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Part 9
Soon, it was time for the baby to be back home.. The peadiatrician confirmed that she was fine... She was a healthy normal baby... Arjun Rawte ki jaan... It was decided that Arjun Riya and the baby would be leaving for the airport soon after picking her up.. Shree and Sheen left 3 days before coz Rathore had called them... When they tried to object giving an excuse that Arjun and Riya would need help, Rathore asked them to stop their lame excuses... "Bahut time spend karliye.. Yaha bahut kaam pada hain.. Main aur chotu kitne din sambhale... Arjun Riya ek bachchi ke parents hain... Sambhalna aata hain... Tum log bada sambhaloge unhe..."
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Sheen disconnected the phone with a disappointed look coz her pleading voice didnt have any effect for Rathore...
"Yeh rathore sir to poori tarah Arjun Sir ki bhasha bolne lage hain ab... Bas ek Samjhe ya Samjhau baaki reh gaya..."
Sheen turned around glaring at Shree for talking about her brother... Shree made a face and shut his mouth...
"Sorry baba, mere Arjun bhaiyya ke baare mein kuch bole toh mujhe acha nahi lagta..."
"Bolne kaha deti ho tum, naam chode sirf unka trademark dialogue SAMJHE YA SAMJHAUN bhi bole toh khane aajati hoon.."
"Ab kya karu, jaisa bhai waisi behen..."
"Waah, bhai ko apni bhabhi par pyaar karna bhi aata hain... Aur ek tum ho.."
"Acha tumhe shikayat hain ki main bhabhi ke saath zyaada time nahi spend karti hoon... Abhi jaati hoon.."
Before she can leave the room, Shree holds her hand and brings her closer to herself... Just as he was about to come closer to her Shikha starts coughing... They both turn around embarresed.. Shree heaves a sigh of relief that it is not Arjun... Sheen notices it and whispers "Tumhe lagta hain bhai tumhe is tarah dekh kar knock karenge?? Ab tak toh tumhare oopar hote woh" Seeing Shree's expression, Sheen starts giggling and rushes behind Shikha coz Shree was running behind her with a pillow and a frustrated look on his face...
"Bas bhi karo tum dono... Bachcho ki tarah ladte ho... Chalo packing shuru kardo..."
"Hum ladte hain bhabhi?? Tab aapne bhaiyya aur bhabhi ko ladte hue nahi dekha hoga... Bachche chode, woh log to tom and jerry ki tarah ladte hain..."
"Tom tumhare bhai..."
"Haan, aur jerry tumhari behen... "
"Tom kitna darata hain..."
"Jerry kitna pareshan karti hain tom ko..."
At the same time, Arjun and Riya come hearing the commotion... Yeh kya chalra...
Shree in the heat of the moment "Kuch nahi Tom Sir" and Sheen blurts out "Kuch nahi Jerry bhabhi..."
Both of them "WHAAT??"
"Kkkuch nahi" stammers Shree while Shikha is rolling on the sofe seeing their antics...
"Shree batao mujhe yeh kya horaha hain...?"
Shree is scared seeing Arjun when Sheen comes and hugs him from behind and Shree goes behind Riya...
Riya whispers "Itna darne ke kya baat hain?? Kha thodi na jayenge..."
"Ree darling, tere liye aasan hoga, mujhse nahi hota... Pata nahi kab gussa chad jaye aur.."
"Are main keh rahi hoon na kuch nahi karenge... Chill maar..."
Arjun and Sheen listen to Riya and Shree's convo...
"Dekhiye bhaiyya, inhe toh ab aap se dar nahi lagta..."
"Shreee" says Arjun loudly and gives him his trademark look while Shree is almost shivering Riya comes and stand infornt of him..
"ACP Arjun, kyun tang kar rahe ho mere bhai ko??"
"ACP Riya, aap kehti hain toh nahi karta main..."
"Good boy..."
Shikha comes closer "Ek gana yaad aaya mujhe yeh dekhkar..."
"Wow Shikha bhabhi, you can sing... Gaiyye na... " squeals Sheen in delight...
"Choti Ungli Pe Nacheygi Tumhe
She Is A Small Town Girl..."
Shree says "Nahi bhabhi, It really takes guts to propose the great ACP Arjun Rawte... Ofcourse yeh koi aam ladki kar hi nahi sakti..."
Riya - Bahut hogayi masti ab chalo packing karo.. Rathore Sir is calling you guyz...
Sheen tries to make a puppy dog face when Arjun speaks "No Sheen, you have to go.. Rathore ke orders hain..."
Shree whispers to Sheen "Yeh kabse manne lage Rathore Sir ke orders ko..."
Shikha hears it and says "Jabse tum log kabab mein haddi ban gaye ho na..."
Arjun and Riya dropped Sheen and Shree to the airport. While departing Arjun gave a look to Shree which said "No hanky panky with my sister in the flight..."
Seeing that Riya spoke "Dont worry ACP Arjun, Indian flight hain aisa kuch ho bhi nahi sakta..."
Arjun wraps his arm around his wife "Bahut bolne lagi ho tum aajkal..."
"Kya karun, aap bolne ke liye the nahi, toh aapka kaam bhi main hi karti thi..."
"Pata hain Shree Sheen kya bulate the tumhe?"
"Kya... Jerry bhabhi..??"
"Nahi Riya, Arjun Rawte ka female version..."
"Woh toh mera sabse bada compliment tha.."
"Ahaan"
"Aur ab dekhtiye rahiye mini version bhi aagaya..."
"Bas bhi karo ab ek ACP Riya ka mini version chahiye..."
"Na baba na, mujhe ek jr Arjun Rawte chahiye..."
"ETF join nahi karna hain kya tumhe..??"
"ETF mein presently aap hain na sambhalne ke liye.. Mein future ka soch rahi hoon..."
"Future ka kya??"
"Jab aap buddhee hojayenge aur sab ko samjhe ya samjhaou nahi kar payenge toh Mini Arjun Rawte, Jr. Arjun Rawte, Jr. Sameer Rathore - yeh log sambhalenge na ETF..."
"Acha iski planning kar rahe ho..?"
"Aur nahi toh kya... Ab samjhe budhuraam..."
"Haan jaan, chalo abhi se isi ki taiyyari karna shuru karenge... aakhir desh ko Arjun Rawte ki bahut zaroorat..."
"Mujhe bhi zaroorat hain..."
"Main kaha jaa raho hoo jaan... Tumhare saamne to hu?"
"Yeh sapno toh nahi...??"
"Nahi hain, chumti kaatu kya??"
"Koi zaroorat nahi, aap ki chumti kaatna mujhe ache se pata hain.."
"Riya, please... "
"Arjun conc on the road... "
Gautam and Shikha leave for their house in the evening while Arjun and Riya are all alone... Riya sits crying in the corner...
Arjun is worried to see her like this... She was fine a while ago and now she was crying..
"Kya hua baby?"
"Arjun mujhe baby ki bahut yaad aarahi hain.."
"Hum kal milne jaa rahe hain na.."
"Nahi, mujhe abhi milna hain usse..."
"Theek hain baba chalo..."
He lifts her up in his arms and they drive to the hospital... They see her through the glass incubators and after being their with her for sometime they leave... Arjun decides to cheer Riya up so he buys two cones of chocolate icecream for her... She refuses to eat and turns her head sideways... Arjun tries to tempt her..
"Mhmmm kitni yummy hain, Riya try karo na..."
"Arjun, mujhe chocolate NAHI pasand hain..."
"Mujhe vanilla chahiye..."
"Acha theek hain, yeh cone pakdo mein abhi tumhare liye canilla lata hoon.."
He hands over his cone and the vanilla cone to her.. When he reaches the parlour for more icecream there seems to be a queue and he had to wait for 10 min... By the time Arjun returns with a huge vanilla scoop Riya had finished both the icecreams and was licking her hands.. Arjun couldnt help but click pictures on his phone... He smiled and gave her the cone..
"Arjun, mujhe chocolate hi chahiye.. This was very tasty... Aap vanilla kha lo.."
"Riya, ek kaam karo tum hi chalo, jo chahiye order karo.."
"Yahi se kar rahi hoon na, ab aap jake lao..."
Arjun didnt understand the hidden meaning... Riya flashed her dimples and he left immediatly to get another scoops.. Seeing him for the third time, the shopkeeper gave him a grin 'Kaunsa maheena chal raha hain.."
"Atharwan" (18) replied Arjun with a look that made the shop keeper shut his mouth.. Arjun returned with 3 cones of ice cream to find Riya finishing the vanilla ice - cream.. He realised its not good for Riya to have so much of ice creams.. So he started to lick one and gave one to Riya holding one in his hand.. The moment he sat in the car, Riya came closer to him.. Arjun stopped licking the icecream staring at her trying to decipher what his wife was upto.. Riya pulled up the tinted windows and almost jumped on his lap.. Arjun couldnt do anythin coz he had icecream in both his hands except stare at her wide eyed.. Riya sat on his lap and took one ice cream in her hand.. She indicated him to take the seat backwords and he followed her instructions already lost in her... Once Riya was comfortable in his lap, she took his icecream and started eating it from the same spot he had eaten... She would give him some icecream as well.. By the time, Arjun came out of his trance, Riya had already finished one icecream and was ready to dig on another one..
"Riya baby bas karo na.."
She was too busy in the icecream to respond...
He shook her to gain her attention...
"Uff kya hain Arjun, ice cream khane do na..."
"Riya, bahut khali ice cream.. Ab bas karo..."
"Arjun, maine kabhi itni tasty icecream nahi khayi... Please shweeto khane do na..."
"Riya, i promise main hamesha tumhe icecream khilaunga.. Ab lets go... Please Riya... "
Riya was in no mood of listening.. She finished the second ice cream... If Arjun tried to say something Riya emotionally blackmailed him "Mujhe pregnancy mein koi khilane wala nahi tha.. Ab khane do na please.. " He couldnt say no and she took advantage of that fact.. Arjun tried his last excuse "Riya, gaadi beech raaste mein khadi hain.. Chalo chalte hain.."
"Arjun, aap ko lagta hain main aisi hi aap ka female version or ACP bani?? Maine is car pe police ka monogram lagvaya hain aur kisi ki majaal ki woh police inspector - woh bhi ek nahi do do ko disturb kare.. Ab mujhe apni ice cream khane do.."
"Riya mujhe bhi bhook lagi hain... "
"Acha yeh lo and she started feeding him... The icecream had already melted and had spoiled Arjun's white shirt.. It looked as if he played in mud.. Riya looked so innocent that Arjun didnt have the heart to stop her from doing her antics.. It was only infront of him that this childish avatar of hers came out.. Now that they were parents, she wouldnt have much time so he let her do masti...
They spend two days completely having fun... Arjun showed his collection of pictures and Riya was suprised seeing the amount of pics he had.. He had taken pics of her early pregnancy from Gautam and had made a collage...
"Arjun aap ne yeh sab mere liye kiya..."
"Nahi, podosan ke liye.."
"Shut up.. You dont like spending time with laptops then how did u manage to edit them??"
"Haina mere chamche - Shree aur Sheen "
"Maine nahi maanti.. Yeh hamari personal photos aap unhe nahi de sakte hain... Yeh aap hi ne kiya haina??"
Arjun knew he couldnt lie infront of her.. He replied yes sheepishly...
"Awww baby thankyou..."
"Its ok Riya.. Pyaar mein log kya kya nahi karte, main to sirf gadgets operate kiya..."
"Mujhe pata hain aap pipes bhi chade na mere liye.."
"Tumhe kaise pata..?"
"Bas ainvayee pata hain... Aap ki biwi jo hoon.."
"I missed you jaan"
"Missed you too baby.."
They hugged and then Arjun made Riya rest.. This was the only time she would be resting.. Once the baby was back, they wouldnt have time to rest... They had a lots of arguments for the name... In the night Riya made herself comfy in Arjun's arms and Arjun kissed her back.. He usually had her back on his chest.. She used to have pains so he used to massage her back and he didnt want to hurt her stiches, so he slept that way...
"Arjun baby ka naam bolo na..."
"Jaan, tum hi kuch bolo.. Jo bhi main kehta woh tumhe acha nahi lagta.."
"Kuch acha batauge to acha lagega..."
"Kya batau??"
"Ariya kaisa rahega??"
"Ariya - more like A riya... No.."
"Arjunnn, acha how about Purvi...??"
"Nahi, Ovi rakhte hain na...?"
"Ovi kyun??"
"Woh Pavitra Rishta ki Ovi, Purvi hain na.."
"Mere jaane ke baad aap kya yeh sab dekhte the??"
"Nahi, mujhe fursat kaha... Sheen dekhti thi baba.."
"Acha toh phir theek hain, Purvi Arjun Suryakant Rawte kaisa hain batao na??"
"Theek hi hain... Aur kuch socho.."
"Aap ke paas bhi dimaag hain, aap sochiye na..."
"Hmmm, how about Ridhimma..?"
"Ridhimma Arjun Suryakant Rawte - kitna heavy name lag raha hain..?"
"Name heavy lag raha hain matlab..?"
"Rishimmmaaa Arjunnn Suryakannnttt Rawte... Itna lamba naam hain.."
"Tum waisa stress karogi toh namba hi lagega..."
"Dekho main keh rahi hoon Purvi acha rahega..."
"Nahi Riya... kuch aur..."
"Kiran kaisa rahega...?"
"Tu hain meri kiran - sab ladke chedenge meri beeti ko..."
"Ahh kisi ko marna hain jo aap ki beti ko chede..."
"Haddi phasli ek kardunga agar kisi ne aankh utha ke bhi dekha meri beti ko..."
"Arjun abhi woh ek mahine ki bhi nahi hui... And em sure woh khud hi handle karlegi ladkon ko..."
"Aakhir meri angel hain..." He said it so proudly that Riya had tears in her eyes... Arjun turned her towards himself...
"Kya hua Riya..?"
"Kuch nahi Arjun, aap ka yeh roop dekhkar acha laga..."
"Yaar tum ladkiyan bhi ajeeb ho... Acha laga toh bhi roti ho, bura laga toh bhi roti hain..."
"Hume na rulana bhi aata hain, dikhau kya Arjun jee..."
"Nahi, mujhe pata hain.. Haan toh where were we... Names... haan.."
"How about Khushi...?"
"Uhmm NO Riya.. Dekho main keh raha hoon Angel acha hain..."
"Arjun, Angel Suryakant Rawte - kitna ajeeb lag raha hain..."
"Toh Purvi acha lag raha hain??"
"Haan, bahut cute.. Matches with ua name..."
"Mere naam se Angel bhi match karta hain..."
"Nahi karta.. Ek toh aap ka itna bhari naam.. Oopar se Angel.. Purvi is so short n cute..."
"How about Raina..?"
"Arjun aap daily soaps bahut dekhne lage hain aajkal..?"
"Kyun..?"
"Yeh Bade Ache Lagte Hain ka Raina hain na..?"
"Kaun Ache lagte hain...?"
"Nahi pata..?"
"Nahi toh, kyun...?"
"Ek daily soap hain "Bade Ache Lagte Hain.. Uska gana hain usme yeh word hain..."
"Riya main soaps nahi dekhta, aur agar dekhta bhi toh uska song ke wordings mujhse yaad nahi hote.."
"Raina Arjun Suryakant Rawte - hmmm acha lag raha hain... But I still say Purvi..."
"Acha baby ab so jao.. Kal hume baby ko laana bhi hain aur phir we have to travel.. Tumhe rest ki zaroorat hain... So jao..."
"Main keh rahi hoon na Purvi acha rahega,,"
"Kal discuss karenge... Chalo ab so jao... Kuch chahiye toh mujhe uthadena..."
"Uthane ki kya zaroorat hain, main move bhi huyi toh aap uth jaate hain.."
"Sojao.. Yeh hamari aakhri raat hain, iske baad baby raat ko sone nahi dengi.."
"Haan Arjun, lekin main dekhlungi aap sojana... Ok na.."
"Woh tab ka tab dekhenge.. Ab no more talking.. chup chap so jao.." He kisses her forehead and slowly both drift off to a peaceful slumber...
Next morning after packing everythin, Arjun prepares light breakfast for Riya and serves it for her in her bed... After eating it from his hands Riya freshens up into a loose baby pink kurta and faded jeans while Arjun is in a pink shirt and blue jeans... Riya wanted to wear a saree but Arjun refused coz they would be travelling and it would be difficult managing a saree with the baby..
"Arjun, hum log Banglore se Mumbai jaa rahe hain... Bangkok se Goa nahi..."
"woh kahi se bhi jaa rahe ho... We are travelling na... So no saree.."
"Arjun kuch nahi hoga..."
"Riya, maina kaha na NO means No... Chalo jaldi change hojao... I got a new shirt for u..."
"Which one..?"
"Check it out yourself..."
"Ok baby, it must be something matching you.. Waise you look cute in pink" saying so she closes the bathroom door and locks it from inside to avoid any delay... They took the baby from the hospital.. Arjun had the baby in one arm and held Riya in the other arm... They boarded the plane and left for Mumbai...Check out the next post...
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