Shaadi Waala Episode! (Part of Dh Dh Series) COMPLETE! SEQUEL LINK UP

Hello Folks,

16th of November has passed away which means that for my Dhoom Dhadakka readers, it is surprise time! So what do you think is the surprise? Arre yaar! Ek update ke siva kya hoga! What else am I good at than writing stories!

Yes people! I am giving you a two shot to tide you all till the sequel of Kya Pyar Karoge Mujhse starts. You see till now I had no plans to write the Wedding Scene because come on guys, we all have read enough wedding sequences in many FFs by now. So I was planning to boycott it but later I realised that while I can explain Aaliya's decision for divorce with a small explanation in the sequel itself, explaining Zain's behavior at the wedding deserves its own chapter. And then I thought if Zain gets his own chapter to explain his behavior why not give Aaliya one too.

So get ready people! I have two updates for you; Zain's version which will be posted today and Aaliya's version which will be posted on 30th November. And both versions will cover their time from the end of KP to the start of Samjho Na! So here you have it: Shaadi Waala Episode!

Thank you for reading!

Take care and have fun,

Kalpana

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Index

Prequels: Dhoom Dhadakka , Jab Se Tere Naina , Kya Pyar Karoge Mujhse

Zain and His Dreams Right Below

Aaliya and Her Hopes Page 2

Sequel: Samjho Na!

ZAIN AND HIS DREAMS!

Zain pouted as he paced in the room. From one end to the other he paced but instead of decreasing, his annoyance only increased. How can this even happen? How? Main Zain Usman Abdullah hoon! Zain Usman Abdullah! Aur mere saath yeh sab? Zain pouted again as he continued to pace. Che mahine! Che mahine hogaye humaare rishte ko finalize hue! Aur iss che mahine mein ek baar bhi mujhe mauka nahi mila use apni dil ki baat kehne ka! How is that even possible? He continued to pace when there was a knock on the door and he heard Nafisa say, "Zain! Tum tayyaar ho ki nahi? Kuch hi der mein nikaah shuru ho jaayega! Tumhein aur Aaliya ko thodi der mein neeche bulaaya jaayega! Tum tayyaar ho na?"

Zain shouted back that he was ready and continued to pace. Ready? I have been ready for God knows how many years! But I have only one regret! Aaj tak main I Love You nahi bol paaya! Che Mahine hue rishte tay kiya hue and I have yet to confess my love! Poor Zain! But what was he supposed to do! He had planned many ways to propose! But it was not his fault his every plan failed, was it?

Zain's first attempt was to plan a trip to Bhopal citing some land deal. Of course there was no land deal! He just wanted to go meet his fianc. But unfortunately for Zain his Mom had seen through his plan right away and had very sweetly ordered Fahad to go for the land deal instead of Zain. Zain had walked back to his room defeated and then realised that Fahad was going for a land deal that was not even there. It took him one whole night to actually get a land deal in Bhopal ready. Phew! Only he knew how many people he owed favors to for setting up the deal in such a small time!

Next attempt by Zain was to lie to his Mom saying he was going to Dilli for some meeting and slink off to Bhopal but unfortunately Fahad foiled the plan by saying he wanted to take his wife on a second honeymoon and so he wanted to go in Zain's place. Zain had to pull Fahad aside and tell him his lie just to avoid letting his lie come in front of his Mom. When Fahad came to know his plan, Zain had to then bribe his brother to keep his mouth shut. Turns out, his brother was much more interested in seeing his profit than helping his brother in his plan. So after promising his brother that he would send them off to second honeymoon funded by Zain himself, Zain finally went to Bhopal only to get the news after reaching there from Fahad that Aaliya had gone to visit her Aunt and shop for clothes in Indore. With the cloud of sadness hanging over him Zain returned to Mumbai only to be questioned by his mom about his returning early. Arre yaar! He had forgotten about his lie totally. Only Zain knew how he escaped from his mom's questions that night.

Next chance came right to his door when three months after the rishta was finalized Zain and his family went to Bhopal to do a formal sagaai. If Zain had any hopes of getting Aaliya alone and confessing his love to her, it all went away the moment he stepped into the Haider House because from start to end of the trip some cousin or friend was hanging around Aaliya and refusing to give them one single personal moment. And if it wasn't the cousins then it was the elderly neighbors who would stare at them even if his hand touched Aaliya's. Turns out, the hometown of his fianc was quite old fashioned! Infact, they were so old fashioned that even the would-be bride and groom looking at each other was frowned upon. It seems Zain's plans were doomed from the moment the trip started.

Zain finally attempted the idea of calling Aaliya on the phone. Till now he had no plans of confessing on phone! After all, confessing on phone sounded so impersonal. He was supposed to pour his feelings to her, not recite some lines! And unless he did it face to face, any other type of confession would sound informal and unemotional. But now when none of his plans were working, he was ready to do anything, even confess by phone. So what if he had to confess his love on phone? Atleast he confessed. And that is important. Their marriage being love marriage was more important to him than the way he delivered his proposal.

So next day Zain called Aaliya's mobile. With excitement brimming in his voice, he spoke up only to hear an old lady starting to chatter. Zain blinked in surprise and then checked the number. It was Aaliya's alright! Then who the hell is talking? He broke the connection and went to Nafisa telling her about what happened when he called Aaliya. To his immense annoyance, Nafisa broke out laughing at his situation. Zain glared at Nafisa as she continued to laugh. It took her a while to control her laughter and after that she very politely told him that Aaliya gave her phone to some old Aunty in their family as her phone had the audio version of Quran and that Aunty loved to listen to the Quran. So even though the phone was Aaliya's, currently it was in hands of some old lady who loved to listen to Quran the whole day. And Zain stalked off to his room growling in annoyance. For next few days, all Khuranas heard was water splashing all around the swimming pool as Zain showed his frustration by swimming. Usman, Suraiya and Fahad were confused by this action of Zain and got even more confused when every time Nafisa passed by as Zain swam she would break into laughter.

But Zain did not give up. He tried his last attempt. He called Aaliya more than once on the landline of the Haider House. Sadly for him, not once did Aaliya pick the phone up. It was always some relative who teased him or scolded him depending on the age of the person who picked up the phone and then the line was disconnected.

Finally Zain gave up and decided to wait till the wedding with hopes that he would get atleast one chance to talk to Aaliya before their wedding. And today he came with his baaraat from Mumbai to Bhopal to take his Aaliya away to his house. And now pretty soon they would get married. Zain had only one chance, one chance before the wedding to confess. And he decided that he would take it.

Zain opened the door softly and put his head out. He looked around and was relieved to find no one standing around. Bach gaye! He opened the door fully and with soft footsteps he walked towards the room he knew was of Aaliya's. As he sneaked towards her room, he grinned eagerly. He was going to see his fianc and confess his love. His marriage was going be love marriage and not an arranged one!

With excitement on his face, Zain walked towards the bride's room only to stop in shock to see Fahad come out of one of the rooms. Uh oh! If he saw me, I am doomed. He looked around and then spotting another open room nearby he sneaked in and hid there till Fahad passed by. Once Fahad was out of sight, Zain heaved a sigh of relief and stepped out. Miss. Khitkhit! Here I come!

Zain walked towards Aaliya's room with swift steps. As he neared her room, excitement built up in his heart. Just as he was about to reach the room, out stepped Nafisa from Aaliya's room. Oh no! Ab yeh yahaan kya kar rahi hai! He froze in shock. He was doomed. She was going to see him right away! Ab main kya karun? Luckily for him, Nafisa turned and walked other way not even noticing him. He let out a loud breath. Bach gaye again!

With his heart beating faster than before, he stepped ahead and pushed open the door. With a grin on his face, he stepped in only for his grin to vanish when he realised that the room was empty. He blinked in surprise. Where is Aaliya? Yeh Aaliya kahaan hai? He looked around the room but there was no Aaliya. He sat down on the nearby bed in concern. Yeh Aaliya theek toh haina? Kahaan gayi? That is when right in front of him Aaliya and Nafisa passed in front of the room. He ran out of the room and realised that they were going to the stage. He blinked in surprise. He must have gotten the wrong room. That is when it clicked to him what this meant. He stepped back in the room and sat on the bed in shock as he realised that his last chance to confess his feelings was gone. It was an arranged marriage now for him. As the time passed, his sadness turned into anger towards himself as he started berating himself for not making more effort at meeting Aaliya.

Zain continued to berate himself as paced in the new room. He was so involved in scolding himself that he did not even notice his phone ringing till it started playing the ringtone the third time. He came out of his thoughts and noticed the call. He did not notice the caller and picked up the phone. He barked into it, "What?"

"Zain! Where are you? Everyone is waiting for you at stage! You have us all worried! People are starting to even talk that you have run away from the marriage! Do you know how embarrassing it is! Where the hell are you?", Fahad shouted in anger and Zain closed his eyes. Damn! In his anger, he almost missed his wedding. In his plan to propose Aaliya, he almost skipped out on getting married to her. Damn! Zain turned angrier at himself as he stalked out of the room and stormed towards the stage.

As he reached the stage, Zain was hugged by his brother and scolded by his parents. He nodded at appropriate places but his mind was too focused on his anger towards himself to concentrate on what they were saying. Soon he was seated in the stage and the wedding started. He glared at the flowers hanging on his sehra and then at the Kaazi. Soon they were asked if they accepted the wedding and Zain replied in affirmative, his voice sharp and curt as he got angrier at himself. The marriage was done and soon it was time for bidaai.

As Aaliya hugged her family while crying, Zain felt his anger drain away and what was left behind was defeat. His dream of his marriage being loved one had gone down the drain and he felt defeated. Why? Why can't once things go his way?

As Zain stood by the car sadly, his eyes fell on the car and a thought came to his mind. So what happened if he could not confess his love before marriage? Not everything has lost. Yes! His marriage had turned into arranged one but that was not the end of the world. At the end of the day, Aaliya did get married to him and that was more important than confession. She was his for his whole life. He had his whole life in front of him to confess his feelings. Infact, he would confess his feelings today itself. Yes! When they will travel in the car towards his house, he would make the driver stop them somewhere romantic and in some privacy he will express his feelings. Yes! Perfect! How romantic would that be! As Aaliya continued with her bidaai, Zain continued to daydream about his romantic confession. Get ready Aaliya! Today you will enter the house of Abdullahs assured that you rule my heart!

Soon Aaliya entered the car, her eyes still shedding tears though its speed had certainly slowed down. Zain slid in with excitement in his heart and smile on his face. His parents had already gone in another car. Nafisa had entered the car in front of him. Soon Fahad would enter that car and then they will be gone. And he will ask the driver of his car to take them to some beautiful place where they could see the sunset and have some romantic moments.

Zain's smile dimmed as he saw Fahad enter the passenger seat beside the driver seat in the car Zain was sitting. Yeh kya ho raha hai? His confusion only increased when Fahad asked the driver to drive. What was he doing here? Zain's good mood vanished. "Bhai? Aap? Yahaan?" Fahad replied, "Haan Zain! Don't ask! The other car is filled with gifts from top to bottom. I still don't know how Nafisa managed to get in the car. I had no place! So I came here! Hope you don't mind Zain!"

The car started before Zain could object. And even if he could, Zain could not object. After all, he can't throw his own brother out of the car, can he? So with a grumpy expression on his face, Zain settled down to one awkward and weird ride. He did not even give his wife a single glance as he fumed at the injustice happened to him in the whole day.

And that's all for today folks!

I am sure you have already got the gist of why Aaliya asks for divorce the day she got married.

But I will give you a detailed Aaliya's version so that you get to know how her thoughts went from accepting her situation of unrequited love to asking for divorce!

Aaliya's version will be posted on 30th November.

Thank you, take care and have fun,

Kalpana

P.S. Due to net problems this update was delayed!

AALIYA AND HER HOPES!

Aaliya sat in her room all decked up in her bridal get up; her jewelries shining in the light and her makeup highlighting her beauty. She wore a bridal red lehenga and it is not wrong to say that she was the most beautiful girl right now in the whole house. And why would she not be the most beautiful? After all, she was the bride and today was her wedding day. Around her Nafisa bustled as she tried to make sure that all pins on Aaliya's hair were on place. Her Bhabhi had taken charge for Aaliya's hair today and was very excited to see her favorite relative as a bride. Aaliya gave a polite smile when her eyes met her Bhabhi's through the mirror. She was seated in front of the mirror and Nafisa was standing right behind her. As her eyes swept down from Nafisa's face to her own she looked at her face.

As Aaliya studied her face, she wondered why no one noticed her sad eyes, her defeated expression or her slumped shoulders. Why no one noticed that she wasn't enthusiastically participating in the wedding? Why wasn't laughter and excitement shining in her eyes? But then they were lost in their own happiness. All were so happy to see her and Zain get married. Then why was she so sad?

With tears in her eyes Aaliya remembered the day her rishta was fixed with Zain. Her Maama Maami had announced it so happily. But Zain? Zain was not at all happy. She had run away from there, all broken hearted. But later on, she convinced herself that atleast she was marrying the love of her life. How many women can say they got married to the person they loved? Liked the person you married? Yes! But love? Most girls found love in their husband after they got married. But Aaliya was lucky to marry the person she loved. Zain not loving her seemed irrelevant to her at that time. With hope that he might fall for her one day too, Aaliya had happily gotten ready to go home and get married.

But it was only when Aaliya got home, that the reality crashed on her. She was marrying a person who did not love her. At first she ignored the thought, her hope burning bright in her heart; hope that he will fall for her one day. The hope dimmed once in a while but never died. She kept the flame alive in her heart.

Then came the day she was about to get engaged. She had woken up so excited that day. She was getting engaged to the person she loved; she was happy. But once Zain arrived for the engagement, her excitement dimmed and dulled till except a small spark, nothing else remained; because the whole time during the engagement ceremony, Zain remained restless. Aaliya felt as if Zain would have preferred to be miles away than sit by her. Every moment they sat close to each other, Aaliya's hurt increased at the indifference Zain displayed. It was as if he did not even care that he was getting married to her. Aaliya would not have even minded if he was unhappy with her, atleast some emotion was better than nothing. But the indifference Zain showed only proved that Zain did not care whom he got married to and that hurt more than she expected.

Her heart was broken that night and Aaliya swore that she will tell her parents to stop the wedding preparations right away. There will be no marriage after three months. The day after the engagement Aaliya got out of the room with intention to stop the wedding. But she could not go through it once she met her parents that day. They were so happy that their daughter was getting such a good groom that Aaliya did not have it in her to break their illusions. She watched with tearful eyes as her parents dreamed of her wedding. So she consoled herself. No! She will get married to Zain! And she will pour oil into the fire in her heart that had dulled last night and let it burn bright. She had to let the hope burn bright that one day Zain might fall for her because she had no other option, now or never.

Soon the wedding date came near and Aaliya sat down as her haldi function began. While everyone around her smiled and laughed happily, Aaliya could project only fake smiles at them. Just because she was hopeful that Zain will love her some day, does not mean that she can forget easily that she was marrying a guy who was indifferent to her. That important fact remained in her head, taunting her, hurting her, chipping away her happiness and filling her soul with pain and despair.

Soon the haldi, mehendi and sangeet came and went and Aaliya sat as they got her ready for her wedding. She tried to smile but this was one day she could not do it. Because this was one day that symbolized the one relation she worshipped above others but would not give her the happiness every bride deserved. This was one day her dreams were crashing down upon her and all she could do was sit and wait for it. She may have hope that he will love her one day but the day a bride would want some affection of her husband was the day Aaliya would not get it. And that fact stabbed her heart too much. She could not smile. She could not be happy. But the hope remained; bright and alive. The hope remained!

Soon came the time for her to go and get married and Nafisa took Aaliya down to the stage. Aaliya looked down and someone commented as to why the girl was not smiling. Aaliya froze; not sure what to say. Some elder from her family retorted that only shameless bride grin like a fool on their wedding. Brides are supposed to be shy and that is what Aaliya was. The first person who commented shut up right away and Aaliya heaved a sigh of relief. One bullet dodged.

Suddenly, another whisper started. Where was her groom? Her eyes widened in horror! It was time for her wedding and Zain had yet to arrive. Someone whispered that he must have run away because he did not want to get married and Aaliya's eyes filled with tears. Was marrying her so bad that he would rather run away and embarrass his family? No! Aaliya wiped her eyes. Zain Usman Abdullah was anything but a coward. She refused to believe that he would leave her. Zain was a man of commitment and he would never back away.

But as the time ticked on, Aaliya's conviction dimmed a little. Her heart thudded in her chest as her doubts engulfed her. Zain! Please come to the stage right away! And that is when the whisper increased and she heard someone say that Zain was back. She felt happiness bloom on her face and she wiped her eyes. He did come. He did not disappoint her. That's it! She was not going let her fears win! No! She is getting married to the man of her dreams. She is going to be happy! She pushed all the negative thoughts away and focused only on the positive.

And then Aaliya felt Zain sit in front of her and she raised her head to look at him. But her happy eyes dimmed when she saw that through his sehra he seemed to be glaring at the Kaazi. All the truth came crashing back on her and now she could not cheer herself up at all. For so many days, she kept on keeping the hope burning with positive thoughts but seeing him close and not even an ounce happy, broke her hope. All the words she used to convince herself that he would love her one day got burnt into ashes and even after trying so much, she could not get the hope burning again. It had dwindled down. Gone was the light burning bright. All that remained was a small spark and this spark was smaller than the one she had after the engagement.

Aaliya did not know when she got married. Through the whole process she remained in daze. She did as they told and only came out of her shock when it was time for bidaai. She cried as she hugged her family, but no one knew that the tears were not for going away from her family but for her broken heart.

Soon Aaliya was seated in the car and the drive started towards her married life. She looked towards Zain, the hope fluttering like a dying flame with one last longing. But the anger and annoyance on Zain's face destroyed even that spark and Aaliya was left with no hope.

Aaliya's dead eyes looked on ahead as the car drove towards one place where this relationship started and was soon about to die. Aaliya was going to Barkat Villa!

And that's all for today folks!

See you on 16th when Samjho Na starts with Aaliya asking for divorce!

Wonder how Zain will dig himself out of this hole!

By the way, I could have added Shaadi Waala Episode parts to the end of KP or start of Samjho Na but the fact remains that the theme of this two parter does not suit either of those stories. KP is romantic comedy while Samjho Na is full on romance but this two shot was neither romance nor comedy. It was more about drama, hence I created a separate thread and name for this part. Thought you should know!

Thank you, take care and have fun,

Kalpana