Sunday, 16 September 2012

Chapter 15--- Barbados


Khushi and naina reached the office, it was sharp 6, and the three of them reached the terrace, as the helicopter landed down, they stood in the side lines, naina was so fascinated by the whole thing she was smiling and smiling away, it was time to leave anjili and akash said by to arnav and peter hugged khushi and gave naina a good bye kiss, khushi and naina then said by to anjili and akash and they made their way to the helicopter, as the door shut, the pilot began to lift of the air and slowly they went higher, and got out the building and made their way to the open sky, arnav was as usual fiddling with his I phone while khushi was just looking around aimlessly, and naina was fascinated by looking out of the window
Naina: mom look look we can see our house (the little girl howled in excitement, then she turned to her unicorn lifted it up to the glass window and pretended to show him) look mr frosty we can see our house
Khushi smiled at her and then pulled a jumping naina back to her seat, she then put her hair behind her ears and made her sit straight, she handed a milk carton which had chocolate milk in it, naina was sipping her chocolate milk through the straw and was as happy as ever,
Now for people near arnav sign raizada, it would appear that he never cared about what was happening around him, as he was busy on his phone, but only he knew he did, he lifted his eyes to naina when she was talking to khushi, he witnessed her making naina sit straight and taking care of her, the mother daughter bond was visible and any one could see what a caring mother khushi was, which surprised him, she was so young ,girls her age would struggle with kids, and doing it alone was more tuff, but she handled it quite well, 
It was around 10:00 when they reached Barbados, the helicopter landed outside the beach house and the pilot open the door for arnav, as he stepped out, he didn't bother to give khushi a hand as he wanted to prove to her that all this was her fault, she didn't care, she never wanted his importance,  she got down and then helped naina down, then arnav khushi and naina walked towards the beach house, it was a huge cottage, situated on Crane Beach, there was a patio which headed towards sea, as the waves washed in under the platform, it seemed very romantic, one would often picture coming her with a husband or a lover but khushi was hear with her menaces arnav, which was going to be a night mare, as they entered in, arnav took khushi to her and naina's room, and then headed off to his room, arnav told them that the house had not been stacked up so they would order food from out, as he left, she opened her suitcase and started to remove naina's night suite and hers, she sent naina in for a bath,  and while she waited for her she organized the cupboards, once naina finished khushi hoped into the shower,
In arnav's room, he removed his shirt and his muscular body was visible, he then went in for a shower and then seated himself into the recliner in front of his laptop, dinner was ordered and delived already, it was around 10:30 pm, and arnav knocked on khushi's door, naina opened it, arnav saw her and then asked
Arnav: where is your mother
Naina: mom has gone for a shower she will eb out in 10 mins
Arnav: well tell her dinner has come and its on the table
In the mean time khushi came out, arnav was about to leave when khushi came at the door, as he saw her he couldn't take his eyes of her, she was in a white salwar kameez her dupata was on one shoulder, leaving the cleavage of the other shoulder visible, she had no makeup and was looking as simple as ever, she stood in front of him and then asked what he wanted, he informed her that dinner had come, the three of them walked to the dining table, khushi got busy into serving as naina climbed onto the chair and sat, arnav got the plates out, they all seated and had their dinner , there was pin drop silence, not a word from any of their mouths, khushi could not stand so much silence, but she put up with it, naina was too confused as to what was happening and arnavwas just feeling plain awkward, once dinner finished, khushi cleaned the plates and put them in place, she handed arnav his tablets, which after a solid argument like usual he took them, then she put naina to bed, and then headed out to the patio, she sat on the heightened platform and saw how the waves pulled back and forth from the sand, she sat there quietly and gazed at the stars remembering her parents and her sister, who left her and became stars, it was around 3:00 am and arnav had come out to make his cup of coffee, when he passed by the hall, through the windows he saw her sitting all alone, her back was faced towards him and her hair was flying with the wind, he approached towards the glass door, slid it open to have a closer look, she heard him come and was alert that he was there, he came with his coffee mug and sat next to her on the patio,
Arnav: (in a soft voice he said) khushi
Khushi: (still looking at the stars) its funny how they say that your loved ones become stars
Arnav looked confused, and then realized she was missing someone who was dead,
Khushi: do you belive in all this arnav sir
Arnav:(remembering his mother) no I don't
Khushi: ya I thought as much
Arnav: you believe in all this
Khushi: ya off corse (she pointed at a cluster of sparkling dots) there, that's my family
Arnav: (looked up at the cluster and was shocked, that so many people had left her and gone) khushi
Khushi: hmm,
Arnav: (he knew she was missing them and the right thing to do was to console her, but how could he, he himself was damaged as far as people leaving him were concerned, so he just decided to stay away from it and said) I am going to bed, (he got up and left, leaving khushi there with a confused look

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