Chapter 15

Previously

 

Angad looks at Kripa and sees she has fallen asleep, she looks so innocent in his arms, he gently lifts her up and puts her into the bed, he puts the covers over her and kisses her forehead lightly, he stares at her for a brief moment before picking up a pillow and duvet cover and putting it on the floor for him to sleep, Angad lies down and closes his eyes but Kripa's teary eyed face continues to appear before him, he spends the night tossing and turning

 

The next day Kripa is unusually quiet which is noticed by everyone, Naina and Dilip are concerned, Naina decides to ask Angad

 

N - Angad

A - yeah mom?

N - son...what's wrong with Kripa?

A - what you mean?

N - she's been so...quiet today, is everything ok?

A - yeah mom....don't worry about it

 

Naina kissed his cheek, Angad frowned, he wanted to tell his family everything but knew he couldn't until Kripa allowed him to. He put his thoughts aside and went upstairs to his brothers who were gathered in Sujal's room

 

A - what's going on guys?

Ka - just discussing mum's party

A - when is it?

S - this weekend dude

A - cool

L - bro

A - what?

L - what's up with Kripa?

A - nothing, is everything sorted for the party?

Ka - yeah bro

A - good

 

Angad left the room to avoid any of his brothers asking any more questions about Kripa, the party was on the weekend which meant Kripa could have some fun then, but today...she was so quiet and sad, Angad knew he had to do something to make her smile today, Angad turned back on his heels and went into Sujal's room

 

A - guys

S - yeah?

A - I need something

Ka - what?

A - you lot out of the house

L - come again?

A - you heard me....out of the house for tonight.....

Ka - why?

A - is that important?

Ka - yes

A - well its none of your business

S - Angad...if you want us out of the house then we need a valid reason

A - argh fine....I'm going to cook for Kripa tonight

 

His brothers looked at each other and burst out in laughter, Kavya held his stomach and looked at Angad

 

Ka - you.....cook? oh my gosh is there anything funnier than that?

A - what? I can cook!

S - Angad.....heating up mum's dhal isn't considered cooking

L - yeah bro....you do know you're going to actually have to make something yourself

A - yes!

 

Angad hit Lakshya on his arm

 

S - you sure you don't need some help?

A - no....ok I know I kind of made a fire last time...

Ka - dude you almost burnt the kitchen down, I don't think mum will leave you alone in the house if she knows you're going to cook

A - I'll manage! just please....out of the house....and take mum and dad with you

S - ok.....us lot getting out of the house is one thing.....but mum? she's going to ask a million questions

A - just make something up...please!

L - i have an idea

Ka - what?

L - Sujal bhaiya, call up Kashish bhabhi and have her ring home and invite mum and dad over for dinner, mum won't say no and we'll all go with her, Angad bhaiya will say he's not feeling well, Kripa isn't going to want to go anyways....

A - Lakshya my brother....you're a genius!

 

Angad hugged Lakshya and left the room, Sujal called Kashish and told her what to do, soon the house phone rang and Naina answered, she spoke to Kashish and hung up and went into the living room where everyone was watching TV

 

D - who was on the phone?

N - it was Kashish

S - what did she say?

N - she's invited us over for dinner, get ready

 

Dilip, Sujal, Kavya and Lakshya all stood up following Naina's order, Naina looked at Kripa and Angad who were still sitting down

 

N - Angad didn't you hear me? and you Kripa?

K - aunty.....I don't want to go...I'm not really in the mood

 

Naina smiled and kissed her forehead

 

N - ok sweetie

 

Naina looked at Angad

 

A - I'm not feeling too well.....

N - you look fine to me, now get up and get ready

A - what? Kripa says she doesn't want to go and you say ok, I say I'm ill and you tell me to get ready?

N - yes, now go

 

Kripa looked at Angad and clearly could see he didn't want to go

 

K - aunty

N - yeah?

K - let Angad stay home, I need company aswell, please

N - ok, only because you said so

 

Angad smiled and sat comfortably, thanking Kripa through his smile, everyone else went upstairs to get ready, 15 minutes later they came back downstairs, Naina went into the living room

 

N - ok we're going, you can either order something or heat up some leftovers from the fridge, or Kripa you can cook something

K - ok aunty

N - oh and do not let Angad near the cooker

 

Angad's mouth fell open

 

A - mom!

K - why not?

N - it's better you don't know, just don't let him

K - ok as you wish

 

Naina smiled at them both and left the room, Angad heard the front door close and the car drive away, he grabbed the remote and turned the TV off, stood up and looked at Kripa

 

K - I was watching that

A - I don't care, go upstairs and get changed

K - why?

A - because I said so

K - why?

A - Kripa just go!

K - fine! what into?

A - something.....nice

K - what's wrong with what I'm wearing?

A - just stop asking questions, go upstairs and wear some nice clothes! jeez!

 

Kripa huffed and left the room, Angad made a run for the kitchen and looked for his mum's cookbook, he found it and skimmed through it to look for a nice meal that could easily be made by him, Kripa however couldn't decide whether to wear her black dress or her red one, she picked them both up and went downstairs to ask Angad, she put them in the living room when she saw him in the kitchen

 

K - what are you doing!

A - I....my dear girlfriend, am going to cook...for you

K - but aunty said not to let you near the cooker

A - you're point being? look just go get changed and don't come down until I come upstairs to get you

K - ok....but you have to help me choose what to wear

 

Kripa went and got the two dresses, she held them up, Angad looked and imagined how she would look in them

 

A - the black one

K - ok

 

Kripa went upstairs and began getting changed, Angad rummaged the kitchen cupboards for the ingrediants, once he had got them out he hunted for a saucepan, he put it on the cooker and poured some oil into the pan, then began chopping vegetables, when he felt they were fine he put them into the pan, he grabbed the wooden spoon and began stirring, he watched for a few seconds

 

A (thinks) - why isn't anything happening?

 

He scratched his head and bent down and realised he hadn't put the gas on, he hit his head and turned the gas on and began stirring, he continued following the instructions....meanwhile upstairs Kripa had changed into her dress and was doing her hair

 

K - argh if only I had my curler.....will have to tell Angad to take me shopping

 

She decided to leave her hair open, she put on some light make up and her shoes then called out to Angad

 

K - can i come down?

A - no!

 

Kripa groaned and sat on his bed and went on his laptop, she looked in some folders and found a folder labelled "baby pictures" her curiosity caught the better of her and she opened the folder and saw pictures of 4 young boys, who she had realised were Angad and his brothers when they were younger, she could tell the smallest was Lakshya and the tallest was Sujal but couldn't decide which one of the other two was Angad, she was about to look some more when she heard a loud bang, she ran outside and ran downstairs

 

K - Angad! are you ok?

 

She opened the kitchen door to see Angad standing by the sink with his hand under running water, she looked on the floor and noticed the saucepan and its contents lying on the floor

 

K - what happened?

A - I picked up the saucepan....and burnt my hand, and because of the pain the pan fell out of my hand

K - is your hand ok?

A - yeah I let go before it could do severe damage

K - do you need help?

 

Angad turned his head and noticed Kripa was ready, he stared at her noticing the curves of her body, Kripa got self-concious

 

K - er....stop staring

A - sorry...erm no I'll be ok, you just go back upstairs please

K - ok

A - and don't come down unless I scream for you

K - ok

 

Kripa left, Angad took his hand from under the water and began tidying up, after clearing the mess up, he made a grab for the phone

 

A - hi..do you deliver? great, I'd like some....

 

Angad placed his order and made sure to tell the guy on the phone not to ring the doorbell, Angad rushed into the living room to keep an eye out for the delivery guy, after 10 minutes he saw him, he opened the front door as quietly as he could, took the food and paid the guy, he took the food into the kitchen and shut the front door quietly, he then put emptied the contents of the take away into two plates, he tasted it

 

A - needs some more spice

 

Angad sprinkled some spice into the food and mixed it around then put them one by one into the microwave, once they were heated he was about to taste again when he noticed the empty take away packets, he picked them up and he threw the packets away and smiled

 

A - she'll never know

 

He looked at himself in the mirror and realised he looked a mess, he went upstairs and saw Kripa in the bathroom, he went into his room and began getting changed, Kripa walked in just as he had taken his shirt off, she stood there admiring his chest, Angad grinned

 

A - err...stop staring

K - oh sorry...erm I'll wait outside

 

Angad chuckled and finished getting changed, he opened the door to find Kripa standing there, he held her hand

 

A - lets go, the foods getting cold

K - sure

 

They went downstairs and Kripa sat at the living room table as Angad came inside with the food, he placed the plates on the table and sat opposite her

 

K - my my Angad Khanna, I'm impressed

A - thank you, so go ahead, taste the food

 

Kripa smiled and picked up the fork, she digged into the food and put it into her mouth, Angad's smile was replaced with a frown as Kripa began coughing

 

A - are you ok? you choking?

K - water....

 

Angad poured her a glass of water, Kripa drank it in one go

 

A - you ok?

K - yeah....Angad did you taste the food?

A - no

K - well taste it

 

Angad tasted the food and soon realised why Kripa had wanted the water, the food had way too much spice in there, Angad had obviously put too much in after he had tasted the food

 

A - erm..ok sorry

K - you know....I'm pretty sure the food would have been fine considering it was delivered

 

Angad's mouth fell open

 

A - how do you know?

K - I saw the delivery van from your window

A - oh

 

Kripa smiled, she stood up and sat on Angad's lap, she kissed him 

 

K - thanks

A - for what? I messed everything up

K - I know you were doing it to get my mind off things, and I appreciate it

A - what now?

K - since this food can't be eaten....we should order some more

A - yeah

K - you do that while I get rid of this

A - ok

 

Kripa kissed his cheek and began clearing the food away, after the second delivery was made her and Angad sat down and ate in peace, soon the doorbell rang, Angad opened the door, Naina pushed him aside and ran into the kitchen

 

A - what you looking for mom?

N - just making sure the kitchen is fine

 

Kripa laughed, Naina and the guys smiled to see Kripa looking happy, Lakshya put his arm around his brother

 

L - whatever you did...it worked

A - yeah

 

Angad watched Kripa laugh and smiled, he would make sure she smiled like this forever

 

coming up - Naina's surprise birthday party