AnSh Mini SS: HumSafar Thread #1 - Page 9

Chapter 1

"Anandi! Anandi! This girl will drive me crazy one day. Anandi hurry up your breakfast is getting cold." Sumitra Singh called out to her daughter Anandi. A cute little giggle fell on her ears and she turned around and saw her 3 years old granddaughter standing with her hands folded at her chest. "Nani, why do you call out to mamma everyday asking her to hurry up? You know na she is always running late." "And why is that Ms. Ananya Singh?" Sumitra asked Ananya pulling her cheeks. "Because she is my mamma and she has a million things to do for me. I tell her that I am a big girl but does she listen to me? NO. She takes care of me but does not let me take care of her." "Shall I share a secret with you?" "Sure secret safe in my tummy." "She does not even listen to me. Even I want to take care of her but does she let me? NO." "Hmm Nani who will she listen to? I know! She will listen to papa. Nani if I get a papa mamma will listen to him. He will also take care of her. Nani I want a papa so that he can take care of mamma. Why doesn't she get me a papa?" Sumitra stared at the little girl's angelic face. He heart ached for her daughter and granddaughter. She wished for them to be happy and there was one way she could be happy was with a good life partner.

Anandi came to the breakfast table and picked up a piece of toast. "Bye ma I am getting late. Ananya come on beta we are getting late." Ananya had finished having her breakfast. Like every day Anandi was running late and she grabbed a piece of toast. That was daily her breakfast. "Anandi sit I want to speak with you about something important. If you are getting late I will drop you to the school." "Ma I know what you want to talk to me about and you know my answer. It is a no. Ma I cannot enter into that relationship with any man. I can't let it happen to Ananya. I am sorry ma you have done a lot for me and I can give you my life in return but I can't do this. I can't go through that hell again." Sumitra hugged her daughter. "Anandi it is not for my sake nor am I asking you to return any favors beta because a mother never does any favors on her child. I want you to get married for your present and Ananya's future. She needs a father." "Ma I am there na I take care of her every need." "I know you are the best mother she could ever have but beta there is something missing in her life and it is a father. Every man is not the same. Think about it."

"Mamma you say Godji gives us whatever we want. Right?" Ananya was holding her mother's finger as they entered the school premises. "Haan Godji will give you whatever you want. But mamma hai na then why do you need to ask Godji? What do you want bolo?" "Not now I will tell you later on. Mamma..." "Hmm..." "Can I have a balloon?" "Sure." Anandi bought a red heart shaped balloon for Ananya. She dropped Ananya at the play group and went to her class. Ananya remembered asking her Nani about sending a message to God ji. She took out her sketch pen and wrote her request to God ji. She stood there looking at the balloon go higher and her smile became wider. But then is faded... A car drove in the compound of the school. The passenger of the car saw Ananya jump up and down trying to get to her balloon which was stick in the branches of the tree. "Driver, stop the car." The driver applied the break as soon as he heard his boss's order. The man got out of the car. He took another balloon from the vendor and went up to Ananya.

"Here take this." He offered the balloon to Ananya. "No thank you. Mamma says I should not take things from strangers." Ananya continued to try to reach her balloon. "Take it you will not get that balloon." "No means no I am sorry I should listen to elders as mamma says but you do not understand that my balloon is a special balloon." "What is so special about your balloon? It is the same look a red heart shaped balloon. Take it don't be stubborn." Ananya looked at the man with her big brown eyes. "Stubborn. Who me?" She was shocked. The man smiled. "Yes you are a little stubborn one aren't you. Take this balloon." "It is ok I will ask mamma to get me a new one. I can't take from you." "Accha so you are mamma's little girl. But I have heard that daughters are papa's favorite. Aren't you not you papas favorite? Doesn't you papa get you what you want?" Ananya looked down. "No mamma gets me everything I want but she does not get me what I want the most." "Alright what is it? What do you want the most?" "Papa." Ananya looked at the man with teary eyes. "I want papa. That is what I am asking God ji for. That is what I have written on the balloon. It is a message for God ji. I have asked him to send me a papa. Mamma will get papa for me so I have to ask God ji for him."

Then man kneeled in front of Ananya. "Hmm then your balloon is the most special balloon. We will have to get it." He picked up Ananya and helped her try to reach the balloon but it was too high. He removed his jacket and gave it to Ananya. "Hold this. Hey carefully I have to wear it for a meeting." He took the jacket from her hand and put it around her shoulder. Ananya looked at the jacket. "5 Ananya can fit in this jacket." "Hey I am going to get your balloon and you are making fun of me by calling me fat?" "No I was saying that I am so tiny. Big people we have to make you understand everything in detail." She shook her head. The man climbed up on the tree and got Ananya's balloon. Together he and Ananya set the balloon free once more and looked up towards the sky till they could no longer see the balloon. Ananya slipped her hand in his and looked at him. He walked her to the door of the play group. A woman standing at a window high above them saw the entire interaction between the man and Ananya. She smiled on seeing the two of them.

"Anandi madam principal madam has called you to her cabin." Peon Ramlal knocked on the staff room door. "Thank you Ramlal I will be there in some time." Anandi put her things away and went to the Principal's cabin. On the door was written Irawati Shekhar, Principal. She knocked on the door but got no reply. She knocked again but there was no reply. After the third time she got a response. "Come in." She heard the husky voice of a man. He sounded in his early thirties. She entered the cabin and saw the principal's son. "Good morning Mr. Shekhar. Your mother... I mean principal madam asked me to come see her." "I am sorry but she is not here." "It's ok I will come by later." "Excuse me Mrs..." "Ms. Singh, Ms. Anandi Singh." "Yeah Ms. Singh could you get me a cup of dark black coffee." "Excuse me?" "Excused and send my coffee if you can't get it." "You want me to get coffee for you?" "Yes I want you to get me a cup of coffee else ask someone else to get it for me. Do you have a hearing problem?" Anandi went to Irawati's desk and got the call bell. She took it to Mr. Shekhar then took his hand and made him press the bell. "I am a teacher at the school not your personal peon." She kept the call bell next to him. The peon entered. "Mr. Shekhar wants to tell you something." She turned to leave and Mr. Shekhar looked in her direction. His eyes were fixed on the first woman who had given him attitude.

"Nani!" Ananya returned from school. She used to leave with Anandi but return much earlier than her. "Aah my baby has come. Someone is very happy. What's the deal?" Sumitra picked up Ananya in her arms. "Nani I send my wish to God ji. I asked him for papa. You know I met a very nice uncle today he helped me send the wish wala balloon to God ji." "Accha a very good uncle..." "Nani he was sacchi mein really nice. He is much better than Salman Uncle, Hrithik uncle, Ranbeer uncle, Ranveer uncle..." "Accha baba I get it he is better than all your Bollywood uncles one of whom you wished would become your papa. Sach mein he was really nice? You mean can make him your papa nice?" Ananya nodded her head with excitement. "Yes yes yes. He was papa nice." Sumitra smiled at Ananya and wished that the child ahd got her wish. She had finally found a papa for herself. Every day in the morning Ananya would sit with the day before news paper and cut out photos of eligible men who could become her papa. "Accha how does he look?" "Handsome!" Ananya was very happy. "Name? What does he do? Where does he live? Is he really single?" "Nani I don't know anything. Bas I know I want to make him my papa." "How will we find him?" Sumitra and Ananya both plopped on the couch. "Papa mil gaye." She picked up a business magazine and there he was on the cover of the magazine. Ananya took the magazine and ran away to see if Shiv Raj Shekhar would make a god pair with her mother.

"Shiv Raj Shekhar." Sumitra liked the name. She had heard of him. He was a very famous business man. "Shiv Raj Shekhar." She repeated his name. "Don't even take his name in front of me!" Anandi entered the house. She was mucho pissed at Shiv Raj Shekhar. "Anandi cool down beta what happened? Why are you so angry? Something happened at school?" Anandi took a glass of ice cold water and gulped it down. "Ma I have never seen such a man in my life." "Really!" "Oh ma please I did not mean it that way. Do you have any idea what he did? He asked me, me Anandi Singh to get coffee for him." "So you got it for him? What did you do?" "Coffee I will bring coffee for him? Ma I am a teacher not his personal peon. I told the same to him. He must be thr Trustee/ Principals son but what's it to me." Sumitra looked at her with an awkward smile. "Ma why were you taking his name?" "Na nahi nothing beta wo I read his interview in the magazine na so. Nothing else kasam se trust me." "Ma I trust you. You don't have to assure me like this. Where's Ananya? I'll freshen up and come. Ma one cup strong black coffee please." "Ok."

Anandi went to freshen up. Sumitra was in the kitchen making coffee. "This girl she did not get him a coffee for once and her daughter is planning for her to make him coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, take care of him and his needs for life! She will erupt like a volcano if she hears about it." Sumitra came to the hall and her phone rang. "Hello! Jee? Yes I do know you. You want to meet me. Sure I can manage to meet you. Na please not at my home I guess we should meet someplace else where no one will disturb us. Yeah sure I will get her too. Yes see you in an hour." Sumitra sighed of relief. "Ma." Aah! You scared me beta." "Ma whose phone was it?" "Beta she is an old friend of mine. She is hear in town for the day she wants to meet me. I'll go get ready. Anandi." "Jee ma?" "Could you get Ananya ready?" "Why?" "My friend wants to meet her. I speak about my little angel all the time." "Ok I will get her ready." Sumitra came to her room. "Sorry God I had to lie to Anandi but you know na I am doing it for her." Sumitra and Ananya came to a caf. A woman waved at them. "Hello Mrs. Shekhar." "Hello Mrs. Singh and this must be Ananya." Ananya shook hands with her.

"Ananya I saw you with that uncle of yours today. He was very nice to you wasn't he?" "He is not my uncle. He will very soon become my papa." "Oh that's great because I too want the same and so does your Nani. Do you know who I am?" Ananya shook her head in a no. "I am you to papa's mamma." "Oh so you are my dadi?" "Yes." Sumitra interrupted. "Mrs. Shekhar I would not want to give Ananya false hopes. I don't think my daughter will like your son." "Same here. They met today for the first time and he is not pleased with her." Slurrp! "But you are their mamma and mamma knows best. If you think mamma and papa are right for each other and papa will be my nice papa then we have to come up with a plan. Nani, dadi you have to make mamma papa say yes for shaadi." "Haan Ananya but you know that mamma will no t say yes." "Exactly your papa too is stubborn he tool refuses to get married." "Do anything and get them ready to meet and say yes." The two grandmothers and their granddaughter came up with only one solution. Emotional Blackmail.

Sumitra and Irawati both agreed with Ananya's plan. That evening Shiv returned home and went straight to his bedroom. "Ma ma!" Irawati came to the room. Shiv was fuming. "What is all this?" "Photographs of girls I want you to meet. Select one girl from this lot, get married to her and relieve me from worrying about you." Irawati said with a straight face. "Ma have I ever told you or asked you to worry about me? NO never. Then why do you? I am fine just the way I am. I don't want anyone in my life. Why don't you get it?" Irawati's eye moistened, she sniffled. "You would understand my worry if you were a parent. Worrying about her child is a mother's birthright right from the moment the child is in her womb to her very last breath. As long as I am alive I can't see you like this. Once I die do whatever you want. I just wanted to see your happy married life before I die. I thought seeing you happy will give me some extra years but now I will die sooner. It is ok if you don't want to marry mera kya hai I will be ok with your decision bas my heart breaks seeing you like this but its ok..." Irawati sniffled and wiped the corner of her eyes with her pallu. Shiv rolled his eyes on seeing his mother's melodrama. "Ma how many teleserials have you seen for this performance?" "I had to see this day too God take me away right now. Shiv if you don't want to marry for your own happiness, marry for mine. Have I ever asked anything from you? Can't you do this much for your mother? If your father would have been alive I would have never asked you for anything but after her husband dies a woman is dependent on her son."

Shiv's head was pounding on seeing his mother's star performance. He took the photographs which brought a smile to Irawati's face. Shiv picked one without even seeing. "This one." "This one? Are you sure? I mean she is so not fit for you." Shiv randomly picked many photographs which Irawati rejected for minute reasons. "Ma all the photographs are done and you have rejected every girl you chose. There now there is no one left for me to marry. Bye bye." Irawati smiled. "Beta they say that save the best for the last. There is one more girl and I think she is just perfect for you." "Fine then I will marry her. ma I want you to be clear with her about everything. I don't want her to know my past but her present and future with me she should be aware of. She should know that if she marries me she will never be able to become a mother because I can't father a child. We will never have children." Irawati caressed her sons face. "You don't have to worry about it. If you marry her you will become a father. She had a little girl. She will become you daughter too. About your past that is up to you to tell her or not but your present and future I can assure will be very beautiful." Irawati left from Shiv's room. If you marry her you will become a father. She had a little girl.' These words continued to play in Shiv's ears. He loved children but the little girl would she accept him as her father. Shiv Raj Shekhar was afraid of no man but the fear or rejection from a little girl crept into his heart.

"Ma how was your meeting with your friend?" Anandi asked Sumitra as soon as she entered the house. "I see that the meeting was quite good seeing the smiles of your faces." "Haan beta it was nice meeting a friend." "Yeah mamma dadi was very nice." "Dadi? What do you mean? What have the two of been up to?" Sumitra and Ananya both were nervous. They needed to plan it properly but Ananya's excitement got the better of her. "Beta wo my friend her son..." "Ananya go to your room." "No I will not. Mamma please I want papa. This uncle na I know he will be my very nice papa. I have seen him, I have met him. He helped me today in the morning." "What he helped you in the morning and in one meeting you decided that that man is good enough to be your papa?" "He is not only good enough to be her papa but also good enough to be your husband." "Ma I don't need a husband." "Yes but your daughter needs a papa." "Ma I am there na I fulfill all her needs I give her everything." "Yes but you are not ready to give the thing she wants the most. She wants a papa. Anandi you know na how she is. She makes a card every day after know what international day it is but she never makes a Father's Day card because she does not have a father to give it to. Beta today I am there kal when I am not. What will happen to the two of you?"

"Ma this was the same emotional blackmail my birth parents used on me. They got me married so that I could have a safe future and kya hua? They wanted for me to be in heaven after being married but all I got was hell. All men are alike." "No beta all men aren't alike. This time it will be different." Yeah all men aren't alike but what about my kismet it hasn't changed and it never will." "Beta have I ever made a wrong decision for you in the last 2 and a half years?" "No." "Then trust me beta. Say yes." "NO." Anandi went to her room. "I will not eat till get a papa!" Anandi heard Ananya screaming at the maid. She went o her room and Ananya looked away from Anandi. She took the plate and tried to feed Ananya. "I will not eat. I want papa." Ananya took a huge breath and hold it. She did it every time she wanted something. Her face started to turn red. "Ok." "OK What?" "I will get you a papa. The one you chose will become your papa." "Yay Nani I will get my papa. Ok mamma when will you meet him?" "I don't need to meet him." "Haw you are making him my papa and you will not meet him? You don't love me? What if he is wrong papa?" "But you said..." "What do I know I am a baby!" Ananya's cuteness brought a smile to Anandi's face. "Ok my dadi amma I will meet him."

"Shiv you will have to meet the girl. She wants to take your interview." Irawati told her workaholic son Shiv who had just come back from the office and was typing furiously on his laptop. Shiv heard what his mother said. Normally he would have not stopped working but as soon as he hears that the girl wanted to take his interview his fingers stopped functioning. He looked up from the screen and straight into his mother's eyes. He was shocked and also amused that a girl wanted to take his, the Shiv Raj Shekhar's interview. "The girl wants to take my interview? Are you serious? She wants to take an interview of Shiv Raj Shekhar. Does she have any idea how busy I am and how much every second of my life amounts to? I have no time to waste. Tell her to pick up a business magazine and read my interview. She will come to know about me. I don't need to meet her. I don't need to see her. What I am doing I am doing for you and your happiness. That is all I can do. Now if you will excuse me I have got some work to do and please send in my strong black coffee." "Shiv you will have to meet her. She will not understand you from the business interviews." "Ma if she will not understand me how will this work between us?" "Shiv please, do it for me. Have I asked you for anything?" "Ma you know you already are asking too much from me." Irawati made a bechara face. "Alright now that my husband is gone I have to live by what you say. Theek hai don't go to meet her. "Ma don't you get tired of this drama? Alright I will meet her."

"Uff how much more time will he take to come?" Ananya was at the caf waiting for Shiv to come to meet her. She was munching on her chips, drinking her chips and waiting for her chocolate cake to come. After some time she ordered another basket o chips. "Excuse me waiter uncle, where is the washroom?" The waiter pointed her to the washroom. "Ok I will be back but this is my table and I am waiting for someone. When he comes and I am not here please ask him to wait for me." "Sure." Ananya went to the washroom. Shiv arrived at the caf. He was half an hour late. "Table 24." He was shown to the table. "Urgh! This table is not even cleaned. Waiter!" When Shiv called another waiter came he told him to clear the table. "Sorry sir, there was a miss occupying the table she must have left I will get it cleaned right away." The table got cleared. "She could not wait for me for half an hour. This girl has no patience. She is not the one for me." Shiv was about to leave. "Where are my fries? My coke? My cake? You ate them?" Shiv turned and looked at the girl. "No I had the table cleared. I thought... I was supposed to meet someone and I think she has left... It's you from this morning right?" "Yes it is me and you made a girl wait for half an hour. No one makes a girl wait it is bad manners." "How did you know I made her wait? Wait a minute you were at this table so you wanted to meet me?" "Yes I wanted to take your interview after all you are going to be my papa. So shall we start?"

Shiv looked at Ananya. He had loved her from the moment he saw her but now that she would become his step daughter he distanced himself from her. "You will take my interview? You have come alone? What sort of a mother you have who send you to meet a man alone?" "I have to take interview to know if mamma will like you or no. No I have not come alone. Dheere bolo..." "For your kind information Ananya has a very good mother." Shiv looked up. He removed his shades. "Aap?" "Tum?" They looked at Ananya. "Him?" "Her?" "Ice cream?" she smiled at them. "No." They said together. "No to ice cream or no to shaadi?" "No to both." Again Anandi and Shiv spoke together. Anandi took Ananya's hand in her nad began walking away from Shiv. He too looked away from her. Ananya turned back and was continuously looking at Shiv. He was her papa and she was determined to make him her mother's husband.

"So Shiv how was she? She was pretty wasn't she?" Irawati asked Shiv. "Yes ma she was pretty, Pretty annoying! I will not marry her."

"So Anandi how was he? He was good wasn't he?" Sumitra asked Anandi. "Yes ma he was good, Good for nothing! I will not marry him."

That night Ananya called Sumitra and Sumitra called Irawati. The three of them were on conference call. "We need a full proof plan." Ananya said. "Yes we do." Sumitra and Irawati agreed. "So let's meet and plan for MMPKS." "MMPKS what's that?" Ananya's grandmothers asked together. "Mission Mamma Papa Ki Shaadi."

A/N: Dear readers, Kindly leave behind your feedbacks.

Originally posted by: het27

Ooo I love the Angry young man Shiv Raj Shekhar

I hope he is just angry n not arrogant types

The girl is is supposed to meet is Anandi right koi aur mat lekar aana

Ek toh your teasers are so interestingly teasing

Update soon

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Originally posted by: sireesha76

interesting teaser

waiting for the update

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I hope you will comment after reading the update too

Originally posted by: fatema22

Awsome update ...

And awsome comments and likes ...

I one more thing 18th step means today midninght naaa?😃

Thank you

Haan I think mentioning that it was your plot worked like a charm

Originally posted by: Anjujag

This is for the WRITER Chahat 👍🏼 . Teaser seems to indicate that Shiv is a Angry Young Man ... Wow . Waiting for you to Update at the earliest 😃 .

Thank you

I hope to get a comment after the update too

Originally posted by: geet005

Chahat where interesting teaser will be waiting for the update😊

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Originally posted by: hiral1979

New story 😲

Mujhe nahi bataya

Haan new story

I was given the basic plot before FIMS ended

Sorry fior not telling you