Anidita: Mending the relationship

THE SHATTERED LIVES: PART VII

Kate's POV:-

Black! Everything was black! No lights. No colours. As soon as I got back into my senses and my brain started working, it gave first command to my eyes, to open. But I felt a sharp pain in my head, making me give up on my wish to see the world. The black colour wasn't beautiful anyways. So I tried. And finally opened my eyes, just to close them asap, because of the vivid lights. Tired with the constant efforts, I gave up and tried to go back in my deep slumber, but a few faded voiced started to take over me. Curiously, I attempted to listen them carefully and I heard those sentences, which surely pained my heart.

Pyaar karti hu main Samarth se!

Main bhi pyaar karta hu tumse Bondita.

Mujhse shaadi karoge?

I felt a twitch in my heart as those scenes started to flash in my eyes, making me shiver. This... No... I don't want to... I don't want to remember those memories. This is not truth. A bad dream! Calm down Kate. It was just a dream.

"Kate! Kate!! " I heard someone. Someone was patting my cheek. Asking me to wake up. Hell! I want to. I don't want to see this dream. I want to be out of it. Mustering up all my courage, I jolted my eyes open and found two brown orbs staring at me with concern, care and something else, which I wasn't able to name or comprehend, as he turned away his gaze from mine.

"Tum... Tum thik hona? " He asked. I looked around and found myself in a room. I was on a bed and he was sitting in front of me, holding my hand.

I nodded in reply and he forwarded me a glass of water, supporting me to sit on the bed. I took the glass from him and our fingers brushed, making heat run up to my cheeks. I shyly looked down, while he took back his hand with a jerk.

"Kate? " Bondita entered in the room and hugged me tightly. I reciprocated and felt it funny to think that the girl with whom I have grown up, will snatch my happiness from me.

"Tu thik toh haina? Kaisa lag raha hai abhi? " She asked with concern, examining me from head to toe. I smiled.

"Main thik hu Bondita. Bas thoda sa sir main dard hai"

She nodded and I thought to tell her about my dream.

"Vaise Bondita! Tujhe pata hai maine bahut ajeeb sapna dekha. Tu aur Samarth shaadi karne wale the" I laughed, expecting them to laugh too, but they looked at me with shock and then each other with horror. My laugh vanished in the thin air and I started feeling a knot in my stomach. Was it really a dream or...

"Kate vo... " Samarth started, looking down.

"Kya huya Samarth? Tum log itna pareshaan kyu lag rahe ho? "

"Kate... " Bondita took the lead. ".... Jo... Jo bhi tune dekha... Vo... Vo sapna nahi tha. Sach tha"

I felt ground slipping off from my feet and a wave of gloominess with pain, spreading all over me. That shitty drama was all true. It wasn't a dream! The reality slapped me hard. I remember Bondita saying me that she doesn't have any feelings for Samarth. May be she misunderstood her care as love? She is my childhood friend. If I will tell her that I love Samarth then she will back off. Isn't it?

"Bondita! " I called her as soon as I found back my voice. "Mujhe tujhse kuchh baat karni hai"

She glanced at Samarth and nodded at him. He stood up and left the room, giving us privacy to talk. I held Bondita's hand as soon as he left.