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The ride was a deathly silent one, for two people who were to be married soon, they had nothing to talk about, or one could say they had no inclination to begin the conversation. Suman kept stealing glances at Shravan who's eyes were trained on the road ahead, jaw taught and expression unreadable. Finally curiosity got the better of Suman and I a feeble yet firm voice she spoke, "Aaisa kya kaam hai ke tum mujhe urgently le aaye?". She waited for Shravan to answer but he did not so much as blink. She thought he was so lost he probably didn't hear her. So she repeated her question, "Shravan maine poocha ke...". He spoke before she could complete, "Kaha na pohoch jayenege toh samjh aa jayega." She kept mum, the graveity in his voice was enough to silence her.
The rest of the ride was reticent. Suman snapped out of her reverie when she noticed that the road they were on and headed straight up, lead towards family courts. Why are we headed there, she thought. "Shravan, hum court kyun ja rahe hai?", was met with silence.
"Shravan! Hum court kyun ja rahe hai?", no response.
"SHRVAN! MAINE POOCHA HUM COURT KYUN JAA RAHE HAI?", he didn't even flinch.
They reached the court and Shravan stepped out of his car, he saw Pushkar and Preeti were waiting there for them. Suman was now even more confused but she followed Shravan.
"Bhaiyaa yeh sab?"
"Chotte, tu bohot khush hai na ke tere Bhai ki shaadi teri best friend se ho rahi hai?"
"Haan Bhaiyya! Yeh bhi koi poochne ki baat hai!", Beamed Pushkar.
"Preeti, tum bhi khush ho na?"
"Ji Shravan, bohot bohot khush!"
"Suman, tum?"
She blushed for a moment and replied not meeting his gaze, "Haan."
"Toh bas! Mai tum logon ko aur intezaar nahi karvana chahta tha, tum sab ki khushi ke liye, aur Suman ke wish ke mutabik, hum aj aur bohot hi kam kharche mai shaadi kar rahe hai. Don't worry Suman, stamp paper ka aadha cost tum hi dogi!", he said venomously!
To say the trio was shocked was an understatement. Before any of them could utter a word, Shravan held Suman's wrist tightly and headed to the chamber where they were to be married. "Chalo! I can't wait to be married!". Everyone followed suit.
Edited by orion23 - 9 years ago