Hey guys, I bring to you Chapter 3. It's been done for quite some time now, I just haven't been on my computer enough to post it. Yeah, I know, I suck lol.
TRANSLATIONS IN ITALICS.
Chapter 3
He had to admit; he thought as he turned his face away to hide his amused smirk, she was quite a sight. She was huddled in a corner, under one of his beautifully grown trees. Clutching a jallebi like her life depended on it. With her other hand she held a silver platter full of the sticky, orange dessert that he despised. Her blowing her nose into a tissue is what brought him out of his thoughts and he remembered the task he was at the poolside for.
"When you're done refilling my pool with your tears, come downstairs. Woh, bidaai ho rahi hai." (The bidaai is happening)
"You're such a jerk, c-can't you see the state that I'm in?"
"Dekho, mera kaam tha bataana. Ab aane ya na aane ki marzi tumhari hai." (My job was telling you, coming or not is your desicion)
He turned leave, when a voice stops him. It wasn't just a voice though, it was the vulnerability that came with it. "Suno." (Listen)
He halted.
She didn't know how to continue, but staring at her Arnav somehow knew what she was trying to say. "Akash is one of the most caring people I know. He'll take care of Payal."
"Sach?" (Really?) If the vulnerability in her voice made Arnav halt in his tracks, looking at her with her doe-like eyes completely unguarded caught him off guard. He was unable to speak. Maybe it was the fear of saying something wrong that made him hold back.
Arnav nodded and offered her his hand. She stared at his hand before ignoring it and getting up with great difficulty. He rolled his eyes at her pride and childishness and walked off. She followed him, still holding her jallebis and went downstairs to bid her sister goodbye.
A couple days later, Garima had found her way into Khushi's room. Khushi was lying on her stomach facing the tv, watching a hindi film. She was in the middle of Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, where Yash Raichand had disowned his adopted son, Rahul and Khushi was in tears. That part got to her everytime and she couldn't help but get emotional. It was only when Garima turned the tv off, she noticed her.
"Kya Amma, Hritik Roshan ki Londan mai entry hone hi vaali thi. Aap bhi na" (What Amma, Hritik Roshan was just about to enter London)
"Khushi, film baad mai dekhlena. Mujhe tums ek zaroori baat karni hai." (Khushi, watch the movie later. I have to talk to you about something important) Just by looking at her Amma's face, Khushi had realized what the topics of her talks were going to be. And Khushi Kumari Gupta did not like it, not one bit.
"Khushi, tumhari umar shaadi ke layik ho gayi hai. Aur ek bahut achha rishta bhi aaya hai. Hume lagta hai ke tumko is lrke se milna chahiye." (Khushi, you have reached the age for marriage, and a proposal has come for you. I think you should meet him.)
"Amma, hum sirf athaara (18) saal ke hai!" (Amma, I'm only 18!)
Aur do mahino mai, tum 19 ho jaao gi!" (And in 2 months, you'll be 19!)
"Hum shaadi nahin karna chahte, aap kyun nahin samaj rahe?" Khushi was frustrated by her mother's lack of understanding. Didn't she realize she was only 18? (I don't want to gt married, why don't you understand?)
Garima gave a resigned sigh, "At least tum mil to lo, us mai to koi harj nahin hai, na?" (Atleast meet him, there's no loss in that, right?)
Khushi didn't respond, she just turned her movie back on and watched it.
"Waisey Khushi, uska naam bhi Rahul hai." (Khushi, his name is Rahul too) Khushi's ears perked up at that, she looked at her mother and raised an eyebrow. "Meet him at the coffee shop at 3" Khushi went back to her movie. Maybe she should meet this Rahul character, would he be like Shah Rukh Khan?
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Edited by pinkpinkers - 12 years ago
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