Destiny, Fate & Love Thread 1. Chapter 1 - 42. - Page 4

Originally posted by: Arsha_Magic

Amazing

CHAPTER 5. AN EVENTFUL DAY COMES TO AN END

Place - Kothi at Lucknow

The Raizada family entered the Kothi and turned towards their room when Anjali noticed that both her brothers were sitting on the sofa looking very lost. She wobbled towards them with Shyam in tow. She sat in between them while Shyam took to the couch. Anjali looked from Akash's dreamy expression to Arnav's amused expression and questioned them, "Chote, Chutke! Tum dono theek toh ho?" Both her brothers kept quiet. Anjali was surprised. Arnav and Akash always responded to Chote and Chutke respectively as only she and Nani called them that but today they did not respond at all. Anjali felt confused. She slowly moved closer to Akash and whispered in his ear, "Sab theek to hai, Chutke? Kisi bhoot ko dekha kya?" "Nahin. Miss. Chham Chham ko dekha. Haaye!" Akash mumbled dreamily, got up from the sofa and went to his room. Anjali was baffled. What's wrong with him? She wondered. She turned towards her Chote, placed her hand on his shoulder and shook him. Arnav looked at her with a start and raised his eyebrow. "Kahaan khoye ho?", Anjali asked. Arnav stuttered, "Who….Di…who….main….woh…..Afreen." Anjali shook his shoulder once more and in a tensed voice questioned again, "Tum theek to ho na, Chote?" Arnav came out of trance stared at his Di and mumbled "I am fine." And walked away. Anjali was confused. What had happened just now? Anjali wondered. She turned towards Shyam and asked him, "Inhein kya hua?" Shyam shook his head wondering what had happened to his brother-in-laws, especially his favourite Saale-Saab, Arnav.

Place - Khushi's House at Lucknow

Khushi and Payal entered their house with a lost expression on their faces. Garima walked towards them with a smiling face when she noticed their faces and the boxes in their hands. She mistook their expression and thought they were sad. Shashi questioned them, "Ka hua bitiya aisan mooh latkaaye kyon khadi ho? Oo Kothiwaalon ko mithaai naahi pasand aayi ka?" Payal fumbled with words when Khushi replied, "Udhar koi tha nahi babuji. Kothi poora chaanane ke baad, woh watchman ne bataya ke ghar mein koi nahin hai." "Sivaai us Rakshas ke!"mumbled Khushi. Payal, supporting her sister, spoke up, "Haan! Babuji wahaan koi nahin tha." And spoke in her mind with a smile, 'Sivaai us Rajkumar ke!' Garima smiled at them and spoke, "Toh theek hai na, phir kabhi koshish karlena. Ab chalo, kapde badlo, mooh haath dholo, hum tabhai tak khaana paroste hain." Payal and Khushi nodded their heads and walked of to their rooms.

Place - Maan's Room at Khurana Mansion, Delhi

Maan, dressed in his Black Vest and Track Pants, stared at the moon and wondered. When will he meet his life partner? When his loneliness would go away? After Sameera left he promised himself that he would marry only for love. But the type of girl he wanted seemed nowhere in this world. He thought. He opened his mobile and switched on the radio. Maan had a habit of listening to songs whenever he felt lonely in life. He was deep into his thoughts when the radio belted out a song:

Jaaneja Dhoondta Phir Raha

Hoon Tumhein Raat Din

Mein Yahaan Se Wahaan

Maan tried to control his smile when he could not resist. He grinned and started laughing. How did the radio station people know what he was thinking?. The song went on.

Mujhko Awaaz Do

Kho Gaye Ho Sanam

Tum Kahaan Main Yahaan

Tum Kahaan Main Yahaan

Maan wished there was someone who would say Main Yahaan for him but shook his head at his own foolish thoughts and moved towards his bed and lied down.

Place - Khushi's House at Lucknow

Payal blushed as she thought of the Rajkumar of Kothi. He was handsome that's for sure, Payal thought. She could not believe that he had flirted with her and she had actually flirted back. But suddenly she came out of her lala land. It was no use dreaming about him, Payal thought dejectly. I may not meet him again. "Pyaari, Payal Kumariji", she mumbled to herself, "Apne sapnon se baahar niklo aur asli duniya dekho. Woh Rajkumar wahaan tha toh woh Kothi usiki hui. Toh itni badi Kothi ka maalik humein thodi na pasand karega. Aur pasand karliya toh bhi kya uske parivar waale ek halwai ki beti se uski shaadi hone denge kya? Payal bitiya, sapne dekhna band karo aur so jaao."

Place - Akash's Room at Kothi, Lucknow

While Payal was in sleep deeply, her Raajkumar could not sleep. Afterall his sleep was solen by Miss. Chham-Chham. Akash tossed and turned but sleep was not touching his eyes. He got up and promised himself. The moment he met her again, he was not going to let her go. He will just drag her to the first person he meets from his family and tell them to get him married to her or else forget about his marriage. Already Arnav seemed against marriage, now Akash threatening not to marry; the whole family would get scared and get him married to Payal. Akash smiled and went back to his tossing and turning.

Place - Somewhere in Hoshiarpur

Geet felt like crying but her tears had dried long back. So many dreams she had seen! She remembered her first dream. She was nine years when during one of her visits to her cousin's house, a visit to Taj Mahal was planned. She was mesmerized by the structure and had wanted to make such structures herself. When her family heard this, her cousins had laughed at her, but her Veere had told her that to make such structures, she had to become an architect. That's when she had decided to study Architecture. She remembered how she had begged and pleaded with Daarji and Papaji when she passed her 12^th with top score in whole junior college. Finally they had allowed and had sent her to Hostel in Chandigarh and she started studying for B.Arch in Punjab University. Even though Brij Veerji came every week to check on her, she was happy with her new freedom. Oh! How happy she had been this summer vacation! Geet thought. One more year and she would be known as an Architect, the first Architect of her village. Her Daarji had been so proud when many villagers and even tourists had praised him for giving his grand-daughter a chance to study.

Geet remembered her second dream. She was fourteen and it had been the last trip to her cousins' house, though at that time she did not know that. Her Veera who was 19 had told her that Khurana Constructions was the best Construction firm in India and many Architects dreamed of joining it but only few got the chance. That's when made the resolution that she would get into KC once she became an architect. In her College also, many students had the ambition of joining KC. Hearing this made her resolution more stronger and she studied more harder. She had topped each year till now. She had been so happy when she came home few days back. One more year and she would join KC, her dream. But she did not know that her dreams were so close to be fulfilled yet would seem so impossible one day. After two months, if she did not join College, she will have to waste one year and that would become a black mark in her resume and her dream of joining KC would be nothing but a dream. She slowly leaned back and looked at the moon from the window high above and sang in a low voice :

Saare Sapne Kahin Kho Gaye

Haaye Hum Kya Se Kya Hogaye

Saare Sapne Kahin Kho Gaye

Haaye Hum Kya Se Kya Hogaye

Her dreams, all lost in oblivion. How much this song reflected her thoughts! When she had first heard this song, she was confused. How some one could be so pessimistic to think in such a way. She always believed that if we tried hard we can fulfil our dreams. But today, she understand what the poet was trying to tell. She slowly looked up as if she was looking at her Babaji and sang:

Koi Shikwa Na Koi Gila Hain

Tumse Kab Humko Yeh Gham Mila Hain

Koi Shikwa Na Koi Gila Hain

Tumse Kab Humko Yeh Gham Mila Hain

Haan Naseeb Apne Hi So Gaye

Haaye Hum Kya Se Kya Hogaye

Saare Sapne Kahin Kho Gaye

Haaye Hum Kya Se Kya Hogaye

Saare Sapne Kahin Kho Gaye

Haaye Hum Kya Se Kya Hogaye

Geet slowly weeped for her broken and lost dreams not knowing that one day her dreams would get fulfilled. (Writer promises pinching her throat and nodding her head)

Place - Arnav's Room in Kothi, Lucknow

While Geet weeped her heart out, Arnav stared at moon helplessly. "Afreen", he mumbled as he stared at the moon as if he could see her in it. He could not believe that he was attracted to a village belle. But then it was not his fault. In Delhi, all girls practically throw themselves on him, and here this girl was actually scared of him. And above on that, girls in Delhi put so much make-up and yet they would not look as beautiful as girl who did not even wear a simple lipstick, forget about make-up. Arnav remembered the way she felt in his arms and smirked. "Go to sleep, Arnav. And stop acting like an idiot.", Arnav coached himself as he turned towards his bed.

Place - Khushi's Place, Lucknow

While Arnav was thinking positively about Khushi, praising her as Afreen i.e. beautiful, he would have been appalled to know that Khushi was actually cursing him. "Us Rakshas ki toh! Samajhte kya hain apne aapko. Humko chodenge nahin! Humko! Dekha, hum apna haath chudakar bhaag aaye na. Hum bhi Khushi Kumari Gupta hain, itni aasan nahin humse jeetna! Aur kya keh rahe the woh? Hum unki Khushi hain? Humara bas chale toh unhein joote padvaayein. Bach gaye who humse! Varna unki khair nahin hoti aaj!" Khushi went on swearing and did not know when she went to sleep.

Khushi opened her eyes and looked around. She was back into the Kothi and in the same room. She turned around and noticed some one coming closer but the person's face was not visible. She backed away in fear when she slammed into a pillar. She winced and noticed that the person was coming more closer. Slowly the shadows covering him vanished and she saw his face. It was the Rakshas from the Kothi. He came closer and opened his mouth and bit into her neck.

"AAAH", Khushi screamed as she opened her eyes and looked around. She was in her room. She checked herself. It was just a nightmare. Thankfully, no one in the house woke up or else there would have been questions. She huffed, thanked her Devi Maiyya for saving her, cursed the Rakshas and went back to sleep.

P.S. The first song is from the Movie, Jawani Diwani, sung by KishoreDa and Asha Ji. It was picturised on Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bachchan.

The second song was sung by Alka Yagnik, Written by Javed Akhtar Saab. It is from an album. I don't know any other details but you will find it in youtube if you search for Saare Sapne.

P.P.S Did you read the note in the above post? If no then go and read it. Here is the link : https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/56224435

Originally posted by: spvd

part 3
nice part...
so Maan is waiting for the right girl for him...
Tara is so nice...

Originally posted by: spvd

part 4
nice part...
Khushi mistook Arnav as some bad guy...
and Arnav is so besotted by Khushi...

Originally posted by: suhaaana

Loved it waiting for geets dream to b fulfilled

Originally posted by: spvd

part 5
OMG different thoughts...
nice part...
only if Arnav comes to know what his Afreen is thinking about him...
Akaash's thoughts were funny...
Khushi's dream will never ever allow her to think nice about Arnav...
cont soon dear...