PART EIGHTEEN
AT PREM-HEER's
prem was waiting... waiting... waiting... its been an hour nearly... he was already dressed in a black suit with nearly transparent black shirt beneath... he was waiting for heer to emerge from the bathroom...
they were to reach angad and kripa's at 7p.m and it was already 7.15... heer was making them late... he wondered wat she was doing in there...once or twice he knocked on the door too to hear her continuous shrill of "panch minute aur!!!"
preet and shubh had taken meher and aastha with them early enough. preet and shubh were in stylish black casuals while meher and aastha opted to wear white kneelength dresses. now it was them who had to be there and he had no idea as to when they would be going. he was losing his patience...
prem yelled: heer!! party aaj hai kal nahi...
he sighed heavily and fell onto the bed. he closed his eyes but his ears heard the door open and close along with high heeled footsteps... he sat upright, his perfectly tamed usually-ruffled hair was ruffled all over again. he looked at heer... her face was screwd up and she looked close to tears... she was halfway through a white sari but hasnt completely got into it.
heer, almost crying: dekho na prem... ye pleats nahi ho rahi... maine kam se kam 15 baar try kar chuki abhi tak...
heer looked so cute complaining plus the intensity of the situation with heer holding half of the sari in her hand made prem laugh out loud. suddenly, as if by a switched, heer's tear-filled eyes glared and her face was red with anger.
heer: main ro rahi hoon aur tum has rahe ho??? tumare liye maine socha tha ki main sari pehen loo... ab main salwar hi pehen loongi... jab tume meri fikr nahi hai toh main kyu fikr karu apni...
she gripped the half-done pleats and almost pulled them out. but before she could complete, prem siezed her hand and stopped her. heer looked into his eyes and scoffed. prem lifted her chin with his finger and made her look at him. she felt all her anger ebbing out at the look of his eyes... they showed so much affection, heer felt her cheeks burn. prem smiled inwardly at the heavy intake of her breath... its been long since their first night, but he still had the effect to make her shy like a new-bride.
still eye-to-eye and barely an inch away from each other, prem reached out to heer's waist and pulled the pleats out. heer startled and stepped back. prem put a hand behind her to stop her from moving away and she stopped the way he wanted to. prem bent down to her and slowly did the pleats...1... 2...3...4...5... of them with heer's eyes taking every movement he made with the little piece of cloth. doing rightly, he put a hand behind her waist and pulled her closer... looking into her eyes he inserted the pleats with a small gasp of breath from heer. tears filled her eyes at the amount of love prem was showering her. prem wiped them off and put 2 fingers on her both cheeks and pulled her lips into a smile...
prem whispered: ab in labo pe muje humesha issi sweet si hasi dekni hai... ab chalo warna der ho jaayegi
heer nodded and prem left the room to let her complete her dressing and putting her ornaments and stuff. after like 10 minutes, prem and heer left for the party... heer looking like a princess minus the crown and prem truely like her prince charming in his black n black. they made their grand entrance at angad and kripa's.
heer's sari...
prem and angad hugged both thumping each other in the back yelling congrats and 'how are you'... heer and kripa almost sobbed... they were so happy to see each other again.
heer: badhaai ho angad...
angad looked confused: badhaai??? prem bhi congratulate kar raha tha... agar ye ghar main wapas aane ke liye hai toh its nothing heer...
heer looked at kripa who turned pink. kripa whispered into heer's ears.
kripa: maine abhi tak bataaya nahi angad ko...
heer: arre woh kyoun???
kripa: muje confirm jo karni thi...
heer: confirm ki???
kripa: haan... 3 months ho gaye...
heer: toh main bataati hoon angad ko...
kripa started shaking her head frantically... but heer dint look at her. she turned back to a confused looking angad and expectant prem.
heer: ghar wapas aane ke liye nahi...
angad: phir???
kripa was turning pinker and pinker.
heer: muje maami jo bana rahe ho tum...
angad was more and more confused... he blinked looking from kripa to heer and back to kripa...
heer: itna dumb act mat karo... u r going to be a father!!! congrats angad
angad did a whoop take and his face split into a big smile that radiated. kripa blushed and ran, angad following her.
heer: in dono ki khushiyo ko kisi ki nazar na lage...
prem: humare bhi...
prem put a hand on her waist and they walked towards preet and shubh who were standing with meher and aastha. after a while, angad and kripa re-emerged, kripa still pink in the face but both perfectly happy.
angad took the limelight and announced that he was going to sing for his wife and requested all the couples to join him... he started to sing....
sajde main yu hi jhukta hoon
tumpe hi aake rukhta hoon
kya ye sabko hota hai
humko kya lena hai sabse
tumse hi sab baatein ab se
Ban gaye ho tum meri dua
Sajde mein yun hi jhukta hoon
Tum pe hi aa ke rukta hoon
Kya yeh sab ko hota hai
Hum ko kya lena hai sab se
Tum se hi sab batein ab se
Ban gaye ho tum meri dua
Khuda Jaane ke mein fida hun
Khuda Jaane mein mit gaya
Khuda jaane yeh kyun huwa hai
Ke ban gaye ho tum mere khuda
Tu kahe to tere hi kadam ke
main nishanon pe
Chalun rukun ishaare pe
Tu kahe tho khwabon ka bana ke
Main bahana sa
Mila karu sirhaane pe
Ohhh
Tum se dil ki baatein seekhi
Tum se hi yeh raahe seekhi
Tum pe marr ke mein tho
Jjee gaya
Khuda Jaane ke mein fida hun
Khuda Jaane mein mit gaya
Khuda jaane yeh kyun huwa hai
Ke ban gaye ho tum mere khuda
Dil kahe ke aaj tho, chupa lo tum
panahon mein
Ke darr hai tum ko kho doonga
Dil kahe ki sambhal zara khushi ko
Na nazar laga
Ke darr hai mein tho ro dunga
he knelt down at kripa's feet and dint complete the song. kripa knelt down with him too and took his face in her hands. everyone clapped.
kripa: heer, kuch gaao na...
heer looked at prem who was interacting with a couple of angad's friends whom he knew. heer nodded and took the mike from angad who winked at her.
meri duniya hai tujhme kahi
tere bin main kya kuch bhi nahi
meri jaan main teri jaan hai
oh saathi mere...
meri duniya hai tujme kahi
tere bin main kya kuch bhi nahi
meri jaan main teri jaan hai
ohh saathi mere...
prem and heer slow danced with other couples. after a lot of dances and most of the guests departed, prem, heer, angad and kripa caught up.
angad: arre yaar prem... main ek concert karne waala hoon.. main kripa aur rahul
heer and kripa: RAHUL KAUN?
angad: chill... rahul vaidya...
heer and kripa erupted in delight. they were total fans. angad knew how much kripa had wasted money on voting for rahul. prem had no idea who heer liked, but it looked like she was one serious fan of this rahul guy.
prem: rahul vaidya?
angad: arre ye dono uspe fida hai... heer ki ab pata nahi... kripa ab bhi uspe fida hai... usne abhi abhi superstar jeeta hai na...
prem remembered aastha yelling in delight when she saw that program. he nodded...
angad: tera help chahiye yaar...
prem: mera???
angad: rahul ke saath gane ke liye heer ko chahiye muje...
heer and kripa: KYA????
heer was happy, kripa in mock anger.
kripa: why heer??? why not me???
angad annoyed: because madam, I ur husband happens to be the other lead man in the show and u, my wife wont look any better with anyone else...
prem and heer laughed.
angad: toh kya keh rahi ho heer?
heer looked at prem expectantly.
prem: its a great opportunity heer... do it
heer hugged prem in happiness.
angad: toh tum rehearsals ke liye kal se aa jao... dopahar 3.pm. the concert is in 10 days... we need it to be a success...
heer: sure!
...to b contd...
i am a diehard fan of rahul vaidya...thats y i brought him in too... lol... its a guest appearance hopefully...well, sorry for the short part... wil put in a fatty fatty part tomrw as promised