Face The Music - Jaisa Des Waisa Bhes: Page 63 - Page 24

Everyone sits in the lounging area. Khushi hands Nani ji her gift and seeks her blessing, "Live long!" Nani ji says. "Oh, Thank You!" This is for you!" Mami ji gives a gift to NK. Khushi picks up a package from the table and hands it to Anjali, "This is for you!" While Nani ji gives one to NK. "Thank You so much!" Anjali says. "Didn't you bring gifts?" Khushi asks Arnav. What? Khushi and Arnav did not buy gifts together for the family on their first Diwali together as husband and wife? SAD! "Hari Prakash!" Arnav calls prompting HP to come with gifts. "Nani, a shawl for you!" "Long live, beta!" Nani ji says. "Mami, Banarasi saree for you!" Arnav then hands a gift to Anjali. "Thank You!" Anjali says with a sweet smile. "Your favorite Hindi movies on DVD!" NK gets his share. Khushi immediately jumps up to her feet and demands, "And for me?" A smile appears on Arnav face as he hands Khushi her gift. "What's in here?" Khushi asks excitedly. "Open and see!" he says. Khushi opens the wrap to find her own picture from the first time she came in front of Arnav in the red saree... "How beautiful!" she says and rushes to hug Arnav, "Happy Diwali!" "Happy Diwali!" Arnav says in a soft voice as he gently rubs on her hair. Alright, as cute and sweet this was... I felt it was so not Arnav and Khushi! Knowing Arnav, I think he would have done something very special for Khushi in his room or by the poolside.. something beautiful and romantic.. expressed passionately... Frankly, I was disappointed! On top of it, there were no emotional conversation, glances or flash back about the memory.. that was really heartbreaking... so would have loved to see their eyes reflect the memories of that first realization of Arnav of Khushi's beauty!

"Arey, show it to us too!" Mami says. Khushi shows the picture in the frame.. "Yes, very nice!" Nani ji says. Khushi holds Arnav's hand and says, "Okay, now tell me, what you got Aarav?" Arnav's face goes blank. He looks at Aarav and says hesitantly, "For... Aarav..." He looks back at Khushi as he says, "It completely skipped my mind!" Aarav's face turns pale with disappointment... Anjali feels bad.. "Forgot? How can you forget?" Khushi asks. Arnav says with a firm face, "Khushi, actually, I want to talk with Aarav!" He looks at Aarav and says, "Aarav, go to your room." Aarav gets up and leaves. Arnav follows him. Khushi's face shows worries as she thinks, "Hey, Devi Maiyya! Is it Aarav's turn now, after me, to get yells at by Laad Governor? No, No! Arnav ji won't do this!" Worried Nani ji says, 'Khushi bitiya, I think that Chhotey is upset given Aarav's behavior! You go and tell Chhotey to be patient." "Yes, Yes, Nani ji! Anyway, I am used to Arnav ji's anger... it does not affect me as much.. but, poor Aarav! I will be right back!"

Arnav follows Aarav through the hallway. As they get close to his room, Aarav turns and says to Arnav, 'I know that everyone is upset with me." "Aarav, go inside!" Arnav says curtly. As Aarav turns and Arnav follows him, Khushi rushes in... but before she can get to the door she hears a loud scream from Aarav. Everyone downstairs hears it too. "What happened?" Mami ji wonders as they all jump to their feet and rush upstairs. As Khushi walks in she is stunned to see a completely redone and well decorated and well appointed boy's room appropriate for Aarav's age.. with a bike, a bean bag to lazy around, a new writing desk with a chair... a basketball hoop and lots of toys... with a nice bed and beautiful dcor. All the members of the family walk in to be surprised as much Khushi did! Khushi wraps her arm around Arnav's as she takes it all in. Excited Aarav runs to the bike and throws basket ball in the hoop. Then he rushes back and hugs Arnav. Arnav kneels down and gently holds Aarav's face in his hand as he says affectionately, "Happy Diwali!" I just loved the way he said it! "You are the best..best.. best dad in the whole wide world!" Aarav says, "Thank You so much!" This brings the most beautiful smile on Arnav's face. Aarav then gives Arnav a kiss on his cheek..and hugs him. Arnav affectionately moves his hand on Aarav's back. Khushi's face fills with worries.

"Wow!" NK says as Arnav jumps to his feet, "Bicycle, Basket Ball, Cricket Set! Everything is here! I wish.. in my childhood.. when I was a child.. that my Papa also gave me so many mosquites gift!" Mami ji burst out laughing at his butchered Hindi.. Arnav smirks.. "Looks like, our Chhotey has learned to please his son!" "Yes, Di! It's not necessary that children should be given fire crackers.. sweets... to be happy." As stunned Khushi looks at Arnav he plays with eye brows to gesture, "right?" in a challenging way. Khushi's face shows disappointment. Okay! Granted many parents talk this way. This is not what I expect from Arnav Khushi at this stage! Arnav always respected Khushi's opinion.. now all of a sudden first Khushi says something opposite her ideology and then Arnav mocks her almost? Where are we going in this relationship?

Back in their room that Night:

"So, this is the way you make Aarav happy?.. by buying him expensive gifts?" Arnav shrugs his shoulders and says, "Yes." 'Arnav ji, do you even know what you might be doing? You are spoiling Aarav. After all that happened today, now Aarav is bound to think that whenever he gets upset, you will be buying him expensive gifts!" "So what, I will!" Arnav says. "Why don't you understand? If Aarav gets everything so easily.. then how would he understand the value of money?" "But what's the need? Until I am there!" Gosh, did Arnav just say that? I just can't believe it! This is not the original Arnav! "There is a need, Arnav ji! Because, he will never understand how the real world is like! He will think that this is what the world is like! You would get his demands fulfilled before he even asks!" "So, I will, Khushi!" Arnav says. Okay, this is not the Arnav I know! Arnav is a very sensible man and also he would not talk to Khushi this way. Ahhh... "Arnav ji, I say this again that you are spoiling Aarav!" "Khushi, I am just trying to make him feel comfortable! He should feel as if he is in his house!" "He should have the zeal to achieve things... and he should know that he would get that thing when he is on his good behavior with everyone! Arnav ji, you have rewarded Aarav's bad behavior?" "Khushi, hard work and behavior are two different things. What are you trying to say? You are confused yourself and confusing me too!" "I am just saying that..." Khushi gets interrupted by Arnav, "Ah..don't! I can make all the decisions related to money!" "What do you mean?" Khushi asks surprised. "Means.." Khushi interrupts Arnav, "I am not earning money so, I can't talk on this topic?" "I.." Arnav tries to talk but Khushi goes off on him, "You are in a suit, boots.. talk on Bluetooth... does not mean that you can make all decisions alone!" "Khushi, I did not say so!" Arnav says. Khushi yells, "You said so! Your son... your money... as if I am no one! Just because I am not earning? And if your memory has gone weak then let me refresh it... that I used to run a tiffin service!" "I know.. but... used to!" Arnav says calmly. Worked up Khushi fumes, "Yes! So?... If I want.. I can still earn more money than you!" "Oh..." Arnav smiles.. sarcasm appears in his voice, " Really?... How? By exporting Jalebis?"

Angrily Khushi says, "No need to fly so high! Don't forget that I saved you from those fake clients! .. and because of me wearing the clothes, you got the contract! .. and if you are such a big shot... as you come across.. then you would have never needed my help!" Arnav's face turns sharper and sharper... his anger mounts as he listens on... "..and don't think that I cannot survive in this ruthless world!" Arnav clenches his teeth and advances a few footsteps.. Khushi reflexively moves back as he says, "No, you can't! ... because money is essential to live real life!.. and you need brains to earn money! ... courage and confidence is necessary to face the world! ... to fulfill your dreams!... and you have nothing like this! .... To run a business and fry jalebis... are two different things! Do you get it?" Arnav leaves Khushi with her jaw dropped open..

"Arnav Singh Raizada!" fuming Khushi says, "You have challenged me! You have challenged the woman power in me! Now, you just keep watching!...what this Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada can do!... How this baker's daughter will face the challenge of yours!.. and will prove you wrong! Then you keep saying what the.. what the..."

Next Morning:

Arnav is dressed for the office... he pulls the closet door closed as he grabs his jacket and throws on his arm in his usual style, "Yes, Aman! Tell Mr. Chopra that I need quotations under any circumstances! It's already late! .. and I want to meet with the new clients after lunch today!" Arnav talks on his Bluetooth as he flips through the pages of a file.. and throws it on the table as he walks away, ".. and also the new stylist!" As he walks ouit of the room, Khushi peeks from behind the covers... pretending to be asleep until now.. sits up in the bed and gets on her knees with both her hands on her hips, fumes, "Thinks of himself as a leader!... just keep lecturing! No consideration for the person in front!... if they want to say something or not! Emperor of one sided discussions! ASR!" Fuming Khushi jumps down from the bed. Reaches for a blazer of ASR from the closet and puts it on her night suit!... starts talking like Arnav as she walks up to the chaise, "Hari Prakash, peel off all the potatoes immediately!... and I want all the onions peeled off!" she sits down on the chaise in front of the laptop, ".. and don't forget! Put Rajma in the cooker!" She pretends to angrily shut the laptop and stands up saying, "What the! Why did you not soak the Rajma..kidney beans? .. I don't want besan.. graham floor.. right now! Do you get that?" Her steam wears off... frustrated she says to herself, "Nothing can be achieved with mimicking. Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!.. first, my name is sooo long!... that takes so much time just to say it! .. does not leave time to think! " Khushi then thinks to herself, "Khushi, if you really want to stand strong then think of something else!... something new!... something different!... but what?"

Khushi starts biting on her nails when something dawns upon her, ".. Oh, yes! The brother of Kamlesh Khabri... Guru Ramesh Khabri...ji! The knowledgeable person who can change personalities of people!" Excitedly Khushi grabs the remote and puts the TV on... "That's it! That's all I wanted to say to my sisters! ... and the sisters who could not watch this program... will not be able to see anything now! Namashkar!" the guy on TV says. "Oh, no! Hope this delay does not cost me!" Khushi mutters to herself.... But then it occurs to her, "Oh, yes! His CDs are also available!" Khushi immediately rushes to her phone, and makes the call.

Khushi eagerly.. impatiently waits in her room... her face lights up as she hears the door bell. Khushi rushes to the door and takes the delivery of the CD. Comes back running to her room, "Ramesh Khabri's ultimate ideas... especially for the woman of twenty first century!" Khushi kisses the CD! "Ramesh Khabri ji.. it's only you who would show the correct path in my life!" Khushi pops the CD in the player and puts the TV on, "For a strong... confident and courageous woman... first of all, stand straight! Like this! And then... meet the eye of the person in front of you and talk!... take of the eyes... mishap happens!... Consider this life a road! If you move your gaze away then the person in front thinks that you are intimidated! You are scared! He will try to crush you easily! Hold your head high! When you shake hands with someone, be strong.. make them feel that you are not weak! Don't worry when shaking hands.. and say, myself.. Ramesh Khabri!" Khushi enacts as he says.. she now enacts shaking hands, clears her throat and says, "Myself, Ramesh Khabri!... means.. Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!" She watches on TV, "Answer the opposite to whatever the person in front says!... it's possible that they are conspiring against you! Give question in answer to a question! .. and tangle them in their own words! This whole action is called in English... if you can't beat them then confuse them!" Khushi tries to understand.. she keeps on watching and training herself as the guy on CD says. After a while she says in filmi style, "Khushi, now you are ready!.. to face this sinful world!"

"Stop!" Khushi orders as HP gets the door to get milk. Mami's hand stops at her mouth as she tries to eat her snack with her tea. Stunned HP looks over his shoulder to find Khushi saying, "I will get the door! I have to face the world courageously! I am brave!" Khushi remembers that the guy said to hold the head high. She hyperextends her neck..and walks towards the door as Mami watches her keenly.. Khushi's foot tangles over the rug in the middle and she almost topples... she gets flustered for a moment as Hp and Mami watch her but she then resumes with her awkwardly extended neck to the door... "Hello Hi Bye Bye... why is Phati Saree trying to be a Giraffe? She has a new program on her mind every single day! Don't know what channel is on her mind today!" BEST DIALOGUE of the day! Mami says.

Khushi opens the door, The milkman is at the door. Khushi extends her hand and says, "hello! Myself Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!" "Manste, Bhabhi ji!" The milkman returns the greeting with his hands put together, "Should I give four liters of milk like every day?" Khushi remembers that she has to give opposite in the answer, she says, "Why?... why only four liters? Why not five? Why not one?" Oh, I sooo loved the expressions on the face of Mami here as she watches Khushi's craziness! "Because, Bhabhi ji, you take four liters every day... that's why!" the milkman says.. but Khushi remembers Ramesh Khabri's words that there might a conspiracy cooking in the person in front! She says, "But I have decided that today I will get ten liters of milk!" Mami and HP's eyes go wide as they hear Khushi. She grabs the pot from HP and hold it front of the milkman as she says, "And.. it be exactly as I say, understood?" Then Khushi thinks for a while and says, "Listen, if I get ten liters milk from you today then will you give me ten percent discount on the milk tomorrow?" "Yes, Bahabhi ji! Absolutely, why not?" as the milkman says Khushi rejoices, "I learned how to do business!... ten percent benefit in one go!... Hunh.. that Ladd Governor.. going head to head with me!" Khushi grabs the pot and leaves as HP looks at her with puzzled eyes and a bigger pot in his hands.

"Hello Hi Bye Bye!" Mami ji says as Khushi struggles to balance the pot full of milk, "Hey, Phatee Sarre! Is it going to be only milk for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Arey, what will you do with ten liters of milk?" Khushi remembers how she has confuse the person in front of her, she says, " Mami ji, we can make kheer.. cream... rabaddi.... even ghee... clarified butter... with this milk! Think big, mami ji, big!" ASR walks in from behind the pillar as she preaches Mami ji, "..beacuse the one who thinks big..makes it big! BIG!" She leaves a speechless Mami behind and breezes by ASR... gives him a curt look and moves on.. ASR knows that his zalli Khushi is now up to something.. he smiles to himself and leaves.

HP gets remaining extra milk from the milkman. Mami ji says, "Very good! It's Diwali for the milkman! .. that too a big one!... and our bankruptcy... big hole in the pockets! This Phatee Saree... has she watched some horror food channel? Gone crazy totally!"

Everyone at the breakfast table:

As ASR walks in, Nani ji says, "The sweets are excellent!... I made just for you!" Khushi gives ASR an angry look as he puts his jacket on the back of his chair and sits down. Anjali says, "You know... I still feel like relaxing!" NK says, "Ah.. I know, Di! I know why! We had so much fun, right?... but Di! I want to celebrate Diwali today too! Wow! So fun!" "Me too!" Mami adds, "But need to apply one condition... the sweets we had yesterday .. we will have to get it again!" Khushi smiles sweetly as she spreads butter on the toast. Aarav walks in and sits next to ASR. Arnav asks, "So, big guy! Did you sleep alright?" Nk answers instead, "Slept?.. No ways! We played games whole night! Hunh?" he and Aarav high five each other..

Arnav slowly brings his gaze to Khushi from the corner of his eye... She averts his gaze quickly after shutting her eyes briefly... that drains the smile form Arnav's face. Arnav thinks, "Ah...oh! Seems to me that she has taken yesterday's talk to heart! I guess, I a bit too rude! I should not have behaved this way! May be I should take Khushi out!... but... she will not come!... think that I will have to do something else.. in her style!" Arnav once again looks up.. but moves his gaze away quickly as no reciprocation comes... Arnav gets ion his cell phone, "Hello! Hi, Neena!" That definitely catches Khushi's attention as he talks enthusiastically, "Congratulations! I heard about deal! Very smart!... yeah!.. Actually, only smart and intelligent people can work me! Congratulations and good work! Bye!" Khushi's curious eyes settle on him.. as he gets off phone she goes back to her toast. Arnav says, "Ahhh. I wil egt going! I am getting late! See you guys" He grabs his blazer and takes off.

Khushi immediately follows him. He turns around at the door.. Khushi turns as well. "Hi!' Arnav says softly. "Have a good day! Bye!" Khushi says in a dry tone as she waves her hand. "Yours too!" Arnav says in a soft and affectionate voice as a little smirk stays on his face. Khushi leaves him standing and takes off. 'What the!' Arnav thinks, "I thought that she will be a bit jealous... . my plan might work and she may come to office with me! Had she come to office, I would get some time to cajole her.. . but she said bye!"

At the office:

ASR looks at the bridal collection displayed on the manikins.. "Yes, these are nice! One model will have this on... and the remainder..." He gets interrupted by a strong voice, "Really!" Startled he looks in the direction of the voice, "Great Choice, Mr. Raizada!" He is surprised to see Khushi walk in. She walks in and stands next to the manikin, "What happened? Didn't you say that you like to work with smart and intelligent women?" Arnav realizes that his planned worked after all.. "So, who could be better than me?" Khushi says. Arnav throws his eye brows up in the air and smiles... Khushi starts playing with her eye brows.. that brings questions to ASR's gaze.. he looks at her with a questioning gaze.. Khushi thinks, "How does he do it? I can't raise just one! Both eye brows get lifted!" She tries again as ASR watches her and raises just his left eye brow in question and asks in a soft voice, 'What are you doing, Khushi?"

"Good Morning, Madam!" ASR's staff greets her. Khushi puts her hands together but her mind gets flash backs from Ramesh Khabri's voice about holding her head high and coming across as a strong person. She immediately pulls her hands down.. confused staff looks at each other. Khushi walks over to each of them and shakes their hands, "Myself, Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!" A cute and affectionate smile spreads across ASR's lips as he watches her. Just then Khushi's phone rings.. she struggles to take it out of her pouch, "Just a minute!" She walks back to ASR and answers the phone, "Yes, Nanhe ji!" NK says as Anjali and Nani ji watch, "Khushi ji, where are you? Everyone is so worried about you here!" "Nanhe ji, I am at Arnav ji's of..." she realizes that all eyes are on her as ASR looks down...she clears her throat and says, "Nanhe ji, you, please, call me in a little while! I am in a meeting!" NK is stunned to find that Khushi hung up on him. Nani ji asks with a gesture, 'What?" "She hung up!" NK says.

Amused Arnav listens with his down as Khushi makes a debacle of herself in front of the staff, "Alright! So, tell me what is the model selling... clothing or cold drink?" ASR answers in a soft voice, "An international magazine of bridal fashion!" "Okay!" Khushi says, "Beautiful clothing for the brides across the world!" As Khushi touches the lehenga.. it gets stuck in her bangle and it tears as she pulls her hand down... Scare fills Khushi's eyes.. Arnav watches her with his gaze lowered.. he lifts both his eye brows to imply.. "now?" Khushi looks at the tear in the outfit not knowing what to do.. the staff looks on.. Arnav stands their with both his hands in his pockets.. does not get angry.. "Forgive me.. that.." Khushi looks at him and says.. but just then she remembers how to talk with someone per the Ramesh Khabri CD.. Arnav says with a whisper, "It's okay..." when Khushi fires back cutting him off, "Doesn't matter! No need to worry! I will take care of it!" She does not let Arnav talk and says to the staff, "You get me a needle and thread.. you get me scissors! Go!" As the staff leaves, Arnav says, "Khushi, relax" "Thank You!" Khushi again cuts him off, "I don't need your help! I will manage!" She makes a posture that has challenge on her face.. leaving Arnav speechless!