...THE VOW...

The start...
"Ragini..your phone is ringing. Won't you pick up?"
"Just give me some seconds mom..don't be so restless" she came descending the stairs.
The caller id made her stop midway.
Her mom looked at her confused
"what's stopping your now? Pick up!"
She hurried her steps..picked the phone and ran to th terrace.
"slowly..watch your steps ragu!"
She shivered but with lots of strength she picked up the call
"He---llo...." she answered nervous.
"Hi..ragini..I am back..won't you meet me?" the voice at the other side asked.
"yeah definitely..Sanskar..where and when?" she asked back with lot of confidence..everytime she speaks to him. His voice brings a new kind of confidence within her.
"wohi..jaha milte the hum..thik kal sham 7 baje" he said and disconnected the call.
Ragini was confused..should she be happy as he is back..or sad coz he left her 2years back!
She came to her room and closed the door behind.
Her phone rang again. This time it was laskhya's msg..
"waiting outside...come fast doll.." the msg read
she looked at it for a second and thought of a reply..
"sorry lakshya...can't today..I am on my periods and plzz forgive me"
In her heart she apologized to god for the lie.
"it's okay..take care..what about tomorrow..?"
She wasn't going anywhere with lakshya tomorrow...she had other plans.
"Sanskar is back...gonna meet him tomorrow..@7"
she waited for his reply..she hoped he would not be angry..
"k..good night sweety" he txted back..
Ragini saw the msg and switched off the phone..
AT 7..THE NEXT DAY..
Sanskar waited for ragini. It was half past 7...he was getting impatient.
He was about to call her..but stopped midway. He looked at the figure coming from the other side.
She waved at him..
They were happy and was about to hug but stopped and looked around..
They both sat on the park bench silently..no one talked for 10mins..
"long time..ha..you have chnged so much...effect of foreign coutry maybe" ragini decided to break the chain of silence...
"yeah..you too" Sanskar smiled at her.
"you were very good at starting conversations..what happened today??" ragini asked.
"yeah and you are good at ending it...right..."
"why are taunting me in such disgusting way..?? you haven't chnged a little also.." she literally shouted.
"and you are very good at changing words.." Sanskar shot back..
"Sanskar one more taunt and i will leave.."
"okay wait..I have something to show you..." he said looking into his bag..
"you have something ...wow!" ragini laughed sarcastically
"look at this..how is it??" He held an iPod....
"hey I never gifted you this...are you trying to gift me this...then i will accept it whole-heartedly.." she smiled..
"no...I have your recording in here..."
"you still have it..??" she aksed stunned..
"ofcourse..let's listen.."
He played the recording...and a flashback played behind their mind.
Flashback
Ragini and Sanskar were coming back home from their trip on bike..ragini rested her head on his shoulder..she was humming a beautiful tune..and Sanskar was driving very slow..even a bi-cycle passed him..
after few mins of journey when they came back home..ragini looked at him annoyed..
"what??"  he asked shocked...
"you were slower than a bullyock..you idiot.."
Sanskar smiled at her antiques..
" you can't call your boyfrnd an idiot...don't forget I was your choice...and by the way...If i wouldn't have driven so slow..then i wouldn't have got your voice..? " he told..
" sanskar..tum pagal ho...don't keep it for long time...it's addicted.." she warned him and ran into her house.
"i am already addicted to you..baccha..." he murmured...
end of flashback.
"what are you thinking sanky?" ragini waved her hand before him to get his attention.
"oo..sorry nothing..."
"alright..do you remember this rose..." she showed him a dried rose..
"who would forget this..?"
Flasbback
Ragini was sitting on the edge of the terrace and was busy reading " I too had a love story" by ravinder singh..
Sanskar came from behind and snatched the book from her.
" who is this gadha now...ragini when will you get rid of all these books...and all these authors.." Sanskar asked irritated..
"none of your business...do you even knw any of the authors?" ragini asked taking the book back.
Sanskar thought for a second...
"ofcourse..rishi baklmiki...he was the author of mahabharat.."
"god Sanskar..you are hopeless...what's that in your hand"
Sanskar gave a dried rose to ragini.
" what would I do with a dry rose..are you insane..?"
ragini asked keeping it aside
"If you use a pure rose as a book Mark..it will dry up someday..then it's better to use a dried up rose...as the bookmark...what say??"
ragini blushed...
Flashback ended..
"Why are blushing like an ass?" Sanskar asked ragini...
"oops...sorry...nothing..thinking...those days were good..."
"yes ofcourse they were...until you chnged.." Sanskar looked up at the. beautiful night sky..
"excuse me..." ragini asked..
"excused.." Sanskar grinned..
"okay ..see this..do you remember this video..?? " ragini asked...
"you still have it...aren't your phone memory full?"
"very funny.."
flashback
"ragini what are your doing...stop this recording..." Sanskar said.
" no tell me about your childhood.." ragini pleaded like a child..
"when I was Child...I used to sleep alone in my..there was well behind my bed..and the shadow of the moon used to fall on it. It somehow looked like a evil witch on a broomstick..I was hell scared . It was kind of impossible for me to sleep. One day i shouted in my sleep,my mom came to my room and hugged me. I told her about it. To make me fear less..she narrated that the witch was going out of the window . Everyday inch by inch she moved towards the window..and somehow I believed . Everynight when I used to go to bed I used to notice that it actually moved a little. I had sound sleep for the next couple of weeks..and slowly the witch thought faded away. When I grew up I came to knw the truth that it was actually mom who pushed the bed towards the window...she kind of created a bubble towards me to get saved from his evil world..mom' s bubble is still working..you knw..." he narrated the full story...
"O got its so big...my phone's memory gonna be full..idiot..bye" ragini said.
end of flashback..
"you really created a bubble around you 2years ago to get away from me.." ragini said with tears welled up in her eyes..
Sanskar' s phone beeped..
"i guess it's Swara..your present..??..how did you mange to make her fall for your charms..?" ragini asked looking at his phone..
" nothing that you need to knw..and the thing is I love her..she loves me..that's all" he said without looking at her..
"you went but you never thought of calling once...or msging..." ragini shot
" you could have called too ragini...but you are definitely happy with your lakshya.."
Sanskar screamed...
"ofcourse he is really caring unlike you.."
" show me your third memory of me..ragini and then go..." Sanskar asked her..
Ragini without answering was about to leave..but Sanskar held her hand..and noticed a small scar..
flashback
It was the day of departure of Sanskar. Both of them were sitting on the same bench..
"do you think we can keep this long distance relation??" ragini asked..
"i love you ragu..what else do you want..? " Sanskar said Kissing her on the cheeks..
Sanskar pulled ragini towards him..ragini in the way to get away from him got hurt in her wrist..and blood started oozing out..
"oo shit..ragini be careful...why are you so restless..." Sanskar tied a hanky around the cut..
both of them stood up and left in different directions..that was their last meeting before 2years

end of flashback

Sanskar left her hand..and again both of them moved in different directions...and looked back at each other ..
ragini called lakshya...
" hello.. i am here to meet him but i cant tell him that I still love him and waited for these 2years..and i lied that I am in a relation with you...okay bye..."
on the other side swara called Sanskar...
" i was about to propse but I guess she is happy with lakshya can't snatch her from him..and i lied that we both are in love...sorry for that.."
both of them disconnected the call and moved away...
6 months hence..
"I declared both of you a married couple...kiss each other..."
Ragini and Sanskar kissed .
"i promise I will not leave this time..." Sanskar said hugging her..
"me too...I love you"..
happy ending...