A THING CALLED LOVE
19
Mind over matter.
Love over desire.
Hatred over love
From the corner of her eyes, Khushi signs NK to pick her bags and get the suitcase. She herself picked up the bags and for some unknown reason let them down twice.
NK is watching her acting all crazy.
NK signs her to cool down .
Khushi is standing in the middle of the room, a pair of sandal in her left hand, a purse, two tissue papers in her right, a huge water bottle on her arms, balancing another small bag on her other arm.
NK:
"Khushi ji! Watch out.
You might trip with all those things."
He speaks and darts towards the luggage.
He hauls up the suitcase
Action 1 ( 5:35 AM)
AAAH !!!!!!
( KHUSHI SCREAMS HER LOUDEST SCREAM)
NOOO!!!!
NO NK JI!
NO !!!!!
The suitcase was not chained.
Each and every single thing drops dead down on the floor.
Her clothes, brushes, bangles, towels, sandals scatter on the dirty ground.
One of her undergarments fell straight on NK's shoe.
Another is lying just inch apart from his other shoe.
He is staring once at Khushi, once at the wrecked mess, once at the black lace lying flat on his shoe and then again towards Khushi.
Khushi screams AGAIN out of frustration and shock.
And tries: to put everything back in the suitcase in the next instant:
She raises her hand..
Action 2 ( 5:37 AM)
AAA !!!!!
Khushi jumps up and extends her arms at her black lacy stuff, lying near NK's feet.
She totally ignores the fact that she is balancing her sandal, cloths, the huge opened water bottle, and some more in her two hands.
The bottle slides and falls directly on her feet and the water splashes all over her shaking body.
OUCHHH!!!
NOOO!!!
She is drenched, her cloths, dupatta, salwar and sandals .
She completely forgot that the bottle was in her hands and it was ( YES !! IT WAS UNCAPPED)
NK rushes towards her, slicing his stare form the black lacy attraction: lying on his shoe and closes the gap between them in a go.
He grabs her wet dupatta with all his might and tugs it out from her shoulder.
He shakes the fabric frantically to get the water out .
Khushi almost trips over due to the sudden pull.
Khushi:
STOPPP !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO NK JI !!!
LET GO !!
Khushi is red in shame and shock.
She is wet and stuck.
Before realizing what is happening, she sees her dupatta fly away in hands of NK.
NK didn't even notice that it was pinned to her shoulder with 2 safety pins and they rip off her kameez in both places.
Khushi:
DON'T TAKE IT !!
LET ME GO !!
Action 3 ( 5:39 AM)
NK IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WIDE OPEN DOOR WAY, INSIDE KHUSHI'S ROOM.
HE IS like a statue frozen in midway, stepping towards Khushi.
He picks up one of the black things,
NOW He is grabbing 2 fabrics in his hand:
ONE IS THE STRIPED GREEN DUPATTA
and
ANOTHER IS A BLACK LACED...
He just realized that the dupatta was pinned to her shoulder and it ripped her kameez off, along with his mannish pull.
Action 4 ( 5:40 AM)
KHUSHI IS STANDING IN FRONT OF NK
JUST TWO STEPS AWAY
THE WET KAMEEZ FABRIC STUCK TO HER SKIN
The bare skin is peeking shamelessly out, from the shoulder.
The bruised neckline, with a blue mark is visible.
Khushi is
CLUTCHING ON TO THE NECKLINE WITH ONE HAND, hysterically trying to cover the blue mark
AND With THE OTHER HAND COVERING HER CHEST.
NK is at a loss .
( in the back ground)
Something breaks,
A sound of a steel gate bumping on the wall
A door is kicked.
A man is running, some other men shouts " STOP" at the back .
The sound of footsteps is drawing closer inch by inch.
The already opened door, flies open.
In front of the door
stands a raged
BEAST .
EYES FILLED WITH HARTED.
LOOKS TO KILL.
WAITING TO ATTACK !!
RE- Action 5 ( 5:41 AM)
ARNAV IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE OPEN DOOR.
WRISTS BALLED INTO A FIST
EYES WIDEN IN SHOCK
SWALLOWING A GULP OF FUSTRATION
RAGE LEVEL SPIKING FROM
BAD
WORSE
WORST
HE LOOKS AT NK AND THE OBJECTS IN HIS GRAB.
HIS EYES TWITCH, WIDENS WITH RAGE.
Arnav: "WHAT THE HELL !!!?"
HE TURNS HIS HEAD TOWARDS KHUSHI, WHO IS CLINGING ON TO HER RAGGED GARMENT.
KHUSHI SHAKES LIKE A WET DOVE IN HER SOAKED KAMEEZ.
Without asking, talking or breathing, ARNAV closes the distance between him and NK, holds NK's collar, pull him with all he has, strikes NK with all his might directly on his jaw.
NK lands on the dirty floor, along with khushi's clothes, sandals, bangles, jewelries and the black lacy thing in his hand.
In the next fraction of the second HE hauls NK up with another wide blow.
NK drifts away like a leaf, lands on the side table.
NK is grunting in pain.
His forehead is bumped and bleeding.
ARNAV SHOUTS: "STAY DOWN !
OR YOU WILL DIE NOW!!"
ARNAV
"KHUSHI! ARE YOU OK?
ANSWER ME DAMN IT.
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TWO DOING?"
ARNAV BEEMS ALL HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS A WET DRENCHED, TREMBLING KHUSHI.
She is quivering as a feather.
Unable to speak
Unable to move
Unable to react
Face white as snow, all blood drawn out.
KHUSHI:
"ARNAV JI!"
Hearing his name, from her, he loses the last piece of control.
He walks towards KHUSHI and pulls HER up IN HIS ARMS in a tight squeeze.
He raises his hands up and embraces her face within his grip.
ARNAV
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING?
ARE YOU OK?
WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU?
WHY ARE YOU SHAKING? "
Arnav as a protective entity, slides his gaze on her wobbly body. Picks up another dupatta form the suitcase and tries to put it on her.
HE SEES:
: A BLUE MARK
IT SEEMS LIKE A BRUISE ON HER NECK LINE
ITS SHOWING UNDER HER HAND.
Following Arnav's gaze, Khushi understands the object of his interest. She tries to cover the mark with more force.
She pulls the dupatta on it and turns around, shoots out of his embrace .
ARNAV grabs her shoulder, jerks her towards him and pull the dupatta off her in the next move.
Her kameez is ripped in places. AND "The mark" is totally out in the open.
He takes a deep look at the wound and
THE LION ROARS:
" WHAT THE FU** WERE YOU TWO UP TO?
WHY DID YOU CALL HIM IN YOUR ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?
AND WHERE DID THIS MARK COME FROM?
DID HE HURT YOU? WHAT DID HE DO?
WHY ARE YOU WET?
AND WHAT THE HELL IS NK DOING YOUR DUPATTA?
AND WHY ON EARTH IS YOUR BLACK LINGERIE WITH HIM?
DAMN IT .
ANSWER ME NOW !!!
WHY IS YOUR KAMEEZ RIPPED ALL OVER? "
KHUSHI breaks.
She cannot believe what she just heard.
NK, dupatta, fu**, hurt, bruise, "do" and NK and "me" together?
all in a single sentence and all coming from ARNAV"S mouth.
WHAT?
WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?
Khushi looks at them both with wide eyes, a single tear runs down her left cheek and then
ARNAV SHOUTS AGAIN:
"KHUSHI !!
ANSWER ME DAMN IT.
WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON?
WHY IS YOUR BODY HALF NAKED?"
Khushi is shocked, stabbed, bleeding and aching inside. And then she takes a deep breath and does the unthinkable:
THE LIONESS ROARS:
"WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
AND HOW DARE YOU BEAT UP NK JI?
DON'T TAKE MY NAME WITH YOUR FILTHY, SICK, TWISTED MOUTH."
KHUSHI pushes him out with all her strength.
Pushes ARNV'S chest with her two hands, ARNAV jerks two steps away, uneven with the sudden attack.
She snatches her dupatta back and tugs it on her chest.
She runs to NK and holds his hand with hers.
She pulls him up in one go.
KHUSHI places her herself in between ARNAV and NK.
Ready for a fight.
Ready to defend, what she thinks is right.
Marking her territory.
Khushi then holds Nk's hand and pulls him to the corner.
She signs NK. And NK understands.
He gathers himself up and slowly walks out of the room.
Closing the door behind.
Khushi turns her head and her full attention towards Arnav.
Khushi:
GO AWAY !
YOU ARE AN ANIMAL.
YOU THINK OF US, AS THE WAY YOU ARE.
YOU CAN RUN INTO ANOTHER WOMAN'S ARMS THE NEXT DAY YOU LEAVE YOUR WIFE.
AND YOU THINK YOUR WIFE WILL DO THE SAME: RIGHT?
GO AWAY. HOW DARE YOU SAY THOSE THINGS?
HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE US?
I HATE YOU. YOU DOUBTFUL, INSANE LUNATIC, EGOISTING PRICK !
LEAVE !
LEAVE "US" ALONE !
ARNAV cannot believe his ears.
He steps back.
Looks at Khush's rage and sick dark glistening stare: HE is surprised, hurt, stabbed and wounded once again.
She said "US". And in that word it wasn't me with me. (Arnav cant believe his own ears)
Arnav:
" KHUSHI !
I JUST
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE OK?
YOU SCREAMED.
I HEARED''..I RAN TO YOU
AND SAW YOU WET, NK WITH YOUR DUPATTA AND YOU HOLDING ON TO YOUR WET CLOTHES.
Then I saw the mark on your chest.
SO'
SO I THOUGHT NK BRUISED YOU ON YOUR, I MEAN ON YOUR CHEST'.
I THOUGHT YOU FELL OR SOMETHING'.
KHUSHI please, let me explain
LET ME EXPLAIN ABOUT LAVANYA..
"WE" did not do anything !
DAMN IT !! "
Khushi :
HEARING THE WORDS: " LAVNAYA" AND "NK BRUISED YOUR CHEST "
And SPECIALLY THE WORD " WE" where she knew it wasn't her with him. It was another woman with Arnav and he said "WE":
Last night's tremor, sadness, rage, the frustration, regret, betrayal, rape attempt by Shaym, Shaym's hands on her, the filthy stares, Arnav's hatred, his lies, his rudeness, and all her tears: everything flashes back in her head.
She trembles in rage, in fury.
( SHOUTS OUT IN THE HIGHEST PITCH)
GO AWAY !
NOW!
YOU CAME BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO PROTECT ME? NAH ?
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING OF?
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?: 'MY HUSBAND?'
YOU THINK, YOU ARE ONLY ONE , WHO CAN DO STUFF TO ME?
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN USE ME?
YOU CAN
LEAVE ME?
TORTURE ME?
CALL ME A wh**e?
PULL ME IN YOUR ARMS, TRY TO KISS AND THEN TRASH ME AWAY?
YOU WANTED TO BUY ME RIGHT?
FOR 6 MONTHS?
HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU THINK I WILL CLAIM FOR THE 6 MONTH DEAL?
AND NOW WHEN ITS OVER , WHEN YOU THREW ME OUT IN THE TRASH, LEFT ME TO ROT IN HELL,
YOU THOUGHT THAT I WAS SCREWING NK?
YOU ASSUMED THAT THIS BRUISE CAME FROM NK? NAH?
YOU ARE A CHEAP, FLITHY, SICK, EGOISTIC , SORRY EXCUSE OF A MAN!
GO AWAY!
BEFORE I KILL YOU MYSELF,
GO AWAY!
Arnav
He utters:
" Khushi ! Please. Let me explain. What you think is not right.
Yes I left you. I left you before the last 10 days.
And I was wrong.
But I had to leave. I couldn't see you go away. Last night, when you left me, I realized.
I realized the day I left. I realized the day I saw you'''..
Please, let me explain.
I CAME APOLOGISE.
I CAME TO SAY: SORRY."
Khushi snaps in fury :
"SORRY?"
WHAT THE HELL!!!
SORRY?
REALLY?
AFTER RUNING MY LIFE, MY LOVE, MY FEELINGS AND MY RESPECT, ACCUSING ME OF STUFF I NEVER DID, YOU SAY SORRY?
HOW DARE YOU?
YOU THINK MONEY CAN BUY ME HAPPINESS?
MONEY CAN BRING BACK MY RESPECT?
MR. ARNAV SING RAIZADA:
YOU THINK YOU CAN BUY ME WITH A BLANK CHECK AND LET YOUR FAMILY USE ME IN ANYWAY THEY WANT ?
THAT'S WHY YOU LEFT ME ALONE. RIGHT?
THEN YOU MUST BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT: YOUR JIJAJI,
'YOUR RESPECTFUL JIJAJI SHYAM',
TRIED TO RAPE ME.
Yes
YOU HEARD RIGHT, RAPE ME.
He left your pregnant sister at the doctors alone, came home to me and tried to rape me.
And this bruise you see here is the proof.
NOW, ARE YOU HAPPY?
YOU SAVED YOUR SISTER,
YOU SAVED YOUR RESPECT
YOU SAVE YOUR FAMILY REPUTATION.
BUT WHO AM I? FOR YOU TO : "SAVE"?
YOU knew I was from a poor family, with NO status or money.
SO, YOU used me.
USED ME FOR 6 MONTHS, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD AND THEN DIVORCED ME.
And SORRY?
Please save your apologies and care for the ones you love.
Save it for your sister and your ex girlfriend.
ONLY YOUR SISTER:
She is the only one to be adorned into your throne. Right?
She is the only woman who makes any sense?
OTHERS ARE JUST TRASH.
For your kind information, I tried to protect your sister too.
The day I knew SHYAM the snake is your Jijaji,I broke off the engagement.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
DID YOU KNOW HE USED TO STAY AT OUR PLACE?
HE WAS MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME? SEEING ME A SINGLE TIME AT LUKHNOW, HE FABRICATED THE WHOLE THING JUST TO WIN ME?
The day he forced me, hugged me in the terrace, during Akash and jiji's wedding night, I asked him to leave your sister. Leave her for good. Cause she did deserve loads better than SHYAM.
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
You called me a gold- digger, a cheap woman, a s**t.
In my wedding night, before you dragged me out in the cold, You said that you knew where I wish to be.
Whose arms I belong to?
And what I want?
You thought, I was in love with Shyam, and screwing him for the money right?
I am a low life s**t ?
But what are you?
YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN SHYAM?
YOU TWO ARE THE SAME.
ATLEAST HE DESIRED ME AND WANTED TO HAVE ME, AS HIS WOMAN.
TO YOU, girls are just expendable toys.
Lavanya ji and me.
YOUR LEFT HER FOR ME.
AND NOW YOU LEFT ME FOR HER.
WOW!
WHAT AN EXCHANGE !!!
OUR EMOTIONS, OUR FEELINGS ALL ARE VALUELESS. AND OUR TEARS HAVE NO MEANING.
GET OUT !
GET THE HELL OUT !
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE EVER !!!!
GET OUT NOW!
THE fog of the new morning sky is colored with bright exotic rays of blue and red.
Sharp rays pierce through the window.
Defaming alarms beep.
Her entire room becomes a center of action.
Footsteps approach !! Loud and clear
"HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD, WHERE WE CAN SEE YOU. NOW!!"
"HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD."
"DO NOT MOVE."
"FACE TOWARDS ME, VERY SLOWLY."
"YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT!
ANYTHING YOU SAY OR DO, WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU, IN THE COURT OF JUSTICE'."
"MAM! YOU ARE OK?"
"MAM !! DID HE HURT YOU?"
'MAM !! PLEASE TAKE A SEAT, LET US LOOK AT YOU."
" 20 MINUTES AGO,
We just got a call for forced entry, and then call for domestic dispute.
Also got report of violence."
" MAM !! CAN YOU HEAR ME?"
"DID HE HURT YOU?"
"DID HE TRY TO CAUSE YOU HARM ?''
" SHE IS NOT RESPONSING!!
"CALL IN THE MEDIC RIGHT AWAY"
THE Motel street is blocks, caution signs in yellow is hung over the door way !
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Originally posted by: mollycoddlethat was again intense...i cant tell u how much pain i feel to see both of them getting tormented and getting sucked into the maze of misunderstandings...
beautifully penned down
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