Unknowingly Married

59. Karan Discovers Kriti's Love

(Karan turns some more pages reading them and and loving her more than ever before and then reach on the page when she met with an accident and came back home)

Dear Diary,

Today I met with a horriblee horriblee accident! Something very similar to what happened years ago. I wonder what would have happened after that.. Yash ye sab wapas handle nahi kar pata.. aur Khushi.. pata nahi uska bhi kya hota.. Thank god kuch hua nahi.. Accident ke baad I don't really know what exactly happened kyuki mai wahi behosh ho gayi thi.. I could feel physical pain par react karne ki takat hi nahi thi.. but the first sight I saw after gaining my conscious was him.. sitting besides me, holding my hand! And usne jaise hi dekha mujhe hosh aa raha hai, he hugged me. I felt so good.. ek ajeeb si feeling thi.. shayad kisi apne ka ehsaas tha.. par I was only thinking about Khushi.. I didn't know if I could save her, uf she was ok. He ensured me everything was fine and Khushi was fine. Baadme Khushi aayi and I started talking to him. Ye sab hua to I got flashbacks from school. Karan ke school farewell ke din se.. It was one of the three mostttt terrifying days of my life! I was going insane that day.. Pata nahi kaunsi masti sawar thi uss par and he was running in the corridor and reached stairs. Waha paani gira tha, he slipped and rolled down the stairs. Piche se Jannu di aayi and she suddenly collapsed. I don't know what happened to her but few of her friends took her to the medical room and Karan was lying there covered with blood. Everyone panicked looking at his condition and Shiv came running towards him. Me, Khushi and Yash too ran as he laid there unconscious. Shiv started screaming to call ambulance and I immediately called an ambulance while few other Students informed teachers and Yash helped Shiv to pick him up and take him to the school entrance with a teacher. I was devastated looking at his condition. Blood dripping off his head and body. That day I felt what pain is... Probably more or less the same feeling that Yash went through not a long time ago. I wanted to shout, cry.. and.. and hug him! I wanted him to know I was waiting for him and he had to return. His condition was critical. Few drops escaped my eyes as I saw ambulance coming and Yash and Shiv taking him to the ambulance when I noticed Khushi was running towards him and I realised I had to stay strong for her. I turned to Khushi as I knew what was coming next. Khushi is a strong girl but not when it comes to her family or us. She was holding his hand but I had to stop her from going to hospital. I couldn't let her be alone there so I stopped her as they came with stretcher and took Karan with them. Khushi couldn't stop crying and I couldn't cry. It was my turn to be her support system. I had to take care of her. I didn't know how to control myself but the thought of what he would have done if he was at my place gave me courage and strength to stand by her. I took Khushi to the ground as Yash and Shiv left with Karan to the hospital and Jannu di was still in the medical room unconscious. I hugged Khushi tightly and told her everything is going to be fine and nothing will happen to him. Making myself believe in those words, I had to make her believe in them too. She couldn't talk and she couldn't express her fear. She kept on crying and I held her as warmly as I could. I calmed her down and asked her to stop crying and pray for him. It was the least we could do for the person both of us needed the most at that time. Jannu di came there by then and I left Khushi with her and asked di to take care of her until I return from washroom. I ran to the washroom knowing I had to let those tears out and locked the door. I let myself loose and broke down. I knew that break down was needed. I could absolutely relate my situation with Yash. That day, for the first time I knew I was in love. I could feel the pain he might be suffering with the situation he was in. I remembered everything I said to Khushi to calm her down but I couldn't calm myself down with those words. I knew I wasn't sure if I will ever be able to see him again. I wished I was the one at his place that day. It would have pained a lot less. That uncertainty was killing me inside but I couldn't let it kill me out because I knew Khushi's hopes are bound to me.. kabhi kabhi aapki saari ummed tut jaati hai, lagta hai sab khatam ho gaya par aap kisise kuch keh nahi sakte kyuki aur logo ki ummeede aapse judi hoti hai.. that day I felt it.. I realised he was no more a crush I would get over anytime I want, he felt like a part of me. I loved him... and the worst part was I couldn't even tell him. Love struck me, hard! I always thought love is beautiful but that day I knew, if realised at a wrong time, Love is just pain! I couldn't live without him and I knew I can't live with him. It was choking. I couldn't stop myself from crying. No matter how strong I stood for Khushi, I felt weaker and weaker within me. I had to see him again. He had to return! I realised I was in the washroom for a long time so I quickly washed my face, wiped it clean and went back to Khushi. After school, I took her to home and she asked Purvi aunty about him. She said, he was doing well. There was a huge blood loss but fortunately hospital had enough blood stored to stabilize him. He was stable and would return home in a week or two. Just the words, he WILL return, felt music to my ears. I had to listen these words and I was ready to wait. For a week, month or year or more.. but he had to return! That day I realised how much I loved him. Today, looking at him sitting next to me when I woke up was like a dream come true. Probably now he considers me his friend.. or he was just concerned about his sister's bestfriend.. I don't know really.. but I hope he at least calls me his friend someday.. today I was extremely bored sitting in the hospital all day. Now that I am home, tomorrow I'll go to the college no matter what everyone says. Ok bye.. love you.. and I don't know if I ever be able to say this again or not but I do love him..