Small Moments (A Devakshi Story)

The Fourteenth Sorrow

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Sonakshi staggered back and collapsed on the bed with the newspaper still in her hands.

She couldn't believe it. Somewhere deep within, she knew that someday she would have to face something of this sort. She knew that falling in love with Dev was going to cause a lot of problems. She knew that the results would be disastrous. But what could she do? Knowing everything did not make it hurt any less. She was already deeply in love with no way out.

As a tear silently rolled down her cheek she wondered what had happened. Yes, she shouldn't have been so invested, but she wasn't the only one to blame. Dev had equal share in this blame game. "Yeh sab Mr. Obhodro ki galti hai" she whispered to herself. "Jab Natasha se hi shaadi karni thi toh mere saath who sab kyun...?" She wondered in sorrow as her body wracked with sobs. "Kyun who mere paas ayein? Kyun itney achhey baney? Kyun mere dil me jagah banai...kyun?" She kept asking herself. But she didn't have an answer to any of them because it was too late and each and everything that Dev did had worked and now Sonakshi would suffer.

As Sonakshi gave into her sorrow and curled up keeping her head on her knees and cried her heart out, the newspaper slipped and fell to the ground. On the other hand everyone wondered why Sonakshi was taking so long to freshen up. Dinner was waiting and they were all hungry. Ritwik jumped up from his chair and said "Aunty aap khana lagao, main Sona ko lekar aata hoon." When Asha and the rest of them agreed, Ritwik made his way upto Sonakshi's room. Knocking on the door swiftly he said "Sona! Kya kar rahi ho? So gayi kya? Khana khaney chalo! Sabko badi bhook lagi hai!"

When he didn't get any answer, he pushed the door open to find Sonakshi in her sorrowful state. Immediately Ritwik jumped into action. "Sona? Kya hua? Tum itna ro kyun rahi ho?" He said making his way to her. "Sab khatam ho gaya Ritwik. Sab." Furrowing his brows in confusion he asked urgently, "Kya khatam ho gaya?" He said taking a seat beside her and holding on of her hands in his. "Dev mujhsey duur chaley gayein" she told him in between violent sobs. Ritwik didn't know why she said that and waited for her to continue. But as he shifted his position to sit properly and console Sonakshi hi leg hot something on the floor. Looking down to check what it was, his confusion slowly cleared. There lay the newspaper with the headlines screaming out why Sonakshi was in this state of despair.

Picking it up ritwik scanned through the article. As he quietly went through it Sonakshi softly said "Parso unki shaadi hai Ritwik. Jabki kal unhoney...."and she gave into another round of sobs. Hearing this Ritwik's head snapped up. "kal kya Sonakshi? Kya hua tha kal?" He asked her. "Unhoney tumhey kal Kushal se bachaya tha naah?" Sonakshi nodded and then said "Par phir...." And stopped once again. "Phir kya Sona? Kuch hua tha kya kal tum dono ke beech?" Ritwik asked her urgently. He wanted her to share. He wanted to comfort her because he hated seeing her in this state and at this moment he felt like strangling Dev Dixit.

When he had met Dev that day, he was sure that Dev felt something for his best friend too and this newspaper article had baffled Ritwik as much as Sonakshi. He didn't know what had happened and therefore he needed to know it, so that he could at least do something to lessen her pain. At that moment Elena came in to look what was taking these to so long and was stunned to find Sonakshi in this state. "Sona! Kya hua tujhey? Ritwik yeh aise ro kyun rahi hai? Ki holo Sona? (what happened sona)" Ritwik did not reply verbally but just silently handed the newspaper over to Elena and her eyes widened in surprise and she slowly realised the situation. She went ahead and sat on the other side of Sonakshi and kept a hand on her shoulder.