Khushi got up early in te morning.."arnavji uthiye na"
she said moving him forcefully..
arnav "khushi kya hai?so jao na"
khushi "kal aarav ka janamdin hai...hum uske liye ek party rakhna chahte hain"
arnav "sure...very good..par abhi so jao"
khushi "par party ki tayyari??"
arnav "khushi 6 baj rae hain..thodi der bad uthna aur sab plan kar lena.."
he lied down and pulled her towards him..
she tried to get away "par arnavji.."
arnav "khushi sleep" he said and snuggled upto her to enjoy few hours of sleep..
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after sometime everybody was around the dining table for breakfast..
khushi kept running around and repeating "kal aarav ka birthday hai" after every two lines she spoke...
aarav "mom relax its okay"
khushi "nanheji"
NK "ji khushiji"
khushi "sirf ap hi meri madad kar sakte hain"
NK "apka hukum salaakhon par khushiji"
aakash "sar aankhon par NK bhai..are u sure khushiji apko NK ki hi help chaiye?"
khushi smiled "nanheji hum soch rahe the ki dhol mangwate hain..hayye kitna maza ayega.."
aarav was shocked "mom mera birthday hai shadi nahi"
khushi "ohho aarav..socho sab boht naachenge.." she started dancing..and NK khushi's true friend joined her...
arnav was standing there drinking water..
aarav climbed up the chair and pulled arnav closer.. "papa kya apne kabhi mumma aur chachu ko doctor ko dikhane ke bare me socha hai..?"
the water entered the wrong pipe..
arnav started coughing...and then laughing..
arnav "aarav u dont know"
khushi "acha!hum yaha apne bete ke janmdin ki tayyari kar rahe hain..aur yaha hamare bete aur hamare pati hume pagal bula rahe hain...hey devi maiyya..bhalai ka toh zamana hi nahi raha"
everybody laughed..
khushi "di dekhiye na inhe"
anjali pretended to scold arnav and aarav "buri baat"
khushi smiled and hugged anjali "di ap sabse achi hain"
aarav "mom mai party me zada logon ko nahi bulana chahta..only family"
khushi "acha ji apki koi aur demand chote arnavji??"
aarav nodded a yes..he pulled her down..
aarav "aankhen band kariye mom"
khushi closed her eyes..
she received two kisses one on each cheek simultaneously..
she opened her eyes...
arnav and aarav held their ears "sorry"
khushi smiled and so did everyone else..
khushi "arnavji aj ap office nahi jaenge"
arnav "meri meeting hai khushi"
khushi "toh?ap apni meeting cancel kariye..hum nahi jante"
arnav "lekin kyun?"
everybody slapped their foreheads...and said in chorus "kyunki kal aarav ka birthday hai" they shouted before khushi could say anything..
khushi "ap nahi ja rahe bas!"
arnav "fine"
khushi did preparations the whole day..
in the evening she felt very dizzy and went unconscious..
the next thing she remembered was opening her eyes and seeing smiling faces of everyone..
arnav smiled "kab batane ka irada tha?"
khushi "jitna late ho sakta"
arnav "what the?"
khushi "aur kya?ab ap hume pareshan kar denge aur kuch kam nahi karne denge.."
mami came close to her "ye bacche se toh din bhar hum khelenge"
NK interefered "mami ap apna make up kab karengi fir..nannav aur khushiji ke bacche ke saath mai khelunga"
it was almost 12..
everybody sang happy birthday for aarav..
aarav hugged khushi "thank you..thank you mom..ye sabse acha birthday gift hai...apne chote bhai ya behn ke saath mai kisi aur ko nahi khekne dunga"
everybody laughed..
anjali "ab chaliye yaha se sab log..khushiji ko araam karne dijiye"
they all left the room...
arnav came and sat by khushi..
khushi smiled with tears in her eyes.."sab log kitne khush hain..sab bache ke ath khelne ke liye kaise jhagad rahe the"
arnav "dont worry khushi..mai toh ghar ke har member ke liye ek bacha la sakta hoon"
khushi looked up wiping her happy tears...and then realised what her husband had jut said...
khushi "hawww..arnavji.." she hit him on his chest and hugged him...
arnav "thank you khushi"
they went off to sleep..
khushi was lying down not able to sleep..counting.."naniji..mamiji...di..nanheji..jiju..jiji..aarav..7"
khushi got up "7??hey devi maiyya"
arnav got up "kya hua?"
khushi "kya hamare sath bacche honge ..hum toh pagal ho jaenge"
arnav "what?" he said surprised..
khushi "haan ghar ke logon ke hisab se toh.."
arnav laughed.."tum actually count kar rai thi??"
khushi nodded..
arnav "pagal ho tum ..chalo so jao"
he made her lie on his chest...khushi after sometime said "arnavji laxmiji ghar me count hongi ya nahi"
arnav smiled "nahi khushi"
khushi "kripa hai devi maiyya ki"
arnav "ab so jaen?"
khushi "ji"
arnav "waise ghar me jitne bhi bache ho jaen sabse choti tum hi rahogi"
khushi smiled "woh toh hai" and dozed off to sleep...