Durga | 18 +

~A New Beginning ~

Third person's pov ~

Durga wrap her arms around her body as she trembles . Winter is just around the corner and she can feel it .

Still in bed , the surface feels odd and cold , yet comfortable. She can feel warmth radiating from her other side and she shift close to seek more of it , but the brick surface provides nothing but a rigid consolation for her trembling body .

She jolts feeling the unfamiliar presence ,sitting up and then wince . Still not fully awake, she scans the room only to figure out the not so familiar surroundings and bodily presence is none onther than of her husband's and she is inside his room.

She looks outside wondering if it is already dawn but finds nothing but peace and darkness from the window.

Her gaze falls on his face , still in deep slumber, sleeping in a slouched manner , one hand tucked under his head while the other sprawls on the bed in peace. He didn't utter a single word to her after their deed and nor spare a small glance on her and that has left Durga to overthink . Married at a very tender age of sixteen, she is expected to do as being told and without thinking much she did the exact thing the previous night when her husband asked for her consent , confused she nod . Not knowing what what exactly stored for her .

During the moment she was flustered , confused, pleased, was in pain but the entire process yet filled her with curiosity. Numerous questions run invalid in her mind looking for a proper and ofcourse valid answer but the fact of the matter is whom will she ask ? How will she ask ? . Her mother and brother's wife anve already warned her about the consequences that she could bring to the family because of her immaturity but still , her soul seeks for answers .

She rests her back to the headboard of the bed and shifts uncomfortably, scared to feel the numbing pain if she moves differently. Still naked under the quilt, she covers herself till her neck and rub her hands together .

She thinks back her sixteen years of life , every pain , every trauma , every criticism, every discrimination and every ill happening have added up to her inner turmoil . Throughout her childhood she had to suffer because of being a girl child. Her parents didn't attempt the ritual of female infanticide right after her birth because they needed to show others how great they were . But for sixteen years she had to compromise her dreams for an equal treatment from her father , especially her father, who didn't spare a single chance to make her feel like an outsider.

After two happy and healthy sons , fifteen years later her parents conceived her and from her time being in her mother's womb she was expected to be a boy but destiny had it all planned and Durga was born. A cute , beautiful and most importantly healthy baby girl . Right after her birth, her grandmother passed away due to some illness but everyone in her village and her family predicted her to be a bad omen . Every one in her family had treated her worst than she could expect. Ever . Including her mother but later she realized that it was not Durga's fault but the ill thinking of people's and soon she gave herself a second chance and worked on her mistakes.

Everything was simple and content for Durga for many years till she turned old enough to remember and analyze and that's when she started to see the discrimination and critisim .

She had her periods quite earlier than her peers at the very age of nine and everyone took it a sign to criticize her saying she might have lost her virginity to some lousy lad but her mother Parvati stopped each one of the rumor and protected her , soon after her elder brother got married and Rashmi entered the house hold and became a knight in shinning armor for Durga . It was Rashmi who used to look after Durga all the time and helped her open up . Durga used to share everything with her , how she wants everyone to be ; how she wants herself to be ; her dreams; to be a doctor and solve the mystery of menstruation that nobody talks about in her village but sadly girl there, were allowed to learn till the first grade just to have a knowledge of words and wisdom, nothing more .

Everything have started to fade for her now , no happy memories existed, when ever she looked back , she could see all the trauma and graphics ill behavior towards her that have happened .

She sign , releasing a long breath that she was wasn't aware of holding in . She once again scane the room, her gaze landing at every corner of the room, carefully taking everything in . All the drama and every event in .

She doesn't feel sixteen anymore . She realize that she is more mature now , maybe yesterday's events brought her that pact but still after every thing she feels different and proud of herself for not breaking apart .

She cast her orbs on his back , he seems to be in a deep sleep as if he haven't slept for days , maybe the rituals have taken a bad troll on him also . Taking in his entire appearance; Durga reminds herself to stay true to herself and her thoughts. She still needs to figure out many things about him and his family members. She is only aware of his name and demands; she needs to figure out his age , his passion, his degree and many more things about him . But for now she needs rest .

Durga feels tired and used not in a bad way but in a very confusing way . She liked what he did last night at the beginning but things started to escalate as started to hurt byt everything turned off about in time . She feels as if someone has hit her multiple times in the lower belly. She wince again laying down gently on the bed and realize the sun is still hidden and close her eyes remembering the fact that she is needed to serve breakfast tomorrow to his parents and other members of the family first thing in the morning.

Shutting her mind off she prays for sleep to engulf her , so she could serve her body a few hours of rest before the hazard begins. Compromising for the new beginning. Her new life . Her New Beginning .

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I know that ya'll probably hating me now for the late update and a very unpromising one but trust me when i say i'm sick ..... i have been having bad period cramps and fever and added to this i need to complete all my projects soon before the school reopen.... so please my humble audience co operate woth me .

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