abhimaan ~ My Style

Encounter with the family

Abhira's POV

Me and papa are standing side by side looking like students who are about to be punished. And all other family members are looking at us like we are some aliens from another planet. And our teacher the great khdoosman is roaming around banging things proving how much angry he is at us. Dadi sa asked us "kya ho Raha hai hame koi bataye ga" i was about to speak but roohi interrupts me and says "dadi sa ye pagal ladki paglo wali harkat kar Rahi thi" I looked at her with innocent eyes and gave her my best puppy eyes telling not to fuel Armaan's anger more. I know me and ruhi fight but are fights never felt like a war to me rather they were the kind of fights which I had with my brother abhir. And why not roohi is also my big sister so we will definitely have fights like this. She hasn't recognised me till now and I will not even tell her.
Anyways, now armaan came near me, held my hand and made me sit on the sofa I was about say "armaan dekho..." But I was shut of by him "chup raho and mujhe dressing karne do". But did i listen nahh "dekho tumhe bhi chot aayi hai aao mai bhi tumhari dressing karti hu" "koi jarurt nahi" he replied angrily. Vidya ma asked me "tum dono ke sath hua kya hai koi batayega" armaan didn't say anything and i was too freaked out to repeat those incidents in my mind again so ruhi and papa told them everything.

After she told them everything Krish asked "bhabhi aapne hame ye sab bataya kyu nahi, kher hame nahi lekin Bhai ko to batate na". Armaan replied instead of me " woh kya hai na Krish abhira mujhe kuch maane to mujhe bataye na. Ye to mujhe kuch manti hi nahi hai phir kese bataye gi"  I looked into his eyes trying to convey that its not what he thinks but he was not even looking at me. "Aisa nahi hai armaan" "to fir kaisa hai? Tumne yeh bat papa ko batai, ruhi ko batai par muje nahi bata sakti thi? Huh..mai sarswati Pooja se tumse puch raha tha ki kya hua hai but nahi tum to abira ho na tum kyu kuch bataogi. Thoda sa bhi trust nahi tha tumhe ki mai tumhari help karta ha. " By the end he was yelling at me. I couldn't blame him his words were right I should have but i didn't want to. I just wanted to protect him and his family. He said " aur uss letter mai kya likha tumne ki thank you meri help karne ke liye but ab shayad mai appni mumma ka sapna pura nahi kar sakti, tum Aisa soch bhi kaise sakti ho abhira. Itni kamzor kaise pad gai tum" that angered me not because he said it but coz he thought i became weak so I gave him a befitting reply "meri mom ka sapna pura ho na ho ye meri responsibility hai per iska matlab ye nahi ki Mai woh sapna tumhare and tumhare family ki jan khatre mai dal ke Karu". I did not let him say anything I was tired of all the nuisance from last few days so I lashed out "Pooja Wale  din yuvraj ghar tak aagya usne mere sath badtameezi ki mai usi din tumhe batne wali thin lekin waqt sahi nahi tha kyuki. And USS din bat sirf meri thi but uske bad usne tumhari ma pe attack Kiya what did u expected me to do huh!. Kal ma thi phir shayad woh charu Kiara ya Ghar ke kisi bhi member ko hurt kar sakta tha. Armaan bhale hi meri koi family nahi thi but family ki ahemiyat janti hu mai. Aur tumhare liye tumhari family kitni important hai ye bhi janti hu. Tumne meri jan bacahi, appni family ke   against Gaye mere liye, arre pasand nahi thi phir bhi tumhari family ne mujhe accept Kiya . Aisi family ke sath mai kabhi kaise kuch galat hone du. Bolo " he was quite. And all my exhaustion of the last days taking over me. The controlled tears, hurted emotions and the fear. I burst out crying. " Mujhe laga mai tumhari family mai kabhi kush nahi reh paungi but mai kya karu sabse pyar karne lagi hu mai. Mai in sabko appna manti hu inme se kisi ke sath mai kabhi kuch galat nahi hone dungi". I felt a hand against my shoulder and it was Krish I hugged him and cried everyone came near me they all hugged me and let me cry. Dadi sa came near me and said " Aaj tumne yeh dikhaya ladki tum bhi iss parivar se bhot pyar karti ho. Hame laga tha ki tum is ghar mai paiso ke liye aai thi, lekin Jo aurat appni izzat, apne sapne jiske liye woh  kuch bhi karne ke liye tayar thi woh dau pe lagaye woh ladki iss ghar se bhot pyar karti hai. Hamne pehle ye kabhi nahi kaha par tum sach me iss ghar ki badi Bahu ho" she caressed my head and i cried a bit more and suddenly everything went black.