It all started 5 years ago, On a bright and sunny day the camera slowly zooms into a grand mansion, there are flowers around it and bees and butterflies moving about as if there own world. The camera slowly zooms into the sign in front of the mansion which reads "Khanna mansion."
Suddenly there's a THRASH and the camera zooms into the mansion.
Suddenly there's another voice "Teddy! I order you to whack the luggage around a lot more and actually hide it! Put it somewhere where Aaliyah can't find it!" We zoom into the character and it's a man who sounds very upset, although we can't see his face.
Teddy looks at Aaliyah imploringly waiting for her to say something.
"What? Do as I say Teddy!" says the voice again
"Bhai!!!" shouts Aaliyah and goes up to the figure and says "Come on na!" She seems to be talking to his back and asking for him to understand.
The figure turns around and we see Angad
"No Aaliyah, you are not- I repeat NOT going" says Angad
"A little late for arguments don't you think bhai!" says Aaliyah "I've found a house, I've found a housemate and my luggage is ready"
"Ah! But you didn't ask me! And I say no! Besides, what about this apartment? what's it like? And this room mate- do even know her? It is a female house mate right?" says an annoyed and then worried Angad
"Yes she's female and the house is fine. I found the house through an ad in the paper and this girl need a house mate. I've even looked at it bhai. It's a nice apartment!" answers Aaliyah
"What if your housemate turns out to be the axe murder, huh?" says Angad hoping to scare Aaliyah into not going
"MAMA! Look at Bhai. He's not letting me go!" shouts Aaliyah
"Oh come on Angad the girl wants to be independent!" Naina who then turns to Aaliyah and thrusts the tiffin in her hand, "Take care beta and if you need anything then just call, okay?" Aaliyah nods obediently to this, whilst Angad watches on in disgust.
"Independent! Well who's stopping her from independence in this house?!" Angad asks
Then we hear another male voice say "Let the girl go!" the camera zooms in and we see Dilip and he says "Beta, chill, relax. She's only moving into an apartment. Not out of the city. Let the girl go! Have her little independence" then he whispers to Angad "She'll be back don't worry son" Angad grins at what his father has said.
"What? What did you say? Did you just say that my daughter can't handle being out in the real world" Naina says suspiciously eyeing Dilip
"No… I didn't... Did I Angad beta?" asks Dilip acting completely innocent. Angad shakes his head yet an amused grin is on his face.
"I can survive, I'll let you know bhai!" answers Aaliyah "and I'm going to show you all!"
"That's like my poti!" says Dadi stepping into the room
"Dadi!" shouts Angad "Your suppose to be on my side!" he whines
"Oh come on Angad the girl wants independence in this house she doesn't get any! Let her go out and explore the world, let her find herself!" says Dadi
"Fine!" says Angad "I'll let her go" All the others look at Angad in surprise and then Angad adds "But I don't have to be happy about it!" and storms off.
"Beta I'll miss you beta" says Naina with tears in her eyes
"Come on Naina the girls moving houses your acting like it's her ruksati!" says Dilip
"Dilip!" whine Naina and hits his on the arm
Dadi goes to hug Aaliyah and says "Only a mother know how hard it is to let her daughter go! Even if she is just moving away"
Aaliyah says goodbye to everyone and looks around
"What are you looking for I mean who are you looking for beta?" asks Dadi slyly
Aaliyah looks around some more, and Dadi points towards the tree house. It was the same tree house that Dilip had especially had constructed when Aaliyah and Angad were children. Naina at the time had said that Dilip was spoiling the children and that the tree house was big enough for a family. Angad and Aaliyah loved that tree house and had spent so many wonderful moments in there... Aaliyah looked at it and realised that this was where she was probably going to find her big brother. Slowly she climbed the stairs leading to the entrance and slowly opened the door
"Bhai I'm going" said Aaliyah
"Hmmph" is the reply that she got out of Angad
Aaliyah sat down near to Angad and put her head on his shoulders "You know bhai, I've grown up and I want to make something of my self like, you have. I want to be able to live out there with other people, I want to find myself and I really want you to be happy with that" said Aaliyah looking at Angad
Angad looked at the little tree decoration in his hand and turned it around and looked at it in all angles, finally he says "Remember when we were young and we wanted to celebrate Christmas! We brought a little tree in here and didn't have decorations"
"Yep then we made decorations our selves" Aaliyah completed Angad's sentence
"Yep and we made these" Angad says looking down at the shell in his hand covered in glue and glitter.
"Yeh and we finally celebrated Christmas"
"But you know that Aaliyah, the best thing was that you were there with me. Even if your attempts at making decorations looked like a cat had thrown up" added Angad
"Bhai!" whined Aaliyah
"Yeh, but you were here, and I guess I haven't gotten used to the fact that my little sister has grown up. But I don't want to stand in your way of discovering yourself"
"I love you, bhai!" says Aaliyah and hugs him
"But don't forget that your coming down every other weekend" says a adamant Angad
"Mmmm…" Aaliyah says pretending to mull over it
"Aaliyah!"
"I'm only joking obviously I'll come every other weekend, now come on I've got a taxi waiting for me. I wouldn't even be surprised if the taxi driver ran off with my stuff thinking that I'd never get back. Besides Mama and papa's fighting could have scared the poor taxi driver away!" Says Aaliyah and both brother and sister laugh.
Aaliyah asks Angad one last question "Bhai, what are you going to do when I finally get married?"
"Nothing!" answers Angad unaffected by Aaliyah's comment
"Huh?"
"Because really Aaliyah, which idiot is going to marry you!" Angad says and runs off with Aaliyah behind him ready to thwamp him when she catches him.
"What Aaliyah,since you've come back all you talk about is his room mate of yours!" says an annoyed Angad
"Is somebody jealous bhai?" Aaliyah says cheekily
"Jealous, and me? Why should I be jealous of this loser housemate of yours who doesn't have a life, probably sits around the house eating doughnuts all day and is fat!!!" says Angad
"Mamaaa!" whines Aaliyah
Jerri😃
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