I NEED U TO BE THERE..... for a little more than Always!!

CHAPTER 63

I Need You To Be There.... For a little more than Always!!

Part 63:

Abhi: We r siblings....Nandini is my sister!!!

Cabir: Sister?? But aren't u Abhimanyu Thakur??? And she said she was bought up in an orphanage!!

Abhi sighed at his comment and smiled,

Abhi: Yeah... She isn't my sister by blood, but what she is to me is even more than that.... She was not an orphan, she had a family.

All of them were shocked listening that Nandini was not an orphan when Abhi continued,

Abhi: I was 6 yr old when both my parents passed away in a plane crash. My father was a manager at some 5-star hotel. I don't remember much about after the accident, but I do know that I was taken up to a temporary child care as I did not hv any other extended family. I stayed there until I got to know that the owner of that hotel had adopted me. And the next thing I knew I was brought to a very loving family.

But for a 6 yr old, a lot was happening around me and that kinda scared the shit out of me. I had not spoken a word from the time I got to know about my parents death. The couple that adopted me tried a lot to cheer me up, but I guess they failed every time. But it changed eventually....

I clearly remember that day, It had been two days that I had not moved out of the room. I was sitting on my bed staring at the ceiling, with a brown bear which I had got from the child care. I felt a tug on my bear and I turned to a side to find a cute little 4yr old Nandini standing next to my bed. She climbed up on my bed and sat next to me. She asked me in her baby voice if I was sad, but I didn't respond again. I saw her smile fall away on not getting a reply and something in me provoked me as I forwarded my bear to her.

She smiled to her broadest and kissed my cheek, and said,

"Appa also kisses me when I m sad!! Vese toh I never share my chocolate with anyone, but u gave me browny bear, so u can hv this!! "

She forwarded her half eaten chocolate to me and made me eat it. And finally after so long, someone made me smile. Someone called her from downstairs and she immediately got up.

"Amma ko ni batana me idhar aayi thi.... She asked me not to disturb u!! Warna meko pitti padegi..."

And that was it, that particular moment and I feel like something happened that connected us. It connected our hearts together. After that day, I started gelling up in that family, though I talked to no one but Nandini for the first 2-3 months but amma-appa were happy to see me happy.

Never till date, did I ever feel that I wasn't the part of this family. They loved me, as much as they loved Nandini and Rishab.

Manik: Rishab????

Abhi: Nandini's elder brother. He is 2 yrs elder than me. He is like a carbon copy of Appa, the same nature, the same talent, everything, a remarkable businessman in himself. While Nandini, she was born special... She took Appa's business skills as well as Amma's undenying love for Music. Nandini has always been the heart of the family, loved cared and protected by everyone. Rishab and I were like the most possessive brothers when it came to her. Rishab being the sensible one stayed in his limits while I ended up in some or the other fight at school, just if one finger was pointed at her. Amma had a dream to see Nandini as a famous singer and in no time, it became Nandini's dream too. We used to live in London until Appa decided to shift his Main Branch of Hotel to L.A. Nandini was just 15 that time. As soon as we settled down in the city Nandini requested Appa for some Money. And Appa being himself, couldn't possibly say no to his princess....

He didn't tell anyone of us, and simply gave her the amount that she requested and a month later, Nandini dragged all of us to the T.V. room and there is was. Smiling at the T.V. screen, singing out the lyrics as her song was being launched on air for the very first time. All of us where shocked to the core, that was the first time Nandu had hidden something from me.