Part 6
The next morning as Rahul is getting ready for work, he gets a call from his mother.
"Hello Ma, kaisi hai aap?" Rahul asks with a big grin on his face, he loved getting calls from his mom, he shared everything with her, there was never anything he considered "awkward" to talk to her about, any problem he had, he would directly share with her, and she would help him get through everything.
"Mai theek hoon bete, par yeh kya sun rahi hoon mai, tu Armaan ke shaadi mai aane se inkaar kardiya?"
"Haan, maa, aapko pata hai na.. yeh shaadiya.. aur ye sab, mujhse nahi hui jaati hai" Rahul says ruffling his hair
"Rahul, tujhe thodi shaadi karne ke liye bol rahe hai, tere bhaiyya ka shaadi hai, aur tumhe isme shamil hona hai" she says, a little sternly.
"Ok, Ok fine!! I will come." he says, not having any real reason so refuse, and he just doesn't like saying no to his mom!
"Aur shayad when you are here, you might find someone for yourself" says his mom with a knowing smile.
"Maaa.. ya.. like that's gonna happen, khair.. kab tak aana hai?"
"Rahul itna time nahi hai, you have to be here by next week!!" she says stressing on the next week.
"Next Week?? OMG, mujhe ab bata rahi hai.. ok I have to go maa, boss se baat karni padegi, love you ma!!" rushing through his bye Rahul runs out the door.
"Yeh pagla ladka, hey Bhagwan.. iskliye sahi ladki hume kaha milegi??" Rahul's mom says placing down the phone.
*** at same time ***
"Mai Muskaan Chadda" Muskaan says holding out her hand to shake Armaan's
"Take a seat Ms. Muskaan" Armaan says gesturing to the chair.
"Toh aap humari wedding hall ke interior designer hai right?" Armaan says taking a seat.
"Yes, that's me"
"That's great, the wedding is going to take place, here in Delhi, abhi tak location decide nahi kiya hai, so do you have an suggestions?"
"Actually, sir I'm new to Delhi myself, but I can surely go around, I can look for some places if you'd like"
"Sure, that would be wonderful, let's see, I will talk to my family and one of us will try to come with you, so we can see the place"
"Sure that would be lovely, aap mujhe iss number pe contact kar sakte hai" Muskaan says passing her business card over to Armaan.
"Surely will get back to you asap, nice meeting you Ms. Muskaan" Armaan says standing up to shake her hand.
With that Muskaan leaves Mr. Garewal's office smiling.
Wohoooooooooo her first client!! How awesome is this, she just joined the job and she is already dealing with a client, and that to not any client, as she hears from her co-workers, The Garewal's seem to be a very respected family in Delhi, lucky for the girl who is a soon to be bahu! Thinking about her new project Muskaan heads back home.
As Muskaan gets home, she splashes some water on her face, to freshen herself, typing up her hair into a bun, Muskaan sits down in front of her laptop to search for some hotels online, so that she could start visiting them the next day.
While working, Muskaan goes in the middle to get herself a bowl of maggie, as she was not really in a mood to cook, searching into the late night Muskaan falls asleep right there in the plush comfy chair, with laptop in her hand.
*** Rahul at Work ***
"Hey Rohan, how are you buddy?" Rahul says with a grin..
"Aaj itna khushi kis baat ka Rahul?" Rohan ask slightly taken aback by all this excitement coming from Rahul, that too at work.
"Who kal raat na.. actually yesterday I received a mail, there was a cd encased in the parcel, and that cd had the most beautiful voice I ever heard on it!!" Rahul says dreamily, humming the song to himself.
"Woah dude, kisne bheja tumhe?" Rohan says grinning at Rahul.
"Wahi toh, I don't know.. actually I don't think the message was even for me, galati se aagaya it looks like" Rahul says slightly bemused "But wo baat chod yaar, guess what.. I have to go to India for my brother's wedding.."
"Boss se baat ki?"
"Nahi yaar not yet.. hey how about you come with me?" Rahul says his face lighting up
"Mai, mai kyu? Joshika ko leke jaana" Rohan says jokingly
"Don't even go there!!" Rahul says with a menacing look on his face
"Arey haan, you should totally take her there and maa se milwa usse"
"Don't!!"
"Tu aayega ke nahi" Rahul asks Rohan, not wanting to hear anymore taunts about the Joshika topic
"Haan, if you can convince the boss to let us both off then I will" Rohan says with a wink and heads off to his cubicle.
After buttering up for the whole day, Rahul somehow manages to pataofy the boss to agree, but the boss, doesn't allow Rohan to go till a few weeks after Rahul, cause as much as he hated to admit it, they both were always late, always chatting, always fooling around, but when it came to the perfection of the work there was no beating them, and he could not afford to lose both of them at the same time.
Rahul was flying in two days, when he got home, he left Armaan a text letting him know of his date of arrival.
Rahul, got out some suitcases, but looking at them made Rahul feel sleepy, packing was soo boring.. just leaving the suitcases lying on the floor Rahul got on his bed and switched on the tv, watching he fell asleep.
*** India ***
The Guptas comes over to the Garewals house with the wedding invitation, as it is considered tradition to give the first invitation from the girl's side to the guys family. (I think my family does this lol, im not sure about all others)
The mom's are in the kitchen talking about the rasme, the clothes, the gehne, and all the things related to the marriage, while the dad's are in the living room discussing business.
Ridhimma being the good bahu, went and stood with the ladies, not taking part in the conversation, but just nodding whenever her response was asked.
Armaan sitting with his dad and to be father in law was getting bored.
Catching Ridhimma's eye he motions her to come out into the back yard.
Ridhimma gives a slight head shake, indicating a no.
Armaan puts a puppy dog face.
Ridhimma still refuses.
Armaan puts up a khafa act, and gets up and goes into the backyard.
"Nautanki" Ridhimma thinks to herself smiling.
Making sure that the aunties are busy in their chit chat, she slowly slips out into the backyard.
"Yeh kaha gaya" Ridhimma thinks to herself, looking around for Armaan.
"Ahh" she screams as she feels a hand on her shoulder.
"Chill yaar, mai hoon" says Armaan coming from behind Ridhimma, with a cheeky grin plastered on his face.
"Armaan, kya hai? Mujhe yaha kyu bulaya?"
"Bas yuhi, kyu mai apne HONE waali PATNI ko nahi bula sakta kya" Armaan says winking.
Ridhimma blushes at the word patni.
*** Flashback***
Armaan and Ridhimma had known each other for a while now.
Armaan had always been the padaku types, not much mingling with people, usually sitting in the library studying. Totally opposite to his brother Rahul(in 12th when Armaan was in college), who never left a chance to go have fun. Not bad fun, but he loved meeting new people and enjoying life and taking it as it comes!
It was the last year of college, when Ridhimma had entered the same college as Armaan.
She had taught him a new way to live, she brought him out of his shell and taught him that books aren't everything, even socializing is a very important part of life, to move forward in life.
*** Back to Reality ***
"Ridhimma, tumhe yaad hai jab hum pehli baar kaise mile the" Armaan asks taking Ridhimma small hand into his own, caressing it slightly with his thumb.
"Haan, tum toh bilkul apne books mai dube the, aur jab maine pucha can I sit here, you didn't even look up, you just nodded and kept on studying" Ridhimma says chuckling.
"Hahaha, I was fully in my own world" Armaan says remembering back.
"I am glad you came into my life Ridhimma" says Armaan slightly squeezing her hand.
"Mai bhi Armaan" Ridhimma says resting her head on his shoulder.
"Abhi hamari shaadi hogi, phir bache honge, mujhe toh do ladke aur do ladkiyaan chahi"
"Armaaan" Ridhimma says cutting off Armaan burying her head in his chest out of pure shyness.
"Kyu, kya hua hun, shaadi ke baad bache toh honge na" Armaan says smiling at Ridhimma's beet root red face, "Kyu tumhe aur bache chahiye?" he asks to tease her further.
"Hawwww, itne saare bache chahiye toh kissi aur ko dhoondh lo" Ridhimma says pushing Armaan slightly, turning her face the other way toh hide her blush.
"Acha, dhoondlunga" Armaan says walking off.
This really annoyed Ridhimma, walking upto Armaan she grabbed a hold of his collar pulling him back.
"Mere hote hue, kissi aur ko dhoondne ki himmat hai tujhme?" Ridhimma says coming closer to Armaan, trying to make herself sound threatening.
"Haan, bohut saare hai, mere aju, baju, mere aage, piche, mandradahe hai" Armaan says turning his face to hide his grin.
"Tumne kissi aur ki tarak dekhne ki jurrat bhi ki toh na, tumhari choti choti choti choti tukde kardungi!!" Ridhimma says acting as if she is cutting something up.
"Tum jalte hue kitni cute lagti ho Ridhimma" Armaan says pinching her cheek lightly.
"Jalan aur mai, kabhi nahi" Ridhimma says brushing his hand off her shoulder.
"Acha, wo time yaad nahi hai, uska kya naam tha, hum class trip mai Shimla gaye the" Armaan goes on.
Ridhimma bites her tongue remembering the innocent, when she falsely suspected a girl of hitting on Armaan and was about to get into a fight with some innocent girl.
"Ok bas!!" Ridhimma says not wanting to hear it anymore.
"Chahe jitney bhi ladkiya aaye, you are my only one Ridhimma" Armaan says earnestly looking Ridhimma in the eye.
"I know honey" Ridhimma says hugging Armaan, and feeling complete with him.
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Pati Patni Aur Panga
Kumkum Bhagya
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