ff second chances...ending parts updated

hi guys,

this is my second attempt at writin a fanfic, the last one did not work out so well but i hope you will not hold that against me. This story is all about Shiv and Gauri and no one else. The characters are all the same as the actual story, with of course a few exceptions. I really hope you like it, i will try to be more frequent with this one than the first one. I will continue the first one eventually but i like this story idea more and i hope you do too, so as usual please tell me how you feel and what you think after reading it. Here is the first part and i'll try to update a few more today itself. enjoy....

PROLOGUE - Pg 1
CHAPTER 1 - Pg 1
CHAPTER 2 - Pg 2
CHAPTER 3 - Pg 2
CHAPTER 4 - Pg 4
CHAPTER 5 - Pg 4
CHAPTER 6 - Pg 5
CHAPTER 7 - Pg 6
CHAPTER 8 - Pg 7
CHAPTER 9 - Pg 8
CHAPTER 10 - Pg 10
CHAPTER 11 - Pg 11
CHAPTER 12 - Pg 12
CHAPTER 13 - Pg 15
CHAPTER 14 - Pg 20
CHAPTER 15 - Pg 22
CHAPTER 16 - Pg 23
CHAPTER 17 - Pg 25
CHAPTER 18 - Pg 28
CHAPTER 19 - Pg 30
CHAPTER 20 - Pg 32
EPILOGUE - Pg 32

Prologue

Dear Ipshita,

Love always

Your best friend

Gauri Chatterjee (Kapoor after tomorrow)

hi iam new here but i think iam 1st one to read ur ff.ur starting is very nice n very diff too .so plz carry on

Chapter 1

"Gauri…Gauri…Kothai tui??? Beta you are not dressed yet??? You know everyone is waiting downstairs for you to start the sangeet ceremony. Kaya is so excited; she can't wait for you to see her performance. Here this is the outfit bade papa has bought for tonight. Change quickly beta. Come I'll help you out." Mashima quickly ushered Gauri away from her little desk and her barely finished letter and started hurriedly pulling at her clothes, "Taratari Gauri, they are waiting." The unattended letter fought a losing battle against the wind and gracefully flew through the iron bars of the old, Victorian window. Despite the blur of red, gold cloth, Gauri saw the letter fly away and smiled, it felt like a sign that maybe someone desperately wanted to answer the letter.
The letter swished and swayed with the wind and came to a momentary halt in front of a pair of male, Kolhapuri sandals. The owner of the sandals frowned at the piece of paper at his feet and bent to pick it up. As he read through it silent tears welled up in his eyes. Eventually a ghost of a smile shadowed his lips. He looked up toward the heavens and let the piece of paper slowly slip away from his hands and into the horizon. Silently he begged into the skies, "Please my love, please answer it when it reaches you."
A gentle shake of his arm brought him out of his reverie. "Shiv, son are you ok?" Nikhila asked her somewhat bewildered son. Shiv looked at his ma, smiled and replied, "No but I hope I will be someday." As Nikhila watched Shiv walk away she realized that she barely knew her son anymore. The young man, who once carried himself with so much confidence and walked with a determined purpose, now seemed languid in his pace, as if something was weighing him down. Whatever it was, Nikhila just hoped that his new bride would be able to help shoulder some of its weight; otherwise she feared that it would crush her son completely. Shiv turned back to his ma and asked, "You coming ma?" Shaking her head as if to chase away her fears, Nikhila stepped into the bright, noisy revelry of the sangeet ceremony and away from the dark and cold night outside.
Mashima and Kaya guided Shiv and Gauri toward their specially decorated seat. Vivan, Shiv's younger brother, shouted out "Bhaiya put your arm around boudi." And from behind him Dadaji egged on, "Come on Shiv quit being shy and give us something picture worthy!" An uncomfortable Shiv turned to an equally uncomfortable Gauri and gently put his arm around her, smiling for the camera. As the brightness of the camera's flash began to fade away, Shiv used his arm to tug Gauri a little closer and whispered in her ear, "Gauri we need to…" but before he could finish a little girl of maybe five ran and jumped into Gauri's lap. With a bright smile she turned to Gauri and said, "Choti ma tell Kaya mashi to start her dance naa…I have been waiting for it all week." Gauri ruffled the little girl's hair and said, "Thank you so much for being such a patient little girl Aaliya but you know what I don't think I can wait any longer either. So why don't you go find Kaya mashi and tell her that we are all ready for her performance." Aaliya gave Gauri a loving peck on the cheek and ran off to find Kaya. Shiv watched the interaction between his daughter and his future bride and felt a gentle tug at his heart. Gauri turned to him with a look of concern on her face and asked, "What were you saying Shiv?" Shiv just smiled at her and gently took her hand in his and said, "Nothing important just that we need to enjoy our sangeet. There see Kaya is ready to start." With those words Shiv turned to give his sister-in-law his full attention, while his little daughter rushed back into his lap. Gauri stared at them, her future, for a while, and then she too turned her attention to her sister's performance with a gentle smile on her face, her hand still resting in Shiv's.

Glossary

kothai - where
taratari - quickly
boudi - sister-in-law, brother's wife
mashi - mom's sister
pishi - dad's sister
jethu - dad's older brother
kaku - dad's younger brother

hey again iam the first to read really really very nice ff.so shiv is already married to ippi n have a child oh great n now he is going to marry gauri.plz continue soon its really nice

great start 👏 👏
plz continue soon 😊

i liked the ff.....it has a cute beginning 😳....continue asap 😊

👏 continue soon we want more and more updates please update it soon 😳

great!!! 👏 👏 👏 and is viraag also shiv's son???pls continue soon

awesome part cont soon plz!!!!! 👏