*** Chapter 7 ***
It was time for dinner ,jodha and jalal dine separately . After dinner they sit together ,their heads were covered by dupatta ,jodha and jalal read the prayers under maulvi saahab's direction, Quran was placed between the couple and they were allowed to see each other through the mirror, this was followed by another ritual , jodha and jalal were asked to feed sweets to each other, jalal takes a peice of kaju barfi and feeds her ,jodha takes another peice of sweet in her hand and stuffed into jalal's mouth, her fingers touched his lips in this process, she immediately takes back her hand in a jerk feeling little uneasy, jalal got the cue about her uneasiness, though he was hurt by her gesture ,still he tried to ease her with his Soft assuring smile.All rituals r completed ,it was time for bidaayi now, tears were flowing down from her doe shaped eyes ,she rested her head on mainavati's shoulder and was crying and sobbing like a small child who doesn't to let her parents to go away from her, jodha tugged her hands around bharmal and mainavati's arms, not willing to leave them, maina removes her hand and kissed jodha's forehead " AB YAHI TUMHARA GHAR HAI JODHA BETA, ISE APNA SAMAJHKAR PYAR KI DORI SE SAARE RISHTON KO BAADHNA" she uttered in teary tone, sukanya comes and hugs her sister tightly and cries , jalal feels a sting in his heart seeing jodha in such condition, He could not see her in such state and leaves from there, Maina and Bharmal along with sukanya sit inside the car and leaves Khan mansion with heavy heart.
Jodha collapse on the bench paced in the lawn ,hamida sits besides her and caress her back, jodha rested her head on her shoulder and cries her heart out.
Hamida- jodha beta stop crying like this ,ur not living so far from ur ur parents house ,U can meet them anytime u want , Jodha beta r we not like ur parents ,we will make sure u won't miss ur parents beta,ab stop crying ,u know na we can't see tears in ur eyes,said hamida trying to console her newly wedded daughter in law.her sobs turns into hicupps ,jalal comes with glass of water and asks her to have it, jodha takes it from his hand and gulps the whole liquid .
Jalal - ammijaan I I lost my precious thing, I think I misplaced it ,he said in horrified tone and tries searching in his pockets and looks here and there in the lawn
Hamida- how can u be so irresponsible jalal, if it was so important ,u should have kept it safely na ,ok leave it tell me what was it, I will help u in finding, she exclaimed.
Jalal- No need ammijaan ,here it is ,I found it ,hamida looks towards him ,jalal opens his fist but there was nothing.
Hamida frowns ,what's this jalal, she asked annoyingly.
Ammi this is the precious smile of ur bahu which was lost somewhere here,but I found it, no worries, he winks at his mother and blows the air towards jodha
Hamida chuckles at her son's antics while jodha's lips curved into a soft smile ,how can this man successfully bring back smile on her face everytime ,she pondered looking at her bestie cum husband in amusement. Hamida leavs the place leaving them alone for some time and to do the preparations for gruha pravesh.
Jalal comes near jodha with a playful smrik dancing on his lips ,jodha looks at jalal and wipes the last traces of tears from her face " TUM KABHI NAHI SUDHAROGE NA JALAL " she chided him and hits him on his chest lightly.
Jalal- ouch it hurts, waise my answer is no, main kabhi nahi sudharne wala , he sports a boyish smile on his lips .umm AB CHALE ,YA PHIR RAAT YAHI BITANE KA IRADA HAI, he asks her with a wink .
Jodha and jalal reaches the door step, hamida comes forward and holds the holy Quran over jodha's head ,she takes pooja thaali and does tilak and later circles the thaali , she keeps the rice filled bowl in front of Jo and asks her to spill the rice, jodha follows her MIL's instructions and stepped inside the house. Jajo enters the house together. Hamida kissed jodha's forehead and says jodha beta let me take u to ur room ,which is not unfamiliar to u, she smiles and takes her to jalal's room. The room was beautifully decorated with scented candles and flower strings, the bed was decorated with fresh rose petals. Jodha gasped looking at the decorations , hamida noticed the change in her ,she knew she was nervous, jodha beta don't worry about these decorations , this is a part of ritual and we have to follow it haina,u pls relax and be comfortable, don't panic she pats her cheek and leaves the room .
Strange ,this room is not new for her, she had been here innumerable times over the years, she played here with jalal, did homework, group studies, exam preparations and what not ,this was like her second house, but today she was not comfortable in the very same room where she spent hours playing with jalal, the decorations also made her realise the relation she share with jalal now, An unknown awkwardness engulfed her.
Jodha walked towards the windows, moon was beaming with all its glory,jodha's face was glowing more in the moon light ,a fresh cool breeze hits her face ,but nothing could help her to relax . Jalal enters the room ,jodha was lost in her own world ,jalal looks at the decorations and Was shocked to see the decorations, he too felt a little awkward, he looks at Jo and now he knew she was again nervous, jalal locks the door and move towards her and keeps his hands over her shoulders, Jo comes out of her trance, she looks at him and gives a faint smile ,not wanting him to show her feeling .
Jalal- Jo r u ok ,he asks concernly
I'm fine jalal, she assures him trying her best to hide her inner turmoil.
Jalal- hmm ok go and change urself into comforters and meanwhile I will clean this mess, he gives her a cute smile.
Jo- no need jalal ,decorations r good ,let it be like this only, waise bhi i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings ,she let out a faint smile and leaves to bathroom.
Jodha comes out and utters jalal u can go now and change ,she smiles .
Jalal too changes himself , an unknown awkward silence prevailed in the room, both were unsure of what to do next , suddenly jalal's eyes gleamed in excite,he moves towards the closet and takes out a flat box which was wrapped in a bright colourful paper. He gives the box and gestures her to open it .jodha looks at him confusingly,
Jalal- umm I heard ammijaan saying ,husband presents a gift to his wife on their first night, he gives a sheepish smile and though we don't share any such relation but still I wanted to gift u as a friend, hope u like it. He grins
Jodha opens the box and looks at jalal in amazement, fresh tears accuainted in her eyes, She got emotional and hugged jalal ,how can u be so selfless jalal, how am I ever going to thank u for ur unconditional support, tears rolled down her cheeks, jalal wipes her tears and and asks her to stop crying. Zyada emotional hone ki koi jarurat nahi hai,and pls ab batao do u like it or not, he asks her excitedly.
I loved it jalal ,thank u so much for this gift. The box had a frame which had a collage of jajo childhood pics and some pics from their carefree college days. This is the best gift till time jalal, she smile While jalal shrugged his shoulder ,u always say this, I'm the best u know ,he gives a playful smirk.jodha looks at the frame again and holds it closer to her heart.
Jo there is another reason behind this gift, he looks into jodha's eyes and sputters ,I want my old gabbar back Jo, I want u to behave normally like before, remember Jo no matter what relation we share in front of this society and our family, but we r always friends first, I don't want to see u uncomfortable around me, and haan these tears toh I never want to see in ur eyes, Jo u know na we married for our parents happiness, and if they see tears in ur eyes,I'm sure they will be hurt, and if they r hurt then I will feel that I failed to keep my promise, the promise to keep u happy always, and u know I don't like failures ,he makes puppy face. Jodha Giggles ,he was right, she don't have to be uncomfortable around him, she has grown up with him ,she promised herself that she will try to behave normally in her mind and yawns .jalal looks her and grins I think u need to rest, Jo u can sleep on the bed and I will take that couch,
But jalal u don't like sleeping on couch na, ??
Haan Jo but I can't sleep on the floor ,u know I'm not comfortable there and I can't let u sleep here in this condition ,he points towards her pregnancy state, saying this he takes the extra quilt from the cupboard and takes pillow from the bed and sleeps on the couch. They didn't realise when sleep took over them and they drifted into a deep slumber. They were literally exhausted with pre and post marriage rituals.
## morning ##
Sun rised illuminating the whole room brightly with his rays, jodha slowly opens her eyes and groaned stretching her arms,she gets down from her bed and dash towards the bathroom , she opens the tap and wash her face ,jodha looked her image in the mirror ,her maang was filled with sindoor, mangalsuthra was adoring around her neck, she touched her mangalsuthra and remembers jalal's wo rds and her lips curved into a smile, it was her first morning in her in laws house she was not jodha Singh any more, she was now jodha jalal khan, jodha quickly takes shower and wears anarkali suit, she comes out and takes a small idol of kanha from her bag, she keeps it on the table ,she performs pooja by litting diya and does aarti, jalal gets up hearing aarti, and the scene in front of him was a pure bliss, jodha was looking as fresh as a flower ,water droplets were falling from her long waist length hair which cascaded all the way from shoulders to her curvy hips.A soft smile played on his lips looking her .JODHA turns around and faces jalal, she smiles looking at him.
Good morning jalal ,tum uth gaye ,u didn't sleep properly na ,thodi der aur so jao .
Jalal- how do u know that I didn't get proper sleep? He asks jodha
Umm woh I saw u twisting and tossing on couch, and u know na even a small sound breaks my sleep so ...
Jalal understood what she was about to say, sorry Jo I was really not comfortable on couch but don't worry I will slowly be habituated to this ,u won't have to face any problem again.
Jodha chided him ,aah its not about my problem Jalal ,i m worried for u, jalal from today u will sleep on the bed ,before he could say anything jodha mutters ,u take the right side and I will sleep on the left side of bed. No more arguments this is my final decision, we will share the bed from today.
Jalal laughs and says so my gabbar is finally back haan ,he winks at jo and she too joins him laughing.
Before jodha leaves the room jalal gets up and gifts her a box.
Now what's this jalal?? Jodha asks Jalal confusingly.
Umm Jo today is walima ceremony right so I bought this dress for u, and I will be elated if u can wear this dress this evening, jodha nods in yes without opening the box and leaves the room.
Jodha enters kitchen where hamida was already present making tea, she takes her blessings and utters ammijaan mumma asked me to make a sweetdish Today as per rasam, can I make ,she asks her permission.
Hamida - Jo this is ur house too, don't forget this ok and no need to ask my permission,she exclaimed while Jo nods her head in yes.
Jodha makes gajar ka halwa and keeps it on dining table. Humanyun too comes down and jodha takes his blessings too.
Jalal comes down And sits on his place, be greets hamida and humanyun, good morning ammi Good morning abbu, and they greet him back
Wow ammi u made gajar ka halwa ?? Jodha serves him, jalal takes a spoonful of it and stuffed inside his mouth, umm ammi its delicious ,I love u ammi ,upi really want to kiss ur hands, he bends towards her mother and grabs her hands, hamida Giggles ,and says jalal beta ,jodha made this halwa, not me ,if u want to kiss the hands who made this ,then u should kiss her hands ,she deserves all the appreciation. Now jalal was really shocked ,as far as he knew Jo she was always found a mile away from the kitchen, she didn't even knew how to make a cup of tea. He looked at Jo dubiously and asked her ,u really made this?? When did u learn cooking.
Hamida cuts him and asks him to finish his breakfast.
Humanyun reminds jalal and jodha about walima ceremony, they had to get ready before 6 pm.
## evening ##
Guests started entering the mansion, jalal was ready, bharmal and maina too reaches on time, maina helps hamida in other works, bharmal and Humanyun welcomes guests ,sukanya kept herself busy serving the guests. Jalal was getting impatient, kitna time lagategi yeh ladki, he muttered under his breath, and decides to check her once.
$$ jalal's room$$
Jodha opens the box and sees a beautiful green colour embroided saree, she loved the saree but the problem was she didn't know how to wear it, she never wore saree before except on her engament day and that time her bua and mumma helped her, she didn't want to disappoint jalal so she tried wearing it, she wore blouse and inner skirt, and tried to drape the saree but all her attempts went futile, she tried and tried several times and was now really tired ,she slapped her forehead and sits on bed ,ab kya karun she asked herself trying to find the way ,and this was the time when she heard a knock, she was sure it must be ammijaan, she felt happy and was about to open the door but stopped hearing jalal's voice.
Jo Jo how much time u will take yaar , guests started arriving ,ammi asked me to call u ,he lied.
Jodha- umm jalal I I don't know how to wear saree ,she exclaimed in embarrassment. Can u pls call ammi or someone else who could help me ??
Now jalal could not stop his laugh ,he tried hard to suppress it while Jo was waiting for his answer.
Jalal - ammi is busy jo ,I will call maina maa, she is there, I will ask her to help u.
Jodha squealed in excitement , mumma reached here, pls jalal pls call her I want to meet her, jalal leaves shaking his thinking of his wife's excitement and asks maina to help Jo in his room.
Maina opens the door, jodha hugged her mother tightly and asks about bharmal and sukanya.
Maina- u can meet them downstairs but first let me help u in dressing and makes her wear saree.
Hall - walima function
A grand feast was organised by jalal's family ,all family members from both jajo side were invited today, as they could not invite all for engament and shaadi.guests reached the house and everyone was waiting for jodha specially jalal whose eyes were fixed on the stairs.
His eyes twinkled looking jodha descending downstairs with her mother, she looked ethereal, the green colour really complimented her skin, Jalal could not take off his gazes from her, he always knew jodha was beautiful, but he always treated her as his friend, He didn't know what but he felt an unknown feeling which surprised him. Something was changed but he could not fathom what was that. Jodha comes and stands besides jalal,they both went towards the stage and settled on their respective chairs with jalal's gazes still fixing on her. Jalal comes near jodha's ears and whisper s in husky voice" U R LOOKING BEAUTIFUL JODHA" jodha looked at jalal surprised, she didn't expect compliment from him, he always taunted her for being skinny ,her old fashioned dresses but today he actually praised her, jodha blushed unbeknown to her , she turned her gaze away from him .
Everyone wished the couple for their blissful married life, and gifted Them with lots of presents, jalal had a wide smile adoring his face all the time while Jo had a soft smile on her lips.
Done with chap 7, hope u all like it, pls do hit likes and comment if u really liked the chap. Thank u all who liked and commented on previous chapter. I'm really pleased by ur love and support, I m so happy that my thread reached 100 pages 😆. This is all becoz of u guys ,thank u once again, love u all
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Edited by avika444 - 10 years ago
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