Part 28
Hey all of you guys and I'm sorry for deserting all of you like this for so many days but I couldn't help it as from the past few days some activity has been happening in the hosue. Mom and dad are quite secretive about it but I know whats going on. Why do adults do that? i mean why do they pretend everything is fine in front of kids but then later on tell them anyways?
Well mom has been very upset and dad is taking very good care of her so I didn't want ti upset her further due to which I didn't contact all of you guys.
Anyways now all that has passed and things are back to normal so i'm back to entertain you all. What exactly happened last time we talked? hmmm what was it? let me think....
Aaah yes Kripa came back to London and Zaib had his cute encounter with her and all that...but how did it end? I'm only ten years old so I don't have a wise brain so let me go over everything again.
So Kripa came...but that we know but how did it end? Oh oh oh i got it yes Zaib had called her after dinner by singing a romantic song and then both of them ended up in his room on his bed and then you know....actually I'm too shy to talk about all that but you guys know what I'm talking about. finally got to the present point and...wait hang on...oh no... guys i'm sorry but we'll have to pause the romance for a while as something else has taken place. The Khanna family is under shambkes at the moment and it is to do with Angad messing up the whole system because of his arrogance and pride.
Apparently he came up with new ideas which were not in favour of the workers so they went on strike, protesting to get their old jobs back or they'll quit. Being the hot tempered angad was he went and fired all off them. The situation got worse and they all didn't close the protest.
"Angad Khanna hi hi, Angad Khanna hi hi, Angad khanna hi, hi." the protesters outside the office continued whilst Angad looked down from his office window. he was really mad at all of them.
"Sir it would be wise for you to leave this place right now otherwise these people are threatening to come inside and attack."
An enraged Angad turned towards his employee, "So what the hell am I paying you for? Call the damn police and get these ruffians off this property in the next few minutes or you'll be joining them too."
The employee became afraid and got to action immediately. Angad was really fumed about the whole fiasco and at that moment didn't really care about anybody else. Nobody mean't anything to him, they were just mere obstructions in his way towards sucess.
Dilip was out of town but he found out from his manager about what happened. He left his work half way and boarded the next flight back to London cursing Angad on being so irresponsible.
The police did arrive which caused more caos where some of the protesters took to violence and began attacking people. Many got injured and the the press made it even worse by making it look like Angad personally went and attacked everyone.
Now at home Dilip finally arrived and the first thing he did was to charge inside and yell at Angad. "What kind of behaviour is this Angad? Have you lost your mind?"
Angad pretended to be aloof about what Dilip was talking about as according to him he didn't do anything wrong. Dilip made him look at him, "are you listening to what I'm saying? Kya tamasha hai yeh Angad?"
"Dad relax, i haven't done anything wrong okay. It's not a big deal and you the press of how they just like to hype up things to fill their pockets."
"I don't need to look at the press to know what my son is doing. I know what you've been doing and it has comepletely ruined everything."
"I also know what i'm doing..." Dilip juat stared at Angad with disbelief. "Look dad what I'm trying to say is that you haven't even looked at the plan and you're judging me that I don't know what I'm doing."
"I've made this company okay. Since it was just a mere thought to today's 150 storey building. i know every single part of my company so I know exactly what's right and for it and what's not. You think i haven's checked everything you've done? I don't need to think in order to see all the flaws in your plan and you're telling me that I don't know how to run my own business."
"That's not what I said dad. I know you know what you're doing but what I'm saying is that you're not understanding that yes you've made this company to what it is today but now I'm going to make it even better." Angad became a bit aggressive and stood up abruptly forgetting he was in front of his father.
Zaib and Kripa were just passing by when they heard the shouting in the hall. Both of the paused in the corner and over heard their argument.
"i understand perfectly. Now you've grown so much that you understand more than your father. okay if it is like that then let it be but let me tell you one thing, you might have forgotten that I'm your father but i haven't . Is ghar me abhi bhi mere hee faisle sunai jaate hai and i'm demanding you to stop al lthis nonsense and resume everything back to normal. Give all those workers back their jobs." Dilip had a sharp expression making sure Angad knew where his power lied.
"I'm not going to do anything of the sort because i haven't done anything wrong."
"You're going to do it and that's final."
"But..." Angad couldn't even start.
"kehdiya na. Bas kehdiya." Dilip pointed his finger at Angad and then left the hall angry at him. Angad was also very mad so he left the house.
The hall became silent all of a sudden with nobody making a move or a sound. Naina had been present in the hall but preferred to stay in the background and listen to what was going on just like Zaib and Kripa. She dropped onto the sofa and buried her face in her palms. Kripa left Zaib's hand and went over to her instantly.
"Don't worry aunty, these two are not going to hold a grudge for a long time. i know that they love each other so much that they can't stay away." She comforted Naina by putting her arm around her shoulders.
"I know this thing has been happening for so many days. pata nahi kuch dino se Angad ko kya hogaya hai wo chir chira sa hogaya hai and he's just..."
After hearing that Zaib understood why he wasn't aware about the whole fiasco as he was just too involved in his own world to be bothered about others. He couldn't understand how there could be differences between them when they were so close to each other. something had to be done about it and it had to be done quick so he moved towards the stairs and climbed up two at a time. As soon as he entered his room the sliding doors opened again.
"I need to talk to you," kripa made her way in.
"right now I can't, I'm thinking about the whole argument."
"That's what I want to talk about, These two are the pillars of this family and if they break then the whole foundation will collapse. We can't let that happen."
"I know Kripa. That's why I'm going over to find bhai and ask him what the whole thing is about."
"Right now is not the right time. At the moment both of them are steamed up and they might just blow out on you. We've to do something that would end the argument once and for all."
"What do you intend to do?" He folded his arms across his chest and looked at her affectionately.
"I think I've found a way."
"What?"
"in order to do anything we first need to find out the root of the argument. We need to find out why is there an argument between them because then only can we find a solution."
He looked at her with disbelief, "No you don't say. Gosh man i don't believe it that is exactly what I was going to do earlier when you stopped me but you think you're so clever aeren't you you know everything that's why you've got to suggest everything."
"Oh yeah, let me just tell you one thing bozo head that I didn't bind you down so you could've gone. If you think you're so smart then why did you stop and listen to what I said, why didn't you just go?"
"Excuse me miss all that. For your kind of information I was going to do it all by myself and when you came and told me you had a plan i became curious but obviously now we can see how wrong we were."
"Oh yeah!" She glared at him.
"yeah that's right." They both began arguing and shouting at each other. Tehy stopped when they had nothing more to say to each other and then suddenly they burst out laughing like mad.
hahahahaha these two are literally like small kids but mind you kids don't fight like this. It's just when adults turn into kids that is. This argument was forgotten by the comic ending but the main thing on Zaib's mind was how to solve the big argument going on...
"I think we've found a solution for the problem." it sparkled in his brain as the idea was too good to fail. He kept smiling and staring at her.
"Are you going to just stand there and stare at me or are you goign to tell me?"
"I'll tell you honey but i'm wondering what will I get in exchange." she became confused as to how was he involved in this. He saw how her expressions turned from confusion to being tensed and then there was nervousness too. "I mean to say that if my plan works then what will I get in return for it."
"I see." she rolled her tongue in her cheek and pretended to think really hard as she knew perfectly well what he wanted. "gee looks like a tough decision. Let's say I'l lgive you whatever you want."
"Promise?" he put his hand out in front of her.
She smiled and joined her hand wtih his "promise."
He held onto her hand tight and then without explaining anything further he took her out of the room and then stopped at the banisters. He searched around and found the hall empty and then he looked at the clock and it was 7:55 pm. Just five minutes till dinner time. Perfect!
She was dying of curiosity, "What are you doing?" Her voice was quite loud.
"Sssh...keep it down. Just follow me okay." he spoke in a lower tone than hers and then he climbed down the stairs with her as quietly as possible. Once they reached the sofas he halted and began looking here and there as if he was spying. He kept staring at the clock and she kept staring at him.
"Umm hello i'm waiting and you still haven't told me."
"Sssh, i'm thinking." he snapped at her
"You've been doing that since a long time and now it's just become tiresome. Do you even have a plan?"
An annoyed Zaib turned towards her and smacked his lips together. then he began getting closer to her. He got close to her face and just stared down at her eyes and then moving towards her flush lips but didn't move further.
She also was not sure what move he was going to make as by the looks of it he was going to kiss her.
He moved closer again and just when she thought he was going for her lips they changed direction towards her ear. Just as the clock struck eight the ding dong began. He whispered in her ear. "Just follow my lead."
He waited for people to come out of their rooms as it was dinner time but there was no movement. After a minute or two he heard the clicking of the door opening and he saw Dilip stepping out. Then he smiled with satisfaction and instructed Kripa to begin with the plan.
"JUST STOP IT ZAIB YOU'RE OUT OF LINE!"
Zaib was not pleased about the level of her voice as he didn't want her to echo, "you want to lure the whole neighbourhood? lower it down a bit." he spole softly so only she could hear.
"I seriously think you think too much about yourself. Just because right now, I'm under your plan, that doesn't mean I'm at your disposal."
"Brilliant carry on." he was impressed by her acting and she had the right attitude.
"i'm serious if you don't change then I'm going back and we'll be back where we started."
He made a face at her, "you didn't have to add the last part. anyways i think we should continue as dad and mom are coming this way."
"I'm not doing anything for you anymore." she pouted with anger and sat down on the sofa with her arms crossed across her chest.
"Wow you're such a great actress. Good very good, now you need to continue staying angy with me." Both of them continued their mock argument when Angad arrived back home and was alarmed to find these two shouting.
"What is all this racket and what are you two up to?"
After listening to his voice both Zaib and Kripa turned around and looked at him. She couldn't help but see his swollen red eyes which indicated he had been crying. She could feel he was sorry for what he did but they stil lhad to make sure. Zaib on the other hand grinned at himself and gestured her to get up and continue.
"i just heard you guys shouting, what was it all about?" Angad enquired whilst eyeing both of them.
"Oh bhai I was jusy explaining to her that dad is way out of line and he should let you make decisions on your own but here she's disagreeing with me."
Angad glared at kripa making her afraid as he looked as if he was going to kill her. She was lucky that Zaib was there in between them otherwise no one would have stopped them, "hey hey bhai, calm down okay. She said it only out of dad's respect but I know you're right and dad needs to recognise your worth."
"i've been trying to get it through him but he simply doesn't understand. He thinks he's the only one who knows this company but I've worked long enough to have the experience of knowing what's best and worse for the company. i'm glad atleast someone is on the same grounds as me."
Kripa was appalled by Angad's chain of thoughts, "How could you be talking about your father like this? Have both of you lost respect for him?"
"Respect? No I've not lost respect for him but I think he has lost respect for bhai's feelings and opinions. If he wouldn't had then would he had disagreed with him."
"Wah! its so good to see what my sons think of me." Dilip arrived from the back as he heard everything both of them said. "one thinks i don't know what I'm doing and the other thinks I've got no respect. Good, thank you very much for such an appraise." Both of the boys stood with their heads bowed. Dilip turned away from them which gave Kripa an oppurtunity to go closer to Zaib and whisper in his ear
"What now its become so serious?"
"Isn't it right though dad. Without even thinking over it you simply said no." Zaib didn't want to be disrespectful but he had no choice.
"Don't teach me my work boy. I made the decision after looking over everything and then only did i decide how it was disastrous for the company. Angad was wrong and his decision was wrong which was the main reason for my disapporval."
"Yeh kehiye na dad ke aap apna ghamund nahi tore na chahte..."
"RAJ!" Dilip raised his voice as he turned to face him.
"Yeh ghamund hee to hai na dad jo ek baap ko apne bete se kuch pal ke liye dhoore kardeta ahi. Your bond was so close and strong that it would be too hard to break and just because of a small difference it has detached and before you'll know it'll snap. Mana ke bhai se ghalti huwee per kya aap ka farz nahi ban ta ke apne bete ki galateeyo ko maaf karde. Aap to saza dene pe tule aayeh. Yeh kaisee saza hai dad, what type of punishment is this?"
"Beta ka farz. A son's duty is to listen to his father and do what he requires you to do. Even if you don't agree. kya yeh nibhaaya osne? nahi nibhaaya!"
"Nibhaaya dad, her waqt nibhaaya . Bas ek ghalti hogayee. He wanted to abide by his own rules and bring a revolution. You tell me dad that seriously did you object because his way was disastrous or because it would just make you look bad? Were you afraid of being outnumbered by your own son? Go on dad tell me," he went and stood right in his face forcing him to look into his eyes, "kehiye na dad,"
"i did it because I knew what I was doing and I don't need to explain myself to anyone especially my son."
"But..."
"Kehdiya na, to bas kehdiya." Dilip turned away from him again.
Zaib stood there wondering what more to say as he couldn't possibly be more disrespectful but he had to do something to instigate Angad. then he smirked and hid it away soon, "dad bhagwaan ne aapko sab kuch diya. kaash ek dil bhi diya hota..." before he could finish he was slapped across his face by Angad.
"SHUT UP BATAMEZE!"
The whole house shook with shock. Dilip turned around surprised by Angad's behaviour, Angad was enraged by Zaib's behaviour and Zaib just stood there with his hand over his slapped cheek.
"You've grown so much that you've forgotten how to speak to your father. How dare you be so disrespectful? What dad said is right. Mana ke I don't agree with what decision he made but that doesn't mean I go and tell him what he is and what he isn't. i would just simply learn to agree with it as he is my father and it's my duty to listen to him. it's because of my arrogance that it got so far." He turned towards Dilip and joined his hands together in geture of forgiveness. "i'm sorry dad, i don't know what happened to me. Maine apne ahankaar ko apne aap itna haawee hine diya ke mujhe apnee kaamyaabi ke ilawa kuch nazar nahi aaya. I realised i was wrong dad, please forgive me."
Dilip's eyes welled up and he held Angad by both his arms, "i'm also sorry son as till now I've always thrown my decisions on you and never asked your opinions in anything."
"No dad you've got the right to do that as you've more knowledge about the right and wrong than me. I wont disobey you again."
Both Dilip and Angad hugged each other and all the bitterness was washed down by their tears. Kripa and Zaib grinned ear to ear and patted themselves for the good job. They gave each other high fives and began celebrating confusing the other two completely.
"What is going on Raj?" Dilip asked.
"sorry dad, sorry bhai bu there was no other way . We saw how both of you had become so angry with each other so we decided to instigate both of you so much that you'll come out and talk to each other and that's exactly what happened." he patted his own shoulder.
Angad walked over to Zaib and thought about everything he said. then the flash of him slapping him came in front which made him touch his cheek, "maine tujhpe pehlee baar haath uthaaya or tune kuch nahi kaha."
"Bhai i did this for you. i love both of you so much that i can't see you two breaking apart like this. this was just a minor thing but if the day comes I'll sacrifice everything for you and your love."
Angad hugged Zaib and let out tears of joy. For the first time Angad actually cried whilst hugging Zaib as it had always been the other way around. Then Dilip came forward and the unexpected happened. He also hugged Zaib and that too with the love and affection he had always missed.
Guys I can't belive it that finally dadu recognised Zaib's worth with his own eyes and accpeted him to be a worthwhile son. He himself admitted after this incident that Zaib surely was a son who would do anything to keep his family together. Then he put his hand over Kripa's and blessed her for also taking part in the plan. Then he took hold of Zaib's hand and walked him over towards the dining table and made him sit next to him than Angad. Zaib felt so elated at that time that guys I can't really explain to you. I mean i can almost feal that overwhelment due to which i'm pratically crying. snif, snif... sorry I'm also a softie like my dad...Oh yeah i completely forgot about the promise Kripa had made to Zaib...lets go see what he asks from her...
After dinner was over and everyine had left to their respectable rooms Zaib and Kripa were left in the hall. He came closer to her and tugged his shoulder with hers, "so madam what did you think?"
"Impressive i must say. i thought i was the only good actor but you seem to beat me on that. For a moment I thouhgt you wern't acting anymore but you were really good. So good that i just simply admire you even more." She came closer to him and clinged onto his black shirt and pulled him down towards her.
"Kripa yeh kya karahee ho, ek bhole bhaale larke kee izzat pe haath daal rahee ho. Koi aaehga to kya kahega?" He pretended to be afraid of her intentions.
she was oblivious to it "dekhnedo." she pulled him closer.
"Koi aajehga." he was hypnotized by her enchanting gaze.
"aajaanedo." their thirsty lips were milimetres apart when some shuffling was heard from the near back. Noises could also be heard so they maintained distance instantly quite disappointed by the inteference. But she was not going to give up so easily. "Zaib I'm leaving right now but meet me by the lake at 12:00 midnight." she gave a quick peck on the cheek and disappeared before the servants caught up with them.
right guys I'll take your leave for now but i shall join all you pretty soon and not like last time. Thanks for being the patient audience that you are. See ya.
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Edited by arwa72 - 16 years ago
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