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Part 74:

 

The Khanna family arrived in Delhi the next day in good spirits.  They were all excited to see Angad's soon-to-be-wife.  They were quite disappointed when they figured she hadn't come to pick them up.

 

Naina: Mujhe laga tha ki Tanya bhi aayi hogi…

 

Angad: nahi…maine usse mana kiya hai…you all wont get to see her until she reaches the registrar's office tomorrow…

 

Naina: are yeh kya baat hui??  Agar humein who pasand nahi ayi to?

 

Angad: aisa ho hi nahi sakta…I am 110% sure that you will like her…

 

Aliyah: bhai…Tanya ki tareef karte karte aap to nahi thak ne waale lekin hum sab bahut thak gaye hai…ghar chale please??

 

Angad: nahi….kartik pick up karne aane waala hai…pata nahi kahan reh gaya…

 

Kartik: hum yahan hai!

 

Angad turned around to see Kartik, Mishti, Eijaz, and Barkha.  He introduced them to his family.  He hugged Kartik and Eijaz.

 

Angad: um…Tanya..

 

Kartik: ek problem hai…baad mein batata hoon.

 

They all approached their cars where Kartik stopped Angad.

 

Kartik: um…who actually…kuch jaruri kaam hai…Angad…we'll have to go.

 

Angad: accha…aap sab ghar chaliye…main kuch der mein aata hoon..

 

Angad got into kartik's car and headed one way while the others headed the opposite way.  Angad questioned Kartik as soon as they drove away.

 

Angad: kya problem hai??

 

Kartik: pata nahi…kal se kaafi off mood hai Kripa..

 

Angad: kyun??

 

Kartik: pata nahi…tumhari baat nahi hui kya usse??

Angad: nahi…jis din main vapas gaya tha…uss din aakhri baar baat hui thi usse…kal pura din baat nahi ki…mere calls hi nahi le rahi woh..

 

Kartik: that's strange…kyunki tumhare calls ka to woh har waqt intezaar karti thi…..tumne usse kuch bhala bura to nahi kaha??

 

Angad: no…not as far as I remember…chalo to sahi...waise kahan hogi woh abhi?

 

Kartik: kya matlab kahan hogi?...peechle do din se ghar se bahar nahi nikli…

 

They drove home while Angad thought of the reason that could be bothering her.  Once they reached kartik's house, Angad knew something was wrong because the house was too quiet.  If Kripa was there, the house would be pretty loud.  He walked into her room only to see her sitting on the bed with a frown on her face and her magazine in her hand.

 

Angad(excitedly): Kripa!!!

 

She looked up at him, frowned deeper and went back to her magazine.

 

Angad: offo….kya hua??  Madam ka mood kyun kharab hai?

 

Kripa: tumse matlab?

 

Angad: naraaz ho??

 

Kripa: tumhe koi farak padta hai??

 

Angad(seriously): okay.  Jokes apart.  Whats wrong?  Uss din phone par vapas nahi aya tha isi liye naraaz ho??  Im sorry jaan……woh actually jaise prateek ne rona band kiya, peeche se kripa aa gayi…she was kneeling into the room…so I went to pick her up aur jab vapas aaya to tumne call disconnect kar diya tha….vapas phone kiya tha maine…lekin tumne phone uthaya hi nahi…

 

Kripa: Kripa??

 

Angad: haan…Aliyah ke beti…bataya to tha tumhe….kyun…..tumhe kya laga?

 

Kripa: mujhe laga ki…

 

Angad: don't tell me…tumhe laga ki main kisi aur….?

 

Kripa looked down embarrassed and nodded slightly.  Angad laughed and put his arm around her shoulder.

 

Angad:  Ms.Jealous……lekin ek baat seriously batao…tumhe mujhpe bharosa nahi hai kya??

 

Kripa: tum par mujhe poora bharosa hai lekin meri kismat pe nahi…pata nahi aur kya likha hai meri kismat mein..

 

Angad: main jaanta hoon….

 

Kripa(looked up at him): kya?

 

Angad: Mera naam…

 

Kripa smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.  He kissed her head and inhaled the flowery scent of her shampoo.

 

Kripa: Acchi baat hai na…kisi aur ka naam mujhe chahiye bhi nahi…

 

Angad: agar chahiye to bhi nahi mil sakta…im not letting you go away from me now.  If you are Ms.Jealous then I am Mr.Possessive.

 

Kripa hit his chest playfully when he called her Ms.Jealous.  After a couple of seconds, she parted from him suddenly.

 

Kripa: mom dad ne kya kaha??

 

Angad: mujh par sawaalo se attack kiya tha…but they are happy…they're very excited to see you…I know they will be really happy when they do.

 

Kripa: but then they'll be sad again because I don't remember them.

 

Angad: no they wont…as long as they have their Kripa back…and trust me…tumhe sab kuch bahut jaldi yaad aa jayega…aur agar nahi aya…tabhi tum hamare past ke baare mein sab kuch jaanti ho…chalo…stop with the serious talk..you become upset after such conversations….batao….shopping ki?

 

Kripa(twitched her lips): I went the day you left…kal to pura din ghar se nahi nikli…mood kharab tha…but im thinking I will go today…

 

Angad: abhi to nahi jaa sakti…im not letting you go…I missed you so much…I need you with me right now…

 

He moved closer going in for a kiss when she pushed away.

 

Kripa(teasingly): shaadi ke baad.

 

She tried to run from there but he pulled her back and pinned her under him.

 

Angad: oh really??...you're forgetting that you are already Mrs. Kripa Angad Khanna.

 

Without giving her a chance to say anything, he touched his lips with hers and let the passion free.  He was pleasantly surprised when she took the lead after a few seconds.  He had always thought that "Tanya" was much shyer than "Kripa".  Kripa used to get very naughty every once in a while but Tanya was always the shy, and calm side of Kripa he saw.  Just a peck on her cheeks could make her shy away like anything.  Kripa on the other hand was a completely different story.  But now it seemed that Tanya was changing that opinion of his.

 

(okay…they haven't done it yet…not yet united…just a heavy makeout…...close your eyes...give them privacy...lol..)

 

Devyani, Naina, Dilip, Josh, Aliyah, Anjali, Prateek, Kripa(aliyah's daughter…I should start calling her Jr.Kripa…lol….), and Prachi were already settled in the house when Angad reached.

 

Naina: Kya baat hai…badi der lagadi jaruri kaam mein..

 

Anjali: kahin jaruri kaam ka naam Tanya to nahi…

 

Angad's cheeks turned red at being caught.

 

Josh: are yeh kya….Angad Khanna Blushing???  Wow…koi news reporter hai kya yahan par?

 

Angad: shut up josh…and yea Anjali…uss jaruri kaam ka naam Tanya hi hai…

 

Aliyah: Koi serious baat ya phir usse door nahi reh sake?

 

Angad: dono…actually woh naraaz thi….manane jaana pada..

 

Dilip: beta…agar who naraz nahi hoti tabhi tum jaate…

 

Angad smiled at his fathers comment.  Dadi was surprised to see Angad like that.  She had thought, after Kripa "died", Angad would never be the same Angad again.  And when Angad told them about Tanya, Dadi had believed that the relationship between Angad and Tanya could not be more serious and special as Angad-Kripa's relationship.  Right now it seemed as if he completely forgot about his deceased wife.

 

Dadi: Angad…tumse kuch baat karni thi…akele mein.

 

Everyone looked at her confused but no one dared to ask her questions about it since she was the eldest.  Angad nodded, took dadi's hand, and led her into his room.  That just got Dadi more suspicious since she saw all the pictures of Angad-Kripa put up.  Angad had removed the frames with Angad-Tanya pictures.  He closed the door behind them. 

 

Dadi: Angad…yeh sab kya hai??

 

Angad: kya matlab dadi?

 

Dadi: Angad…tumhari Tanya se shaadi ho rahi hai…aur phir bhi tumne tumhari aur Kripa ki tasveerein deewar pe se utari nahi…has she seen all these pictures?

 

Angad: haan dadi..she has seen all of them.

 

Dadi: aur phir bhi usse koi aitraaz nahi??  Yeh baat kuch samajh mein nahi aayi…koi bhi ladki apne pyaar ko kisi aur aurat ke saath, aisi tasveeron mein nahi dekh sakegi…haan maana ki woh jaanti hai ki tum shaadi shuda ho lekin phir bhi koi bhu aurat yeh sab bardaasht nahi kar sakegi.

 

Angad didn't want to give away his surprise so he decided to play along.

 

Angad: hmm…maine kabi aise socha hi nahi…just because Tanya didnt tell me, it doesnt mean its not hurting her...thanks dadi...i will take the pictures off today...

 

Dadi: aur ek baat puch sakti hoon?

 

Angad: of course dadi..

 

Dadi: tumhara aur Tanya ka rishta kitna gehra hai Angad?

 

Angad: dadi…we love each other…aur pyaar kitna gehra hota hai…woh to aap acchi tarah se samajh sakti hain..

 

Dadi: jaanti hoon…aur isi liye heran hoon…Kripa ko humein chode huye abhi ek saal bhi nahi hua aur itne kam waqt mein tum kisi aur ke saath…baat shaadi tak pahunch gayi?

 

Angad: dadi pata nahi sab kuch kab aur kaise ho gaya…Tanya ne iss tarah se mere dil mein jagah banayi hai ki mujhe khud pata nahi chala mujhe usse kab pyaar ho gaya aur kab baat intni aage badh gayi…

 

Dadi(sighed):  Agar tum kush ho to mujhe koi objection nahi hai….aur tumhe kush dekh kar Kripa bhi bahut kush hogi…

 

Angad hugged her and smiled to himself.  Of course Kripa was happy, she was getting married to him.

 

Dadi: chalo chodo ab mujhe…tumhari shaadi ki taiyaari karni hai…

 

Angad(while walking out of the room with her):  taiyaari ki kya jarurat hai….court mein register marriage to karni hai…

 

Naina: that's what you think.  Look…you guys can get a register marriage done but even after that, you two will be living separately…I am going to get you two married according to the Hindu customs…so jab tak tumhari mandap mein shaadi hone tak tum dono ko alag rehna hoga.

 

Angad: aur mandap mein shaadi kab karvaoge aap??

 

Naina: parso ek muhurt hai lekin who bahut jaldi hai…isi liye tum dono ki shaadi agle mahine hogi..

 

Angad: Ek mahina!!!!

 

Everyone: HAAN!

 

Angad groaned and lumped in the couch while everyone laughed at his eagerness.

 

 

The Khanna family with Anjali, and Prachi waited for Tanya to arrive at the registrar's office.  Angad was pacing back and forth.

 

Aliyah: bhai…don't worry…yahin pe ayegi woh…kisi aur ke saath nahi bhaaghne waali..

 

Angad: lekin itni der kyun lag rahi hai…

 

Josh : der nahi lag rahi....tum humein yahan do ghante pehle le aaye ho...

 

Anjali : aur waise bhi...uski shaadi hai aaj...taiyaar hone mein waqt to lagega.

 

Everyone was having a good time teasing Angad when his cell rang.  He had the biggest smile on his face when he finished talking.

 

Angad: she'll be here in two minutes.

 

Angad walked down the long staircase when the first car arrived.(you know those extremely long and wide ones at courts and official buildings…those kinds.lol…)  Out of the first car, Kartik-Mishti, and Eijaz got out.  A few seconds after the first car arrived, two more cars arrived and created a line of three classy looking white cars.  From the third car, Armaan-Riddhima, and Barkha got out.  Angad went directly to the car that was in the middle and opened the door.  Except for Aliyah and Josh, all the others looked impatiently at the car to see Angad's soon-to-be-wife.  First they saw the feet in silver strapped heels, followed by red sari frills with heavy silver bead embroidery.  Angad held her hand as she gracefully got out of the car and revealed herself.  Naina, Dadi and Anjali covered their mouth with their hands completely shocked in surprise upon seeing her.   Dilip was left speechless.  Angad hugged Kripa with one hand and kissed her forehead.

 

Angad: kya baat hai?  Aaj sari?

 

Kripa blushed, looked down and followed.  Angad walked up the stairs towards the Khanna family who looked as if they just saw a ghost.

 

Angad(whispering to Kripa):  You know whats going to happen…you sure you'll be okay?

 

Kripa(whispering back): I'll be fine as long as you're with me.

 

Everyone had tears in their eyes when Angad-Kripa reached them.  The other three couples, Kartik-Mishti, Armaan-Riddhima, and Eijaz-Barkha followed Angad-Kripa.  Initiated by Naina, all three women hugged Kripa and sobbed tears of joy and grief, both together.  Though she was completely surrounded by Naina, dadi, and Anjali, Angad held on to her hand, giving her the moral support to be stronger.  Aliyah and Josh had already been through this, even then, their eyes filled tears.  It was the sight.  After a few minutes, there wasn't a single person left, who didn't have tears in their eyes.

 

Armaan: kya yaar!!  Aaj to khushi ka din hai….sab rona band karo…Aisa lag raha hai ki yeh Kripa ka sasural nahi maayka hai….You know how girls cry when they get married…..kripa to apne hi ghar vapas jaane par ro rahi hai…

 

Everyone laughed at armaan's attempt to make the atmosphere lighter.

 

Mishti: Tanya…are you okay?

 

Kripa wiped her tears and nodded.

 

Naina: yeh Tanya Tanya kya laga rakha hai?  Angad bhi Tanya keh raha tha…

 

Armaan: Angad aapko sab kuch bata dega…lekin usse pehle uske haath peele kar do….dekho…usse ab aur intezaar nahi hoga..

 

Angad: chalo…koi to hai jo mere dil ki baat samajh sakta hai.

 

Everyone laughed, wiped their tears, put on their smiles, and walked into the office.  Angad and Kripa signed the marriage certificate while everyone clapped.  Armaan handed Angad a rose garland while Riddhima handed one to Kripa.  Angad secretly caressed Kripa's neck while putting the garland around her.  Kripa bit back a moan and stared at Angad as he waited for her to put the garland around him.  He waited for a few seconds but when she didn't move, he took her hands and made her put the garland around her neck.  Kartik and Josh were busy snapping pictures of the event while Riddhima, Barkha, Mishti, Aliyah, and Anjali, aw-ed.  Naina, Dilip, and Devyani sent a silent thank you prayer to god, and their heartily blessings to Angad and Kripa.  Mishti handed Angad a 'manglasutra' which made Angad even happier because he would get another chance to make her blush.  He bent on her her, over her shoulder as if looking at the latch.

 

Angad(secretly whispering): I love you.

 

Kripa blushed a deeper shade of red when his cheek brushed against her as he moved back.  She warned him with his eyes but he just rolled his tongue inside his mouth in reply.  Next he filled her 'maang' with 'sindoor'.  He couldn't hold back anymore so he kissed her cheek and hugged her lovingly.  Kripa stood stiff as a board and surprised at his open actions in front of the elders.

 

Aliyah: Kripa…you can hug him you know….we'll all close our eyes…

 

Kripa hugged him back as her face burned red again.  She had lost the count of how many times she had blushed that morning.  Both parted and took the elders' blessing starting with Devyani, then Dilip-Naina.  Josh cleared his throat and pointed at his feet.  Kripa obediently went to touch them but he stopped her.

 

Josh: I'm only kidding…Angad…ek baar phir se mein tumhe meri behen somp raha hoon…uska khayal rakhna…

 

Armaan: of course he will…agar khayal nahi rakha to Kripa Angad ko pitegi….jaise Riddhima mujhe kabhi kabhi maarti hai…

 

Riddhima: Maaru nahi to aur kya karu??  Tum pareshaan hi itna karte ho…

 

Kripa: lekin Angad mujhe pareshaan nahi karta…

 

Aliyah(laughed): I wouldn't bet on that…

 

Mishti handed Prateek to Kripa.  Prateek lovingly patted Kripa's cheeks and called her "mamma".

 

Eijaz: Smile!!

 

Angad, and Kripa looked at Eijaz and he clicked a picture.

 

Eijaz: aww…such a picture perfect family…

 

Angad: no…something is missing…

 

Eijaz: missing??  Kya missing hai??

 

Angad: kisi din fursat mein bataunga…abhi ghar chale?

 

Naina : haan...tum ghar chaloge...aur kripa kartik ke ghar vapas jayegi...

 

Angad : What??...Lekin kyun??

 

Naina : bataya to tha...ek mahine ke baad shaadi ka muhurt hai...tab tumhari shi maayno mein shaadi hogi...uske baad tum dono ek saath reh sakte ho....

 

Angad : but mom...hamari shaadi to pehle se hi chuki have....

 

Naina: to??  Phir se shaai karna chahte ho to jo rivaaz hote hain..unhe to nibhana padega…

 

Dilip: are naina..bad ho gaya….ab to bechare ki taang kheenchna choddo…beta..ek mahina nahi lekin ek din jarur Kripa se door rehna padega…hum logo ne decide kiya hai ki shaadi kal hogi…hum sabne dekha ki tum kitne impatient ho rahe the…so we're doing you a favor.

 

Angad(hugging Kripa with one hand): Dekhta hoon kaise jaati hai yahan se

 

 

Angad(sighed): dekho kya din aa gaye hai…biwi ki jagah marriage certificate haath mein hai…

 

Kripa(giggled): bas kuch ghante aur…

 

Aliyah(pulled the phone away from Kripa): Bhai!!!  Kripa ko sone do!!  Waise bhi sab se baatein kar ke bahut thak gayi hai…

 

Angad: Aliyah ki bacchi...mujhe Mishti ke ghar pe akela phasa rakha hai tum logo ne....aur upar se mujhe baat bhi nahi karne de rahe....what is this??  She is my wife you know?

 

Aliyah: my friend before your wife you know…sone do na bechari ko…waise bhi prateek usse sone nahi deta..app to jaante ho na…aur ek baar kal shaadi ho gayi to aap bhi kahan usse sone dene waale ho.

 

Kripa turned red at Aliyah's shameless comment.

 

Angad: Aliyah ki bacche…josh se tumhari shikayat karni padegi..

 

Aliyah: haan haan….woh sab baad mein karte rehna…iss waqt jaldi se kripa ko bye bol do…jyada baatein mat karna okay?

 

Angad: theek hai meri maa…main Kripa se baat kar sakta hoon please??

 

Aliyah rolled her eyes as she handed Kripa the phone.

 

Angad: okay…they wont let us talk for any longer…mann to nahi kar raha lekin bye kehna pad raha hai…take care…I'll see you tomorrow…then I'll see who keeps us apart…love you…missing you….

 

Kripa: me too…

 

Angad: oh wow…here I am listing my every feeling….and you simply say it all in 'me too'

 

Kripa: um Angad…Aliyah is still here…

 

Aliyah: oh come on…not like I don't know what you're going to say…

 

Angad: see…aur waise bhi…Aliyah se kya sharmana…

 

Kripa: Angad………….

 

Angad: im listening…

 

Kripa(in one breath): I love you.

 

Angad: Kripa…tumne jiss tarah se bola hai na…mera sunna to door ki baat hai tumne khud nahi suna hoga…

 

Kripa: I-LOVE-…………………………PRATEEK!  Bye!  Miss you!

 

And with that she hung up.  Angad touched his cell to his heart.

 

Angad(smiled dreamily): berehem…

 

Both tossed and turned in their respective beds in the respective houses.  It was 2 in the morning and they were still having a hard time to sleep.  Boy was it going to be a long night.

Thanks for being patient guys...I hope you enjoyed this part.  Feel free to criticize and comment!
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