PART 3
Life has a high tendency to move on, holding on and letting go of so many things at the same time. Something like that was happening with Nupur's life. Since rejecting Mayank she had inevitably thought about him. Many times. Besides she had sort of lied to her parents and she was guilty.
It isnt easy for a girl to reject an eligible guy, so Nupur told her parents that Mayank intended to go abroad after this marriage and she didnt want to leave her family or country.
A perfect lie to save the situation but it made her feel guilty like anything. That in itself brought the memory of her meeting with Mayank back.
Inspite of all that she heard , it was obvious that Mayank was a gentleman and in 21st century that happens to be the biggest compliement for any man.
However, weeks passed by, and Gunjan's finally dropped the topic of giving Mayank's proposal a second chance because she was sure, ''by this time any girl with a sane mind would have snatched him as a husband!''
thus Nupur recieved the news of family friend's and her childhood friends Divya's wedding news with much excitement. Specially because this meant she would be meeting Piya (Divya's younger sister) and she was surely missing her.
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''nupurrr!''
nupur had just entered Gupta's mansion and was greeted by the loud shout accompanied by two arms hugging her tightly.
Without looking at the person, Nupur grinned and hugged Piya Gupta, ''piyaaa!''
they both giggled and hugged for a while until a third voice interupted the reunion, ''sharam karo piya! Shadi mere ho rahe hai! Nupur mujhse milne aye hai! Tm awein frank ho rahe ho! Nupurrr!''
nupur didnt had to break away from Piya's hug because Divya had already placed her arms around them both for a big, trio hug.
Piya: ''di! Peeche hato! Kya kr rahe ho? Mehandi lage na mujhe! Phir dekhna!''
divya: ''to? Tm hat jao! Ab nupur ko to hug krna hai na meine? Kyun nupur?''
piya: ''di aap..''
Nupur: (raising her voice to be heard above their bickering) ''i surely missed u both!''
smiling the three moved away to look at eachother and that is when Nupur finally saw the glow on Divya's face.
''aray wah jee wah! Itne ronaq chehre per? Lagta hai jiju to kuch zyada he pyar krte hain!''
divya instantly blushed and Nupur winked at Piya who quickly joined in, ''aisa wese? Pata hai? Jiju di ko din mein kam se kam 4 calls krte hain! Aur call aate he, di room mein chali jati hain! Najane akele mein kya kya baaten krni hoti hain!''
Nupur: ''aray aise kya baaten krte ho tm jiju se Divya??''
the teasing proved to be directly propotional to Divya's blushing and it was only when Mrs Gupta came to greet Nupur and take Divya away to try some dresses, that Nupur and Piya basked in the warmth of their Divya's happiness.
Nupur: ''who would have thought Divya will turn out to be a blushing bride?''
Piya: ''not me!''
they again grinned and Piya took Nupur to her room.
Piya: ''u r sharing ur room with me. Hope thats okay.''
nupur: ''that is perfect! So now how about u blurt it out?''
piya: ''huh?''
nupur: ''oh come on Piya! The extra tight hug u gave me and they way u keep opening ur moth to say something but stop in between gave your secret away! What happened?''
piya: (sitting on bed and sighing) ''Nupur you know Akash na? As in he is so conscious about our status difference. Uper se jiju is pretty rich so he said he wanted a year atleast to get a proper position in the multi national company he works in.. So that mum dad will accept him with a clear heart..''
nupur knew all about Akash and Piya ofcourse. They had been classfellows and had fallen in love. Mr and Mrs Gupta had agreed to the relation a bit reluctantly due to Akash's and Piya's status difference. But now, that Akash had got a job in the multi national company Nupur thought things would be smooth enough.
Nupur: ''i dont get it Piya. I mean uncle aunty likes Akash and now his job.. Whats the problem Piya?''
Piya: ''problem is ke koi NIR larka hai.. Larkian deekhne aya hua hai and mum dad were like, ''aik baar dekh lo.. Mil lo..'' blah blah.. (she sighed and leaned on Nupur) i understant their point of view.. I truly do.. But for me its always going to be Akash..''
Nupur hugged Piya and frowned, ''kab aa raha hai wo tmen milne?''
Piya: ''he is already here. Divya Di ke shadi mein invited the uske family.. So he came..''
nupur: ''ummm.. Any plans?''
Piya: ''many.. U r with me right?''
nupur: ''without any doubt ever..''
Piya smiled and got up, ''chalo phir u get ready, phir i will make you meet him.''
nupur: ''jo hukum sar kar!''
nupur gave Piya a fake bow and earned a giggle from her friend before she left the room.
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when Nupur entered the funtion hall , it was dominated by music and the most amazing colorful arrangement. She quickly went and hugged Divya and then joined Piya who was definitely charged up to greet that NIR.
Nupur: (side hugging her) aya wo?
Piya: ''kahan! Itne to nakhre hongay sir jee ke! Matlab had hai! Mera to uske shakal dekhna ka bhe mood nahe sachi! I sooo wish he doesnt comes at a...''
Piya's statement turned into a loud groan and Nupur knew the subject of their discussion has arrived. Turning towards the entrance to see who the person was, Nupur got the surprise of her life. Thankfully Piya ramble against him started just then and Nupur's shocked expression was lost on Piya as was the one word she breathed quietly, ''Mayank?''
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