The Best WO(man)- Part 4

Life never seemed so cool until now.  I never knew I could be so evil. I had to be evil for my brother's good. Everything was happening according to plan though the events were taking place in slow pace. Anyway I was happy with the results. I didn't care about the pace. I had one month to bring the differences between the two lovers. 

There were many of her ego clashes on things I did. The way I spoke.. The way I sat.. The way I walk.. The way I eat.. The way I drink.. Everything! She deemed me to be unfit in her world. A world filled with plastics was not right place for Augustus. She may trap him by her charm. But she didn't know that I was here for only purpose- to bring back Augustus from the hell.


The fire was building but it wasn't enough to burn their relationship. Her ego clashes and temper were cooled down soon by him. His words and quick embrace was enough to cool her down. But that didn't stop me. I came up with many ways to start quick fights between them. But those fights were not enough. He considered them to be small measures that were making their relationship stronger.God! When will I ever be able to bring him to senses. 

And he being a good brother tried to break the ice between us. It had been days since I came and we still acted as if we were strangers. Today she accompanied me for shopping. As she walked into the branded outlets, spending her will in unnecessary items, I became her maid to hold her bags and follow her like the hand servants of spoilt princesses. I despised her more than ever. Augustus had sent her to help me with shopping. And here I was doing her duty. Ridiculous!!

She rushed towards her favorite shops , sometimes leaving me stranded in the strange place. Once I spotted her, she would avoid me. I felt humiliated and furious. "Ah! Augustus! Why? Didn't you get better girls to share your life. Her??", I said my thoughts loud. I didn't care whether she heard or not. She did hear. She did feel miffed. As usual she came home with her signature mood  and my lovely Augustus was behind her already.

He tried to make her feel better. He also tried to pacify her with all kind of bribes of buying her another designer jewelry or a two week vacation at Monte Carlo. She didn't agree. He also accepted to cook for her for rest of his life. God! Can you believe that? Miss snobbish Nikki didn't accept that. Well! In the end she became his darling Nikki only after I had apologised for shouting out the truth. 

(To be continued)

The Best (WO)man- Part 3

He tried best to persuade me. He said, "Hey kiddo, it;s the men who become the best man of the groom. You can be  my pretty bride's maid of honor.". I smirked and growled softly.  Maid of honor... I would rather die than be her maid of honor. Never! Never ! I will never be his maid of honor. 

I didn't listen. I kept coaxing him to accept me as his best man or best woman. But he didn't agree. He kept talking about traditions. It was funny to hear speak about traditions. He was not the kind who spoke about all this. He was modernist unlike me who was extremist. He would be first person to bring the change in anything he did. Unlike me, he would bring the changes in sober manner. However he was not ready to accept this. I knew why.

I didn't give up on the idea. My whole plan of wrecking their marriage was depending on me being his best man/woman. Sometime being too adamant on what we need works. And yeah, it works especially for me. The base had to built strong, My foundation of plan lied on me being his best man/woman. I cribbed. I moaned. I ignored him some time until he gave up. He agreed at last.

The easy part of making him believe me was done. But the huddle was still there. The ice berg that broke the mighty titanic was still there against my plan.. his lovely bride Nikki. He got held up with her, trying to make understand her.

I was enjoying it. Ah the fire! I had created bit of fire between them as soon as I had landed. She wasn't ready to accept it. She felt I was being too kiddish about what I wanted, Anyway I was really happy. But I tried to control my excitement as I had long way to go.

She agreed finally when Augustus promised the bitch to buy her diamond necklace. Arggh! I hate her. But I enjoyed looking at her miffed face. She was definitely not happy with being his best man/woman.

(To be continued)

The Best (WO)man- Part 2

Yes! I was going to do everything to break their marriage. A marriage that was not destined to happen. I was excited. I had lot of work to do. I had outlined plan for every day and every minute. I had become the little Dexter until I told Ravi, one of my best friends. The excitement made me Dexter's big sister Dee Dee. When I told my plan to Ravi, he scolded me.

Ravi was not too good in keeping secrets. The secret was out in form of rumors spread by my disloyal friend. Everyone tried to stop me. But I was me.. the adamant.. the arrogant me didn't listen to anyone. They thought I was out of my mind. I loved my brother. His happiness mattered to me.

Few days later, I received tickets from Augustus. My flight was scheduled next week and his wedding was one month from the day I reach his place. So that means I had one month to wreck this wedding. The week passed by. Ravi and others tried to persuade me to forget about my super amazing plan. But I didn't leave and left to New York.

I reached the airport with jet lag sans all the goodies sent by my dear mom. The customs took all in name of policies of what should not be bought to the country. Whatever! I don't think Augustus would have enjoyed having them. His taste buds were accustomed to bland foods unlike our tangy flavored dishes. Anyway , Augustus was thrilled to see me and with him was his wrecked fiance.

As usual I hugged him and completely ignored her. She didn't mind. She was totally engrossed in staring at her gaudy nail colour. Augustus tried to break the ice between us. He formally introduced me to her and she said, " Oh Baby! I know her. (looking at me) You are the one who got dumped by some guy, Rhea was dating.". Not again, the bitch had managed to attack the soft spot. I smirked at her.
 
We chatted for long hours while he was driving. She sat boringly staring at the running motion of the world as we moved. The discussion continued until I asked him who was his best man.He told me it was her brother .I was annoyed. We had made promises that I would be his best man during his wedding, While he took it lightly, I took it seriously though I knew a woman has never been a best man to a groom.

(To be continued)

The Best (WO)man- Part 1

Love has many phases. The one of the phase is possessiveness. Possessiveness is good until it doesn't become an obsession. An obsession can be dangerous if it becomes extreme. Well ! I don't know how much I adore my cousin Augustus. 

I loved him with my whole heart. He was my brother from the blood which we were not supposed to be mingle with. He was my uncle's ( my father's younger brother) son from foreign blood. In other words, he was my step cousin. While other relatives stayed away from him, I would always be there for him.  He was my friend and brother to look up to.

I had always thought no matter what happens I will never let him go. Our relationship was strong as the rock. Nothing kept us apart. We were stuck with each other as glue. That's what I thought it was. I never wanted to share him with anyone else. I was too obsessed with him. His attention was what I always wanted and he gave me lion share of it.

Today I sit , stomping my feet. The reason? His marriage.He had dropped news of getting married like a bomb. I was dumbstruck for sometime. He had never disclosed this secret to him. It still amused me that how he hid this very fact about his life. He always shared every minute of happenings in his life.

He was happy. I should have been happy if he hadn't told that he was marrying her. I was largely shocked because of him marrying her. How could he marry her? She was the most despised  creature in my life. Her name was more than enough to spoil my mood. She always tried to look better than me.. do things better than me.. always be there for right as well as wrong reasons in Page 3. It was like she loved being captured by the lenses of paparazzi. 

What's wrong with him? He was making a mistake of his life. I knew this marriage would never stick for long time. She was not right for him. She was too glitzy and glamorous unlike my Augustus who found simplicity even in little things of life. I had to stop this marriage.

( To be continued)

The Red bangles- Part 2

She felt miserable. Her delicate body couldn't take the weight of the emotional turbulence occurring in her heart. She fell on the ground, crying out her heart. Was her love too weak to let him go? How could God be selfish? She had not even completed an year of marriage and her husband was gone.

God was unkind to her. He had stolen her love. She wished from her deepest heart that she had not let her love go and follow her heart. How was she going to lead her life without him. Everyday she would spend, only thinking about him. She had waited for this day to jump into his arms. She had never thought she would be witnessing tragedy.

Her hear didn't lose hope. Her consciousness forced her to move further. Her negative side mocked her for the false hope she had. She tried to get up. But she didn't have the guts to move forward. She had no courage to see his dead body stacked by other bodies. She wanted to leave.

She couldn't get up. She felt too weak for getting up. Her energy was drained in this emotional outburst. She looked around. All she could see was blood and death, Life was faint dream disappearing in thin air 

She had only begin to understand love. Before she could understand deeper meaning of relationship, everything that revolved around her love was snatched away. Tears didn't stop. She had never cried so much for someone she loved. Her dreams and life had changed so soon. It was all fine and within few minutes, it had become messy. She felt lonely and depressed. It was too hard on her though she didn't know whether he was still alive.

 Suddenly he walked out of nowhere into her life. It was miracle. He hugged her from behind. She was startled to see him. She was happy and relieved. She scolded herself for not following her heart. How could she believe that he would leave her. She had not tried to get up to look out for him. She kissed him all over his face and asked for forgiveness. He held her tight and said," Why do you ask forgiveness? I am here safe and sound. I had promised you I would come looking out for you even if I had died." She hit him for saying the word death in front of her. " I will kill you if you ever say death.", she scolded him. " Would you really kill me? You love me too much to kill me.", he said, pulling her more close and kissing her on her forehead.

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The Red Bangles- Part 1

She stared at her not so new red bangles. It was symbol that reminded her about him. She felt a slight blush arriving on her face. She played with her bangles while her red dupatta swayed to the music of carefree winds blowing. The memories of her dear husband played in her mind. Every events ran in her mind like as if it was happening for the first time.

The day of her life where she accepted him as her beloved had arrived and gone so quickly.  But his memories remained with her for long till now.Marriage is all about the adjustments and responsibilities and she was ready for it. She had accepted his desire to fight for their country and free his countrymen from the foreign power that had been ruling for more than 100 years.

She blushed at thought of meeting him after long long time. She had waited for this day since one year. A day never passed where she didn't think about him. He had promised her that he would meet her exactly after an year. He had gone for a cause that would take an year to execute. He was excited that he was going to be part of Bhagat's group. But he couldn't manage to cover his pain caused by the separation.

She received his last letter. He had spoken about love and days that he hadn't been with her. He also praised her for being strong and waiting patiently for him. He had also counted days for their reunion. She reread the letter again and again until she remembered each words written by him was time and in few minutes she will meet him.

The train had arrived. Half of its compartments were set on fire. She could hear the loud wails of children, women and all kinds of people crying. Dead bodies were hanging out of the train. She could hear her heart beat thump loudly. The only question that was in her mind was that was he safe?

Every minute, she prayed for his safety. In few minutes, life was going to be changed drastically. She saw few mutilated bodies of his friend. She covered her mouth, forcing herself to stop crying. But tears couldn't stop. Hopes had died. She stopped still and dropped down when she couldn't take it more.

(To be continued)

Summertime Sadness- Part 8

She visited him after days of making him wait for her. At last the silence broke and she asked him the reason for his wait, " Why.. why are you doing this to me? When you know the answer, why are you still here?" She felt guilty. She tried to cover it but her eyes said it all.

Love has no reason and she knew this very well. " Why do you love me while I can't love you back? You know that I love him so much. I have already promised him that I will be with him.", she said. "How can I break his promise? How can I accept you when my heart beats for him?", she added.

"Ha! You meet me with so many questions. Okay! I will answer one by one. You are the only one person whose expectation from me is simple. I have never met such a beautiful person who can teach you how to love in simply way. And who says you don't love me the same way. You love me like a friend. Don't break his heart but you can do one thing.", he said .Later he asked her if she will remain his friend.

She readily accepted it. She didn't take one second to say the answer. She loved him as a friend. But he made one mistake.. He never acknowledged himself for being beautiful person. " I am not beautiful human. You are.. You silently accepted the pain I gave you involuntarily. I am sorry.", she said.  

He hugged her and said, " Now please stop crying and lets be friend." She smiled after long time since they broke up as friends. Now they were back to bring fun and laughter in each other's life. They remained friends till date.

However he still continued to love. He never stopped loving her as a friend. Infatuation was replaced by respect. He had started respecting her more and she had started trusting him. She had already promised him to make him her maid of honor though she didn't care about her girl friends cribbing for that place. 




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