Good Choice!
She felt Akash shake with excitement… he grunted and howled, like BIG howls
Drawing the twins from Naina’s room and Naina from Viveka’s
“OK… Naina you can have Veev’s room if you want” Akash laughed hysterically as a blushing Viveka dodged a teasing father
“What do u mean?” Did she get into her Ph D? At Kharagpur?” Naina asked cautiously, and later smiled
“No, she is getting married” akash declared with a twirl and a flourish
‘Uffff… PAPAHHH” Viveka scowled
“To WHO?”
The twins started screeching loudly
“Raanav parshar”
“You are kidding” Naina stared blankly at Viveka
Viveka nodded, still in her delicious delirium
“You are marrying the guy, the family that insulted me? Wow Veev” Naina sat down on the sofa and ran her fingers through her perfect hair
“Can I come over every Friday”
“QU---EEEEEEN”
“Bruh, I want all the make up you buy or you get in gifts”
“OMG…. Serious?
“EEEEKS… EEEEKS… EEKS”
Twins would not shut up
“Necklace to bhool jao, mere liye Rolex lekar aao” Akash was instructing his stunned wife
Dadi came out hearing all the commotion so did Dadu
“Arey kya huaaa?”
“Amma Viveka ke rishte ke liye haan dee”
“This family has gone crazy” Viveka sat by Naina and chuckle whispered
“You wanted the reaction so please don’t pretend” Naina was pissed
“Nainaaa?” Viveka looked at her in shock
Only then realized her sister was NOT happy
“What did I do?”
“Tumse main do hafte se keh rahi hoon (9 days to be exact) about that family? Yet you rub my face in dirt”
Viveka had not given much credence to Naina’s hate of the Parashars, she realized Naina was hurting because of Inder so it was understandable for her to be so nasty
She did not realize Naina had so much conviction and permanent rage
“Nai”
“Stop it Veev” Naina began to cry and ran off and shut the door to Viveka’s room
Viveka sat there staring the girls were sharing online photos of the Parashar home from the architectural Digest article with Dadi and now Dadu
Akash noticed Viveka’s sad expression and sat by her
“Kya hua?”
“she is really upset”
“Let her be” he squeezed her hand and kissed her head
Viveka walked in daze to the balcony to read Ma’s text
“OMG Call me beta”
“Ma?”
“You said yes to that boy? I want to cut short my trip and fly down just to be with you” Anubha watched her blushing daughter
“So you did.. you were attracted to Raanav?”
“Umm.. you can say that” Viveka nodded shyly
“Abhishek ko bata diya?” anubha asked protectively
Viveka’s expression paled… “No Ma… I haven’t” “Uffff” “Oh no”
“To keh do beta”
They had been exchanging texts all through the week, in fact Viveka had even invited him for Saturday lunch just so they could talk
Nothing about how she operated was clandestine
He had told her he is tutoring a class so could not make it
“No Ma… I feel like I should”
“Aaj rehne do beta” “Kal bata dena… just savor the feeling” Anubha began to cry
“I miss you too Ma”
Then Viveka told her all the girlie things, about how Raanav had wooed her
“He didn’t have to do much it looks like… 3 mahiney mein tum maan jo gayi”
“Umm.. he sounds very sincere and real” Viveka said slowly
“I hate to give Papa credit as you know… he predicted you would not marry Abhishek”
Viveka turned and looked at her Papa through the glass balcony door.. inside the twins and grandparents were all animatedly chatting and laughing
Diya was even twerking
Dadi was doing a face palm
“Papa KNEW?”
“Oh yeah… unhoney kaha Viveka mein koi to baat hai”
“Papa is funny”
“He is right though”
“Yeah, but did you want a necklace?”
“Oh yeah I had told him if you married Abhishek I will get one”
“I will buy you one with my stipend”
“No ranu… did you tell him about your Ph D?”
“Yeah he doesn’t care he said I could study for however long I want”
“Great”
“I don’t have to ask his permission Ma… yeah if they were middle class then there would be a question of affording endless years of Ph D pursuit but I doubt these people care what I do for a living”
“Sigh!”
“Kya hua Ma?”
“I am already nervous meeting his mother”
“I don’t think about her” Viveka said trying not to show how she was as well
“Will it be a joint family?”
“You are cute”
“Why?”
“I didn’t even ask… I am mad spontaneous, or I should say reckless in doing this Ma… only time wil tell”
“Why did you say yes?”
“He doesn’t beat around the bush, he has been so direct with me. He is very decent, he has not tried to take advantage of me or shower me with expensive gifts, or groveled he told me he was in love and backed off”
“Woww”
“Umm.. yeah… he sounds like he respects my opinion… on every topic”
“Who to dikha mujhe Bua ke ghar uski aankhon se”
“I should be saying this to my friends… but he makes me speechless and weak Ma” Viveka chuckled
Anubha smiled fondly
“You know?”
“I get it beta”
“Speaking of friends do your 200 friends know?”
“No I just told Rhea and Neha…. I bet they will broadcast it with a blowhorn”
“Good choice!” Anubha blew kisses
“You don’t think they will eat me up for a snack?”
“No I don’t” Ma encouraged her
Edited by Nisha0604 - 4 years ago
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