Thanks guys for your support for this new story. I started to scribble stories to just pass my loneliness but never thought it will become my second home. Really feeeling happy seeing your response. 

" You don't have to disrespect and insult others simply to hold your own ground. If you do , that shows how skaky your own position is.."

               It was a beautiful morning after the disastrous day for abhi as he opened his eyes when the sun days peeped into his room. For a second,  it was a bliss but soon the reality strikes his mind. The last day's events flashed infront of his eyes.

He got up adjusting himself in the sofa and took his mobile , dialing tanu's number. Yet her phone is switched off. If she picked up , he would have said how much he miss her but this is what written in his fate?

Cursing himself , his gaze fells on her angelic face who is sleeping peacefully tightly hugging her teddy bear in between her arms. It irked him a lot but some strong feeling towards her. His worries vanished the moment he saw her bright smile that is lingering in her lips even though she is deep slumber. He felt his dark filled life slowly changing as the sun rays falls on her face.

' oh my god...!! What's happening to me..? I could not accept her nor could reject as she is Neil uncle's daughter whom I idolize more. Why I had to face this situation...'

Abhi's thoughts halts when he saw her shrinking her eyes and covering her face with her palms to hide herself from the sunlight. His lips curved into a smile seeing her frowning a little.

Abhi paced towards the balcony and pulled the curtains together sheilding her from the direct rays. Some instincts induced inside him that he could never see her in pain and will protect her like this forever.

Brushing off his thoughts remembering everyone's betrayal,  Abhi thinks to fresh up quickly before she wakes up. She was quite yesterday but what he will answer if she ask anything today.

While crossing the bed,  he saw her sleeping at the edge of the bed and was about to fall but he catches her before she reached the floor. Her arms surrounded around his neck and he felt her delicate and soft body on him. Her clutches were like a baby's hold and he sees how cool her face is. This is the first time , he is holding her in his arms and she is close to him. He tugged her in the bed covering her properly with the quilt and gets inside the wardrobe .

" Robin!!!Robin " Abhi shouts coming down in his casual wear. He saw his whole family is in the dinning hall for breakfast and he didn't paid any attention to them.

Robin comes running and Sid winked at aliya and Disha who gave a double thumbs up to him.

" I am sure...bhai gonna burst on robin...poor boy!!" Vivaan mutters to aliya who was silently having her breakfast.

" Robin... why you didn't bring my coffee in the morning.. you know right , how much its important for me..." Abhi asked while disha murmers" RIP robin " .the four laughs and abhi just gave a death glare to them.

" sir... woh ...I thought not to enter inside your room..in the morning itself ..." robin bluffed both in fear for his job and for his life.

" matlab ...?  " Abhi asked raising his eyebrows as he couldn't understand his lines clearly.

" sir... you were married yesterday and thought you might be busy..." before he could complete the four laughs hard seeing that abhi' s anger got doubled.

" so you itself assumed everything!!! Now assume this too that you are not going to work here from tomorrow..." Abhi roared while robin looks at sid with a sad face.

" bhai... please dont take your anger on him.. actually we only said not to disturb  you..." sid said and the other three joined with him.

" whatever!! Now don't spoil my mood more as it has spoilt already by everyone... and don't try to bring me back to normal as I didn't forget anything .." he said eyeing at his parents who were beyond broken.

" Abhi is angry that we didnt let him to marry tanu but what will happen if he comes to know about pragya! !I am really worried Ram..." priya said while wiping her tears.

" nothing will happen.. I will talk to him.." I assuered her and by the time bulbul enters inside. She sensed that there is a pin drop silence making her to worry for her sister.

" bulbul..." aliya hugs her friend and she returned gently. She saw Abhi standing there like a fire and a fear engulfed her thinking about pragya.

" where is di? " she asked plainly and priya asked aliya and Disha to bring pragya to hall. Abhi was about to leave but bulbul stopped him.

" I will go and meet her..." bulbul said but priya replied " she is staying in that room from yesterday! ! Let her get some fresh air..." she smiled at bulbul who nervously nods her head.

' Di will get fear if she comes down. Everyone is new to her except me and aliya... how she will react and I pray that she should be fine...  I don't know why dad and mom took this step but I hope she will get a new family with a kind atmosphere ...'

" Bulbul ...  I have an important meeting with the producers so I will meet you later..." Abhi tells trying to escape as he doesn't want to look her. Whenever he looks at her , he could only remember about the betrayal that his family did. He don't want to hate them more and thought better to stay away from her.

" but you need to be here bhai.. I think nothing is important than your wife...." bulbul said holding his wrist and he could not deny her. Because she is also like a sister to him.

Pragya who looked at bulbul who was standing near abhi runs towards her and without minding anyone ; she hugged her sobbing a little. Aliya felt bad and looked at Disha who too was feeling the same for her.

" bulbul... I don't want to stay.. here... take me... to my room.. I want to meet mumma and papa..." Pragya said inbetween her sobs and first time abhi is hearing her voice.

' I am hearing her voice for the first time.. A childish tone mixed with innocence. A beautiful voice I have ever heard!! It looks like a melodious song which opens my heart !! Better than tanu!  Oh my god.. i am comparing her with tanu...but I should admit it..wait..what she said?  She dont want to stay here ? It means is she was forced into this relationship...!! Like me..no..she is saying because i didn't accept her... '

" di ..." bulbul consoled her sister while rubbing off her tears from her cheeks who looked pale and weak.

" I wantt to go to my room.. you take me to our houuuse.. Everyone here is bad except aliya...." Pragya said choking a little.

Priya nears pragya who was whining to take her from there and by sensing priya's presence close to her , she stopped her rants looking with fear.

Priya raised her hand and she shuts her eyes tightly grabbing bulbul's wrist close to her chest. But she felt a soft touch on top of her head and partially opened her eyes

Abhi was confused now whether his words hurted her more without knowing about the real reason behind her actual state.

" pragya beta.... This is also like your home and we are like your family!! Here you are having a lovely sister,  aliya like bulbul and everyone love you...to the core.." priya tells caressing her cheeks.

" sach ...." she asked looking at bulbul with an amuse look glittering in her eyes expecting an answer from bulbul who nods her head in acceptance.

" but bulbul...woh aadami hai na..." she points at abhi who turned to look whether there is someone standing behind him. Finding no one rather than him , he looks at her with anger.

" he is bad...very bad.. he pushed me and Tinku out from his room and you know.. I stayed out and felt very cold.." she described last night's incident and abhi looked in shock .

' when did I sent her out from my room.. woh jhooth bol rahee hai...and why everyone is looking at me as if u pushed her down from the balcony.. yes I would have tried it.... haaa...this girl made this rockstar to think like a killer..instead of thanking me.. she is accusing me...' abhi thought standing there not able to answer.

" Abhi..This is not right beta.. I know you don't like her ..but atleast respect her like a human..." priya said controlling her tears.

" maa..just stop it..she is lying and in fact she was sleeping near the balcony when I saw her in late night..." Abhi said and pragya looked bewildered by his answer.

" woh jhooth bol rahee hai..bulbul...he closed the door when i was searching for tinku...ma ki kasam .." Pragya said and bulbul nods as she understood.

" pragya di...will you listen to me... " she asked cupping her face and pragya nods a little " you know what aliya's room looks exactly like yours..I am sure you will like it!! Now be a good girl and go with her.. I will come and meet you within few minutes and we will talk .." bulbul said adjusting her hair strands while pragya exclaims asking aliya to take to her room.

After pragya leaves from there bulbul tells looking at abhi " I need to talk with you bhai.. " she said and abhi gestures her to come as she only could explain him what's happening around him.

In Abhi's room

" bulbul...I am already confused but I think you only could clear my doubts..." he said sitting on the bed while bulbul takes her seat on the sofa sitting before him.

There was complete silence for few minutes as abhi expects her to tell the truth.

" bhai... You had asked several times about my di but now I think it's time to tell everything *Abhi looks at her with eager filled eyes*I know it's not easy for you to believe me at this stage.. but you could not blame di as she doesn't know what's happening around her.. In fact I was shocked when I saw di in the mandap.. I never thought papa will took this decision...

Di could never hurt anyone as she knew only to love others with her whole heart. She is not like us bhai.. she can't understand what's happening around her , she couldn't feel our emotions;  she can't understand our words ... it's not her fault.. it's her fate and. ..." bulbul tries  not to cry but a tear escaped from her eyes. Abhi handles a glass of water and she takes it from him.

" why she cant bulbul..? What happned to her...? " Abhi asked as his heart is beating fast as felt guilty.

" She is not mentally strong bhai.. I hope you will understand " bulbul tries her best to convey him and everything gets clear to him.

' that's why she stood there smiling at me.. every one felt she is a curse for her family.. that's why Neil uncle kept her away from this evil world...what I had done..? I hurted her for which she didn't commit... I was anger on her who don't even know that she is getting married.. that's why she asked bulbul to take back to her home .. my god... how they hide this big truth from me.. they married her to me..without saying the truth about her...shit....
papa..mumma , you guys have broken me beyond repair.. first you betrayed me by getting her married to me and now this truth ...' abhi felt his whole world shattered and his head felt heavy than usual.

" bhai... Papa and mumma asked her to do what they say and that's how she got into this situation.. there is no fault on my di.. don't hurt her.. she don't even know how to handle it..." bulbul said  bringing him back to his sense.

" I could not assure anything now bulbul... I want time .. leave me alone for spam time... I will tell my decision soon and prepare yourself and your family for it..." he said leaving from there shocking her to the core.

To be continued...

By aditi..

Keep guessing !!!

What decision will abhi take...?