Arranged Love~An ArShi Fanfic [Ch~4 on Pg 39] - Page 11

" Ohh..crap..Gupta Mansion mein itni shanti..,..that's unusual, very unusual.( Ohh..crap..this much silence in Gupta Mansion..,..that's unusual, very unusual.) " thought Khushi, as she quietly sneaked inside the mansion.

" Lagta hai, Payal Di ne Church wedding waali baat, sabko bata Di hai! Hey Devi Mayiyaa, ab andar sabhi apna-apna emotional weapon lekar taiyaar honge, kissi ke aansu aur kissi ke pyaar se sanjoy hue sapne, what the...itni typical Hindi...Oh...its not the time to think of language, just take deep breath and get ready to face some emotional atyachaar! ( I think, that Payal Di has told everyone about the Church Wedding. Oh Devi Mayiyaa, everybody, inside there will be ready with their very own emotional weapons, somebody's tears, someone's dreams, what the...why am I speaking typical Hindi...Oh...its not the time to think of language, just take deep breath and get ready to face some emotional atyachaar!) " Khushi muttered and went inside the mansion.

" Beta, main yeh nahi keh raha hoon, ki Church Wedding, aapka sapna, aapki desires about getting married are wrong. What the problem here is that, ki ab sab invites bhej diye hain, shaadi 2 din baad hai and now...! Its not the money I care about, what I wanna say is that wedding ki saari arrangements ho chuki hai, aurr jahan aapki wedding hogi, wahan aas paas koi church bhi nahi hai and moreover how'll Aakaash and Dharm react to all this. Aapko humme pehle hi bata dena chahiye tha beta, its too late now. ( Payal Beta, I am not against the concept of ther Church Wedding, what the problem is that, we have send all the invites, just 2 days are left in wedding, all the arrangements are done and there is no church close to the wedding palace. We can at-least trt to handle this, but how will Dharm and Aakaash react to this. You should have told us earlier, now its too late! ) Shashi rubbed his forehead lightly.

" Aurr waise bhi Payal, teri shaadi toh ho hi rahi hai na, tujhe toh dulhe se matlab hona chahiye! Tu aam kha, guthliyaan mat gin. ( And Payal, your wedding is going to happen after-all! You just enjoy, don't think about anything else. )" Dadi spoke in a melodramatic way, actually in her style!

Payal held back her tears, her dream was breaking into pieces and she couldn't do anything. She consoled herself and nodded in agreement for the traditional Indian wedding! Khushi was hiding behind a pillar, glancing on what is happening and at what moment she can add her Nanit in the conversation, so going on.

" Waise Dad, aapko nahi lagta, humm log kuch miss kar rahe hain. ( Dad, don't you think, that we are missing something! ) " Anjali eyed the pillar suspiciously, exactly the one, behind which Khushi was hiding.

" What???" asked Shashi.

" Is sab discussion mein, Payal ka supporting system..( Well...here we are discussing about Payal's marriage, then where is Payal's supporting system..

)" Anjali slowly came forward towards the pillar, signalling everybody to keep quiet. " Payal ki one woman army..( Payal's one woman army )" another step, the family members smirked, " aaj, Aakaash yahaan Payal ko support karne k liye nahi aayi. ( is not here to support Payal ) " Anjali just stood still.

" Kaisi behan hai, yahaan Payal itni udaas hai, aurr Khush...( What kind of sister she is, here Payal is so sad and there Khush..)" Anjali said dramatically. And she got what she wanted, Khushi came forward and said, " Arre main toh yahin par hoon..main Payal Di ke liye hi to...( Hey, I am here only. I just came early because of Payal Di only...)" Khushi Nanit her tongue as Anjali held her ear.

" Badmaash...chup chup kar hum sabke reactions and actions note kar rahi thi, taaki correct time par apni baat keh sake..Teri toh... ( Badmaash...you were hiding over there, behind that pillar, in order to note our actions and reactions, so that you can add your point at the correct point, in between our discussion. ) " Anjali twisted her ear more but lightly, not hurting Khushi.

" Khushi..." Shashi glared.

" Khush tu aa gayi.." Payal said happily, Garima joined too.

" Bas...! ( Enough..!) " Dadi raised her hand, " Arre Aakaash toh meri bacchi aayi hai, aur tum log uske peeche hi pad gaye..( My dear child has just arrived now, and you all are ready with your glares and wishes..)" Dadi said, and Khushi hugged Dadi.

" Dad.." Khushi started, " I know, that Di is kindda filmy types, you know, when she realized what is marriage exactly, she dreamt of a Church wedding. And you only taught us, to follow our dreams. So what's wrong with Di's dream." Khushi asked as much innocently as she could.

" Beta baat yeh nahi hai, ki we are against Payal's wish ( Beta, we are not against Payal's wishes and dreams). " Shashi sighed and continued, " Baat what exactly the matter is, that, there is no Church near the wedding palace, and infact the Church which is most close to that palace, is about 50 Kms away ( I'm seriousy bad at speed-time and distance equations, so just bear it!) and moreover the invites have been send, nothing can happen now! " Shashi spoke firmly.

" Hey! Devi Mayiyaa..." Khushi slapped her forehead, " Kaisi family hai meri, ek chotti si problem ko itna bada bana rakha hai, infact yeh bhi koi problem hai! ( What kind of family is mine, you all are making this thing a huge problem, infact, is it really a problem!! ) " Khushi was annoyed fully.

" You're talking, as if you have the solution. Do you? " Anjali asked.

" Of-course, mere paas har problem ka solution hai.( Of-course, I have solution to each and every problem. )" Khushi raised the collars of her shirt.

" Listen guys, sabhi guests, khud hi palace aayenge, apni apni cars mein, humm log unhe uthakar toh laane se rahe! Jab guests palace pohoncenge, tab starters serve kar diye jayenge, just like it was planned. Then after the starters, we can instruct them to be at the church. Matlab, we can pay some people to direct the guests to the Church, our drivers, even some of us can do that. After the Church wedding, we can have the dinner over there. Sab kuch vahi hai, bas Pandit Ji aur mandap ki kami hogi. ( Listen guys, we can direct the guests, from the palace to the church. The guests will be served starters, at the palace itself and then our drivers, infact we too can direct them to the Church. Only the priest and the wedding mandap will be out of the show!) " Khushi ended her part, leaving the family members in deep thought.

" But what about Aakaash jiju and dharm uncle, will they agree to this? " Lavanya questioned.

" Arre beta, jab miyan Naniwi raazi, toh kya karega chaalbaazi. " Dharm(raj) spoke as he entered the mansion.

" Arre Dad, kaazi hota hai, chaalbaazi nahi! " Aakaash corrected Dharm, as they together proceeded towards the Gupta family.

" KAakaash toh sahi kahavat bol liya kar Dharm, jab bolega, humesha ulta hi! ( At-least try to speak correctly Dharm, whenever you try to spell out some idiom, you always spell that wrong. ) " Dadi narrowed her eyes.

" Uncle, I don't have any objections against the Church wedding. " Aakaash declared.

" Even me too, arre humme toh sirf humaari bahu chahiye, ab chahe shaadi Church mein go yah kissi traditional style mein, palace mein. We just want our Payal beta.( Even me too , we just want our daughter-in-law, we don't care about the wedding style. )" Dharm caressed Payal's hair.

" Chalo acha hai...ab sab theek hai. ( Now everything will be OK ) " Garima smiled.

" Par ek minute, Dharm tujhe kaise pata chala iss sab ke baare mein..? ( Wait a minute, Dharm, how come, you know about all this ? )" Shashi asked.

" Toh..tune kya socha tha, ki Payal ka yeh sipahi, bina kissi taiyaari ke jang k maidaan mein kood padega. " Dhram patted Khushi's back.

" Jang ka, What...? " Lavanya asked, making a weird face.

And the unusually silent Gupta Masion ecohed with the sound of laughter.

" Yeh dekhiye, yeh woh Sharma Ji hain na, arre Ahemdabad waale, yeh unki beti hai, hazarron mein ek hai! ( This girl, is the daughter of Sharma Ji, the one who live in Ahemdabad. )" Manjiri Tai, a famous match maker showed a photograph of a girl to Nani.

" Arre nahi, iski naak tedhi hai. ( No..I don't like her. Her nose is of weird kind. )" Nani put the photograph aside, rejecting it.

" Acha...acha yeh dekhiye, Kartika naam hai iss ladki ka, arre woh Shimla waale Mr. Sason hain na, unki badi beti hai! Yeh toh lakhoon mein ek hai! Arre bade hi ameer parivaar hai in logon ka. ( See this one, she is Kartika, daughter of Mr Sason from Shimla. They are very rich. )" Manjiri showed Nani, Kartikas' photograph,

" Arre..nahi..iski aankhein maindak ( frog ) jaisi hai. Yeh nahi, kissi aurr ladki ki tasveer ho toh dikhayie.( No..her eyes are like a frog. Show me the other one! ) " Nani rejected that girl too.

" Huh...acha yeh toh aapko pasand aa hi jayegi, yeh toh karoorodon mein ek hai! Iska naam Shivaanshi hai. ( I am sure, you will like this one. She is Shivaanshi. )" Manjiri tried once again.

" Arre nahi...yeh bhi nahi. Itni patali, aisa lagta hai, ki hawa ka jhonka aaye ga, aurr yeh hawa ke saath beh jayegi. Humme in sab mein se koi bhi ladki pasand nahi hai! ( Na...she s so thin, its like, she will blow with the wind itself! I didn't liked anyone of these. You may go now! ) " Nani frowned and asked Manjiri to leave.

Just as she left, NK and Atul entered the house. They saw Manjiri leaving and guessed what was happening before.

" Toh aaj phhir se Manjiri Tai, Aru k liye ladkiyoon ki photographs lekar aayi thi. ( So, once again Manjiri Tai was here with some photographs of girls for Aru. ) " Atul told NK in low voice.

" Aa gaye aao donno. Waqt mil gaya aapko hummse milne ka.( So you two came now! Got the time to meet this old Nani of yours! ) " Nani spoke keeping her hands on her waist.

" Arre Nani, aapke liye toh humaare paas waqt hi waqt hai! ( All our time is for you my dear Nani. )" NK spoke hugging Nani.

" Sab jaante hain humm, ek Aru hain, jo saara waqt office k kaam mein busy rehte hai, ek NK hain, jo ki aadha waqt gaana gate rehte hain, aurr baaki ka aadha waqt ladkiyoon k saath paaye jaate hain, aurr Atul aap, pateints aurr phool-paudhon se aapko fursat mille tabhi toh hummse milne aayen. Humaari toh kissi ko parvah hi nahi hai, tabhi toh humm chahte hain, ki iss ghar mein ek bahu aaye, jo sabka ka khyaal rakhe. ( I know everything, Aru spends all his time in office, you NK, you spend half of your time singing and the other half with different girls and Atul you, you never get free from your patients and plants. No one cares for me, that's why I want a daughter-in-law.) " Nani said.

" Toh usme problem kya hai! ( Then what's the problem?? ) " Atul asked, in his innocent way.

" Arre Atul, tu nahi jaanta, ki Nani Arnav k liye koi ladki pasand hi nahi aati! Arre kissi ki naak tedhi hai. " ( Oh Atul, don't you know that Nani is not able to find the correct one for Arnav. Some have weird king of nose! ) NK raised his brows.

" Kissi ki height chotti hai. ( Some are of short height! )" Atul aaded.

" Aurr koi, Nani se bhi motti hai! ( And some are fatter than Nani. )" NK said in Nani's ears and ran off.

" Badmaashh...aap humme motti keh rahe hain. ( Badmaash...you called me fat!)" Nani twisted NK's ear.

" Sorry...sorry...sorry Nani, arre bohot dard ho raha hai. ( Sorry..sorry..sorry..sorry Nani, its paining a lot..aahhh!)" NK pleaded and Nani left his ear.

" Nani..aapko koi ladki pasand aati nahi hai, aurr Aru kissi ladki ko pasand karna nahi chahta. Yeh toh bada confusing hai. ( Nani...you are not able to select a perfect girl and Aru doesn't one to select a girl. This is so much confusing. ) " Atul scrached his head.

" Aap hi batayie na Nani, aapko Aru k liye kaisi ladki chahiye. ( What kind of daughter-in-law, you want for Aru. )" NK massaged his ear, which was slightly red in color now.

" Humme koi, hazaroon mein, laakhon mein yah karoorodon mein koi ek ladki nahi chahiye. Humm Aru k liye ek aisi ladki chahte hain, jo sab mein se ek nahi, sab jaise ho par Aru k liye sabse alag ho. Woh ladki, jo Aru k sunnepan (loneliness) ko apne pyaar se bhar de. Woh ladki, jisse dekte hi Aru k dill k guitar ki achi khaasi band baj jaye! Kahin toh hogi aisi ladki. For Aru, I want a girl who will fill Aru's loneliness with her love. A girl...who will pull the strings of the guitar of Aru's heart. ) " Nani spoke dreamily and Atul-NK shook their heads, smiling slightly.

*someone trying to play guitar but fails miserably*

" Arrreee Diii...jab guitar bajana nahi aata toh please mat bajaya karo. Aisa lagta hai, ki guitar nahi kissi ki band baja rahi ho! ( Di...when you don't know, how to play a guitar, then don't play it!!! ) " Lavanya sat on her knees and pleaded in front of Khushi, who stood holding a guitar.

" Sorry..." Khushi placed the guitar on the bed.

" Dekhna ek din main guitar bajana zaroor seekh jaaungi. ( One day, I will be able to play the guitar correctly!! ) " Khushi exclaimed, folding her arms.

" Aurr uss din hum poori Mumbai mein jalebis baatenge. ( And on that day, we will distribute jalebis, in whole Mumbai. ) " Lavanya replied.

" Wohh bhi sudh (pure) desi ghee se banne hue. ( And that too made of pure ghee ) " Anjali hi-fived with Lavanya and Khushis' mouth formed an 'O' shape.

" Bas..meri pyaari behan ko pareshaan karna band karo. ( Enough..don't tease my dear sister. ) " Payal hugged Khushi from back.

" Acha Ji...pyaari behan..abhi batati hoon tujhe k pyaari kaun hai! ( Ohhh...my dear sister. Let me tell you, how dear she is. ) " Anjali exclaimed and started tickling Payal, after sometime she stopped and they both fell on the bed soon to be joined by Lavanya and Khushi.

*After some time*

" Chhal na Khush, mera wedding gown lene chalte hain. Please!!!!!! ( Lets go for shopping and I have to select my wedding gown too. )" Payal said.

" Di, kal main internship k liye ek company mein apply karne waali hoon, ekbaar uss company mein jaakar, interview de aaun, phhir hum aapka gown lene chalenge! ( Di, I have an interview tomorrow morning, I will surely accompany you after the interview. ) " Khushi said.

" Waise kaunsi company mein interview hai? ( Where are you going for the interview? )" Anjali asked.

" Koi Royzada...na..na...yeah Raizada Group hai, bas vahin. Some...Royzada..na..Raizada Group. )" Khushi shrugged her shoulders.

" Arnav Singh Raizada waala Raizada Group? ( Arnav Singh Raizada's Raizada Group? )" Lavanya asked.

" Haan vahi, kal subah 10 baje ki appointment hai, uske baad humm Di ka gown lene chalenge.( Yes the same one! I have tan interview at 10, after that we will go for shopping )" Khushi smiled

" Arre Aru beta, phele naashta to kar lijiye, office ka kaam kahin bhaag nahi jayega. ( Aru, eat your breakfast first and then you can do your work. ) " Nani walked behind Arnav, who was collecting some files.

" Nani, aaj nahi. Aaj mere paas zyada waqt nahi hai. Kuch log, internship k liye select kiye thhe, aaj mujhe final unka interview conduct karna hai. I need to go. ( I am really busy today Nani. I have to select the interns from the final list. I need to go!) " Arnav hurriedly munched a bite of the sandwich and the left.

" Ek aurr addition, aapke liye humm ek aisi ladki choose karenge jo aapko zabardasti hi sahi, par pehle naashta karae aur phhir hi aapko office jaane de. Ya Allah! Kahan hai aisi ladki. I One more addition to the list, I will select that girl, who will make you eat, even if it had to be by force! ) " Nani prayed.

" Aaj tera interview hai, tujhe vahan time par pohonchana hai, tujhe thoda sa toh nervous hona chahiye but tu...tu yahaan baithkar, bade mazzae se aalo k paranthe kha rahi hai! ( Today is your interview, you should be nervous, but here you are enjoying eating the aaloo parathas! )" Anjali widened her eyes, at the amount of the paranthaas, Khushi was eating.

" Di, nervousness mujhe nahi, usse hogi jo mera interview le ga! Aurr, waise bhi, aap Doctor hain, aap hi toh kheti hain, ki breakfast is a must. So main toh aapki hi advice follow kar rahi hoon. ( Why should I be nervous...my interviewer should feel nervousness as he's going to intervie me!!! And moreover, you only said that breakfast is must, so..I am just following your advice! )" Khushi continued eating, and Anjali slapped her forehead.

" Sirrr...aapse mil kar toh mera dil garden garden ho gaya Sirrr...( Sirr.. i am ver happy after meeting you Sirr..) "

" NEXT...!" Arnav shouted.

The day was proving to be very bad for Arnav, not even a single candidate impressed him. He was in a very foul mood. Someone was there to meet him, someone was there to tell him that she loves him and some of them were too afraid of his anger. Not even a single candidate was able to impress him. And now, its the turn of the last one. Arnav didn't wanted to face, another Arnav Singh Raizada fan, so he turned around on his chair, so that the upcoming candidate, could only see his back, not his face.

" May I come in? "

" Yeah..." Arnav spoke

" Good Morning Sir, I'm Khushi and here,...these are my certificates and necessary documents." Khushi forwarded the file to Arnav, who took it, still not facing Khushi.

" Well, Miss Khushi, your grades are quite impressive, but you have to answer a few questions of mine." Arnav said, looking into the file.

" OK, ask. " Khushi replied.

" Why are you here, for the job, for the money or anything else. " Arnav asked.

" I'm not here for the job, not even for the money. I'm here, to create my own identity. Just to prove that, Khushi is not anybody, Khushi is somebody." Khushi replied and Arnav was impressed.

" So, you are here to create a separate identity. You want to be independent, free from the family boundaries and all. "

" No sir, its not like that, I surely want to be independent but within the family boundaries. Apart from my family, I am nothing. "

" Meri company ki receptionist ne, aaj kaunse color ki dress pehni hai. ( What was the color of the dress that the receptionist was wearing ? ) " Arnav asked, suddenly.

" Whhaaatt..." Khushi.

" Tumse pehle jo ladki yahaan se gayi, uska hair style kaisa tha? ( How was the hairstyle of the girl, who just left before you? )"

" What the hell...!" Khushi exclaimed. " Main yahaan interview dene aayi thi, kissi fashion show mein nahi, jo main kissi ki dress ka color yah phhir kissi ka hairstyle notice karoon. Do you get that, Mr whatever and whosoever you are.( I came here for the interview, noty for the fashion show, that I will note down the color of one's dress and the other's hairstyle!!! ) " Khushi yelled but at a low tone, she didn't wanted to create a scene.

" Excuse me..." Arnav tried to speak.

" Not excused. " Khushi replied immediately.

" What the..." Arnav turned around on his chair, now facing Khushi.

And this was the time of reorganisation and some realization.

" What the..." Khushi made a crying face and spoke in a weird manner.

" You again..." Arnav raised his brows.

" Hhhmmm..." Khushi nodded positively, still crying without any tears. The tearless cry, was it.

Dressed in a yellow suit, Khushi was looking beautiful and the expressions she had, when she saw Arnav were priceless and worth watching.

" OK, wait for 15 minutes, the results of the interview will be declared." Arnav spoke in his businessman tone.