aastha knocked on shubh's door early one saturday... she pushed it open when she got no response... she saw that shubh was still fast asleep... she went and sat next to him and shook him.
aastha: shubh!!! utho...
shubh just jerked his head and turned other side...
shubh: aastha sone do na...
aastha: nahi... mere saath shopping chalo...
shubh: no aastha... please... i dont feel good...
aastha: bas bhi karo tumara natak...
shubh: sach main aastha... i dont feel well..
aastha put her hand on his forehead and felt blithering heat... she withdrew her hand with worry etched upon her face...
aastha: tume toh thez bukhar hai... main tumare liye kuch dawaai le aati hoon...
she hurried out and came back with some medicines... she put a wet cloth over shubh's head....after sometime, shubh felt better...
shubh: tume shopping ke liye jaana tha na??? chalo chalte hai...
aastha pushed him back onto the bed...
aastha: tum kahi nahi jaa rahe ho is halat me... bas lethe raho... main meher ke saath chali jaaungi... bisthar se udh gaye toh na...
shubh: achcha baba... nahi uthunga... bathroom toh jaa sakte ho na...???
aastha grinned and kissed him on the forehead... and went out...
after around 2 hours, shubh was waken again by a call...
shubh: haan simone... kya??? woh kaise hua??? maine khudh us project ko supervise kiya tha... aise koi fault ho hi nahi sakta... nahi... mr.mehra ko call karne ki zarorat nahi hai... main aata hoon...
he pulled himself up and got dressed... in nearly 20 minutes he was in his car... exhausted but better...
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prem-heer's room...
heer: prem, suno...
prem: yeah
heer: me ye le jaau???
prem completely feeling stupid: haan...
heer: ye bhi???
prem: haaan
heer: par ye...
prem: le jaao le jaao... jo kuch tume chahiye ya nahi chahiye... take everything...
prem's head almost blasted... heer looked at prem with tearful eyes through a hell lot of clothes. she was packing for her tour... she was to leave day after... and she was packing with so much interest of going that it nearly drove prem mad... prem was involved with a meeting during the month that was so urgent that he couldnt go with heer... only he knew how much less he cared about office right then...
prem: tume bas jaane ki fikr hai... tumne ye bhi nahi socha ki mujh par kya beethegi jab tum chali
jaaogi... tume toh bas packing hi badi hai ki tum mere... ! khair chodo is baat ko... tume toh apni world tour ki jaldi hai...
he stomped out of the room leaving a bewildered heer and got into his car and drove away...
heer was completely at loss... tears filled her eyes... why was she doing this if prem dint want her to??? does it give her pleasure to make him sad??? no! but why couldnt he understand...??? it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... this is the only time she would too... she wouldnt bother with another concert...
she sat down on the bed, hands covering her face.... she wept till she felt dizzy... was it because of her sadness or did she really feel dizzy...??? she opened her eyes and tried to focus... but everything went out of focus for her eyes... she held her head but gracefully slid onto the bed as she passed out...after a few moments gayatri entered prem and heer's room... the door was opened...
gayatri: heer beta... tumne apni dupatta bhool aayi thi kitchen me... heer beta??? beta kya hua???
she had just noticed heer lying on the bed in a curious posture... gayatri ran and shook her but she dint wake up... gayatri rushed to the bathroom calling everyone in the house on the way and took some water which she sprinkled on heer's face...
heer came to consciousness as lalit, preet and teji entered the room... heer made to sit up but gayatri pushed her back onto a pillow...
gayatri: tum bas lethi raho...
heer, feeling all dizzy: muje kuch nahi hai mama... aap fikr math kijiye...
just as she said that her head ached and she held her head... she felt something come upto her mouth... she made to puke but held it... she couldnt puke.. she dint have anything that morning...
gayatri: ulti aa rahi hai???
heer nodded...
gayatri and teji exchanged excited looks... lalit and preet looked utterly bewildered...teji sat next to heer and kissed her forehead and looked straight into heer's eyes.
teji: koi khush khabri dene wali ho kya???
heer was suddenly struck... she felt awed... it could be... oh god! she looked back at her mother and mother-in-law who had tears in their eyes by then....
heer smiled: arre mama... confirm toh karne dijiye na???
preet and lalit nodded though they were visibly happy too...
lalit: chal preet tu le jaa heer ko... pata lagaate hi prem ko bataayenge...
preet: aa jao bhabhi... oh God main chacha ban ne waala hoon... do i even look like i have a nephew???
he checked the nearest mirror... everyone laughed out loud including heer.
heer: chill preet... tu abhi tak chacha nahi bana hai...
preet and heer left for the hospital in high spirits accompanied by an elated lalit. teji and gayatri stayed back to make heer all the stuff she liked.
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prem sat at the beach checking his phone every two seconds...
prem: heer ne abhi tak muje phone kyu nahi ki???
he wanted to go back to her but hell... his ego dint allow him.
...to b contd....