... smiling.. she walks out of the room....stopping at the door momentarily...looking back at the pillow and then smiling and nodding to herself... with a happy glint in her eyes, walks on...
Continued:
In the kitchen, busy with the chores, Gauri forgets about her thoughts in the morning and on seeing Badi Ma, suddenly remembers..
"Badi ma..."
"Haan beta..."
"Ji.. wo... Badi ma.. yahaan sabse badi book shop kaun si hogi ...?"
A lil surprised, "Thoda door hai beta, par Crossword Stores karke hain... tu list dede beta , main mangva doongi... ", smiling...
"Nahin Badi ma... wo main khud jaana chaahti hoon..." unable to hide her happiness at her own thoughts... and Nikhila sensing it..
"Accha theek hai.. chali jaana, driver se boldoongi gaadi nikaalde... ja tayyar hoja..."
"Badi ma.. main baad mein...."
"Dekh baccha.. mujhe pata hain... mujhse teri ye baatein chupti nahin... jaa... leke aa , jo tujhe laana... use zaroor pasand aayega..."
"Badi ma..." looking surprised....
"Ab.. jaa... mujhe pata hain... tujhe bhi shauk hai...." smiling ...
Gauri red in the face... lowering eyes smiling.. turns around... to rush to her room and quickly changes and get ready to leave....
Jus as she is ready to leave, the phone rings, stopping her in her tracks... and she looks back a lil surprised.. wondering who would have called...