Chapter 28
Without you
I am lost like a child
In this wide wide world
Without you
I am Nothing!
December 29
Rehearsals started in full swing at Simone's Dance class the next morning! Several of her students had entered the contest plus Simone was supposed to do the Grand Finale with her dance group at the end of the show.
Angad wasn't there at the studio; Simone told Kripa he had gone to meet the Dubai agent for passport and visa details. Simone was pleased that Kripa was going to participate.
"I know you can do it, Kripa! You have grace in your body, you just have to get over ur fear of the stage and you will be fine but don't worry we will have stage rehearsals as well"
Kripa: But Simone, we only have 3 days on our hands.
Simone: 4 days actually if u also count January 1…..but we will have to work very hard…..no slacking off, no fooling around (Kripa blushed at that)…..and yes, from now on we will have dance practice even in the afternoons.
Simone told Kripa she will have to prepare three dance items!
Kripa almost passed out from shock: THREE! NO WAY! How can I learn 3 dances in 3 days?
Simone: Chill, Kripa! You will have only one solo, and one paired with Angad and you will also be backup dancer in our last finishing item.
Kripa wailed: Solooo? Please no solo….I cant be up there on the stage by myself……I will pass out!
Simone: KRIPAAA! You will be fine, trust me……just don't look at the audience and concentrate on ur dance and you wont feel nervous at all…..Come on, give it a try….zyada se zyada kya hoga….you wont win a prize ….at least you will have the satisfaction that you tried and conquered ur fears!
Kripa took a deep breath and agreed to do the solo.
Simone and her group started practicing the group dance…..Kripa joined them…..there was a lot of leaping and jumping and they twirled the girls and tossed them up in the air, then caught them in mid air by the waist…..Kripa got scared even to look at them doing that. She was missing Angad but she knew he had gone for their future happiness….
The whole morning went by practicing for the group dance.
Lunch time arrived, Simone asked Kripa to be back at the studio at 3 P.M. for her solo item practice.
Kripa had lunch with her parents and Mishti-Kartik that day. At lunch, Mishti told Naina about Kripa entering the dance competition. Naina was delighted that her shy little girl was going to dance on stage.
Naina: Yeh toh bahut achhi baat hai……tum competition mein hissa le rahi ho, we are proud of you, Baby! Tumhari dance teacher ne kitni jaldi tumhey prepare kar diya…
Kripa: Nahin Mama, abhi bahut rehearsals karney hain, subah, shaam har waqt practice karni hai….
Kripa knew this was the time the iron was hot and it was time to strike. She asked Dilip: Papa, main aapsey kuchh madat chahti hoon..
Dilip: Haan zaroor, bolo, Baby, kya baat hai…
Kripa: Wo meri jo dance teacher hai, Simone, uski shadi honey wali hai aur wo dono ek flat khareedna chahtey hain lekin usey Bank se loan nahin mil rahey hain, aapke toh kitney contacts hain uss bank mein isliye main soch rahi thi agar aap Bank walon se baat karein aur unkey flat ka loan sanction karva dein toh bahut achha hoga….
Dilip: Haan zaroor, I will be glad to help out ur dance teacher in getting her loan for her flat ..(Kripa rarely asked her parents for anything so Dilip was pleased that she had asked for his help in this)
Kripa beamed delightedly at her dad: Thanks, Papa.
Dilip: Anything for u, Baby!
Kripa gave details of the Bank and Simone-Philipe's loan to her dad and he promised to take care of the whole thing.
Kripa was glad that she could help out Simone and solve her problem….she thought now only if Papa accepted Angad and agreed to their wedding with the same ease, she would never ask anything from him her whole life, but she had to wait a few more days before she could reveal her love for Angad to her parents.
Dilip: Aaj raat ko hum Mehras ke saath dinner per jaa rahey hain, Italian restaurant mein…..tum bhi aa rahi ho hamarey saath…
Kripa's face fell, she thought : Oh NOOOO, phir se uss Prithvi ko tolerate karna padega aur Angad ka program bhi miss karoongi….
Mishti whispered to her later: Don't worry, hum Prithvi ko sambhal lengey….tum tension mat karo…
After Lunch, Kripa went back to her room, changed into her dance clothes again and went to the studio for her solo dance practice.
Angad was BACK! She ran to him and hugged him so tightly, he groaned……Mujhey itna miss kiya….he asked laughing.
Kripa raised tearful eyes and said: Har pal jab tum mere paas nahin hotey toh lagta hai ek saal guzar gaya…
Angad could tell she was upset: Kya baat hai, Baby? Yeh aansoo kyun?
She told him about dinner with Prithvi and she would be missing his performance again that night….
Angad wiped her tears gently: Don't cry, sweetheart, hum phir raat ko milengey…..Juliet bankar mera intezaar karna….
She smiled through her tears…..
Simone arrived soon and they started the practice…..Angad watched her from the back as she followed Simone's movements……it was a dance from a Hindi movie that she had seen so it was easy for her to pick up the graceful steps and sway easily to the melody and rhythm.
Angad admired her fluid body movements…..her body had become more pliant since she started dancing and also becoming a woman had changed her, made her more free! MY WOMAN, he thought proudly!
After practice, he took her to the beach again where they spent a relaxed evening, collecting shells and walking on the waves and sand, hand in hand…..they shared an ice-cream bar and a large water-filled coconut. They sat there till sunset, his arm around her as she snuggled into his arm…..
Kripa: Tumhara Dubai ke agent se baat ho gayi?
Angad: Haan, wo mere passport aur visa ka intezaam kar raha hai. Jaldi hi ho jayega. Kaam ka bhi bandobast kar diya hai usney.
Kripa: Tumhey Dubai kya jaana hi padega? Yahan koi naukri nahin mil sakti? She was scared about being separated from him….she knew he couldn't take her right away until he was settled in his job.
Angad: Mainey yahan bahut se jobs dekhey hain, lekin Dubai mein ab naye constructions ho rahey hain, buildings, shopping malls, roads….wahan mere jaisey Civil Engineers ke liye bahut opportunities hain…..aur wahan paisey bhi duss guna milengey, yahan aisi koi jobs hi nahin hain, warna main toh India mein hi rehna pasand karta…..tumharey paas (he kissed her forehead) ..….but don't worry, kaam mein settle hotey hee main laut aaoonga aur hum formally shadi karkey wahan chaley jayengey.
Kripa hugged his arm for comfort, her heart full of hopes and fears ….a mixed feeling for their future.
That night at dinner, Prithvi annoyed her to tears…..he was trying to touch her and bother her all the time.
As her hand lay on the table beside her plate, he touched her ring again and said: That ring looks nice, kitney ki lee hai, zyada mehengi nahin ho sakti, lagta hai paanch-chhai hazaar ki hogi"
Kripa hid her hand under the table again: Mujhey zyada keemti zevar achhey nahin lagtey..
Prithvi (insinuatingly) : Was that a gift? Or did u buy it urself?
Kripa: A friend gave it to me…..
Prithvi: Lagta hai bahut hi close friend hai …..you wear his ring all the time…
Kripa looked at him sharply with narrowed eyes….he had said HIS ring ….did that mean he knew about her and Angad?
Prithvi was sneering at her…..she gritted her teeth in annoyed anger and said: That is none of your business whose ring I wear and for how long.
Prithvi: Chillax Kripa, main toh mazaak kar raha tha…
Kripa: Aisey mazaak mujhey pasand nahin….now please excuse me…
She got up from the table and went to the restroom to cool down her anger …..
Mishti came after her: Kripa, tu theek toh hai na? Is he bothering you a lot?
Kripa hugged Mishti and started crying…
Mishti: Bahut pyaar karti hai na ussey? Miss kar rahi hai?
She nodded, silently crying…..
Mishti: Main us Prithvi ko sambhalti hoon…Chalo, now dry ur tears, u will see him tomorrow!
She made Kripa wash her face, fix her make-up, they came out of the washroom and Mishti sat down next to Kripa this time!
Prithvi still didn't give up: So Kripa, you entered the dance contest…..are you dancing solo or do you have a dance partner? He said mockingly.
Kripa looked at him angrily but didn't answer…..
Prithvi (loudly on purpose): Is your dance partner Angad by any chance?
Mihsti (loudly): Angad kitna achha gaata hai na? He can easily be a Rockstar….if he had the backing and money, I bet he could have his own album…..
Naina and the Mehras nodded in agreement! Dilip and Prithvi looked sarcastic….
Kartik took the hint and started talking to Prithvi about business …..stocks and investments, etc.
Kripa heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed, she squeezed Mishti's hand with gratitude!
That night, Kripa paced restlessly on the terrace, waiting for Angad…..
After midnight, there was a soft whistle from below, she looked down; Angad signalled her to jump down….she was in her nightgown….she asked him to wait, went in and changed hurriedly into her jogging clothes and then jumped right down into his waiting arms!
Angad kissed her lips and then carried her all the way to the guesthouse…..there was a bright moon in the night sky guiding their way….it was just 4 days before full-moon! Kripa clung to his neck, looking up at the face she so adored.
He opened the door and took her right into the bedroom, setting her down on the bed…..as soon as he lay down, Kripa hid her face in his neck and clung to him like a vine…
Angad (in a deep voice) : Kya hua, lagta hai aaj meri Juliet bahut pareshaan hai…..kya kuchh kaha uss Prithvi ne?
Kripa: Angad, mujhey lagta hai Prithvi ko hamarey baarey mein shaq ho gaya hai..
Angad: Toh achha hai na, wo tumhara peechha chhod dega, he will know u are already taken,….. unless you don't want him to know that….agar tum ussey actually shadi karna chahti ho tohhhh…..(he teased her)
Kripa gasped angrily…..ANGADD!
She jerked out of his arms and got up to go…..he laughed and tried to pull her back, she was still mad at him, she grabbed a pillow and started hitting him with that…..he sat up and took the 2nd pillow and fought her back…..they had a rip-roaring pillow-fight on the bed…..Kripa forgot all her troubles and started laughing and hitting Angad really hard with the pillow, he also retaliated…..
Suddenly they stopped hitting each other, looked heatedly into each other's eyes and he crouched as if to leap at her, she smiled and crawled backwards….he took a leap at her and pinned her to the bed with his superior weight and started kising her neck and face….soon they were a tangle of legs and arms as she kissed him back with equal passion! His hands tugged at her clothes and hers tugged at his……
After a long bout of wild passion, they lay in each other's arms…….bright moonlight from the big window lighted up the room, painting their bare skin a bright silver!
Angad: Prithvi ne exactly kya kya kaha?
Kripa told him how he had insinuated about her and Angad and almost revealed it to her parents.
Angad: Iss Prithvi ka kuchh karna padega….waisey tumharey parents ko toh batana hi hai kuchh dinon ke baad, lekin wo Prithvi se yeh baat suney yeh main nahin chahta…..kya pata tumharey parents kaisey react karengey…Tumharey Papa ko toh Prithvi jaisa ladka hi pasand hoga….rich, businesman ka beta…
Kripa: Ameer dil se hotey hain, paison se nahin…..agar Prithvi duniya ka sabsey ameer aadmi bhi ho jaye, phir bhi wo ek achha insaan nahin ho sakta…
Angad: Toh phir Prithvi se shadi cancel (he laughed)
Kripa: Angad, phir kabhi aisa mat kehna….tum toh jaantey ho na main saat janmon tak tumhari ban chuki hoon!
Angad: Aur aathvey janam mein?
Kripa (teasingly) : Aathevey janam mein? Hmmmm sochna padega…
Angad leaned over her, pinning her again and said: Aathvey janam mein bhi main tumhey manaa loonga, bilkul iss tarah…..he started kissing her all over again….
Kripa whispered: Iss tarah manaogey toh main kaisey manaa karoongi…..she wrapped her pliant limbs around him again as moonlight bathed the two entwined lovers!
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Sab jag soye hum jagein
taaron se karain batain
ho.. (chandi ratain, chandi raatain)-2
Takte takte tooti jaaye aas
piya na aaye re takte takte
Sham savere dard anokhe uthe
jiya ghabraaye re sham savere
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din ke chain churaye re
dukhiya aakhen dhoond rahi hain
kahin pyaar ki baatain
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Pichhli raat main hum yeh soch ke
chupke chupke roye re pichhli raat main
Sukh ki neend main meet hamare
desh paraye soye re sukh ke neend main
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Aaja balam aayi baharain
Baith ke tanhai main karlain
sukh dukh ki do batain
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Sab jag soye hum jagein
taaron se karain batain
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