CHAPTER 16
It had taken 45 minutes to reach... every second Ayesha was either checking the flight status or re-checking the number of bags taken or giving him instructions what to eat or not eat, when to sleep, when to get up...
Sameer was loving this! He was frequently gazing at his loving fiancee time and again... he was quiet while she spoke on and on... she had already assumed the role of a wife!
"Yeh pyaar bhi bada pyaar hota hai!" he chuckled at his own thought
"Kya hua Sameer... tum tab se chup ho.. aur ab hass rahe ho?" Ayesha enquired
"Kyunki humaari shaadi ab tak nahi hui par tum meri biwi zaroor ban gaye ho!" he laughed
"Toh aapko yeh sab mazaak lagta hai... meri fikr... meri parwah?" she mumbled taking a long face..
Sam noticed that and as he slowly parked his car in the airport parking, he looked at her and said
"Ayesha...yeh mazaak nahi balki mujhe bohot achcha lag raha hai... every second I am falling deeper in love with you... agar mujhe pata hota ke tum Terminator 4 ka attitude mera upar nahi dalogi toh mai tumse kab ka propose kar liya hota!" he smiled
"Toh phir Sameer tab tumhe ek acha thappar milta!" she smiled, God he could fight the world for her smiles...
"Mujhe Sam bulao... Sameer nahi.." he suddenly asked
"Sam..." she repeated softly...
It sounded wonderful! "Aisa lag raha hai jaise yeh naam tumhara muh se kehne ke liye banaya gaya hoga!" he said
Ayesha looked at him for two second and then bursted out laughing!
"Sach kaha Sakshi ne! Tumhe poora Majnu rog ho chuka hai!" she laughed but suddenly she became quiet as Sameer nuzzled his face on her neck..
"Ruk kyun gayi... hasso na.. waise Majnu apni Laila ke saath kya karta hai yeh maaloom hai tumhe?" he whispered in her ear.
"Main... main" Ayesha stammered.. clearly getting his indication...
"Kya bakri ki tarha main main kar rahi ho? Aur waise bhi tumne kaha tha na ki ab se mujhe saare haq hain jo shadi ke baad hogi" he whispered
Ayesha's eyes got widened... well she meant something else... like the right to protect and love her... oh God he is so going to be the end of me, when she felt him give a soft kiss on her neck, and that's the precise moment she stopped breathing...
"I will miss you hone waali biwi!" he said
Her eyes started watering... no need of being strong!
She hugged him and said "Main bhi tumhe miss karoongi Sam!"
And then they went into their little remaining moments of romance before moving towards the airport!
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It had been half an hour... yet not a single word from either Arjun or Sakshi...
Had he hurt her so much that she wouldn't even want to speak to him...
God... what a fool he is... if someone questioned like that to him regarding Roshni... "Main toh usse kab kacha chaba jaata! Par yeh itni chup chaap kyun baithi hai!" he thought
He was getting restless!!!
They soon reached the airport... after parking their car she immediately stepped out and walked towards the airport before he could even call her...
He banged his fist on his car... for the first time he was getting a friend.. " pehli baar kissi se khul ke baat kiya... but main toh logon ko hurt karne main Phd rakha hai!" he grumbled and followed her, rather running behind her till the airport...
At the airport...
They all were sitting in the chairs in the cafe in the first floor... that's max till where visitors are allowed... Shree and Liza were surprisingly very calm and speaking to each other softly... Sakshi heard Shree say "uska matlab nikaal diya?" to which Liza smiled and said "Nahi... meri mood nahi hai, jab bhi nikaaloon... chaar mahine baad shayad!"
And to that comment Shree smiled... Chotu looked so upset... he was not even having his cake!
Shriza were trying their best to get Chotu to smile by talking to him and hugging him.. and it worked!
At a corner table Sam bhai and "Ayesha ko ab bhabisa hi bulati hoon!" she thought were sitting together chatting, sometimes Ayesha wiped the coffee cream off Sameer's lips with her fingers.. he fed her a small piece of the cheesecake, how cute!!!!
Sakshi saw the ring on her finger!
Arjun on the other side literally ran to keep up to Sakshi's pace.. he spotted her... and ran up.. he was about to call her...
But she quickly walked up to Samyesha and as Ayesha was going to feed a slice to Sameer with her own fingers, Sakshi put her face in between and ate it
"Thuuunk uu Bhubesha" she said her mouth full with cake!
"Sakshi!" Both of them were surprised - not at all annoyed! Rather glad that she made a dhasu entry!
"Bhabisa! Acha naam hain Sakshi! Thank u!" Ayesha hugged Sakshi while Sameer too joined the hug!
"Arrey Arjun sir... waha khade kyun hai... aap aaye na!" Ayesha said, Sameer was gladly surprised... he didn't expect.. then he saw Sakshi... his sis could do anything for her bhai...
Even Shriza n Chotu came along... as they all assembled and sat at a big area laughing, passing wishes... Arjun just looked at her silently... she was behaving absolutely normal... she does have a heck of control of her senses!
But Samyesha understood something was wrong "Sam..."
"Hmm" Sameer replied
"Something's wrong... ab tak Sakshi ne bilkul bhi Arjun ko nai irritate kiya aur nahi Arjun sir ne toka, sirf ek tak Sakshi ko dekh raha hai..." Ayesha whispered
Before Sam could reply Sakshi said "Guys... one minute we all have some thing for you people!"
"Shree yeh leh... it's Macbook Pro... with the latest software Yosemite installed! Iske andar maine ek professional se yeh laptop alag banwaya hai... jo bhi information thi previous laptop main thi woh tu aasani se transfer kar sakta hai through cloud aur information leak bhi nahi hoga"
Shree's eyes were getting filled with happiness...
"... aur ek extra hard disk! Mujhe pata hai ki tujhe kitne information store karna padta hai... yeh hard disk is specially synched with your laptop, yaani tere sevai koi aur isse use bhi nahi kar sakta! Aur haan.. video quality bohot acha hai! Skype tu aasani se kar sakta hain with good quality image!" she winked at Liza while Shree just got up and hugged Sakshi
"Oye main hi nahi... sab log ne milke khareede hai tere liye!!!!" She said and Shree hugged Ayesha and Chotu... just twirled Liza's hair ("ae phasa!" Sakshi's mind) in his fingers and gave a firm handshake to Arjun.
"Aur Sam bhai... aapko kya gift de? Tumhe toh waise bhi bhabisa mil gayi! Haan ppl Sam bhai and Ayesha bhabisa are an official couple!" Everyone clapped and gave their hugs and congratulations while Ayesha & Sam turned red!!!!
But they loved it! So much of love from their team!
Chotu and Liza gave Sameer a very nice watch and sunglasses...
Ayesha had packed a gift... a beautiful suit for Sam in his bag!
And Sakshi already gave her gift (the photo) some hours back! Sakshi gave another thing... a diary - a personalized leather bound one to Sam...and he knew it that it was from Arjun...
Arjun just gave a brief smile to Sameer... while Sameer's eyes welled up... only Arjun knew that Sameer used to love to write...
Sakshi noticed the ice cracking and she was more than happy... to lighten the emotional situation she looked at Ayesha and noticed something on her neck...
Just then Sakshi asked "Ayesha... tumhara gala?" and immediately became quiet by the looks of Sam and Ayesha...
"Arrey wah... do din proposal ki nahi gaye ke nishaan leke ghoom rahe ho! Shadi ke baat ek saal ke liye wait bhi karoge yah direct mujhe apne nieces aur nephews ke chehra dikhaoge!" She whispered to Ayesha and Sam regarding the tiny lovebite on Ayesha's neck!
Ayesha blushed hard as she recalled the sweet moments in the car...
And Sam grinned...
Whereas the entire team turned red and chuckled... Arjun hid a grin...
Bidding their goodbyes as the time to approach the security check neared... there was one last group hug...
Chotu hugged Shree and started crying... Liza too couldn't hold back and Shree lovingly wiped her tears... Sakshi hugged Shree tightly and whispered "Waapas aake Lizzie ko solid waala proposal maarna!"
Shree chuckled through his tears as he knew that nothing is hidden from her! He hugged Ayesha as well and then for the first time Arjun gave a pat on Shree's shoulder
"Jitna achcha yaha kaam kiya... utna acha waha bhi karna." Shree nodded
Hugging Chotu once more, Shree said "Ab yeh Damn it ka bhi ho gaya aur SYS ka setting ho raha hai... tu ab toh 11.30 ko mujhe devar bulane ka mauka de yaar!!!" Both the friends smiled at that!
Liza got a loving ruffle on the head by Sameer "keep up the good job Liza!"
He hugged Chotu and said "Commando Chotu! Apna khyal rakhna! Baat baat pe senti mat ho jao, Rawte se ab tum log ko bacha nahi pavunga!" he smiled
He slowly approached Rawte and gave a firm handshake "Rawte, team ko achi tarha se sambhaalna... am leaving them on your shoulders... aur meri behen ko kuch nahi hona chahiye..." they both froze for that second
It was the same thing Sameer had told to Arjun when Arjun and Roshni got married
"Kuch nahi hoga Rathore..." he shook his hand...
Sakshi ran up to Sameer and hugged him "Sam bhai... damn proud of you! Main Bhabisa ki khyaal rakhoongi! Don't worry! Aur mere baare main faltu tension lene ke koi zaroorat nahi hai! 6 mahine ke baad waise ke waise hi rahoongi... tum bas time to time woh hi karna jo bhabisa ne kaha hoga!"
"kya tu Rawte..." Sam bhai asked
"Sam bhai... yeh chodo...ab jao... someone ko special goodbye kehne ke liye!" Sakshi winked... Sameer really fought back his tears... Sakshi had become his soft spot now... in the world there are now only three woman with whom he can fight the world for... his mom... Ayesha and Sakshi!
Hugging Ayesha as she buried her face in his chest he laughed "Abhi personal mangni hui hai! Waapas aate hi ghode pe savaar hoke dulha banke avunga! Will miss u jaan!"
"Hmm" Ayesha answered without looking up... but she was matured.. she stepped back waving a bye when Sameer cupped her face and gave a loving kiss right on her lips... in front of everyone! Ayesha became red!
Sakshi gripped Arjun's hand in happiness while Liza covered Shreetu's eyes!
"Dekha Sakshi... laal ho gayi na!" Sameer smirked and Sakshi laughed through her tears!
Then saying their byes they left...
Chotu offered to drop Ayesha along with Liza... but then Ayesha preferred to take Sameer's car back home.
Sakshi hugged Ayesha once more and proceeded towards Arjun's car...
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In the car...
Sakshi resumed to silent mode once back in the car... and it pricked Arjun like hell.
Finally Arjun spoke up, he stopped the car and said "Sakshi I am really sorry mere aise behaviour pe... I so really didn't mean it... matlab main bas poochna chah raha tha aur kya nikal gaya... aur tumhara haath bhi I mean..."
"It's fine Arjun... sach main mujhe bura nahi laga! Mujhe achcha lagta hain yaadon ko taaza karne mai... aur haath... yeh toh kuch bhi nahi hai! Yaad hai na... goli bhi lagi thi!" Sakshi smiled
"Toh agar tumhe bura nahi laga toh tum baat kyun nahi kar rahi ho?" Arjun asked
"Kyunki mujhe laga ke tumhara mood acha nahi hai... Shayad Sam bhai ke proposal se tumhe Roshni ji ke baare main yaad aa gayi ho? Aur tum bohot naaraz lage.. waise bhi main baat kam tumhe zyaada chidati hoon! Toh laga ke main chup rahoongi toh tumhe achcha lagega... aur tumhara haath ko kya hua?" Sakshi asked... her eyes wide in concern...
His hand a bad bruise too - he got it when he hit his hand on the car...
"Tum bhi na Arjun!" she said in an annoyed manner while trying to find water bottle... then softly washing his knuckles...
"Tum itni aasaani se kisi ke humdard kaise bante ho Sakshi?" he asked gently...
"Jab tak hum kisike humdard nahi ban jaate tab tak hum dard se aur dard humse judaa nahi hote." she replied softly
He just looked back at her and drove...taking a longer route before he dropped her back home... "tumse bohot cheezein seekhni hai" he thought as he saw her retreating form going into her house... he wished she would turn back to look at him
And she stopped a few steps, turned to look back at him and smiled... he looked back and left... he didn't want to return back.. he drove for hours... somehow every statement of hers mocked at his great calibre of handling sadness... only to find him back at the lane of her house... her words echoing in his mind..
"Jab tak hum kisike humdard nahi ban jaate tab tak hum dard se aur dard humse judaa nahi hote."
Teri galiyan... galliyan teri, galliyan..
Mujhko bhaavein galiyan, teri galliyan
Teri galiyan...galiyaan teri, galliyan..
Yuhin tadpavein, galliyan teri, Galliyan...
On the other side Sakshi was tossing and turning on her bed... for the first time a thought apart from her brother's death was occupying her mind... Arjun's behavior was startling... she can take his taunts... not his changes... she should distance herself away... he is coming closer..
"Woh mujhe deserve nahin karta... jab saare sach pataa chalega toh woh khud mujhse shaayad nafrat karega... main bhi tooti hui hoon... pyaar hamesha karoongi... par usse sahara nahi de pavungi..." she thought as a lone tear rolled down her soft cheek... recalling the warm fingers wiping them away... her tears soaking into his rough hands...
Tu meri neendo me sota hai
Tu mere ashqo mein rota hai
Sargoshi si hai khayalon mein
Tu na ho, phir bhi tu hota hai
Hai sila.. tu mere dard ka
Mere dil ki duaayein hain..
Teri galiyan... galliyan teri, galliyan..
Mujhko bhaavein galiyan, teri galiyan
Teri galiyan...galiyaan teri, galliyan..
Yuhin tadpaavein, galliyan teri, galliyan..
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