PART TWENTY TWO
prem heer rode back to their house. they walked into the house. they were kind of surprised to see the door locked.
prem: ye darwaza bandh kyu hai???
heer jerked her head to show that she dint know why.
prem rang the doorbell. the door opened a bit and preet put his head out through the wedge.
prem: preet tu kar kya raha hai andhar??? darwaza bandh kyu ki tumne???
preet: kuch kaam hai PB... aap aur bhabhi kuch aur der wahi ruko...
prem: kyu????
prem never got a reply because preet just closed the door again with a bang. a cling sound told them that preet locked the door again.
prem: ye kya ho raha hai yaha???
heer: cool na prem... itna hyper kyu ho raha hai...???
she touched his arm and held it tightly. just then the door opened...
gayatri and teji stood in front of them wid a pooja thali in their hands. they took aarthi of prem and heer. both of them stooped to touch their mother's feet.
gayatri: sadha khush raho
they took prem and heer inside and a vision of total beauty met their eyes. the whole house was decorated with flowers and ribbons and balloons...
heer: ye sab...
preet: bhabhi.. aapne aur PB ne itni khushi dhi hai hume... hum bhi aapko thodi si khushi dena chahte hai... aur isliye hum ek party arrange kar li hai shaam ke liye...
prem: ye shubh kahin nazar nahi aa rahe
preet: woh bahar gaya hai... maine use inform kar li hai
heer: aur aastha aur meher???
preet: ithefaq dekhiye bhabhi... dono shopping ke liye gaye hai aur shopping karne ke ek aur wajah mil gaye unhe...
all laughed as preet shook his head sympathetically...
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SHOPPING MALL..
meher: aastha tum kuch toh decide karo na??? hume jaldi wapas jaana hai... mujhe jald se jald didi ko dekhna hai
aastha: haan haan... par muje samajh me nahi aa rahi... shubh ko kaunsi dress zyada pasand aayega???
she was looking at a light blue gown with silver works and a red n golden gown...
meher: ek kaam kyu nahi kar leti...??? shubh ko phone karke poochle
aastha: ye idea hai...
she tried shubh's number but it said busy... she tried calling 4 times and gave it up.
aastha: pata nahi kya kar raha hai... subah se bukhaar pade hai...
meher: tu ek kaam kar... dono le le...
aastha: wahi toh main bhi soch rahi thi...
they left the mall... they felt thirsty and thought would stop y a nearby cafe...
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IN THE CAFE
shubh and simone sitting together...
shubh: tumne mujhe yaha kyu bulaya simone...??? i thought koi business deal ke baare me baat karni thi...
simone: mujhe tumse kuch baat karni thi shubh...
shubh: meri tabhiyat theek nahi hai simone... aur mujhe ghar jaldi wapas jaana hai...
simone: shubh... mere baat toh suno... mujhe tumse kuch baat karni hai...
shubh: haan bataao...
simone fidgeted a little... shubh sensed that she was nervous about telling him... but he dint push her... he waited patiently...
just then aastha and meher entered the cafe... aastha thinking over what shubh must be doing... whether he might be not well at all...
simone still dint speak... shubh put his hand across the table on her hand...
shubh: bataao simone... hum dosth hai... tume mujhse kush kehne ke liye sharmane ki zaroorat nahi hai...
just as he uttered those words, aastha turned around on her spot to see shubh and simone and suddenly simone tightly grasped shubh's hands. this move shocked both shubh and aastha... meher gripped aastha's shoulder... they dint make a move or say anything...
simone: shubh.. mujhse ab saha nahi jaata... main tumse bahut pyaar karti hoon... mujhe tumse door rehna saha nahi jaata... maine bahut koshish ki baat ko samajh ne ki... par tumhe us aastha ke saath dekhke...
shubh stood up...
shubh: simone... tum jaanti ho tum kya keh rahi ho???
simone stood up too.. she clutched onto shubh...
simone: please shubh... main tumse bahut pyaar karti hoon...
aastha was shocked out of her wits.
aastha: SIMONE!
she walked upto shubh and simone... simone and shubh broke apart,,, they both had a shocked expression on the face but it was nothing compared to the fierce look on aastha's face.
aastha: simone... ab bahut ho gaya...
shubh: aastha... tum... please chalo mere saath...
he pulled aastha with him... leaving a flustered simone... aastha glared at simone one last time. after getting out of the cafe, aastha pushed shubh's hand away...
aastha: toh tum mujhse bukhaar ke wajah deke tum us simone ke saath ishq lada rahe the...
shubh: aastha tum kaisi baat kar rahe ho??? tum jaanti ho andhar kya hua tha...
aastha: mujhe kuch nahi sunna... chal meher...
she called meher and sat in the car...
shubh: aastha... meri baat suno!
but meher and aastha had left... before that meher gave shubh a look that said, "well u screwd it up urself"
shubh kicked a nearby stone and felt an instant pain in his leg. he hopped a bit and then as if clicked on by an idea, got into his car and left behind aastha's car...
...to b contd...
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Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
Veer Hanuman
