TWO HEARTS (Anya FF) note @26 - Page 5

"They don't deserve but Sir and Ma'am do. My parents always said that they both needed someone to take care of them like a family, and they both did that for them. So now as a part of them, it's my duty to take care of Anant Sir and Nimisha Ma'am. They have done so much for us, so how can I betray them by running away. And I believe that running is for cowards who can't face the truth Not for the ones who know where they stand is due to their honesty and commitment. So tell me if I run away, who will I be betraying?" navya explained confidently while Jennifer shook her head and then only her eyes went on Anant who was standing their speechless hearing her answer.7

"Are you done?" He asked trying to remove the awkwardness between them and Jennifer nodded while navya stared at his face as he avoided eye contact with her.

"Put the bag in the car while I'll bring her!" He ordered and came forward confusing the girls.

He bent down and scooped up navya in his arms, shocking her while Jennifer smiled seeing his care and wanting to give them some privacy, she lifted navya's bag and walked out while the couple kept on staring at each other with pain in their eyes. It was this pain that was binding them together and it will be this pain only, that will make them come close to each other in a way that no worldly power would be able to separate them.3

"I can walk!"

"It will hurt you more, if you walk. You need rest!"

Both didn't exchanged any words as Anant took long strides towards his car, while navya couldn't just help stare at his face, trying to gauge his mind while her heart was feeling something unusual.

"So this is the thing without which your survival feels injurious?" nimisha asked in an amused tone, as Anant stood infront of her with navya in his arms. She was surprised when all of a sudden, after reaching at a distance he reversed the car back to that their home, while what confused her more was his reason for coming back but she wasn't against it, she was in support of it, because she herself wanted that special bond between them, which was so pure and sacred.4

"So the second we left, they all started their favorite time pass job of torture!" She remarked annoyed seeing the blue marks on navya's feet.

Anant sighed and she sent some good curses at her family.

"I will sit at the back as I don't want to be a bone in between you both!" She said and got in the back while they both looked at each other in embarrassment. Anant seated navya on the front, and got on the driver's seat while navya's eyes were fixed on him.3

"Bhai, if you get tired then just tell me or navya, I am sure we can manage equally!" nimisha said and Anant stared at her confused through the rear view mirror.

"Navya??"

"Ohh, yeah. You didn't know, she knows driving?" nimisha asked raising her brows while he was taken aback and stared at navya in amazement. She was surprising him with each passing day, and he couldn't help but feel proud of her. She wasn't letting the troubles of her life come forward in the path of her moving on. She was living like she would have, if her parents were alive. Her courage was unmatchable to any other female he had ever known in his 24 years of life.

"How did you learn driving?" He asked keeping his eyes glued to the road ahead while she was fidgeting with her fingers.

"Ma'am taught me two years back for emergency purpose. She even got me a license!" navya answered with a thankful smile on her lips while nimi smirked at her brother who was really surprised at her boldness to do something hiding from all of them.

"You have too many secrets!" He stated with a grin on his face, while she looked down embarrassed at his remark. She never wanted to do anything secretly, but with the life she had, no one would have even supported her if she would have done it openly hence the only one whom she could trust to help her was nimisha and like navya thought, she happily agreed to help her.

"Well, we won't be so secretive, if you weren't a fused bulb now". nimisha remarked with pure sarcasm in her voice while Anant sent a dead glare at her and navya chuckled lowly not wanting to piss him off.

"What does this mean that I am a fused bulb?"

"It means that your ligament has stopped working, hence inspite of knowing something you are not saying it, and what you are saying, you are not feeling it. In short, your brain is no position to counsel your own thoughts so whatever I say you won't believe me, but you will when you realize something and the time is not far away!" She explained in one breath while Anant exchanged a confused look with nsvys and she did the same, as both couldn't even understand one bit of what she was trying to convey.

"Ok, so I will sleep now and you both can carry on this glancing game," she said and laid on the seat closing her eyes as navya blushed while Anant shook his head at her.

It has been several hours since he was driving, while nimisha was leisurely sleeping and navya was awake for a while, but due to the pain even she slept off after a while, and for Anant he was just stealing glances at her pretty face which only screamed innocence and selflessness.

Her hair strands fell on her face disturbing her peaceful slumber, and she opened her eyes to only meet Anant's gaze. He looked away suddenly and so did she, controlling the smile that was making way on her lips.

"Is it still hurting?" She nodded a no, while he continued to drive and she saw that he was struggling keeping his back straight for so many hours.

"Sir, you rest now. I will drive!" She suggested in a low voice not wanting to disturb nimisha's sleep while he halted the car on the side of the road and she shifted on the drivers seat, while he sat beside her.

"Your driving is smooth," he complimented with a proud smile on his lips and she gave him a nod.

She continued driving and then suddenly after sometime, she felt his hand on top of her on the gear. She turned around to see him asleep while his hand was laying on top of her.

She stared at him for a few seconds and then slowly she kept his hand back on his lap and resumed her driving, hearing the instructions from the GPS.

"God, we reached!" nimisha said yawning after two hours, as they were simply standing infront of the beach house that belonged to Anant.

"We reached half an hour back, but since you both were sleeping so I didn't disturbed you both!" She said and they both laughed a little seeing Anant still sleeping while they get down to only meet the entire troop along with Sarthak, Vikram and Sonia coming forward.

Vikram and Sonia frowned at navya while she looked away, and Sarthak woke up Anant who sent murderous looks to Vikram.

"Anant I know you are pretty upset with him, but for my sake please let him stay!" Sonia pleaded caressing his chest while nimisha and Sarthak gave her disgusted looks and navya looked away feeling a pang in her chest seeing him not remove her hands from his chest.

Anant gave pissed looks to all and left followed by Sarthak while nimi held navya's hand, and helped her to walk.

"Why have you guys brought this maid over here?" Sonia asked all of a sudden and before nimisha could reply, Vikram cutt her off, "Come on sissy, don't you know we will be needing servants to do our work too, so Anant might have thought from that point too afterall we all know that he only likes his favorite maid's work". All of them laughed at navya's open humiliation while navya controlled herself from falling on the ground.

nimisha was about to strangle both the siblings, when navya held her wrist nodding a no and frustrated, she took her inside.

"I am not going to stay with her beside me!" Sonia cribbed as they all discussed the living arrangements while each one of them didn't left any chance to taunt or mock navya as she stood in a corner taking in every thing, while Anant's temper was increasing every second, and nimisha was watching him with a glare.

"Enough! Not a word more on who will live in which room. I will take the ground room while navya will stay in the room, opposite to me and you guys can occupy the rest of the floors. Is that clear?" He almost yelled pissed and signaling nimi, he left to his room while Sarthak followed the league.

"You shouldn't have brought her here in between them." Sarthak said sitting infront of Anant as he laid on the bed.

"I don't want to hear any discussion on this. So go and let me rest. Tell them all that we will do full fledge rehearsals from the morning so they all can rest now as you guys travelled in the bus so you must be tired!" He replied explaining him, while Sarthak shook his head and walked out.

Anant closed his eyes trying to calm his head, he loved peace and here everything was so dramatic in his life. Before he could dwell deeper in his thoughts, he heard muffled sobs coming from the washroom, confused he got up and opened the door to only see the most cutest sight of the century.4

navya was sitting on the edge of the bathtub trying to put the ointment on her swelled part. Her eyes were tightly shut, while her tears were making their way out slowly.

"Relax navya, apply it slowly. It won't burn!" She consoled and Anant burst out laughing making her open her eyes in shock hearing the manly laugh which was like a soothing balm to her heart, because the owner was so special to her that she couldn't ever find words to describe.2

"Why are you laughing?"

"I never knew the strong navya was scared of a simple ointment," He teased walking upto her while she gave him a sheepish smile looking away. He knelt down infront of her and kept her feet on his lap and caressed the affected area making her shut her eyes tightly at the feel of his touch.

He took the ointment from her and applied it on her feet, and she held his wrist tightly as it burned her. He started blowing air softly and her hold loosened on his wrist as a tear roll down her cheek. Since the day, she lost her parents no one took care of her while she made herself so strong that she did everything for herself and others but today, after years someone took care of her pain, someone understood the depth of her pain and she couldn't help but shed a tear, feeling an emotional wreck.

She was staring at him curiously while he raised his brows at her and she asked the one question, which was troubling her so much, "Why are you taking care of me so much?"

He took a deep breath and pierced his gaze in her, and replied in his husky voice, "Because I can't handle if someone hurts you. Something inside me twitches when you are in pain and I don't know why I want to...

He left the sentence in half way, as he heard the knocking on his room door and standing up, he left her in a state of shock that her brain felt as if she was hallucinating while her heart felt as if this is what she was waiting to hear since ages, but her concious very well knew that, it was all too good to be true.

Care, Trust and likeliness are always first step to love, but pain is that integral part which makes you understand the depth of the bond you share with the other person! Moments, the special memories or simply a second which changes everything for you in a spur. They might be good or bad, painful or romantic, or worse exceptionally heartbreaking but every moment takes you down a certain memory lane, when you are alone or even when you feel a void in your heart. Every moment says something, every juncture of life has a special signifance to your personality because they are not just for name sake, they are those noteworthy seconds of ones life which helps you to shape up your personality and guide you in a way, that your own concious and subconcious will pave way for you to improve on a better scale. Now that one moves on a better path, then surely they will experience a variety of emotions too which will connect them to their inner conscience, the nerve of which is directly related to that one organ which pumps the blood throught out their body.

It was early morning, as Anant laid wide awake in his bed resting his head on his one arm while the fingers of his other hand kept on caressing the fabric of the bed sheet while his mind was simply roaming around the one name, which has now started to mean something more than necessary.

He sat up straight and ran his fingers in his hairs, whole night he had been awake lamenting over his own words which he told navya few hours back. He didn't knew why he said them, or did he even meant them from the bottom of his heart or not but all he knew that their relationship was changing gradually with each passing day and it was scaring him away.

"Dammit! What has got in me? Why is everything coming down to her only?" He cribbed annoyed at his ownself and started pacing around his room.

"If you behave like this, then definitely everyone is going to know that you are becoming insane for a girl!" He chided himself and opened the door of his balcony to take in the fresh air and the second he stepped out his heart skipped several beats just by seeing the natural beauty infront of him.

navya stood in her balcony, drying her hair with the towel humming a soft tune which made his soul feel the beauty of her song. She was lost in her activity that she didn't even noticed him staring at her keenly until his voice broke her reverie, "Talent number 3!"5

Hearing his husky voice early in the morning, she immediately looked up and straightened herself to see him smirking like an idiot while his eyes were dancing in mischief. She sighed and started to leave, when he threw a small flower at her plucking it from the pot that was kept on the floor.

"What is this?" She asked picking up the flower from the floor and showing it to him on her palms. Instead of replying her, he crossed the small gap between the balconies and jumped on her side, making her roll her eyes at him.

"Did you just roll your eyes at me?" He asked leaning on the wall, crossing his arms over his chest while his lips were having a hint of smile which made him look all the more cute and adorable in the morning light.3

"Well, when you are behaving like teenagers, what am I suppose to do?" She answered sweetly batting her eyelashes at him while he glared at her for calling him a teenager.

"I don't get how come everything on this floor is attached to each other?" She asked confused still not getting the logic of a common washroom and now, even their balconies were side by side. Absolutely Remarkable!3

"Maybe because the builder felt that in future we were going to stay here so not to trouble us more, by keeping us on seperate floors, he made these rooms, joining everything!" He replied with a wicked grin on his face making her shook her head at him.

"What type of explaination is that?"

"A type which the naive, sweet and secretive navya can't understand!" He replied with humor evident in his tone and she looked down in embarrassment on being caught. Why did he have to catch her red-handed always? Couldn't he stay in his territory onl "Do you have a habit of eavesdropping?" She asked keeping her eye lashes downwards, while he chuckled, and instead of replying her, he put his one index finger under her chin and made her look at him.

"I don't like when you don't meet my eyes". He stated lowly while navya kept on gazing in those dark eyes which were melting her heart like a candle with their intensity and passion, which she was sure was present in her own.

"I feel scared when I look into your eyes," she answered in a hesitant tone and he was taken aback by her reply.

"Scared, why?"

"I feel vulnerable!" She stated as a tear roll down her cheek.

She was always scared to look straight in his eyes, because she was afraid that he will read the truth of her vulnerability, the pain that she was trying to hide from everyone, the sorrow that her life had, the void she felt. She knew if anyone could see into her then it was him, and him alone. It was not because she worked for him, it was because they have an important string attached between them. Her parents, who considered him more than their son and she was sure that as much as she was attached to them, so was he and he could read that pain of loneliness clearly which she felt after their demise.

Anant took the tear droplet from her cheek, making her shut her eyes at the contact of his fingers while he scrutinized the tear on the tip of his finger, feeling a sharp pain coursing through his body.

"Sorry!" He apologized and jumped back to his balcony, leaving her standing alone in the whirlpool of her emotions. She didn't why he apologized her, when it should be her doing that for hurting him, but she couldn't lie to him. Whenever she looked in his eyes, she always feared that he will read everything.

"What the hell is wrong with you all? Why aren't you people concentrating?" Anant yelled after the breakfast as all of them started their practice, but it was more like Anant was the only one in the mood to dance while rest of them were simply wasting their time. He hated irresponsible behavior and today it was reaching to the heights.

"Come on, Anant do you think after coming over here, anyone is even in a mood to rehearse? Let's go to the beach and have fun!" Vikram suggested while nimisha scowled and replied, "Jobless people like you will get this idea only. Isn't it Sarthak?"

Sarthak laughed while the siblings glared at him and Anant sighed, and just then the object of his fascination, emerged out from the kitchen with their juices in her hand set up appropriately on the tray.

She served to everyone and at last she gave the glass to Anant brushing their fingers, which didn't go unnoticed by nimisha and Sarthak who gave knowing smiles to each other while Anant was lost in her face, admiring her flawless skin.2

Vikram and Sonia who sat on the couch opposite to Anant's, glared at navya as she stood beside Anant's couch while he gazed at her and frustrated with Anant's attention for navya, Sonia said, "navya, don't you have any sense of what to wear on a place like Goa? Who wears traditional suits in a beach house?"

Navya looked down as her eyes became watery, while Anant jaws clenched in anger as all of them laughed making mockery of her, except of Sarthak and nimisha while Vikram added, "Sissy, how will a maid like her have an fashion sense of place like a beach? I highly doubt whether she has ever stepped out of bajpai House also or not?"3

"Keep your mouth shut!" Sarthak declared giving a stern look to all and nimi walked up navya, while glaring at her brother once who sat there rigid, she held navya's hand authoratatively and dragged her inside the room.2

"Are you okay?" nimisha asked once they both were inside navya's room while she just sat on the bed devoid of any emotion. She was used to people mocking at her status, and could she even blame them? It was her fate that she was not born to rich parents and she had accepted what her life has given her but why were these people making her feel so low about herself. Was not being rich, a crime? Was she not a human with a heart if she wasn't rich?1

"I am used to all this Ma'am. If they wont mock me now, then it would be more shocking to me than their humiliations." She replied with a sad smile on her face while nimi felt her breaking heart through her eyes. More than Vikram and Sonia's words, her brothers silence was getting on her nerves. Why didn't he said anything, when he knew how much it was going to hurt navya? He was seriously confusing her, but more than that he was confusing himself.

"I am sorry on behalf of anant bhai. He should have called them off, but he didn't. Don't know what happens to him all of a sudden?" nimisha apologized holding navya's hand while she could feel the sincerity of her words.

"Ma'am, he is my employer. I can't expect him to raise a fight with the group he belongs to. He is doing more than enough for me by bringing me here. It's enough for me!" navya replied back squeezing her hand in assurance but nimisha knew that it would have ached her when he sat quiet infront of them. She knew that he meant much more to navya than she could ever express, but it all came down to their status.

"You rest. I will see you after a while!" nimi said and walked out of navya's room and the second, she left, navya ran and locked the door and slid down on the floor, resting her back on the frame.

Her tears made their way out from her eyes as she silently cried missing her parents. She never wanted anyone's pity and that was the only reason, she worked as a maid to take care of herself but was her independency hurting anyone, that they were humiliating her in such brutal ways?

She rested her head on her lap as she recalled how much protective her parents were for her. They never let her out of their sight, nor she ever got even one scratch in their presence but now her fragile heart was only full of scars. Scars, that were given to her by cruel words. It's the irony of life that when a person is stabbed constantly by heart shattering words, then the pain is much more on their soul than any physical pain could ever hurt them.

She was lost in her thoughts only, when she heard some noise and immediately she stood up from her place to only see Anant standing there with a plain look on his face.

"Sir!" She called out to him to confirm the fact that he actually came in her room, hiding from everyone.

Anant wanted to yell at everyone in that moment only, but he controlled himself because he couldn't let them think otherwise for his and Navya's relation. But he couldn't even concentrate on anything else after that, hence he came to check on Navya to only hear her heart breaking words to nimisha and that was enough to rile him up, and once everyone got busy, he sneaked to his room and jumped in her room balcony to only see her crying.

"You shouldn't have come here like this. What if someone would have seen you?" She stated logically worried about his image while he took slow steps towards her.

Once he approached her, he took her hand in his and caressing her knuckles softly, he asked in a whisper, "Do you trust me navya?"

"Why are you asking this?"

"Just say yes or no!"

"I do, more than myself!" She replied in an equal whisper and that's it, it was enough for him to pull her in a bone crushing hug, as she was shocked at first but then realizing that she too needed him, she hugged him back as he caressed her hairs while she clutched his shirt tightly at his back.

It was one of those hugs that defined the intensity of their emotions for the other, and also the growing bond of love, that was waiting to emerge out any second from their hearts to fight the battle of love and status.

The time is near when their care and trust start shaping up into that love, which will break the barriers of fame, and power!+

How was the chapter guys? Enjoyed Anya moments?

Giving one final glare to Navya, Sonia stomped out of the kitchen mumbling curses while navya engrossed herself in her work pushing aside the thoughts of Anant with Sonia.

"Why the hell didn't you told me? I would have killed her there only, the bitch troll!" Nimisha cursed as navya finished explaining her.

"In her dreams also he won't marry her because I won't let it happen! And for you, you are free to watch anyone you want, that bitch is no one to dictate you." nimisha declared determined and holding navya's wrist, she tagged her along to the living room as they all were rehearsing.

The second Anant felt her presence, he turned around to take a look at her and all his tiredness left his body, the minute his eyes roamed over her beautiful face which silently sooth his heart, and debated about the connection he felt with her.4

Sonia, who saw Anant lost in Navya, screamed suddenly gaining everyone's attention, "What the hell Nimisha? Why have you brought this maid over here? Don't you know we are rehearsing, what will this illiterate girl do here when she doesn't even know a D of dance?"

Anant closed his fists, while Sarthak who was resting on the couch got up and replied arrogantly, "As far as I remember Ms. Kapoor, you and your brother also didn't knew dancing when we first met. If not for Anant then you would have also not learned D for dance!"

Nimisha burst out laughing, while Sarthak joined her and both of them gave victorious smirks to Sonia. Vikram who was quiet till now, offended by their humiliation, spoke, "I don't get why are you people so much protective about this maid? Who is she even to you? It's not like she is your blood relation that you both are going haywire for her?"

"The point that you are not able to understand our relation with her is itself enough to conclude the fact that you have no heart, so I don't think we need to elaborate much on this. And Sonia, just because she doesn't know dance, it doesn't mean that she can't watch it. So think before speaking!" Anant cut them off while navya stared at him wide eyed, while all of them were shocked to hear him defending her.

He heard every single thing but when it came to their relation, he couldn't handle anyone bad mouthing their sacred bond with her. He knew they were going to create a ruckuss over it, but he didn't cared for it. All he cared for in that moment was, Navya.

"So now even you started taking her side? Interesting, really interesting! So Anant when you all are so close to her then I am sure she might have even learned some dance from you, so why don't you tell your favorite maid to dance for us? We will also get some entertainment!" Sonia stated and suggested with vehemence in her voice taking a good look at navya who was bewildered at her demand.

Anant raised his brows at her and then with a smirk, he declared, "Navya will dance now!" Navya stared at him in confusion, not able to comprehend his thoughts. He knew she can dance, but she didn't wanted anyone to know of it and if she does that, then it will be a big insult to Sonia. Did he wanted her to perform so that he could backfire their words on them only?

"What??" Both Sarthak and nimisha almost yelled together at his announcement.

"Are you crazy bhai? How will she dance?" Nimisha walked upto him, and asked him in a low whisper and he gave her a blank look, and pushing her aside he took slow steps towards navya, who was gazing at his face trying to read his mind.

"You will dance now, Navya!" He ordered piercing his confident gaze in her and the hesitancy she felt with his declaration, left her body immediately and she nodded a yes making him smile, while the Kapoor siblings looked in confusion.

Sonia exchanged a curious look with her brother, who was scrutinizing Anant and Navya keenly, not getting the bond that was between them.

"Why does he want her to be humiliated?" Sarthak asked outraged to nimisha who herself can't get her brothers actions. He was upto something, but what? These mixed signals were driving her nuts but most of all she was surprised at navya's recaction. She was standing there without a care. Wasn't she petrified of performing?

"Music!" Anant ordered and sat down on the couch as all of them took their places, while Navya stood in the middle of the room. She surely didn't wanted anyone to know about her hidden talents, but today it wasn't her, it was for him. It was his trust on her that forced her to do something which she never thought she will ever make herself do. His trust ignited a sense of confidence in her which made her want to show her real self which was different.3

She turned around giving her back to all of them, while Sonia and Vikram laughed but ignoring them, Navya maintained her strong posture and as the slow music started, she started swaying her body passionately matching the beats of Chale Jaise Hawayein Sanan Sanan!3

Chalein Jaise Hawayein Sanan Sanan, Udein Jaise Parinde Gagan Gagan.

She turned around as the music fastened, and moved her hands in the air, shaking her waist in a circular motion while her fingers made the imaginary bird, which flies high in the sky.

Jaayein Titliyan Jaise Chaman Chaman, Yun Hi Ghoomoo Main Bhi Magan Magan.

She made her body flow like a butterfly, as her feet hopped on from one step to another just like a butterfly flies in zag zag way.

Main Deewaani Dil Ki Rani, Gham Se Anjaani,
Kab Darti Hoon, Vo Karti Hoon, Jo Hai Thaani.

Her face harbored a crazy look as she sang the next lines while her hands did the action of that of a crazy girl, and then with a smile she completed the next lines and pointing to herself she stretched her arms, going around in circles in an unlady like manner.

Chalein Jaise...Gagan Gagan.

Navya once again repeated the first steps of her hands in the air as her body posture moved in the synchronization of the music like professionals and she completed the female paragraph.2

As the male chorus began, Anant switched off the music, still seated on his place while rest of them stood up from their places, with their mouth hung open in shock and Anant gave a proud smile to navya, and she mouthed a soft Thank you to him.

She walked upto Sonia and Vikram, who were still trying to grasp the fact that navya knew dancing. She stood right infront of them, and seeing Anant too standing up, she said in a calm and composed but a confident voice, "Those who are orphan or low in status, might not be able to attend school but they are not even fools. They might not have the bookish knowledge or degrees like rich people, but they have knowledge of the nature, and dancing and music are considered a tribute to Goddess Saraswati, who imparts knowledge to all. Some get in form of books and some may take in the form of real life experience. I hope from now on before underestimating someone, you will remember this always!"

The siblings gritted their teeth in anger, while Anant applauded followed by Sarthak and Nimisha, who were still in a daze and with her head held high, she walked back in her room, feeling extremely happy of herself.