Chapter 13A :
Manik was back in Delhi.as soon as he reached his house
"bhai...!!" saying this Navya came to him running and hugged him tightly and Mukthi followed.
"ok..ok..im here..relax..mai aa gaya hun na.."he said patting her head.
"I missed u soo much..pata hai.."she said as soon as she broke the hug.."even I missed u.."he too said lovingly..."nai..jhut..agar aap mujhae miss karthe to u would have come earlier itself..."she replied angrily.. "ok..baba..u two wait here..ill fresh up and come then we will talk .." saying this he left to his room..
"mukthi..chal its time for our surprise.."navya said and dragged mukthi with her into the kitchen..
After 20 minutes manik came down and saw mukthi and navya giggling..
"kya chal raha hai..?" he asked and sat on the chair
"aap khud hi dekh lijiyae.." mukthi said pushing a plate towards him.. he opened and saw a beautiful chocolate cake with We MISSED U' written on it...Navya was an expert in making chocolate cake which was maniks most favourite... he immediately got up and hugged both navya and mukthi and said "I missed u too..my lovely lovely sisters.." and kissed them on their foreheads..
"kha kae batao na..kaisa hai.."navya asked exicitedly rubbing her hands.. he took a knife cut a piece and ate it.. it was really very tasty..he looked at their anxious faces..and to tease them made a bad face and said.."yae kya hai..sugar dalna bhul gayae kya..?" "what..!!" both of them exclaimed in unision
"haan..see.."and made them eat a piece himself.. "arae yae tho bilkul theek hai.."navya said munching it and then it stuck her thae he was pulling their leg.."bahi..!!"said both of them and started running after him throwing pillows and cusions and whatever came in their hands.. after running for sometime the trio got exhausted and sat in the sofa panting heavily..
"aur kitna pareshan karogae marae bacchae ko." A voice came from behind manik and immediately a huge smile appeared on his face..he got up and hugged her and said.." dekho na Meera maa kitna pareshan kar rahae hai dono.." he said side hugging her making a cute face..
(so here is the one more new entry.. Meera Maa .. for manik and navya...navya's care taker after their mother died.. navya was only 4 years old when their mom passed away..so to take care of navya she was appointed..and their bond grew soo much deeper that now manik and navya call her Meera maa..)
"accha hum pareshan kar rahae hai.." navya said picking one cushion on the floor and threw it on him he somehow escaped it and said.."dekha..ab tho maar bhi rahi hai.."he said wiping the fake tears.. Meera maa laughed at their cute fights and said. "beta kab aayae tum..aur kaisa raha trip..?"
"perfect..sab kuch bahut accha tha.."he replied
"accha chalo..u guys keep talking mai dinner ki preparations dekh thi hun.manik beta tum thodi der rest karo..pata nai kaam kae chakkar mai theek sae apna dhyaan rakha bhi ya nahi..apna chehara dekha hai..kaisa ho gaya hai.. chalo jao aur chup chap jaakae rest karo..aur khaardar jo kaam kiya tho..!!" she warned him and he nodded like a child and went to his room
"aur tum dono bhi..jao apnae kamrae mai...aur apnae bhai ko pareshan math karna...hai rabba...!!!...kya haal bana diya hai ghar ka.. koi dekhae ga tho samjhae ga ki choate bacchae rehatae hai ghar mai..tum log nahi.." she said to Mukhi and navya.. both giggled and left to Navya's rooms
In banglore:
Nandini was back from collage and was doing some work when her phone beeped..she checked and it was a message from Ranbir which read as "hey..sweetheart..back from collage..? how was your day..?" she blushed at the mentioning of sweetheart' and replied.."fine..it was a gud day..by the way.. how is your work going on..?"
R : ahh..!! work is always boring.. I wish I return back as soon as possible
N: hmm.. so what else..what are u doing ?
R : nothing just going through files for tomorrows meeting. What about u ?
N: nothing much..just back from collage..
R : accha..tell me one thing..
N: yeah ..shoot..
R : kal raath..why did u get so scared..mai nae bola tha nai ki it was just a movie forget it.. u don't have any idea how much I got worried when cabir called me at that time..
She got embarrassed because her little secret was out that she is afraid of such movies
N : vo...pata nai..i just got scared.. by the way why were u worried ?
R : oh..u tell me y I shouldn't b worried.. I was the one who took u to that stupid movie..
N : Its just that ki...I saw a shadow..and...
R: and u thought that the ghost was there in ur room..
N: haan..u know..i really thought ki it was the same ghost I saw in the movie
R: common Nandu.. grow up.. bhooth jaisi cheez kuch nai hoti..
N: hmmm...ill try...
R: ok will talk to u later..take care..byee baby :* ;)
N: byee..tak care..^_^
Chapter 13 B :
Dinner time :
Manik Navya Mukthi were having dinner chit chatting and enjoying the delicious food prepared by their beloved Meera maa "bas bas maa..itna khaa liya hai..ek aur nahi..im full.." manik said as Meera maa served him with another paratha..
"mai teri ek baath bhi nai sunnae wali..pata nahi theek sae khaya bhi nahi vahan.. tarae liyae hi banayae hai mainae extra ghee kae aloo kae parathae.. cha lab yae sab akhrae bandh kar aur kha.." she said angrily..
"nai..mujhae aur nai khana..baccha nai hun mai.." he retorted angrily..she came and stood beside him smiled looking at his grumpy face but immediately hid her smile took a piece of paratha and.. twisted his ear..he winced "ahh..chodo na..ouch...its hurting.." as soon as he opened his mouth she pushed the paratha piece in his mouth and said.."tu khay gay a mai khilaun.. bahar kae logon kae liyae tu The Manik Malohtra par marae liyae tu abhi bhi mera ladoo hi hai.."
Navya and Mukthi who were trying their best not to laugh started laughing like mad on hearing ladoo'
"dekha..kaisae has rahae hai dono.."he said pointing towards them whose stomachs were about to explode because of laughing. "chup chap khao..iss mai itna hasnae ki baath kya hai..haan..?" "bhai..ladoo..hahaha..seriously ladoo.." navya spoke controlling her laugh and again burst out laughing..
"bas bas..jaldi sae khana khatam karo aur so jao..kal collage nai jana hai kya.."meera maa said feeding manik with her own hands as he was too adamant to eat it and mukthi and navyas laughing session was adding fuel to the fire
"yes boss..!!" navya and mukthi said in unision
Soon they wrapped up their dinner. mukthi was staying back as she wanted to spend some time with navya and manik together.
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Nandini was in her room after her dinner and her phone again beeped with a message..ofcourse it was Ranbir..
R:hey baby..whatsup..? had dinner
N: yeah...just a while ago..
R: so what are u doing..?
N: nothing..just sitting in my balcony and starring stars..
R: so u like stars..?
N: yeah... bahi used to say ki amma appa are there in those stars and are watching me from there.. that's y I love stars.. they keep me connected to my parents...
R: hmm... so u r bhai ki ladli..? ;)
N: hehe..yeah.. bhai loves me soo much..even me.. but u know.. chacha-chachi also love me soo much.. they don't differenciate between me and bhai..but bahi is the first person in my life.. he is my father ,mother , friend, everything..
R: its good to hear that... nandu tell me one thing ?'
N: ask
R: do u love someone ?
(he asked very hesitantly..not knowing how would she react )
N: nai...nah..!! not till now..
R : soo..that means...
N: that means...???
R: chalo chodo leave that to me..ill take care of that..
N: nai bolo..what did u mean.. I mean why did u ask like that..
R: nothing..just like that
N: ok..gud nite..
R: gud nite baby.. sweet dreams...:*
N:^_^
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Two weeks passed. Nandu and Ranbie were getting close.. they both started knowing each other very well..their likes dislikes favourites dreams goals..etc etc...
Nandu used to get soo much engrossed wile talking to Ranbir that she used to forget where she was and what she was doing.. she started talking less to Soha and Maddy in her collage.. at home also she used to talk less to everyone.. chachi and Anjali aunty observed this and decided to speak to her..even cabir was aware of the changing behaviour of nandini but decided to keep calm as he knew if something was there nandu will herself tell him..
One day... nandini was in her room talking to Ranbir when chachi entered her room
"nandu..kya chal raha hai yae sab..?" chachi asked sitting beside nandu..she immediately kept her phone aside and looked at chachi.. "kya hua chachi..?"she asked innocently not clueless of what chachi was asking
"yae..jab dekho phone par lagi rehathi ho..khoi khoi rehathi ho.. kisi sae theek sae baath nahi kar rahi ho..chakkar kya hai..?" chachi asked a bit seriously
"nai..aaisa kuch nahi hai..vo..vo tho bas.." she was fumbling for words..
"kyat u uss Ranbir sae pyaar karthi hai..?" chachi was straight on point
"what..!! nai.. I mean hum bas acchae doost hai.. jaisa aap soch rahi ho vaisa kuch nahi hai.." she replied
"accha..? sach mai aaisa kuch nahi hai..?" now chachi asked in a teasing tone..
"chachi aap bhi na.." nandu said blushing
"oyee..hoi..meri beti blush kar rahi hai..ab tho baath pakki hai.." she said taking nandu in a side hug
"pata nai.."nandu said sadly
"kya mai aur tumharae chacha baath karae usssae..?" chachi asked
"nai..aap kuch mata karo..mujhae nai pata ki vo kya feel kartha hai.." she said
"hayee..tujhae kaun pasand nai karaega.." chachi replied
"aaisi baath nai hai chachi..its just that.. we both want to take it slow.. ek relation mai aanae sae pehalae we both need to know each other..tabhi ek decision laena correct hoga..jaldbasi mai koi kaam karna aur vo bhi life kae aaisae badae decisions laena theek nahi hoga.." nand replied resting her head on chachis shoulder
"meri bacchii itni badi ho gayi.. badi badi bateen karnae lagi hai.. chalo theek hai..jaisi teri marzi..mai tujhae force nai karungi.." saying this chachi got up to leave nandu said"thank u chachi for understanding me..and trusting me"
"we always trust u and respect your decision beta.." chachi kissed her forehead and left the room.
After chachi left the room nandu checked her phone and it was flooding with Ranbirs messages..
R: kya hua..? where the hell were you..? bol nahi sakthi thi..
N: relax.. why r u getting hyper..vo I was talking to chachi..she came to talk to me..
R: oh.. what did she say..
N: kuch nahi was asking about US..?
R: oh..what did u say about US then ?
N(blushing) : I said that we r just friends..
R(smriking): acha..we r just friends han..??
N: aur nahi tho kya.. we r just friends na.. what did u expect me to say..?
R: zyada kuch nai..but I think once im back we will no more be friends.. ;) :*
N(blushing hard): ohh so ill be waiting..
R: ill be there in two days..tab dekhna..
N:ill see..
R: ok sleep now its late..kal collage jana hai na..
N: ok good night..sweet dreams
R: gud night babyyy...ummah...!! take care...
N:^_^
R: :*
Nandu told everything to Ranbir but missed a very important point that she was a crazy Ranbir fan..for which was Ranbir was going to pay a very heavy price.
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Precap : Ranbir proposing Nandini
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