*Repetitive knock at the
door*
"Reeti open the door, Reeti, Reeti... What
are you doing inside? Open the door child, its dinner time." Reeti's
mother was knocking the door since 10 minute for now.
"What happened?" her father came and
started knocking himself.
He pushed the door hard, the bolt broke and the
door was wide open.
Reeti was lying unconscious on bed and her wrist
was bleeding red.
"Reeti, what did you do?", her mother
started crying like maniacs and her father immediately lift her up and ran down
to drive her to hospital.
*In the hospital*
"She is stable now.” the doctor said having
a disgusted look.
"Wait, we need to investigate first."
the police stopped Reeti's parent at door and entered the room.
*Inside the room*
"Don't be afraid, tell us why did you do
this?" the police asked so as not make her feel frightened.
"Nothing, I just was not prepared for my
upcoming tests. Sorry", she said bowing her head feeling shy.
*The police leaves and her parents enter the
room with a friend of her.*
"Sauransh, now you only make her understand
not to do any such thing in future." they left leaving them alone.
"I love you Sauransh and now you know this
very well. Now don't ever leave me, or I will die proving my love for
you." Reeti said holding his hand.
Sauransh couldn't utter a single word for now he
was not just shocked but terrified till core.
Reeti was recovering steadily and Sauransh was
taking good care of her, not out of love but because of fear. He used to ride
her to college and then drop her back at home, but he was no more in love with
her; on the first place he was never in love with her.
*A month before*
It was fifteen minutes to twelve and Reeti was
standing outside Sauransh's place, she knocked and his mother opened the door.
"Reeti what are you doing here child?”
Sauransh's mother asked.
"Aunty, I visit every year here on this day
at this time only." Reeti said peeping inside.
"But child, Sauransh is out with friends
for a party and I thought you would be there with him." his mother said.
"Oh, actually aunty papa doesn't allow me
to be out after 10 p.m. may be that is why he didn't take me." she said
disheartened.
"By the way the cake is beautiful, bring it
here tomorrow morning we will cut it then." the aunt said smiling.
Reeti came back, threw the
cake in the dustbin, jumped on bed and started shredding silent tears.
It was the first time Reeti wasn't there with
Sauransh on his birthday. Since standard first they celebrated their birthdays
together, they were the first to wish each other but today on his 19th birthday
he forgot her.
The clock stroke 12 and a cake was kept in front
of Sauransh, but his eyes were looking somewhere else. He was busy staring his
girlfriend and her ex boyfriend talking to each other.
After a while she came and he asked, "He is
your ex boyfriend, your first love, right?"
"Yes, but we broke up long back." she
said casually.
"Are you still friends?" he inquired.
"Yes." she answered while making him
hold the knife to cut the cake.
He was about to blow the candles but his phone
ringed and it was Reeti.
Seeing her name flash on screen he felt sorry
and immediately went out to pick the phone dropping the knife there itself,
Niyanshi, his girlfriend tried stopping him but he went out in a jiffy.
He picked up the call.
"Happy birthday." she said in a
lowered voice.
"Thank you." he answered with a broad
smile.
"Where are you?" she questioned.
"I am with Niyanshi, she threw a surprise
party for me with her friends, I am so sorry I forgot to invite you. I
am.." he was talking to Reeti and apologising for not inviting her when he
was interrupted by his girlfriend who came and started shouting for giving Reeti’s
call priority over cutting his birthday cake.
"What are you up to? My friends and I am
waiting for you there and you are busy talking here." Niyanshi was yelling
at top of her voice.
"She is my childhood friend, why are you
behaving like this, you invited your ex at my birthday I didn't say
anything." he said.
"He is just my friend, but Reeti doesn't
like me, she doesn't like us. She likes you.” she said irritated.
The argument heated up and the end result was
their break up.
After an hour, he reached Reeti’s place and like
always climbed up her balcony and entered her room.
"You slept?” he whispered.
"I am not a zombie, I sleep at night like
normal people." she said agitated.
"Hmm, you were right you know, Niyanshi and
me weren't meant to be.” he said.
She got up and crawled to him, making him face
her, she asked, "Hey, what happened?"
"We broke up." he said sighing.
"Why?" she asked in utter shock.
"I don't want to talk about it please, I am
very upset. I even didn't cut my cake.” he said looking at infinity.
Reeti immediately went out and brought some sweets decorated
as cake and asked him to cut it as cake.
“What is that cake doing in dustbin?” he inquired.
“I brought it for you but then threw it there in anger.” She
said making a puppy face.
He cut the sweet and both of them made each other eat it.
“You know Reeti, you are so loving and caring, we know each
other since childhood, now I realize why I broke up today, actually I think I
love you, you know we are meant to be.” He said it under a single breath.
“You know even I had a crush on you since standard one, when
we use to share our lunch.
I Love you too.” She said shying.
This one impulsive decision was about to change both the
lives, but these two had no idea about it. At the age of 19 they thought they
were in love, may be they were, may be yes Sauransh was in love with Reeti but
there was a ‘may be’ included.
Was it really love or Sauransh just wanted to make Niyanshi
jealous?
*At Reeti’s room*
“See baby, out of jealousy Niyanshi patched up with her ex,
look at her photos, see...” he was busy looking at Niyanshi’s pictures on a
social networking site and wanted Reeti to have a look.
“Baby, see I know it is not easy to forget her, but you will
have to move on.” And she kissed him without giving him a chance to speak, and
this lead to a love making session.
19, the last teen age, passion runs in blood while we are
teenagers, decisions are quick, and results are not given a thought.
Was that really a
love making session or Reeti made that happen so that Sauransh doesn’t leave
her ever?
This is what we do, right? Peer pressure, demonstration
effect all this leads us to make quick, impulsive decisions, which sometimes
lead us to unwanted results. What we consider as love sometimes is just
infatuation, attraction, lust or just the idea of being in love.
*In a restaurant*
“What to order?” while Reeti was asking Sauransh about the
order; Sauransh was busy staring at someone who was sitting across the tables.
“Baby, order anything you want.” He said like a gentleman.
Using the menu card as a cover he covered his face and kept
on looking that person, and it was none other than his ex girlfriend Niyanshi,
who was sitting with her boyfriend but was not leaving a single chance to steal
a glance of Sauransh.
After seeing each other with their new partners they felt
jealous, they both made an excuse to go to the washroom and met there.
“So you happy with Reeti?” she asked.
“Yes.” He said smiling faintly.
“And you?” he asked after an awkward pause.
“Don’t know.” She said shrugging her shoulders.
“Did you patch up to make me jealous?” he asked.
“Umm...I still love you...” she said looking straight into
his eyes.
She pulled him closer, took him inside one of the washroom
and they kissed each other passionately, he was kissing her neck, biting the
ear lobes, fondling her breast and both were smooching passionately.
After a while they
stopped and Niyanshi said, “We need to tell both our partners about us.”
“Yes I will tell her soon.” He assured.
They both went back to their seats had dinner with their
partners and went back to homes.
*After a week*
Sauransh distanced himself from Reeti but could not break up
with her.
Niyanshi was sitting next to Sauransh at his place. She
said, “you have a plan to keep two girlfriends or what?”
“No Niya, it is nothing like that, it is just, she is very
emotional, and I don’t know how she will react to it.” He said being concerned.
“Either you tell her, or I will go and tell her myself.” She
yelled in anger.
“No baby I will tell her myself.” He said calming her down.
*At Reeti’s room*
“Hey baby, I was thinking about you only.” She said smiling
broad.
“Reeti, you are a very good girl you know.” He said settling
himself on the opposite edge of bed.
“Reeti I don’t want to cheat you and I am sorry but I still
love Niyanshi.” He said fumbling.
She got up from her spot and roamed in the room keeping her
palm on her forehead, and Sauransh followed her behind.
“Get out!”She said pushing him out of the room.
“We can remain best friends Reeti.” He shouted from behind
the door.
Best friends. Huh! Really you think you can even face that
person after break up? No matter how mature you are, being friends with ex
needs courage and these two were just teenagers.
This one event leads Reeti to attempt suicide.
*Present scenario*
The phone kept on bedside table rings.
It kept on ringing for half an hour now.
“22 missed calls, this girl is mad or what?” Niyanshi asked
agitated.
“I don’t know baby, even I am irritated, but I fear if she
takes a more drastic step?” he said worried.
“She is emotionally blackmailing you, and you are getting
swayed away.” Niyanshi said.
“I am going to tell her the truth today, I can’t take this
anymore.” He picked his bike keys and left.
*At Reeti’s place*
“Hey!” said Sauransh.
“Hi, where were you? I called you so many times, you didn’t
answer even once.” She inquired.
“Therefore I came here. Why were you calling?” he asked
while he received Niyanshi’s call and kept it on dining table.
“Nothing, I was just missing you.” She said hugging him from
behind.
“Reeti see I don’t
love you so please stop doing all this.” He said straight without hesitating.
Reeti fell back on sofa and didn’t utter a single word for
few seconds which seemed as hours to Sauransh.
“Would you like to have some cake I made?” she asked as if
nothing happened.
Sauransh looked at her in astonishment, to which she
answered really coolly, “don’t worry; I won’t do anything this time. I should
understand that we are not meant to be, but we can be friends right?” She said
smiling.
“Of course we can. Bring the cake you have made.” He said
still not believing what just happened.
Due to network error the call disconnected and Niyanshi
didn’t call back as she too was reassured about Reeti now.
“Here, tell me how it is?” Reeti offered him the cake.
“It is...” he could barely complete the sentence that he
started feeling dizzy.
“If you can’t be mine, I won’t let you belong to anyone
else; I love you more than anyone.” And even she consumed the same cake and
both lied unconscious on floor.
They both were taken to the hospital, but the poison was strong
and they died.
Yes Reeti added rat poison to the cake and ended their lives,
for she could not see Sauransh with anyone else.
Two lives that could bring a change and make a difference in
the world ended like this making people related to them sad for a lifetime and
above all leaving a wrong impression on their admirers.
What took their lives?
Impulsiveness, yes of course youngsters are tend to live in
impulsiveness but you should think before doing anything that could affect
people around you. Two people who could have achieved heights in future faced
death because of uncertain decisions they made.
Who was responsible for this event?
You, me or anyone else!
But the question at first place is, were they really in
love? May be they were, may be they weren’t.
In this case what took their life was possessiveness and
obsession of Reeti for Sauransh.
If you see around yourself you would see many such cases,
some people end up like these two but some people handle situations like this
maturely and make it a turning point of their life.
Don’t make events like this your life, this is just part of
life and teenage break up and crushes are meant to be kept there in teenage
life while you move ahead taking a lesson and implementing it in your life
where needed.
I would like to end my story here hoping that people who are
reading it would never in life attempt such a sin of taking someone else’s and
their own life, for life is a gift of GOD and only he has the right to take it
away from you when you have completed your part of drama called LIFE.
