Romance Forbidden Love by Pinuram [Completed]

[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 7: Dark truth unravels

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Everyone from groom’s house was present at the door step to greet the lady. My mom, her aunt, Meghna, and lots of ladies were there to greet the newly wedded bride. Paree was smiling and giggling with Maithili. They two have got friendlier during the journey.

My eager eyes were looking at her, when she will give a look at me. I slowly walked up to mom. I looked back searching for dad; he was standing at one corner. Dad called me asked me was everything alright at the bride’s house or not. I answered him affirmatively.

As Paree ushered Maithili into the house, she glanced at me. Our eyes met. There was only a quiet smile on her lips and she vanished into the crowd.

Mriganko asked me to join them at his place. His house was near to this one. I told them I need to change myself from Dhuti and Punjabi before going out.

As I entered the house, my mom caught me and asked about the shawl. I said that the shawl was with Paree.

My mom questioned me, why have I given that to Paree. I told her that she was feeling cold so I gave her that to wrap around her. Mom appreciated me for my did. As I was about to enter the restroom to change, I saw Paree entering our room. She playfully embraced my mom from back and over her shoulder glanced at me. She still has not changed her dress. Mom scolded her and asked her to freshen up herself.

Paree asked my mom, whether she has talked with her mom about her ambition or not. My mom said that, to night after the entire crowd gets settled and all the rituals gets finished up then they will have a family discussion regarding the matter. Paree kissed my mom on her cheeks.

Paree ---“You are my darling Didi; from now on I will call you ChotoMa. Can I?”

Mom patted on Paree’s cheeks ---“You are always the apple of my eye; forever. Come sit by my side. I want to see you with my heart’s content.”

I stood at the doorway of the rest room looking at the ladies deeply engrossed in their affection. My mom looked at me.

Mom ---“What are you looking at, go away. This is pep talk between a mom and her daughter.”

Paree lied on the bed placing her head on my mom’s lap. Mom affectionately combed her plaids with her fingers and looking at her.

I entered the rest room to freshen up and change my dress.

When I came out after changing my dress, I saw Paree sobbing, hiding her face in my mom’s lap. Mom had tears flowing down her cheeks, gently rubbing Paree’s back, consoling her.

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I looked at mom and enquired as what happened. Mom asked me to leave them.

Same time I heard Mriganko calling me. I went outside leaving those ladies crying. Only thought that swirled in my head was what on earth could have happened that brought tears in their eyes.

Mriganko escorted me towards his home. On the way he said that Subroto would also join us in the party shortly.

On reaching his house, I found Subroto was already present. We settled down in his room.

Samir was the bartender, the glasses were filled up. We cheered for Subroto’s marriage and we all laughed as he was the first among us to get married. So it would be a big day for Subroto tomorrow.

The conversation flowed as well as the glasses. Samir had brought vodka for drinking. Our conversation turned to girls. Bartender Samir was aptly looking at every glass so that the drinks must keep flowing. Subroto and Mriganko felt tipsy. I and Samir were in full control on ourselves.

The alcohol took it reins in the veins of both.

Mriganko suddenly said ---“I had a crush on Suchismita for long time.”

Subroto patted his back ---“Oh come one, you coward, you have not told her once in your life time.”

My ears got red. I forgot to take a sip the moment I heard that. I took a deep breath.

Mriganko ---“Due to your elder brother, I could not gather enough courage to approach her.”

Subroto ---“My brother is like my dad. He is just like a coconut, Man. Hard shell on outside but soft and juicy inside.”

Mriganko ---“Ok, then, I will approach Sumanto Da, asking for her hand.”

Suddenly a gush of blood raced to my head. I felt like punching Mriganko hard on his face. But I controlled myself. I poured down the whole glass down my throat.

Subroto pointed at me and said ---“This guy, Abhimanyu has to say something. Don’t you?”

My ears became hot as if someone poured down lava on my head. I reached for the bottle of rum, opened the cork with my teeth and gulped the neat rum. I could feel the burning sensation as the alcohol travelled down my throat.

I clenched my teeth and looked at Subroto ---“What have I to say?”

Subroto ---“Anything about your girlfriends or anything tasty spicy.”

A huge load came off my chest, Oh my god so no one has yet smelled anything fishy.

---“I do not have any girlfriends in college. Everyone is book worm bitches over there.”

On hearing that everyone laughed.

Mriganko ---“I want to marry Suchismita, please Subroto.”

Subroto looked at him ---“Do not even think of that now. Paree has definitely something in her mind and that is why his mom, Ulupi di, has been invited to my wedding.”

He looked at me ---“I can sense a huge storm coming and that will happen either tonight or tomorrow. I have vague memories of my childhood days, but I have heard that his mom once did a lot for our family and Paree specially, when my father passed away. I have heard that she used to maintain our family as if her own, we were only mere children then. She bought us clothes to wear and fed us during that time. Many years have rolled down. Something happened between our families which resulted in cut-off of our relation. And I am sure, for whatever reason Ulupi di has arrived will make a mark in our family.”

All the affects of alcohol vanished from my brain while Subroto was telling these.

Subroto also kept his glass down; I could see tears in his eyes also as my gaze became hazy.

Samir sensed that the situation was taking a serious turn to a tearful situation. He tried to talk some nonsense to douse the situation.

But Subroto was nowhere in stopping mood. He took my hand and asked the reason why my mom has arrived.

I was now in a very peculiar situation, whether I should tell or just keep mum. Everyone looked at me expecting something.

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Subroto ---“Let me talk. I am definitely aware of the reason why our families have not come along together for long time. The reason is my two elder sisters, Indrani di and Chandrani di. They got somehow married to some wealthier families and they became egoist. They tried to forget the people who helped them in past. For whatever reason Ulupi di has come, I will stand by her side.”

I felt in my mind that I must tell them the reason.

---“My mom has come only for Paree Mashi. Paree Mashi wants to pursue her higher studies and become a teacher, but there was a furious objection from your family, from your two sisters mainly.”

Subroto patted my shoulder ---“Do not worry, anything, your Paree Mashi will pursue whatever her heart wants to. Today I will speak. I will not get suppressed by my sisters today.”

Just then Dushtu came running into the room. He was panting hard. He said that we have been called at the house. Some meeting was going to happen in the dining hall.

Subroto and I both looked at each other. All the drowsiness vanished. We hurried down to the house.

As we entered the dining hall, we found every one seated. Dad, Mom, then Grand Aunt, then Indrani and Chandrani along with their husbands, then Shasanko and Meghna and eldest of all Sumanto.

Paree stood behind my mom with her arms around her shoulder. Subroto looked at me gave me a thumbs up sign.

Indrani ---“Ulupi di, see, no ladies in our family has graduated. But we continued Paree to pursue her studies. I see no harm now to get her married. We will definitely get a well placed groom for her also. See us, Chandrani and I both got married to well to-do families.”

Chandrani nodded in accordance with her elder sister.

My mom ---“I just want to say that; what is the harm, if Paree pursues her higher studies?”

Chandrani adamantly said ---“No she can’t. By her age I was wife of someone.”

Subroto spoke up ---“What Ulupi di is saying has to be obeyed. Paree will continue her studies as her will.”

Everyone in the room looked at Subroto. Probably Indrani and Chandrani did not even expect that Subroto will give his view regarding this matter.

Shasanko spoke ---“Subroto, you are young so do not meddle in elders.”

Chandrani ---“Has any one asked your opinion, here?”

Subroto ---“I am a part of this family. I should have a say.”

The matter was getting worse. I saw Paree’s eyelids soaked in tears. Grand Aunt looked at Paree. Paree was holding my mom as her last straw.

Grand Aunt asked Sumanto about his opinion.

Sumanto ---“I think that Paree should be allowed to pursue her studies, in the mean time we will search for a suitable groom for her who will not oppose her studies.”

Paree nodded her head ---“No, I do not want to get married now. You all want that I leave this house.”

Mom tapped Paree and requested her to keep quiet.

Indrani asked my mom ---“Why have you come to our family after so long?”

Grand Aunt; in a scolding voice to Indrani ---“I have asked Shasanko to invite her. Do not ever try to say those words to Ulupi.”

Indrani ignored her mom completely---“We two sisters have done lot for our family, what has she done? What say she has here after seventeen long years?”

There was a dead silence in the room. Bomb has been dropped.

I saw rage in mom’s eyes. She spoke in a bit shaky yet commanding voice ---“Do not ask what I have done. I have come here only for Paree, and I will make you all obey my orders. You all want to hear the reason.”

Everyone in room was looking at my mom. Grand Aunt pleaded my mom to keep quiet.

Grand Aunt ---“I will allow Paree to study. Please Ulupi, please keep quiet.”

Mom ---“No, they have asked the reason why I am here. They should know.”

She looked at Chandrani and Indrani ---“You father passed away, when Paree was only one and half years old, and my son was in my womb. There was no one to look after all of you. Every one of you was little children then. Aunt used to cry all time. Shasanko left his school to work in a rice barn, so that he could buy some rice for you. Those five years of my life, I gave my earning to your family. I fed you all, it is me due to whom you all are here and standing in one piece and you are asking me that what I have done?”

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Grand Aunt took my mom’s hand in her and asked her to stop. Paree looked at my mom’s face with tears rolling down her cheeks. But my mom showed no sign to stop. There was a pin drop silence in the room. Subroto looked at me as I looked at him.

---“I fed Paree, my breast milk along with my son. Every one of you cursed Paree to be evil child. You all use to say that she took her father away. I tore my heart into two so that she can live.”

Subroto approached my mom; he kneeled down and sat by mom’s feet. Everyone in the room, except Indrani, Chandrani and their husbands, had tears in their eyes.

My dad stood up from his chair and silently walked away from the room, hiding his emotions.

Mom continued ---“If I could show you my heart, I would even show you that. Paree is not my daughter, but she is like a daughter to me. I have not come here for anyone of you. I know you all are rich people now. Your heads are filled with your rich ego as both of you are married to business families.”

Paree and Grand Aunt were crying profusely. I was also unable to control my tears.

Mom ---“Tomorrow, after everything ends. I am going to take Paree with me to Kolkata. I will ensure that she gets admission in the best college of Kolkata University and she pursues her studies. From now on I will bear every penny for Paree. I give a damn to what all you say or feel or do.”

A long sigh came out from my mom’s chest. Paree was really uncontrollable by then. She sat on the floor beside my mom’s chair hiding her face in my mom’s lap and cried profusely.

Shasanko and Sumanto got up from their chair, approached my mom and bowed down to touch her feet.

The whole scene seemed to me as a big family drama, full of emotions running down from everywhere.

Sumanto spoke up ---“I am with Ulupi di. I think she has every right to take away Paree from us. We all forgot what she did for our family.”

Sumanto then dropped the atom bomb ---“Day after tomorrow, the first thing I am going to do is mutation of this property. This property will be divided in seven parts.”

Indrani queried ---“Why seven parts, we are six siblings only?”

The Lion roared ---“You just keep quiet. Each part, for us and one for Mother. She has her right to give her part to whomever she chooses.”

Shasanko nodded in accordance with his elder brother.

---“I don’t want this discussion to happen outside this room and mar the enjoyment of the marriage of Subroto. End of discussion, chapter closed. Now everyone retire to your work.”

The whole discussion has taken a fair amount of time. It was already nine o’clock at night.

 

[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 8: Good night kiss, Bad night drink

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I and Subroto stood up. Both the sisters left the room tugged away their husbands behind them.

Subroto came to me ---“Hey, Abhi I need to drink badly dude.”

We walked out of the room, I saw only three persons to be resent in the room. Paree, my mom and Grand Aunt. Paree had her smile back on her face. She was embracing my mom and like a small kitten rubbing her face on my mom’s lap.

I was happy to see the lost smile on her face. I was also happy to know that Paree, from now will be living with us. Close to me, closer to my heart.

Subroto took me upstairs on the roof. Samir and Mriganko were already present there, sipping their glasses.

Samir asked Subroto, as what all had happened.

Subroto patted my back and said ---“His mom, is a true gem, is a goddess for me.”

We all sat down to have our drinks.

Subroto raised his glass for toast ---“Cheers for Ulupi di.”

I smiled with corner of my lips.

He then began to divulge the whole story to his friends. Both of them looked at me.

Someone from downstairs yelled at us, announcing that dinner has been served and we should get down.

There was a bit of lull in the family, but everyone tried to hide everything that happened in the dining place.

The cheerful mood slowly coming back in everyone’s face. I found Indrani and Chandrani also to be cheerful.

But I could not find Paree or my mom. I asked Meghna about my mom. She said that they are in the first floor with the newly wedded bride. I looked at Subroto.

Subroto ---“Oh come on, all the ladies talk might be happening. Let us have the dinner and retire.”

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Indrani approached me. She patted on my back ---“Abhimanyu, I am really sorry, for what all happened this evening. Please tell you mother to forgive me. I am really sorry for what all I have told to her.”

Subroto ---“Didi, it will be better that you yourself plea for forgiveness from Ulupi di. I am sure she will forgive you.”

I nodded affirmatively. I asked her about my dad. She told me that being an aged person my dad has finished his dinner and probably has gone to sleep in his room upstairs. She asked me to join her for dinner. I could not, at least disobey her now.

As we sat together on the dining table along with some other family members, all eyes turned to the staircase. I looked up and saw my mom and Paree coming down and along with them was Maithili, wife of Subroto.

She was really looking beautiful in her red saree. I tried to compare, who was more beautiful, Paree or Maithili. For sure my angel was looking more elegant in her peacock blue salwar. After a long time and after all these chaos I found some moment to devour the beauty of my angel again. Her braids were then flowing till her waist. She was looking vibrant.

I patted hard on Subroto’s shoulder ---“Dude, you have hit the jackpot of beauty, Man. Maithili is really beautiful.”

Subroto looked at me ---“Hey I am your Mama and she is your Mami. Don’t even try to eye her.”

We both laughed out loud.

---“What Mama, even after drinking together, now we are buddies?”

I forgot that Indrani Mashi was sitting just next to me. She caught hold of my ears and exclaimed ---“What mischievous boys are you two; you were drinking on the roof?”

I yelled ---“No no, Mashi, we were just sipping coffee.”

---“Hmmmm….. I have a nose of a dog I can smell everything.”

Mom ushered Maithili to the dining table. They sat on the chair opposite to us. Mom was in front of Indrani, Paree just opposite to me and Maithili opposite to Subroto. As Paree bend in front to get herself seated on the chair her deep gorgeous cleavage came into view. My heart forgot to beat for few seconds. The view of the deep dark valley between her fleshy creamy soft breasts made my throat gone dry. Her soft creamy skin was shining in the lights of the dining room.

Mom looked at Subroto ---“You and Maithili are not going to stay together tonight; from tomorrow onwards you are all together.”

Subroto nodded obediently.

While we started to have our food, I felt some tingling sensation on my leg. I was sure that it was Paree. She was looking at me but not saying anything. She was itching my leg with long nail of her toe sending bolts of thunder down my spine and was smiling mischievously at me. Her glances were filled with total mischief. Her toes were on my knee. No one sitting beside us could sense what was happening under the table. All I could do to hide my expression was to eat silently.

Subroto jokingly ---“Abhi, was looking dashing; handsome yesterday in his Dhuti and Punjabi. He carried himself very well. I was bit jealous of him to see him dress like that. For one second I thought instead of my neck Maithili will put garland around Abhi’s neck.”

As a newly wedded bride in the house, surrounded with all close knit family members, on hearing Subroto, Maithili was blushing red. She just looked at my mom.

My ears turned red. Paree laughed her heart out and gently nudged Maithili on her shoulder---“You are married now, you could have a chance till day before yesterday. But don’t eye Abhi now.”

Indrani and Mom both laughed at Paree and told her to stop teasing Maithili more.

We finished the dinner with lots of joking and good words. I was happy to see Indrani was getting along with Mom.

After dinner was finished Indrani took away mom somewhere. I sensed that another round of emotional tears would be flowing. What was happening all around? I asked myself. Everywhere in every person’s eyes, emotional tears were flowing. My God, these ladies definitely have Ganges River hidden in their eyes.

While I was washing my hands at the restroom, Paree came near me and whispered in my ears to wait for her on the roof after half an hour. I looked around, whether anyone was looking at us or not. I suddenly grabbed Paree by her nape with my left hand and pulled her face near me. She was taken fully aback by my sudden gesture.

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She tried to push me with her hand on my chest. But my hold over her neck was quiet strong. My right arm came around her waist to pull her near me. With pleading eyes I looked at her ---“Paree, please one kiss, please. I have not smelled your fragrance for a long long time.”

She exclaimed ---“What are you doing, leave me please, someone might come.”

I pleaded Paree ---“Please Paree, only one small kiss.”

She shook her head sideways---“No no not now. Just wait for me on the roof.”

---“But please, give me some nectar of your lips so that I can at least live for half an hour.”

---“You are truly uncontrollable, dear. If you wait the nectar will be sweeter, let me go now.”

I brought my arms around her narrow waist and pulled her more into me. Her arms came up around my neck. Paree’s beautiful full grown soft bosoms crushed on my broad chest. The soft feelings that I felt from the touch of her mushy bosoms, made me bit tingly. I was holding her tightly in my strong embrace. I could feel her heartbeat on my chest. Her heart pounding faster, her eyes looked like a lotus bud, big black eyes and dark whip like eyelashes, all that I could see in front of my eyes. We both were deeply engrossed in our romantic embrace. We forgot we were in a restroom. We forgot the whole world. She rubbed her nose over mine softly. Her lips shaking like a wet rabbit in some forbidden anticipation. Her hot breath, poured all over my nose and chin. Rosy red lips opened a bit, inviting me to kiss her.

I was about to touch those pair of rose petals with mine, just then we heard Meghna shouting Paree’s name.

Meghna ---“Paree, where are you?”

As if high voltage bolt fell on us, we got separated. She freed herself from my embrace, looked at me in a bit of failed smile on her face. With broken heart I had to let her go. Before getting out of the restroom, Paree pushed something soft in my palm. I saw it was her handkerchief. I looked at her; she nodded her head and whispered

---“Take my smell with you”.

She answered to Meghna---“I am here. What happened, why are you looking for me?”

Meghna saw me coming out of the restroom behind Paree. She inquisitively asked what we were doing in the restroom.

Paree ---“What do you mean; we were only washing our hands.”

Meghna asked Paree to escort Maithili to her room. As the two beautiful ladies were climbing the stairs, Paree glanced at me over her shoulders and winked at me, suggesting me to wait for her on the roof. I gently nodded my head in accordance so that no one could notice us having our secret conversation. As she climbed, her shapely round buttocks swayed sideways just like two soft melons swaying in breeze. My heart skipped bit faster.

I looked around for Subroto, he was nowhere in the scene. I asked Chandrani about Subroto. Chandrani said to me that Mriganko came few minutes before and Subroto might have gone with him somewhere.

I looked around. There were less people present in the dining place. Every one might have entered their room and some also might have fallen asleep tucked in the warmth of their blankets.

I sensed that I have nothing to do as of now. I climbed up the stairs. While passing the first floor I heard a lot of female voices coming out of the room where Maithili was kept. As it was dark in the staircase so I peeped into the room, standing behind the curtain so as to see who all were present there. Paree looked at the doorway, might have sensed someone present behind the curtain. She approached the doorway; I hurriedly climbed the stairs for roof.

I sat on the railing of the roof at one dark corner. Cold winter winds were blowing from the barren fields behind the house. The mango orchard looked like a bunch of dark ghosts standing alone. The tall coconut trees surrounding the courtyard seemed to me as some thin scary evil spirits with their arms outstretched, beckoning me to them. I looked up the sky, under the Prussian blue curtain someone has scattered millions of specks of diamonds. The new moon was few days earlier so the crescent looked like a tilted boat floating on the Prussian sea.

I sat with my legs dangling outwards. The sight of Paree’s deep inviting cleavage floated before my eyes. Creamy skin of her upper bosoms floated in front of my eyes. I felt an urge to touch those mounds of soft melons with my fingers, rubbing my nose and lips all over her slender neck just like a gander. I felt that her beautiful deep black eyes were gazing at me.

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I rubbed her handkerchief all over my nose and lips, inhaling the last speck of Paree’s sweet fragrance from the small silky cloth. I closed my eyes with my head tilted back; deeply engrossed in the sweet thoughts of Paree.

All of a sudden I felt two soft hands around my shoulder.

Paree spoke in her honey filled voice ---“What are you thinking, my lovely baby.”

I tilted my head back; Paree combed my hair with her thin soft fingers, and kissed gently on my forehead.

---“It was only you.”

Paree brought down her face on my left shoulder, gently rubbed my cheeks with her. Her soft cheeks felt as if some sandal paste was being smeared on my cheek.

Paree spoke softly ---“I don’t want this night to end. I want my lovely baby, to cuddle me for whole night.”

I turned towards her. I parted my legs a bit so that Paree could adjust herself between my thighs. I flanged my arms around her thin waist and pulled her between my parted thighs. She stood in-front of me, threw her arms around my neck, held the back of head in her fist and pulled my face close to her bosom. Her soft bosom felt awesome on my cheek. I held her tightly in my embrace. Paree has changed her dress. She was now wearing a dark colured silk gown, with my cream shawl covering her upper torso. I rubbed her smooth back over the silk cloth, as she held me tightly across her heaving bosom. I could even hear her heartbeat inside her chest. She combed my coarse hair with her serpentine thin fingers.

---“Can you hear what my heart is saying?”

I nodded ---“Hmmmm…..” While I nodded affirmatively, my cheeks rubbed her soft fleshy bosom gently.

---“Every beat is saying your name.”

I asked her---“Why do you always wrap my shawl around you?”

---“I feel the warmth of yours. I feel your strong arms embracing me all the time. I feel to be at peace. So I keep this always with me.”

I noticed a heavy gold necklace adorning her neck. I recognized that the necklace was my mother’s.

I asked her looking into her eyes ---“From where have you got this necklace?”

Her deep gaze peered deep in my heart ---“ChotoMa presented this to me.”

ChotoMa, she was calling my mom as ChotoMa (Younger Mother). I thought what was happening between these two most important ladies of my life.

I was gently caressing her back all over, with the flat of my palms. Paree placed her palms on my cheeks and pulled my face near her. With her deep gaze, she was burning to the core of my heart.

Paree cooed ---“Hold me tight, I do not want to go anywhere. After a long long time, I truly felt someone to take care of me.”

---“Why, are you saying this? All in your family loves you very much. You are the youngest child, the pearl of everyone’s eye.”

---“Please don’t try to convince me, now I know the whole truth.”

---“I will be there for you, forever.”

Paree shivered a bit ---“I have not seen the future, dear, so please do not give me false promises.”

She touched my forehead with hers, her nose tips brushed on mine. Her eyes were again filled with beads of dew. She gently touched my lips with hers. Lips were locked, not in passion but some different feeling which I could not express, some sort of eternal love; some sort of warm peaceful sensation filled my heart. For a long time she just kept her lips on mine. Time probably stood still, we froze in the winter darkness.

For how long, we did not count, but she slowly regained her senses and hides her head on my shoulder. I could feel her back shivering slowly.

I tried to console her---“Please, honey, please don’t cry. See, you are coming with us tomorrow. You will be with me; your ChotoMa will be with you.”

She pulled up her face from my neck; I saw the wet trail of tear rolling down her soft rosy cheeks. With my thumb I wiped the trail.

Paree said ---“My mom, Maithili, Meghna and all other requested ChotoMa to keep me here for few more months. I am not going with you tomorrow.”

I said to her ---“Ok, so what. After few months, you will be with us. Why feeling sad. Cheer up; you have got your ChotoMa with you now.”

A soft smile gleamed in the corner of her lips.

---“There goes my sweet angel.”

I nudged my nose on the exposed skin of her top bosom. I gently kissed her cleavage on the top. The touch of my lips on her skin send spasms down her spine. I took out my tongue and traced every inch of soft skin of her upper chest, whatever was exposed. Paree moaned softly.

---“Ummmmm…… What are you doing?”She held my head tightly on her chest while I was licking her creamy skin. “You are tickling me with your tongue. Please stop.”

I was now caressing all over her back, up and down over her gown. She was rubbing her cheeks on my head.

I felt her body getting warmer, with every kiss on her soft skin. I touched one of her fleshy hind globes with my palms. Grabbed a handful of soft cheeks, kneaded her flesh gently. My breadth grew hot.

Paree’s moan turned a little hotter ---“Ummmmm….. Abhi, please stop now. Please, someone will come.”

---“No one will see us”

---“ChotoMa will come searching for me.”

---“She has gone asleep already.”

---“Meghna will come then.”

---“She has also gone to bed, honey.”

---“House is full of relatives honey, someone will surely spot us. Please let me go now.”

My hands were roaming frantically over her mushy behind, kneading her soft flesh just like dough.

Paree pleaded but she continued rubbing her cheeks all over my hair madly. Her breadth grew longer and deeper and warmer.

Paree moaned---“Abhi, No. Please, not here not now. Baby please let me go.”

I tried to push my face down over her heaving bosom. I felt large waves crashing as I saw her full blown bosom heaved in front of my eyes.

---“Honey, I will die now. I want to live with you. Please stop doing now, baby.”

We were deeply engrossed in a passionate embrace and cuddle; totally unaware of our surroundings. Paree could sense my heat growing as her abdomen was pressed tightly over mine. As my hands roamed freely all over her sumptuous globes, I felt that she was not wearing any undergarments. The thought that she was not wearing anything below her waist, made me mad in lust. I pulled her by her bottoms, her groin crushed on my groin. She could easily sense my staunchness over her juncture. Hot lava started to flow between us. She was moaning frantically and moving her fingers all over my head, in maddening lust.

---“Ummmmm….. You are making me mad. I feel something happening inside my heart.”

Just when our romantic heat was taking the peak, we heard Meghna calling Paree’s name. We both heard footsteps nearing the stairs. We freed ourselves from our embraces, both were panting hard, little bit disheveled.

Paree looked at me with a naughty smile ---“See, I told you Meghna will come searching for me.”

Paree answered in top of her voice so that Meghna could hear---“I am here, on the roof.”

Meghna approached near us, looked inquisitively to both of us and enquired ---“What are you two doing alone in this dark?”

Paree ---“Nothing, we were just catching up ourselves after a long time; that’s all.”

Just then I heard another footsteps approaching. Subroto was there behind Meghna.

Subroto looked at me ---“Hey dude, what are you doing here? I was searching for you all over the house.”

Meghna to Paree ---“You naughty girl, Maithili was looking for you, she is feeling sleepy. You are to accompany with her tonight.”

As Meghna escorted Paree downstairs, she glanced at me and gave a mischievous smile.

Subroto did not notice anything. He came to me and tapped on my shoulder.

---“Dude, I have got two bottles of old monk. Come with me, we will sit in the tent-house in the courtyard.”

I asked him ---“Hey, anyone can notice us.”

---“No, it is about middle of night. Everyone has fallen asleep, come with me.”

We both walked to the tent-house, erected for the reception that was to happen day after.

We sat at one corner, only two of us. Most of the lights were off. Most of the persons have fallen asleep.

Subroto poured the drink in my glass and raise a toast.

I asked him, why he wants to drink again.

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After taking a sip he said to me ---“Today, I feel free. In this two days a storm is going all-over the place.”

I answered ---“Hmmmm……”. I asked him how he met Maithili.

Subroto told me that they met in a family function just one year back. And after that they used to meet at different places.

Rum kept flowing; we both were gulping the alcohol down our throat. I asked him as who proposed to whom.

He told me that, he was first to propose, but then he thought of his eldest brother might oppose.

I asked him ---“How did you then manage?”

---“I told everything to Meghna Boudi. And during Dushtu’s birthday last year, their family was called. SumantoDa saw Maithili then and Meghna Boudi and ShsankoDa approached her family. ”

I nodded---“Really interesting.”

Gradually both of us were feeling tipsy.

---“So, you have a big night tomorrow. So where are you going for honeymoon?”

He nodded---“Yes a big night. For honeymoon we will be going to Goa.”

I exclaimed ---“Good place dude, hope you enjoy with your beautiful bride.” I patted his shoulder “Maithili is very beautiful.”

---“You mean to say just beautiful or something else also? My wife is damn sexy.” I sensed that alcohol has taken all over him. He continued “This is our second honeymoon. I have already kissed her long ago?”

---“Oh really”

---“Yes dude, Maithili is very tasty and sexy. Why don’t you tell me about your crush?”

My head was spinning. I said to him ---“My first crush was my Physics madam, while I was in class 12. She was damn sexy, bit short height but very beautiful. I was always unable to concentrate in her class.”

---“Then what happened.”

---“What can happen, she was my teacher.”

Subroto said to me---“What man. I have heard, in Kolkata, teachers also get along with their pupils.”

I shook my head---“No no, nothing of that sort happened. But only due to her, I loved physics and that love made to take my majors in my graduation.” I asked him about his first honeymoon.

Subroto ---“We went to Shantiniketan together and enjoyed a lot over there.”

I felt sleepy. My eyelids were getting heavier, with each sip of the glass.

Subroto patted on my face ---“Hey don’t sleep. Today is the best day of my life and you are my best buddy.”

I yelled out that my head was spinning.

Subroto ---“I feel like a stallion, can’t wait for the mare.”

With drowsy vision I saw Subroto got up from the chair with his glass in his hand ---“I am going to get my mare, dude.”

I reached out somehow and pushed him to the chair. “Sit down man, tonight is not your night.”

He fell on the chair with a thud ---“I want my Churni now.”

---“Who is Churni?”

---“My beautiful wife; I call her Churni. Let me go.”

---“No, you can’t go.”

He again rose from the chair and started to walk. With trembling legs I got up from my chair and placed my arm on his shoulder ---“Come on man, only one night. Control yourself.”

---“Ok, then.” Saying so he started to sing.

---“Meri, jaan Meri Jaan, murgi ke andee (My dear, my dear, egg of hen)”

I said to him that this is a bull shit song, I would sang a parody of a famous song to him.

(I will write this song in Bengali as well as translate the same to English)

---“Seii deen du jone, hegye chuni bonee (That day we both, did latrine in the woods)…

Chuchobar jool chilona (There was no water to wash our ass)..

Bichuti pataii poodu muche chinu (We wiped our asses with leaves of Tragia involucrate)

Shyee joluni aaj oo gelo na (Those itching has not gone till now)….”

Subroto ---“Ohh!!! What a song dude, what a song.”

(I will write this song in Bengali as well as translate the same to English)

He stood up again with trembling legs ---“Now hear my Ramayana…

 

[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 9: The lost childhood found again

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For how long or how little I slept, I didn’t know. I woke up when I felt a hard slap on the back of my head. With sleepy eyes, I looked around. I found myself on the ground of the tent-house and Subroto lying few feet away from me also on the ground. I looked up to search for who slapped me. To my astonishment, Indrani Mashi was standing there with enraged eyes.

She screamed at both of us ---“You, two pigs sleeping here? Everyone in the house is looking for you two. Do you have any sense in your head?”

I nudged Subroto to wake him up. Subroto woke up scratching his head.

---“Sorry Mashi, we just got carried away last night.”

She noticed the bottle and glasses on a chair; hurriedly she threw her shawl over the chair to hide those, as we heard some footsteps approaching us.

She called out ---“They are here in the tent-house. They were here all the night.”

My mom, Grand Aunt, Paree, Maithili all came. They all started yelling at us.

Indrani Mashi sensed our helplessness and rescued us, saying that, we were of young blood and we were simply enjoying ourselves.

Maithili came near Subroto and tugged him away.

Grand Aunt and mom disappeared after giving us a good scolding.

Paree came to me, fresh as a jasmine flower. I could sense that she has already taken her bath, from the odour emanated from her heavenly body.

She asked me ---“What were you two doing here, in this cold night?”

---“Nothing dear, we just got carried away.” With the corner of my eyes I glanced at Indrani Mashi, who still stood there. She called one of the servants working there and asked to clean the bottles and glasses before anyone could know.

As I entered the house, I felt hundreds of pairs of eyes looking at me. I felt very awkward. Mainly I saw dad and Sumanto Mama looking at me with a definite rage in their eyes.

Paree took me inside a room and asked me to sit on the bed. She stood in-front of me. I was coming to my senses; Paree was combing my disheveled hair with her tender fingers.

She had bathed already; she looked fresh like a Lilly soaked in dew drops. She was looking radiant in a white flowing salwar suit with heavy silvery embroidery all over. Her long tresses folded neatly in a bun, softly rested below her nape. She smelled like a fresh plucked jasmine. I took her in my embrace, forgot that the curtain of the door was not closed. I looked her with pleading eyes ---“I am sorry, I am very sorry for what happened last night.”

She smiled at me with a motherly love ---“That’s ok. It is nature of naughty boys to be naughty during this time. I am not angry.”

I was happy ---“So you are not angry, Oh my so sweet Paree. That’s the reason you have stole my heart.”

---“Can you help me, tying this necklace around my neck” As she handed my mom’s necklace to me.

She turned around and I stood behind her. Gently she pulled her bun away from her nape and her beautiful creamy smooth nape came to my view. As I held both ends of the necklace to tie around her neck, my fingers trembled a bit. I could not control my temptation of kissing her nape. I touched her nape with my lips. My wet lips send tingling sensation all over her body. She trembled and looked at me above her shoulder.

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---“You are again being naughty. Lock the S please, before someone sees us together.”

I locked the S of the necklace and gently rubbed her slender neck on both sides. She purred like a baby kitten and turned around. I held her tightly in my arms so as she could not get away. I asked her, what she was going to wear for the afternoon. She said that she has no idea and asked me instead as to what she could wear.

---“You are always beautiful; anything you wear looks good on you. You are just an angel.”

I pleaded her for a small kiss.

She rubbed her nose over mine and pushed me ---“Now go to bathroom and freshen up. Take bath properly, you smell awful.”

Just then we heard someone coming near the door. Paree hurriedly released herself from my embrace as we found Indrani Mashi entered our room, cutting short the warmth of Paree’s love.

Paree looked at Indrani Mashi and slapped my face coyly ---“Just get into bathroom and fresh yourself up.”

I looked at Indrani Mashi; she said to Paree that my mom was searching for her. I asked her why she was searching. She nodded her head; she does not know the reason. Paree went away, leaving me with Indrani Mashi. Before getting out of the room, Paree glanced at me brought her index finger near her luscious lips and threw a sly flying kiss. As Indrani Mashi’s back was towards the door, so she could not see what Paree just did. She came near me and asked since when I started drinking. She enquired whether my mom and dad were aware of my deeds or not. I silently looked at the ceiling and answered that no one knows about that. I thanked Indrani Mashi for whatever she did back at the tent-house. She laughingly pushed me to the bathroom and asked me to come downstairs quickly.

I hurried to the bathroom to take my bath and fresh up myself so as not to waste much time. Paree was not coming with us to our home. So I had to make most of whatever time I can spend with her. I came downstairs but I could not find my mom neither Paree. I asked someone about my mom, but that person nodded her head and went away. I walked around looking for them. As I walked to balcony, I saw Grand Aunt sitting on a chair instructing something to Chandrani and Meghna. I walked up to her and stood silently. After their conversation got finished I asked Grand Aunt whether she know whereabouts of my mom or not. I was definite that, Paree would be with my mom. I was sure that Paree would also like to spend most of the time with her ChotoMa as she was not coming with us. Grand Aunt told me that Paree and my mom along with my dad has gone for shopping. My mom asked Paree that what she was going to wear for tonight. Paree told her that she might wear saree or salwar, but was not sure as to what to wear. So my mom took her for shopping. I asked that in this village where one could find a shop. Grand Aunt replied that they have gone to the town and will be coming back by evening before sundown. It was only 10 o clock and probably they will come back by 3 in the evening. I could not think of anything to do for the five long hours.

I was furious on Paree and Mom, how could they leave me and go away.

Grand Aunt asked me to sit beside her. She started telling me stories of my childhood days at this house. I was laughing as I heard how naughty I was while I was a baby. I used to crawl all over the place and Paree used to run behind me. Subroto was then also a small boy. He used to take me to the pond behind the house. He used to catch fish with his small hook and we used to free those fish again into the pond. She said to me that she want to show me something.

Just then we saw a car to stop in-front of the house. I saw a few girls and ladies to come out. I and Grand Aunt ignored them as we walked past. She took me to the back of the house. After a long time, I came to this part of the house. We walked through the fruit orchard full of different trees; some of jackfruit, some of guava, some of mangoes and many more. After walking some distance, she pointed to the huge pond.

---“You see the pond, you probably don’t remember anything.”

---“Yes I don’t remember anything.”

She took my hand and took me to one corner of the pond and asked me to touch a mango tree over there.

---“Look at this tree. You were only four years old. One day after I finished my morning puja, you came to me and asked me to come with you. You showed me that you have planted this tree. See how it has grown all over the years.”

Grand Aunt gently rubbed her soothing palms all over my head and said ---“You have grown up so as this tree. This tree still bears very sweet mangoes, best of my orchard.”

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She looked at me with bit of tearful eyes ---“My bones are getting old day by day, same is with your mom. I can feel her pain she has locked inside her heart for so many years.”

Slowly she sat on the earth, beside the pond and asked me to sit beside her.

She started saying ---“Ulupi, your mother has done a lot for our family. It was us, who misjudged her and went away.”

I yelled out ---“Didan, why are you telling me these? Just forget these things.”

She looked at me; I saw pain in her eyes. ---“One daughter, cut between two mother’s, separated by time. You will not understand.” She again shook me by my hair.

Just then I saw Indrani Mashi coming for us. On seeing her; we were bit astonished. Grand Aunt asked Indrani Mashi as what has happened. Instead Indrani asked Grand Aunt as what were we doing alone in the garden.

As we walked towards the house, Grand Aunt told Indrani Mashi about what we were talking about. Indrani Mashi told us that few guests have arrived from the bride’s house and was searching for her. She searched whole house and courtyard for us but we were nowhere, then someone told her that we were in the orchard.

On reaching the house, Grand Aunt was surrounded by several guests and ladies. I felt awkward amongst them so I backtracked from there.





Chapter 10: Dawn of a new person

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I felt very lonely because Paree was not present. Just then Dushtu called me and said that I was summoned by Subroto at his room. As I entered I found that a new girl was sitting next to Maithili, Subroto looked at me and said that he wanted me to meet his sister-in-law, Maithili’s cousin sister, Arunima. He also said that Arunima was studying at B.A. first year in a college in Kolkata and they stays in South Kolkata. I sensed that Subroto was trying to get me acquainted with her young sister-in-law. I laughed in my mind.

Arunima, probably nineteen years old, a budding rose. She looked at me with her big black eyes. She was definitely good looking lady. I put my arms around Subroto’s shoulder and told him ---“Hey Mama, I want to be alone for some time. I am not actually feeling well.”

I looked at Maithili and bowed down before her, she smiled at me on seeing me bowing. She asked as what I was doing.

I smiled at her and said ---“Churni, you are very beautiful. I should have met you before.”

Maithili’s ears turned red, she looked quiet angrily towards Subroto as no one calls her this name, except him.

I nudged Subroto by his shoulder and told him that I was joking.

I went downstairs, asked for a cup of coffee and then went upstairs. There was no one, up stairs. I looked up, the sun was overhead. I walked to one corner, outstretched my arms, closed my eyes and I took a deep breath.

While sipping the coffee, I thought about Paree. I thought about our relation. In reality she was a distant cousin of my mom’s, and there is no blood relation amongst both of us. I was unable to make out the reason, why one would oppose our love. Only because, she was two years senior to me? Could that be a valid reason to oppose our love? I was her nephew but a very very distant one. I could not make my heart to understand why our love can be forbidden. No it was not forbidden. She is a girl and I am a boy, both are human being with heart beating evenly inside our chest. Society, we live in a society full of prejudices. No one, neither my mom nor Grand Aunt will understand us. Love happens, it strike suddenly, out of nowhere. You feel your heart racing faster when you are with your love. You feel your pulse stops, when your loved one is not with you.

I came back to senses as I heard a sweet voice ---“Hi, I came to ask you for lunch.”

I turned my head only to find Arunima standing behind me.

---“Oh! Yeah, I totally forgot for lunch, sorry. So who sent you here to call me? Your sister or brother in law?”

Arunima answered---“My sister asked me to call you as they are moving to take lunch.”

“So” on the way downstairs, Arunima asked me “You live in Kolkata?”

---“Yes, I live in north Kolkata and probably you are from south.”

---“Yes, from Dhakuria.”

I looked at her, she was definitely stylist. She wore a beautiful crimson coloured saree with backless blouse tied in a knot over her back-riff. She was also fair and of good physique.

---“So, you are into final years of college?”

---“Yes, I am.”

---“Then?”

---“Then what?”

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---“I mean what after college? You want to pursue higher studies or get a job.”

I asked myself, why this lady was asking so many queries to me.

I answered ---“I have to get a job. I am also doing my computers from a private organization.”

I asked her about her ambition. She said that she had none. She wants her life to be simple, complete graduation and then nothing. I nodded my head in accordance. Totally opposite of Paree.

At the dining place we found only two places to be vacant, so without any choice we had to sit side by side.

Maithili and Subroto were just opposite to us. Maithili whispered something in Subroto’s ears and they looked at us. I was damn sure that Maithili was trying to fix me up with Arunima. What a fool they could be, I thought.

During the whole luncheon, everyone was talking, but I kept silent. Just nodding and smiling some times to the words thrown to me.

After lunch, time was not passing by, I looked around. Again I was called by Subroto to one corner. He asked me as what has happened, what was the reason that I have become so quiet since morning. I told him that nothing has happened. I lied to him, that I was missing my heartbeat; instead I told him that Grand Aunt showed me the mango tree I planted some eighteen years ago. On seeing and hearing her I felt something to happen inside my chest, so I was bit into my shell. He told me to cheer up.

Subroto ---“You see, Arunima, why don’t you take her around the house? See she is perfectly matched for you. She is young, radiant, intelligent and stylist.”

I faintly smiled at Subroto ---“Oh! Dude, why are you trying to do this?”

---“Why, don’t you feel something after beholding such a beautiful lady? I am being asked about her by my friends and I am asking you to take her out and you are ignoring? What has happened to you? Now you go to the roof, I will send her.”

Ok, I nodded.









Chapter 11: Surprise waits

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At the roof, I looked out to the horizon, over the green paddy fields. The sun had tilted westward, began his journey to retire. Paree had not yet arrived. I felt a writhing pain inside my heart as I thought that I had to part today. Those three days, went very event full. I could not ask for more from God, but I only wanted to spend some time alone with Paree; which was surely not going to happen. After sometime, everyone would get busy dressing themselves up, getting ready for reception. Guests would arrive. There would be crowd all over the place. We would not be able to spend any time alone with each other, and somewhat in the late-night we would leave this house. I sat alone on the railing, annoyed with myself that why I went to bath. I cursed myself for having my bath and drinking the other night. With both my hands I was gently banging my forehead, cursing myself. Corner of my eyes got little bit wet. My ears rumbled with the sound of thousands of glass shattering down into pieces.

I felt someone calling my name from a great distant. I regained my senses as I heard my mom calling me. I wiped my eyes before turning back. I found my mom was standing with Paree. Both were looking inquisitively at me. Mom came near me patted on my shoulder and asked me what has happened. I could not answer her. I just looked blankly at Paree who was standing little behind mom. From my blank expression less eyes, Paree sensed everything. She sensed the storm that my heart was having. She bit her lower lips to control her. Mom said to me that everyone in the house was enquiring about me as they could not find me as usual. Paree slowly walked towards mom and said to her that she would take care of me. Mom asked me to come down with her. I asked mom that why they did not wait for me or asked me to go for shopping with them. Paree understood that the query was actually thrown to her and not mom.

Mom said ---“Actually, I wanted to buy Paree a new dress and as you are not fond of shopping so we did not ask you. By the way Paree has bought something which will go well with your dress to night. Why don’t you check that up?”

As Mom turned to climb downstairs, she asked me that whether I would like to wear the suit that I had bought or the same Dhuti Punjabi as the wedding day.

Paree whispered in my ears that she has bought a tie for me and I should wear my Raymond Suit. I told mom that I would be wearing my suit. Mom walked down leaving me and Paree on the roof.

Paree took my face between her palms ---“I know, what all the pain that you bore in your heart. I am sorry.”

She kissed my forehead ---“Don’t be an emotional fool. You need to be a gentleman. If you breakdown like this, then to whom I will go? Have you ever thought of that?”

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She pulled me by my hand ---“Come, you are still a little baby as you were years ago. Wipe your face properly, get dressed and then I have a big surprise for you.”

I took out her handkerchief which she gave me the other day and wiped my face and then asked her about the surprise. She smiled and me and answered that if she tells then it would not be a surprise.

We came down from the roof. Everyone was busy getting dressed up, ladies mainly. Paree and I went to Mom’s room. My grey coloured Raymond Suit was there on the bed and there was a beautiful blue striped tie. I looked at Paree. She smiled at me and asked whether I liked the present or not. I felt like hugging her right away but somehow controlled me as I saw my mom coming inside from the door. Mom asked Paree to go to Maithili’s room as the makeup lady has arrived. Paree looked at me with a sly look, she meant to say ‘wait for me’ and she ran out. Mom asked me to get dressed.

I came out of the room, looked around. I found that the sun had already set. Lights were glowing all over the place. Several heads turned towards me, I again felt that there was something different in me probably my dress. Subroto came to me; he looked dashing in his black Punjabi with golden embroidery.

“Dude, you again beat me. You look dashing in this dress.” He told to me patting on my shoulders.

“So” I put my arms around his shoulders “You have a big night tonight, and then you are going to Goa for honeymoon. I am very glad and honoured that we were invited to your wedding.”

He looked at me, staring blankly for few seconds ---“Hey don’t say that. Honour was always mine.”

---“Any ways, I found many things in these three days, more than I bargained. My lost childhood, my lost mango tree and those fishes you used to catch with me and let them swim free in the pond again.”

---“You are poet, a technical scientific dreamer.”

Just then Arunima came to me ---“Hi, dashing gentleman. You are going to give a spin to lot of ladies.” She whispered to me.

I laughed at her. She was looking radiant baby pink saree. A beautiful bun adorned over her head, sleek eyes, and long eyelashes. Subroto winked at me and left the place.

“I searched you after lunch, you were nowhere in the scene. Where were you?” She asked me.

Great God, I thought, this girl was not going to leave me. “Why were you searching for me?” I asked her.

--- “Just like that. No one was here of my age so I felt boring”

---“Hmmm… Wanna take a stroll with me?”

“Sure” She nodded her head.

“Sometimes the crowd can be boring. Is not so?” I asked her while strolling towards the courtyard. Many relatives looked at us as we walked past. I saw a sly smile on Indrani Mashi’s face.

“You are bit quiet. Are you like this always?” She asked me.

----“Yes, I tend to talk less with people. I think my frequencies don’t actually match with people.”

She smiled at me ---“Same with me. I don’t feel babbling all time except with few persons.”

---“I feel honoured that I am among those few persons you feel like talking.”

We both laughed at each other. Our conversation went on. Sharing several things. I came to know that she was the eldest daughter of two siblings. She has a little brother who was studying in class eight. Her dad was a government servant, works in the Writer’s Building. I felt I need to turn back to the house.

“Let us walk towards the house.” --- I told Arunima.

---“Can we walk a little more? Just like that.”

For few more paces we walked silently. Arunima stopped and looked at me.

---“Can I ask you a very personal question?”

---“Sure, throw away.”

“You don’t have any girlfriends? Do you?” She asked to me. I anticipated that the query would be somewhere near to this one.

---“What makes you feel so?”

---“You are very quiet and reserve type of person, that is why I thought that”

“Well, the thing is that, I don’t have time for having a fulltime girlfriend” I laughed at her.

She slyly smiled at me ---“Ohh… only small time affairs.”

---“No no, nothing of that sort; I have lots of friends and many of them are girls, but no one special.”

I heard a long breath released from her chest. I was smiling profusely inside my head.

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Arunima told me that we should now return that we have come bit far from the house. I looked around, she was right. I was also in a deep fear that what if Paree finds us together.

While returning, most of the time we both were silent. As we were about to enter the house, Arunima stopped and asked me ---“We both live in Kolkata, why don’t you visit our house sometime?”

I smiled at her and nodded, giving her assurance that I would visit their house sometime. She pushed a piece of paper into my hand and walked away. She gestured that the paper contains her telephone number and I can call her. I just brushed my hair with my fingers looking at the piece of paper and smiling deep.

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked back to find Paree standing behind me.

With a sly smile on her face, she asked me ---“What all is going, hmmm…. Do I smell something fishy?”

I looked at Paree, from head to toe. Big surprise for me really. She was dressed in an expensive turquoise coloured Lehenga. As usual her skin was shining. Dimple on her cheeks as she smiled at me. Dupatta around her shoulders. Her belly was exposed. I felt a strong urge to go down on my knees to kiss her soft round belly all around her deep navel. Her big black eyes looking at me, smiling all the time, I was speechless, totally smitten by her beauty.

She swirled around to show me her dress ---“How do I look?”

My jaw literally dropped. “Ummm…… I am going to have a heart attack now.”

She whispered to me ---“Better than Arunima?”

“Uh….. Do I smell some ones heart burning?” I tapped on her dimpled cheek.

She pushed me playfully ---“Don’t you dare to?” pointing her index finger to me. I suddenly kissed her index finger.

---“Oh, come on you naughty boy, everyone is watching us.”

---“Sorry.”

---“I need to talk to ChotoMa, come with me.”

My mom was there somewhere, talking to her relatives. Paree ran towards my mom and hugged her from behind. I stood at bit distant from the pack of ladies. Mom kissed her forehead.

Indrani Mashi came to me and asked that when will we be leaving. I told her that, I had no idea, my mom knows all. She looked at them, wiped the corner of her eyes with her fingers. In a hush tone she said to me ---“It will be very hard to console Paree today. I don’t know what is going to happen.”

I took away Indrani mashi from there, took her to a room. I sat by her feet and took her hands in mine.

---“Indrani Mashi, you are her eldest sister; if she sees you crying she won’t be able to control herself from now.”

She started sobbing, big drops of tears rolled down her cheeks.

“All these years, I have cursed her a lot.” Saying that; she started crying profusely. I tried to console her.

---“Wipe your face, Mashi. Please for my sake. Smile; see it is your brother’s reception. You should be happy. You should look happy.”

Indrani Mashi wiped her tears, kissed my forehead ---“You are a true gem.”

Meghna entered our room. She yelled at us ---“What is happening in this house? There in that room Ulupi di, Paree and mother-in-law are sobbing and here you two are crying. I will go mad. Get up, and don’t go into that room.”

I assured Indrani Mashi that I would take care of Paree, she need not worry.

Time was running very fast. Relatives have arrived and the reception house was bumbling with crowd.

I saw Arunima coming towards me. She asked me that where was I, her brother-in-law, mean Subroto was looking for me to have a family photo.

People have started their dinner already. I saw Paree with a bunch of ladies. I saw smile back on her face. I thanked to God that she has come out of all the emotional tears. Paree gestured me to come to her. She introduced with some of her friends. Two of them were already married. I asked Paree whether she was ok or not. She said nothing.

I told her that I should be calling mom and dad for dinner. She looked at me.

---“Why so early? Don’t you want to have dinner with me?”

Subroto called both of us to the reception, where Maithili was seated, to have a family photograph. I complied him.


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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 12: Kiss her good bye

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After the photo session, I asked Paree whether she would like to take a stroll.


We started walking to the backyard of the house, on the narrow path between the huge trees. Dark night surrounding us.

We walked silently for some time. She held my left arm very tightly. We neared the pond, near the very old tree that I planted once. In the low light of the clear sky and moon, Paree looked like a star just descended from the heaven.

After a long silence she spoke to me ---“You have to go tonight?”

---“I have to.”

She pleaded ---“Can’t you stay one more night?”

---“Same thing will happen tomorrow also, Dear.”

She stood midway in the path facing me; wrapped her arms around me and rested her head on my chest. I held her in my tight embrace and took a deep breath to inhale her fragrance.

---“All these years, I didn’t know the truth. I was fine, I was happy with what I had here. Now you came and ….”

She could not finish her sentence, I took her lips in mine, locked in a romantic passionate bliss. For quiet sometime none of us moved with our lips locked. Paree looked at me slowly opening her eyes, just as if lotus unfurling her petals. I gently kissed her forehead. Hers arms came over my shoulder. Slowly I brought my lips over her eyelids, softly kissing her tender smooth skin. I nudged her ears and side neck with my nose; gently kissing her nape. My hand roamed all over her smooth back over her spine. Our breath got warmer and longer. Paree was frantically combing my hair with her slim soft fingers. She kissed my neck and jaws. Her well grown, soft bosom crashed on my chest. I could feel her softness through those heavy cloth materials. I showered my kisses all over her upper chest over her blouse. Her bosoms were heaving. She was panting hard as our passionate heat grew stronger. As I rubbed my nose over her deep cleavage, she took my hair in her strong fist and pulled more into her heaving bosom. The odour of her skin was making me mad. My right hand dropped down to her well shaped back, gently caressing her soft cheeks over her cloth material. She sensed my hand on her luscious bottoms and a soft moan emanated from her half-opened lips. Her head was thrown bit back. She had her eyes tightly closed. I dropped on my knees to kiss her midriff. She pulled my face over her soft round belly. I put a small kiss over her navel. The touches of my wet lips on her deep navel send thousand waves of spasms all over her serpentine figure. I could feel goose bumps all over belly skin on my tongue as I slowly licked around her deep navel.

She moaned out softly ---“Abhi, I am going mad. Please stop doing this to me.” Instead of paying heed to her passionate pleas, I put a kiss over her exposed under belly, just few inches under her navel. I sensed her shaking violently as I kissed her soft abdomen. She moaned out somewhat louder than before ---“Oh no dear.”

She fell on my lap and hid her face on my shoulder and softly cooed in my ears---“Please don’t make me mad. I am unable to stand all that you are doing to me.”

We held each other in tight embrace and sat on the ground for quiet sometime. No one spoke a single word, only enjoying each other romantic warmth. For first time in my life I sensed that silence can be also very beautiful sometimes.

How long we don’t know, Paree broke the long romantic silence running between us ---“We need to get to the house before someone notice us here.”

I smiled at her ---“Yes but, …..”

---“No but, honey. Let us move.”

We walked towards the house hand in hand. We looked around us, so as to check whether someone has notice our absence or not. We were assured as we saw everyone bit busy. She winked at me and left my hand and went away to her friends.

 

[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 13: Tearful departure

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Time was running very fast. Dad came to me, asked to have my dinner.

On the dinner table, while we were having our dinner. Indrani Mashi and Chandrani came to us. She asked mom that whether she could stay one more night. My mom told them that my dad has to go to office and I had to go to college also.

After dinner, I and dad stood under the open sky in the courtyard. Dad asked me about my experience here. I told him that I had a great experience. Dad told me that I have to shift to the room in the second floor and give my room to Paree which was adjacent to their bedroom. I shook my head in accordance. I looked around us; the crowd was getting thinner by each passing moment. Dad announced me that the car has arrived to take us back.

He looked at his watch, it was about 11 o’clock night. He asked me get into the house to bring our luggage and prepare for depart. I looked at my shoes, paused a little and silently walked away.

As I walked into the dining hall of the house, I found everyone sitting silently. Grand Aunt and mom, both having their hand in their clutch. Indrani Mashi and Meghna, wiping their eyes. Subroto had already fetched our luggage and asked someone to pack those in the trunk of the car. Maithili was sitting helplessly beside her newly found mother-in-law, my Grand Aunt, gently rubbing her back. I looked around looked for Paree who was nowhere in the scene. Chandrani told me that she has locked herself in a room upstairs and was not opening the door. Grand Aunt asked my mom to stay one night more.

My mom answered ---“I have to go, either today or tomorrow. If I go tomorrow then also you all will be crying.”

Chandrani told my mom that Paree has locked herself in a room. My mom took Indrani mashi with her to the room. Subroto and I walked behind them. They knocked at the door but there was no answer. Both looked queerly at us.

Mom ---“Paree, my golden angel, open the door.”

No answer from the other side. Grand Aunt also came running and knocked the door.

She cried out ---“Paree, please open the door. (Shona Ma amar doja khol).”

There was a dead silence from the other end. I looked at Subroto as he looked at me. Both sensed that something worst should not happen. He ran towards the roof asking me to come along. He asked me whether I could get down to the open window from the roof and enter the room. I could do everything for Paree, and if something happens to her then I would be unable to forgive myself.

Both of us climbed down the roof over to the window, and entered the room. As we entered the room, the sight in-front of us left us dead shocked. We both looked at each other as we found Paree lying motionless on the bed. Subroto ran towards the door to open the latch. I nudged Paree by her shoulder. She was not moving, she had fainted. All came running towards me as I took Paree on my lap and slapped her face. Someone gave me a glass of water; I sprinkled some on her face. Mom and Grand Aunt were totally inconsolable.

After sometime Paree opened her tearful eyes and looked around. Mom took Paree in her arms and all of a sudden I sensed that a dam has broken.

Mom ---“Insane girl, don’t ever try to shut door on my face.”

She shook her head ---“NO, don’t go. Please.”

---“You are my lovely angel, right? So you will understand everything. Now smile, and bid us good bye.”

Subroto looked at me, I said to him that I need some fresh air out of this emotions running. So we went downstairs. We saw Maithili sitting along with her relatives. I saw Arunima looking at me.

After few minutes or so, everyone came down to the courtyard to bid us good bye. Paree was still clutching my mom’s hand so as not to leave.

I hugged Maithili and Subroto and jokingly said ---“Be good to Churni and best wishes for your honeymoon.” Both of them smiled at me.

It was a very tearful goodbye from the family. My mom was crying as if some part of her heart has been tore off. Dad ushered mom inside the car. I bowed down to touch Grand Aunt’s feet for blessing. I bowed down to touch Indrani Mashi’s feet, but she took me in her embrace and kissed my forehead. I looked at Paree; her big black eyes were red in tears. Maithili took her in her embrace and was trying to console her.

I just gave a blank look at her and walked away from her, hiding my tears.

I felt several pairs of tearful eyes looking at our car.

The car started; cutting through the dark wintery night. I sat in the front seat. There was a painful silence in the car. No one was saying anything. Only the sound of the car, running down the dark road could be heard. I closed my eyes. The vision of tearful eyes of Paree floated in front of me. Trying to tell me that she will miss her heart beat every moment from now. The thought of Paree’s beautiful tear filled eyes engrossed my head, I felt my head becoming heavy, and I swooned in to slumber.



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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Part 2 : Memorable trip to highlands.

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Chapter 1: The Invisible letter.

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Days were passing by. We all got engrossed in our daily routine works. Mom told me that Paree would come after Basanti Puja, which normally happens during the first week of April. I thought that the long absence of Paree could kill our love. I was moved to the room on second floor. Mom was busy preparing Paree’s room; which was previously mine, just next to their bedroom. I sensed that as she had no daughter, she will surely try to fulfill all her dreams on Paree. Mom and dad were always bit strict on me. Never our thoughts met. I supposed that they might have asked for a good daughter instead of a son, from the God. Sometimes I felt jealous of Paree as I found that the dinner table talks every night were centered regarding Paree. But I was also happy that she was going to stay with us, stay near my heart, stay with me.

There was no telephone in their house, so I was unable to call and hear her voice. At times, when I felt lonely in the dark winter night, I took out her handkerchief and tried to smell her fragrance from the small piece of cloth. I rubbed that silk cloth all over my face so that I could feel her touch over my skin and lips.

One day mom came home and asked me whether I have lost something or not. I said no. She unpacked a shirt from a packet and showed me, whether it was mine or not. I recognized the shirt which was mine, which I was searching for some time. Mom told me that Paree came to her school and handed her the shirt. On hearing that she has touched my shirt, I looked at it. My mom handed me an envelope and said that Paree has given her to give me, but there was nothing inside the envelope.

During night I wore that shirt so as to feel her touch over my body.

I looked at the empty envelope, yellow coloured, old Indian Postal Service envelope; what that could be.

The next, whole day I was engrossed in thinking that what could be in that envelope. Later at night after dinner as I retired to my room, I took that piece of paper in my hand and looked that from every possible side. I looked closely and observed that it was re-pasted from four sides. I took some water and applied to the joints where the envelope was re-pasted.

Even after opening the envelope from four ends, I could not find anything inside. Not a single dot of ink, only a faint smell of jasmine and lemon.

I thought that, jasmine was Paree’s fragrance but why I am getting the scent of lemon from the envelope.

Then after giving a hard thought regarding the lemon scent, it dawned to my brain, that this was an invisible letter written in lemon juice so as no one could have observed anything. I kissed the envelope as I thought what a brilliant lady she is. She should be a spy instead of a physics teacher.

I lit a candle and gently brought the open envelop near that. Slowly the letters could be seen. Bit watermarked. ______________________________

The letter ---



“My heartbeat,

My baby prince of my childhood days.

I feel your arms around me, holding me in your strong embrace as I wrap your shawl around me.

Winter nights are quiet long and your thoughts do not let me sleep.

I can still feel your first kiss on my forehead. You stormed into my world and uprooted me from my heart and stole me from myself.

I want to live in a world where you will be with me, always be mine.

I dread to see the future. I love to live in present, each day each moment, by your side.

I want to forget past, the entire curse that I have heard being the youngest child.

Simply I want to forget past and live in present and do not look into future.

That’s all I want from you.

I am waiting, honey, looking forward to meet you. Meet me day after tomorrow at the Barasat Railway station by 11 o’clock.

Good bye honey.

Forever yours, from your heart.”

Day after tomorrow, means as the night end. I could not sleep the whole night in anxiety of meeting Paree after a long break.

Morning breakfast was a quiet one. It was first week of January so the morning was little foggy. Before mom left for her school she asked me whether I have any message for Paree as she would be going to her house. Oh shit, I thought, she won’t be available at the house as she would be with me at somewhere else. I nodded to mom that nothing to be conveyed to her.

I went to railway station, probably half hour before the scheduled time; anxiously waiting for Paree. Each second seemed to be as long as a year. I loitered up and down the whole platform to kill my time. I was going to meet Paree after a fortnight. Fortnight, oh no, it seemed to me as a decade. I looked at my watch it was already time and Paree was nowhere. Was she coming or not, was my question now.

Just then I saw Paree running towards me from the other end of the platform. She was panting hard. She was wearing a sky blue saree with a long jacket over her. Her locks were dancing over her rosy cheeks. What a girl, always loves to wear saree and nothing else.

She looked at me and was panting hard. I asked her to stop and take a deep breath.

---“What happened, why were you running like that?”

---“I am really sorry baby, I kept you waiting.”

“Really you should be” I said in a veiled scolding voice.

She took my left hand in her embrace as we walked out of the rail-station.

She asked me ---“How is ChotoMa?”

I nodded my head to say that she was doing fine. I also said that she was to go her house to meet her this afternoon. Paree shook her head, my mom will be returning empty handed. She has told her mom that she was going to meet some friends in Barasat. She lightly cursed herself that she won’t be able to meet her ChotoMa, my mom. I told her that her ChotoMa was preparing her room and she seems to be quiet happy that Paree will come to her house.

Paree looked at me. Her big black inviting eyes captivated me---“I just wanted to meet you. I was dying to meet you. So you got my letter and you read that. How intelligent baby you are.”

I smiled at her ---“Who is intelligent, me or you? Not even in a blue moon I could have thought that you could write such a letter.”

She shrugged her shoulder ---“Your heart is intelligent then, what do you say?”

I felt a deep urge to take her in my arms and kiss all over her beautiful face. But as I found that we were in broad daylight surrounded by hundreds of people so I had to suppress my thoughts.

I asked her---“Wanna go somewhere?”

---“Sure, why not? Let’s go to a restaurant so that we can sit together. I have something very interesting plan for you.”

“Oh really! What my darling is cooking?”

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We sat beside each other at one corner of a fine restaurant. I told Paree that as I was still unemployed so I don’t have much in my pocket. Paree softly rubbed her nose and face on my neck ---“When your aunt is with you why do you worry about money?”

On hearing her calling herself aunt of mine I laughed at her. Her cheeks dimpled as she smiled.

---“Do you remember, you met two of my friends during the wedding, who were married.”

---“Yes”

---“They are going to Manali for a whole week during the last week of January, and I am also going with them.”

I asked ---“So?”

She looked at me with bit rage in her eyes ---“So! You have to go with me.”

---“I can sneak from my parents and go, it will not be much of problem. But the main problems will be your friends. They know me as your nephew and they will tell everyone in our family about us.”

---“No not that. I don’t want to go with them. I want to take a trip with you; once in a lifetime trip. Take me somewhere very beautiful where no one knows us; just you and me together.”

She looked at me with her pleading big black eyes.

I scratched my head ---“Ok, you can leave them from the Howrah station then.”

---“No I can’t. The problem is that Subroto Da is booking the ticket for us. So we all friends along with their husbands are travelling together till Kalka in Howrah Kalka mail.”

---“Ok, then I have to check up what all places we can go in Himachal Pradesh.”

---“I don’t care about the place; all I want to be with you.”

Noodles along with soup were served in-front of us. She took a fork full of noodles and asked me to eat.

---“Ah! I am not a child anymore.”

She said jokingly while she pushed the fork in my mouth---“You are still my baby prince.”

---“Ok my gorgeous aunt.” I chewed the mouth full of noodles.

---“Now tell me how we can make the trip together.”

---“Let me think for a moment. Will you? You have faith in me?”

She nodded affirmatively.

---“Ok as of now, I will wait for you at Kalka station. Now you have to think of some excuse how you can get rid of your friends. Rest of the plan, there is no plan as of now.”

---“Ufff… see I am shivering just by the thought that you and I will be together. My sweet baby prince.”

I nudged her chin with my fingers playfully ---“Does your friends know that you are in love?”

---“They have smelled something different in me, but they are not sure about the person till now. And you can’t go in front of them. And even if I tell them that I will go to somewhere else from Kalka, then I am sure that they will want to meet that person.”

I scratched my head badly as I was unable to think of anything. This was a very complex situation.

I pushed her by her shoulder ---“Do not you have anything in your head?”

---“Err no. I have shown you the road, now I want you to hold my hand and take me through that road.”

I told Paree that it will be very cold during January in Himachal Pradesh, so she should be prepared for the journey and bring her best winter clothes with her. She said to me not to worry about that, she has nice warm clothing. I also told her that saree won’t be a suitable dress in that snowy winter lands. She told me that she doesn’t wear jeans and pants and shorts; she can bring her salwars with her.

We finished our noodles with lots of other topics. I asked her how was Subroto’s honeymoon. She said that their honeymoon was awesome; they have enjoyed quiet a lot. Indrani Mashi has left for Bombay to her house; and for the first time in twenty-four years, she has invited Paree to go to their house in Bombay. I asked Paree whether she would be going or not to Bombay. She nodded negatively, she said to me that she wants to forget what all has happened in her past. She wants to be with her ChotoMa, she wants to pursue her higher studies and be a school teacher like her ChotoMa.

Paree looked at her wristwatch and announced that she now needs to depart. She will be late.

I pleaded her ---“No good bye kiss for me?”

“No dear, I am not so modern like city girls to kiss someone in amongst people.”She winked at me with a sly look beaming all over her face “You have to bear this with a backdated village girl.”

We walked to the bus stand waiting for her bus to arrive. I asked her ---“Do you believe in me?”

---“Why ask me that?”

---“I will figure something out to make this trip memorable for a life time.”

She smiled at me ---“I know that. I will be waiting for you at Kalka station.”

Her bus arrived, she got into the bus. She sat beside the window, looked at me lovingly. She brought her index finger on her red lips and kissed it. I smiled at her as the bus started and zoomed away from my sight.

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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 2: Journey to unknown.

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I observed that I was having some problem with my vision, so I had to go for a checkup to ophthalmologist. Mom was bit upset about my eyesight as the problem was bit acute one. I could not see things away from me. So I have to wear glasses from now onwards. For first few days it created a great problem for me.

I had to figure out several things. I had to figure out as what do I tell my parents and where to go and also for the money. One of my senior, Suprotim Da, of my school days used to live in New Delhi. He was working in an IT Organization in Noida. So one day I called him up. After some pleasantries I told him that I am going for a trip to Himachal Pradesh and I want a car. He told me that he could arrange a car; he will lend his Tata Safari to me. He asked me jokingly that whether I was going alone or with someone special. I told him that I was going with someone special. He asked me that whether my parents know about my love or not. I told him that I will explain everything once I meet him, but I said that I need the car in Kalka. He said that it will not be possible. I have to come down to New Delhi first and meet him, he wants to hear my whole story then he will give me his SUV.

I laughed at him ---“What Suprotim Da, what is this?”

He said ---“Beta, if you need my car then I want to hear your story and after a long time we will be meeting also.”

I figured out that I have no other way so I had to go to New Delhi first. So one night on the dining table I told my parents that I want to take a trip to hills to Himachal Pradesh for a week. Dad asked me where I was going. I told them that I want to go some place very secluded in Himachal Pradesh, not like Shimla, Kullu or Manali. They asked me whether I was going alone or I would be going with my friends. I said them I wanted a break so I will be going alone. I lied a bit to them. But the problem was that how to communicate with Paree regarding all this.

My dad was also a travel enthusiast, and was a senior manager of Airport Authority in DumDum Airport (Kolkata). So my dad brought me an air-ticket of Saturday morning flight to New Delhi. He also brought a tourist map of Himachal Pradesh. He showed me the map and asked where would I like to go. I told him some place away from crowd some place very secluded. Dad told me that I could take a trip to Chitkul a place deep inside Sangla Valley. I have not heard that name before. I zoomed on to map so as to locate where it was.

Mom was bit unhappy as I was going alone, although it was not my first time I was travelling alone. Before this also after my 10th exam I took a lonely trip to Rajasthan, to Jaipur, Udaipur and Chittorgarh. They knew that my mindset was bit different from others; they knew that I love to travel alone.

Now I had to figure out of a plan as of how to pick up Paree from Kalka station. I have got glasses now. I thought neither Paree nor her friends have seen me in glasses, and if I don’t shave for two weeks I will grow enough beard and moustache that not even Paree will be able to recognize me. That could be a good veil to pick up Paree from her friends. I packed my rucksack with a heavy jacket, gloves, torch and lots of items that could save me if I get caught in some storm or in some problem.

During our trip we will be all alone, only Paree and myself. No one would know who we are. I assumed that our romance may take some sharp turn towards burning desire of unison. She is beautiful and gorgeous. Her eyes could beckon me into her folds of pleasure. I thought that it would be better to take some precautions with me, so I bought a packet of male precaution before leaving.

The d day arrived. My mom asked me why I haven’t shaved myself before. I just nodded my head and said I totally forgot to do so. I told her that as I reach New Delhi I will shave myself and take bath in Suprotim Da’s place. My heart was beating very fast with anticipation that I will meet my lovely lady after a long break. Dad handed me an envelope, I looked into it and found that it contained about eight thousand in cash.

I boarded the flight. Paree would reach Kalka station by Kalka mail on Sunday early morning. Now the main problem was that she does not know that I was going by flight, neither she was aware of my plan. I believed that she has full faith on me, so I need not to worry anything about.

Upon arrival to New Delhi, Suprotim Da was there to greet me.

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He said ---“So after a very long time we meet.”

We shook our hands. He asked me what all was brewing. I told him bit of truth and bit of lie. I told him about Paree but I lied to him about the relation between Paree and my mom. I told him that my mom knows Paree well but there could be some problem in future from my parent’s side.

Suprotim Da’s family used to live in Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi. He has not married yet. His mom was also looking for a gentle bride for him.

I asked him---“So, you are also alone as of now, no affairs.”

---“No dude, just time pass. I am playing one day games now, I am looking for a good pitch for test match”

We both laughed our heart out.

---“So where are you going?”

---“I want to go to Chitkul a secluded place deep in Sangla Valley.”

---“Where is this place? I have never heard about that? You could have gone to Manali or Dalhousie?”

I told him that her friends are going to Manali and she want me to take her to a secluded place where we two will be totally exposed to unknown nature.

He told me that his driver, Balwinder, a middle aged person, will accompany us during our trip. As we were returning home, Balwinder was driving the SUV, I found Ballu to be very enthusiast person.

Ballu ---“Oh Sirji, Don’t worry”

Suprotim Da also told me that it will take about seven to eight hours to reach Kalka from New Delhi, so if I had to meet Paree sharp in time then I had to start from New Delhi by evening. He cautioned me that Highway will be full of trucks and there could be heavy fog on road during night. It would be of freezing temperature the place where we were going. I assured him that I have brought enough warm clothing for my trip.

In the evening, I bid Suprotim Da good bye. We started from New Delhi by 6 o’clock in the evening. I told Ballu that I also know driving, and it would be a long way before we reach. Balwinder told me that once we get out of Delhi I can drive. It took about whole two hours to touch the Highway. What a hell of traffic.

Once we got past Sonepat, Ballu asked me to drive. I told him that I can’t drive on hills.

---“Oh Sirji, drive the car now.”

Ok so I was now in the driver’s seat. Suprotim Da asked me to pay for the diesel to which I complied.

Ballu ---“Sirji, I need two khamba’s.”

What khamba? Oh I see; two bottles of alcohol. I said that will be arranged. He told me that in Punjab the alcohols are cheap so we could buy from Ambala.

We got friendlier as I drove in the dark night. He knew that I was going with my girlfriend.

He asked me ---“Sirji, what do Bhabiji do?”

---“She is just a college pass out.”

---“Oh, Sirji, when is the train arriving at Kalka Station?”

---“Early morning around 4:30 am by Howrah Kalka mail.”

---“Oh Sirji, Kalka mail? It will be definitely late by three to four hours.”

---“I don’t want to be late Balwinder; I want to reach Kalka before 4:30 in the morning.”

The car zoomed through the cold foggy night, cutting across the dark pitch road. Heavy trucks were running beside us. I brought out my jacket and wore that. During night Balwinder told me that accidents do happen frequently, so I should drive cautiously. I was feeling bit dizzy, Ballu sensed that and asked me to stop at Karnal. We sipped some hot tea in that chilled night. It was already 10 o’clock in the night.

Again we started our journey. I was driving slowly as I was new on this road and it was foggy outside. Ballu asked me not to take the flyover after Ambala. By 11:30 or so, we reached Ambala, he asked me to stop the car and he will want to buy alcohol. I gave him money and he went away. He brought two bottles of old monk, my favourite ones. He told me that in this pace if we drive we will probably reach Kalka by 2 am, so I asked him what to do. He said ---“Sirji, drive slowly till Pinjore; after that I will drive the car.”

I told him that I was totally new in this part of the country, so I am not aware of the roads, but I have studied the map of Himachal little bit.

We left the NH-1 after Ambala and took NH-22 from there. Car was again cutting through the dark winter nights. After Pinjore Ballu took the wheel, I sat beside the driver’s seat, rested my head on the backrest and closed my eyes. He told me that Kalka was only a stone-throw distance from Pinjore.

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The only thought circling in my head was that I am going to meet my Damsel of dreams after a long time. Her sweet kisses lingered on my cheeks and jaws and lips. I took out her handkerchief to smell her fragrance. In reality there was no fragrance present, but romantic hearts can smell their damsel’s odour from anything. The vision of her big black eyes floated in-front of my sleepy eyes. Each time she used to smile at me, it dimpled on her soft rosy cheeks. A small bunch of lock always used to dance on her left cheek and she used to remove that lock every now and then. That sight was most beautiful. What will she do to me after seeing me after a long time? She might not recognize me in this attire, she has not seen me in glasses and my face was also covered with beard and moustache. Soon I swooned into slumber.

I was totally unaware about the time. Balwinder nudged me ---“Sirji, wake up, the train has arrived.”

I opened my eyes to look around; it was clear outside. It was already 8:30 am in the morning. I asked Balwinder that why he has not woken me previously, he told that as I was sleeping so he didn’t wake me and also after reaching Kalka he checked at the station that the train was running about four hours late. Ok, I rubbed my face and sprinkled water on my face to look bit of fresh before going in-front of my damsel.

I put on a cap on my head and walked to the platform. I saw Paree standing with two couples and she was eagerly looking around, searching for me. She was wearing a white long jacket over her, which made her bit flabby. She was also not looking so fresh as she probably was damn tired after a long journey. I slowly walked towards them no one noticed me. I felt my heart beating loudly inside my chest. For once Paree looked at me, as our eyes met I took out her handkerchief and gently rubbed on my lips. On seeing me, her eye got big with total amazement. A hush came out from her mouth and she slowly walked towards me, trying to suppress her excitement, smiling beautifully. I looked into her sleepy eyes, which were not at all sleepy after she saw me in this attire. She came near me and took my left arm in hers. All others looked at us. In a husky voice I introduced myself as Paree’s friend.

“Hi, I am, Arjun, cousin of Indrani’s husband. Probably we have not met before.”--- As I shook hands with two gentle man standing over there. “So, how was your journey?”

Both her friend’s looked queerly at Paree as if asking, that who was I?

She told them that this was the person whom she was going to meet. Paree was constantly laughing and trying to suppress her excitement very hard as she was pinching my hand.

I came to know that, Kalyani and Rani was her friend; they got married last year with Dipankar and Ramanuj, respectively. Both their husband are into some family business in their town. They will be going to Manali via Shimla. They asked me as where I was going to take Paree. I told them not to worry about anything; she will be totally safe with me.

Kalyani ---“Suchismita could not sleep last night. She was beaming with excitement as she did not know as where you were going to take her. How romantic to go to some place totally unknown. Why don’t you two also come with us?”

Rani ---“Oh! Sure it will be a good idea.” All others voiced that we should go with them.

Paree sensed trouble ---“No, I am sure he has some plan already. Can we go out of the station now?” She pinched my hand again.

I took her bag. As we walked out, she looked at me with full of questions in her eyes as if asking what a disguise I was in, and she constantly smiled with her lower lips bitten by her upper teeth.

I told them that we were going to Chitkul a place deep in Sangla Valley. Kalyani said that she would have loved to accompany us but as they had already booked their package of Shimla-Kullu-Manali so they would be unable to make with us. In my mind I was also not willing that they come with us. Dipankar asked me that whether my route will take us via Shimla or not. I told them that we will take a detour; from Kandaghat we will take a small hilly road via Chail and Fagu before touching the highway NH-22 again. He asked me whether I have come here before or not, I told them that that was my first time, and I have studied the map very well. I asked them that when they will be returning back. He told me that they will be returning next Sunday in the same train which will leave Kalka at mid-night. Kalyani said to Paree, that wherever she goes she should be in time at the station on Sunday. I assured them that they need not to worry about anything. I called Balwinder to pick up Paree’s bag and put in the car.

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Ballu bowed to Paree---“Namaste Bhabiji!!”. On hearing Balwinder calling Paree as Bhabiji, she looked at me with bit of rage. Dipankar asked me that how I have arrived at Kalka. I told them that I came to New Delhi by flight and from there I will be going by SUV, I pointed to the Tata Safari parked nearby.

Rani nudged Paree ---“You are very naughty, for so long you have not divulged anything. You are very lucky to have him.” Paree smiled at her, only she and I know the stark truth. We both bid them goodbye as I sensed that we were getting late, we have to cover a long distance.

Our car started to climb the serpentine roads of Shiwalik range. Paree could not stop laughing at me.“What a hell of a person are you!!! Oh! My God! Not even in a blue moon I could have thought that you will surprise me like that. When have you put on glasses? Are these real or just for disguise? And these beard and moustache they are also false?”

I tried to calm her down ---“Will you let me talk?”

---“Ok, baba, tell me everything.” But she again started to laugh at me.

I told her the whole story, as how I planned my trip and as how I lied to my parents and how I arrived here to pick her up. On hearing all these she could not stop laughing at me.

By the time we took the detour route after Kandaghat, it was getting foggy outside. On both sides of the road there were huge pine trees. Slowly our car was climbing the lonely road through a hilly jungle.

Paree was on my left side sitting with my left arm tucked in her embrace as she was looking outside, enjoying the beauty of hills and nature. After a long time I got to devour her beauty. She was looking bit tired but there was full of excitement in her eyes. She has worn a black silhouette hugging salwar suit. Over the salwar she wore a long white jacket to get rid of the chilled winter. With the back of my fingers I touched her cheeks gently.

She cooed ---“Ummm! I have never been to hills before. I feel like all as if I am sleeping and I am in a beautiful dream and I don’t want to wake up from this dream ever.”

---“See, I am at your side, you are not in any dream, all these are happening to you in real.”

She rubbed her cheeks on my shoulder. I held her tightly with my left arm and rubbed my cheek on hers.

She yelled out ---“Ouch! Those moustache and beard are hurting me. You can’t kiss me till you get rid of all these.”

---“Ok baba, I will get rid of all these.” Saying so, I took her right palm in my clutch and brought her soft fingers near my lips and kissed them lightly.

---“Umm!! I’m feeling very excited.” She pressed my hand on her chest “See how my heart is beating fast.” Gently I rubbed her soft bosom with my hand over her heavy woolens.

---“Hey! Naughty boy.” She winked at me. “I badly need a bath and to get fresh.”

I looked around and said ---“Ok, as we reach Chail, we will find some room for an hour so that we could refresh.”

As our car reached a small hilly hamlet, Balwinder announced that we have reached Chail.

Ballu ---“Madam we have reached Chail. (Bhabiji, Chail aa gaya)”

Paree looked queerly at me ---“Why is he calling me Bhabiji? I feel shy.”

---“Oh! Dear, see, as you are with me so he is calling you Bhabiji, nothing else. He is a good person and a long time driver of Suprotim Da.”

We took a room to freshen ourselves.

Jokingly I said to Paree ---“See, we have very less time, so can I take bath with you?”

She screamed at me in her top voice and pushed me---“NOOO, just go away. You evil person.”

After freshening ourselves up, we again started from Chail. Fog dispersed, we could winter sun rays on our skin. Paree has changed to a white dress. She was looking fresh as a morning tulip, beaming with radiance. Two small pearl ear drops adorned her small ears. I have shaved my chin so as not to miss her kiss, as she has threatened me that I won’t be able to kiss her with all my moustache and beard, so I had to comply. Balwinder was now driving bit faster on those serpentine curves. We started to climb the mountains again.

Paree asked me that how much time will it take to reach Chitkul, I nodded my head that I am unaware of that. Balwinder overheard our conversation and answered that it will probably take eight to ten hours to reach Chitkul. He has already asked about the route at Chail to the manager of the hotel. After Fagu we hit the Highway NH-22 again.

Paree was looking outside the car devouring the beauty of hills and nature. She rested her head on my left shoulder as I wrapped my left arm around her. She was playing with my fingers of right hand on her lap.

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We both were silent for a long time. Neither of us said any words just cuddling each other in a romantic embrace enjoying our warmth. After Narkanda, car started a gradual descend. After few kilometers we found a wide river flowing alongside the road. The river was on the left side of the road. Paree exclaimed on beholding the strong currents of the water.

“Oh! My god, what a beautiful hilly river. What is the name of this river?” She asked me.

---“This is Satluj river.”

---“You mean Shatadru in Bengali?”

I nodded affirmatively. Paree was obstinate to stop the car; she wanted to touch the river water. I told her that the weather is very cold outside and the water will be damn chilled. She did not paid attention to my words and asked Balwinder to stop the car. As the car stopped by the side of the road, she opened the door and ran out.

---“Are you coming with me or I will jump into the river?”

On hearing those words, no one can stay inside the car. I scratched my head in a veiled disgust and had to walk towards her. She climbed down the bank of the river over the small stones, very aptly balancing herself. She bent down to touch the flowing water.

As the chilled water touched her fingers, she yelled out ---“My God, so cold. I can’t feel my fingers.”

I laughed at her and said that I cautioned her. She sprinkled some water on me. With a veiled anger in her voice ---“You are not at all romantic. I am not going to talk to you.” I assured Paree that we will get to see another river, the place we are going to.

She exclaimed ---“Really! Why haven’t you told this before?”

I told her that beautiful things divulge gradually, I wanted to surprise her.

---“Ok, then; I am not angry. Let us go then. I am dying to go to the place. What is the name?”

---“Chitkul. You dumb girl”

Again our car started and the river was flowing alongside the road, beautiful green hills on all sides. The sky was clear blue with tuft of white clouds floating. We saw apple orchards over the hills on the other side of the river, small villages on top of hills. On reaching Rampur, we had our lunch. After lunch I was feeling very chilled so I asked Paree that can I have a puff?

Paree looked at me bit angrily ---“So you have started smoking again.” I pleaded her that I have not smoked after that reception day, only the chilled weather is making me so. I wanted to puff a cigarette badly but as I saw her getting in to the car without saying anything, I sensed trouble. I thought it would be better not to smoke rather to hurt her.

---“Ok baba, I am not going to smoke. No will you smile for me.”

As our SUV rumbled out of Rampur, Paree told me that she was feeling sleepy and wants to sleep. I moved to the right corner of the seat as she pulled her legs on the seat and rested her head on my lap. She took my left arm and pressed it on her bosom. I looked down to her face. Gently I combed her head, she closed her eyes and soon she went to sleep. She was looking very beautiful while she slept. For the first time I looked at her sleeping face, as if her face was gleaming with some eternal peace. Balwinder eyes were fixed on the road. I bent down slowly and touched her soft cheeks with my lips. On sensing my kiss over her cheeks she snuggled more into me pressing my hand over her bosom, to feel the warmth. The road was full of trucks and was a busy road. I looked outside. Ballu pulled the car to a petrol pump as we reached Jeori. Paree woke up.

She asked me with her sleepy eyes---“Why have we stopped.”

---“To fill diesel.”

---“How long have I slept?”

---“Not much, you can go to sleep again.”

---“How long it will take us to reach our destination?”

I asked the person at the filling station as how long will it take us to reach to Chitkul. He said that it will take about four hours more. He also cautioned us that after Karcham Bridge, the road would be very rough. On hearing him Balwinder assured me in his typical Punjabi tone---“Oh! (Sirji tussi fikar na karo. Menu pata si.) Sirji don’t worry about anything.”

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Paree doesn’t understand much of Hindi so she asked me as what Balwinder told me. I said to her that he assured us that the journey will be safe. I looked to my wristwatch, it was already 2:30 pm, I sensed that it would be dark by the time we reach our destination. As our car started from Jeori, Paree said that she does not want to sleep anymore, she want to see the hills and nature. The sun already leaned towards the west. In hills, night comes early. By the time we were near the Karcham Bridge it was getting dark outside. At Karcham, we found that there were two rivers joining, the colour of was green and another was bit muddy.

Paree exclaimed on seeing the green river ---“Oh! I have not seen any river with green water. Can we stop here?” I asked Balwinder to stop the car as we climbed a bit on the road.

---“How beautiful. Is this the river we will get to see in Chitkul? What is the name of the river?”

I nodded my head saying that this will be the same river she will find in Chitkul, the name of the river is Beas flowing all along from China to India.

We left the highway NH-22 and took a small hilly road to Chitkul. The road was very rough with pebbles and gravels all over and lonely also. Chill winds were blowing outside. I embraced Paree more into myself so as to give her warmth. After sometime Ballu had to switch on the head lights as the visibility was getting poorer due to little fog and darkness descending. Paree looked at me with fearful eyes. I assured her that nothing will happen.

She caressed my cheeks and said ---“You are really a brave and strong hearted person. How did you dare to take me to a totally unknown place where there are very few people?”

---“If you are with me I can fight against the world honey.”

She kissed on my cheek ---“Umm! My brave baby prince.”

As we passed Sangla, it was dark all around. Balwinder was having a hard time to drive on that rough dark road. I asked him, was everything ok or not? He assured me that everything was fine, he can drive easily. Paree again looked at me with bit of tension building inside her. I told her not to worry. She started cursing me that I am mad, I am insane; we should not have come to this secluded dangerous place. What if someone kills us and throw us in the river deep down below? I told her to stop talking all nonsense. She got bit angry and moved to other end of the seat, silently looking outside in the dark. To douse the situation, jokingly I asked her whether she was able to see anything in that dark night outside or not. She nodded her head in anger and said that she was not going to talk to me anymore. I also got frustrated as I was also new to this place. How come I would have dreamt that the road would be so rough and it would take us so long to reach our destination?

About an hour after or so, most likely by seven o’clock in the evening, we saw lights at the end of the road. We reached Chitkul. I told Paree to be seated inside the car till I find some hotel. As I came out of the car I could hear the winter winds howling badly around me. It was very dark all around. We found a hotel at the end of the road. It was very dark outside. The manager of the hotel told us that there were no guests in that hotel, only we two will be staying. Paree was very quiet all along. She has not spoken a single word after Sangla, in last two hours or so.

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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 3: Unexpected Night

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The room was quiet warm and big and there were big glass window panes on two sides of the room, covered with heavy curtains. I looked around the room as the porter kept our luggage and shut the door behind us. Two room-heaters kept the room warm and cozy. I asked Paree whether she liked the room or not. She silently nodded her head, saying that the room was ok.

Paree took off her jacket; she has opened both our bags and was keeping our dresses inside the cupboard. I sat on the chair and looked at Paree as she was engrossed in arranging our belongings. Her long hairs have unfurled, dancing down till her waist. From behind, her figure looked like the ancient hour-glass. Her salwar arms were of full-length. Her fairly broad shoulders, tappers down to a small round waist and rested over her wide hips. Below her hips, I could sense her slender fleshy thighs which were hidden inside her churidar, which further narrowed down to small calf and feet. Inside my heart I felt like leaping forward to take her in my arms and kiss her nape and ears and her small round shoulder. At times I could hear the jingles of her bangles as she was totally engrossed in her activity. Frequently she was removing her lovely locks over her ear that was softly caressing her left cheek. While she bent down to pick up belonging from the bags, her shaped behind, hidden inside her long salwar; outlined each contours, the view made my heartbeat to stop for few seconds. I was unable to control myself further, so I walked behind her and took her in my arms and hugged her tightly. I removed her hairs over her right shoulder and planted a wet kiss over her skin. She shivered a bit on sensing my wet lips on her smooth skin. She looked at me over her shoulder; there was a cold look in her eyes which poured cold water on my all heated sensation in my heart. She turned towards me while I had her in my arms.

In a cold voice ---“Let me go, I want to go to rest room.”

I felt a storm brewing. She picked-up her baby pink cotton sleeveless night dress and a heavy woolen gown, and silently walked inside the bathroom.

I slowly walked towards the bed and sat over there silently, taking off my dresses and all. I had changed into my track-suit. After sometime she came out of the restroom and asked me to fresh myself up.

I asked her ---“What has happened, why you are so quiet? You don’t want to talk to me?”

---“Get inside and get fresh. Shall I order for the dinner?”

I nodded my head ---“Ok, but why are you so quiet?”

She pushed me inside.

After I came out I saw her sitting on a chair by the table near one big glass window, looking outside in the dark night. She was sitting there with cross legged, resting her face on her left elbow, and right hand across her lap. The room ambience was gloom all due to the cold silence of Paree. The bubbly girl was lost somewhere. The dinner was already served. We finished the dinner in total silence, no words from anyone of us. I need to douse the situation or else the whole vacation will turn sour.

She took off her woolen overcoat and tucked herself under the heavy blanket. She sat there inclining her back on the headboard of the huge bed. In the low light of the room she was looking like an angel, her pearl earrings shining brightly. She looked at me with her raging eyes.

As I stood by the leg side of the bed, I asked her ---“What has happened? Would you care to tell me something?”

---“Have you looked outside? Not a single speck of light anywhere. Where have you brought me? There are no shops, no eateries, and no large houses. Nothing. Not a single tourist also.”

---“See, Paree, I wanted to take you to someplace. I am also new in this part of the country.”

---“There are no shops for shopping.”

---“Why do you need shops?”

She yelled at me ---“Obviously for shopping, what else? Everyone, who ever go to a tourist destination, comes back with lots of shopping.”

---“You have come here for shopping?”

---“Ok, not for shopping, but there is nothing outside. What is here to see and enjoy? You told me that there is a river, but I don’t’ see that also.”

---“It is dark outside, probably due to that you are unable to see anything.”

---“Have you seen the road here? Actually there was no road. It was full of gravels and stones. It was very dangerous.”

I could not keep my head cool; so the first fight between us has already started. I yelled at her ---“How come I would know that the road would be so bad?”

---“You were definitely aware of all these.”

---“My God! Don’t tell me that Paree.”

---“I should have gone with Kalyani and Rani to Manali, instead of coming here with you.”

---“Yes, you should have. Why didn’t you?”

---“You know that very well why I have come with you, and see ….”

---“See what, Paree?”

---“See, around us. The place you have brought me. There is no one in this hotel also. What will happen if something bad happens to us? No one knows we are here in such a dangerous place with nothing around.”

I screamed ---“Oh! Damn Paree. Nothing will happen to us.”

There was bit of choking in her voice---“All I wanted to have this vacation memorable.” She wiped the corner of her eyes with her index finger. I paid no heed to those beads of pearls dropping from those lotus eyes.

I just shouted at her ---“Now, don’t shed your crocodile tears.”

She yelled at top of her voice pointing her index finger toward me---“Don’t you dare, talk to me like that. Tomorrow morning I want to go back. I know in which hotel Kalyani was going to stay in Shimla.”

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---“Ok, tomorrow morning I will take you back.”

She tucked herself inside the blanket and turned on her right, away from my side, facing towards the other window, hid her face on the soft pillows. Her back was trembling gently; I sensed that she has started sobbing, my goodness. I slapped my forehead.

I lowered my voice and tried to soak it with honey---“Please don’t cry. I need some fresh air.”

In a choked voice she spoke---“I know very well, what you need. Puff all the cigarettes you have brought and kill yourself. I have seen the cigarette packets in the bag, which you have tried to hide from me. Just get lost from my sight.”

---“Oh! Please, for God’s sake. Keep quiet.”

---“Go away, leave me alone. I am tired and I need rest.”

Now I need a puff really badly. I took a stick and lighter and walked out of the room in the corridor, closing the door behind me.

I inhaled lungs full of the smoke in deep breath and scratched my head, thinking of all that happened inside the room. How could I know that this place will be so remote and quiet? I was new there so was Paree. I thought that I should have kept my head cool not to yell at her at least. Abhimanyu, you are so mean, you yelled so badly at your Suchismita. This vacation is going to be sour, I thought. Everyone expects their first night to be memorable, and this memory; Abhimanyu, you have to bear in your heart for life long. You could have doused the situation which you have failed to do, and now you have to bear the bitter consequences. All these thoughts were running inside my head. I heard cold bitter winds howling outside; probably it was a blizzard going on. Probably it was snowing outside. Storm outside and storm inside.

I entered the room, only to find that she has already gone asleep. Took of my track-suit jacket, tucked myself inside the blanket and moved near her. I looked down to her sleeping face. Locks came over her beautiful face; I removed those locks to have a better view of my sleeping damsel. There was small wet trail coming down the corner of her eyes till the tip of nose. I rubbed off the trail with my thumb. She moved slightly, sensing my warm breath flowing on her face. Very gently I traced over her dark whip like eyebrows with my index finger. I stooped down to kiss her rosy cheeks. Feeling my lips over her cheeks she trembled a bit. I gently rubbed my nose over her jaw-line and on her ears. I sensed that she was into deep slumber. I rested myself on the pillow, cuddling her soft serpent figure from her back, pressed my nose on her head to inhale her sweet fragrance. I put my left arm around her thin round waist and pulled her on my chest. My hand rested over her belly and I closed my eyes. She took my hand in her soft clutch, entwined her fingers around mine and brought my hand under her soft cheek to feel the warmth of my palm. I felt the soft touch of her bare bosom over my arm. So soft and creamy and warm was her skin. Her bosom was heaving slowly sending tingling sensation down my belly. I pressed my whole body on her back, took a deep breath and swooned into slumber cuddling her tightly in my arms trying to give all warmth of my body.

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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 4: Fire on the Snow.

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I felt soft fingers on my hairs, combing them gently. I opened my eyes only to find Paree’s beautiful smiling face in front of my sleepy eyes. She was sitting by my side at the side of bed. She was looking lovingly into my sleepy eyes. A soft radiance beamed all over her face. Her long tresses dancing on my chest as she has leaned over me considerably. The deep valley between her soft bosoms revealed to a great extent in front of my sleepy eyes. By that sight I felt a lump in my throat. I looked around the room, the soft rays of a beautiful dawn flooding all over the room from the big glass panes. The curtains were pushed aside, probably by her as to behold the beauty of nature. I smiled at her; she stooped down to touch my forehead with her red lips. Her soft, warm bosom touched my face and chin.

“Get up, baby prince.” as she brushed her nose over mine, softly kissing my lips. I wrapped my fingers in her long tresses and pulled her face crossly over mine to make the kiss even deeper.

She broke the kiss ---“I am very sorry about last night.”

I got up from my pillow, reclining upper half of my body on the headboard. I took her palms in mine and apologized to her ---“No, honey I am sorry. I should not have screamed at you like that last night. I should not have brought you here.”

---“You might not have screamed, but I was wrong about the place. So I am sorry for all those words last night.”

I jokingly asked her ---“So do you want to go back now?”

She threw her slender long arms around my neck and purred with honey filled voice ---“I don’t know about other places, but this place is heaven on earth.”

I put my arms around her narrow round waist and pulled her on my lap over my stretched legs. Her soft round bottoms perched on my lap sending a warm sensation all over my abdomen. She rested her whole weight over my reclining body. She was still in her sleeveless baby pink nightdress, which covered half of her heaving bosom, exposing her cream soft skin of her upper chest and soft bosom. I rubbed my nose on her cheeks.

She purred out softly ---“Mmmmmmm… This place is very very beautiful.”

---“I don’t know about the place honey, but you are looking gorgeous, your soft rosy cheeks radiating halo of love. You lips are soooo sweet.”

My left hand caressed her delicate belly over the thin cotton clothing, veiling her sensuous figure. I circled around her navel with the flat of my palm. Her soft posterior perched firmly over my lower abdomen; I sensed the heat growing inside me. Her soft bosom pressed on my chest and I could even feel her heartbeat. Warm breath of her flowed all over my face, her eyes were then half open. I sensed passion growing deep inside her heart. I pushed my face on the curve of her neck and licked her skin of her shoulder till her earlobes. I took her earlobes in my mouth gently sucking the pearl eardrop and earlobes along. Slowly I caressed all way up her belly just below the fullness of her bust. Paree sensed my palm approaching her hidden treasure. A deep warm moan came out of her red lips. She was panting lightly sensing my palm near her fullness of her soft chest. Her chest were heaving in long deep breath, she bit her lower lips and looked passionately in my eyes. Hot lusty lava was flowing all over my veins, as I pushed my face over her deep cleavage, kissing and licking those beautiful soft mounds over the top portion of her bosom. I was about to touch her bosom with the flat of my palm, just then she held my hand tightly. She nodded her head slowly, her lips beaming with a passionate smile. I looked at her with question filled eyes.

She cooed down my ears and hid her face on my shoulder ---“I feel shy, Abhi.”

I tightly embraced her ---“No one is here except you and me, so why feel shy?”

She rubbed her face on my shoulder ---“No, no, no, I feel shy in-front of you… in broad day light.”

I laughed my heart out.

---“I am feeling shy and you are laughing at me? What an evil you are? Naughty boy!”

“Ok, you felt shy, and what else you felt?” I asked her jokingly.

“No, I am not going to tell all those words, of what all I felt all over me.” She again nodded her head sideways, her face still hidden in the corner of my shoulder.

I caressed all over her back ---“Come on; baby, for once, just say as what all you felt.”

She screamed to me ---“NO NO NO …. You evil baby…. You mischievous rascal.”

My fingers traced over her cotton cloth all over her spine, from her the top of her back till below her waist. She shivered is passion all while she was hiding her face on my shoulder.

She cooed in my ears ---“I am feeling hungry, please honey can we have the breakfast?”

---“Why don’t you eat me.”

Playfully she slapped the back of my head ---“Don’t be so naughty. I am really hungry.”

She got up from my lap, leaving me high and dry. A mischievous smile beaming all over her face, sweet small dimples on her rosy cheek made her smile more sensuous. She bit her lower lips with her pearl studded upper teeth and asked me to get in bathroom to get fresh up while she orders for the breakfast. She held my hand and pulled me out of the bed and pushed me inside the bathroom. I sensed that the dawn was going to be even hotter, might be it was chilled outside the room, but the room ambience was filled up with passionate warmth of lust and desire. So I took my shaving bag along with me inside the bathroom as the side pocket contains the packet of precaution. I had to hide that in my pocket while I come out of the restroom.

It took me a while to complete my morning duty. As I came out I found Paree sitting beside the huge window, and pouring tea into the cups. She has covered her upper torso with her cream shawl which she took away from me during the wedding day.

I sat on the chair and playfully pulled Paree on my lap. She adjusted herself on my lap placing her legs across my left side and her left arm came around my neck so as to balance herself. I wrapped my right hand behind her narrow waist to make her comfortably nest across my lap.

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She looked at me with a bit mischief in her eyes ---“Not now Abhi, you are terrible.”

“Ummm…. Please …. One small kiss ….” I pleaded.

She planted a butterfly kiss on my forehead ---“I will feed you as I did when you were baby.”

“Ummm….. My gorgeous Paree” I nudged my nose on the side of her bosom and armpit “What are you going to feed me?”. Her armpit was shaved clean smooth as satin.

---“Dhuutttt….. You mischief, stop doing all these and eat” as she brought the sandwich to my mouth.

As I chewed the sandwich between my teeth, she pointed outwards. For the first time I looked out of the window to behold the extreme beauty of the Mother Nature. There was a long patch of flat terrain in front of the hotel, reaching out till long distance. On the left hand side raised a small hill bereft of any trees, covered with small grasses and shrubs. At the end of the stretch there was a snow covered peak. Last night it has snowed so the green stretch was covered with patches of snow. On the other side of the valley were high mountains covered with cedar and pine trees. Snow was all over the tree tops, making the valley more beautiful. It was crystal clear sky above the background of the mountains. Cutting through the valley was Bapsa River. We could hear the stream flowing through the boulders of the river bed. For the first time I saw a snow peaked mountain so near to me, in my whole life.

Paree was pointing to that mountain ---“See, how beautiful and peaceful place is this.”

I said ---“So, what about all your curses.”

---“You also didn’t know about this place, right?”

I nodded my head ---“Yes, but I thought …..”

“Ok, whatever happened last night; let us forget all those.” She smiled at me.

While we finished the breakfast, she was all beaming with praise of the place and how beautiful was the hills and trees and snow and river. I felt happy to find my Paree to be chirpy again. I wrapped both my arms around her waist. She took my face between her palms and rubbed her chiselled nose tip on mine. Her sweet soft lips brushed on mine.

She pinched my cheek ---“Thank you, thank you thank you…. For bringing me here.”

I took right left palm in my left hand and touched her soft fingers with my lips. Gently I kissed her flat of palm.

“Being again naughty, are you?” She beamed her lustrous smile at me. Slowly I took her fingers one by one inside my mouth sucking her finger from the base till tip. My sucking send passionate shivers down her spine. I slowly took off her shawl over her body, and she wrapped her left arm around my shoulder, pulling my head close to her heaving bosom. I left her hand from my clutch and let that graze over her soft belly, caressing gently over the roundness around her deep navel. My right hand was busy caressing her back all along her spine. I pushed my face in the contours of her armpit, gently rubbing the smooth skin with my nose. She felt my hot breath on her skin. She clutched my hairs and pulled my face and planted a deep kiss across. Her tongue lashed out of her mouth licking my upper lips. She was gently biting my lower lips with her teeth, sending warm goose bumps all over my skin. I put my left palm over her slender thighs and rubbed her smoothness over the cotton trying to feel her softness and warmth. I pulled her by her thighs more towards me; her soft plump bottom perched heavily over my lower abdomen. She felt my growing warmth under her soft bottom. Her breath grew warmer with my full length of caressing on her thighs, from her knees till the juncture of her loins. She moaned in passion as she broke the prolonged kiss and looked deeply into my hungry eyes. As if she was beckoning me to her, to delve into the folds of dark pleasure.

I moaned out those three loving words to her ---“I LOVE YOU.”

Her gaze burned deep inside my heart. “I was dying to hear those words.” She moaned out softly. “What took you so long to express? Abhi.”

---“I LOVE YOU, HONEY. I am mad for you.”

Corner of her eyes glistened a bit ---“I LOVE YOU TOO, ABHI. I love you from the abyss of my bleeding heart. I can’t think of my life without you.”

I snaked out my tongue and licked her upper lips slowly.

---“Hold me tightly, Abhi. I don’t want to squander off in a world without you.”

On hearing those words, the burning lava inside me, died down instead of that a halo of pure love filled my heart. I rubbed the wet tip of my tongue just below her nose.

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I hugged her with my full strength, as if the Armageddon is approaching and she was the only hope who can save my life forever.

---“I won’t leave you, Paree. Never.”

---“Promise me that you will not let me squander off alone in this dark world.”

---“I promise you, Paree.”

We sat there hugging each other for quiet sometime, none of us saying anything, just enjoying each other’s deep embrace and warmth of love.

I cooed in her ears ---“You want to stay like this for whole day; Honey or you have something in your mind?”

---“I want to bask in your warmth of love and embrace. I want to fill this love till the brim of my heart.”

She etched “I LOVE YOU” on my upper chest with her sharp fingernails of her index finger.

I whispered to her ears in inaudible purr ---“I LOVE YOU TOO.”

She then etched her name, sending burning sensation all over my chest.

All her activities were creating ripples on my spine. The ambience of the room was getting hotter and hotter with our caresses and hugs.

“Mmmmm…… so sweet….” As I brought my hand on her nape and held her back of head and took a fist full of her hairs pulled her face across mine and planted a wet kiss on her lips. Her full bosoms rubbed across my chest. I could feel her warmth and supple bosom through that flimsy dress of hers, as if those were some mass of pure butter smeared on my chest. I felt her whole back from the end of her spine down below till her nape, it grazed smoothly and then for the first time I noticed that under her flimsy cloth veiling her sensuous figure, she was as stark as EVE. The simple thought made me hot, I felt that the volcano which died down inside me just few moments ago, again became dormant. She lashed out her snaky tongue, pink velvet tip traced over my nose till the bridge. A warm breadth gushed out of my half opened lips.

---“I want to make your morning even hotter, Darling.”

She looked at me, there was a inquisition in her eyes as if asking me how am I going to make her morning hotter?

I smiled at her and pushed my left arm below her knees and pulled her up, while my right hand supported over her back. I stood up from the chair, carrying her on my lap to the master bed. She looked passionately into my eyes as if asking me what I was going to do. As soon I placed her on the bed, she freed herself from my embrace and pulled the blanket to cover herself till her nose. There was fire in her eyes, passionate fire. She was panting heavily, which created waves over her beautiful soft bosom. I took off my vest, and was only in my tracksuit trousers. I pulled the blanket trying to uncover her. She held the other end tightly in her clutch and nodded her head, all time looking at me with her big black eyes. Her face was blushing red.

She moaned out my name ---“Abhiiiii……”

“What?” as I tried to pull off the blanket covering her. She nodded her head gently.

---“I feel very shy, honey. Why have you taken off your vest? What are you going to do?”

I kneeled on the floor by the end of the bed and gently put my right hand inside the blanket and caressed her left feet. Smooth skin felt awesome on my palm. I removed the blanket slowly to take her foot out of the heavy covering.

Cream satin skin, soft as silk.

I pulled up her foot and placed on my bare chest just where my heart was.

What a beautiful paw, soft and curvy. I smelled on her toe and took her toe in my deluged mouth, sucking the whole toe in my mouth.

She cried out ---“Ufff…. You are killing me ….. ABHIIIIII ….”

With my left hand, I gently removed the end of her dress and her beautiful calf came in view. I caressed her calf below her shin gently through the whole length, from her ankle till her bend of knee. Her calf was bereft of any tendrils, my palm grazed up down very slowly all the length. Each pores of her calf rose a bit and felt awesome in my touch.

She was trembling gently as if a twig is flowing in a morning autumn breeze.

I left sucking her toe and concentrated on grazing my lips over her soft foot. I felt her calf muscles getting tensed with my touch of my wet lips. Soft moans of passion emanated from Paree parted lips. She had her eyes tightly closed and clutched the end of blanket and pressed her fist over her heart.

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---“Mmmmmmm….. ABHIIIII….. Unbearable…… Honey, I will die if you don’t leave my foot.”

I pulled her foot little further and placed my lips on her ankle. She could not bear all these sensation more and she rolled on the bed covering her with the heavy blanket and hid her face on the soft white pillow. Her back was heaving up and down. Her curves under the blanket were like SINE curves of oscilloscope.

I crawled on my fours towards her and lied down next to her.

Very slowly, removed the blanket from her back.

The warm sensation made her shivering intense as her broad back came out in open.

Gently I removed her hairs from her back to the other side.

Her face was hidden on pillow; she has clutched the sides of the pillow in some hot anticipation.

I grazed my fingernails over her small round shoulder, pushing her thin straps of her flimsy dress to slide from her round shoulder to her upper arm.

She took out face, still her eyes tightly closed, lips half open, rested her chin on the pillow, head turned back a bit.

I leaned down; my lips touched her smooth skin of her spine.

She shivered and moaned out softly ---“Mmmmmmm….. You are killing me, Honey. I am going to die.”

My volcanic lava was making its way from my navel and moving upwards.

Warm breaths from my nostrils send passionate beads into her heart.

I lied down on the bed pulling her sensuous figure over mine. I again wrapped my arms around her thin round waist. She covered our entwined bodies under the blanket.

Her slender thighs rested on both side of my waist. Full frontal part of her whole length of her serpentine curvaceous figure pressed firmly over mine. Every square inch of our body enjoying each other warmth.

Her dress curled upwards till her knees.

Her toes and fingers of her feet scratching my feet.

Her slender soft thighs felt awesome on both sides of my waist.

Soft heaving belly pressed on mine.

I looked into her face with a fire of passion burning inside me. She has still kept her eyes closed.

Warm breath of hers flowing all over my face, coming out of her slightly parted lips.

Her elbows rested on the pillow on both sides of my head.

Her forehead rested on mine, her lips touching mine very lightly.

My fingers grazed firmly all over from the base of her spine till her nape. I took some time to dug and massage her spine with the tip of my fingers.

I asked her ---“Open your eyes, Honey.”

She shook her head gently ---“NO…. Abhi.”

Her face was blushing red in burning desire.

Her huffs were growing stronger and hotter.

My left hand clutched her back of her head and took a fist full of her long tresses and pulled her head back. Her slender neck was above my burning lips. I traced the tip of my tongue on her neck and shoulder bone.

I bit her shoulder bone gently; creamy skin turned rosy.

Paree screamed out---“Uffffff… NOOOOO….. Don’t do, Please…”

I whispered ---“I LOVE YOU PAREE……”

Her eyes opened gently, unfurling her eyelids as if a lotus just has blossomed.

Her glance burning in passion, lips quivering ---“What are you going to do? You mischievous rascal.”

---“Don’t be so innocent honey.”

---“You are being very naughty with me now. My heart is beating very loudly.”

---“I can feel that, Paree. What else you can feel Baby, tell me.”

---“I will not say anything, you naughty rascal.”

Naughtily I purred out ---“Please, honey, please.”

She hit my forehead with hers playfully.

My hand approached her plump bottoms. Very gently I pulled her flimsy cloth to her waist.

A warm gasp came out of her lips ---“Aahhhhhhh……..” as she felt my warm palms over her bare skin of her soft hot bottoms.

My body stiffened as I touched those creamy dough.

Pores unfurled on every inch of her body.

We got totally engrossed in the heat of passion.

There were only soft moans and hot breaths all inside the room. Snow caught fire that day, as there was no turning back now.

We both dived into the abyss of passion entangled and entwined in our arms and legs.

Volcano erupted in that room, beside the bank of River Beas, in the chilled January morning.

Burning hot lava flowed from each pores of our body.

We intruded into the Garden of Eden, took the bite of the red apple and deluged ourselves in our arms.

It was a burning experience mixed with bit of pain and full of pleasure, for the first time for both of us.

The stalactites of ice outside the window were now dripping in the rays of sun. Mid day was approaching near. The room was engulfed with soft rays of winter daylight.

We lied down on the huge bed, waves of passion departing gradually making a way for aurora of love in our hearts. Paree was on my right side, with her head resting on my chest. My right arm around her back caressing her curve of her waist till her upper arms. She was etching my chest with her fingernails very gently and playfully. I smelled her head deeply. My right leg was between her thighs. My eve was in her full glory in my arms. We were covered under the blanket still.

Not for one moment Paree let the blanket to go off our bodies during the whole time we were playing inside the Garden of Eden.

She purred out after a long time ---“You are very naughty. Mischievous rascal, cunning as fox.”

I asked her ---“Why?”

---“You anticipated all these would happen, so you brought the packet with you.”

I laughed out. She slapped hard on my chest.

I asked her ---“How you felt?”

Paree blushed crimson red ---“Mmmmmmm….. You naughty boy. If you ask this again I am not going to talk to you.” She hid her face under my neck.

I traced her skin and curves with my fingernails.

She trembled a little---“Don’t do that to me.”

After sometime she again purred ---“This place is very beautiful.”

---“Yeah, but nothing is more beautiful and sensuous than you, Honey. You are so wet and soft and sweet, that I was going to die.”

Again a small slap landed on my chest---“Will you stop telling all those words, else I will just go away.”

I hugged her closely; her bare knee and thigh touched my lower belly.

She purred again ---“What if we build a cottage on that hill, surrounded by cedar and pine trees. There will be a small patch of garden in front of our house, full of dahlias and chrysanthemums and roses and many more.”

---“So sweet of you honey.”

---“There will be a swing on the lawn and we will sip our morning tea there gazing to the flowing Beas water.”

---“To sip the tea, we need to money to buy that first, honey.”

“You are not at all romantic. Let me go.” There was a veiled anger in her voice.

I kissed her head ---“Oh! Baby, I am sorry to wake you up from your beautiful dream.”

Again there was a bit silence.

---“Are we going to stay here for whole of the vacation or we will go somewhere else?”

---“I don’t know about the whole vacation, but at least for now I want to stay in your embrace like this and enjoy you all again.”

Now the slap landed hard on my cheek instead of chest ---“You are unbearable, Rascal. Leave me.”

She tried to free herself from my tight embrace but failed to do so. Her wriggling movements felt warmer all over my lower part of body.

I asked her ---“Do you want to spend the whole vacation in Chitkul or go somewhere else.”

---“This place is beautiful. Are there any other place we can go?”

---“I don’t know baby, I have to check.”

---“I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH Abhi.”

“I love you too honey.” As I again pulled her on top of me, she rested herself without any hesitation, comfortably perching on my body, snuggled closely to my chest.

---“Abhi ….”

---“What?”

---“I want to take a bath and get fresh.”

---“Who is stopping you baby, go and take your bath.”

“Not like this.” She stretched her arm over my head to pick up her night dress, which was piled up by the headboard.

I held her cloth ---“Just go, honey, why you need this now?”

---“I feel shy. Please let me wear this.”

I shook my head---“Na na …..”

Again a small slap on my face ---“Let this go or else….”

---“Or else what?”

She smiled at me naughtily ---“I won’t let you touch me again.”

Paree slide down by my side and slide her dress over her luscious figure. Before getting out of the blanket and bed, she leaned over my face and kissed my lips. I rested both my arms behind my head as I pulled myself to recline over the headboard. I looked at her swaying figure as she took her dresses from the cupboard and entered the bathroom. Before entering the bathroom, she brought her index finger to her lips and kissed it and waved it to me. This was her signature flying kiss.

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[Arunima Roy Chowdhury]

Chapter 5: Journey continued

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The view of Chitkul was breathtaking. Snow patches covered the small piece of farm land in front of our hotel. The trees on the left bank of River Beas were covered with bits of snow. The sun was overhead already. Chill winds blowing from the river side. There was a high snow peaked mountain in front of us, few kilometers away. The village was a very small one, very few huts, only two or three hotels which remain closed during the winter season. Very few tourists delve into this heaven. There was an ITBP check post few kilometers away from the Chitkul. Tourist are allowed to go till that place, beyond that comes China border, bordering Tibet region.

We were strolling down the narrow path to the bank of the river, hand in hand, fingers entwined. Paree was looking beautiful in her turquoise blue saree. She had her white long jacket over her to fend off the chill winds. The cream shawl was wrapped around her neck as a muffler. Her chiseled nose tip glistened in the sunrays. She was wearing a pair of emerald ear-rings matching the colour of her saree. She was smiling beautifully at me all the time taking my left arm in her embrace. The dimples dug on her soft rosy cheeks. A small lock of her jade black tress, floated over her left cheek creating a small veil on her rosy cheek. Long dark eyelashes adorned her beautiful lotus shaped eyes.

We had already finished our lunch before trotting down the lane. During the luncheon, we had light conversation about ourselves, our past, our school days and all. I came to know that her favourite colour was turquoise blue. She likes to read poems of Rabindranath Tagore and short stories of SarathChandra chatterjee. SarathChandra Chatterjee was also my favourite writer. Her favourite novel of all times was “Srikanto” written by SarathChandra Chatterjee which was also similar to mine. She posses a great affinity in singing and I have noticed on the bus during the wedding day that her voice was sweet and also there was a passion in it. It makes you feel tipsy as you hear her sing. I noticed a cut just on her chin just below the curve, she told me that one day when she was about nine or ten years old probably, she fell from a mango tree and cut her forehead. She loves songs of Asha Bhonsle . We talked lots about ourselves.

Balwinder asked me whether we will be going somewhere or not, to that I responded that we will be staying there for that day. Before taking to stroll out, I checked with the manager as what all places we can trot off, was there any place for shopping or not. The manager informed us that few kilometers from the Karcham Bridge and about four hours journey from Chitkul there is a place called Kalpa, which was also very beautiful. We can do shopping there or at Recong Peo and beyond that was the Spiti Valley, hidden deep inside the cold desert region of The Great Himalayas. We can go till Nako if the road permits us and we can take a trip till there within the stipulated time. He also cautioned us that Nako would be at more height than Chitkul, perched above eleven thousand feet above sea level, the temperature would be below freezing point. On hearing all those, Paree’s face gleamed in joy, as if she has smelled an adventure on our trip.

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By the side of the river we sat on a huge boulder, chilled winds blowing on us. I pulled her over my lap and we hugged each other with all our might to enjoy our warmth.

She said in a whispering voice ---“The River is singing.”

I looked into her face ---“What if we don’t go back? No one knows that we are here in this secluded place.”

She looked in my eyes resting her head on my chest---“Life is not a movie, Abhi. We both have caring families back there, anxiously waiting for our return.”

---“I feel that my Mom doesn’t like me much.”

---“Why say that?”

---“She is very strict with me and after you came in her life again, I feel more jealous. She always talks about you only.”

She smiled naughtily ---“Oh! Don’t be so jealous. It is my ChotoMa.”

---“I know, it is your ChotoMa but even she always tries to compare the affections by the money she has spend on me. She always tries to express that as she has spent a lot of money for my studies so I have to obey their every order.”

Paree sensed that the weather due to my conversation may turn gloom, so she tried to talk of something else.

---“Hey, Abhi will we be going further or spend the whole vacation here only?”

A deep breath came out; I looked into her face with a smile ---“Whatever my queen suggests. If you want to go further we will go and if you want to stay here then also I have no problem. Today is Monday only, we can stay here for two more nights and do our shopping at Recong Peo on Wednesday and move to Nako. We can start our return journey on Saturday and stay somewhere in between and reach Kalka on Sunday. What do you think of this plan?”

---“Plan seems to be very interesting.”

After quiet sometime as we saw the sun setting behind the snow peak we returned to our hotel. There was no TV to watch, nothing to do, feeling bored. We have to lock ourselves inside the room as the chilled winds were blowing outside. The temperature might have plunged below freezing level. Paree was all in praise of this place. She was chirping like cuckoo all the time describing her feelings and dream about that place. Fortunately the room had two electric heaters to keep us warm and cozy. The manager asked whether we want to have chicken in our dinner or not, to which Paree answered no, she will have vegetarian food only. I looked at her inquisitively.

She asked me ---“Why are you looking at me like that?”

---“What is this? Monday vegetarian food, what kind of Drama?”

She nodded her head and pinched on my cheek---“This is for you, Monday Puja for Lord Shiva. Till the day ……”

She could not finish her sentence, her voice got bit choked, her eyes glistened a bit she tried to smear a faint smile on her lips.

After dinner we had to retire. Paree has changed to her same baby pink cotton nightdress and woolen gown to fend off the chilly weather. She was seated on a stool in-front of the mirror gently applying some cream on her face and arms. Sometimes glancing on the reflection at me, our eyes met in soft smile. I was reclining on the bed tucked myself under the blanket already. I squeezed my lips to express a kiss at her. She waved her hand asked me to wait. I took out my diary and penned down few experiences of our trip. Generally I don’t keep a diary or write anything, but I felt that this experience should be penned down somewhere. Maybe as we get older we can read this out and share our reminiscences in our old days.

Paree took off her gown and snuggled beside me on my left side, resting her head on my chest with her left arm around my waist. I felt her warm sensuous frame hugging me close to her bosom.

---“What are you writing?”

---“Experience of this trip.”

---“Why are you writing, do you keep a diary always?”

---“Not actually, but I felt as we get older we might read this and enjoy the beads of this beautiful reminiscence.”

“So sweet.” After a little pause --- “As we get old, can we come here again? I want a cottage here, on that mountain, surrounded by flowers and a huge lawn in-front of it.”

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I closed the diary and put my left arm behind her back, pulled her more into my chest; her heaving soft bosom touching my bare chest. Her night dress was open at the front considerably and I could feel her warm skin on mine, sending tingling sensation all over me. I traced her curves of her sides and gently kneading her soft flesh of her waist. She etched something on my chest with her sharp fingernails.

She whispered ---“When you were a baby, I used to carry you on my lap and roam around the house. I have very hazy memories of those days. But few of the instances I can still remember.”

I smelled her head as I brushed my nose on her hairs. Her tresses came down over her face, as if cloud descended on the moon. With my finger I removed her tresses and locks so that I can devour her beauty at whole.

Paree continued ---“I remember, one day, you were probably three years old and I was five, walking and running all over the house; babbling like a little bird; full of nonsense. I tugged you with me to the bank of the pond behind the house. There I showed you that I have build a small play house for both of us to play. As you were only a baby then, you could not understand that and you broke that. I screamed a lot and hit you; you fell on the ground crying. Indrani Di came running and started cursing me for hitting you. She took you with her. I was there alone, crying my heart out. ChotoMa heard my cries and came there. She took me on her lap and persuaded me that when we both will be older, you will build a house for me. I stopped crying further and snuggled comfortably on her lap.”

I asked “So……”

With a glistening look in her eyes she said---“So, Abhi, I feel, the time has come that you build the house for me.”

I patted on her soft rosy cheek ---“Sure, I will build a home for us.” Ignoring all the dark clouds that may surround our relationship in our future, I promised her that I will build a home for her. Stones and bricks can make a house but to build a home one needs love, and that I had in my arms.

Nothing much happened during the night, as we hugged and cuddled each other to retire in a deep slumber.

Next two days passed, we deluged ourselves in each other arms.

We trotted freely into the Garden of Eden, but always there was a veil over her. I was unable to devour my Eve’s complete beauty due to her apt shyness and the blanket. As time passed we felt as a one soul beating inside two hearts, inseparable by any force. I was willing to take the world if they pose any threat against us. Each morning I felt Paree waking up as a new damsel. Each time I tasted her luscious lips, her nectar felt sweeter than before. Each moment her glances were more intense and more passionate than before. Her touches and her contours were more sensuous with every passing moment. Each cuddle and hug got stronger, caressing and fondling more intense. Fluid folds of pleasure beckoned my staunch love deeper in to her, delving in to abyss of the romantic ocean. Every pore of our bodies mingled each droplet of sweat and nectar emanated from our hugs and caresses.

On Thursday early morning we started from Chitkul. Paree looked behind as our SUV left the place climbing up the narrow trail back to the Karcham Bridge. I was in my jeans and a heavy jacket. Paree wore a Sambalpuri cotton salwar suit and her white long jacket. I cautioned her that it would be much colder in Nako than what in Chitkul. But she was willing to have the trip. Her ears were adorned with a long gold ear-ring with small rubies fitted. As when she was nodding her head the earrings swayed.

The day was sunny; Balwinder was aptly driving the car through the narrow serpentine curves. By the time we reached Powari it was about eleven o’clock, we had to fill diesel as there would be no more filling stations after that. We got down at Recong Peo for some shopping, as Paree was adamant to take something for her ChotoMa and her mom. We all are very well aware off when a lady goes for shopping what happens to the partner. He simply carries the bags and stand by her side. Same happened to me also.

At one shop, she was looking at a stroll to buy for herself.

“How is this?” She asked me.

“This is fine; it will go well with your complexion.” I expressed my feelings as I saw that it was a black piece of cloth with blue and green embroidery on it. I felt it will go very well with her creamy complexion.

She did not like it ---“No, this is not a good one.” She started showing me few more. I looked up at the blue sky overhead and scratched my head every time she showed me. My responses were bit low, she felt.

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So she angrily said ---“You are not looking at me at all and nodding with every piece of cloth I am showing to you. Choose one for me.”

Oh! God, the hardest part comes now. “Paree, you have to wear so you choose. How come I will know what is in your mind?”

It was like I was stuck between the Devil and the Dead Sea.

Paree got bit annoyed and choose a stroll for herself. She asked me whether I want to buy something for my mom or not. I answered her that I generally don’t do any shopping for parents.

After shopping I sneaked out asking Paree to wait in the car. I bought a small bronze statue of Laughing Buddha to present her and concealed that in my jacket pocket so that I could surprise her at night once we reach Nako.

We had our lunch at Recong Peo and started our onward journey to higher lands. It was already one o’clock as we started from there. Balwinder informed us that it will take about more two to three hours to reach Nako if the condition of the road was good. After Spello, the hills around us changed. It was all brown in color, crumbling down, bereft of any plants. The road condition was not so good. Balwinder was driving quietly, concentrating on the pebbles and boulders on the road. The Satluj River was flowing along left side of the road.

Paree has pulled her feet up on the seat snuggling close to my left side with her arms clutching around my left hand. With her big black eyes she was intently devouring the stark beauty of the Mother Nature. By the time we reached Khab Bridge, Paree exclaimed on seeing two rivers joining there.

She asked me ---“What is this river?”

I pointed to the other river cutting from the deep gorger between two hills---“That is Spiti River.”

She exclaimed at me ---“How come you know all these? I am sure you have come here before and you are not telling me.”

---“No, honey, I just studied tourist books and maps before coming here. That’s all, believe me.”

She kissed my cheek, her soft lips felt awesome after a long time since we started our journey.

---“I believe in every words of your, my baby prince.”

In a veiled annoyance in my voice ---“Don’t call me baby prince, I am not a baby now.”

She squeezed my cheeks with between her thumb and index finger---“You will always be my baby prince.”

I pulled her more into me and caressed her neck with my left palm.

To tease her more I whispered in her ears ---“Even after all those steamy night action?” I winked at her.

She slapped on my leg with a bit of irk ---“Shoo…. I won’t talk to you.”

I nudged her and whispered in her ears to tease her more---“You are sweet all over. I can’t keep my hands off your sensuous figure.”

---“Will you stop, saying all these naughty things, or I will get down here and jump in that river.”

I laughed my heart out ---“Oh! Baby is feeling shy.” I put my palm on her cheek to turn her head towards me.

Her lips came within inches reach of mine.

She slapped again on my leg ---“Stop doing this, we are in a car.”

---“Ok baba, but what am I going to get?”

---“Nothing as of now.”

As our car crossed the iron bridge at Khab, the road was quiet dangerous. Hills have been carved to make the road. The stone ceiling was hanging precariously overhead. On seeing that, Paree clutched my arms in some fear in her deep black eyes. To pacify her I had to hug her close to me. After few meters down the road we saw a steep ascend, the road zig-zag by the side of the barren hill till the top; probably a steep climb of three to four thousand feet. Paree’s beautiful eyes widened in an unknown fear. Her heartbeat grew faster, which could be noticed as her beautiful bosom heaved under her heavy jacket. She clutched my left arm which was around her neck, to her bosom very tightly. I could feel her smooth skin having goose bumps all over.

She exclaimed at me ---“This is dangerously beautiful. Can we stop at the top of the mountain? I want to have a better look of the road and river flowing down.”

Balwinder noted Paree’s fear. He spoke ---“Madam, don’t worry about anything while I am driving the car. (Bhabi ji, tussi fikar na karoo, jab taak Ballu gaddi chala raha haii.)”

Paree could understand only Bhabiji and nothing else so she looked at me asking me what has he told, I translated to her as what he said. This time Paree was not annoyed on hearing Balwinder calling her as “Bhabiji”. She smiled thankfully at Balwinder.

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At the top, the car stopped, we both got down to view the cold barren beauty of Mother Nature. Paree exclaimed, pointing to the thin serpentine river down below. Her face was beaming with an exclaim smile.

She said to me ---“I think no person delves into these barren lands.”

I nodded as I felt so.

As we were about to enter the Village Nako, we observed that by the side of the road, colourful flags were fluttering in the strong winds. Paree asked me about those flags, but I was not aware of those at that time. (Later I came to know that those were Buddhist prayer Flags.)

By the time we reached Nako, it was four in the evening. Sun was glowing still in the west behind the high mountains. Chilling winds blowing around us. We looked out around us and observed that the hills around us has dwarfed. We have gained a lot of height. Nako was a small village perched on the lap of a high peak, as if someone has placed it on plain of the peak. Very few trees around the village, but we found that there were fields around the village. We came to know that few people farm on those lands, growing potatoes and peas and cabbages, which are transported to markets of New Delhi.

It was not at all hard to find accommodation as there was not a single tourist in that place. The manager exclaimed at us asking us that how we came to this region during this time of the year. I asked him that whether it snows in Nako or not? He answered that it doesn’t snow, but the nights will be very cold. We might need some firewood burning in our room in the fireplace, although the room has two electric heaters. Paree exclaimed to his answer, asking about the firewood. We came to know that, the electricity is a major problem in this part of the country.

I thought, after dinner as we retire to bed, I will present the Laughing Buddha to Paree. But the journey and the chilled weather had taken a heavy toll on her. She was very tired and could not even have her dinner properly. I got bit tensed as the nearest habitable town was Recong Peo which was about three hours journey. Fortunately I always carry medicine along with me. She hit the pillow as soon as she climbed under the blanket.

Paree, in a clattering voice ---“I am feeling very cold.”

---“Wait, I will try something to make your night warmer.”

She screamed at me anticipating that I will be again naughty with her---“Not again, you rascal. I am damn tired I want to sleep.”

I spoke in a teasing voice ---“See, it is you who always think of those naughty activities.”

“Your dirty mind is always filled with that so….” Paree hissed out. “You mischievous rascal, always sneak out for pecks and pats anywhere anytime.”

I asked for some mustard oil from the manager and boiled it in the fire of a candle, took some on my palms and applied on her foot to make her warm.

---“Baby, I didn’t mean to make you warm like that.”

She was pacified while I was kneeling on the floor at the end of the bed with her foot in my hand.

---“You are my baby prince. I knew you would take care of me.”

“You feet are very beautiful, honey” as I blew hot air on her feet from my mouth.

She was regaining her lost temperament.

I climbed on the bed and asked her to open her night dress, so that I could apply the warm oil on her back. She looked at me inquisitively as if saying “Oh No Not Again”. I assured her that I won’t bother her, but she was not at all convinced. She wrapped the blanket and pulled me inside and placed my head between her heaving soft bosoms. I nestled my face on her soft chest; softly kissing the warm side flesh of her bust and wrapped my arms around her torso. She combed my hairs with her thin fingers till we both swooned into slumber.

The Friday morning was a warm one. After breakfast, I asked the manager as what all we can look around Nako. The manager told us that there was a beautiful Buddhist monastery and a small lake.

We looked around the place. The lake was quiet small, fill with light green water and surrounded by small trees. There were high mountains at the back side of the village. There were few white tombs at some height. Paree pointed to those tombs and asked me as what are those. We came to know later that those were Stupas build by old monks. The Buddhist monastery was a very small one. The new building was build from the funds of some Austrian foundation. I thought that our country pays less heed to these dying lands and this monastery is dependent on foreign funds for development. The monastery was situated on the lap of the mountain on a flat field. The deep canyon at the end of the monastery made the landscape more beautiful. Nako village looked like an oasis in this barren cold desert, surrounded by high barren brown mountains and few plants and trees.

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I asked Paree, pointing to the Stupas whether she would like to have a small trekking to that place.

Paree exclaimed on my suggestion ---“Why not, I want to devour the beauty of this place to my brim of my heart.”

“Sure, let us walk.” I said her.

“Next year summer we will come here again and have a long vacation and tour all the places that we are leaving unseen.” She said to me with a dazzling smile.

I took her in my embrace while we climbed the hill ---“Sure, we will come here again.”

As we reached the halfway of the path to the Stupas, we were huffing and panting. We were from plain lands, have not treaded to hills till then. We could not find any person anywhere. Everything around us was so quiet and calm as if we are alone in this barren paradise.

As we reached the Stupa, I clenched my fist and threw my arms in the air and shouted my heart out ---“I LOVE YOU, PAREE.”

She wrapped her arms from my behind and put her palms flat on my chest, resting her head on my back. I could feel her softness on my back. She rubbed her face on my back over my jacket and said in a low voice “I LOVE YOU TOO, ABHI.”

I turned towards her and hugged her close to my chest ---“I am thankful to you to come with me. This trip will go down my memory lane for my whole life.”

She looked up at my face; I took her face between my palms. My warm palms felt awesome with the touch of her warm soft skin of her cheeks. She pulled herself on her toe to reach out to my face. I placed my hands below her bottoms and pulled her feet off the ground so as to minimize the span between our wanton lips. She flanked both her arms around my neck to support herself as her feet was in the air and her quivering sweet lips crashed crossly over mine. She sucked air out of my mouth as our tongue played with each other. Our smooch lit a fire in that cold mountain top. Her fingers were combing my hairs in apt frenzy. Our eyes were closed, so as to concentrate wholly on the wet passionate smooch. Neither of us, willing to break off the romantic kiss. I gently put her down on the ground without letting loose my embrace. She was so engrossed in the smooch that did not even tried to break our locked lips. Her teeth were biting my lower lips gently chewing the mass of soft flesh. I took her upper lips between my teeth, chewed the velvet flesh sucking it inside my mouth. After quiet sometime, she let my lips unsaddled from hers so as to catch the breath. We both were panting hard, in the heat of passion. I felt few sweat beads on her nose tip. All my warm hugs and frenzied caresses have ignited the fire within her. There was a lustrous look beaming all over her face. My face was deluged in her warm breath.

I whispered in her ears ---“Shall we go back honey?”

She smiled mischievously at me, sensing that the passionate fire at Nako has crossed the barren mountains and we need to surrender ourselves in our arms.

“Do you have to play football after every kiss?”. Oh! God, she is mentioning our lovemaking act as football play in code words, good enough.

While descending the downhill I said to her ---“I can’t take off my hands from those luscious globes and lovely figure of yours.”

---“You are really unbearable.”

“None can resist if they get such a beautiful playground, Honey.” I rubbed my left hand over her fleshy backside caressing her over churidar.

My action made her bit annoying. She scolded me ---“Oh! God, now you are really intolerable. You are fondling me in the open. How dare you do that?” She slapped me hard on my face. “I am not going to talk to you and you can’t touch me for the rest of the trip.” Saying so, she ran down the lane towards the hotel, with a mischievous smile on her face, as if saying to me “Catch me if you can.”

After lunch we sat idly on the balcony, soaking ourselves in the soft sunrays. I asked her whether she wants to take a walk around the village again. She negated my suggestion and pleaded me to be seated next to her.

She asked me ---“Tomorrow, where will we be going?”

---“We will start our journey back. I don’t think we can reach Shimla or Kalka by tomorrow, so wherever there will be nightfall, we will stay in a hotel.”

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On hearing, that we have to go back, Paree’s face became bit gloom. She came near me and sat across my lap, dangling her legs on my right side. I put my left arm behind her back to support her torso and she wrapped her arms around my neck. I placed my right hand around her slender waist, so that she could comfortably perch across my lap.

“All these are dream to me. What if, if I lose you?” she said with a faint smile on her lips.

“Please don’t be emotional, else I will carry you to the lake and throw you there” Jokingly I said her, to dilute the ambience.

She pulled my face over her soft bosom and rubbed her cheeks on my head. We enjoyed the setting sun, behind the mountains, cuddling each other in our arms.

The chilled weather made the ambience hot inside the room after dark. The electricity had gone, so we had to light the fire woods to keep ourselves warm. In the dark room and in the reddish yellow light of the burning fire, Paree looked like a golden statue with Midas touch; smooth creamy skin, glowing in the dark and in the halo of the fire. She has taken off her woolen gown and was wearing a half-sleeve night dress of red colour. The clothing was of full length covering till her ankles. The cloth was of vest fabric and was silhouette hugging, revealing her every small curves and contours of her sensuous physique, as if that was her second skin. The flimsy fabric, hugged her small round belly, revealed her deep navel at the centre of the plateau. The plateau of her round belly rose above, till the base of her twin pin pointed peaks. Three buttons in-front of her flimsy material clothing was open. In the light of fire and shade her smooth soft skin of her luscious peaks were glittering as gold. The sight of my Damsel was too much overwhelming for me to control my breath. She was intently looking at me all while as I was silently devouring her hidden beauty.

I kneeled down on one knee in-front of her, took out the gift packet from my jacket pocket. I took her left hand in my right, and placed the packet on her palm.

She looked at me with an interrogative glance “What is this?”

I gestured her to open that. She unwrapped the packet to find the small bronze Laughing Buddha statue.

I whispered ---“I LOVE YOU!”

I smelled her back of her palm and rubbed my nose over those blue veins.

She looked at me with a thankful look and said to me ---“But I have not bought any present for you.”

I left her hand and crawled towards her on my knees, threw my arms around her waist and kissed over her deep navel over that flimsy fabric. Her soft fingers came over my head combing my disheveled hairs gently.

I whispered as I pressed my cheek over her soft smooth round belly ---“I have got my present in my arms, already Honey.”

My shaving kit was lying on the table; she reached out my shaving kit and took out my razor. I looked up at her face, squeezing my eyebrows as if asking “What are you going to do with my razor?”

All of a sudden she pierced the tip of her index finger of left hand. I was taken aback by her action. All the time she was smiling with her glistening eyes.

I yelled out at her ---“What have you done, you insane girl?” and I took her finger in my mouth and sucked her oozing blood.

Slowly she knelt down in-front of me; all the while I was sucking the blood and looking into her deep black eyes. She patted my cheek and whispered inaudible ---“This is what I wanted. I wanted you to suck my blood, so that it will go into you and get mingled in your veins and traces of mine remains with you forever.”

Those words seemed to be a painful melody from a distant flute. I felt a choked lump growing in my throat, my vision got flooded, my heart ruptured.

She placed her palms on both side of my head and pressed on her soft bosom, I wrapped my arms around her thin waist hugging her very tightly as my eyes were flooding. She consoled me by caressing my back with her right hand and said to me ---“My sweet baby prince, don’t cry. Don’t be emotional. You are sweet little baby prince.”

Her voice was also choked with emotion.

In her quivering voice ---“I am here with you, Honey, so why cry like a child? Your Paree is going nowhere.”

I wiped my eyes on her forearm. She was caressing my back and rubbing her cheeks gently on my disheveled hairs.

In a soft melodious tone, Paree purred ---“I LOVE YOU HONEY. I can’t live without anymore.”

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I rubbed my face gently on the soft skin between her creamy soft peaks. Her warm skin felt arousing on my cheeks. I planted a soft wet kiss on her chest.

She pulled my face more close to her heart.

My face grazed inside the flimsy fabric over her ample left butter cone.

A staunch fire got ignited inside my heart.

My left hand came down over her plump bottoms caressing those beautiful soft mounds all over that fabric.

The right one was not idle either; it was tracing the total length of her serpentine spine.

Her left hand was combing my hairs with her thin finger scratching my scalp with her nails and rubbed her cheeks over my head like a frenzied lunatic.

She moaned in a husky tone ---“LOVE ME, as if there is no tomorrow.”

Those words from her sweet lips were enough for me to cuddle her and place her roughly over the bed. We submerged ourselves in the ocean of passion, diving deep down the abyss of dark sea.

Most of the next day, Saturday went off in the journey. After we descended from Nako and reached the Khab Bridge to cross the twin rivers, Paree asked me whether she can get down and pick a pebble from the mountain as a memento of our trip. I smiled at her and complied with her request. All the way from Nako till Powari, most of the time Paree sat silently in my embrace, looking outside the window having some tit bit conversation about our trip. The climate was little foggy after we crossed Powari. The sky was bit overcast with grey clouds. Sun was totally hidden behind those grey clouds. The ambience inside the car was also like outside. I felt that the hills were also not willing to let us part our ways, so it was having a gloom face all over. Paree had closed her eyes and gone to sleep in my arms after Powari. I looked at her calm face; she was sleeping like a baby in my arms; peacefully as if no one can separate her from me.

We reached Jeori; it was already three thirty in the evening. Fog was coming downhill from all over. The visibility came down to mere fifty to sixty meters. I asked Balwinder to stop the car so that we can spend the night at Jeori. It would be dangerous to travel in mountains in fog.

Paree woke up as our car stopped; she looked at me with her sleepy face ---“Have we reached Shimla?”

I told her that due to fog, we won’t be able to make it to Shimla; we will be staying at Jeori.

I got down from the car to ask the people whether I can find any good hotel to stay for the night or not. They informed that if we can take a serpentine climb of about seventeen kilometers uphill till Sarhan then we will find hotels around the BhimaKali temple complex. I looked to Balwinder and asked him whether he will be comfortable to drive in this condition till Sarhan or not. Balwinder nodded affirmatively.

Our car climbed a steep ascend to Sarhan. The lane was very narrow, surrounded by trees and grasses and bushes. We managed to get a room in a hotel beside the temple complex.

We finished our dinner early, as we were bit tired. Paree engaged herself arranging our bags while I was helping her. She cautiously was putting every little thing in both our bags. Keeping that in mind that nothing of her items should go inside mine and nothing of hers should be in my rucksack. No one in our family members was aware of the fact that we have spent the vacation together.

Paree asked ---“How much time will it take from here till Kalka?”

I calculated the distance in my mind and answered ---“Probably six hours or so.”

---“So we can start from here after lunch and reach Kalka before nightfall.”

---“Yes.”

She smiled at me---“How are you going to bid me goodbye in-front of Rani and Kalyani? On that day you had beard and moustache all over your face, now you don’t have. Everyone will recognize you.”

Oh! God, I have not thought of that till now. I scratched my scalp giving her a blank gaze.

She laughed at me ---“I have an idea. I know that they will be reaching Kalka, by six or seven in the evening and our train is probably at night eleven thirty or so. So they will be resting at the restroom in the station.”

I looked at her trying to understand her plan.

---“You will park the car away from the station, because they have seen the car also and leave me at the gate of the station. I will go inside and tell them that Arjun….”

I exclaimed by hearing the name Arjun, none of us are acquainted with a person named Arjun in our lifetime.

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She laughed heartily on seeing my opened mouth and continued explaining ---“Arjun has dropped me at the station and has gone to New Delhi as he had to catch the flight. After sometime I will come out along with Kalyani and Rani to have something to buy. You will be there sitting in any tea stall sipping coffee.”

I hugged her tightly from behind and exclaimed ---“What a brilliant idea. Do you read spy novels or some books like that?”

She pointed to her head ---“Honey, I have got a brain under this skull and that is why I have chosen you.”

My fingers rubbed over her night dress around her soft fleshy belly.

She patted on my hand and continued ---“Stop caressing my belly and listen to the rest. You have come for some interview in Kalka and ….”

I rubbed my nose over her nape and whispered ---“Oh! My ignorant baby love, there is no IT industry in Kalka. It will be better to say that I had come for interview in Chandigarh on Friday and had a trip to Shimla then. I was returning from Shimla and I took a break at Kalka and we met all of a sudden.”

Her hands came up back of my head and she rubbed her soft rosy cheeks over mine ---“See, you have also started thinking like me. All these cow dung in your head will vanish gradually as you stay in my induction. This is like Physics baby. The water on the top of the beaker gets warm ….”

I cut short her sentence midway ---“Please don’t start Physics here.”

---“Ok no physics, but no cuddling now. Let me arrange our bags properly.”

I hugged her more tightly; planting a series of butterfly kisses on her nape. My fist cupped her supple belly, soft flesh all over, tracing the walls of her deep navel.

Paree let a soft moan out of her parted lips ---“Let me go, honey, I have work to do.”

In a husky tone “You are a gem, a brilliant lady” I rubbed my nose on the back of her head smelling her long tresses. Her hairs felt like silk thread all over my face. “I salute you for your brilliant idea, honey.”

---“Yes, you should bow down in-front of me; see I am two years older than you.”

I jokingly asked her with a mischievous smile---“Really you want me to touch your feet, honey.”

Suddenly she remembered that what I had done with her toe in Nako. She nodded her head ---“No no, you rascal. Leave me now.”

Her nodding and squirming, felt awesome all over as I pressed my whole body over the total length of her luscious figure from back.

She pleaded ---“Please…. Baby let me go. See I have to arrange the bags also.”

Half heartedly I had to let loose my embrace so that she can pack our bags.

We were very tired so we hit the bed after properly packing our belongings and fell asleep as soon as we hit the pillow. Sweet dreams floated in-front of my closed eyes as she snuggled on my chest and rested her head on my left shoulder.

I woke up on hearing a soft sobbing sound. The room was dimly lit in the light of the night lamp. I looked around to find who is sobbing in this dead cold night. I looked at my watch kept beside my pillow and found that it was about morning three thirty or so.

I looked to my left to find Paree. To my utter amazement I found her back heaving and soft sobbing sounds emanating. She was lying with her back turned towards me and she was shaking like a fallen autumn leaf swaying in a breeze.

I pulled my upper body and rested on my left elbow and touched her round shoulder and looked to her sobbing face. Beads of pearls rolling down the corner of her lotus shaped eyes soaking the pillow.

I brought my lips to her ears; she felt my warm breath all over her face.

---“Why are you sobbing, baby?”

Both her fists clutched near her mouth, she bit her finger with her teeth to control her sobbing. Paree was not looking at me. In a choked voice she spoke ---“Do we really have to part today?”

I caressed on her arms from her elbow till her palms gently and tried to pacify her ---“Why are you crying like a baby? See you will be with us from April, after Basanti Puja. Only two months left.”

She looked at me with her inundated eyes, her thin red lips shaking ---“Two months, means sixty days, means more than a thousands of hours. How come I will live without you?”

On hearing her calculation, I laughed ---“Oh! Baby you are terrible” with a joking voice “You were calculating the hours all the time you were sobbing.”

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She took my right palm in her fist and pressed on her heaving bosom.

---“You can’t feel my pain.”

I rubbed the tip of my nose over the curve of her nose and cheek to wipe the wet trail of pearl beads.

I pushed my left arm under her neck and rubbed her roundness on her left shoulder.

Paree placed the flat of her palm of her both paws on my chest.

Her full bosom; partially covered by her night dress, was touching my chest lightly. I sensed the staunch pointed peaks on my coarse skin of my bare chest.

Her eyes were closed as I was rubbing my face on her cheeks lightly. Deeply enjoying my cuddle and hugs.

I whispered in her ears ---“Thank you Paree, for stepping in my life.”

A warm soft moan came out from her lips as my face nudged under her chin over her slender neck.

Her arms caressing all over my back; pulling my upper body over her.

Her soft plump bosoms crashing under my weight. Those twin creamy mass felt like molten hot lava.

Paree moaned out ---“You have shown me the way for love.”

The blanket over our body has curled up at the end of the bed. Her legs were shaking as I placed my palm over her slender left thigh. Her left leg was bend upwards and the end of her flimsy fabric slided down near her juncture of her thigh and lower abdomen, exposing the soft smooth warm skin under my hot touch.

“Mmmmmmm………” a soft moan came out of her red lips.

Finger nails of her right hand jabbed my staunch shoulder muscle of my back.

Her left hand moved over my spine, tracing all the length of it down from the end till middle of my back.

I placed my nails on her inner thighs on that soft smooth skin, tracing coarsely from her knee till the juncture of her limb just near her hidden treasure.

She screamed out in utter pleasure and shivered intensely ---“Uffffff……… I will die now, honey.”

Her nails probably scratched my skin, as I felt a sharp sensation on my shoulder muscle.

My face came down over her upper chest, tracing her smooth skin just below her neck; tracing the contours of her upper rib bones with my wet tongue.

My chin pushed down the flimsy clothing down her full bosom, exposing those perfectly shaped hills of butter.

The soft creamy skin felt like heavenly sensation under my throat.

My face traced down more downwards between her peaks of butter.

She had my trousers pushed down to with her left hand and grabbed a fist full of my hard bottom.

In a deep husky voice she hissed out at me ---“ABHIIIIIII…….. LOVE ME HONEY…… I WANT TO DIE TODAY IN YOUR ARMS.”

I looked up in her fiery eyes, glazing and pouring hot lava of passion. Moaned out in a warm breath ---“THIS NOT TIME TO DIE HONEY…. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, PAREE.”

The ambience of the room lit up with passionate fire on the last dawn of our memorable vacation.

We squandered off to the green pastures of love and passion. Sacrificed ourselves in our arms and drank the potion of ecstasy.

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