The next few hours Ram spent in his office only talked about work, work and only work. Nothing else was in his mind. He got the data which he had asked for, completed all the pending deals which needed his strict action and reactions. In all this, he didn't realized how the day passed and the evening set for his home calling until Vikram reminded him.
Ram asked Vikram to join him for a drink before heading home and Vikram was more than happy to accompany him.
Somewhere in the bar of a posh suburbs, both of them had called for a drink, and Vikram kept on looking at Ram.
Ram : Aise kyu dekh raha hai..
Vikram : Dekh raha hun ki aaj tere chehre pe ek ajeeb sa sukun hai..it feels good to see you like this.
Ram: Koshish kar raha hun Vikram, its not easy, but I have to get on the feet for my daughter, for the office people who are family to me, and most importantly Priya.
Ram stood silent for a while as Priya's name made him realize that how much he is thinking of her.
Vikram sat down in silence and didn't disturb his friend, since he knew that Ram wanted to speak out something.
Ram : " I don't know Vikram, but I have never thought that I would love Priya this much, just few months back I have hated her for whtever I had thought regarding her doings. And I would have kept on hating her until we got married. Marriage changed everything Vikram, this marriage changed everything for me. I got married to Priya with a purpose of getting back to her, but eventually she won me by her love and care and helped me to come over my hurt, and then went on to nurture my feelings for her. She made me changed into a person how I am right now, she made me believe once more that love is pure and unconditional, she gave my life back Vikram, she kept on doing everything which made me happy, she made my life easy and today the same person is in coma who has once again given her life for me. Vikram I don't know but now I am feeling indebted to her, that woman gave me everything Vikram, and when it was my turn of loving her back, she is not there with me. I wanted to love her Vikram, I wanted to give her every happiness which she rightly deserved, but time didn't allowed me, time didn't allowed me. I want my Priya back Vikram , I want her back."
Ram's eyes became moist while saying this, he rendered Priya in his heart dearly, and so wanted her to come back all fine. He expressed further : " Vikram I want to share all my moments of my daughter with her, I want to grow my daughter along with her, cant god give me one chance to love her back, cant he give her to me so that I live with my small world. He can't be harsh na Vikram."
Vikram was moved hearing this coming from a man who sometime back had given hopes on life and just was talking about getting back at her. He was happy to see this Ram who was completely in love with his Priya, his wife, he was glad to see him content, and wished from his heart that everything should be fine soon and Ram gets back his Priya.
It took 5 years for Ram Priya to cross their paths again. Though it was expected that the things moved fast, it didn't moved, and it took those 5 years btw them to meet each other.
Sun City - South Africa
Ram was on his business tour and had landed himself into this dusky city and the country. He called up home to inform his mother that he has reached safely and she shdnt wrry about him. He then called up Vikram and informed him that he has reached South Africa, and he would be getting busy immediately with the next delegations and would call him up as he gets time. He also asked him to Email him or call him up if anything important comes down in Mumbai. Vikram assured him that he shouldn't worry about Mumbai office and concentrate on his dealings in SA. Ram traversed his journey towards his hotel destination.
Somewhere at the other end a call was picked up and answered : " Haan Sir, pahunch gayi main aur ache se pahunch gayi hun." Priya informed her boss about her whereabouts and straightaway headed towards the hotel.
On the way towards the hotel, Ram was busy looking at some important Emails, and was preparing for his delegations to occur as well he called up the hotel to know about the arrangements of his stay and the conference hall arrangements.
Priya on her way towards the hotel was looking at her laptop and preparing some notes on the same and was jotting down her assignments in proper order so as to move ahead for further takes.
The car reached and Ram got down and entered in the hotel. Another car at the same time dropped Priya to the hotel and she went inside. The receptionist was busy in doing the arrangements of the people who have landed into the hotel and was just finding some time for herself when she heard Ram calling her and saying : " Excuse me."
Before she answered him there come another voice calling her saying:" Hii, I have a booking."
The receptionist smiled at her customers and asked a question: " Your name please.."
Ram : " Ram Kapoor"
Priya : " Priya Sharma"
The two voices got familiar to each other's ears, and turned to look at those voices. Both the voices lost their grounds in finding that face in front of their eyes which shook their worlds.
Ram : " Tum"
Priya : " Aap"
They stood their looking at each other in shock and silence; those 5 years had suddenly come back to them to haunt their grounds.
" Ram, I think we should leave now" Vikram snapped at Ram.
Ram nodded in affirmative saying: " Yes Vikram, we should leave, my daughter is waiting for me. I cant be away from her for a long time, more than she needing me, I need her, so lets move."
Vikram smiled and both of them headed towards their respective homes.
