Part 55: Pictured Tidings
'Mama' resonated Muskaan's happy voice forcing both Geet and Maan to come of their hold.
'Mama' this time she sounded impatient placing a serene smile on Geet's knowing her daughter was missing her and before she could push herself off the couch Muskaan came running in throwing herself onto her mother
'I missed you' her baby whispered wrapping her small hands around Geets waist, she was away for 2 nights and a day but it felt like eons for the mother daughter duo
'Where were you guys?' Geet questioned her little one who told of the tale of visiting her Nanu's friend and staying over the night due to the severity of the weather.
'Didn't you miss me?' Maan faked hurt but seeing his soon-to-be-family smiling worked its magic on him dropping his expression the next minute to form a cute smile
'Hello' came the chirpy reply but what followed shocked him, Muskaan slightly tapped his thigh before positioning herself against her mother again
'What was that?' he questioned amused by her act raising a brow towards Geet who giggled in reply
'to check if you've turned into a' she replied in her childlike voice
'monster' she lowered her voice range sounding serious as if she's dictating a conference on world's peace
'You stayed at a hotel with monsters' she continued with her theory which she formed after watching the latest Disney Animation (Hotel Transylvania 2)
'oh' came Maan's response not at all understanding what Musky's saying but nodding his head every few minutes to show that his intrigued. Geet watched the conversation from her peripheral view, a sight she was alien to. Where Muskaan and Maan conversed like a father and daughter. A part of her danced to see Muskaan happy and the other part felt peace seeing the reality.
'I'll be back' Geet said placing Muskaan onto Maan's lap before taking out her phone to capture this moment forever, whether tomorrow would be like this was a mystery but she promised to save every memory of today. Was it true that this morning has brought in glad tidings for them? If the chirping birds, the smiling sun and the clear sky was a sign then maybe, just maybe the tides in her life would mellow down too. Pushing back her thoughts Geet walked into the bathroom to get ready for the day, wanting to not miss any details.
'Musky can I be your papa?' she heard the question as soon as she existed the bathroom. The sight of him sitting with Muskaan in his arms, his hands delicately holding onto her baby's warmed her heart
'Papa' Musky questioned back with a face of shock and happiness
'App superman ho' and before he could react she threw herself to him, hugging him for her dire life. Geet watched again from a distant knowing this time was for her daughter to bask in as much love as possible. It was her right to finally feel loved by a father. She again captured the moment, she who never understood the psych of people who took selfie's/pictures at every given opportunity was doing the same.
'Ab mama ki bari' Maan danced his brows at Geet making her laugh, what was it in today's air that made her giddy with happiness. Her heart raced and the pit of her stomach tickled seeing Maan approach her ever so slowly carrying Muskaan.
'So you're ready to be Mrs Khurrana, because as on now Muskaan Maan Singh Khurrana is on my team' he pulled Geet with is spare hand, drawing her close enough to place a soft kiss to her cheek while Muskaan kissed her other cheek. Glad tidings indeed!
Mohinder raised a brow seeing Maan walk down carrying Muskaan who looked as jubilant as ever slowly followed by Geet who looked equally happy, ignoring his fatherly instincts on why Maan was here this early in the morning but raised the question of what actually happened to cause such a scene.
'erm papa wo'
'Geet your back' Pari crashed in with Pinky stopping Geet in her speech while Maan watched the girls hug one another
'You look happy' Geet remarked seeing the blush creep up, a blushing Pari was equivalent to an eclipse as in hardly ever seen
'Yash proposed' came the whisper with her forwarded hand which shone showing a diamond ring
'Oh my!' with that Raji and Geet sat down to inspect the ring before launching into another hug attack, Pinky seemed like the sane one since she already knew the story
'Yash is here, I knew you would want to talk to him' Pari informed seeing Yash walk in, Pinky had already interrogated the poor fellow which wasn't exactly easy with her being pregnant and a laughing Adi behind cracking jokes every so often. Poor guy had it bad.
'My superman' Muskaan shouted the minute she saw Yash getting off Maan, this disturbed Maan to no ends but the next minute she came back and pulled him along.
'Papa' Muskaan cleared when Yash asked her to repeat shocking the occupants apart from the two who stared in disbelieve and surprise
'Mr Handa, I mean Sir, papa' Maan hesitated finally settling for the apt call for the man he grew to respect over the past few weeks.
'Can I marry your daughter?' Maan earnestly requested while the rest of the people stood aghast. Mohinder turned towards his daughter who blushed velvet giving away her heart's desire.
'Welcome to the family beta' he hugged Maan while Muskaan hugged him round the leg creating the perfect picture moment but this time it was Rajji clicking the photographs. What followed was another round of hugs and congratulations. Although technically Maan hasn't yet asked the woman in question whether or not she wants to marry him? Funny isn't it? But it never occurred, Geet was bound to say yes!
'Please take care of her' Geet asked standing next to Yash seeing a very happy Pari at the other end of the room, after years of pain it seemed like everything was falling into place. Could one get happier?
'I will, I promise' he promised pulling her hands into his
'She looks really happy' he nodded towards Muskaan who lay in Maan's arms playing with his finger while Maan conversed with Mohinder, another memory Geet stored in her brain. It was an overdose of happy memories, she who thought life would always remain dark felt the lightness of the day and the gift of joy.
'You better take care of her' Pari threatened Maan with Rajji in tow, Mohinder had gone upstairs leaving the opportunity for Pari to drill in some points
'Of course I will, she's my life now' he stated with arrogance making Pari groan, why does this man need to be so difficult?
'Guys breakfast' Pinky shouted who sat at the table eagerly waiting for some food forcing the silent conversation between Pari and Maan to stop
'Papa sits next to me' Muskaan commanded pulling Maan along, finally having her superman made her exceptionally happy however she still forced her Nanu of the seat beside her, clearly showing that her Nanu jaan was still the favourite man in her life.
'I've spoken to the lawyer, adoption paper is ready to sign' Maan said to Geet who was too absorbed in the kitchen work. Pari, Pinky and Yash were still at her place playing games with Muskaan
'But I'm Musky's legal guardian' Geet stressed, this was a confusing business
'I don't want any complications Geet' Maan wanted all legal matters sorted before their marriage
'Dadi's got the pandit on the phone, I told her we want to get married as soon as possible'
'KYA' she cried hitting his hand in the process
'Maan dadi kya sochengi, god Maan why don't you just tell her that we want to get married today'
'Even better honey' with that he redialled leaping Geet into action, gosh the Maan hasn't even proposed properly yet here he was demanding as early marriage without her consent
'MAAN' she shouted disconnecting the call while he laughed at her red face
'You've proposed to the world but not me yet'
'so' he said playing with her curls with one hand while the other creeped up her waist
'SO' she mouthed feeling agitated with his smirk, why can't he do something right?
Glad tidings, sweet news passed by all day with Dadi formally meeting Mohinder the same afternoon to arrange the engagement who was accompanied by Naintara and Dev. Everyone rejoiced at the news, double weddings; double brides and double the fun? What caused for such glad tidings you may ask well when time is in favour what more can be expected? Every life goes through a slippery slope which we deem as a test' whether they pass or fail is dependent upon them. But ones that help others in that time are truly blissful and live a beautiful happy life, like the one Geet was faced with now and being in the company of her loved ones would only increase this glad tiding by a million.
Note: I never let Muskaan name Maan anything because I wanted her to call him papa first, I hope you like it
Would you like me to continue till the wedding or can I just end it with Maan proposing, please let me know or else I'm ending this with Geet being officially engaged to Maan
Also sorry you may have to wait a bit for the next part, I seriously wanted to finish this story way before December but not all things go so as planned. I'm sorry but I'm going through a stressful period so writing isn't coming to be as easy. Hope you understand
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