table and Gopi noticed Ahem's anger increase a ten fold and went away. Rashi was about to follow him, when koki stopped her.
"He wil come around, no need to give him so much attention" Parag said and Rashi sat obediently, clearly downhearted.
Gopi was going to hetals room when ahem stopped her and gopi knew what was coming from him. "Happy, u should be, this is what u wanted right, to make me suffer, well let me tell u. congrats u are suceded. because of u now rashi is not ready to see my face. U have destroyed our childhood friendship for ur selfish motive.
Now what do u want more, Only because of u, my entire perfect life is spoiled, Since the day u came into my life, everything is in havoc state, only because of u. Snatched my friend, snatched my sister, now whom do u want. it is so easy for u, to go away and laugh at me, but do u know what rashi means to me in my life.
She is the only reason i can laugh in this house nd share my thoughts with someone. She is everyting to me and today all because of u, u destroyed my life. Congrats for ur victory"
Ahem fumed and went away leaving gopi stunned.
Rashi was sitting on the swing and gopi came and silently sat beside her. "Forgive Ahem"Gopi asked and rashi smiled. "He blamed u right, thats ahem of course, dont take it to heart" "Its not the reason i am here, i really want u to forgive him for me" Rashi looked at her in suprise.
"Out of all the persons, u have the valid reason to hate him, then why do u ask me to forgive him" "I have a valid reason to hate him, u dont" "He lied to me" "He lied for his friendship, he lied to keep u in his life." "He cheated u" "I know" "Because of him, i said so much to u"
"Forgiven"Gopi smiled."How can u be so calm, are u not angry" "This issue is not about me and ahem, this is about u. U are not mad at him, because he cheated me, u are mad at him becuse he lied to u..u are mad at him, because he cheated u" Rashi remained silent.
"Rashi, whatever happend between me and ahem,, let it be with us. Dont bring it to ur relation. Ur friendship is reallly special, and i can see that ahem is really lost without u.
He cant bear one second witthout talking to u. U are the reason for his confidence, his strenght and happiness and without u he is totally lost. He is really missing u rashi" "U dont know ahem as i do" "I agree, but no person can act so well, i saw the pain he is going through within himself. If u dint forgive him now, he wil never realize the value of forgiveness in his life.
He wil never say sorry to anyone in his life again" Rashi looked sharply at her and the incident flashed in her mind.
"How can u do this to me Bhai! i am ur brother" "everything is fair in love and war Jigar...dont u agree"
"U said u know ahem very well rashi...then u also should know that saying sorry to u, is not a small issue for ahem. THe man who never said sorry to anyone, today bent before u, this shows, how much u mean in his life" "He said sorry to u too" "He dint"gopi smiled, rashi looked at her suprised. "It was always written on a paper, or card or on a board, he never said sorry to me directly...not until today..for his behaviour"
Rashi looked at her stunned.U still love him dont u" rashi asked abruptly and gopi looked at her suprised. "Whatever ahem did, i wil always be in debt for him in one issue, Ahem never crossed his limits with me, He never tried to come close to me, he always maintained his space, and saved my dignity and prevented me to fall in my own eyes. He never took advantage of me ...this proves rashi..Ahem is not a good person,
but he is not a bad person either." Rashi smiled. "U really talk very well gopi" Gopi smiled "Well, this always leads me into trouble" Both laughed. "I am really sorry for being so harsh to u" "Its k, not ur mistake, just forgive ahem, and think that u are forgiven too... and i know..even u cant stay away from him much longer."
Rashi smiled sheepishly "i can try" "U wil fail miserbly, i did tooo" "Anyone wil...after alll its Ahem Modi u are talking about!!" Ahem came grinning ear to ear, shamlessly. Gopi closed her eyes and shook her head disgusted and Rashi hid her smile.
Ahem sat between the two ladies making them move apart. Gopi was about to leave when ahem caught her hand. "Stay..as i need to talk for once and for all" Gopi looked at him sharply and rashi confused. "I hate u"Ahem said to gopi, "And that wont change...even though u tried to help me
i know its our own motive " Gopi rolled her eyes and Rashi gave him a unbelivable look "and comign to u...mother india part-2" ahem turned towards rashi..."dont expect me to be courtoous to her, or to say sorry or to be polite or to be kind in any way...as gops said..its between us..whatevre we do...whatever i say to her, whatever happens between us..u are not going to get involved and thats final. Understand"
"But" "No buts...its the best for all of us...i hate her, she loves me(gopi glares at ahem) u like her, she like u, i dont like her...big confusion...so let the 3 relations continue this way. I dont mind if u talk to her or not, but dont expect me to show kindness or to say sorry suddenly" Rashi looked at gopi and gopi gave a nod "I agree with ahem" "U do?"ahem asked "I do"gopi thundred. "dont mix ur relation with ours. I am just a guest in this house
and wil be leaving soon, dont spoil ur friendship for anyone" Ahem looked at her calculating and rashi smiled. "When are u leaving?" Ahem asked and Rashi hissed "Ahem" "dont interfere!" "Atleast ask in a nice way" "The deal is done..this love and hate relation wont change"
"I am leaving today" gopi said and rashi is shocked. "Hey no...please stay" "No she cant" AHem said. "Its better i leave and moroever i dont want to see somebodys face" "Kidding right" ahem asked and gopi controlled her anger"how can u do friendship with him?" "U did too"Rashi smirked. "Well the charm lies in me...after all its Ahem modi..u are.talking..about..." Ahem dint complete his sentence and Rashi and gopi left immediately irritated. Ahem turned his head from gopi to rashi and muttered "Jealousy!!"
It was night time and Ahem was about to retire to sleep thinking about his perfect life when a soft knock came on his door, Thinking who might be so late he opened the door to see gopi standing infront of him."i need ur help"gopi asked. Immediately a mocking grin spread over him and started "I knew ..." and gopi gave him a shut up glare immeidately and looked behind her shoulder and slowly Kinjal came out frightned like a mouse and Ahem continued "there is a problem" in a serious tone .
K i get it, this update have not much of the story but as everyone req..ahem inner voice and motives have to be cleared...
so coming to story
what help does gopi need?
will the love relation overcome the hate.?
what made gopi to stay in the house?
will the new deal work out for the 3...
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Edited by shaina.sharma - 13 years ago