guys here is a small one shot i wrote on swasan. hope u enjoy it..
SWASAN OS: LANE OF MEMORIES.
I SWARA walked down this lane and sat on a side bench on the footpath . This lane connects my house with a small park owned by the society. I just sat on the side bench and started looking at this lane. It was almost 9 in the night and the lane was calm. The street light was not reaching the ground due to the large and widespread branches of the trees which are present along both the sides of the road. The branches cover the road from both the sides such that it looks like a green cover from one end of the road. The road was filled with dried leaves and they were flying in the cold and little strong breeze. Very few people use this road as it doesnot connect to another road and leads into the small park which has enough space for the kids to play and youngsters to walk and jog and elderly people to spend their evenings with their friends of same age and share each other problems & spend sometime according to their will and wish. Park is always busy and filled with the people of these three age groups till night 8 and after that everyone retires to their houses. After 9 even the lights of the park will be turned off and the watchman closes the gates too. So the road looks almost abandoned by 9.
This is the time I usually come here for a walk after my dinner and sit and relax on this bench. I don't visit this road regularly and after many days im here. I just sat on the bench here looking at this lane towards the park side and realized that this place is witness to many events of my life. Seeing the lane calm I went down the memories associated with it in my life.
The first memory with this lane was a bitter one. Not just bitter it can be described the worst one. This is the place where laksh called me to meet him in a drunken state on the night of his marriage with ragini. He called me characterless insulted my love called me dhokebaaz and many more. He expressed his distrust and hate on me at this place. I could never forget this place as I lost my love his trust on me at this place.
I never thought that the place where I had the most bitter experience of my life will give me the happiest moments of my life too. Yes this is the place where I met the best friend of my life , sanskaar. Yes this was the place where I called him and asked him to help me in a fake marriage plan to expose ragini and he agreed for it without any hesitation. Though the first encounter with this place was bitter the next was better. I found a friend no a true friend who turned my life upside down. He stood by me in every struggle I faced and supported me. And finally our mission to expose ragini's truth was accomplished along with us getting married for real. I left his house and returned back to my home and after a turn of events I entered the house again in a pretext of giving chance to our marriage but we both knew it was for my sister and her health issues.
After few months of our togetherness I started to develop some different feelings for him. and this is the place where I could decode them and realise that I fell in love with him. The way I realized that I love him is a fresh memory for me even today and will always be. After I realized that I love him I thought to confess my feeling to him and bring him here and show him this place. But next time when I came here I was all alone. My life was shattered and there was no one by my side, not even him who always trusted me and stood by me.
Remembering that night sends a chill down my spine even today. I was never broken to such an extent even when I lost my first love too. i was the trapped in a conspiracy by someone and stood like a characterless girl in front of everyone. Though my ma and baba believed me none of my in laws trusted me. I was just expecting a support from him but he did not give that. Not even a word came from him in support of me. He just left to his room and did not even look back at me. I was evicted from the house and was taken back by my ma baba to baadi. That night I came back to this lane and sat here on this bench where I realized my love for him and cried my heart out. His calmness and his moving away without even looking my face killed me from inside.Since then for about a week I came here daily and sat here and went back. I don't know why I used to find peace here. My parents understood that they need to give me sometime and never disturbed me or stopped me.
Though my mind always says that even he did not trust me my heart conflicted and said that he loved u and trusts u and will meet u one day in this same lane. And probably as person who follows their heart always I came here daily hoping for my wish to be fulfilled.
After a week I was sitting here with the same hope in my mind and my eyes closed trying to find some peace. After few minutes when I opened my eyes my wish was fulfilled and he was infront of me. I was shocked and happy and just stood up with million questions in my eyes. i need to know what he thinks about me but couldnot utter a word. Tears started filling in my eyes. by the time they make their way out he extended his arms signaling me to run into his embrace. And that's it I got all my answers and with a smile on my lips and tears in my eyes I ran to him and hugged him tightly. Even he hugged me tightly. I could realise how much he loved me and missed me from the tightness of that hug. Still I was in his embrace and that was perfect place and moment for mt to confesse my feelings to him and I slowly uttered "I love You sanskaar". He kissed my forehead in reply and replied "I love u too". we both hugged each other tightly for a while and stood there in the mid of the lane.
Then we sat on the bench for a while and that's is when he explained me even before I ask him that he was quiet as he wanted to catch the conspirator. He felt that If he had supported me openly then the conspirator might harm me more. So he wanted the attacker to believe that he left me and hated me. And since he couldnot stay away from me any more he came back to me finding the address of this place from my maa who knows that I come here daily.
From then this place has become our regular meeting spot for about a month. He came here directly from the office at 9 and we met here and then returned to our houses. Those were the most beautiful meetings. I had the chance to live the life of a girlfriend to my husband in that one month. It was strange but it was quiet sweet and romantic to meet my own hubby in all chupke chupke mode. After a month of investigations we could collect the proofs against the conspirator who is none other than my own sister ragini.
Yes she was the one who tried to defame me and my character infront of everyone. This lane stood as witness for even that revelation too. sanskaar broke me the news at this place only. I was shocked. That might be a small word to describe my feelings at that moment. I cried hugging him and as usual he consoled me. But this time I was not in a mode to forgive her. After all she tried to back stab me twice. I could understand her first attempt but this second one was pure out of revenge and hatred for me laksh and sanskaar. I could not take that any more.
We exposed and explained her conspiracies to both the gadodia and maheshwari families. This time she was thrown out of everyones life for ever and ever. I was welcomed back into the maheshwari house and even my mom in law was happy with this Bengali bahu. She accepted me whole heartedly. Laksh tried to prove his point infront of everyone that he never believed ragini and now wanted to get back to me as even sanskaar and I were not on talking terms and my entry into the house was just for the sake of my sister. Even before he started another sentence I took my step forward and stopped him and made a grand confession to everyone present there that I love sanskaar and Im gonna live my life with him. and made it clear to everyone especially lakshya that I have moved on completely and I am truly in love with his brother.
That was the night I and sanskaar came back to this place and spent the best time together. Since then this is the place I usually visit whenever we had an argument or have fought for some matter. He always came here to ask for an apology and make me smile as he very well understood that this is the place where I will be to find some peace after a heated argument or fight with him on any stupid matter in the universe.
Today after many days I am finally sitting here and looking at the calm lane which did not change much since the day I had my first encounter with it. But from the day I came here my life changed a lot from losing my love to finding a new friend and then realizing my true love and confessing it.
When I was in my thoughts someone covered me with a shawl from behind I knew who it was. I could sense his aura and presence even when he is far from me. Yes here he is my husband and my true love my sanskaar. Seeing his face I can understand that he was angry at me for coming here in this cold night without informing him and that too without any protection from cold. But I know how to cool him down after all im his wife. So I made him sit beside me and make him touch my belly which was carrying the symbol of our love and togetherness. He was confused and after few seconds he felt the kick of his baby my baby no our baby. The smile on his face and surprise in his eyes was indescribable. That was a Kodak moment for me forever.
So he said "so u are here again to make me feel our baby's first kick at this place just like the way u confessed ur love and broke the news of ur pregnancy here??"I know I need not say a word he can understand me in and out without uttering a word and same goes with me. I smiled at him and hugged him sideways and laid my head on his shoulder and moved close for warmth from the cold wind looking at the same lane with a smile which stood as a witness to all the painful and happy memories of my life.
I swara gadodia who never believed in fairy tales where the end is always "a happily ever after", inspite of facing all the hurdles in their lives is now living a life of a fairy tale as SWARA SANSKAAR MAHESHWARI with SANSKAAR MAHESHWARI who are ready to welcum their baby into their beautiful and happily ever after fairy tale.
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with love
rithz
link to my other one shot "the breakdown"
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/swaragini/4485253/swasan-one-shot-the-breakdown
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