Pandit ji asked maan to take geet's right hand in his, and accept her as his lawfully wedded wife...Her hand shivered with maan's touch, but then she calmed herself...when he squeezed her in comfort...She looked at him, and he warmly smiled with all his love...She was relaxed now, and moved closer to him, whispering..."aap bohat ache lag rahe ho" and looked down, biting her lips...Maan smiled and was about to answer her back, when pandit ji asked them to take 7 pheras around the sacred fire...
Maan helped her to stand up on her feet and annie came forward to tie them in a sacred knot...They started walking around the fire...first with him leading the way, then allowing her to take the charge...Pandit ji chanted the vows for them, while the couple prayed to god for a blissfull, healthy and wealthy life...With the vows, geet and maan promised eachother to keep their loyalities, companionship and mutual understanding...and also assured eachother to always trust and support in whatever drastic situation comes...and lastly to honour eachother with beautiful kids in the journey of their life together...
They were again made to sit besides eachother...and mohinder and rano did the kanyadaan...While the rituals continued, suddenly geet's gaze went to the entrance...Delight swept through her face, as she saw darji and beeji standing there, at the door step...She looked beside at maan and then at her parents, hinting them about darji's presence...Maan caught her gaze and found her smiling at darji...He possessively took hold of her hand, as horrifying memories of their past came crashing...
Geet looked at him in worry, as his hold now started hurting her...
Maan just wanted her by his side and no where else..."rasamo par dhyan do" he ordered her more in a strict tone, while geet looked down...almost on the verge of crying...
Maan couldn't bear that and pleadingly looked at rano for help...who herself was looking lost in geet's painfull past...She knew mohinder invited them, and for that matter she wasn't angry...knowing its their duty to invite all their elders to bless their daughter on her special day...Rano asked mohinder to recieve them and she came to geet, to cheer her up..."beta aise rote nahi...dekho papaji gaye hai darji ko lene" she whispered in her ear, and wiped her tears...While everyone thought geet was getting emotional, but maan knew what bought those tears in her eyes...He leaned on geet's side, and softly whispered "sorry" in her ear...Rano smiled as her daughter cutely twisted her lips, denying him forgiveness...but maan took hold of his ears, making an pleading face...
Watching this geet giggled and pulled his hands down and rano shook her head and left to meet darji and beeji...
Mohinder and rano invited darji and beeji to sit in the mandap...Darji sat behind geet, and emotionally caressed her forehead, blessing her with all his heart...Geet looked at maan and he smiled in assurance...she then turned around, and hugged darji and beeji...The rituals proceeded and pandit ji asked maan to put sindoor in her maang...He took the kumkum in the coin, an carefully applied on her forehead...Geet blushed looking down, while maan just stared at her in delight...This was second time he was marking her his, claiming every ounce of her with his love...
Geet cutely wiped the sindoor, which fell on her nose...while maan smiled as dadi came forward, with a box in her hand...She opened it and removed the beautifully carved sacred thread (mangalsutra) from it...She handed over it to maan, and he naughtily pulled geet closer and tied it around her neck...Everybody clapped and showered them with rose petals...and pandit ji finally announced them married...Dadi came forward and kissed on their forehead and hugged them in delight...While the newly wed now stood up and took her blessings...
Dadi asked them to go to darji and take his blessing, which they happily obliged...They went to darji, and geet instantly hugged him, as he cried securely hugging her back...while maan stood their blankly looking at them...He felt bad for his earlier rude behaviour, but what they did to geet was still fresh in his mind...He was in his own reveries, when darji broke the hug and looked at maan, seeking forgiveness..."hume maaf kar do beta...humne jo anjaane mai geet ke saath kiya..." darji spoke while joining his hands, but maan stopped him and shook his head, not letting him speak further..."darji hume bas aapka aashirwad chahiye" maan joined his hands and asked him to just bless them, forgeting everything else...Both maan and geet touched his feet, while he hugged them feeling emotionally choked...
The moment turned so emotional, when geet went to rano and mohinder...to seek their blessings...They cried hugging their angel, not able to bear the moment when she would be finally leaving...Maan went to them and hugged rano in his arms...while she cried for her only daughter...Maan patiently patted her back, and looked at his angel, who was clinging on her papaji's arms...trying to sooth him..."papaji aap mat royiye na...mai kahi nahi jaungi aapko chod ke" she cried in her baby voice, and hearing this maan smiled and nudged rano to see the most adorable scene infront...
"aur fir maan ka kya hoga" mohinder asked, wiping her tears...while geet crunched her nose, and instantly replied saying..."unko bhi yaha rakh lenge" and cutely grinned with the idea, inorder to make her papaji smile...
Rano smiled admist of tears, and looked at maan, teasingly asking him "ab bolo"...while maan playing along, made a thoughfull face, then brimmed with delight, saying..."I don't mind"...and both burst in laughter...
Geet and mohinder looked at them, raising their eye brows...while maan and rano looked away, holding back their smiles...Geet was annoyed, as she was disturbed in a serious conversation..."aap dono thoda dur jaake haso...hum yaha jaruri baat kar rahe hai...hai na papaji" geet looked at her papaji's face, who now after getting the que from rano...was enjoying his daughters cuteness...He knew he won't be able to stop his daughter from leaving, but with maan's every gesture...it was very much clear that he won't let them miss their daughter for long...
"papaji aap sunn rahe ho na" geet nudged him out of his reveries...and mohinder just smiled and kissed on her forehead..."beta agar aap hamare saath rahoge toh dadi ke saath kaun rahega"...he asked her, and geet sadly sighed, cravingly looking at dadi and other khurana members...
"besides us...they are your family now" mohinder made her understand, while geet nodded in yes...
Dadi and other khurana members were silently watching all this, feeling emotional for geet...They went to her and hugged her one by one, promising to take good care of her...Vicky pulled geet's cheek, and hugged her sideways..."chipkali tune ro ro ke pura make up bigad diya...abhi bhootani lag rahi hai" he wiped her tears, while geet smacked on his arms...pouting with his comment...
"ha sachii...yaha itni bhook lagi hai...aur yeh kiddo toh rukane ka naam hi nahi le rahi" annie too teased her, in order to change her mood...while geet made an crying face, as everyone started laughing on her plight...
"aap sab bure ho" she cried and searched for maan, and grumpily stood besides him...while he possessively took her in his arms, and with one stern look to everyone, the hall went in silence..."koi meri biwi ko kuch nahi bolega" he ordered and looked down at his wife, who grinned with her husband's authority..."ab khush" he asked her, while wiping the traces of her tears...and she nodded with her toothy grin...
The newly wed couple was so lost into eachother, that forget the world around them...Dadi coughed to gain their attention, and both the souls blushed looking away...Everybody started giggling, and finally settled to have their family dinner together...Maan and geet where made to sit side by side...Geet was all the way shy, cutely blushing...while maan was up with his naughty demands...He took hold of her hand, under the table and tightly squeezed it...seductively looking her way...
"I can't wait for tonight" he pulled her closer and huskily whispered into her ears, lingering his teasing lips on her skin for a breif moment...
Geet shivered and scrunched closer into his warmth, when annie caught their sight...and tapped on the table to gain their attention...
"agar aap dono ka ho gaya ho...toh thoda khana bhi kha lo...after all you both will need some energy for tonight" annie grinned, high fiving vicky, who fell off the chair...laughing his head off...
Geet didn't got the joke, but got angry, as it was intented to her...She pouted, looking at maan, who looked quite embarrassed and more over shocked with his kid sister's remark...Girls do grow up too quickly he thought, but then to his bad luck, his wife was an exception to this myth also...Poor guy sighed, and looked back at his wife...who was giving him her confused look...Her dove shaped hazels, scanned his tensed features...then slowly leaned closer to him, whispering..."aap daro mat...mujhe sab aata hai" she gave him her most obedient look, then cutely smiled concentrating on her food...while poor guy was blown away, grinning with her words..."really" he asked her surprised, while geet nodded her head and again naughtily came closer, whispering...
"maine sab sikh liya hai"...
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~Marriage is not a simple love affair, it's an ordeal,
and the ordeal is the sacrifice of ego to a relationship in which two become one~
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Precap :- Maan looked down at his mobile, frustrated with the intruder...He was already irritated with aniee's demands...and now the continuous incoming messages...
"bhai aaj kanjusi nahi chalegi...I want 10 lakhs...warna andar jaane nahi dungi" annie stubbornly exclaimed, screaming into maan's ear, who looked quite stunned reading the first message that popped up on his mobile screen...which was from geet...
~what are you wearing honey~
He read and re-read again, then went back to confirm the sender...Poor guy in shock, literally looked down at himself, checking out what was he wearing...
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