lol I should reply to everyone's comments...thank you soo much for all of them...lol well I also know that I promised to write priya and sneha a shot...but I didn't get the time....lol so I wrote one for Pari :P
Meeting
"Yuvi, he is coming today!" she jumped off the bench as she proclaimed that rather too loudly for my ears.
"Naina...who is is coming today?" she was walking back and forth nervously and seem to not have heard my question, so I repeated it.
"Yuvi, my pappa, who else!" that made me jump off the bench as well. "What are we going to do? What are we going to do?"
"Naina...calm down! It's just your pappa and it's not like he knows about us!" I was reassuring myself more than Naina.
"Yeah, but Dr. Shashank does....remember he saw us on the terrace hugging!"
How could I forget that day....here I was finally gaining back my girlfriend's trust and next I was being blasted off by Dr. Shashank. He reminded me of this character played by Amitabh Bachan in some love movie or another that Naina made me watch. Anyway, he wasn't quite happy to see us hugging on the terrace, especially in the middle of the night. Damn...I am up for another lecture about love...they think it's nonsense...another one I guess?
"Yuvi!" I snapped out of my thought to see Naina giving me a "what's wrong with you" look
"Um...he wouldn't say anything!" hopefully
It wasn't as if I was afraid of my relationship with Naina...it was more of a fear of confronting the dad of the girl you love. The last time we met, he just had a doubt we were dating (when we weren't actually)...and he questioned me as if he was a special bureau investigator. This time, I am pretty sure that he'll kill me. Well, let's hope not! Damn, why couldn't we have a course in universtiy about how to calm your future father-in-law down. Wait, why the hell am I talking...sorry thinking like Sid? Ughh!!
The rest of the day went by as a breeze, I guess because I was way too tensed. Which was weird, I mean I am not afraid of everyone...okay I was afraid of my past...but why pappaji?
"Dr. Yuvraaj Singh, please come to my cabin immeidately!" I turned around to see Dr. Shashank looking at me rather too strictly.
Great, I should have contacted Mac...well somebody needs to arrange for my funeral!
KNOCK
KNOCK
"Come in!"
"Hello, sir!" without showing obvious signs of curiousity, I looked around the room for Naina's father...but he wasn't there.
"Dr. Yuvraaj, have a seat!" I quickly sat down without a word.
Dr. Shashank looked up from his file and stared at me for few seconds....or rather centuries for me.
"As you might already know....Dr. Naina's father...Mr. Mehta has arrived in town today! I don't want to hear any excuses...I want you at my house right after your shift ends...whenever it ends! Am I clear?" He took off his glasses as I nodded a "yes".
He asked me to leave the room right after that and as soon as I got out...I realized that I had been holding my breath all this time. Great...this was just simply great....I was so not ready for all this just yet!
I didn't get an opportunity to talk to Naina the rest of the shift...and when I did get the time to breath...she had already left. My day wasn't going at all as I planned...yes, I do plan my days every night!
Well, my shift ended at about 11pm in the night...I debated with myself for few minutes about going or not...but I gave in at the end. Well, Dr. Shashank ordered me to come whenever my shift ended, so might as well get this over with.
I took a deep breath as I stopped my bike in front of Dr. Shashank's house. This was very scary and I had never been scared before...well except for my past and Raj's sadism. I gave my clothes a light shrug as I stood in front of the door. Well, I might as well ring the bell. Why was this happening to me?
Ding Dong
Ding Dong
Click
"He is a Punjabi!"
I am pretty sure that was Naina's dad yelling...great he hates me already. I didn't realize that Dr. Shashank was standing there waiting for me to come inside until I heard him clearing his throat loudly.
"S...sorry sir!" I quickly walked into the house and was asked to follow him.
"Riddhima beta told me that he even set the dispensary on fire!" Great he knew that as well! If looks could kill...many people would have been dead already...including me of course.
The look Mr. Mehta gave me when I walked into the room...almost made me run out of the house screaming. Damn, I am hanging out way too much with Sid...I've got to stop.
"I think we should leave Mr. Mehta and Yuvi alone!"
I looked at Dr. Shashank as if he had suddenly proclaimed Naina as my sister. Why was he leaving me alone with him? Even Naina nodded in approval and left right behind Dr. Shashank. Great, i should have seriously called Mac!
Mr. Mehta and I had a staring contest for few seconds before he started speaking...wait sorry yelling!!
"Aren't you the one who said that my daughter is too good for you? What happened now? Did you get better...or did she get worse?"
I had no response to that...what exactly was I suppose to say to that....
"So, why exactly did you try to harm Dr. Shashank?"
I gulped as I tried to respond...
"Um...mis...understanding..."
"You tried to burn someone because of a misunderstanding! Tomorrow you'll do the same thing to my daughter!"
"I would never...."
"Don't interrupt me when I am talking! I know guys like you very well! By the way, do you have a family or you came to this world just like that!"
He was starting to highly piss me off but I tried to keep my cool...though I had no idea about how long I would be able to do so.
"I have an older brother..."
"Oh...the one in the mental hospital, right? You really think I would give my daughter to such a family as your's! You're highly mistaken!"
I kept reminding myself that it's okay...I should keep my cool for Naina and our future...
"You always tried to harm my daughter...I do not trust you!"
"Then don't!" Dammit I just lost my cool
"Excuse me!" the look he gave me was enough to bring my old self back
"Sir, I highly respect you! Believe me! I know you don't trust me....maybe because you don't know me yet or rather you know the past that is just that...a past. I love your daughter, sir! I really do! I've never wanted to hurt her...I would never do it intentionally. Yes, I did use her before but at that time I didn't know that I loved her...but now I do! I can't promise you the future because I don't know what the future has instored for us. But I can surely promoise you that I'll try my very best to keep her happy! Always and forever! Sir, I don't have a family besides my sick brother...but I want to have one. I can never imagine starting a family with anyone but your daughter! Sir, I am willing to go through any test to convince you that I really do love your daughter a lot!"
Sheesh, I don't know where all that came from...but it's the truth!
"What will you do if I say no?" Damn why does he want to say no!
"If you think that I'll run away with her or take some sort of revenge from you then you're wrong. I would never go against you...Naina loves you more than she loves me...and I will never ever put her in such a situation where she has to choose one of us!"
He looked at me for few seconds before walking towards me...I really wanted to turn around and run but I stayed in my place. I quickly closed my eyes shut when he raised his hand. Great, the guy who had never been slapped before...was about to get one from his girlfriend's father.
But what I got surprised me...instead of slapping me...he patted my cheek. I slowly opened my eyes and saw yet another surprising thing...Mr. Mehta was smiling at me...proudly!
"I found out about you two long time ago from Jiggy. I blackmailed him into spilling and when Dr. Shashank called me to give me the same information...I drilled him and his daughter to tell me all about you. What Riddhima told me, made me want to slap you...but Dr. Shashank had only good things to say about you. I was in dual mind...so I came down here to see for myself. I am sorry I had to say so much to you, dikra...but I must say you're very patient. Just the right boy for my always curious and over-excited dikri!"
I kept looking at him with a shocked expression...was this happening for real or was I just hallucinating.
"Mr. Mehta..."
"Oh, you can call me pappa!"
Okay, this was definately a dream...I was about to pinch myself when I felt someone else doing it. I slightly flinched in pain but didn't say anything as I turned around to see who dared to do that.
Naina was standing beside me smiling broadly...I immediately realized that I had been fooled. She knew everything from the start! That made me angry...who am I kidding...was this the day to be angry? What I really wanted to do was jump up and down in excitement.
Damn....way too much of Sid!
Edited by princessuma - 15 years ago
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