Beauty is so stunned at the realization hat Raj loves Jassi that she walks out of the lobby to the car park without thinking. When Raj returns, he finds her nowhere in sight. Concerned, he looks around thoroughly; his search yields no result. Worried, he goes outside to check. He sees Beauty wandering around the parking, several metres away from his car. He goes up to her and lays his hand on her arm. She turns around and looks blankly at him.
Raj: Kya baat hai, Beauty……tum achanak aise chali aayi….car toh wahaan hai!
Beauty: (absently) Kahan….? Oh……maine dekha nahin…..
Unable to get any more out of her, a puzzled Raj leads her to the car. They get inside and her drives her home in silence. She gets out and moves mechanically towards the house without even turning back. Raj lingers for a moment or two, trying to make sense of her abrupt change in behaviour. Then he reverses and drives away.
Nandu is watching the scene from his window. He thinks, "Ek 'Good night' bhi nahin? Kya in dono ka jhagda hua hai?" In spite of himself, he grins!
Jassi sees Beauty walk inside the gate and also spies Raj driving off. She come sto meet Beauty outside. Beauty greets her without enthusiasm.
Jassi: Tumhe Raj ne drop kiya na? (scans her face carefully)
Beauty: (avoiding her eyes) Haan….
Jassi: Toh usse andar bula leti….Armaan bhi yahan hai…..
Beauty: (again absently) ….andar…….mujhe dhyan nahin aaya…..
Jassi says no more but as she enters the house, she prays, "Babaji, Beauty ki zindagi mein jo bhi sawal hai, unke jawaab sirf aap de sakte hain….uski raksha kijiye!"
As the entire family gets into the mood of the evening, Chaman is emboldened to ask Armaan, "Jeeju!"
Armu: Haan…?
Chaman: (blushing) Mujhe…modeling karna bahut achcha lagta hai….agar main Gulmohur mein….
JandA exchange glances. Armaan is spared from making a reply by Bua, who admonishes Chaman, "Chup kar! Do din sheher kya reh liya, modeling ke khwab dekhne laga…! Gaon mein khet kaun sambhaalega?"
Chaman: (pouting) Par main sheher mein reh kar kaam karna chahta hun…!
Bua glares at him. To save the situation, Bebe tells Jassi, "Jassi beta, teri god-bharai ke waqt aane wala hai….main soch rahi thi, agar ye rasm hum Amritsar mein nibhayein toh….?"
Everyone greets this idea with delight. Chaman immediately drifts off into a vision of himself and Angel, dressed in traditional Punjabi clothes, singing a song atop a tractor!
(Hmmm….are TnD thinking of trying a JLH here?)
Beauty is the only one who does not seem interested in the plan. After a while she gets up and goes outside to walk by herself. Jassi follows her, concerned. They sit down together on the steps outside.
Jassi: Beauty…..
Beauty is silent.
Jassi: …..kya koi baat hai? Agar tumhe kuch pareshaan kar raha hai toh mujhe batao na!
In the meantime, Armaan realizes that it is getting late and heads outside to call Jassi.
Beauty: (after a long and uncomfortable silence) Didi….ek baat puchu?
Jassi: Poocho…!
Beauty: Jab aap Jessica Bedi ban kar Gulmohur waapas aayi, toh kya logon ka aapki taraf nazariya badal gaya?
Jassi: (sighing) Kuch logon ka toh zaroor badla……jin logon ko sirf chehre ki khoosurati dekhne ki aadat thi, unhone nahin pehchaana ki yeh wahi Jassi hai jisse wo log chashmish aur badsoorat kehte the..! Mallika, Maddy, Raj….
Beauty: Raj sir bhi….?
Jassi looks directly at her. "Haan Beauty, Raj bhi…..jis Raj Malhotra ne Armaan ko mujhse pyaar ka naatak karne ke liye uksaaya tha, ussi Raj ne Jessica ke peeche chhupi hui Jassi ko nahin pehchaana!.....Par phir bhi….mujhe Raj se koi shikaayat nahin hai….wo Armaan ka dost hai aur Armaan ko bahut support bhi kiya hai…..lekin Beauty….main nahin chahti kit um koi jaldbaazi karo!
Beauty: Jaldbaazi?
Jassi: Beauty……Raj aur tumhari dosti…..yeh sirf dosti hi hai ya……
Beauty looks wistfully at her. "Didi….main aapko kaise samjhaun…..raj sir mere bahut khaas dost hai….lekin wo mujhse pyaar nahin karte……kyunki wo kissi aur se pyaar karte hai….!"
Jassi stares at her in astonishment. "Pyaar…..kisse?"
Beauty struggles for a moment before blurting out—"Aapse!"
Jassi is dumbfounded.
Neither of them is aware that Armaan is stamding behind them and has heard everything!
Tomorrow: Armaan and Raj are drinking together.
