Hello World!!
The village man’s voice echoed in Rama’s head. Rama had been
sitting in his office trying to get some work done for the past hour, but all he
could do was think about the village man. He braced himself as he heard the
voice once again.
“I am no different from Rama! He accepted his wife even
after she lived with Ravana for six months. Who knows what happened then? We are
simply living in the example of our leader.”
The voice got louder and louder until it became a scream in
his head. Rama saw the man’s face with the gap tooth and mole on his left
cheek.
“LONG HAIL RAMA!!”
The village man’s laugh echoed in Rama’s head putting every
single part of Rama’s body on fire. Rama jumped out of the chair. There was a
loud echoing thud as it dropped to the ground. This was it. He couldn’t take it
anymore. Something needed to be done about the constant taunting he had to deal with.
It was getting out of hand. The voices needed to be stopped. The jeering and
laughing. The pointing and whispering. The village man had gotten everyone talking! Rama gripped the desk in front of him
with both hands to steady himself. Sita needed to be taken care of. He couldn’t handle it anymore.
~~~
Sita continued pacing back in forth in her room. She was so
excited she could barely contain herself. She ran over to her nightstand and
picked up the pregnancy test for the fourth time. She couldn’t believe she was
pregnant. Now they would have a perfect family. Ram, Sita, and their child. She
felt her eyes well up with tears of joy. She put the pregnancy test in the
drawer, and took a few steps back. She twirled around once. Twice. She stopped
and wrapped herself in a hug while tears ran down her face. She cradled her
womb and whispered to her unborn child. “Let’s go surprise Daddy and make his
day a bit better! Are you ready, love?”
She had been imagining Rama’s face lighting up and glowing.
She knew he would go crazy buying gifts for the child as well. Teddy bears and
train sets. Dolls and cars. She sprinted to the doorway. She had to find him
and tell him now!
~~~
Rama came to a sudden stop when he saw Sita in front of him.
He paused to take a look at her. Her big beautiful eyes and glowing face. That
smile that he had fallen in love with lit up her entire face. He couldn’t help
but smile in return himself. That smile had taken away his problems many times
before. “FOCUS RAMA. Focus,” he thought to himself. This needs to be done.
“I have to go to a meeting, Sita. Since it is much farther
away from here than I would like, I was hoping that you would be willing to accompany
me?” He said it just as he had practiced in his office.
“Of course, Rama!! Let me just change.” Sita smiled and
walked back to the room.
Rama felt tears beginning to surface in his eyes. No. Not
now. He had to be strong. He went to the office to grab his files.
```
They had been traveling for six hours now, and Sita had fallen been
asleep for two hours in Rama’s lap. He continued mindlessly stroking her hair and
admiring his wife until the driver stopped the car. He turned around and asked,
“Now, sir?”
Rama gave a quick nod in response and the driver walked
outside and opened the hood of the car.
“Sita, Sita, wake up. The car has broken down,” Rama
announced to his wife. This needed to happen as seamlessly and quickly as
possible. “Sita.”
Sita woke up and sat up next to Rama looking a little
confused. “Would you care to go for a walk, dear?” Rama asked. Sita nodded and
opened the car door.
They had been walking for about thirty minutes now when Rama
stopped abruptly. “I left my phone in the car!” he stated. “Give me just a
second, love. I’ll go grab it and come right back.”
“Let me come with you,” Sita exclaimed
“I’ll be right back. Don’t worry! I run super fast!” He
smiled down at her.
“Okay.” Sita gave in and sat down at the tree waiting for
him, “I’ll be right here waiting for you!”
Rama turned around and sprinted away as quickly as possible.
He needed to leave before he changed his mind.
```
“That’ll be all. Thank you,” Rama
exclaimed to the driver.
“Yes, Sir,” the driver replied as he left. Rama took off his shoes and lay
down in his bed. He leaned over and opened the drawer to his nightstand to
begin looking for the thermometer. He felt as though his entire body was on
fire. The feeling refused to disappear. He felt the thermometer under his
fingers and grabbed it. It felt a little different in his hand. He looked down
at his hands and immediately sat up. He couldn’t look away. He threw the
pregnancy test against the wall and curled up at the front of his bed. He began
to rock back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth…..
```
Sita strained her neck to see if she could spot Rama on his
way back. He had been gone for hours it seemed, but she had lost all track of
time. It would be today that she had no phone and no watch. “Maybe I should get
up and look for him? No. No. He said that he would come back. He said to wait,” she thought to herself. She placed a huge grin on her face once more, and continued
to strain her neck to see if she could spot Rama. She knew it wouldn’t be too
long before he came back! After all, it’s not like he would just leave her
there! She knew he loved her too much to live without her….
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| Sita waiting for Rama, Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Sitas_Exile_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma_%281848_-_1906%29.jpg |
Author’s Note: I found that this part of the Ramayana hadn’t
been given enough detail in my opinion. Once I read about it on Wikipedia, I
knew that I needed to write about it. I needed to bring a change in the story
to make it a bit more modern. I thought that this would bring about a positive
change. I wanted to create a very strong feeling towards the characters. I
wanted Rama to be despised yet understood and to create a form of sympathy towards
Sita. I think that this allows for you to understand the circumstances and
gives you an insight into the lives of both Rama and Sita.
I am including this piece specifically because I feel that
while my last story of Rama and Sita showed a strong independent woman there
was a side to Sita that was vulnerable that I wanted to capture. I believe that
when we are in love we are all a little vulnerable. I wanted to make sure that
you saw that in Sita. I wanted to bring the innocence and good heart in a way
that you could imagine it perfectly. I hope that you enjoy reading this story
as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Here’s to trying something new!
Source Used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita
