Part 3
All of you must have heard about a crash course. What I was precisely doing at this point of time was an accident course as I was driving in my rashest and brashest manner possible. I told myself this SUV would stop only when it was before the wedding hall where her marriage was going to take place.
Now you might ask me how the hell do you know where it is? Well as I was talking to Shyam, I remembered hearing the hooting of a train from the background. This meant that the hall was near the railway track or railway station. Only one among the four halls beginning with "Lakshmi----" was beside the railway station.
Shyam was thinking to himself, "Arnav will not be able to reach in time. Even if he does, I've stationed my men outside the hall. Ha! Ha! Ha!"
The Panditji called out, "Dulhann ko laayiye! Shubh muhurath nikal raha hai!"
Khushi was sitting beside Shyam but her heart and soul were elsewhere. She didn't know why she was doing this, but--------There was a huge commotion and noise outside as though somebody had blown off the gate of the marriage hall and was trying to force their way in.
Garima, Buaji and Payal were shocked. Payal and Buaji were about to go out and see what was the matter when Shyam stopped them saying, "Patake honge! Humne humare admiyon ko jalane ko bhola thah! Aap is shubh muhurath ke waqth baahar jayenge toh kaise hogi yeh shadi?"
Buaji agreed, "Theek hai Nandkishore! Hum ruk jaiyyen!"
Payal was not very convinced by all this! She made an excuse that she was going to get some flowers and hurried towards the entrance after coming out of the back exit. She was muttering to herself, "Yeh Shyamji bolthe kuch aur karthe kuch aur hai. Pehle bhi unhone yeh kaha ki unko yeh shadi nahin karni aur woh sirf Buaji ke kehne par razzi huve theh is shadi ke liye. Baadh mein ithne uthavle hogaye theh ki woh khud is muhurath ko Panditji seh nikalvakar aagaye. Hume apne baki ke rishthedaron yah Raizada parivar mein kisi ko bhulane seh mana kiye theh! Aur unke matha pitha bhi nahin aaye-------aise kaise?"
What she saw at the entrance stunned her for a second. The gate of the marriage hall was non-existent having been crashed when ASR made his dhamaka entry. Arnavji was battling a bunch of goons. What was all this thought Payal. Why are they attacking him. Arnav shouted to Payal, "Meri chintha tum math karna. Tum abhi isi waqth jaakar apni behen ki shadi us kameene ke saath hone seh roklo."
Payal was hesitant to leave him when he shouted, "Abhi jao, DAMMIT! Nahin toh uski zindagi barbaad hojaegi! Main in sab keliye kafi hoon!"
Khushi's heart skipped a beat. The romantic winds which would blow whenever he was near her started blowing. She hit herself telling that Laad Governor could not be here. But the wind started blowing with renewed vigor.
Payal was running the race of her life to stop the wedding but she found that it was unnecessary. Khushi stood up from her place, throwing her garland, saying, "Rakshas yahan jaroor hain! Mera dhil khehtha hai"
Shyam tried to stop her from going, "Aapka vehem hai Khushiji! Woh Arnav Singh Raizada hamare shadi meh kyon aayenge? Aapne toh nyotha bhi nahin diya! Aur muhurath bhi nikla jaaraha hai!"
Khushi spoke with a steely resolution, "Hamari sagai bhi muhurath ke bina hi hui. Toh shadi muhurath ke bina hui toh kya farak padtha? Agar yeh shadi hogi bhi toh humari baath Arnavji seh hone ke baad hi hogi!"
Buaji was about to protest when Khushi vented her frustration telling, "Humne aapki baath bahut sunli, aap hamari baath suniye!"
Saying this Khushi sprinted out of the hall in a hundred meters dash followed Shyam who was adjusting his sehra with one hand and trying to follow her with the other. Garima stood rooted to the spot not knowing how else to react to what was happening, while Buaji followed Khushi panting for breath saying, "Ruk thitalia! Pagalagayi ho kya?"
The guests did not understand one heck what all this fuss was about. They had never been to such a wedding before. They were contemplating whether to leave or stay back for the wedding feast.
Edited by shailusri1983 - 13 years ago
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