A NEW HOPE - Page 15

The next day, everyone woke up late in the morning as their previous day had been very tiring. By 11:00 am, they had finished with their breakfast after which Sameera, Navin and Naina went to the hospital to meet Gunny as they hadn't met him the day before. While Navin, Naina and Sameera left for the hospital, the others decided to go on packing their things before resting for the whole day. Abhimanyu and Rajveer went out for a while to get the tickets ready.

At the hospital, they met Dr. Dixit, who told them that Dr. Shalini was with Gunny in his room. So they went to meet both their friends.

"Knock knock… koi hai?" Navin asked as he entered Gunny's room.

"Hey… Navin, kaisa hai tu yaar?" Gunny asked.

"Main toh bikul theek hoon, magar tu kaisa hai?"

"Theek hoon…"

"Great, iska matlab hai ki tu shaadi par naach paayega…"

"Haan… ek minute, shaadi? Kiski shaadi ho rahi hai?"

"Haan Major, kiski shaadi ho rahi hai? Aur mujhe nahi lagta ki Gunny ek aur hafte tak naach paayega…" Dr. Shalini said.

"Koi baat nahi hai, Doc, shaadi mein abhi bhi time hai… after all, meri chuhiya ki shaadi ho rahi hai; itni jaldi sab kuch tayyar kaisa hoga?" Navin told them.

"What? Naina… tum shaadi kar rahi ho?" Shalini asked her.

"Haan…" she replied.

"Congrats Naina…" Gunny said.

"Thanks…"

"Naina, I'm so happy for you… congratulations."

"Thank you ma'am."

"Sameera, Naina, kyun na hum in doston ko thodi der ke liye akela chod de? Canteen mein chalte hai…"

"Okay ma'am." Sameera says.

"Good idea."

Before the three girls leave, Sameera leaves the bouquet she had brought for Gunny by the bedside table and then follows Shalini and Naina to the canteen. Then, Navin takes a seat and smiles to himself as he catches Gunny staring at the door through which the girls had just left.

"Kyun bhai Gunny, udhar kyun ghoor rahe ho, I'm right here." Navin said to his friend.

"Huh? Kuch nahin Navin, bas soch raha tha…"

"Kya? Sameera ke baare mein?"

"Haan… lekin…"

"Lekin kya?"

"Mujhe pehle lagta tha ki main Sameera ke liye kuch feel karta hoon…"

"Aur kya tum ab bhi….?" Navin asked.

"Nahin… main sirf Sameera ko kal protect kar raha tha; sirf usse guard kar raha tha, bas."

"Phir jab tumne Sameera ko goli se bacha liya tab…?"

"Tab bhi, main sirf apna duty kar raha tha, Navin. Main usse pyaar nahi karta… yeh ab main jaan gaya hoon." Gunny said.

"Theek hai yaar, agar tu yeh keh raha hai toh main manta hoon ki tujhe Sameera se pyaar nahi hai…"

"Haan… phir toh tumhe meri company mil gayi hai; hum dono akele jo hai…"

"Hmm… humein iss azaadi se khush hona chahiye; Raj ko hi dekho, Naina se shaadi karne jaa raha hai, bahut bada bhoj uthane jaa raha hai…" Navin said.

"Navin… Naina tumhaari behen hai, woh bhoj kaise ho sakti hai?"

"Main toh mazaak kar raha tha; Naina se pyaari behen is duniya mein shayad hoga… uske shaadi hone ke baad main phir se akela ho jaoonga…"

As he is talking, Navin doesn't realize when his eyes begin to water, but instead of going on about this topic, he changes it and becomes the happy Navin once again.

"Accha ab yeh sab chodo… tu yahan se kab nikal raha hai? Shalini ne kuch kaha?"

"Haan, mujhe kal tak discharge kiya jaayega aur phir saath din ke liye bed rest…"

"Bed rest? Hum toh do din baad Barmer ke liye nikal rahe hai… shaadi Abhi ke mahalon mein hone waali hai…"

"Barmer mein shaadi? Hmm… phir toh tujhe Dr. Dixit se baat kar…"

"Okay, main ab chalta hoon… take care dost… kal milte hai…"

"Bye."

Navin left the room and went to speak to Dr. Dixit who said that if Gunny would be flying to Barmer then there would be no problem, except that he would have to rest over there as well. Then, after meeting up with the girls in the canteen, Navin suggested that they go back to the chalet and relax for some time.

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For the rest of the day, after lunch and packing, all the friends were seen resting in the house and planning things about the wedding. The following morning, Gunny was discharged and he arrived back home.

Throughout the whole day, everyone was busy getting all their stuff packed; they would be spending a lot of time in Barmer so they had to pack most of their clothes, Abhimanyu had suggested that the wedding outfits should be bought in Barmer itself so that there would be less luggage.

Naina was busy packing her suitcase in her room. Neelu and Sherry were downstairs with the others. She didn't realize when Rajveer came in her room until he placed his hands around her waist and pulled her from her packing.

"Raj… kya kar rahe ho?"

"Kya? Main apni hone waali biwi se thode waqt romance nahi kar sakta?"

"Kar sakte ho, lekin ab mujhe packing karni hai"

"Packing to baad mein ho sakti hai; thodi der ke liye rest kar lo"

"Hmm…"

Rajveer gives Naina a small kiss before he makes her sit far away from her packing. He takes her hands in his and as the two of them are sitting, he continuously stares at her.

"Raj… aisa kya dekh rahe ho?"

"Tumhaari aankhein… bahut khoobsurat hai, inmein doob jaane ki soch raha hoon"

"Ha-ha, bahut filmi ho tum Raj" Naina told him while giggling.

"Woh toh hoon hi; Pooja mujhe Shahrukh jo bulaati hai… main toh hamesha se filmi tha… Cadet Naina 'ah' Singh"

"Accha… theek hai, Mr. filmi, ab tum yahan se jao, warna Sherry aur Neelu hum dono ko pakad lenge"

"Toh pakadne do" Rajveer said softly, coming closer to Naina.

Naina knew what Rajveer was about to do, so she put a pillow in front of her and Rajveer ended up kissing the pillow instead of her.

"Naina… main tumhe itni asaani se nahi chodoonga…"

And so began the Tom and Jerry chase; Naina and Rajveer were running around the room, when suddenly, Naina slipped and she fell on the bed, and Rajveer fell on top of her. The two of them were staring into each others eyes, not speaking a word. Naina finally spoke up, her voice almost in a whisper since she was out of breath from running.

"Raj… mujhe packing bhi… karni hai…"

"Theek hai, aur waise bhi agar meri behen ne mujhe iss halat mein dekh liya, toh…"

Saying this, he got up from the bed and gave Naina a hand to sit up. He gave her one last kiss before leaving the room. After Rajveer had left, Naina sat there on the bed lost in her thoughts.

Just then, Neelu and Sherry entered the room and saw Naina sitting on the bed, staring into space, they walked over to her and tried to wake her from her thoughts.

"Naina… kahan kho gayi ho?" Neelu asked, waving her hand in front of her eyes.

"Yeh kaam toh bhaiyya ka hi ho sakta hai, Neelu. Naina ki smile ko dekho… lagta hai ki Raj abhi yahi par tha…" Sherry said.

"Toh ab kya kare; humein kal subah nikalna hoga… Naina ko Raj sir ke khayalon se kaise nikale; packing ab bhi baaki hai…" Neelu asked Sherry.

In reply to Neelu's question, Sherry kneeled on the floor in front of Naina and shook her by her shoulders. The jerk broke Naina's thoughts and she saw Sherry and Neelu staring at her.

"Sherry? Neelu? Kya hua?"

"Humein kya hua hai? Naina… tum pata nahi kabse Raj sir ke khayalon mein khoyi thi…" Neelu said.

"Haan bhabhi, tum toh kuch boli bhi nahi, hili bhi nahi… bhaiyya yahan aaye the kya?" Sherry asked Naina…

"Huh? Haan… nahi… nahi… haan… chodo, humein packing bhi karni hai." Naina said getting up and going back to packing her suitcase.

Neelu and Sherry exchanged a weird glance between themselves before going on with their packing. Later, in the evening, they all gathered around in the den as they sat with a nice cup of coffee in their hands and discussing each and every function, outifit, songs, everything.

Gunny had come downstairs with Shalini and was sitting with his injured leg on a stool. Abhimanyu and Rajveer had gone out for a while and had just returned. They came in the den and took their seats.

"Well… yeh rahe kal ki tickets." Abhimanyu said placing a big envelope on the table.

Yudi picked the envelope up and checked the tickets. They were there; all 15 tickets and saw that the tickets were not only free but they were also first class tickets.

"Wow, yeh toh first class tickets hai…" He exclaimed.

"Haan Yudi…" Rajveer said.

"Lekin sir, first class?" Ali asked.

"Aur nahi toh kya? Aakhir Raj aur Naina ki shaadi jo hai; aur waise bhi Ali, yeh tickets complimentary hai, Barmer ka Raja hone se kuch faayda toh hota hai… right?" Abhimanyu said smiling.

"Of course sir, yeh toh bahut acchi baat hai." Pooja said.

"Haan… waise kal ki flight kitne baje ki hai?" Roma asked.

"Subah ko, dus baje." Rajveer said.

After chatting for a while, everyone went to have dinner and then some last minute packing before going off to sleep. The next morning, at 7:30 a.m. once their breakfast was over, the boys loaded the cars with the suitcases and then they were off to the airport. They made it to the airport by 8:15 and were done with checking-in the luggage, security and everything by 9:00, which gave them an hour's time to roam around in the Ambala Airport.

Rajveer took Naina for some window shopping near the first class lounge, Neelu, Sherry, Pooja, Sameera, Roma and Shalini went to see some clothes, Navin and Abhimanyu decided to stay back in the lounge with Gunny who was resting his leg there. Ali and Aalekh had stayed back as well to have some food that was being served in the lounge while Yudi and Huda were busy checking out gadgets and girls respectively.

As time passed, it was soon time to board the flight. Everyone met back at the lounge and then headed for the plane. Within half an hour, they were all seated in first class as the flight began to take off. They were leaving Ambala and going to Barmer at last.

It seemed to them, like a wonderful, well deserved holiday as this was the first time in many years that they all had gotten a chance to leave Ambala for a while to another place; but this wouldn't be the holiday where everyone was going to sit back and relax; they were on their way to prepare for a grand, royal wedding; for Rajveer and Naina's wedding.

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A few hours later, the pilot announced that they would be landing in Rajasthan in a few minutes and that everyone was to fasten their seat belts. 15 minutes later, Naina, who was sitting near the window, looked outside and saw that they had reached the airport. When the plane landed, and everyone disembarked, they all headed for the baggage claim and soon they were out of the airport and breathing in the fresh air of Rajasthan.

"Yeh jagah toh bahut hi sundar hai…" Sameera said.

"Haan Ambala se kaafi bada aur accha hai." Shalini said.

"Yeh toh sirf Rajasthan ki airport ke bahar hai, zara aap sab Barmer pahunchiye, phir dekh lijiye ki wahan ki sundarta kaisi hai" Abhimanyu said.

"Sir… bole to, woh log wahan, Barmer se hai… aisaich lata hai." Aalekh said gesturing to the group of well dressed chauffeurs who were standing besides 4-5 very big and elegant cars, and with them stood a man, royally dressed. Abhimanyu went forward and greeted the man, who was introduced to the others as Kakasa.

"Kakasa, aap yahan? Aapko kaise pata chala ki hum yahan aa rahe hai?" Abhimanyu asked.

"Humein aapke dost, Navin ne mahal mein phone karke bulaaya tha…" Kakasa replied.

"Aur yeh gaadiyan?"

"Aap sabke liye, aakhir yahan se Barmer tak, aap kaise pahunchte?"

"Theek hai, kakasa… chaliye, chalte hai."

"Ji… hum bas aapka saaman…"

"Kakasa, rehne do, driver's utha lenge, aap humaare saath chaliye…"

Once all the suitcases have been loaded in the car trunks, everyone tries to figure out how the seating arrangements should be.

"Naina, Aalekh, Sherry aur Neelu humaare saath aa sakte hai" Rajveer suggests.

"Nahi nahi… Raj… aap aur Naina ki shaadi hone waali hai…" Abhimanyu says.

"Haan toh…?" Rajveer asks.

"Arre Raj… tum aur Naina akele ek gaadi mein jaaoge… taaki tum dono ko thodi si privacy mile…" Gunny said.

After discussing this matter for a few minutes more, Rajveer and Naina, who were both blushing a lot, decided to listen to their friends and got into one car. Aalekh, Neelu, Sherry, Ali and Pooja went in the second car. Abhimanyu, Roma, Gunny and Shalini went in the third car. Navin, Sameera, Yudi and Huda went in the next car and Kakasa followed them in the last car.

They were now set and the cars began to leave the airport and head for Barmer. The drive would take about 2 to 3 hours so everyone had decided to stop somewhere in between for a short rest. Everyone was excited to be finally on their way towards Abhimanyu's kingdom where they would be preparing, hosting and attending one of the century's royal weddings.

Rajveer and Naina were in fact thankful that they had gotten a car to themselves and were now cozied up next to each other and enjoying the wonderful breeze coming through the open windows; the weather in Rajasthan at this time of the year was very pleasant and the two of them wanted to take all their time in marveling the beauty of the scenery outside and inside the car. Over the next few days, they would be spending the time of their lives together in Barmer, before their wedding.

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During the ride to Barmer, everyone was mostly seen staring outside at the wonderful beauty of Rajasthan as they drove on. There was lush green grasses growing, tall magnificent trees swaying in the light breeze, the sky was clear and the weather outside was pleasant. In Rajveer and Naina's car, the two lovebirds were gazing outside the window, reveling each moment of the place as they drove on towards the kingdom. Naina was busy clicking pictures of the mountains and hills when suddenly she called out to Rajveer who was sitting beside her, and looking in the opposite direction.

"Raj… dekho, wahan…"

"Kya dekhun?"

"Wahan par ek mor hai, bahut khoobsurat hai, dekho toh sahi…"

"Nia… tum mujhe peacock dikha rahi ho…?"

"Haan, peacocks bahut sundar hote hai… unke pankh kitne rangeen aur bade hai…mujhe toh mor bahut pasand hai… tumhe pasand nahi hai Raj?"

"Pasand hai, lekin uss mor se zyada khoobsurat cheez dekh raha hoon…"

"Kya?"

"Tum…"

Naina blushed. She always loved it when Rajveer complimented her; it was these small things which he did or said made her feel very happy. Seeing Naina blush, Rajveer smiled and held her hand and pulled her away from the window and closer to him.