Virat entered the room, to find akansha sitting near the edge of the bed, a blank look etching her beautiful face. He walked gently towards her & stood in front of her but got no reaction from her.
Worried he placed his hand on her shoulder. And gently whispered what happened, akshu ????

But was rewarded with silence only. He was going to speak again when she spoke in an emotion less voice, making danger bells ring in his head

Akansha "they want me to come back"

As much as he didn't want to play stupid, he knew he have to or she would bottle down all the emotions like always

Virat : who

This just awarded him with a bone chilling glare & a look that clearly stated you're an idiot. So he approached a different trick​

Virat : ok, Sorry stupid question...I mean why ???

Akansha : possibly to show my happiness on my sisters wedding in front of their so called relatives & in laws, instead of shouting on top of my voice that I hate them & hear the taunts about how I'm an illegitimate daughter & just like my mother characterless when in reality I'm not either of them, I'm legitimate daughter of them, well taken in consideration that I was conceived when they weren't married & my father was too much of a coward to accept me in front of his parents & married someone else yet he married my mom when that women left him, accepting me with my mother but still never have the guts to accept in front of the world that he is my father while the world thought I was result of my & mom's mistake, I could never understand why granny used to treat me & Rihanna differently, why she was more loved, why my mother started ignoring me & paying more attention to Rihanna so she could become the perfect wife, perfect daughter in law, perfect mother in front of Granny while I was kept in shadows, I was allowed to do anything I want, I could get anything if my father's words were to be believed but if I & Rihanna liked the same thing, Rihanna would always get it no questions asked & mom will give me you're the elder one lecture if I as much as asked why I couldn't get it, and all I thought being elder sister sucks, but still I was happy I had both my parents when there are children who are not that fortunate, I have nice clothes, food & education when there are children who are carving for all of it & most of all I've a family I thought they loved me yet they didn't even flinched when I was left alone on the mandap humiliated for something I never did, they weren't there when I was bullied, they were not there when I was called names, they weren't there to hold me when I broke down & hit my lowest, they still thought of there family's reputation & send me away saying I need space & change of scenery when all I needed was love someone holding me in there arms & telling me everything will be fine but no I was left alone with money to do as I please, even if I bought drugs from the money & died of overdose they won't care as before they realized what actually happened it would be too late & now they want me back because again that's what Rihanna want, the people who didn't once called me for years to ask what I was doing if I was ok, now they are calling me, you know I want to hate , I want to hate them with all my heart but whenever I try to do so the few happy memories with them will flash in front of me & fill me with despair taunting me that I could never have that again, I could never have a family or friends they all will leave me again, they all will tear me apart peice by peice, I'll be shattered so much that there will be nothing in the world through which I could glue myself back, nothing that I could use to collect all those peices & stick them together but then you came
She said pointing an accusing finger towards him
Creating a storm in my life again, shaking my beliefs, changing my mind & creating a Whirlpool of emotions in me when I dont even wanted to feel emotions, why did you do that huh, why did you do that again, why you're so sweet, why you always make people love you, why can't I hate you, I should hate you for leaving me your best friend alone when I needed you most but no I still can't hate you because you fucking didn't do anything wrong, you didn't even know, I don't fucking know what to do anymore,I'm feeling so odd, it's like a tornado is moving inside me, twisting & turning & making me feel all odd & stupid & blunt, I didn't want to say anything, I didn't mean to tell this to anyone yet my mouth is not listening to my head & blurting everything out. You know what my head is spinning now, like round & round , and I'm sleepy so I'm gonna sleep & not woke up, I'm so tired of everything do you think if I sleep & sleep, mom dad will care , will they pay attention then, will they love me

Her last few words were barely above a whisper & he was sure if there wasn't pin drop silence in the room, he won't be able to catch them but he was more concerned about the way she had leaned on him while saying that & her head was still resting on his chest while no sounds were coming from her, he gently pulled her a little bit away from him to find her eyes closed, he didn't know how could she fell asleep like that or was she unconscious, he just didn't know, but he knew she was breathing & her heart beat was normal. So he just layed her gently on the bed & covered her with a duvet & placed a soft kiss on her forehead, he was sure of she was awake now, she surely would have kicked his ass. He loves her so much & it hurts, hurts him physically to see her so broken, so hurt, devoid of emotions, devoid of her beautiful smile, he had fallen for, it had taken all his efforts to make her lips lift a little that could be taken as smile, it had taken his & all the boys best efforts to make her smile & add in the efforts of her team knowing what there captain had gone through make her laugh, a laugh which still couldn't compare to her original laugh but still it was a accomplishment, but looking at the tablets of anti depressent again lying on the bedside table, make him clench his fist shooting daggers as her phone & he decided it's time for a very Imp team meeting. No matter what time it was or how tired his team cum second family was this was important, really important as someone so effortlessly trying to destroy everything they had worked to achieve. He texted Everyone to meet in his room & sparing a last glance at the sleeping beauty. He gently closed the door & went towards his room.

Virat was pacing his room when mahi Bhai entered the room, a questioning look totally etched on his face & not to mention he looked irritated but looking at the tense looked on virat's face he became serious & calmly sat on virat's bed waiting for others to join them, soon both the teams were cramped together in his otherwise large room looking small when all of them were there glaring at him for disturbing their beauty sleeps.

Harry : bro just tell me, is this a new way of yours to torture us as if practice was not killing us already, now you won't let us sleep too & he went on rambling while the half sleepy looking team whole hearted agreed with him even nodding there heads to show there support.

Aradhya : bro, we already played our game & won, so why are you torturing us too

Ro : bro you're my bestie & I love u but I won't think twice before killing you now if you don't give me a valid reason why you murdered my sleep

He watched jinx & gabar whole heartdly nodding along with him

Virat just rolled his eyes & stated in a loud & clear voice so he could be heard above there ramblings "it's about akansha"

As expected it got all of there attention & all of them suddenly looked very alert all sign of sleep disappearing & he was proud to admit no matter how they acted or when who had an ego clash with whom still they were one huge dysfunctional family who could go any length to make sure that each member we're happy & safe, and he was proud to call them friends & family.

Mahi : what happened??

Ro : is she ok??

Aradhya : is she hurt ??

Amrita : what happened, she seemed pretty much happy & relaxed at dinner, did someone say something to her ??

Jinx : did the media sprout some rubbish, if they did so they won't know what hit them

Harry : what happened to my fav cap ??

And soon the whole team was asking him questions & making guesses

Virat : hey, hey people first listen to me her family called asking her to come back & may or may not be her ex finance is involved...

And suddenly the whole room went dead silent & after few seconds passed & the team has proceed what was said they all looked at him like they were contemplating ways to murder him but thought better than that & there was lot of cussing & calling her ex finance some less than pleasing names & he was happy that he wasn't her unlucky finance cause if that guy ever met this team there will be hell to pay finally Ro spoke

Ro : start from the beginning what exactly happened & where is she ???

Virat explained everything except the part where he was involved & the anti depressent tablets were may or may not be mentioned & the team looked ready to go & murder someone

Aradhya : well, I didn't knew what to say like seriously who does that & how can a father just listen when his own child is called bastard child

Ro : and I can't believe why we can't just go & give her family a peice of our mind

Mahi : because that can cause more problem than solve any

Amrita : and I don't see how that's matter

Mahi : but what if they truly want to know about her & make everything right with her this time, what if they are regretting there past decisions.

And the whole team was looking at him as if he had grown another head.

After lots of discussion & lots of explaining from mahi Bhai, it was decided that if akansha wanted to visit they won't stop her & mahi Bhai will be the one to ask her as otherwise the whole team would try to make her block her homes number & forget they ever existed & the boys will not call her every second of the day if she decided to go, needless to say the boys weren't happy at all. And we're planning how to keep an eye on her if she decided to go & her home being in Delhi was added bonus as most of them knew Delhi as well as the back of there hands.

Unaware of all the planning that happened last night & how mahi Bhai was now sitting with some highly pissed people.
Akansha was standing in front of the place that destroyed her, she was surprised when she found mahi Bhai calmly asking about her views in the mrng & after a lot of thinking she replied "my past doesn't define me anymore, I'm now who I was before & I want to prove everyone that I've moved on, nothing will affect me anymore I won't let them & after all I've a big family behind me now"

And not to mention how ro, jinx, gabar , aradhya, amrita & Nia fussed over her. Harry gave her prank ideas with yuvi & not to mention how many times they have mentioned that they were just one call away. Well needless to say she was quite contend & dare she says feeling very happy.
But she was now also a rebel considering her company that wasn't something that couldn't be unexpected. She had a team of rebels for god sake She was dressed in shorts & top.

Something her family would have never expected her to wear as she wasn't a fashionista before that was more of Rihanna's style. She was more to do with simple & sweet. Her house was decorated same as it was during her wedding if not more elegantly. Ignoring the stares she got well if you're a star you got habitual to the stares she entered her house well if she could still call this place that. She entered only to get another shock, the girl who betrayed her, the girl she thought to be her bestie was sitting laughing with her sister & if this not scream betrayal nothing does at least acc. to her it does, ignoring there stares & shocked filled eyes, she made her way inside not even greeting any elder or relative simply because she doesn't give a damn fuck about them.

Rihanna : akansha ??

Akansha : well sister I didn't know your memory was so short lived anyway where is Mom, I don't think she called me here only just to be a peice of decoration did she??
So where is she, unlike some people here I've many works to do & not enough time, so will you be kind enough to point out me where is she ??

Rihanna : well, she is busy in my wedding preparations if you hadn't noticed, so you have to wait

Akansha : I don't give a damn fuck about what she is doing & if she doesn't have time for me than I'm leaving, tell her not to bother me again

Her sisters face resembled a gaping fish at that moment causing her to smrik & think virat was seriously having some Ill effects on her, she was not the one to swear.

But her moment was disturbed by an angry voice behind her

Mrs Malhotra : is that anyway you talk to your sister, young lady

Akansha : what was the urgent matter you wanted to discuss ??

Mrs malhotra ( looked at her eldest daughter in shock she was never so distant or cold ) aku, beta won't you greet your mother ??

Akansha : mom, I don't have time so pls can we start or I'm leaving, don't have so much time to waste

Mr Malhotra : is that anyway you talk to ur mother young lady, I thought I've taught my daughter better than that

Akansha : are you my father Mr Malhotra?? Last time I check I was just an insolent illegitimate daughter, you were so kind to take under your wing

She watched as pain flashed through the eyes of both her parents, but she didn't care, she had enough, betrayal after betrayal, it wasn't enough her ex best friend was here, no to make the matter worse her sister had to marry in her ex finance family to his younger brother, they may have forgotten all the insult thrown at them but she hadn't what were they even thinking, she wanted to scream so badly but saved it for later for someone who actually cared.

Akansha : what happened, why am I here ???

Mrs malhotra : your grandma is I'll, she wanted to meet you

Akansha's eyebrows reached her hairline that women hated her existence what would have happened to make her want to meet her nonetheless she asked them to lead the way. As she reached her grandma's room to watch her lying down on the bed resting, she softened her facial expressions, you don't behave rudely with sick elders. She felt her parents leave her alone with her grandma

Akansha : how are you feeling now dadi??

Dadi : better as you're here now, I'm sorry for taunting you my child, I was consumed by my prejudice & beliefs according to which you were a sin, I'm sorry my dear child, I didn't knew what your parents were hidding if I knew I would have prevented it all, I didn't knew you were my own blood, my first grandchild, I'm so sorry for whatever you had to go through love.

Akansha : it's fine dadi sa,I won't be what I'm today if it wasn't for what happened, what was in past let it be in the past, just rest & get well soon, after all it's your granddaughters wedding, you should be there to enjoy the functions & all.

Dadi : you're to forgiving & naive my child & the world so cruel, it will hurt you bad

Akansha : I've learned from mistakes dadi & I'm not that open, it's just I always do what is right even if it isn't easy & hating someone takes lots of unnecessaryen energy, rest now I'll see you again later.

Dadi : where are you staying ???

Akansha : at hotel

Dadi : cancel it ,stay here, you have a home

Akansha : I'm sorry I can't, dadi sa but I'll come to meet you promise & bring some friends too

Dadi : you should also get married child

Akansha : I don't think so, now rest & don't blame yourself for whatever happened to me, you didn't know

She left the room humming quitely to herself & checking her phone, what can be the reason her crazy team hadn't called her yet she somehow thought mahi Bhai had some hand in it.

She had no idea that the team was running on ground & practicing now, there phones securely locked in there lockers all thanks to one MSD.

Rihanna : mom, dad are calling you, viren's family is also there, so pls don't ruin my wedding, don't do anything that will make them cancel this marriage, I love him so much

Akansha : really, I think if he also loves you, he won't care what his family thinks & marry you anyways, he would know when his family is wrong & the diff between wrong & right

Rihanna : what's wrong with you, akansha, you were never like this

Akansha : it's better if you don't know & leave me alone. You had made it clear yourself I'm not your sister so don't act as I am now.

Rihanna didn't know it hurts to hear so from the girl who was always there for her, it was like she knew no matter what happens akansha will always there for her, no matter how rudely she behaved with her, she was always there for her & hearing that from her hurts more badly then she would like to admit & she suddenly thought what made this happen this was not her sister, her sister was never this cold no matter how much in pain she was, she would always talk with her kindly & now when she is not, she is hurt.