The backup Bride

EPISODE 20

I could understand her justification for imposing as her sister. Because I knew my parents, my Amma would have talked all nonsense if she knew that my brother and his wife conceived through IVF and not naturally.

That would have added to the my Amma's list of reasons why Prerna was not the right girl for my brother.

I slowly nodded back.

She moved away from me and looked at me. I was slightly yearning for her to be closer to me and it felt so wrong.

" Wait! " I said.

" What? " She asked.

" I told you everything! Every damn thing! I told you things which I never told anyone, You were playing two sides with me! How do you justify that?" I said in a raised tone, I was controlling all my anger fuming out.

" You thought you were the only one who wanted some miracle to happen? , Damn you Shiva! , Everytime you talked, I wanted to shout on your face that I was Aparna! Trust me, I so wanted to. " She said shaking her head.

I wasn't expecting this reply from her at all. I shook my head and looked at her.

" Let's not play around with words. I can forgive you for imposing as my sister in law! But not for making me chase you everytime! " I said.

" Were you the only one chasing ? " She asked. She was again trying to confuse me.

" Get to the point! " I said with a straight face.

" Fine! " She said raising her hands.

" If you remember, I was willing to give you my phone number, literally. And even the Facebook request! I accepted it the moment I saw it! " She said.

" Yes! You started a conversation and you left me hanging! You ran away twice, we could have met outside this situation!" I said.

" You were engaged and I was here as my sister! What did you expect me to do? Hi! I am Aparna , but I am also Prerna , since I am acting as your sister in law! Should I have told that? " She finally said.

I bit my lower lip as the truth finally sunk in. She ran away not because she was scared of me, but because of me chasing her.

I breathed out looking at her.

" You are thick headed! " She said.

" What? " I asked keeping my hands on my hips.

" I confessed to you! And all you cared about was the Facebook message that I didn't reply! " She said shaking her head.

She walked past me to her room angrily and closed the door loudly.

Never in my life, had I been this confused. Was I really thick headed? What was she saying?

I slowly walked to my room and closed the door.

I sat down on my bed and replayed her words.

The moment when Prerna was so interested to give her sister's number came to my mind. And the next day , she accepted the Facebook request as soon as I sent it.

She knew my side of the story, and played along with it.

Wait, was she interested in me too?

I thought, I would make her regret not going back, but the tables have turned and I was the one sitting here worried about everything , she walked off as if nothing happened!

I layed on my bed and pulled off my hair.

She was trying to make me see that! And her limitations, as she knew about Anjali too!

I thought I was the one having hard time with my feelings.

That moment, my phone's notification sound brought me back to reality.

It was a message from Rajiv.

" Shiva, is Prerna okay? "

I replied back, " You mean Aparna? "

" Yeah! " He sent.

And then in few seconds , he deleted his last message.

"Typo! " He sent.

" Haha, your cover is blown! You Bastard! " I typed in.

" I thought you would have found that long before bro. We will talk about this face to face. I was about to tell you anyway. Long story, Sorry for keeping you in the dark.

But, Tell me, is that girl okay? Is she sick or what? " He asked, concerned.

" She is alright. She sounded pretty heathy even now. " I said.

" Okay, but then, Why did she ask me to cancel the bus ticket all of a sudden ? , she really wanted to be back here. This girl is confusing me. " He sent.

I instantly smiled on seeing his message.

I believed that I was plotting all this for the truth to come out, but damn, it was her, from the beginning.

Oh God, what am I gonna do?