Part 23
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An hour later Sanya arrived with Riddhi to Suhana's apartment.
Suhana received them at the door and hugged Sanya,"thank u," she whispered to both Sanya and Riddhi.
"mumma, papa meet my friends Sanya and Ayesha," Suhana introduced.
"Hello aunty, hello uncle," Sanya said cheerfully hugging Suhana's mum and shaking her dad's hand as though she'd known them years already. Riddhi also followed her lead.
"So Ayesha, Suhana bata rahi thi ke tumne use ye flat dilaya," Mr. Bajpai asked. Suhana looked worried.
"haan, actually Suhana ne mujhe phone kiya tha jab usse purana flat vacant karna padha, mein yahan ki landlady ko janti hoon isliye Suhana ko ye flat dikhaya," Riddhi lied easily.
They talked for a while and then Suhana's parent's had to visit relatives on the other side of the city so wanted to leave.
"Uncle, Aunty mein personally app dono ko invite kar rahi hoon apni shaadi mein, please do come," Sanya said. Mrs Bajpai assured her they would.
"Ok Aunty kya Suhana ko hum apne saath shaadi ki shopping ke liye leja sakte hai?" Riddhi asked. Mrs. Bajpai agreed.
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The three girls were in Sanya's car.
"Thank you so much Riddhi," Suhana said.
"No problem Suhana," Riddhi said smiling, "bhabhi can you pull over into that building, just wait for me, I'll be about 15-20 minutes," she instructed Sanya who followed her instructions. Riddhi left while Sanya and Suhana sat in the car.
"What happened?" Sanya asked, "Or rather what is happening, you look miserable, from what I've heard Ayaan is in a state…what's the problem in telling your parents about you and Ayaan?"
"San I'm scared, what if my parents for some reason don't approve of Ayaan, I can't lose him neither can I go against them, I'm scared I'll have to choose someone and I can't because I love these three people more than life, what do I do?" Suhana said tears welling up in her eyes.
"Be honest, with yourself, to Ayaan and to your parents we're all here to convince them if it comes to that," Sanya said getting out of the car and going round to Suhana's side of the door. She opened it and pulled Suhana out and into a hug.
"Don't you trust Ayaan to make everything perfect like he always does, he'll turn the world upside down before he makes you choose between your family and him," Sanya reassured her.
Suhana wiped her tears ,"I've made such a mess of this….I need to sort it out…I need to get to Ayaan now…San can you drive me"
"yes, just let Ridzi come then we'll go to your Ayaan,"
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Riddhi came after a while, in the time Sanya found out from Rohan that Ayaan was at home.
By the time she'd pulled over into Ayaan's driveway she saw her dad's car there, it must be Dhruv she thought.
Suhana half ran to the door which JP opened. Inside in the louge Ayaan was sitting with Dhruv.
"oh I don't care, I'll wear whatever the dress code is, no need for designer…I'll order something from the stores," Ayaan said without interest, he was looking at something on his laptop screen.
The sound of Riddhi's heels caught their attention. Ayaan saw that standing with Sanya and Riddhi was Suhana with slightly puffy eyes.
"bhai, you've not seen Ayaan's garden na post renovations, lemme show you," Sanya said lousily, it was the first excuse that came to her mind.
"yh sure," Dhruv said understanding that Sanya wanted to give Suhana and Ayaan privacy.
Once the three of them left Suhana and Ayaan looked at each other. Suhana walked towards him, as she approached he turned to leave but she held onto his arm.
"I let you go once, I won't let you go again," she said making him face her. Ayaan was about say something but she put a finger to his lip to stop him, "you asked so many questions in the morning and didn't let me answer at least let me answer them now…from where I'm standing Mr Ayaan Juneja I see us one day where Rohit and Sanya are today…planning our big day….I see us together not for just a long time but forever, I love everything about us …I want it to last for a lifetime but I was scared that what if after my parents find out about us they disapprove…Ayaan that day you said very easily that you'd choose love over family…I can't do the same," Suhana said
"And I'm not asking you to, am I" Ayaan said, she shoock her head and he carried on, "by the way why would they disapprove of me, I'm Mumbai's 7th most eligible bachelor, hot and handsome, rich toh hun hi and I love you more than anything in the life,"
"And you're very modest too," she laughed moving into his open arms and resting her head against his chest, "I'm sorry…actually mein itni badi duffer hun, I don't know how to handle these situations like you do…I should have got you to meet mum and dad yesterday itself…now we'll have to wait til tomorrow when they come back from our relative's place,"
"It's ok…now I have one day to pick up tips from Rohit on how to set the right impression," Ayaan said. They broke apart to see each other's expression, they mutually lent in for a kiss. A couple of seconds later they broke apart as the heard a loud SMASH. JP had dropped the tray carrying a glass of juice at the sight of them
"opps," Ayaan said as Suhana blushed furiously.
"s..s..sorry bhai..woh…" JP mumbled
"koi baat nahin…tum saaf karlo," Ayaan said struggling to hold back his laughter, "waise Suhana tumne bhi mera garden nahin dekha na…come I'll show you"
Both were having a fit of laughter once outside. Suhana's arm was around his waist and his around her shoulder.
Sanya, Dhruv and Riddhi who were sitting at the wall came round.
"See all problems sorted, mein hamesha kehti hoon na, baat karne se he baat banti hai," Riddhi smiled.
"tujhe Airtel kitne paise deti hai live pracharan ke liye?" Dhruv asked
"ok now that everything is cool with you guys I have an announcement to make," Sanya said, "my to-be-husband loves me so much that he doesn't want a bachelor trip with strippers and bar dancers and all that, he wants a vacation, and so do I…I mean all us friends on a trip together to…." She looked at Ayaan, "Goa…well we can change venue if you want but please all of you guys agree to it…who knows when we'll all be together like this…we all have work and what now, bhai will go back to London, Ridzie will start her career…so please can we all go,"
"yes ok! Tere aur rohit ke liye kuch bhi" Ayaan said
"I can't come," Suhana said, everyone looked surprised at her, "guys I'm a doctor, I have to work and have a duty to my patients…I've already taken this week off…I'm booking holidays for your wedding…I can't take any more days off work"
"fine but you're still going…next week Thursday you'll have night shift, once that's finished we'll drive…by Friday night we'll be in Goa and you don't have to be at work til Monday morning," Ayaan said.
"You are unbelievable," Suhana said.
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Precap: "Mumma, Papa, this is Ayesha…I mean Ayaan who I've been calling Ayesha all this time to you guys…who you met yesterday was Riddhi, Sanya's nanad…me and Ayaan are seeing each other" Suhana said to her parents.
Geet - Hui Sabse Parayee
Advocate Anjali Awasthi
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