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Love Me Not My Beauty - Part III |
| Written by Rowena | |
| Tuesday, 06 May 2008 | |
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Share it:      It was early Friday morning when I heard some noise and I came downstairs to see what all the commotion was about. Sue was in the kitchen and she told me that Vivek and his friends had just arrived and she told me to go back to bed. As I climbed up to Shiv's room I was shocked to see Vick standing there. "Hey there, I am Vivek. Shiv told me that there is an important person in his room so I just came to see if we were not too loud. Do I know you?" "What you doing here," he asked rudely after realising who I was. "I don't need to tell you that Vick ops sorry Vivek. Just get the hell out of my room will you, I said angrily to him." "You have changed and you look very nice." "Just get out of my room!" "This is not your house neither this the room so stop telling me what to do." "Get out Vick now before I call Sue over." Vivek walked up to me and placed his hands around my hip, like old times. I tried to push him away but I couldn't. "Just leave me, I begged him". "I love you, he said and my god you look great. I never managed to take you off my mind." "You are a lair. You only saying all these now because there is no scar on my face. Where was your love for me when I was dying on the road? Yap I remember you were too ashamed to be seen with me, nah." Just than my phone rang, I pushed him away and ran to pick it up. I was so glad when I heard Shiv's voice on the other side. "Are you ok, he asked"? I didn't want to upset him so I told him I was ok and when he asked if Vivek was there I gave my phone to him. Vivek took my phone and went out of the room. During the day I didn't go out much from my room. When Sue came and told me that Vivek and his friends had left the house I told her about Vivek. She was shocked and lost for words. She told me that when Shiv's mum died his dad married Vivek's mum and he was such a spoilt brat. I wanted to call Shiv and tell him about Vivek but realised that Vivek had taken my phone away. I used the landline to call Shiv but it kept going into messages. Sue told me to relax and wait for him to return. "You don't want to stress him do you, she said"? That night I kept tossing in the bed. How can two brothers be so different, I kept thinking to myself. Vivek and his friends were still out and it was nearly 1 in the morning and I was so glad that they were not there. Few more hours and Shiv will be home and I can tell him everything about Vivek. I was desperate to talk to Shiv and I wanted to know what he had told Shiv about me. I was standing at the window looking outside to see if Shiv had arrived when I heard noise downstairs and I knew that the rascal Vivek was back with his friends. I heard a loud bang and the door flung open. It was Vivek and he so drunk that he could hardly stand straight. "Hey you know I looked for you everywhere that night." "You are drunk Vivek so get out of my room, I yelled at him hoping Sue could hear me but the noise downstairs was just too much. "You don't have to shout, I just want to talk to you." "You couldn't even tell me your right name and you expect me to believe you that you were looking for me." "Whatever I said that night I didn't mean it. I kept looking for you but later I was told that you died that night." "And you were happy about it, as that is what you wanted." "That's not correct." "Just leave it Vick or shall I say Vivek. I don't want to know anything about you or that night so please just leave." I pushed him out of my way and wanted to run downstairs to Sue but grabbed my hand and pushed me inside and closed the door after him. He kept walking towards me and I shouted for Sue but it was too noisy for anyone to hear me. I kept walking backwards and when I realised he was very close I ran towards the bathroom. He grabbed my legs and I fell hard on the floor. He stood on one of my legs and I shouted in pain, he grabbed my hair and slapped me hard across my face. You are a ***** he shouted and I will make you mine tonight, do you hear that *****. If you can sleep with Shiv why can't you sleep with me, you *****." "She not a ***** Vivek, leave her alone." I looked up and saw Shiv standing at the door. Vivek was still standing on my leg and Shiv came over and pushed him away. Vivek fell on the floor and Shiv sat next to me. I was crying and I held onto him tightly. "What was happening here, he asked with extreme rage in his voice." "She is a ***** and she called me over to her room." Shiv got up and slapped hard across Vivek's face. Just than Sue ran into the room. "Sue just take him away from here please." Sue dragged Vivek out of the room and Shiv held onto me tightly. He tried his best to calm me down but I was too frightened to say anything. I just held onto him and cried. I finally gathered myself up and told Shiv about Vivek. He was shocked and lost for words but he was glad that he came just in time. "I just cannot think that Vivek can stoop so low. I am sorry for his behaviour and hope you can forget whatever just happened." I held onto Shiv and cried a lot that morning. I fell asleep crying in his arms. He left me in the room and made few calls. It was around 9 Saturday morning, Shiv's parents came upstairs to see me. Vivek and Shiv also followed them into the room. But they were all shocked to see that I was all ready to leave the house. They all tired to talk to me but I was note prepared to listen. I was even more shocked when Vivek apologised and he asked his parents if he could marry me. I looked at him in shock and when I turned to look at Shiv he was just standing there. Not even once he said to them that he already had asked me to marry him. Shiv's mum came back to my room that night and asked me if I wanted to marry Vivek. I was shocked and lost for words and all I could do was cry. After she left I ran into Sue's room. I told her what happened and all she could do was cry with me. Sue knew I loved Shiv and I was waiting for him to return so that I could tell him that. We both were shocked with Shiv's attitude. Why couldn't he just for once tell them what he wanted rather than doing whatever everyone asked him to do. When Sue went to see Shiv he told her that the least I could do was marry Vivek in return of what all he had done for me. And after all she loved him and they were involved once, he told her. The next day everyone was preparing for a small engagement party. It was just a family affair. I wanted to talk to Shiv but he was nowhere to be seen. I decided that I had to run away from there to escape the engagement. Everyone was in his or her room getting dressed and I hurried downstairs and within seconds I was out of the main door and onto the driveway ran straight into Shiv's car. I fell down, but hurriedly got up to run away again but Shiv held my hands begging me not to do that. "What do you think you are doing, he asked with little bit of anger in his voice." I dropped down on my knees and begged him to stop the engagement. I was crying uncontrollably in the middle of the driveway. He looked at me calmly but I could feel a lot of anger inside me and tears were just rolling down my eyes, as if someone had let the water tap running. He held my hands dragged me back to the house. I got inside the house and stood there for a while as everyone was looking at me. I slapped Shiv hard across his face and ran into my room. Everyone thought I was upstairs getting ready for the engagement so when they saw me coming in with Shiv they were all very shocked and wanted answers from Shiv. After a while Shiv came into my room and I ran to him and held him tightly. He didn't hold me and I know he was pushing me away but I was not letting him go. "I don't want to marry Vivek, I said sobbing." Just than his parents and Vivek came into my room. "Have you all heard I don't want to marry Vivek?" "She will be fine just let me talk to her, said Shiv." "I don't want to talk to anyone. Shiv why are you doing this? Few weeks back you asked me to marry you and now you telling me to marry your brother." "I didn't know that he still loved you." "He doesn't love me. He only loves me now because you have given me a new face. He is not like you. When you saw me you loved me for the person I was. You didn't care about the scar I had or anything. You just loved me for who I was and did the best for me." "That's not true, said Shiv. I could see in his eyes that he was begging me to stop but I also saw love for me in his eyes. "I am Shivani, Shiv. I am your Shivani. You gave me that name for a purpose so why you doing this? If you cannot marry me than just leave me alone and i will walk away from your family but I will never marry Vivek." I turned to his parents and told them what Vivek had done when he saw he scar on my face and compared that with what Shiv did. I told them that Shiv did ask me to marry me but just because Vivek wanted to marry me he sacrificed his love so that his brother could be happy. Vivek was lost for words and he came up to Shiv. He asked Shiv to forgive him and his childish behaviour. He also begged me to forgive me and he left the room. Shiv's parents gave Shiv hell for no telling him the truth. When everyone left the room I looked at Shiv. There were tears in his eyes and I felt sorry for the mass I had created. I turned around to look at Shiv. "Why are you doing this? Do you think I can ever be happy with Vivek? Whatever you did for me was love and your love towards me was unconditional. So why you letting all these happen? I don't love Vivek and I will never be happy with him." I fell on my knees crying in front of Shiv. He too sat down in front on me and took my face in his hands. "When I saw you covered in blood on the road I fell in love with you. I didn't care about the scar as I think I saw your inner beauty. I am sorry for making you go through these but when Vivek said to me that he knew you and that you both loved each other I thought you wanted to be with him." "But you very well knew what had happened between us and you know that I loved you." "I am sorry. Will you please stop crying or do you want me to cry with you? I looked at him, smiled a bit and tightened my grip on him. "I love you, I whispered." "Can you say that again, he said teasingly to me." "I don't I really don't, I said sobbing still holding him tightly. "Stop changing your mind every second, Just tell me whether you love me or not, he said pulling me on my feet and making me sit on the bed. What do you want me to tell everyone waiting outside? Shall I tell them you have changed your mind and that you don't want to marry me? I pulled him close to me and kissed him on his lips. "I love you, I whispered still kissing him and he kissed me back passionately, pushing my messy hair off my face. We held each other and kissed for a very long time. There was a knock at the door and Sue came in running half crying and half laughing and hugged us both. As Shiv went outside to talk to his parents, Vivek came in and apologised for whatever he did. A week later I was holding Vivek's hand and walking down the aisle. I was trying hard not to laugh at his comments. He was telling me to stop and walk away from Shiv just to get him all fired up. I looked up at Shiv and smiled and when he smiled back that was the most memorable thing about the whole wedding. Few days later we were on top of the mountain where once Shiv had locked the car key inside. But this time he did it on purpose and he also locked his mobile inside so that no one could disturb us and we could be cosy inside the tent and in the sleeping bag!!
Copyright 2008 Rowena |
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