Just Once
Tears flowed through her cheeks as she drove the car aimlessly, shattered at the prospect of seeing her love going away and she couldn't do a damn about it. She so wanted to stop him, to confess her love, to hold him tightly so that he could never even think of going. But she couldn't, she didn't have the guts. Suddenly the whole world seemed to be a big joke and she was the one everyone was laughing at. The Damini Gujral who was brought up preaching that one wouldn't be scared of life and death if they were independent, the same girl who had met an eye to eye with deathly challenges time to time and proved herself the winner yet today she considered herself nothing more than a big loser. The ultimate winner had turned out to be life itself that had played with her with such cruelty that all her pride, confidence, valor everything had been shattered. Though it was not a single blow but a series of such that had broken her down, and each blow as fresh in her mind as it had just taken place.
"Miss Gujral you might have the habit to fire people for such useless reasons as your employees fail to impress you by following your commands like slaves but not me" he had said "I'd rather break my contract with you than treating a member of my own family like a servant" he said helping the manager gather his belongings "you won't do that Mr. Prithvi Saxena, it will be a great loss for your company" "I don't care about profit and loss at the cost of a family Miss Gujral, and more than me it would be a greater loss to you and the reputation of your so called Gujral Enterprises if I break this deal" he said telling the man sorry for the inconvenience and telling him to do his share of work and the manager could just nod and smile at his boss "so if you want this alliance to go on then lets settle it here itself, your office your rules and my office mine" and Damini couldn't deny how hard she tried.
He was as right as then as he was now.
"You know you think that you are the most sensible person on the face of earth don't you?" he asked sarcastically as he went through the presentation, the professional he was, he circled each and every minute mistake in her almost perfect work and said "if you want you can give this presentation by your own, but if you want us to give this a chance together then please change these" he said handing the file back to her, and it irked her that he had taken out mistakes in her work, even though just as a good business man but it certainly irked when the very person whose thoughts didn't let concentrate on work was the one pointing out the mistakes too"
from then she couldn't give a single presentation to him without getting nervous and to add to it he was the one who assured her to stay confident too. "you love pulling out stunts for fun don't you" he had used the same cold and rude tone as he pulled her up in his arms from the bridge edge and she used the moment to hug him tightly and hide from the world and worries in his chest "he wrapped his arms slowly around her shoulders and she could bet he felt something as he grew calmer and used a softer tone to address "Damini you should have taken care of yourself na? How could you be so careless about your precious life" she kept on sobbing harder and he kept on assuring and calming her. It was the same night she had realized that she loved him, he had been special to her from the beginning and though they had fought all the time she knew that something was also born at least in her heart for sure and it wasn't hatred or dislike but rather it was attraction which had turned into true and unconditional love. But she feared a heart break and precisely that's why she couldn't tell him that she loved him, what if he hated her from inside like it showed on the outside as well.
But now she was sure that though how much he'd deny he too felt something in the stone cold heart of his, feelings that he hadn't allowed to grow for so long and this was the reason he was going, leaving the deal on her and his brothers he was going back to his hometown manali probably where he had spent his childhood. And another thing she knew that she wouldn't let him go without another fight and her confession, and with that contented determination she increased the speed of her car and overtook the jeep that was going to the airport and braked hard in front of it. Both the cars stopped and Damini came out of hers and walked hurriedly to the driver's seat of his car and sat inside even before he could come out.
She was sitting in his lap now, the place that was to be hers and only hers if things went right and Prithvi still seemed in shock by what was taking place before his eyes, she took the keys from the keyhole and clutched them tightly in her wrist thus locking the two of them inside. The very woman he wished to avoid and run away from was sitting in his lap like it was her personal property; he wouldn't mind that would he? His heart said, there you go with those stupid good for nothing and a complete waste of time thoughts called out his mind to him. Confused like he always was, but he still flinched as she wound her arms around his waist inside his coat arousing killing sensations inside and kept her head on his shoulders and let her tears flow silently, for one thing she knew was he wouldn't leave her stranded and she'd be safe as well as happy as long as he was with her.
Feeling his shirt wet, he wrapped his arms around her back at once, another thing his hands did on their own when she was so close to him. He soothed her, running a hand in her hair to console her and asked "kya hua Damini?" in the most soft tone he had ever used, Damini gripped him even more tightly snuggling into his chest closing her eyes and said "mat jao Prithvi" she begged. No this couldn't be Prithvi told himself she couldn't garner the same feeling in her heart for him, she just couldn't as he had never allowed her to do so, they had always fought and he was the one who had always mocked her so how possibly had those feelings come in between. "mujhe mat roko Damini, mujhe jaana hi hoga. Aur behtar hoga ke tum bhi yahan se chali jao" "kyon Prithvi, kya mera itna bhi hak nahi hai tum par?" she asked her voice filled with the pain that her heart currently carried "just once Prithvi, just once can't you give us a chance?" she said as fresh waves of tears made way on her face. But he wiped them all and cupped her face "why Damini why should I?" his voice yearned to hear the reasons and no matter what his brain shouted to get away from this "because'." She mustered the courage finally now sure that he wouldn't go away "because I love you" she said with all the love she had looking straight into his eyes that though always had a cold look for everyone but today they were blank, neither could they be cold nor they could afford to be warm "I love you Prithvi, more than my life and even If you go today I will always love only you" she said and hugged him happily, finally a great amount of weight removed from her heart. He half smiled and half frowned, through a dilemma cursing his mind for not listening to his heart and heart for not listening to him.
"But I don't know if I love you or not?" he replied innocently when she looked up waiting for him to reply, she smiled at him and he got confused. Sitting straight and now face to face with him she asked him "do you care for me?" he nodded in a yes without a thought, "do you always wish to protect me from the world?" yes he did, "do you always think about me?" yes again. Damini's smiled kept on widening whereas as she was pretty nervous from the inside, one no and she would have no hope left for them. "Do you feel jealous when I talk with other men?" she tricked him with question as she knew the answer was yes and it came out to be the same. "But not all only Inder, that manager vivek and ......" He would have come out with a never ending list if Damini had not placed a finger on his lips "yeah not all" she said mockingly at him, she was pretty happy that she always managed to get his attention when she was around and how carefully he observed her. "Will you be happy if you lived without me for even a day?" she asked and he nodded into a no hypnotically and then grew tensed "So is this.......?" He asked and she nodded into a yes as the rain showered them with all that it had in store for them today "yes I love you" it came out of more as a exclamation rather than being a statement, as if he herself was confirming it. A tension removed from his heart as well but he looked downwards guiltily "Sorry Damini for me you had to go through so much pain, I made you cry so much for my stupidity" he said wiping the rain droplets from her face unaware of the fact that what was coming his way. She blinked her eyes in response and smiled mischievously "that you did and you will be punished for it too" she said and his head shot up unable to get the inner meaning of his words "whatever it is Damini just don't go away from me I won't be able to live........" "shh say that again and the punishment will increase" she said looking at him and grinning evilly "what?" he asked as she was staring at him and the rainfall didn't seem to wish of stopping so easily "well you know I thought of a better punishment for you" "and why is that" "because you look extremely kissable now" "what.........." as soon as the words escaped his mouth his lips were sealed with hers, driving him completely crazy with desires. As each and every rain drop managed to send a complete cold shiver down their spines the soft yet passionate smooch was bent on increasing the temperature of the surroundings.
Finally breathless they parted and Damini hid herself in his chest hiding her flustered face from him and Prithvi was smiling his 100 watt smile. Bringing her up to face him he asked innocently "now what was that for?" her blush seemed to vanish away as she felt like laughing like anything at him "because I love you" she replied wrapping her arms around his neck, ruffling his wet hair "so just once?" he asked and she nodded somewhat confused "but then what about me loving you?" "What?" she asked him back but then made an 'oh' sound just before he sealed his lips back with hers, the fire of their hearts as pure as the rain and as intense as their romantic kiss.Edited by Sohil_Gupta - 15 years ago
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