The Last Goodbye

Chapter 32

"I had a word with Ms. Jain they all are going at the Clock tower at Hark i powdi, but we won't go there, we will go to the other side, do a small pooja and aarti there cool?" Madhav asked. The girls nodded their heads and began going ahead. Divya felt as if she was all over the place. She couldn't really point out what it was that she wanted.

She wanted to take pictures, but then she as well wanted to get done with the whole pooja, gather the gangajal and get done with it. She wanted to distance herself from everyone. Divya couldn't really believe in herself to stay beside everyone at that moment. With each passing second, she could feel scared as if she was going to lose something, that empty feeling that made you feel lonely and painful and difficult to be. She wanted to just be alone but at the same time she wanted to be with someone, she wanted to hold onto someone so that they could console her and make her feel happy.

Once the group reached the ghat, everyone did pooja and stood back and prayed . Divya closed her eyes and felt herself crying. Her throat went dry as a sob got stuck into her throat making it difficult for her to cry.

"I don't know why I am feeling like this. I don't know what is there for me ahead after this day. I don't know if I would be friends with any one of them after today, but I am thankful to you god. Thank you for getting these wonderful people in my life. I know each one of them has some of the other defaults, but that's what makes them perfect. I have learned a lot while being with them, or maybe I am just bluffing but I am thankful for all I got. However, I wished today my family would have been here with me."

Divya felt a slight push as she adjusted herself and closed her eyes again. "Mom dad and Dadi would have loved to be here to go and get pooja done for all of us. I don't know if I would be able to come back with them here or not, but Ganga maa protect them, please always keep them happy, let Appu have a healthy life, let him live life way longer than us but not while being depended on others but on his own. I only wish I would have had a longer story with Madhav. I know this story had to end here, but I wished there could have been something. But yes I will. Surely cherish all these days that I have been here. I might not remember all, but I will remember this feeling, for I know I would never feel the same again."

Divya opened her eyes and wiped off her tears. As she looked on her side Aman was there looking at her. He smiled and nodded his head as if asking her if she was alright. Divya smiled back as the aarti began, Madhav called home and gave Divya an idea as well to call back home. Dialing the number she waited as the call got connected and then she showed her mom the aarti.

Mrs. Chavan who all these years had never been to places outside Maharashtra was quite overwhelmed. Divya could see her controlling her tears and smiling. It felt so surreal for Divya. She promised herself that one day she will surely get her parents here or anywhere that they want to go.

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"I don't understand where these idiots went." Madhav snapped as Divya looked around quite tensed herself. She wasn't feeling any better with her stomach growling in hunger she was getting quite impatient and irritated.

"I will go and see where they all are," Madhav said as he asked Aman, Divya, and Geet to stay there and went to look for the rest of them. A lot while later when he didn't return Aman volunteered to go to find where they were stuck. About 15 minutes later when both the boys didn't return and with the crowd increasing every single minute Divya didn't feel right stay there, she asked Geet to stand there and asked her to keep her phone with her so that they could contact her and quickly went to look out for the rest.

The moment she saw the two boys laughing, it pissed her off royally, before she could even say anything to them Nandini walked up to her saying something to which Divya snapped at her "Don't say anything, I really hadn't expected this from you."