The Grey Hues ✔

The End?

Aditya drove Zoya home and through her secret gate got her in. He picked her up gently in his arms and asked Parul to open the door and then he placed her on the bed carefully like a delicate feather. He placed the covers of the duvet on her and then stood back to look at her for some time and thought 'Kisko pata tha hazaron dilon ki mallika, khud hi apna dil ek harjaai ko de baithegi.'He was about to caress her hair but then stopped himself and said 'Aaj koi haq nhi hai mera.' He stepped back and left. He then called someone and said 'Ek naam message kara hai, mujhe is insaan ki saari information chaiye.'

The next morning Zoya work holding her head to stop it from bursting. She groped for her strong black coffee which was Aditya's solution for a hangover , when she remembered that along with Aditya she had given up on coffee too. She called out for Parul and said 'Parul , ek lemonade lana.'
She sat silently trying to gather her thoughts and then remembered the incidents from last night. She closed her eyes and recalled how she had drunk around 15-20 shots of pure vodka and how her co actor was about to touch her inappropriately and how a hand came and saved her. She shut her eyes tighter so as to figure out the face of her saviour and saw Aditya's face. She opened her eyes in shock and  then remembered the conversation that she had had with him in her drunken state before falling asleep. She started crying at her helplessness. On one hand she wanted to forgive Aditya and be with him forever and on the other his deeds had made her like a stone yet again. She had loved him with a love so deep that it was killing her now. She wiped her eyes after an hour of thinking hard and typed something on her computer and made some calls. After some time she printed a ticket to Paris. She packed her bags and said 'Yehi humara  aakhree chara tha. Aditya se door jana hi behtar hoga. Unke saath jitna rahenge na khud jee payenge na unhe jeene de paayenge. Hum Paris mein ek nayi shuruaat karenge. Vaise bhi is show business ne humein gam ke alawa kuch diya bhi nhi hai. Stardom mili lekin uske badle mein humne itne kuch kho diya ki hum khud hi ko aaj pehchaan nhi paate.'
She looked at two envelopes in her hand which she had written letters for Aditi and Aditya. She took one last look at her house and gave the letter for Aditi to Parul and left the one for Aditya on her red car because that would be the first thing he would see when he came for work.
Aditya came at ten as usual and as Zoya had anticipated and expected he met with the red car the first thing and saw the envelope. He picked it up and from it came out two sheafs of paper. One which contained a handwritten note in short and clear letters and the other which looked like a appointment letter. Aditya opened the handwritten note first and started reading. It read
Dear Aditya
Jab hum aapse pehli baar mile the humne socha tak nhi tha ki aap humari berang zindagi ko itna nikhaar denge. Jo Zoya dosti aur pyaar pe bharosa karne se katraati thi voh aapse bepannah mohabbat aur gehri dosti kar baithi. Aapse baat karte wakt lagta hi nhi tha ki wakt beet rha hai. Aapke saath har lamha theher sa jata tha. Aur hum un there hue lamhon ko kaid karna chahte the. Par afsos ki aap humse kabhi pyaar hi nhi karte the. Aap toh farebi nikle aur aapka pyaar sirf ek maya jaal jismein hum phas gye.
Hum pehle hi apne abbu , ammi se door ho chuke the aur jab laga tha ki aapke saath hi apni zindagi gulzaar banayenge tab aapne bhi humara haath chod diya. Humein laga ki hum aap pe bohot naraz rahenge. Aapse badtameezi karenge taaki hum khud ke gum ko bhool sake. Lekin aapko takleef dekar humein jitna dukh hota tha shayad hi aapko andaza ho. Aapko chot khate dekh, roz garmi mein bina kuch kahe kaam karte hue humare aankhon se aansoon aate the. Aasaan nhi hota na Aditya apne pehle pyaar ko bhoolna, usse nafrat karna. Pyaar jitna gehra hota hai, uske zakhm bhi utne hi gehre hote hai lekin nafrat uss zakhm ka malham nhi hai. Hum aapse Pyaar nhi karna chahte aur aapse nafrat kar nhi sakte isliye hum jaa rhe hai. Aapse door, humesha ke liye. Jitna aap humare aas paas rahenge hum aage nhi badh paayenge. Isliye hum aapse koi gile shikhwe nhi rakhna chahte ab. Hum aapse aage badhna chahte hai. Ek nayi zindagi shuru karna chahte hai. Aapko aapki nayi naukri bhi bohot mubarak ho. Aapko jahan naukri chaiye thi humne aapko vahin ka appointment letter saath attach kar diya hai. Saath mein aapki che mahine ki salary bhi hai. Yeh che mahine humari zindagi ke sabse haseen che mahine the bhale hi humara dil kyun na toota ho. Aap khush rahiye ga. Aur hum yehi dua karte hai ki agle baar aap kisi se dillagi kar ke  dil na tode kyunki agli baar shayad aap khud hi ko na kho baithe humesha ke liye. Aur aakhir mein hum aapko kal raat ke liye shukriya kehna chahnege humein aakhri baar bachane ke liye.
Khudaafiz Aditya Hooda.

Zoya Siddiquie.

Aditya read the letter twice and stumbled. She couldn't leave, not after all this time. She had to stay , she had to forgive him so that he could tell her how much he loves her. He composed himself and then recalled that once Zoya had given him her email's password. He prayed that she hadn't changed it and tried logging in. Thankfully his prayers worked and soon he found out that Zoya was leaving for Paris in another 3 hours. Aditya rushed in his car and called someone and said 'Mumbai International Airport mein jald se jald pohonchiye.'
He booked himself a ticket so that he could enter the airport and then hit hard on the accelerator. He reached and then shouted for Zoya.
Zoya was at the VIP security check in lane when a hand caught her wrist and said 'Zoya, ruk jaao.'
Zoya looked at the owner of the hand and clapped her hand on her lips and exclaimed 'Aap?'

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