A month later "You don't have to kill anyone because of me." Sarita informed her father in a flat voice. Her face was devoid of any expression and the words she was about to utter made her heart ache. "You want me to come back home, right? I'll come back... but after I've delivered my baby." "That is months from now." Her father protested. "Take it or leave it." Sarita bit out. "I have just less than six months before I graduate from high school. I have seven months to go before I give birth." She took a deep breath and let it out. "Let me deliver this baby in peace... then I'll go with you to India." Vikrant grabbed her arm and whirled her around to face him. Confusion etched on his face and a flicker of hurt flashed in his eyes before it vanished so fast that she wondered if she'd only imagined it. "What are you saying, Anu?" He demanded. "You're just going to leave?" Sarita looked at his beloved face and she let him see what she couldn't show her father; the pain and despair
A Month later "Desperate hussy." "Slut." "Just another notch in his bed post." Sarita hung her head in shame as she stood in front of her locker at school, trying to open her locker but failing miserably as she tried to keep her tears at bay. Everyone in school had heard of her pregnancy and they weren't nice about their comments when they realized that Vikrant Suryavanshi was the father of her baby. It was worse as the rumor going around the school was that Vikrant didn't want the baby and dumped her for someone else. She was called different names but it wasn't to her face since no one wanted to incur the wrath of Kalyani Singh or her other knight in shining armor; Michael Tanner. Unfortunately, despite being her protectors, they couldn't tell the truth because Vikrant had expressly forbidden them from telling anyone, so they'd kept their mouths shut. "Don't listen to them." Raj said. Sarita whirled around to look at Raj. She eyed him over in disgust but said nothing to h
Sarita had dreaded Divya's return but surprisingly, nothing happened when she came face to face with Divya in the hallways. Divya had even politely asked her how she was, which had caught her off guard but she figured that it was because there were witnesses including Vikrant so she couldn't try anything. "You took my man from me!" Divya yelled, the knife in her hand pointed at Sarita's stomach. "I didn't do it on purpose! I swear! It just happened!" Sarita pleaded. "Getting pregnant doesn't just happen!" Divya huffed arrogantly. "Unless one plans it! I'm going to enjoy killing you, Sarita Madhav." Her maniacal laughter sent chills up Sarita's spine. "Vikrant Suryavanshi will be mine!" Divya stabbed her. "No, please!" Sarita cried out from her dream and jerked awake. "Miss Madhav, are you okay?" The geography teacher, Mrs Winston inquired. Sarita looked around with unfocused, fearful eyes that glistened with tears until she heard someone snicker and she shook her head to clear
A Month later Due to reasons best known to her alone, Sarita kept postponing her visit to the hospital for her appointment. She was supposed to have gone for her second check up but she refused to do so. Her mother bugged her about it, got no tangible reason from her and left her to it. It was her life, she thought, she was the one carrying the baby so she could damn well do anything she wanted. "Ma'am." Sarita raised her hand to get the attention of her geometry teacher. "You can ask your questions after I'm done." Mrs Clarke said. "Can I be excused?" Sarita felt like her bladder would burst if she didn't get a move on. "I need to use the restroom." "Of course." She said. "Thank you." She shot to her feet and hurried out of the class. Her classmates burst out laughing. "What's funny?" Mrs Clarke demanded. "She walks like a penguin." A girl snickered. "So I walk like a penguin?" Mrs Clarke arched a brow, resting her hand on her protruding belly. She was also pregnant. The
"What?" Sarita exchanged puzzled glances with Vikrant. "Twins?" "Yes." The doctor nodded. "Hidden twins are common in mono amniotic pregnancies which is true in your case. Your babies are sharing the same sac which would make them identical." "You know, mom thought so too, Sarita." Kaly said. "She was right." "So... They're fine, right?" Vikrant's voice came out a bit shaky. "The fall didn't hurt them?" "Their heartbeats are strong." He assured him. "Baby A seems to weigh more than Baby B but it's not so much that we have to worry." He pointed to the screen to show them the babies' fingers and toes and whatnot. After a lecture from the doctor about safety, Sarita was discharged and they left the hospital. Kaly looped her arm around Sarita's as they waited for Vikrant who'd gone to the restroom to come back so they could leave. "I'm so happy for us, Rita." Kaly squeezed her hand lovingly. "Twins! I hope they're both girls." "Absolutely not." Vikrant growled from behind her, havi
"Not on your life!" Vikrant roared. "Never!""Never?" Karan chuckled softly."NEVER." Vikrant repeated emphatically. "I'd prefer to die than to give them up. They're mine." He took a deep breath to calm himself down and flashed Karan a smile. "Sarita included.""Is that so?" Karan challenged. "Are you sure you want to go down this road?""You got greedy... Friend." Vikrant answered. "You upped the stakes so I'm doing the same. I want all three of them for myself."Karan laughed. "I like your son, Mr Suryavanshi." He told Rohan as he rose to his feet. "He's brave, but I'm sorry to say... Stupid." He seared Vikrant with a death glare. "Friday 5pm, Exodus Arena. Don't be late.""You want to fight with him?" Rohan asked."Fight to the death." Karan said. "Loser relinquishes his rights to the girl and the babies." He sized Vikrant up. "I heard you won the U18 MMA award two years ago and your opponent was a year older than you were - bigger than you were too.""So?""You're not green behind
He rose to his feet as well. "Are you sure about that?" He arched his brow. He walked up to her, snagged her around her waist, and pulled her flush against him. "Will you stop me if I tell you that all I'm thinking about right now is kissing you senseless. Will you stop me?""I don't want your stupid kiss." She bit out.Behind them, Kaly started singing the Little Mermaid 'kiss the girl' song mimicking the crab's voice. Her antics diffused the tension as Sarita burst out laughing and Vikrant followed suit but instead of them kissing as the song suggested, he wrapped his arms around Sarita and she did the same."Do you still want my stupid kiss?" He whispered in her ear."No." She pulled back. "It'll make me like you again. I don't want to like you again."Vikrant's lips curled up in a half smile. They were going to be good again. He was going to win this fight and get his girl back. Sarita Madhav was his and no one else's."Just... Be careful." She murmured. "Come back."Vikrant chuck
Two days later "I did tell you that he'd come around, didn't I?" Kaly reminded Sarita as they stopped by her locker during the second period. Kaly's definition of Vikrant 'coming around' was a hello from him and a concerned look. She figured that it was better than behaving like strangers but in Sarita's books, that was nothing. If anything, it made her both anxious and angry wondering when they'd make up. She wasn't scared to admit that she'd missed him like crazy and hoped she wasn't the only one feeling miserable. She inputted the combination for her locker, opened the door and gasped when she saw the flowers and hearts littering her locker. There was a bouquet of red roses, a chocolate box wrapped in red ribbon, a handmade heart-shaped card and a heart-shaped globe that had tiny red hearts floating inside of it and a photo of the two of them smiling at each other. "Oh. My. God." Kaly's jaw dropped open. She grabbed the card, opened it to peruse what was written inside and