Dil Ke Rishte
"Jaldi se pure ghar ko saaf karo...chalo jaldi jaldi, yahan kadhe kya kar rahe ho tum chalo jao aur kam karo". The lady of the house yelled at the servents as the rest of the family watched amused from a safe distant. Gayetri Juneja was not to be messed with when she was in one of her "moods"...down right dangerous that woman, she is. Lalit watched as his wife once again threatened the poor man to work faster. He would ask her but...man she was scary.
One of his sons was busy laughing and the other was reading some file for the office. Preet turned to his dad and asked, "Dad aaj apki fight hui hai kya?" Lalit grimiced and shook his head no. "Pata nahin aaj teri ma mein kaun sa bhoot bar gaya hai". Hearing this, Prem shook his head and lifted his head showing a sweet smile. "Dad aap bhi na, mom aaj kisi se phone pe bhat kar rahi thi...and she said that someone was coming here to stay with us for a while." Preet looked at his brother eagerly, seeing this Prem laughed and said, "I don't know if there is any girl so don't ask".
The eager face soon became disappointed and he sighed sadly as his dad laughed at his misfortune. Prem once again looked down at the file and became quiet. Just then Gayetri walked over to them and said, "aap sab log naha chuke? Preet did you shower already?...Go and shower now!" As Preet left grumbling, she turned to her jolly husband. "Aur app kya has rahe hain? Mujhe pata hai ki apne bhi shower nahin kiya". "How was I supposed to, you dragged me down here the second my eyes opened". "Haan haan ab ja kar shower karli jiye". Just like his son, Lalit left grumbling.
"Prem...". Before she could finish, her son answered still burried in the file. "Ma maine subha hote hi shower karliya tha". "Mujhe maloom hai ki tum subha hote hi sab kuch kar chuke ho, main ye kahne wali thi ki teri behen Pree kahan hai?" At this, his head came up and a endearing look fell on his face at the mention of his sister. "Pata nahin ma, shayed woh apne kamre mein hai". "Tum usse ja kar niche bula lao ghana khane ke liye". "Ji ma".
He walked up the stairs and knocked on a room, when no reply came he opened the door and entered silently. The room was painted dark blue and was decorated with pictures and paintings on the walls. On the wall that had the bed leaning against was a picture of the whole family, all smiling and happy. There was a door open showing a balcony. Seeing no one in the room, Prem walked to the balcony. There was a bed type sofa thing with a girl sitting on it.
Her long black hair was flying as the wind played with the tresses. Her white dupatta flew behind her also, contrasting against the black tresses. Her head was bowed, looking at a picture album in her lap. Hearing his steps, her head lifted and her dark black eyes are shown, playful and curious.
"Hey bhai...aap yahan kaise?" She smiled sweetly. "Ma khana laga rahi hai, tum chalo aur breakfast karlo". She nodded and walked out ahead of Prem who followed silently. The picture album lay forgotten in the balcony, the wind ruffled the pages and stopped at a picture of Prem, Preet, and their sister. All three were smiling and laughing, but the smile didn't seem to reach the girl's eyes...which were reflecting a hint of regret and pain.
should i continue?? Comment and tell me what you thought of it...por favor mi amigos. :]
Rinki <3
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