Part Two
Angad sat on the beige carpet of the staff room holding Maya's hand
in his, flirting for fun. He had to go to Kavyas house again today
since the sharma's were to arrive, but he decided he would come a
little later because he didn't really have anything special to do
there.
"Dadi, i swear, if you weren't that arrogant principles wife then I would propose to you"
"Really" she replied pulling her glasses down her nose"whats so special about me"
"well" he said counting on his fingers "your perfect in every way,
you cook, work, you're a house wife along with a perfect career woman
and most of all your the most beautiful lady on this planet earth"
"hmm--thank you" she said smiling
"so then dadi" he said getting on to his knee,"will you marry me
and leave your husband for me, for my love" He said with puppy eyes
"not now--at least"
"ouch"angad clutched onto his heart"you broke my heart once again dadi, whats so special about that aggressive principle"
"look behind you" she said curtly
angad turned his head and found the principle looking down at him
through those big framed glasses of his "oh s--sir---you---what are you
doing here"
"well, just to tell you Mr khanna your 5 minutes late for your class"
"I'm sorry sir"he stood up"I'll take a leave" he said leaving the staff room tensed.
Maya and the principle chuckled at his behavior "this boy I tell
you will never stop flirting" the principle said sitting next to his
wife.
"yes, He's so cute, did you need something"
"yeah, actually I came to tell you that someone phoned in last night to replace you"
"great, I want to handle the office with you, I'm getting old"
"no your not, your always sweet 16 for me"
"ok, ok, stop flirting like angad and tell me who is this person who phoned you"
"well, he names kripa and she's coming from masoori"
"here we go, angad has another girl to flirt with now"
"yeah, just hope the best for her"
Nitya was getting restless waiting for her sister, at the airport along with her son and daughter in law.
"why aren't they here now, they should have been back by now"
"mom they just started to depart"kavya said trying to calm his mother down.
"yes your right, sorry I'm just a little over excited"
"There they are , come on lets go" she said as she spotted them.
"where, i cant see them"
"there" nitya pointed too
kavya and anjali looked in the direction she pointed at and noticed
an horrendous sight, a fat lady, who's skin was almost slurping down
her, hanging on to her with a short skinny man, who was dark and
crooked along with three kids, looking alike to there parents.
"Mom, dont you think maasi is a little too --umm-- fat"
"no, not at all, she looks the same as she was twenty five years ago"
"mom, I thought satya uncle was very tall and strong"
"yes, he still is"
"your joking mom, he's nothing near tall and strong. I don't think so"
"what are you two talking--" then she noticed the imperfect couple
they were staring at "uff, not them, the ones behind them who are
standing with the two boys"
"Mom, maasi is beautiful" kavya exclaimed
"yeah" anjali confirmed "but you said she has three children"
"yes, may--"
She was interrupted with the voice of her sister "didi, I missed you"
Nitya embraced her sister, tears of happiness welling her eyes "me too, your still the same, just as beautiful"
"no, its not the same, now I'm a mother of a young daughter"
"daughter, where is she?"
"she's coming, she went to the toilet"
"oh, ok" she turned towards satya "how are you? your still as healthy, bauji will be pleased to meet you"
"I'm fine" he replied with a smile "here are my son's" he introduced
"there so cute" she pulled there cheeks "this is my son kavya and she's my daughter in law, anjali"
"Hello" they greeted in unison
"Kavya"satya embraced him "you've grown a lot, your were so small when we left"
Kavya flushed a little embarrassed, whilst anjali smiled broadly.
"Didi, he's sagar" radika introduced" and he's sohan my youngest"
"Sagar looks just like his father" she commented "and sohan" she
pulled his cheek again "just a handsome and cute as your mother"
Sohan and sagar smiled rather nervously with this stranger pulling there cheek time to time.
Kripa walked towards her parents frustrated "mom, these people are
mad, they don't even know how to--" then she realized the strangers and
self consciously said "oh, hi, I'm sorry"
"Its ok, kripa right" nitya said
"yeah, umm maasi"
"yeah, I'm your maasi"
"kripa, what happened?" her mother asked
"nothing mom"
"mom, its a little obvious, not all people can handle kripa di now , can they?"
"shut up sagar"
"sorry di" radika said a little embarrassed "my children are a little um"
"its fine radika, what else are children there for. She's just as beautiful as you"
"thanks didi"
"mom, shall we leave" kavya interrupted "i think they would want to rest"
"oh yes, come on, lets go" and they left with anjali and kavya following behind
"you've got an interesting family there"
"interesting, please, I don't wan to know, the bigger one is very aggressive"
"kavya,shes your sister
"correction cousin"
"ok, ok,cousin but still sister in a way"
"fine" he sighed and walked forward.
Anjali became fast friends with kripa. She may have been aggressive
but she was a sweet person. Kavya sighed and hoped it wouldn't be much
of an interruption. Everyone settled down in the house, rested.
That evening, the khanna family came to visit the sharmas and nandas.
"hi, radika, right?" mainka asked
"yeah"
"mainka, she's my sister and radika this is anjali's mother"
"nice to meet you"
The elders continued with introductions and there own talks,where
as angad and sahil sat with kavya and anjali to a corner chatting.
"so kavya, you like your cousins"
"the small one,whats his name again"
"sohan" anjali replied
"magnificent anjali, you already know their names"
"shut up bhai"
"ok, ok, so you were saying kavya"
"his quiet and sensible so not a problem for me"
"how small is this kid, I mean kids and quiet, your joking"
"he's eleven"
"hmm, interesting"
"the middle one, oh he is a pain, him and his sister are always fighting, he's always teasing her and is a non stop talker"
"great, bauji, we got company" angad winked
"yeah right" anjali replied "and kripa is just great, she's also a--"
"She's not great the way your describing, she's an anger package, always angry, impatient"
"a girl" he drawled "how old is she?"
"whats it with you asking the age bhai, even if you do flirt with her, you'll regret it"
"yeah, I agree" kavya said "there's no chance here and its time you leave someone"
"no one can reject me, I'm too cute to be rejected" he replied mischievously "where are they?"
"there asleep" kavya answered.
A while later, sagar and sohan came down the stairs. Seeing all
these strangers, sagar nervously asked "kavya bhaiya, where's mom?"
"she's in the kitchen"
"thanks" and he walked off, leaving sohan standing there confused and nervous.
"hey, you must be sohan, aren't you?"
"yeah" hes said nervously
"why are you standing there, I wont bite" he joked
Angad being a teacher knew how to handle kids. Within a nick of time sohan sat with them laughing and enjoying himself.
Sagar came back to find sohan so mixed up with these strangers. He stared at them, when he was interrupted "your sagar, right?"
"umm, yeah"
"what you standing there for, come here, we wont say anything" angad said
"Oh, um, I'm not use to talking to strangers"
"strangers" angad looked around "where?" Sagar laughed, this man was fun "thats better?" he smiled "by the way, I'm angad"
"sagar?" he shacked his hand
Soon sagar was also talking, chatting, with the big group. Kavya
got ot know his younger cousins more, knowing there not as bad.
"where's your sister?" angad asked "doesn't she want to meet us?"
"if you want to meet her, you'll have to wait till the week end"
"why's that"
"for now she's asleep and wont wake up till tomorrow morning"
"morning? is she that tired?
"you could say? she's got an interview tomorrow"
"interview?"kavya asked surprised "that quick"
"doesn't she want to, you know like chill out before working"
"no, I'll be glad"
"why, is she annoying"
"yeah, of course she is, its so noisy when she's here, she's always practicing"
"noisy?" kavya said "I don't like too much noise"
"yeah, I noticed, you and kripa di are the same, both are workaholic"
"workaholic?" kavya said "oh, ok"
Kripa walked down the stairs, dressed in a plain black chiffon
sari, with her hair in a single plait, with a file in her hands and
purse on her shoulder.
"Kripa" her mother called where are you going?"
"for my interview"
"kripa, take a days rest at least"
"mom, I've rested enough, I don't need more rest"
"but kripa"
"bye mom"
"kripa, how are you going to get there? you don't know the ways"
"I'll find my way mom, I have the address"
"kripa, please don't--"
"bye mom" and she left
"bye"
"kripa is just like kavya"
"yeah, but she doesn't understand. She gives too much time to her work" she sighed as she watched the closed door
Kripa headed out in search of a school to work in. Whilst the principle was
going to be late today. Angad, kaajal and dev had a free lesson, so they sat in
the staff room chatting as always.
Angad, as always was in the mood of mischief "guys, lets go and see whats
in the principles office, he's coming late"
"are you mad?" dev exclaimed
"If we're caught, we are so dead" kaajal added
"come on, we wont be caught, sir said he's going to come after eleven,
we've got enough time, the rest of them are in lessons"
"then go" dev said "we're not taking the risk"
"yeah, I agree with dev"
"well what else was expected from you kaajal, you were obviously going to
give your to be husbands side"
"angad" she hit his arm "its not about support, its about what
your doing. I'm sure your own wife wouldn't allow you to do such things"
Angad sighed. The two were never going to listen to him.
Angad sat in the principles office wearing his big glasses trying to see why he
wore them. He picked up a few papers and sat down on the principles chair,
leaning back.
As he leanedback on the comfy chair, he heard a sift knock on the door. Kripa
stepped inside "may I come in sir"
angad was confused at first, but thought to play along, after all he had the
chance to flirt with such a beautiful being.
"sure, umm, how can I help you? Oh have a seat first"
She sat down in front of him "umm, I applied to replace the dance
teacher"
"what?" angad shouted
"excuse me" kripa said, looking at him confused.
Angad looked at her shocked. Why was she replacing dadi? Oh well, he thought,
lets get to know her.
"Is there anything wrong sir?" kripa questioned
"oh, nothing, um sorry for that" he cleared his throat "so your
here for your interview"
"yes sir"
"whats your name?" he asked, pretending to scan the laptop
"kripa"
Kripa, he thought, I've heard the name before. "whats your hobbies"
he asked
"excuse em" she asked weirdly
"tell me, your hobbies"
"umm, dancing"
"are you married?"
"what has this got to do with the--"
"answer the question" he interrupted
"no" she replied
"engaged"
"no"
"have you ever been on a date?"
"you have no right to ask me such personal questions" she said,
standing up
"sit down" he said, she did as he said "I justed wanted to know,
or you could say I'm asking you out in away?"
"what kind of questions are these?" she raised her voice "and
your married, your wife will b so appalled knowing hat her husband does around
here. I can call the police on you for this behavior"
"chill, chill" he said coolly "the names angad and I'm single,
who said I'm married"
"I don't care" she stood up "I'm not working here" she
snatched her file from angad.
"by the way kripa, I have just got to say this but you look absolutely
sexy with that black sari"
Kripa's mouth opened "how rude? I will definately call the police on you
if you don't stop this nonsense"
"hey, cool it. You know, I consider you go for modeling, you are so fit
and toned. Your body is so curvaceous--"
"thats it" kripa turned around.
At the same moment, dev came rushing to the office "angad, get up, the
principles here"
"Oh shit" he quickly se the papers and gl;asses aside and rushed out
of the office.
Kripa stood there confused and angry. A few seconds later the principle entered
his office "ah, you must be kripa"
"yeah" she said
"Hello, I'm mr agarwal, the principle"
"but then, whop was that man?"
"man, what man?"he asked confused
"I'm, what was his nae again, angad"
"angad, Oh, his always up to some mischief, I'll sort him out. So miss Sharma,
tell me, are you willing to replace the dance teacher"
"yes"
"ok, so we can start with the interview" The principle interviewed
kripa. He was quite impressed and offered her the job.
At lunch time he called Maya agarwal to his office. "you called me"
she asked entering
"yeah, this is miss sharma, the one I told you about"
"Oh, the new dance teacher"
"yes"
"Your very pretty kripa"
"thank you" kripa relented
"Ok, so I'll introduce you to the staff in a while, but for the first few
sessions, I''ll train you, you'll get to know the kids as well, then you can
start teaching"
"yes ma'am"
"everyone calls me dadi here"
"ok dadi" she smiled
Maya led kripa to the staff room. The teachers were scattered in groups. Angad
sat with mansi and mukti, flirting as always. His back was facing kripa.
"Can I have your attention" dadi anounced, they all looked back
"this is miss sharma, she's going to replace me"
"why dadi,a re you leaving?" kaajal asked
"no, but I cant work as good now, I'm goign to assist the principle in the
office"
They alls stood up to greet there new colleague "meet her kripa, she's
mansi"
angad's head shot up as he heard her name, then a grin formed on his face. One
by one, she was introduced to everyone. Finally Maya came to angad "and
this is angad"
Kripa looked up and burst out "you"
"yes me"he took her small hand in his big one and kissed it
"nice to meet you kripa"
She immediately pulled her hand back, looking at him disgusted.
Faiza
Edited by *F^a^i^z^a* - 16 years ago
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