Appa -amma and Toshiji were looking at Ishra trying to believe that raman is actually with ishita. They were looking at Ishra when Raman said -chup chup ho jaa babu, see I am here naa. See amma -appa also came. Now stop crying babu. He said trying to wipe her tears but she was just not listening anything, just snuggling more into Raman all scared.
Toshiji -raman, tu ander kaise aaya??
Appa-haan kanna, tum ander kaise.
Raman showed the broken window and said -uss window seat aaya, mujhe pata tha ki yeh window tutti hai, actually maine hi apne friends ke saath cricket khelte hue thoda tha. Infact principal sir has also imposed fine in us. 200 per student. Toh mujhe pata tha, that it was broken. He said looking down.
Amma-tum itne chote space de ander aa gaye.
Raman -ofcourse, main patla joh hoon. Waise bhi my babu was crying, toh I had to do this. He said and start caressing ishita's hair who was still hugging Raman tight.
Toshiji -hum bhi kya puch rahe hai, we should console ishita, she is just so scared. She said and all ran to ishita. Amma sat next to ishita and said caressing her hair -kanna, ro mat kanna. See we all r here.
Ishita turned feeling her mother's touch and hugged her crying. Amma picked her in her arms and start rocking her slowly caressing her back lovingly. Ishita broke the hug and start trying to tell them that how scared she was, there was all darkness.
Amma hugged her tight and said -chup kanna, rote nahi. See now everyone is here, amma, appa, toshi aunty and ur friend Raman too. She was saying consoling her when the watchman came and said -yeh kya kiya aapne, u broke the lock.
Appa -toh kya karte, tumhara wait karte, meri bachchi akele thi ander, dari sahmi hui. How careless u people r, how can u leave such little baby locked inside. Agar meri beti ko kuch ho jaata naa,main kisi ko nahi chodta. He said shouting on the watchman when principal came and apologised for the inconvenience, he also scolded the watchman for talking nonsense and told him to go.
Principal-i am really sorry for all this, poen use to check all rooms before locking, don't know how this happened. Aap logon ki alertness ke kaaran bahut bada haadsa tal gaya. Kyunki school agle do din tak bandh hai. Pata nahi kya hota agar aap log nahi aate.
Toshiji -hume to aana hi tha, as she is our baby. But Aap logon ki bhi responsibility banti hai. U just can't lock anyone like this, aur ishita ko special bachchi hai. U guys took more fees to take care of her then how can u all can be so careless.
Principal-we r really sorry for this, from next time we will take care of ur daughter.
Appa -thank u, hope this time u will keep ur words. And we all must thank raman for being so alert and active for ishita. He was the first one to inform all of us about her absence and even came through the window to save ishita. Thank u so much kanna, today u again saved our ishu.
Raman smiled and said -why u r thanking me uncle, she is my babu also. I was also so sad without her. He said smiling to which all smiled.
Soon they were on the way to go home,appa was driving and Toshiji and amma was sitting together while ishita was sleeping and raman was sitting next to her. Amma thanked toshiji for all the help to which toshiji just smiled.
Soon all reached home, appa picked ishita and took her home. Raman too went his home happily with his mother. The day spent normally and Ishra spend the next two days together happily.
One day, toshiji was serving breakfast when iyers came to their house, ishita was wearing half saree and her hair was tied beautifully in a braid with gajra tucked in it. She was in appa's arms.
Mr bhalla welcomed them and Toshiji said -arey aaj toh hamari gudiya bahut sundar lag rahi hai. Kya baat hai bhai.
Ishita smiled hearing this and hide herself in her appa's chest.
Appa smiled and said -aaj hamari kanna ka birthday hai, aaj pure teen saal ki ho gayi hamari bachchi. He said making everyone smile.
Toshiji -arey, aaj ishita ka birthday hai. Happy birthday puttar. She said and took ishita in her arms. Ishita went to her and Toshiji kissed her.
Mr bhalla too wished ishita and said -aaj toh badi party honi chahiye. He said while Raman took ishita in his arms and said -arey babu aaj tumhara birthday hai. Mujhe nahi bataya, Maine toh kuch gift hi nahi liya.koi baat nahi, come I will make something for u. He said and took ishita with him.
All smiled seeing them together and Amma said-haan hogi naa party , shaam ko. Aap sab ko aana hai.
Toshiji -haan haan, jarur aayenge, aur shaam ko kyun. Pehle hi aayenge, hamari bachchi ka birthday hai.
Amma -haan kyun nahi, abhi toh hum Malai mandir jaa rahe hai, iske birthday par blessings lene. Socha aap log se puch le, if u people too want to join.
Toshiji -bhalla ji toh office jaa rahen hai. Raman se puch lete hai, if he wants to go. She said and called raman. After sometime ishra came and Raman said -dekho maa,maine apni babu ke liye gift banaya, achcha hai naa. He said and ishita showed her hand. All saw a bracelet he made with thread adding alphabet beads in it. He has written babu on the bracelet.
All smiled seeing the bracelet while Toshiji asked -yeh tune banaya hai puttar.
Raman nodded smiling and said -sundar hai naa.
Toshiji -bahut sundar, achcha inke saath mandir jaayega.
Raman nodded happily hearing this and Toshiji get him ready. Soon appa amma took Ishra to Malai mandir. All took blessings from the deity and was coming back when ishita saw a toy shop and start jumping to go there. Appa went there with ishra and picked many toys for ishra. Raman was denying but appa brought toys for them.
Soon they were back and all got indulged in arrangement while Raman was with ishita, taking care of her. He gave her colours and paper and told her to draw. He too start making greeting card for ishita which he learn in his craft class. He made beautiful card with flowers ,then he made paper flowers and made a beautiful bouquet of paper flowers for ishita. He showed the same to ishita and asked -kaisa hai?
Ishita saw the bouquet and got happy ,she looked at him and showed thumbs up signalling it beautiful. Like this they made many things together. Raman make her dip her hands in the colour and make print of her hands, he made many things for her and finally pasted all on a sheet paper.
Raman -ab yeh ban gaya, now I will gift it to u on ur birthday, OK.
Ishita nodded happily and they finally went out. Amma took ishita to make her ready while Toshiji too took raman with her.
Soon the party started, ishita was wearing a purple floor length gown while her hair was beautifully curled. She was very happy seeing all the arrangements. All guest have came but bhallas were still to come. Ishita was looking at the door when bhallas entered the party. Raman was wearing white shirt with grey suit and a bow. He was looking very handsome, ishita went to them running and hugged raman. Raman too hugged her tight and pecked her cheek wishing her happy birthday. They gifted her a big doll while she looked at Raman for her gift.
Raman -maa ne kaha woh gift dene laayak nahi tha, so they brought this doll for u. He said sadly.
Ishita started crying hearing this making everyone shocked. Toshiji -kya hua puttar, why u r crying.
Raman -usse mera wala gift chahiye, joh Aap logon ne nahi laane diya.
Appa-kaisa gift kanna.
Raman -i made for her.maa ne laane nahi diya.
Toshiji -woh ji, bas kaagaz ke kuch phool the, aur kuch greetings. I thought ishita ko gudiya achchi lagegi.
Ishita nodded in no crying.
Appa -shw wants that only, if u can,
Mr bhalla -main abhi laaya hoon. He said and went. Soon he brought the paper collage ,everyone saw it and praised raman while ishita made appa hang it in her room.
After that she cut the cake and feed everyone happily. Then Ishra start playing with all the kids. Soon all had food and finally the party got over. Toshiji was telling Raman to come with them but ishita was not leaving him, so finally both slept together.
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