Chapter 3 A new commencement
After 4 years
She smiled as her bestfriend's face appeared on her computer's screen. "Goodmorning would be bride" She greeted her friend , she could see the glow on her face
"You knew????? Oh My God , i can't believe it and here i was about to surprise you" She whined pouting lips making Chakor laugh harder
"Bhagya you do know that diamond ring on your finger is stating the obvious before you do" time might have changed but their friendship din't
"Where is my soulbaby???" She asked ignoring Chakor's obvious brag about her smartness
Mere the mention of her baby caused her smiled widely as if on prompt she felt a small pair of hands blindfolding her , she could hear the giggling in the surrounding , She knew exactly who it was but still she pretended to think
"Err who is this????" She mumbled to be scare running her fingers on the culprit little ones
The giggling persisted but unable to see her mother in fear , her little heart warmed , she dropped her little lips on her mother's cheeks kissing her
"It's aviii" she squealed as Chakor pulled her in her lap , tickling her stomach her laughters rhyming with her daughter's
"Avyaaa how many time should i say it's Avya , not Avi" Bhagya interupted them
"Don't remind me , i still can't believe i let you talk me into naming my daughter's name rhyming to yours" She smiled as she remembered that day
Flashback
It was getting closer to her duedate and she had been really busy at work before her maternity leaves , it was then she realized she din't search a name yet , she'd know it was going to be a girl and she din't want to name her daughter with a meaningless name
Rightfully Bhagya had the rights to name her niece so when she asked Bhagya , she instantly came with the name Avya , Chakor had been reluctant about it but then she said , it meant a ray of sunshine literally translating it to Suraj ki ek kiran and she gave into Bhagya's request , it was perhaps the only thing she'd get from her father , a link to her name
Flashback over
"That is because you love me and my name and Avya is a beautiful name , you can't deny that , right my avya baby" She asked to the little girl who merrily sat on her mothers lap staring at the screen
"Rig..ht Ziaa" She said happily in her baby tone , surprising Bhagya as Chakor pursed her lips together controlling her laughters
"Oh My God who is Ziaaa???????" she grew hysterics
"Calm down Bhagya , she meant you , zia means aunty in Italian" Chakor explained leaving a kiss on Avya's forehead
"It's not goood!!! she's getting distant from our motherland , our Culture chakor , she's turning italian , she speaks italian , she will never know how we used to play in the mud , light lamps on diwali , play with colors on holy" She kept on with her ranting and stopped as she heard chakor and avya laughing
She noticed Bhagya had stopped and was glaring at both of them
"Bhagya , i still do all of this here for Avya , i'd never let my child deprive from her roots" She looked at her daughter lovingly running her fingers in her hairs , she was a miniature her , she looked just like her when she was little but her characters were all of her father's , instead of dolls, she liked balls and motorcycles , car , she even insisted for a mini skateboard which Chakor clearly denied to give her , she'd never take risks with Avya
"Still Chakor , it's been already 4 years , i am soon gonna get married and i expect for my bestfriend be here with me , help me with my wedding shopping , endure my coldfeet sessions , i want you here yaar" She sulked genuinely missing her bestfriend she'd never curse Suraj enough for having created such a situation
She sighed understanding where her friend was going , even she missed being among her people , but she din't want to face all those bullshits again , worst she din't want Avya affected by those negativities , she struggled way too much to give this present to her daughter , she feared the past might snatch it all
"It's written on your face Chakor , you're scare , but you don't have too , you grew up Past 4 years Chakor , you survived in a foreign country alone , worked and you are a successful management head now , you raised your daughter alone until now and you did a damn great job at it" She encouraged Chakor being the one who saw her striving for her survival
Chakor could feel those past 4 years flash infront of her eyes as Bhagya spoke , she worked until last days with swollen feet and her pregnant stomach , those hours of labor pain she lived alone screaming in the delivery room until her baby's cries echoed around the room and when she actually cried for having had to leave her 2 months baby to the nanny for work , it was a lot but she survived
"I don't think it's a good idea Bhagya besides i have work and all, i am their head i need to be here to supervise all" She shook her head
"Don't be kidding , you're the head besides you did say the other day , your boss was intending to open a branch in India and he wanted you to head the project" she said bang on point but Chakor did say no to the idea
Realizing her bestfriend will not give in she looked at her niece who happily played with her mother's hairs not caring about the adult's discussion
"Besides i wanted to show all the toys i have here to Avya , i even have a skateboard..." That was it the little one's ears perked up with interest , she looked at the screen eyes widdened up and back to her mother
Chakor facepalmed herself realizing how tough the whole thing was about to turn for her
"It's okay i will have to play alone" She said faking an i-pity-you face
Not understanding the politic which were being played she turned her head to Chakor , pouting her lips sadly , making those irresistible puppy eyes "Di prego mumma , chel.o..na" She whispered slowly , something she would do whenever she wanted something , say broken words in hindi which did manage to melt her mother at certain extents
"It's chalo na princess and we can't go , you will miss your nursery friends right?" she tried to convince her praying her daughter wouldn't try any harder but the evil in person was there instigating her , "Oh curse the day i met the Rajvanshi Sibblings" She mumbled under her breath glaring at Bhagya
"Please Chakor yaar , its my last request i will never ever ever ask you anything again" She swore in her typical sentence causing Chakor to rolll her eyes at her , she was just wondering why dint she hear it yet
"Please mummaa , avi's fliends will understand all, & avi is happy as long as mumma is with avi" saying so she tried to wrap her arms around Chakor "Happy as long you have your toys , Dramaqueen!!!" She said hugging her daughter back who smiled bright at being caught
"Sooo???? it's decided , you're coming backkk" She shouted happily
Chakor looked at her daughter and back to her bestfriend , it was hard to say who was the most childish but as long as her daughter was happy so she was , and now she was stronger than ever , she'd not have any reason to fear , she'll protect her daughter
"fineee, we'll come to indiaa" and there she lost the grip over her toddler as she hopped off her mother's lap dancing around the room causing her dress's frills to bounce around giving her the cutest look , she still couldn't believe she gave birth to such a bundle of joy ,she did regret the source of the incident but if she said she hated the outcome , it'd be a lie
4 years changed Suraj more than he ever expected , Imli the girl he loved the most , he could barely spend time with her , as his father's company were passed down to him , his responsibilities increased , as a matter of fact the two first year Imli's parents were the one who had postponed their wedding claiming their daughter had to study , something in which imli never had interest but she could not say otherwise and the two following years were postponed by Suraj who got busy saving his father's business from crashing down , day by day he was more exhausted
It were like he was forgeting how it is to have fun , and except Ragini his baby sister , his others sibbling had stopped talking to him for respective reasons , infront of families and strangers they'd pretend to be same but when they were in private , nothing were
He entered his house having gotten the news of his twin's sister's wedding
"You're still going for that police officer?" he winced as he mustered the tag of the guy she was getting married too , he knew his sister deserved betterr but she refused to see it
She lifted her head looking at her brother , she couldn't say she hated him because she didn't but she was angry at him for having had behaved soo immaturely in past how could he had turned down Chakor and that beautiful angel she called niece
"I don't see what's wrong with Arjun , as a matter of fact he's a much better human being than you'll ever be" She said facing her brother
"Until when are you keeping this grudge towards me Bhagya , you know well i am not the only one to be blamed" He said fisting his hand angrily
"I haven't said anything about that Suraj...have i??? , you are yourself always dragging that topic again and again ,perhaps it's your guilt speaking"
True enough he was guilty , he still haven't had been able to remove Chakor's dejected dissappointed face out of his mind when her parents were throwing her out of their house , he was guilty , he wanted to speak up when her parents and Imli thought she was whoring out but he just couldn't there were too much at stake , why his sister wouldn't understand that???
Bhagya took a long breath before initiating again , " look i never said anything about you choosing Imli as your partner so i think even you don't have any right to interfere in my life , if it were upto me , i'd actually prefer you stay away from my wedding but i think our parents might not appreciate that , so don't overdo it , my patience has a certain limits" and she left him behind
He angrily banged his hand against the wall not caring when it started to bleed , he did came up with a suggestion , it was Chakors fault for not having had listened , but he would many times think if she dd have that child, was it a girl or boy , perhaps Chakor might have already found a father for it , all these thoughts were gradually pushing him further away from Imli and her family specially when they had family dinners and they would remember Chakor bitterly
Flashback
He came back from the coffee shop with Chakor's words ringing in his ears 'i am pregnant' , how Suraj how , he cursed himself harder but then as his conscious spoke , he knew the right thing to do will be to accept his mistake and let all know about it , anyway Imli was dating his brother and she was far from his reach , but the evening a sobbing Imli rang at his apartment door
She fluck herself in his arms crying about how Vivaan dumped her saying he had to leave to complete his degree in another state
"I never knew he'd do that , i initialy had a crush on you but when Vivaan proposed i couldn't help but say yes , afterwards i did bring myself to fall in love with him...why did he have to leave me??" She sobbed harder but among all the words he could only understand , 'she had a crush on him'
"You had a crush on me??" He pulled Imli apart asking her gently , she shyed away lowering her face , Suraj did have been her first choice but she wasn't sure if he liked her
Watching her nod , he smiled thinking of it to be the perfect opportunity to confess his feelings , thoughts about Chakor and her baby were thrown out of his mind at that moment only imli was of his concern , "I liked you too Imli wait i love you , still do , i simply backed off because of your relationship with Vivaan , please give me a chance" He begged holding her hands
She could find honesty in his eyes but she doubted her decisions after Vivaan, "i am not sure Suraj , what if you turn out to be like Vivaan and you'll be passive with me too"
"Then i'll prove my love to you , i will show you i am serious about you , i will talk to mummy today itself and ask her to send a wedding proposal to your house" He said confirming his feeling towards Imli , wrapping his arms around her , he found his love and now he couldn't lose her not at any stake , he will have to talk to Chakor but then he decided not too , perhaps on not receiving any response from him she'd abort that child
After having signed her contract for the new indian company , she packed hers and Avya's luggage , she knew it was high time she faces the monster of her past and like Bhagya said , life taught her to be stronger...time flew and she realized the actual meaning of her decision as she sat on her seat in the flight , her daughter cuddled to her sleeping soundly, She looked out of the flight window , looking at the white fluffy clouds , how easy it was to be a bird , couldn't she have been like her name ...a chakor
"Voglio i cioccolati , dii pregooo mumma" Her daughter whined sleepily breaking her trance, she chuckled as she brushed avya's hairs away from her forehead, she had this habit of mummuring things while sleeping and it was mostly about food, a strange kid she was
She pulled her close to her chest hugging her tight ,she was the reason of her life and she'd never lose her not even at the cost of her own life
After 11 hours of flight they reached india , her angel insisting for her to leave her hands , her curious little head wanting to explore the place but Chakor refused , time made her a possesive mother , she'd realize that
"Please Mumma , i will be near" She insisted
"No Aviii , you're staying in my arms" she pouted having heard her mother crossing her arms
Their discord were broken by a shout which attracted the almost the whole airport's attention
She rushed to Bhagya who instead of her pulled an over exciting Avya out of her arms
"Oh my god , you are more beautifulll in real" She admired her niece
"am being squeezeed ziaa" She tried to pull out of Bhagya's grip as Chakor stiffle a chuckle
Bhagya looked at her Bestfriend , the chance in Chakor couldn't be failed to notice , her curls were straightened into neat long hairs , she was no more pale, she had a glow on her face which Bhagya recognized as happiness , she wore a floral robe which looked classy and casual.
"Oh Gosh look at you , it seems like time din't age you at all , you look younger than you were when you left"
Praises weren't something new to Chakor but it coming from her bestfriend the one who saw her through her worst struggles made her proud of herself "Oh Thank you oh great queen Bhagya , i really appreciate your compliment" she teased Bhagya before laughing at her glare
"I am not sure if i like the new chakor , why don't you catch the next flight leaving princess to me"
"That's not possible , you know new or old , you still love me" She quit the laughing smiling at her
"i Lub you mummaa" her daughter bent herself trying to reach her mother again who gladly held her back
"anyways , lets get your luggages in the car , arjun is waiting for us" Bhagya added
"Oh yes thankfully i already booked the hotel , i can rest" She walked along with Bhagya who abruptly stopped
"What do you mean by hotel?????" She asked in disbelieve
"I mean Hotel??? where i and avya will stay until we find a house , i already called the house agent"
"No way Chakor you are not staying at any hotel , you are staying at my house" Bhagya argued
Chakor was already dreading about the moment when she'd have to face Suraj , imli and her parents , now living in a house where those people might be , she couldn't do it
"Bhagya you know it well , i can't stay there" she explained hoping she'd understand
"Listen Chakor i know why exactly you don't want to stay there but why are hiding like you sinned??? you clearly dint , you should proudly flaunt what you have Chakor and also think about when you will have work i will be free to babysit Avya , just until you find a house, it's india , you cant rely on just anyone" She wished soo hard for Chakor to say yes and somehow she could see it was working
"It's my wedding yaar , i was really hoping you'd stay by my side and help thoughout the whole thing , mom already said yes to it please i will never ever ask anything more"
Bhagya was with her during her weakest moment , it'd be really unfair if she wouldn't be with her during her strongest
"Fine dramaqueen i will come with you" She said happy to see Bhagya's smile back on her face
By the time they reached home , it was already dawn , she could feel her heart pounding in her chest , why not? how was she suppose to face them? What will Suraj say when he'll see Avya , she looked at her daughter who tiredly laid on her lap , jet lag really affected her poor angel , will Suraj ever regret having asked her to get rid of Avya?
She wasn't in love with Suraj , that one night were simply alcohol and attraction ,that's it but she did expected his supported , perhaps had he supported her relationship with her parents would have been better but then she scolded herself , when a person wasn't with you at your worst they surely din't deserve you at your best. Putting her goals clear she climbed out of the car ready to face a new Tomorrow
Edited by Blushy_Auntacid - 8 years ago
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