1 Chapter 1

Vidhi

I was standing all frozen and everything around me stopped. I was feeling as if the time and every action stopped around me. My heart stopped as it refused to beat further. It was like I would die any minute further if it didn't beat again.

"Vidhi." I heard a faint yet confusing voice, but I was too shocked to respond to the voice.

"Vidhi, daughter" I again heard but again no response went back as I don't think that I was in any good position to reply to them.

"Vidhi, honey." This time the voice was quite loud which brought me back to the real world. I was no longer a statue. Everything again got alive. My heart had again started to beat again.

"What happened honey?" My mamma asked me and I shook my head with a smile.

"Nothing Mamma. What will happen?" I asked her and smiled.

"Then why were you not responding to me? I have been calling you for a good last few minutes." I realized that I was way too shocked for more than a minute but I think what I had received was really a great shock for me.

"OH mamma I was reading this wedding card. My friend is getting married and I was so happy for her, maybe that's why I didn't hear you." I said and smiled. My pain should not be in front of my Mamma. Because after my papa (dad) left us she had taken care of me and worked hard for both of us. My pain is nothing compared to what she had gone through. I hugged her. I felt her patting my back lightly.

"So Mamma, may I go to this wedding?" I asked her and she smiled. So sweet like honey. I always melt over this smile. Many of the people say that I have got my smile from my Mamma. I don't want to ask her about this. Cause I know I won't be able to see this from my very own eyes.

"This is also the thing to ask. You can go to this wedding. I have no objections. When will you come back?" She asked. I looked at the card and did some calculations in my mind.

"I will come back after 2 weeks and 3 days." I told her finally and she nodded.

"That is quite a long time. But you also don't go outside so much. I will miss you dear." She said and I smiled.

"Mom, what will you do alone? Come with me to the wedding." I told her, though it was the words in the air but I hoped that she would agree to go with me.

"No, I have some work over here and this is your friend's wedding. What will I do over there?" She asked and started to go away while I shook my head and followed her.

"Just be by my side all along." I said and hugged her tight. It was from back. Mamma always loves this. My height is just like my father. Tall. Just perfect. I am just a few inches above my mother. But I don't mind when I have a very great mom. She always says that she always finds herself and papa in me. I just always smiled at it.

"Baby, I am always there for you. In your up and down. Happiness and sadness. After you are the only person whom I can call my family." She said. Her last statement is true. My mother and father had done marriage by running away because they both were madly in love and can't live without each other, which sounds like some plotline of a novel but it is true and this relationship isn't accepted by their parents and on the fine day they both run away. And got married in the temple. Then I was born to them and they both were very happy. I had spent my life with my father till I was 10 years old. After that papa met with an accident and he passed away. My grandparents from both sides refused to take mamma under their shelter.

She said that also when she saw my father's dead body she was way too shocked and almost left me but she had promised him that if anything would happen to him. She would live and continue the life till she can cause he will wait for her and will be reborn for her only. How romantic, isn't it? I always wanted a love like my mamma and papa. They both had gone through everything and see what it brought? Of course me to this world. My mamma always says that I am the best thing that happened to them but after their marriage. I just can't be more happy having her in my life. I wish Papa could still be alive then mamma would have only focused on us and the house and wouldn't be this much busy. But now that he is not around then I can at least make my mamma smile again just like she used to smile and focus on me.

When papa left I kind of broke down and mamma too got busy earning that's why she doesn't get much time to spend with me but now we both are earning and we now spend much more time than before.

"So mamma what is on the menu?" I asked her and she chuckled.

"Your favorite chhole bhature." She said and my mouth was already watering. I just can't wait to eat them. You should try my mother's hand food. I bet you will fall in love with that food. That's why I never ever try to make the food and I also don't know.

"Yummy. Mamma let's go and have it. The mice in my stomach are excited to eat them." I said and she chuckled.

"Let's go hungry baby. Let's feed your mouse." She said and I chuckled.

"Mamma, you are just behaving like me." I joked and she chuckled. I just always want to be by her side. I want her smile to never fade away cause I know still she doesn't laugh with all of her heart. She still hasn't come over papa's death.

"Are you coming or not Vidhi?" She shouted from the kitchen.

"I am coming." I said and ran towards the kitchen and sat down hurriedly on the table. She served the food and I dug into it. more like I devour the food. Whatever Mamma makes is my favorite but I like chhole bhature more.

"So Vidhi when are you leaving?" She asked and I looked at her.

"Where?" I asked before taking another bite.

"For your friends wedding.?" I choked on the food and she hurriedly provided me with the water. I gulped the water down my throat while she was patting my back lightly.

" Are you okay?" She asked and I nodded.

"Mamma, I will leave next week." I said and she nodded. " Mamma please attend the wedding with me." I requested her.

"I can't attend the wedding for the coming two weeks as there is some function that is going to be organized next week and I have to be there. But I promise after that I will attend the wedding. I guess I will be with you before the wedding. And you are already an adult, why are you behaving like a kid?" She said and pinched my cheek. I rubbed on that.

"I have to stay without you for one whole week." I fake cried and she chuckled.

"Such a drama queen. Finish your food." She said and I quickly finished my food and put the dish into the sink. I took the card and went to my room and closed it. I again looked at the card and a tear slipped from my eyes. Slowly slowly it turns into a shower. I read those lines again

You are invited to this wedding

The soon to be married couple is

Nikhil Chauhan son of Dev Chauhan weds with Bhoomi Garg daughter of Vikram Garg