PART FOURTEEN
that night, prem pulled heer onto his lap and stroked her.
prem: kaun hai jo tumne preet ke liye chuna hai??
heer turned and raise her eyebrows...
heer: kahin apne chotte bhai ke liye spy work toh nahi chala rahe hai???
prem: bilkul nahi... main bas jaan na chahta tha ki tumne kise chuna mere pyaare pagal bhai ke liye...
heer: maine use soni ke ghar me mili thi... woh sonii ki behen mahi ke dosth hai... achchi khandaan ki hai... padi likhi hai.. kaafi modern hai... traditional hai... bahut pyaari hai... bahut achche dost hai hum...
prem: mmm.... preet ko handle kar payegi kya woh???
heer: muje yakeen hai ki woh kar payegi... main mummy jee sabse baat bhi ki iss mamle main... woh bahut khush hai is rishte se... aur toh aur mummyjee bauji bhi jaante hai uske gharwaalo ko...
prem: achcha...!
heer: ek raaz ki baat bataaye???
prem: haan haan....
heer: bade jaa rahe hai uske ghar ladki ko dekhne...
prem: what?
heer: aur hume bhi jaana hai... wait a second... kyoun na aise kare ki sab jaaye??? preet bhi dekh legi usko
prem: not a bad idea
heer: main abhi jaake kehti hoon
heer made to jump up from his lap and run but prem stopped her and made her sit again. he hugged her from behind.
prem: nahi...abhi nahi... kal subah jaana...
heer smiled: itna pyaar aa raha hai mujpar???
prem: pyaar bhad raha hai...
heer snuggled him too...
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preet was getting mad next day. nobody was telling him where they were going and it seemed everyone knew it apart from him. shubh was sniggering majorly seeing preet's pissed face. aastha was giggling along with meher. ash had shown a sad face and refused joining the party. she and dj held back because all wat they wanted were getting spoiled.
they whole party drew up at a very big house. an old but dignified man stood outside the door to recieve them. he hugged lalit and balraaj. they all went inside but preet caught back with a frown. heer walked upto him.
heer: kya hua?
preet: agar bhabhi aapne abhi bhi nahi bataaya ki hum yaha kyu aye hai main andar nahi aaunga...
heer sighed.
heer: tumari hone waali dulhan ka ghar hai... tume nahi dekhna kya???
preet: what????
heer: ab chalo...
she rushed inside. preet followed her with confused thoughts. he sat between prem and shubh. shubh was nudging him every now and then. prem was giggling too in spite of himself. but it was too funny for him to take in... preet who always sported the cool attitude was tensed and nervous.
after they were served with tea and sweets, the ladies went upstairs to meet the girl. from the conversation bits, preet came to know that this girl's parents were no longer alive and she was brought up by her grandfather and grandmother whom he had just met.
after sometime, heer and aastha brought down an orange salwar clad girl. her eyes were glued to the floor. she looked the shy type but preet could see that she was very pretty. the kind of girl he would have liked in first sight. he liked her too but his eyes searched for meher. he dint know why he kept on thinking about meher. instead of looking at the girl, his eyes were on meher who was joking and teasing with aastha.he dint even realise himself being pulled up and pushed along with the girl upstairs. he dint hear wat all the others said in the day dream he was having.
but he walked up with her nonetheless. she was pretty...
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Preet cleared his throat to tell her about the feelings he was having for meher. but words went out of the way wen he saw her smile at him.
preet: apka naam???
girl: vaidehi
preet: oh k,,, nice name...
they both had a difficult time creating a conversation. preet was visibly relieved wen heer came to call them. he was still in thoughts that he couldnt refuse wen they talked about engagement and fixed a date.
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preet caught up with lakshya... he had to talk to someone. shubh had felt something wrong wen he saw preet's face at vaidehi's house. he went with preet too.
lakshya: ladki pasand aayi na???
preet: arre yaar... pehle hota toh sach main muje woh pasand aa jati
shubh: pehle hota toh kya matlab/??? tume kisi aur se???
preet: muje aise hi lagta hai... jab bhi woh saamne aati hai usse nazar nahi hata paa raha hoon... jab woh paas nahi hoti hai toh nazre use doondhti hai
lakshya: wow yaar... preet... aakhir tume bhi pyaar hua na???
shubh: kaun hai woh???
preet: woh...woh
lakshya: lo... preet ko bhi sharam aa rahi hhai??
shubh laughed...
shubh: let me gues... meher toh nahi???
preet looked up at him and nodded.
preet: tumhe kaise pata???
shubh: maine tume dekha hai mere bhai... tumne use bataaya???
preet: nahi
shubh: oh my god...woh vaidehi ko bahut pasand karti hai...
preet: kya karu???
lakshya: abhi der math karna... use bata dena
shubh: haan...
preet: toh ab vaidehi ka kya hoga???
lakshya: usse tumhe kya???
preet: woh bahut achchi ladki hai... main uske dil thodna nahi chahta
lakshya: toh iske liye hum kya kare???
shubh got an idea and saw the same look in preet's face. both looked at each other and grinned mischieviously.
preet: shubh kya tum wahi soch rahe ho jo main soch raha hoon?
shubh: i think so
they grinned at lakshya now who looked fully confused.
lakshya: tum dono kya soch rahe ho???
shubh: tumari shaadi
preet: waise tum dono ki jodi bahut achchi hai
lakshya: kis ki???
shubh and preet together: tumare aur vaidehi ki
lakshya: KYA????????????
he looked very shocked.
lakshya: nahi nahi...
preet: kyu nahi???
shubh: achchi ladki hai lakshya
lakshya: main use nahi jaanti
shubh: ab jaan jaaogi na???
preet: haan bhai... usse mil toh lo...
lakshya's protests were going downhill and soon lakshya told he wil go and see vaidehi. he was sort of interested now. now it was upto preet to buck up and tell meher.
...to b contd....
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