At last love remained

A Phone Call...

All three reached home and left for their rooms as it was already late. Vaidehi reached her room closed door, collapsed crying. She changed her onto comfortable t-shirt and pjs. She washed her face and went to sleep, which was far away from her, though she was dog-tired.

It was 1:30 am, she was not getting sleep, her parents were in deep slumber. She was watching the full moon from her room window and was thinking something. Her eyes were filled with painful tears. She once closed her, tears reached her chins.

Vaidehi's POV,

I don't know why I was so much attracted to this guy Raman, this feeling never happened with anyone so far. My heart is running towards him, though my mind warned not to. The time I saw him while I was going to Mama, our eyes met. My eyes never wanted to break it. Though I was not seeing him with great effort, my heart was completely melting seeing him. He is the first one to break all the wall, which I built since so many years.

Yes, my heart left me for him without asking me. He tried to flirt with me. I felt very comfortable and safe with, same as I always felt with my pappa. First time I saw my lord RaghuRama in him. He is the first man to call me beautiful, which I don't believe though it was a lie my heart enjoyed it.

I started loving him without my own notice in very short period of time, he owned my heart. I know this is love. But I am not going to allow it to grow. I'll bury it inside me. I know it's difficult as killing myself.

Moreover I don't deserve him. He is a perfect man with all charm. He deserves an angel, not an ordinary girl like me. I wished to stay away from him but as much I try he was getting very close to me. Evening when he said Ramya beautiful I couldn't tolerate that. Though it was no wrong with that. Later I searched for him, but he was nowhere. He left me without a bye, but here I couldn't even tolerate his separation from him. I felt like a fool waiting for him.

He took me like any other girl and left me with his emotions and memories. When my parents started talking about my marriage, I was dumb. How could I accept someone as my husband. Yes I decided I have to accept it. There is no space for love in this world. Inter-dependency and necessity is called as love in this cruel world.

I want to get rid off from his thoughts tonight itself.

But not even a second his thoughts left neither it is allowing me to sleep nor stay happily. My god how I am going to overcome this. I don't want to love anyone....

When I was staring at the full moon, which is chilling the weather, his smiling face came in front of me. Enough I couldn't take this. I closed my eyes. My fresh tears made my cheeks and chin wet. But I could see his face, even after closing my eyes.

I couldn't take, I closed the window. I ran towards the lord Raghuram statue in my room and kept my forehead on the feet of the statue...

"Why Swami?why are you testing me? Why I fell for him? I don't want it. He can never be mine. Please help me. I am struggling with my mind and heart. Please don't make it to happen this with me."

I cried endlessly with hiccups. I don't know when sleep engulfed me...

END OF POV

Days passed, weeks rolled.

Like this, a month passed.

Neither Vaidehi nor Raman was away from each other's thoughts.

Raman missed her, but he enjoyed her thoughts and memories. His parents started to work to get him married with her. They talked with Mr. Radhakrishnan and asked him to keep their proposal in front of her parents at right time. Life was sweet as honey to him.

But not for Vaidehi, she couldn't share her feelings with anyone. She tried to be busy with her work. Even she worked on weekends. She forgot the word laugh and smile, everything she did was artificial. His smiling face haunted her a lot. She hated to sleep. She was making herself tired so that there would be problem to her to sleep. She slept every night working with her laptop.

She even applied many jobs out of Bangalore like in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.

One fine saturday evening Vaidehi as usual was working with her laptop but in the living hall keeping her laptop on her lap. Her father Srikanth sat opposite to her checking into some bank files. Her mother was preparing some tea.

She brought it to the hall and served father and daughter and took her cup and started to correct some exam papers. When they were busy in their own work. Her father's phone rang. It was near Vaidehi. She saw it was a call from her uncle .

She said"Pappa, mama is calling you.." her father said looking into the files " Receive it and put it on speaker"

She did as it was said. His uncle spoke" Sri, are you busy? Wanted to talk something important" to which he answered " Yes, Bhava tell me. Anything important?" Radhakrishnan said " actually Sri, my friend Padmanabh and his wife visited me few days back. They are wishing our Vaidhu's hand for their Raman. They all liked her very much it seems. If you wish they want they want to make Vaidu their daughter in law" he said everything in one go. It gained all of their attention especially Vaidehi, she was dumb hearing it. Secretly she pinched herself to confirm that was not her dream. Her father said" Bhava, but we cant afford that alliance. They may have many expectations which we may cannot fulfil. There is no match in the financial status. They are billionaires and we are middle class people." Her uncle said" I knew that you would say like this, so I asked them about this. They are just expecting a yes from you and Vaidu, nothing except that. They themselves are ready to look after all the expenses. Really this is first time that they are approaching someone to ask about alliance. All three liked our Vaidu very much. If I was in your place, I would have given my daughter's hand with closed eyes. Really they are very good people. Our Vaidu is the first girl whom Raman is wishing to get married, he has never been to any bride seeking event. Now it's over to you all. They need your answer. Take your own time and decide" and continued "and one more thing there is no better boy than Raman to our Vaidehi, with whomever you get her married. He will never be equal to Raman even you might have come to know that. However, tell me your decision, I have to convey it to them" and hung up the call.

All three looked each other

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