My Love Story : By Abhishek Malhotra 85 Her Past 10

Shriya reached home late in the evening at 7. After she came home, living room was empty and the entire house seemed empty. She went into her room, just then Preeti came running towards her sister and said "Rahul didn't come to pick me up from school today and he was not home when I came, I didn't even see Prince Charming at home, they didn't even call me," she said it all in one breath and with a disappointed look on her face. Shriya consoled her sister saying that they will be back and asked her go to her room and do her homework. Preeti nodded her head and went back to her room.

After getting fresh and changing into a pair of shorts and a black t shirt , she leaned back on the couch feeling a little tired and she dozed of to sleep.

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The Internatioanl Airport, Mumbai.

Rahul reached the airport on time and he was waiting for his girlfriend at the immigrant terminal. After standing there for a few minutes he saw a familiar person approach him. She wore a pair of blue denim jeans with a loose white knitted sweater. She let her hair loose and had a pair of gla.s.ses. Rahul hugged her as soon as she approached him. He pecked her on her lips and took the luggage in his hands. They both didn't talk much other than asking about each other's well being on their way to the apartment. When they reached the door, Rahul knocked and the maid opened the front door. As they both entered inside they saw Abhi who is sitting on the sofa and he is talking with Uday. They both looked up to see Gouthami and smiled at her. Gouthami greeted Abhi and he gave her a hug and Uday did the same.

They all sat for a while and talked sipping the tea which the maid has made. After a while both Abhi and Uday left giving the love birds their s.p.a.ce. The maid made the dinner and left soon after Abhi and Uday left.

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Abhi reached home at around 7:30. He called Shriya to say that he will be late that day but she didn't answer her phone. He thought she might be in college and called Naveen and asked him to tell her that he will be late. After reaching the home, when he asked the housekeeper about her, she answered that their young madam has not come down yet for dinner. He decided to go see her himself and when he knocked on the door there was no answer. He entered the room and saw Shriya sleeping soundly on the sofa. Beside her was a book 'The twilight', he thought she might have fallen asleep while reading the book. He pushed the hairs back to her ear that fell on to her face and with the sense of touch, Shriya woke up startled.
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Seeing it was Abhi she felt relaxed. She straightened and sat comfortably on the couch and Abhi sat beside her and leaned back on the couch.

He looked tired and seeing his tired face, Shriya went back of the couch and stood behind it. She started ma.s.saging his head so that he could relax. Feeling Shriya's hands in his hair Abhi looked around to see her face. His expression was calm and gentle, he let her ma.s.sage his head and asked in a calm voice. "Why do you act so impulsive and startled when you touch someone ?".

Hearing the question her hands froze in his hand, he was aware of her movements and he could feel her hesitation but he didn't ask further. He wanted her to answer his question. He thought it might be his guess but he was aware of her reactions when someone touched her. He decided not to ask any further because it might hurt her feelings.

After a few seconds of silence Shriya again started ma.s.saging Abhi's head. She said in a low voice . Though she seemed calm but he could hear the coldness behind it.

"After the accident my maternal uncle took us in. He had two sons and a daughter. During the first week of our stay there, my younger cousin who is one year younger than me....." she stopped talking and Abhi knew she was hesitating to talk to him about this and when he was about to say not to tell him if she isn't comfortable with it, he heard her take a deep breathe and heard her continue "One night he came to me to ask a few questions in maths. When I was explaining he started touching me with bad intentions. I avoided him that day somehow. After that incident I tried my level best to stay away from him. But later I realised that he is doing the same with Preeti. I talked to my elder cousin about this and he asked his brother in front of all the family members. My aunt then said so many things which I didn't even want to think about. She blamed me and my uncle was silent. Though my der cousin tried to say something his mother didn't let him"

Shriya continued and was talking about her past and herself with him and he just "hummed"in between for her to understand that he was listening to her. He felt bad that he was not there for her when she was going through so many problems in her life. But he kept silent and listened to her every word. He didnot want to disturb her.

She continued to ma.s.sage his head, she focused on what she was doing and continued "Later I decided to stay away from them. Then I started working in a cloth store and there most of the male customers wanted to take advantage of people like me. That was when I developed a phobia for touch".