Chapter 18

PART – XVIII

 

oth of them were sitting quietly still wondering how could their friends do this to them. But they didn't know one thing. Before making this call their friends have already taken their parents into confidence. They already knew about it.

 Pooja was waiting for Ali to say something.15 minutes have already passed & Ali hasn't spoken even a single word all this while. But finally he opened his mouth.

"Humein to samajh nahin aa raha hai ki in sab ko ho kya gaya hai. Yeh log aisa kaise kar sakte hain hum dono ke saath."

Pooja was expecting him to say something else so she was quite disappointed.

"Kam se kam un logon ne hum dono ke bare mein socha to, tu to woh bhi nahin karta" Pooja sounded a bit irritated.

"Matlab"

Pooja was not in mood for giving explanations.

She took her phone & called up Neelu. Then she dialed Huda's number from Ali's phone & put both of them on speaker.

"Pooja yeh aap kya kar rahi hain"

Huda & Neelu took the call though they didn't speak. Pooja & Ali both were quiet.

"Arrey yaar koi to kuch to bolo" Huda was getting impatient.

Ali tried to speak but he failed to gather that much of courage.

"Yaar, I love you bolne mein koi itna time lagata hai kya" This time Neelu prompted them to speak.

"Sahi kaha tune Neelu apne apne dil ki baat kehne mein humne pehle hi bahut talktime waste kar diya hai"

"Ali, tu jaanta hai main KMA Rohit ka signal dhoondhte hue aayi thi, lekin tune to mera hi network badal diya. Hum dono jaante hain ki hamare dilon mein kya hai phir ab silent pe rehne ka kya fadya hai. Pehle to tere saamne tera mission tha, ek achcha army officer banne ka mission, lekin ab to tune woh bhi haasil kar liya hai. Main jaanti hoon ki abhi tujhe apne career mein bahut aage jaana hai Ali, lekin main bhi kahan tere raaste mein aa rahi hoon Main to sirf tere saath aage badhna chahti hoon."

"Ali…… I love you"

 

Ali wanted to say that he loves her too but he has always been bad at expressing his feelings. Even after Pooja making the first move he couldn't take the next step. Lot many things were going in his mind simultaneously. Pooja proposing to him, Huda & Neelu on the other side of the phone, their blackmailings, and his parents – what if they come to know about it. He needed one last push. Huda was just too glad to volunteer for that.

"Oye Usool jaldi kar tere paas sirf ek minute baaki hai"

And that was it.

"Pooja hum bhi aapse bahut pyaar karte hain" He said that in one breath with his eyes closed tightly. It didn't sound like an expression of his love. It was more like a slip of tounge.

Everyone bursted out in laughter. All of them were hearing this because even Neelu & Huda had kept their phones on speaker. All of them heard that including Ali & Pooja's parents.

"Chalo ab jaldi se apna saaman pack karo aur apne apne ghar pahuncho" It was Yudi telling them that.

All their friends were cheering for them but Pooja disconnected the line. She was happy. Ali finally said what she wanted to hear for so long.She has found her true love after 5 long years. She was the happiest person on this earth. Actually… they were the happiest twosome. Ali didn't tell her, but she knew that.

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Ali with his parents was sitting at Pooja's house. Even his friends were there. They were there to fix the alliance. Everyone was happy. Everything was fixed but there was a big problem. Whose rituals should they follow? Should that be a Punjabi wedding or a Nikaah?

Alekh came up with a suggestion

"Isme itna magajmari karne jaisa kya hai. Subah mein jaa ke Gurdware mein phere le lo aur uske baad ghar pe aa ke Nikaah kar lo"

"Lekin do baar shadi karne ki kya zaroorat hai" Ali asked.

"Waise Alekh ka idea itna bhi bura nahin hai" Huda supported his idea." Aur phir soch do baar shaadi hogi to do baar suhaag raat bhi hogi aur do-do honeymoon bhi kar liyo"

"Kya Huda bhai aap bhi" Ali was blushing.

But their parents also liked the idea. They didn't say anything about wedding night or their honeymoon for the obvious reasons but double wedding was a cool idea and everyone agreed to that.