WRAPPED WITH LOVE

Chapter 15

In the bus:
Nithu: Abhi,are you okay?

Abhi: i don't know nithu. I didn't really expect this from him.

Nithu: chod yar. Leave it. I think you have someone else waiting for you.

Abhi: Nithu aisa kabhi nahi kehna . How can i leave it? Before going to Hyderabad,i was in a dilemma if i love him or not. But all these days with him,i started loving him. It doesn't stop nithu. It keeps progressing instead.

Nithu: but abhi, its wrong to love a person who is already in love!

Abhi: might be,if he knows. But i wont let him know. And if he's stuck with any problem in future i will always be there for him.

Nithu: does that mean you wont love anyone other than karthik?

Abhi: of course nithu. I wanna love only one person all in my life.

Nithu: abhi par. . . . .

Abhi: nithu can you do me a favour?

nithu: yes anything for you. What is it?

Abhi: From this day onwards,never ever talk about karthik. I am suffering enough inside. And i don't wanna deviate from my studies because of this.

Nithu: as you wish to abhi. I too wanted you to follow your dreams first. For the next 2 years , we will be very busy with classes,projects and placements that we wont find any time to think about these things .

Abhi: hah woh tho hei.

Nithu: so lets start our new journey with lots of stuff ahead , forgetting the past.

Abhi: ha nithu. Par kisiko sabak sikhana bhaaki hei.

Nithu: kisko yar??

Abhi: tej. I wont leave him. He is such an. . .

Nithu: woh tum humpe chod dho. We will take care. Now just get some sleep.

Abhi: good night.

Nithu: good night abhi.

Both of them opened their eyes when they felt someone patting their shoulders. It was the bus conductor.

Conductor: arey madam ut jayiye. This is the last stop.

Abhi:last stop? We ought to get down at the sarvana stop. Why didnt you wake us?

conductor: madamji,kaise baathe kar rahi ho aap? You should wake up when your stop comes.

Abhi: what? Then,why are you here? Why did you wake us now? Ek kaam karo. Reverse karlo. And when my stop comes,i will wake up and get down.

Conductor: par, how can we again. . . . . ??

Nithu wanted to stop their quarrel.

Nithu: uncle i am sorry on behalf of her. Chalo abhi.

Abhi: why are you being sorry?

Nithu: Abhi chup chap chalo na.
Said nithu carrying her luggage.

The conductor kept nagging and abhi turned back to shunt him. But was stopped by nithu. They took a cab to their college and finally got into their room.
As soon as they entered their room,abhi called her brother and said that they have reached.

Arvind asked Karthik what all happened the previous day and Karthik mentions about tej's intentions.

So, Arvind asks Abhi to inform him if there is a problem with him again.

{College will be reopened on day after tomorrow and so abhi and nithu planned to hangout tomorrow. }

As of now, they decided to sleep for the whole day!!

The next day morning:
abhi woke up early in the morning.
She couldn't come out of karthiks thoughts. She felt like someone is pounding her head with a brick.she always got what she wanted and she loved what she got. placing both her hands on her head,she went out to breathe in some fresh air. She sat on a bench under a banyan tree . An old lady who was at some distance away watched abhi's gloomy face and came closer to her.
Woman:beta,kya hua? Why do you look so sad?

Abhi looked at her and she felt like sharing her sorrows with the woman. Having noticed this,the old lady caressed abhi's hair with her hand and said:
"beti, by sharing our happiness with others we feel more happier. But sorrows can be reduced by expressing them infront of others. So please cry your heart out. I bet,you will feel much better."

listening to her words,abhi decided to open up. She said what all happened in her life. Ofcourse, it was all about karthik. While telling her the whole story, she became emotional and tears started rolling down her cheeks . The old woman gently wiped her tears and thought for a while to give abhi a piece of advice.

woman: beti, i have a solution for your problem. I can advice you to do the right thing out of all the experiences i had in my life. But will you accept it for sure?

abhi:ofcourse aunty. I will do whatever you insist me to. Because i never felt like sharing this to anyone except you.

Woman: listen carefully. I dont know if you believe in god. If that boy is destined to be yours,then definetly he will come for you. The sanghi temple is very famous here. People go there, write down their wishes on a leaf and place it infront of god. Believe or not,he will fulfill all those wishes. He did mine. So just go there and put the whole burden on god. He will take care and ya you have to forget about that issue. Dress up as if teri sagaayi ho rahi hei and go there.Take care beta. I will see you around.

The woman left and abhi was immersed in her world of thoughts. After a long thinking,she decided to go there as this was the only alternative left for her.
She went to her room and got dressed up. The sounds of her bangles and ear rings that she has put on  disturbed nithu's sleep. She got up and was amused to see abhi in an anarkali with all the accessories put on perfectly. Even her sandals matched her dress.

Nithu: arey abhi. Yeh kya hei? Are you going for a wedding ?

Abhi: why? Cant i wear these on normal days? Are they designed to wear only during weddings?

Nithu: no i mean, you dont like such heavy dresses and all these accessories right!

Abhi: yes. But i dont know why,i feel like wearing all these things and you should also get ready in a traditional dress.

Nithu: me? But why?

Abhi: because we are going to a temple which was built in 40's and had a great historic importance. I came to know about it this morning. I had a conversation with an old lady who had been working as a scavenger in our college for the last 4 years. So get ready.

Nithu jumped from her bed. She kept her hand on abhis forehead and asked her if she had a fever.

Abhi: nithu yar i am alright. Please ....I have a reason to go. Accompany me. I will brief about it in our journey.

Nithu: okay i sense that its something important. I will get ready.

Precap: Abhi saves the life of a woman....