Angreji babu desi mem-AK & MS FF-Epilogue-05-22-12 - Page 18

PART ' 27

Two days later everyone were back to States till evening'''.Angad had taken business class tickets for Kripa and her mom, but ended up sitting with her on Gayatri's insistence''They had talked for a long time, sharing their pasts, their dreams with eachother'..Kripa slept in his arms tired after a while, blushing a little, when she found that they were close to eachother and were covered in a blanket'..Angad was still fast asleep and she sighed and rested her head back in his chest and was asleep again'..As their flight landed in NY, Kripa was awake and saw outside''She remembered the last time she came from India for the first time''Same excitement filled her today''She kept looking outside as the flight decended'She chuckled remembering the first time she met Angad in this very airport''.

A: Kya hua'''Angad asked looking at her, as she chuckled''..Kripa blushed''

K: Kuch nahi, bas uss din ki yaad aa gayi, jab pehli baar yahan tumhe dekha tha''.

A: Not very good impression you had of me, did you'..? He asked grinning''.

K: Na'..She said looking at him and he chuckled'''

A: So, aab kya sochti ho mere bare mein?

K: Sochti hun, ki you are not as bad as I thought before''Thode ache bhi ho''! But you need a little brushing up for sure''

A: Brushing up? He asked''And Kripa chuckled''Thik hai, jo karna hai karo'''! Par please mere image ka dhyan rakhna''! After all I am CEO of SAB''! He said rolling his eyes'..! Kripa grinned and kept her head on his shoulder''.Loving to be with them'.

Back, Even Shabd and Mahi were relaxing and talking with eachother, leaving the kids, in the care of Gauri and Pratham, who were really struggling hard to keep them quite'..Mahi chuckled and looked at Shabd with a grin''

M: Shabd, mein soch rahi hun, kyun na hum teen se char ho jaye'..Shabd looked at her with disbelief, but then laughed and hugged her kissing her nose'..

S: Agar tum chaho to''he said smiling''.

Mahi grinned and hugged him'..

S: Mahi, tum Job nahi karna chahogi? He asked looking at her''

M: Nahi Shabd''she said after few minutes'.

S: Mahi mein ye kabhi nahi chahunga, ki meri wajah se tumhare sapne tute''I don't have any problem, if you want to work''We can take turns and adjust our time, so we can take care of Krish'..

Mahi smiled at him'.

M: Nahi Shabd'..Mein kuch samay apne bachon ke sath aur tumhare sath bitana chahti hun''.Phir jab woh school chale jaye phir sochungi''She said smiling''

S: Are you sure? He asked looking at her''.

M: I am quite sure Shabd''.Bahot kuch khoya hai mein ne''.Aur nahi'..! I understand what is more important in life today''.Career to humesha rahega, par humare bachon ko aaj meri jarorat hai'..!

Shabd smiled and kissed her forehead and then grinned''Bache? Kitne soch rahi ho'..he asked grinning'.

M: Hmmm'.let me see''Oh how about half a dozen''Would that be enough''Shabd chuckled at her and kissed her nose'..

S: Absolutely''he said with a wink''Mahi laughed out loud and hugged him''.

At last the plane landed and they all got down''..They caught other flight directly to Richmond and were there soon'''Atlast, time to say bye to everyone, as they were all heading to their own homes''.But they were happy that they would be toghether like before''.Josh and Aliyah with their partners headed to Josh's old house'..While Prithvi and Angad went in other car to their home with Tanya''.Others caught a big cab and came home''.Shabd wanted to go home too, but Gayatri insisted him to stay for couple of days and then go''So he had agreed''.

Kripa looked at the front yard of Pratham's house and grinned at the beautiful flowers''She was happy to see them in good shape and blooming''.Pratham patted her back and pulled her in''.He knew she was tired and took her directly up to her room, which was as it was before, untouched and waiting for her'.She smiled and hugged Pratham'..Anjali came running to her with her teady and hugged her from behind, jelous of left out'..kripa chuckled and hugged her''.Pratham grinned at Anjali kissing her cheeks''.

G: Kripa tum nahakar aaram karlo, mein Anjali aur Sneha ko fresh kar dungi''Gauri said coming in the room''.Kripa nodded'..

K: Jao Anjali, Mami ke sath jakar fresh ho jao''she said kissing her forehead lightly''..Anjali smiled and ran out, going down excitedly''.Gayatri came to help Kripa and Pratham left''.By the time Kripa was done, she was tired to bones and Gayatri helped her to sleep in the bed and covered her with a light blanket''.Kripa was asleep soon after she took her medicines and Gayatri left to freshen up''

It was evening by time she woke up''.She felt a lot better''She slowly walked down and saw everyone sitting in the living room with tea''.It felt so nice to be back with them, she blinked back the tears which threatened to spill out'..She made her way and sat with Mahi, who was busy with coloring some books, with the kids''.

G: Kripa, tabiyat thik hai na beta''Gayatri asked with concern'..

K: Haan ma bilkul thik hai'.

P: Kal subah tumhari doctor se appointment hai yahan''Tumhari reports aur surgery details, yahan ke Nurosurgen ko mil gayi hai, aur unhone tumhe bulaya hai''Kripa nodded at him

Gauri: Kripa, tumhare liye khana lagaun? Kripa shook her head'..

K: Nahi bhabhi, chai piker, saab ke sath raat ko hi khaungi''Gauri nodded and bought her some fruits, cookies and tea''.

S: Mujhe lagta hai, ki humme Dilip se jake baat karna chahiye''He said thoughtfully''Pratham too nodded''

G: Aaj hi aiye hain ji hum''Itni jaldi kya hai'..? Gayatri asked frowning a little'..

S: Gayatri jo kaam 4 saal pehle ho jana chahiye, usse tum jaldi keh rahi ho'..he asked frowning'..Kripa looked down a little guiltily, but kept quite'..Mahi who was besides her could feel her uneasiness and slowly squeezed her hand'..Kripa looked at her with an akward smile and she nodded at her with assurance'.Kripa smiled and looked down sighing'..She was as eager to be Angad's bride, but still had that guilt some where, of hurting her parents and keeping Angad and his family away from Anjali''

They heard the door bell ring and Shabd went to open it''They were surprised to see Naina and Dilip coming in''Surya and Gayatri got up immediately and went to them''.Naina went to Gayatri and hugged her with a smile''.Though they were not so close, they had become good friends over the years'..

D: Surya, hum apni bahu aur poti ko ghar le jane ke liye aye hai''he said grinning at Kripa'..Kripa blushed and looked down'..She started getting up, when Naina stopped her'..

N: Nahi, tum baithi raho beta''.Tabiyat kaisi hai aab'..she asked with a smile'..

K: Ji thik hai Aunty'..she said slowly''her heart beating wildly with the future anticipation'..She was even feeling a little bad, to keep them away from their grand daughter as well as guilty, but she knew all she could do is try to make up for their lost time, by giving them chance to know their grand daughter and let them spend time with her. ''.

N: Jab se tum India chali gayi, dadi bahot miss karti thi tumhe'.kehti thi ki ek Kripa hi thi jo har hafte phone karke baat karti thi''baki unke poton ko kisi baat ki khabar hi nahi rehti''she said chuckling'..Kripa smiled at her shyly''Suddenly the changed relationship, made a lots of things harder too''Anjali nahi dikh rahi''she said looking around a little anxiously'..

G: Woh so rahi hai Naina''.Thoda thak gayi thi''..Gayatri said with a smile'..Aao kitchen mein baithkar baat karte hain'..thoda chai bhi bana dun'..She said taking Naina in the kitchen''Dilip and Surya went to living room to talk, after talking to Mahi, Shabd, Pratham and Gauri for little time'..

After talking for a long time, the elders decided to talk to the priest, and fix Kripa and Angad's marriage after couple of months, once Kripa is little bit alright'''.Gayatri expressed her concern regarding Kirpa's health and Dilip and Naina were absolutely fine with a small wedding with very close friends only'.'Gayatri promised Naina, that she would talk to the priest soon to fix the date and let her know''They left after an hour or so''..Kripa shyly lay on the bed''Thinking about Angad''It still felt odd, that after so many years and a kid, they would be getting married'..But there was nervousness as well as excitement involved as well''..

She could not believe that she was back with her family or her marriage with Angad would be fixed soon'...Anjali came to her and asked her to play with her and Kripa sighed and got up''Though she was tired, she managed to play with her for some time, until Mahi came and took her out with other kids''

Kripa had her dinner and went up to sleep soon''.!

Angad on the other side was getting restless'''From last one month, though Kripa was hardly awake, he was with her most of the time''And now, though she was just next door, it felt as if they were so far away from eachother''.He wanted to call home number, but for some reason could not''.He had always been reserved and it was difficult to change habits'..He could not just go to her house to meet her''He knew he had to be patient''.And further more he missed Anjali as well''From the day he met her, she had sticked by him''Though he still had to figure out how to be a good dad, he knew one thing, that he loved her''.He hoped he and Kripa could stay together and work it out''He shook his head, at the train of his thoughts'..He was again thinking like a business men rather than a person in love and a dad''There was nothing to work out''Though they were still not married, they were his family'..The family, who he wished to be there with forever''.He did not know, if he would get mixed with Kripa's culture or her beliefs or her traditions and friends circle''But he would try''Try to be with her'''

He smiled remembering his dadi's happy face in the morning''.When he had come in''.She had almost ran to him, forgetting her legs and hugged him with a grin and asked how her grand daughter in law and great grand child was''.He had laughed and hugged her, saying they were ok''.His dad was at first angry on him, but then forgiven him on his mom's request, but not without the promise that he would soon marry Kripa and bring her home''They were even more surprised, when Angad went and touched their feet''.Dilip was stunned, in reality''..But Naina and Dadi smiled at eachother and blessed him'.'And now his parents were at Kripa's house to talk about their marriage ''.He wished he would have enough brains to do this 4 years back''No one would have gone through so much misery''.But sighed and looked out'...He walked down in the garden, hoping, Kripa would come out just for couple of minutes''but she did not and he knew that she must be tired''..But still he was disappointed, for not able to see her for the full day''..but he knew that she needed her rest'..'This last 5 days were a little hectic for her and she was still recovering''.He could not believe that she was on the death bed, just a month back'..He would have lost her forever''..The thought shuddered him''..He closed his eyes and prayed for a while and then sat back on the patio, remembering the first day, they met here''.She had been so shy to even look at him, while he stood there half naked, dripping all over''.He chuckled remembering her expressions''He remembered each and every moment after that and even remembered how many times they had met for next two years''He had hardly been home after a year or so''.but still he could not resist to spend some time with her, whenever he was here''.And then suddenly that night in Chicago, he could not think or feel any thing else than her''..That night changed their life for ever''.He sighed looking at the flowers''Some where this 6 years, he almost forgot everything else, other than his carreer''He did not spend a day for vacation or doing things he usually liked to do before like swimming or gardening or just watching TV for some time''.It was always work work and work''. But the day he saw Kripa again lying lifeless in the stretcher, his life changed again'..He realized how much he had lost''How much he had missed, while he was persuing his one dream''

P: Kya baat hai, big brother, yahan kiska intajar ho raha hai''Prithvi said chuckling and sitting opposite to him'.Angad smiled at his brother but kept quite'..Hey I know you are Angad the great, CEO of a successful company and all, but you are allowed to have some fun family time too'..he said chuckling keeping a coke bottle in front of him'..Angad sighed and took it''.He was man with very few words and hardly did he spend time with Prithvi''.

A: Aisi koi baat nahi hai prithvi, but you know me''Mere pass to subject hi nahi hai baat karne ke liye'..Prithvi chuckled'.

P: Don't worry bro'..Kripa ayegi na, she will teach you for sure''You know, roj 3-4 janon se 2-3 ghante, achi tarah baat na kare na woh, to usse chain nahi milta'..

A: Hmmm'..I hope she doesn't get bore with me then'..he said sipping his coke with a chuckle''Tanya kahan hai?

P: So gayi'..I told she will have jet lag and to stay awake till evening'..but she is'..he stopped shaking his head'...

A: Good for you''you will have company at night''..he said chuckling''Prithvi laughed at that and grinned''..Angad smiled and kept drinking his coke''

P: But, I am still surprised'..You and Kripa? He said chuckling''Pure desi verses an American''.he said grinning''.You don't know, how deep she is into this bro''..Mandir mein usse pair to rakhne do''.she will be surrounded with people''.he said chuckling'..and she follows all the festivals, and does puja everyday and makes Anjali do the same''She hates pizza and she loves Indian food and sweets'..She is verymuch into Indian music and dance, which you hate'..And though she wears western dresses now, she loves Indian dresses and most of all saree'.he said grinning''..

A: Are you warning me brother''? He asked with raised eyebrows'..Remembering the day when Kripa had performed a song wearing a red saree with green border'..She looked beautiful''He would not mind her wearing Indian dresses, because they suited her''Neither would be mind Indian food as he got accustomed to it in India''.and festivals and puja'..he could do it too, ok as long as he knew why and what they were doing''he thought sighing''And as far as music and dance are concerned, he was first attracted to her beautiful face, then her voice and then her dance''He had started hearing hindi songs, just due to her''.And Prithvi or any one else were unaware, that he had spent most of the nights, listening to them for hours, because Kripa had liked them, during his stay in India''..

P: Some thing like that''He said winking''.

A: Don't worry I am well aware of it'..he said smiling secretly'..

P: Then too you are ready to tie the knot and go forward and make this relationship work'..?He asked with eyebrows up'..

A: hmmm'..

P: Good'.I am sure, next year you will be with us in all the Indian festivals and programs for sure'And the next year after that, I am sure she will get you on the stage to perform bhangra too..'he said laughing'..Angad laughed at him'..

A: No way'.I draw a line at coming to the programs''.He said grinning''

P: We will see bro'..One day, you were not even ready to come to Indian society function'..But still here you are marrying a very traditional, Indian village girl by heart'''He said grinning''.Angad smiled and kept drinking his coke''.

Soon their parents were home and they conveyed message to dadi that they were planning to fix the marriage in couple of months, after Gayatri set the date, with priests consent''.

Couple of days went by and Angad notified his partners that he would join the office in Richmond next week''..He had done most of the work during nights in India, when every one was asleep''..He was planning to stay here permanently and Mr. Bhatia was planning to move over to London to look after Europe and Australia business, where his daughter was''.Mr. Singhania was going to take care of West coast and Chicago side business, while Pratham was going to take care of south east side, leaving the whole north east side to Angad''.Mr. Batra as usual would be looking in India''..After they had worked things out, they were slowly implementing it''.Angad was still the CEO and had a strong hand''.His business sense and outlook in business world was very sharp''

He had done enough of travelling'..Now he wanted to enjoy some time with his family''Stay with Kripa, know her better''be there for his daughter''.Third day, Angad could not take it any more''.He took a small gift he bought for Kripa and went to her house''..He waited for some one to open the door''.Shabd stood there with a grin'..

A: Mein andar aun ya yahan tum aise hi daant dikhate rahoge''he asked rolling his eyes'..

S: what took you so long Mr. Khanna'..he asked chuckling''

Angad did not answer and went in'..He frowned as no one was home''.

A: Saab kahan hai?

S: Saab se tumhara matlab Kripa hai, ya'..Angad rolled his eyes'..

A: Shabd shut up and answer me''.

Shabd chuckled''Pratham office gaya hai, bache, I mean Sneha school gayi hai, Mama aur papa mandir aur Gauri Mahi shopping for Kripa''He said grinning''.

A: ok'.kripa kahan hai'..he asked sighing looking at him making faces''Shabd started laughing''

S: Aab aye na raste pe''Uppar hai apne kamre mein''Mein Anjali aur Krish ko bahar khelne le jata hun''he said grinning at him'.So, he could have some time alone with Kripa''.

A: Mein jaun uppar? He asked unsure, never had he went up till date to Kripa's room''.

Shabd frowned at him a little puzzled and then laughed'..

S: Bro, papa purane khayalat ke hain'..but I am 21^st centuary guy dude''so go ahead, but remember'..papa ghante mein aa jayenge''.garage door open hote hi, niche aa jana'..he said winking''Angad chuckled and slowly walked up'...Shabd was behind him and showed him to Kripa's room, where she was sleeping on the bed with a story book in hand, with Krish and Anjali on either side of her, listening to her''.She looked so lovely as she read to them, making noises and making the kids chuckle'..Shabd grinned at him and slowly walked in''Kripa madam, you have a guest'..he said winking and slowly Kripa brought the book down with a frown to see who it was and was surprised to see Angad''.Common kids, lets play outside''.He said picking Anjali and Krish from either sides and smiling at them''He was gone in seconds and Kripa and Angad just kept staring at eachother''Kripa was the one who blused and looked away and slowly got up''..Angad smiled and looked around her room''.It was beautiful''.With satin white and baby pink furniture''.He grinned and looked at Kripa''..

A: Nice room'..he said smiling at her'..Kripa shyly chuckled''.Angad slowly walked to her, while Kripa looked at him a little breathlessly''.She had been dying to go to his house, but felt too shy to go''.And he had not come too for last 2 days''.He slowly sat next to her and tucked few hairs behind her ear, looking at her''I missed you'..he whispered''..Kripa shyly smiled and looked down'..and then she saw the small present he showed it towards her''Kripa raised her eyebrows and he indicated her to take it and open it''Kripa smiled and carefully opened it'..She was surprised to see the phone in there''..Do saal ke liye prepaid hai, tumhare liye''.Apne paas rakhna, taki mera jab dil chahe, mein tumse baat kar sakun''.he said grinning'..Kripa chuckled shyly and nodded'''.Kuch kahogi nahi'..? prithvi to kehta hai ki tum ghanton baat karti ho saab se'..par aaj to "hi" bhi nahi kaha tumne'.he said grinning''Kripa looked at him breathless''.

K: Woh bas aise hi''Do din kahan the''Angad chuckled'..

A: Yahin tha'..bas himmat juta raha tha ane ki''.Kripa raised her eyebrows and chuckled''Tum kahan thi'..Kripa shrugged''

K: Issi room mein''

A: Meri yaad nahi ayi'...Kripa smiled and kept quite nodding''Ek kaam karte hain Kripa, court marriage kar lete hain aaj hi''he said grinning''we can stay together sooner that way''.Kripa rolled her eyes and chuckled'..

K: Itni aasani se nahi Mr. Khanna''Abhi to sare rasam nibhane hai tumhe''she said grinning''.Itni asani se nahi chutoge''.Mujhe pure riti rivaj ke sath, agni ke samne sath phere lekar apnana hoga''.Tab tak mujhe le jane ke bare mein socho bhi mat''! She said chuckling..'..Angad made faces but chuckled, and suddenly pulled her to him and hugged her''..Kripa was a little taken aback and shuddered a little at his impatience, but then relaxed''.He slowly kissed her neck and shoulders, making her shiver''

A: I don't know, how I am going to stay away from you''.! I am already missing you like crazy since last two days''..Kripa blushed a little''..He relaxed a little after a while and looked at her'''You know what, if we stay here this way for some more time, I won't be able to resist you'''But I don't want to repeat our last session again''This time whe we will be together, I want us to be as Mr. and Mrs. Angad Khanna'..''he whishpered''..Kripa blushed''Angad slowly left her and got up looking at the cd's she had''..He went through her collection, all the while Kripa kept staring at him'..

K: Angad, woh saab hindi songs hai'..Sorry mere paas English ke nahi hai'..

Angad looked at her with a grin''.He then choose love songs and put the cd and gave a hand to Kripa to take it'..Surprised, Kripa slowly put her hand in his,with raised eyebrows''.He just smiled and started dancing for the slow number, pulling her close and slowly dancing, not to strain her much''..She was surprised and smiled at him, and started dancing with him''.The last time they danced was at Sneha's birth'..They stared at eachother smiling''.

Prithvi grinned at everyone and asked Tanya to pass his guitar, giving Kripa a copy of lyrics''Kripa looked at them and smiled and nodded at him to start''

ae Mere Humsafar, Ek Zara Intezaar

sun Sadaayein De Rahi Hain Manzil Pyaar Ki

ae Mere Humsafar, Ek Zara Intezaar

sun Sadaayein De Rahi Hain Manzil Pyaar Ki

ab Hai Judaai Ka Mausam, Do Pal Ka Mehmaan

kaise Naa Jaayega Andhera, Kyoon Naa Thamega Toofan

Prithvi looked at Kripa and indicated her to continue''she smiled shyly ans started singing'..looking at Angad in between, who was staring at her''.

ab Hai Judaai Ka Mausam, Do Pal Ka Mehmaan

kaise Naa Jaayega Andhera, Kyoon Naa Thamega Toofan

kaise Naa Milegi Manzil Pyaar Ki''kripa was lost in his eyes as she sang, a red line appeared near her cheeks''.

ae Mere Humsafar, Ek Zara Intezaar

sun Sadaayein De Rahi Hain Manzil Pyaar Ki

pyaar Ne Jahan Pe Rakha Hai Jhoomke Kadam Ek Baar

vahin Se Khula Hai Koi Rasta, Vahin Se Giri Hai Deewaar

prithvi smiled at her impressed that she had not lost her touch and continued

pyaar Ne Jahan Pe Rakha Hai Jhoom Ke Kadam Ek Baar

vahin Se Khula Hai Koi Rasta, Vahin Se Giri Hai Deewaar

roke Kab Ruki Hai Manzil Pyaar Ki

ae Mere Humsafar, Ek Zara Intezaar

sun Sadaayein De Rahi Hai Manzil Pyaar Ki

Kripa

ae Mere Humsafar, Ek Zara Intezaar

sun Sadaayein De Rahi Hai Manzil Pyaar Ki

THE END'''.