PART 13 (i)
"And that is how we became friends." I ended our story and auntie could not stop laughing. "You both are hilarious." Auntie said between fits of her laughter. "She calls you Casanova!" Auntie laughed again. "Common now auntie it is not funny. You should scold her and tell her to not call me that." I whined and that made auntie laugh harder.
"Okay okay." She said after a minute trying to control her laugher. "If she calls you Casanova in front of everyone! And what else does she call you? Ullu? Brainless?" There auntie started laughing again. "Like mother like daughter."
Auntie raised her eyebrow at me and I said it again, "Like mother like daughter. Your daughter too never leaves a stone unturned when she gets to tease me." I pouted and sat stubbornly. I thought auntie was on my side and now she is teasing me just like her cribber daughter. "I thought you were on my side!" I whined again.
"Only when she is around. When she is not then I get to tease you too." I looked at auntie in shock. "Oh now I know where Manvi got her genes from. She is just like you!"
"Like mother like daughter remember?" Auntie teased me again.
"Auntyyy." I whined for the umpteenth time.
"Okay fine. I'll make it up to you. If you want to annoy Manvi call her chipkali or nakchadi. Her grandfather calls her that and she hates it to the core." Auntie laughed some more. This is amazing! I can bond with auntie and learn more tricks to annoy Manvi. Oh this is going to be so much fun. "Auntie what else annoys her?" I asked excitedly.
Auntie looked around to make sure that no one was around. "Oh the littlest of things annoy her and then she'll charge at you like an enraged bull. Tell me what you know and I'll give you my list." Auntiewhispered.
Man Manvi's mom is so cool and fun. I wonder why she keeps complaining about how her mom is a total hitler and A control freak! "Auntie you are so cool. Why does Manvi keep complaining about you?" I asked curiously.
"Oh I can't show her this side of me. Her dad already pampers her and gives her everything she asks for. If I am not strict with her she will be out of control, not that she isn't already." Auntie rolled her eyes. Man this is freaky! Aunty is just like Manvi especially the eye rolling thing that auntie just did.
"Okay in my list the things that annoy Manvi are: if you tell her what to do, if you don't listen to her, if you hug her or show her that you care about her." Thinking some more I continued, "If you pay for her, you know like at restaurants and stuff she hates that too." I placed my finger on my chin, "Hmm she also gets annoyed if you call her names and thanks to you I know some more names to call her. She gets annoyed like hell if you are late even though she is never on time herself." I rolled my eyes at the last part and continued, "If you make plans with her and cancel it later that irks her too even though she ditches you half the time." "Oh yes she gets extremely mad when a guy hits on her. She thinks she is some boxing champ and can knock anybody out." I laughed remembering how she was about to kick a 260 lbs guy and I told auntie about it too. "Trust me auntie she thought she could knock him down. He was so freaking big even I was scared! I had to drag her out of there otherwise we would both get our asses kicked."
Auntie shook her head at the story. "That is my Manvi, careless and irrational. She never thinks before reacting. When she was in kindergarten she would fight with kids of middle school. We got a complaint from her day care on the first day itself. She slapped one of her classmates and we had to apologize to the kid's parents."
"She is one piece." We both said it together.
"You have quite a lot of ways to annoy her. I'll add some to your already long list." Auntie whispered and I listened carefully.
"Make or order Manvi's favorite food but make it spicy. She can't eat spicy food at all but she can't keep from eating her favorite food. If you wake her up from her sleep, oh boy that is a death sentence for you right there. Turn the ac on when she is in a room, she gets cold fast and if you keep decreasing the temperature she'll be mad! Tell her she acts like a kid. Oh her new one is when I praise you or bond with you. But remember you have to do it subtly. If she knows you are doing it intentionally then she'll kill you. Take your time and do it one at a time then enjoy the show." Auntie was literally beaming by the end.
"Wow auntie how old are you? I can't believe you do all these just to annoy your daughter!"
"Common now don't judge me. It is fun to get a reaction out of her. You have no idea the things she does to annoy me. We are equal you know." "Anyway you are no different than me. I know you wore this over the top formal outfit and bought a bouquet just to get her mad." Auntie said smugly. Uh oh I got caught. I placed by hand behind my neck and guiltily looked at her, "You figured it out?"
"Of course I did. I'm not stupid Virat. You kids think you are so much smarter than us, oh how wrong you are. But I must say good plan. I did see her almost snapping your head off outside."
"You saw that too?" I said completely shocked. "Of course. By the way do you know why she was so mad for the way you dressed up?" Auntie questioned me.
What a strange question. Obviously I know. "Because she does not want me to bond with you. She is jealous." I said with an obvious tone. Auntie shook her head and asked again, "True but there is a bigger reason."
Now this is getting interesting. "What is it?"
"She does not want you to impress me because she thinks that if I get impressed by you or if you act too nice then everytime she introduces me to someone she wants to date I will compare him with you and then reject the guy."
Oh really? This was the main reason Manvi didn't want me to bond with her mom? Who is she thinking to date anyway? Why didn't she tell me? Oh don't tell me she is thinking about dating Chris, her ex, again. That guy is a douche and she deserves much better. Arghh Manvi why are you so stupid? I will deal with her and her plans to date someone later, lets get more information from auntie right now.
"Really? Interesting. So do you know who she is thinking to date?" Looking around to make sure she wasn't around I whispered.
Auntie looked at me without blinking her eyes like I had just uttered a blasphemy. "No I don't know. You are her best friend you are supposed to know that. Frankly speaking I don't think she is interested in anyone right now."
Thank god. I finally feel so relieved. Manvi is not interested in anyone, phew. I don't have to worry about any douche bag eyeing her. Scratch that, I still have to because that Chris has been trying to act too friendly with her recently.
"By the way auntie speaking of the devil where is she?" I inquired. I am having a great time with auntie but I miss her. When she is around things get going, you know like time just passes by.
Auntie looked around, "Ahh she is still in her ego trip. She will be hungry soon though. My guess is that she will be down in less than five minutes. Lets set up dinner till then. Give me a hand will you?"
We both stood up and headed towards the kitchen. I was helping auntie reheat the food and set up plates on the dinner table when she asked me the forbidden question, "So Virat tell me something about your family."
I nervously looked down and gave her a quick answer, "Ermm there is nothing much really. I live her with my father and step mom, his ex wife and rest of his family is in India."
Aunty nodded and didn't say anything. After a minute she looked at the clock and announced, "Dinner is set and Manvi will be downstairs within a minute. I'm sure she is dying of hunger upstairs."
Before we moved out of the kitchen Auntie placed her hand over mine and softly said, "Virat beta I am Manvi's mom and I'm no less than a mother to you. Always remember that."
To give me some space auntie went towards the dining area while I stood in the kitchen thinking over her words. How easily she saw through me! I didn't say a word to her, I didn't tell her I missed having a family and yet she understood. My own mother never bothered to understand me yet auntie did without me having to tell her anything.
There I hear some noise outside, Manvi madam must be back from her 'ego trip.'
She was already arguing with her mom. "Mom why didn't you make any dessert?"
"First dinner then dessert Manvi." Her mom scolded her and like a two year old she began fighting again, "What does it matter? It is all going in my stomach anyway so why does order matter? I want dessert first."
Right then I entered the dining area and she glared at me. "Oh you are still here? Time to go. Bye." She came towards me ready to kick me out.
"Manviii." Her mom warned her.
"Manvi don't worry. I have told auntie to not compare your future dates with me. So even if you bring a tool home aunty will be fine. Right auntie?"
Trying hard to suppress her laughter auntie smiled and nodded.
There were literally fumes coming out of Manvi's ears and she was red with embarrassment. "You you." She pointed her finger at me, and was ready to jump at me when auntie stopped her. "Manvi enough. Go call Janvi and tell her dinner is ready."
"What? Janvi is not in her room mom. You don't know where she is?" Manvi asked her mom. Right then Janvi entered the house through the front door. Before auntie could react Manvi almost ran towards her yelling on the way, "Janvi come here."
Poor girl was scared seeing her sister ready to bite her head off. "Yes di." She said nervously and walked towards Manvi. "Where the hell were you? And why didn't you inform anyone?" Manvi yelled. Okay what the hell is going on? Manvi is acting like she is Janvi's mom while Janvi's real mom is just watching the scene.
"Oh Manvi I forgot. She did tell me she was going out with her friends." Auntie quickly came to Janvi's rescue.
"Mom you don't get in the middle of this. Janvi where were you?" Asked an extremely angry Manvi.
"I was out with some friends at a concert." Janvi answered innocently.
"With whose permission?" Manvi asked sternly and Janvi quietly answered, "I did ask mom."
"Mom doesn't know your friends I do. Next time you set a foot outside this house, YOU ASK ME. Get it?" How funny is this!? Manvi never listens to anyone, she is completely rebellious but she wants her sister to ask for HER permission. Oh my god this is hilarious. I could not control myself any longer so I laughed out loud and soon auntie joined in too.
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