Chapter 15: My Best friend
Surprised Unnati, says - "Sid bhaiyya aap aur jaha?
"Kyu hum apni pyari behen se milne nai aa sakti"
she hugs him -ofcourse, im happy you did.
As it was late, Arjun bids them goodbye and heads home. Jaigarh family was staying in a hotel penthouse giriraj was renting. The four practically talk all night.
In the morning -
It was almost 1030am when Unnati and others come downstairs for breakfast. Unnati remembers she had to call Manyata.
Manyata - hello
Unnati - good morning, i just wanted to remind you to go to pick up Mamasa
"yes ma'am im on my way."
"Great thanks"
"waise why did you only ask me to go?
"well Mamasa can be a bit... a bit of a diva & rude. I couldn't ask dad or Brij uncle they would shoot him. Vijay banna would cry and Jay..."
Manyata adds "she would eat him alive"
Unnati (lauging) - exactly
"why not dada"
Unnati - i cant do that to him besides he will have to deal with mamasa lot after marriage
Both share laugh as Manyata says - good point.
Unnati - acha have to go, designer should be here soon with my dress, i have to prep. Thanks again
Manyata - no problem bhabhisa (Unnati blushes)
Manyata reaches private jet airport. Unnati mentioned she had shared M pic with mamasa. She is waiting for him. After few minutes of waiting, she decides to ask airport staff.
Staff - sorry ma'am i dont see a charter plane on schedule from Australia until 5pm.
Manyata - okay thanks
She calls Unnati, a familar voice answers - hello
Manyata - jay?
Jay - haan jiji
M - what are you doing at bhabhisa's house?
"I convinced bhabhisa to come here to get ready"
Manyata - okay...give the phone to her
Unnati says she will call Mamasa to confirm. After few attempts and no luck she calls Manyata back.
Unnati - sorry manyata i cant connect with him. I thought dada can help but he isnt answering either he must be getting ready for his flight. Wait 20 mins, if not you can go back.
Manyata goes to lounge to check there. It was a luxurious airport as it was catered to the elite. There was restaurent, bar, cafe, sleeping pods, sofa booths and even meeting rooms. She was wondering around the lounge, suddenly she gets pulled into a room. She wanted to run and scream but strong pair of hand, one covering her mouth and another around her waist, held her. She opens her eyes to see those same eyes that had been haunting her sleep every now and then. She was angry at him but small part of her was happy. As soon as he lets her go, she starts "halkat yeda veda kamine kutte suar"
"whoa princess, Harvard mein yeh sab sikha hai"
M gives him a fake smile and tries to leave. He grabs her hand quickly & pins her back to the wall,
with his signature smirk - itni jaldi bhi kya hai hmmm
"chodo humhe, jao na tumhari flight ka time ho gaya hoga. Ab kyu aaye ho?"
"Aww someone is mad that i didnt say goodbye"
"Ji nai, humhe koi farq nai padta. Chodo humhe varna tum janta nai"
He brings his face closer & says "varna kya?"
She pushes him with all her might and starts to walk away. "Princess" he calls her twice but nothing. Taking a deep breath he says in a stern tone "Manyata". She freezes in her spot, thousand things were going through her mind. He walks towards her and faces her with a sweet smile.
"How.... how do you know?
"Hum rajwade hai humse kuch nai chup sakta"
Manyata mocks his words while he is amused at her antics, she adds - "bakwas mat karo UV... batao (as he is about to speak) rohan it had to be him, that chachundaar cant keep anything to himself..."
He holds her by the shoulder & says "relax". She stops. He lets go and resting his arms on her shoulders says - "he didnt. when I came to your room to drop off the gift, I saw a picture on your nightstand with your family. Your dadi, Mrinalidevi, and uncle Brij, I recognized them. Thats when i knew. Baas khush? (He smiles at her). She gives him a fake smile, pushing his hands off says "good ab bye".
U - kaha jaa rahi ho?
M while walking away says "tumse matlab".
"Mamasa ko liye bina?" He yells
She turns, few thoughts pass her mind as she debates on each one, finally she says "Mamasa?" in a questioning tone. Uday facepalms himself. He wasnt surprised she still didnt recognize him. He walks toward her "try again princess." She thinks but fails to put two and two together. He takes a set of keys from his pocket and hands it to her. Confused at first, she eventually notices a familar pendant hiding behind some of the keys. The pendant brings back a memory:
Flashback about 17 years ago:
5 year old Manyata runs into jaigarh palace yelling "Udayveer Udayveer"
U - kya huya princess kyu chila rahi ho?
"Yeh dekho hum aap k liye kya laye hai"
She hold up two pendant. It was a heart shape broken into two pieces one had "best" & "M" on it and other "friend" & "U". She hands him the pendant with M and keeps the one with U.
"Yeh toh ladkiyo ka hai. Isse hum ni pehen sakte"
"Par kabhi aap kho gaye toh hum aapko kaise pehchaanenge? Isse hum..."
He cuts her off "Aisa kabhi nai hoga"
She pouts and sits on sofa with her hands crossed and head down. Oh boy he thinks. Sitting in front of her he says "i promise i always keep this with me"...
Back to present
"Udayveer" she says. He never realized his name sounded so sweet or maybe just coming from her mouth. He nods his head yes. M was overjoyed but part of her was angry. She says " why didnt you tell me...we have phones you know!"
"And miss the chance to see your shocked face? No ways! I like to have my fun"
She hits him gently and then says "chale ab?"
Uday nods yes. M pauses for a sec and says "wait mamasa kidher hai. Wasnt he with you?"
"There is no mamasa. (She is shocked) i mean he isnt coming. I just said that to call you here"
Uday narrates how he lied about him coming. He had even pacified his mamasa not to answer unnati or giriraj's call.
M covers her mouth - hawwww! Liar
"oh comeone princess itni badi bhi baat nai hai"
"haan tumhare liye jhut bolna badi baat nai hogi"
She walks away followed by Uv.
At Mahal , she is stopped by Unnati - sorry Manyata, mamasa's plan changed last minute. Dada forgot to forward the message earlier.
M - its okay (in her mind: you lying dada didnt forget)
U - where are you lost?
M - nowhere (leaves to her room)
On the other side, M had dropped Uday to penthouse earlier. He freshens up, and along with giri and other boys, heads to Devgarh palace. They reach, Uday whispers to Luv - wait to be surprised
Luv - kya banna
Uday - just wait
They enter the palace and were greeted by everyone except Vijay, Jay and Manyata, who were in M's room chatting. Unnati, not expecting her dada until evening, was thrilled. She goes to get M.
Unnati - niche chalo, my dada is here
Vijay - oo m bhai you must be excited your best friend is here. ( M doesnt reply)
While jay to herself - jiji's best friend? not for long though!! Sorry jiji anyways he is not your types.
Unnati - well i know dada has been really excited to meet you
Vijay - im not surprised, Dono hamesha saath rehte the, fevicol se jaise chipka diya ho.
M - ha ha very funny vijaybhai
Unnati - Humhe toh zayada kuch yaad nai
Vijay - hum haan na, we have many stories to tell about these two.
They reach downstairs. UV had asked Luv to stand with his back against the stairs. Unnati runs to Uday and says - dada meet my other sister-in- law aur aapki best friend... haina
Uday - ofcourse choti, Manyata & I go long back
M with a fake smile - Hi Uday
Uday with a smirk - hi Manyata nice to meet you after so many yrs" Luv had turned around hearing a familar voice. His jaw drops seeing M here.
He turns to luv and adds - meet rajkumari Manyata.
Manyata pretending - "hello"
Shocked luv, says "what the fu..." he stops when Uday gently elbows him. Luv - "I mean hello Rajkumari"
Komal asks everyone to dining room for lunch. Everyone heads there except Luv, M and U.
Luv - yeh sab kya hai Mans...Manyata
M - its a long story
U - humhare pass bahut time hai
M - chup halkat veda
Luv is shocked hearing her language towards him. he was anticipating Uday to react in anger but to his surpise he smiles and says "so sweet"
M to Luv - ill tell you over coffee tomorrow
U - am i invited?
M - no
Luv heads to dining room leaving other two to bicker. After a while, they walk in.
Komal - kaha reh gaye the aap dono
Vijay - they were catching up, haina? itne saal baad jo mile hai (luv almost chokes on his water)
DS - aapko pata hai jab dono chote the, hamesha saath rehte the unko alag karna muskhil tha.
Thier faded past was coming in front of them & both were stealing glancing at each other. This was noticed by Vijay who adds "abhi bhi aisa lag raha hai"
After their mom's death, Uday had changed alot or so she had heard. Sure he was loving and caring to her, she was his choti. But he was ruthless, carefree, and somewhat selfish when it came to the world. She didnt blame him. Uday was very attached to their mom. losing someone close ,as most people, he lost part of him. Since then his heart has turned into stone. She knew he would do anything for her but he was distant, emotionally, from her or anyone else, keeping his heart and feeling cagged in to avoid getting attached. He thought that this was person's greatest weakness. Curious to learn about her dada past she says - Dadishaheb aur bataeya na
DS - ek din Vijay Manyata ko ched rahe the aur woh roh padi toh Uday ne unko murga banake khada rakha tha poore do ghante.
Vijay - yaad mat dilao nanisa, humare naazuk pairo ki kya halat huyi thi us din
U - sorry vijay banna par aapne humari prin..i mean Manayat ko rolane ki zurrat ki
Manyata gives him angry look and to herself - halkat veda kya bol raha hai, sabke samne flirting!
Uday gives her a smile but he gets anger in return.
While Komal adds - humhe aaj bhi woh din yaad hai jis din aap London shift hone wale the, Manyata ne aapne aap ko room mein band kar diya tha. humhe Udayveer ko bulana pada unko manane k liye...
Flashback - about 16 years ago
Manyata finally opened the door. They were sitting in room quietly for a while. Finally, 6 year old Manyata says "tum kyu jaa rahe ho?"
"humhe jana hoga princess, dad ko maa ki bahut yaad aati hai aur humhe bhi."
"Main kis k saath kheluengi?" as her voice cracks
Udayveer - arjun vijay banna hai, tumhari annoying sister bhi toh hai
Manyata wacks him - dont call my sister that
Back to present
Komal - it was sweetest thing.
Aage kya huya asks Unnati.
Komal - udayveer ne manyata ko mana liya
Vijay - par kaise
Komal - humhe nai pata unse puch lijiye
Before anyone can question he quickly says "humhe yaad nai."
Surjeet, manager of housekeepers, interrupts "gustaki maaf Maharani, par panditji aa gaye hai"
Komal - sukhriya Surjeet
All adults head out.
As they leave, Unnati, sid and vijay force Uday and Manyata to tell the remaining of the story. Irritated and embarrassed M says "ab purani baate ho gayi, kuch aur baat kare
Sid - no ways. I want to know more about uday before he became THE london version
Uday hits him under the table while sid gives him evil smile and says "come on batao na Manyata"
"Aisa kuch nai, yeh sab bada chada k bol rahe hai"
Uday now offended says " ill tell you....after I say that she hits me and gets angry. i tell her i was kidding...suddenly she starts crying, I ask her - kya huya princess?
Manyata - humhe kaun hasayega?
Udayveer - Please princess dont cry. Hum hai na we will talk everyday and I will write to you too. (I gave her a big teddy bear). And everytime you miss me you can hug him and think its me (winks at her) ."
Everyone except M- aww thats sweet.
He conveniently leaves out the next part of the story but recalls it in his mind:
"He hugs her as tears fall from his eyes. He tried to be strong for her, but eventually they escaped."
That was one of two times he had cried in his life, first being his mother's funeral.
His thoughts breaks when he feels someone's touch. Jay stroking his arm " aww you are too cute"
"Please Jay dont say cute. Hot,sexy, handsome kaho
Jay happily - ofcourse uday
M rolling her eyes says under her breath - ya right
Uday - kuch kaha aapne (she nods no)
Sid - so did you talk everyday. How come you never mentioned her to me.
"ya we did but as time passed she forgot about me"
M - "such a liar, you did. I had to come to London beacuse you forgot about me after just 5 days. "
Awww says everyone as Uday has victory smile on his face and M feels angry & stupid saying that.
M - im going to go get ready.
In her room, fuming she sits on her bed cussing at him. But she knew he wasnt wrong and he knew she wasnt. As time passed, distance between them grew further. Letters become infrequent and chats become short. Between new friends, school and family they lost each other. On the other side Uday felt bad for doing that. But his little prank brought back a memory in both M & U's mind.:
Flashback - in London 16 years ago
Uday returns from school and sees Brij. He hugs him & is about to speak when Brij says she is in Unnati's room. He runs upstairs. As soon as he enters, he hears a stern voice say "humhe aapse baat nai karni"
"Kyu princess" says Uday
"hum aapki princess nai"
Ignoring her words, he hugs her saying "i missed you
She melts and say "kal aapne phone kyu nai kiya. aapne vaada kiya tha"
"Sorry princess, hum busy ho gaye the. School mein naye hai na toh.."
"Humhe bahane nai chahiye" she adds as Uday was surprised to see her assertive rajwada side coming out. He lets her go and says "Your are right, aap jo saza do humhe manzur hai" "pakka?" She asks. He nods his head yes. She jumps in his arms & he places a gentle kiss on her forehead.
Back to present
Both break out of their thought and a small smile appear on their faces. Sid who notices Uday smiling asks "kya hua". Uday avoids by saying "kuch nai".
By 730, everyone was downstairs for the roka ceremony. Panditji had fixed the engagement date 4 weeks from today and wedding the week after. Once it was over, both families, sid, luv and kush were sitting in living room chatting. There were numerous conversations going on.
Giri - so Manyata beta what are you plans now? Join your brothers in the family business?
M - "i am not sure yet uncle. I did my internship in hospitality business and i am interested in that"
Giri - oh really? Well you know my business is in hospitality. We are planning to expand to India. Would you be interested in joining? We can use a smart girl like you leading our project.
M was surprised to hear such an offer - uncle can i think about it
Giri - sure beta, come by tomorrow we can discuss terms in details and then you can decide.
Late night at Jaigarh penthouse
Uday - dad i was wondering agar hum india ka project handle karle toh
Giri - aapne mana kiya tha k aapko yaha nai rehna
Uday - haan but i have changed my mind. I have come after so long, i want to enjoy my time here. Plus its new business it will require lot of work, I want you to relax.
Giri happy with his sons care - jaisa aap chahe
Evil smirk appears on his face as he thinks "hmmm now i just need to make sure you accept the offer princess"
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