I Live You ...

This is love

After roaming about a whole day in Agra the students were sent to their hotel. This was a different hotel run by UPTDC, situated within a radius of 1 km of the Taj Mahal the hotel gives a full camping experience ... the guests are made to stay in tents, if you step out of your tent you can see the Taj Mahal in its full splendor (This hotel exists in reality don't ask the address or the name even... I've forgotten both ... the details about the hotel here will be a mix of fiction & reality)

In the section where Devakshi's class was staying their class teacher had organized a small party with special food for her class & also small games. The students were playing truth & dare. Dev entered the party spot & Sonakshi followed a few minutes later. She sat next to Elena

Elena: idhar dekh ..tu ro rahi thi?

Sona: No ...

Elena: Doesn't seem so ... Your Papa's birthday is tomorrow? Isn't it?

Sona nodded her head

Elena: Missing him?

Sona looked down

Elena: Aww !! Sona don't cry ... if not physically but emotionally he'll always be with you

Sona: yes...

Elena hugged Sonakshi. Then their focus went back to the game. The bottle stopped at Sonakshi.

A classmate: Truth or Dare?

Sona: Dare

Jatin: Oho Sona dare & all ... maar diya jaaye ki chod diya jaaye bol tere saath kya suluk kia jaaye?

Elena: Guys guys listen ... It's Sona's Papa's birthday tomorrow ... So let me give her the dare

Elena turned towards Sona & said, "You've always spoken about that song that your father wrote ... sing that ... just as a tribute to him..."

Everyone agreed that it would be the perfect dare. Sonakshi who was fighting with her tears, composed herself & looked up. The song was special to her but today she could feel the lyrics. She lifted her eyes, fixed her gaze at Dev. A whole bunch of people were sitting near her but in that moment there was only Dev that mattered to her. The whole world vanished. It was just Dev, the moonlight & the Taj Mahal in the background that was present for Sona at that moment... She began singing

Sadgi acchi lagi hai mujhko teri

Sacchi lagi pyar ki adayein ye teri

Teri ho chuki hu tujhko pata bhi to ho

Mere pyaar mein teri raza bhi to ho

Pehli dafa hai ki mujhmein tu chalka hai

Mere rangon me kuch rang hai tere jaise bhi

Kuch Rang pyaar ke aise bhi ...

Kuch Rang pyaar ke aise bhi...

That was the most special day in Sona's life. The party got over... everyone went back to their tents. The clock struck 12. Elena was fast asleep but Sona couldn't sleep. She had a lot to say. She got up; opened her bag & took out her diary. She flipped the pages & found the rose that Dev had given her that day when they became their friends. She touched it gently and took out her pen & began writing

"Papa... I miss you ... I miss you so badly ... but you know today is the best day of my life. I've learned to let go... let go of the past & embrace the present ...

Everyone was partying but I didn't feel like. How could I? Your birthday reminds me of so much ... all that we shared in those few years when we were together & all the sufferings that I & mom had to face after that. I was sitting alone in this hotel on the grass away from all tents & looking at the Taj. It looked even more beautiful in the night when it was drenched in moonlight. My thoughts were travelling in the past. I looked at the night sky just to find you somewhere in the stars but all these bookish things seem so baseless in front of the harsh reality.