once in a blue moon (Completed✅)

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Lekha's P.O.V......

I felt much embarrassed when I saw Jatin in front of me. That dream really shook me 'how could i dream of Aarya?! And when i know that Aarya hates me, how could i?' I still was not coming to terms with the dream. Going back home I could not sleep, all my thoughts were still on that stupid kiss that was hypothetical to me but still felt so real.
'I want to share about this with someone  but with whom?' I don't have any close friends with whom I could share, all my school friends just were using me which even though I knew but could never say no to them.

I couldn't sleep the whole night as I feared if I closed my eyes I would again get that dream. And the next night even before Jatin came back from office I slept. Whole day I was busy arranging my room, unpacked my bags and also fixed some of the photographs on the wall including the wall hanging that daddy gifted me. I hanged it right in front of my bed, looking at which I continuously recollected the day we all went for shopping and spent a nice day together 'want to be with amma now!' I was missing her so badly. I tried calling her but her phone was engaged, probably she was busy talking with someone else 'but who could that important person be?!'

Leaving aside the phone I continued with cleaning, rearranging my room then took a nice cold water bath. Jatin had employed a maid and a cook too who would cook us lunch and even dinner. Breakfast we both had cereals, and by the time both the helps came I finished my work. Staying home all alone I spent my time sketching some new designs for a bridal dress, I enjoyed colouring it with my pencil colours and according to the dress of the bride I sketched the other things.

By evening I was too tired from lack of sleep, I lay on my bed around six and instantly dozzed off. It was six the next morning when I woke up, saw Jatin having his morning tea and was reading newspaper seated in the balcony that faced the main road.
"Good morning annayya (big brother)!" I greeted him still yawning.

"Hey there sleepy head, good morning! Did you sleep well?"

"Oh yeah just like a dead person!!"

"So what's your plan for the day?" He asked.
"Have nothing, where will I go?"

"Okay, then shall I ask you for a small favour?"

"Come on annayya we don't need those formalities!" I replied rubbing his right shoulder.

"A colleague of mine wants to have baby shower. You know she is nine months pregnant, her husband is abroad and her in-laws are not so supportive! Could you help her with the arrangements?"

"Hmm...let me ask amma too once. If she says okay then I'll happily help her!"

"Lekha you are a grown up girl, learn to take your own decisions!" Jatin sounded a bit upset, but he needs to understand that I am still not used to taking my own decisions, amma and daddy always guided me till now and just because I am staying away from them doesn't mean I can do whatever I want. I just kept quiet, did not say a word 'even if you like or not I'm going to ask amma and then only I'll help that lady!' I decided in my mind. Meanwhile my stomach started growling that which I was sure was heard by Jatin too.

"You must be hungry, go and have some milk first!" He responded instantly.

"Hmm...!!"

"Look Lekha, that lady is in troubled by her in-laws just because she is not from the same caste as they are and is constantly taunted by them for dowry where as her parents are poor, unable to meet up with the demands!!" Jatin tried to explain.

"Oh thats sad!!"

"Yes that is the reason why we all colleagues have come together to help her out in this. I promised them to arrange for a planner who would help with the decorations and stuff since I knew you loved this work and so also that her in-laws would be satisfied and would stop  their demands for a while at least!"

"Okay annayya, I'll do it but before that let me at least inform amma about this!" It appeared as though he still did not like the idea but somehow managed to nod his head in approval.

Later that day I informed amma and she instantly agreed to it relieving me of the burden that I am not doing anything against my parents wish.
At around three in the evening Avni knocked surprising me.
"Hey Avni, what a surprise!" I greeted her opening the door.

"Are you not happy seeing me?"
"Oh no..no I didn't mean that way!!" I bit my tongue in confusion thinking 'did i say something wrong?'

"Come on Lekha I was kidding!" Said Avni hugging me and continued "did Jatin inform you about a collegue of his?"

I passed on what he told me "then did he not tell you that I would be picking you up?"
'How would i know if doesn't inform me!'

Avni drove me to that place where that lady was planning to organize her baby shower. I immediately jumped into action. Looking at the venue, I planned for a theme that involved white Roses and Jasmines along with white as  theme for the party. The event was two days later and I got busy collecting all the  needed items for the decorations. Food part was taken up by someone else. Jatin gave me his credit card for the purchases along with Madhuri who was Jatin's another collegue who took me to different places where we bought all the needed things.

The day finally came and that lady ended up in tears looking at the arrangements. As planned everyone wore white coloured dresses for the party and gathered up in the hall for the lady to arrive there. As she entered, all those friends of hers surrounded her and in the midst of all this her in-laws arrived with angry, dissatisfying faces but slowly when they looked at all the arrangements their expressions lightened up.

I was happy to see that Lady enjoying her evening, she came to me and thanked me for the help I rendered.
We were back home that night at around midnight and I straight went to  bed. I got this strange dream where in I was crying uncontrollably and the only shoulder I could cry on was Aarya, it was as though all my family left me alone including Jatin. My eyes were damp when I woke up at around three. I dared not to close my eyes again, my chest was heavy, I was taking deep breaths. I instantly knew I had to use the puff.

Not wanting to sleep I checked my phone for any messages and noticed Aarya sent me a request to follow me on instagram, I accepted it and followed him back. Checking his pictures of which some of them made me smile that set my mood back to positive helped me to tackle the horrid dream.

I kept checking his profile every now and then, got to know the day he was traveling abroad for higher studies. I wanted to go, see him off but suddenly  I developed intense body pains and within an hour I shivered with high temperature. Jatin took leave from office and attended me for two days.

He informed me about the school applications. Time passed by very swiftly, it was almost two months back I shifted to Delhi where I was still trying to adjust and now I was going to school trying to adjust there too increasing my burden multifold. I could barely make friends with a girl named Lily Gustov whose father worked at the Russian Embassy, she too was new to this city and even the country. We both resonated at this level and became friends instantly.

"Lily was a bit taller than me with icey blue eyes and blonde hair, she has a boyfriend back in her country and she also told me that she would marry him after she finished her basic education" I told amma.

Amma was curious to find out how well I was coping up in my new school. 'What other option do i have other than adjusting!'

Ten months passed by being busy with my schoolwork, projects etcetera which I and Lily did most of the time and in between I kept checking on Aarya's Instagram page whenever he uploaded new pictures of his. He never messaged me nor I did, we both silently spectated each others pictures. All these months I did not even visit Deeksha Aunty, Avni used to stop by once in a while 'to meet Jatin of course!!'
It was the last exam I wrote in March and in the evening Jatin told me to get ready; he drove us both to Deeksha Aunty's home that evening and all of a sudden he proposed to Avni in front of us.

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