FOREVER TALE

NIGHTMARE

PRESENT..................................................

"Vasu..wake up....Vasu" Ram yelled making her gasp and open her eyes. Her whole body was covered in sweat and tears were running down her temples onto the pillow.  She gasped for breath making Ram pull her to him and hug her tightly whispering "It's a dream it's a dream I'm right here..shh..shh" calming her down.

"I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry...you had to take the beating. I'm so sorry I was so immature" Vasu sobbed into his neck making him pull back and look at her with a scowl.

"I would do that again silly girl how can I let someone hurt my wife?" Ram asked making her chuckle and sob at the same time and kissed his cheek long making him close his eyes as she fell back asleep in his arms.

When Ram woke up next morning Vasu wasn't in bed and he got up and searched for her only to find her in kitchen cooking lunch that too in a half saree. He stood leaning on to the wall looking at her while she went to the cupboard and started taking a bottle but she was so short and couldn't reach it. He went behind her and held her waist making her still and took the sauce bottle from the cupboard.

She turned around in the small gap and took the bottle from him "Good morning and thankyou" saying she started going out from between the cupboards and him when he blocked her with his arms on both her sides. "Why didn't you wake me up?" Ram asked in his as usual tone making her look at him "I wanted you too rest" making him sigh and nuzzeled his nose in the crook of her neck making her tighten the hold on the bottle.

"I need to cook" Vasu mumbled making him pull back and kiss her forehead before walking back.

By the time Ram freshened up and came downstairs lunch was ready on the dining table and seeing him she started serving his plate and hers. The lunch was calm and pleasant with the silence between them and both of them didn't utter a word untill they complete their lunch. After lunch Vasu cleaned the dishes and went to living room to see Ram sitting on the couch in his thoughts making her ask  "Penny for your thoughts?"

"How much do you remember?" Ram got straight to the point making her lick her lips and sit beside him.

"The whole incident. When that professor pushed me I hurt my head since then I had dreams which were blur and when I saw your photo in Nandu's room I knew for sure that you were the one in my dreams. But the irony is I don't remember anything before that kidnapping. If I really had parents, I don't even remember their faces or their names. I always use to think that my parents must've been happy abandoning me but now I started wondering what if they think that I'm still alive and suffering my loss" Vasu teared up making him take her palm in his as she rested her head on his shoulder.