Woh Lamhe.....Scene 3

It’s almost two months and now Mr. or Dr. Abhigyaan Raina was free from his lectures so decided to visit his children plus his new daughter in law. He had seen some of her pics in Riddhi’s profile as they were friends as well as business partners. Plus he had Skype with her a few times before marriage and many times after that. The first time he saw her after marriage in net, she was wearing a red based multicolour long skirt with a sleeveless top. Plus she had some kind of funky belt defining her super slim waist and her mangalsutra with a locket which had her name. He left ease to talk with her as she was very modern yet typical marriage material. The photo he loved the best was her house warming party one where she was wearing a black and blue saree and her wedding jewels.

From Vikki, he came to know she is from a broken family, her father is an architect settled in Spain with her Bohemian wife and no knowledge of mother.

“My dad would be coming to stay with us hope you have no problem staying alone as I’m going to Mumbai will pick him up and then we both would be returning by tomorrow night. And please in my absence take the pill, because if you don’t have it that way. I will force you another way as its tasteless so may be mixed in your salad or even in water” he said keeping a small baggage in their sports car. He had prescribed her some relaxation pills for her bad dreams.

                                                                                             

Vikrant was very happy to meet his father after 5 years of waiting. Abhigyaan was a man with very casual attitude; he was wearing simple blue jeans and a red t-shirt of USPA. His only one luggage with him i.e. his leather suitcase. Just then his phone rang and his nurse told that Priya had slept immediately after her return from work and didn’t had dinner so the medicines. He scolded the nurse and told her to mix it in night juice and make her drink that. Abhigyaan looked question at his son who told that Priya suffers from bad dreams, so some pills to deepen the sleep and numb her sub conscious mind during sleep.

Abhigyaan found the matter wrong because in his views medicines were no solution and sleeping pills a big NO. And seeing the girl he saw in photos and Skype, he was sure he could do something about this. And finally he met the Priya Jaiswal nee Raina who made his son a love lost person. He knew Vikrant worshipped his work but then was shocked that he loved her so much that he returns home on time. The first time, she opened door, he was wearing a long multicolour jacket which had only one button near bosom area and a knee length white skirt .She looked heavenly and he gifted her green glass bangles. One of the symbols of marriage in their family. She looked too strong to be suffering from such a thing. But at night he heard her sobbing and unrestlessness as on his insistence Vikrant skipped her pills.

Abhigyaan tried to surge the matter deeper, he knew Riddhi knew a lot but bulge from her place and no information from her except what’s known but she just warned “Dadda and Vikki if you really care for her and want her see happy, so pls don’t dig her past.”

Today, Abhigyaan was staying at Riddhi’s place as he promised to meet Satya, one of the famous musicians as well as her live-in partner. So she decided to surprise him, she took off from office early and shopped for food items and cooked a lavish dinner as he confirmed from office that he is free that evening and till the time he returned he saw his room was set for a romantic getaway and she was getting ready for evening and saw her wearing a very embrodied cream skirt which had small black flowers on it and she was tying the knot of the blouse which was very skimpy black velvet one. He just enjoyed such evening’s good food, good music, his room’s balcony and best company. That he realised she never talked about her biological mother and was only close to her father and his Bohemian wife. He shared this news with Abhigyaan and Riddhi hinted it to be true about some stain in relation between her mother and herself. So, they left it the way it was but they at least came to know it has to do something with her parenting years with her mom.

Woh Lamhe.....Scene 2

Next day when she got up she found herself entangled with him and her nightie collected up to her bosoms and his left hand resting on her bare belly and another was under his head. She was resting on his chest. He was wearing track pants and no vest. Her bedside clock showed 5 am, she got up and went down stairs at first she was feeling awkward in his kitchen but then she made herself a glass of juice and went for the jog, she changed into an oversized pullover and shorts plus sports shoes and discovered the area, she always lived in the heart of city and her she found it very quiet which gave her time to relax her mind, till the time she returned she found milk and newspaper at door and sound of water in first floor, so she quickly fixed him a nice breakfast of omelette, juice and toast with fruits and oats. And herself went for a quick bath when she returned she saw him sitting in breakfast table having breakfast and intently reading newspaper, and sensing someone’s presence he said “Sister, don’t come at night for cooking, I will manage in hospital canteen, plus your culinary skills have improved,” saying that he removed the newspaper and saw confused Priya standing there wearing a cotton Bermudas and some punk t-shirt with mangalsutra and remembered they were now married.

He was bit in shock when he heard a full cracking laugh and said “Thank You, Dr. Vikrant Raina for compliment but calling me sister won’t do” he looked sheepishly at her, it was 7 am and she was all ready for work showing no resent of last night. And here he was not even woken up properly even to remember that he is married but then something struck him and he said “Priya, firstly it would be appreciated if you wear skirts at day time because I have staff visiting my home so will like to see you a bit more lady like. And I would not like my wife to be risking her life for just spur of moment. So no adventure for you from today”, sometimes she didn’t understood the man in front of her at night he was so caring and friendly and just few moments ago, confused and cute but right now he was authorities and personification of Hitler. She “aggh”Ed herself, then just left for work. When in evening she returned she found note struck on fridge that he made himself some pasta for lunch and kept inside microwave, if she liked she can have it. She reheated it was a packet of ready to make pasta, during that she saw that her baggage was empty and her clothes were kept in clean stacks in her bed plus some new clothes were kept there in which she saw many colours of a line knee length skirts and many vest-tees. She decided to think about that later but first had a shower and changed into nightie and settled in front of TV watching some wildlife channel when he entered. He said “Priya, I never told much about myself. I’m generally free in the mornings and go to hospital only at 9, sleep till 7 and then I go for jog from where I return after having a round in hospital as you know this house is situated in the hospital premises, a sister comes for cleaning and other things can be directed from hospital only. But now being you in picture, I told my staff I married so we could hire a full time maid. It would be appreciated that you sleep in my room only, as you have bad dreams and it would be better that you have somebody with you when they occur again. I agree you have handled them alone and can do that even in future, but now I’m here to help you.” She also agreed without any dispute, so it became habit in their schedule to see each other at mornings. Generally, Vikrant returned late from work and till the time he would find her dozing in front of TV and some silly English sitcom going on. Then they both would settle for dinner where both of them would talk about their day at work. Both of them were people of few words so had very little vocal conversation and rather let their eyes do the talking. But they never needed a maid because she was also out of home for majority time of the day so one sister uses to clean the home.

His home was really beautiful built in edge of a cliff, it was a duplex with front garden and parking space of 5 cars which was owned by both of them plus there was sports bike owned by her. The ground floor didn’t have much just an open kitchen and dining and living area attached together. So most of the time, they had their dinner in front of TV , a drawing room for guests and 2 guest rooms. The upper floor had some personal space which was developed as open library by Vikrant, it had many psychology books as both loved to read about them. And now two rooms turned into one where we see both of them living a lavish life with a large bed, foreign styled dresser and a large bathroom plus the room also had TV and a small book stand where they kept their current reads and favourite ones. The room also had a large area dedicated to collage pattern picture frames where different moments of their lives were captured. And it also had a beautiful balcony from where you could see the whole cliff. And a guest room, which was used by senior Raina or Riddhi when some nights she had sleep-over.

Woh Lamhe.....Scene I

Wearing a tint coloured skirt and a very bright red coloured chunni which covered most of her body with a halter neck blouse whose only straps were seen. With that she was wearing a ruby and diamond necklace. And gold chain which had black beads and lots of bangles some of them having a drops large ones and simple earrings, with that, her whole trembling body was also covered from a another red coloured chunni whose one end was tied to the dupatta the man wearing in his three piece standing beside her opening the lock of his beautiful exquisite duplex villa in Panchgani. The relation between them was complicated enemies or physically attracted or just married.

The girl was Priya Jaiswal nee Raina, the best known sky diver in India, she with her partner Riddhi Raina owned very famous adventure club, “RISK? ;-)” Priya was known for her many adventures, from camping, sky diving, scuba diving, Para gliding, rock climbing, etc. she is the other name of adventure and fun whereas the guy was famous neurosurgeon and physiatrist, Dr. Vikrant Raina, who owned Raina Neurological Treatment Centre, a billion dollar worth hospital and business. Vikrant’s father was a famous physiatrist and that’s the reason behind his twin degree. The hospital was run by him but his father visited sometimes or else he was settled in America as a Professor of physic therapy in America.                                           

They settled in living area, the girl was silently crying and the guy handed her over the dupatta tied to her chunni and went in kitchen and returning with two steaming cups of latte. He passed one of them to her. And sat in front of her in wooden table and said “Priya I know things today didn’t turn up the way they should have or else how you imagined but be sure of one thing. We will work over this and things will go towards better, but remember there is no option of divorce or separation because I have a belief that you have to have faith and patience and with time we will know each other better and be will then be like normal couples. Till then we can friends and even apartment mates. And now have a cup of coffee and get ready for night. You may stay in the room beside mine or else any other 4 rooms you like. And when you will be comfortable with me we will move in one room.”

 “Thanks Vikrant” were the first words, she spoke in whole evening. Till today morning she had planned to get married to someone she knew her whole existence and found him making out with some else in her own closet. This broke her and her wedding also. But in this moment only he stepped in as her knight in shining armour and married her. First a Hindu wedding where he made her wear a traditional mangalsutra which was ancestral in his family and then registered one according to the laws of India. She was the business partner and best friend of his sister, Riddhi. After settling her in the room beside his which was just divided by a mirror partition and changing in her nightie, she found him in her room with a bowl of salad and juice and said “Have this. It will help in bringing strength. Plus you can call me Vikki, as Radz and others do.” She said “Vikki, wont you have dinner” While leaving the room he kept the keys in her side table saying it’s the house keys for her and a key chain was attached to it. She slept but soon after as her sleep took over, her horror dreams started to haunt her. And she started to go form fists and sweating heavily entered Vikrant, and being a doctor he understood that she was having bad dreams and so he held her hands and started rubbing her hands and getting inside her duvet, he also didn’t realised when fell asleep.