chapter 4
Neil and Avani both went to sleep recalling their respective past.
next morning
the room was set up as it's home so she could not feel away from home
a: ( at hospital) hi maa! ( tears welled up) kaise ho aap ? ye dekho mein aapke liye fresh flowers leke aayi hu aapko pasand hai na!
composing herself just then the nurse came in.
n: maam ye lijiye inke injections.
this was the routine as Avani thought that Neela maa will get pain if nurse puts injections in hurry so Avani always without fail with otmost care gives her injections
a: ye lijiye Didi ho Gaya
n: tum yaha baith ke baate Karo mein aati hu
a: Didi baitho na agar koi kaam nhi hai to, please aap batao na maa ki kya halat hai,I mean unki recovery kaisi ho rhi hai
n: beta mein kya batau ,pichle 7 Saal se tu yahi puchti hai aur teri aankhon ki is aasha ko roz mujhe todna padta hai!.(tears in eyes) , unhe to shayad jeene ke liye koi vajah nhi mil rhi hai isiliye unhe jaagna nhi hai, unki antar aatma hi jagne ko tyaar nhi hai jaise saari hope chod di ho.
a: ye kya hai maa!? aap ko pata hai na sabko kitni jarurat hai aapki specially mujhe !? aap na bas abhi karva lo seva par jab thik ho jaoge na to mein bhi chun chun ke badla lungi
Didi aap meri help karoge inhe sponge bath dene main
n: bhala mein tujhe na keh Sakti hu kya!?
after giving her sponge bath nurse went to resume her duty and Avani sang her Lori( aa leke chalu tujhko)
but while singing she recalled her moments spend with her mom and could not stop herself and so she kissed her mom on her forehead and left the ward asap
soon she composed herself and headed towards Mehta mansion
ASA she reached at the entrance she called dadi
"dadi,aap kaha ho chaliye bahar jana hai!"
"haa bas mein aa rahi hu"
after a while dayawanti came out and they both headed towards champko cafe
"kya Avani tu jaanti hai na kisiko bhi pata chala ki tu bahar se hi aa gayi to Kitna bura lagega unhe "
"dadi isiliye to kudh ko dakh ke aayi hu mein"
"chaliye humari destination as gayi"
both went and sat near the fish pond and soon Ali came to join them
but as Avani noticed a change in Ali's expression she stood from her place and started to run around
av: Ali ! Dekh Tu toh mera bhai hai na please na sorry ho gayi Galti
Ali: Avani ki bachi tu ruk aaj batata hu tera ye bhai kya Kar sakta hai
av: Ali nhi dekh main tujhe na arrest Kar lungi
Ali: ha aaj agar Tu mujhe koi bhi dhamki degi na to vo nhi chalegi
just as both of them were running here and there Avani stumbled and her balance went off and she was about to fall but just then a stranger held her and saved her
they both had their eyes locked in each other and as Ali approached to get a hold of her,
Ali: ab aayi na tu mere pakad me
av: tum!!!
n: ha mein!! mein kya itna pasand aa gaya ki mera picha Vodafone ke khutte ki tarah kar rhi ho
av: mein aur tumhara picha!?
mister dhyaan se dekho ye ek public place hai and mere friend ka cafe bhi.
n: exactly public place! ha isiliye tum yaha ho kisiko damkane aayi ho na !?
Ali Tu fikhar mat kar I am there ye tujhe Kuch nhi kar Sakti
before Ali could say anything
av: oh hello,I am an honest police officer and tum mujhe mat batao mein kya Karti hu,fact is Ali Mera dost hai so use mujhse koi bhi problem nhi hai
as they continued their fight Ali like a spectator observed both of them as his head went to and fro
after a while as dayawanti was watching all this from far stepped in to stop them from fighting
dayawanti: ye kya bacho ki Tarah ladh rhe ho!?
av: dadi aap rehne do aaj to decide ho Jana Chahiye ki Ali Mera dost hai
n: ha dadi aaj doodh ka doodh aur paani Ka paani ho Jane do
dayawanti: aur ab ek bhi sabdh Apne mo se nikala to mujhse bura koi Nahi hoga
av : pr dadi
dayawanti: Maine kya Bola tumne suna nhi!?...
Ali ab Tu in dono ko bata kya chal raha hai
Ali: arre dadi accha hua aap aa Gaye varna aaj to meri gardan akad hi jati, mein kabse in dono se bolne ki koshish Kar raha hu par ye hai ki sunte hi nhi ab dhyaan se suno mein dono Ka hi dost hu
av: Ali ye kaise ho sakta hai mein to tere Sare dosto ko janti hu tera koi bhi dost itna akdu aur ghamandi nhi hai
Ali : ha Avani!...
Avani: Dekha dadi Aapne vo nhi hai Ali Ka dost
Neil: are ooo jungli billi! pehle Puri baat to sun lo
Avani: tumne mujhe kya kaha!?
Neil: jungli billi...aur sunao
Ali: guys time out!!!!
Avani mein dono Ka hi dost hu bas tum ye nhi jante ki tum dono hi mere dost ho
Avani ye Neil hai hum 6 mahine pehle mile the a trip ke duran and humari dosti ho gayi tab se hi ye Mera dost hai and neil meet Avani meri bachpan ki dost
both were shocked upon the new development
dadi : suna dono ne bevajah hi Tum dono ladne lage
Neil: sorry Yaar Ali mujhe nhi pata tha but man na padega dosto ke mamle me tera taste Kuch kash nhi hai
Avani: haa yaar Ali,ye pehli baar hoga ki hum ek mutual opinion pe aaye hai, I too agree ki tumhe koi taste nhi hai dosti Ka
ali: dadi ye dekho lagta hai ki janam janam ke koi dushman lagta hai dono ki koi galat famili ho gayi hai solve Karni padegi
dadi: lagta to mujhe bhi yahi hai...
Accha ab ye batao tum dono ki problem kya hai I mean itna kyu gussa ho ek dusre se!?
Avani: dadi problem na ho to kya hoga, aap jante ho kal mein pasi kaise!?... iski vajah se
Neil: oh madaam Dekho vo Mera fault nhi tha tum hi danger sign board ke pass baithi thi kisiko bhi lagega ki tum suicide Kar rhi ho n main bas help Karne aaya aur phir to tumhe pata hi hai...
dadi: Avni tum is ladke ke Saath thi kal? (smiling)
av: ha dadi.
Neil: dekhiye dadiji I mean sorry aunty jo kuch bhi hua usme meri koi galti nhi thi par phir bhi sorry , I know ki aap log pareshan hue honge
dadi: are nhi beta sorry kis liye Jo hamare haatho mein nhi hota na Uske liye bura nhi manna Chahiye. aao tum uski help Kar rahe the na to humare Saath baith kar baate Karo isi bahane thodi jaan pehchaan bhi ho jayegi, agar bura na Mano to!?
Neil always wanted to be with a grandma who would have understood him,his mother and had a broad view and he always craved for such love so while dayawanti asked him to join them his eyes were clearly depicting the pain as to why he didn't had that cute little dadi and grand child bond as Avani had but he wanted to live that moment and capture that so he didn't denied and quietly sat on the other side of table to join them
all this while Avani was closely observing his behaviour and also his watery eyes didn't went unnoticed by her and she started to think about him and what was bothering him.
dadi: toh beta kya naam bataya tumne?
Neil : Neil kha... just as h was just going to say khanna his past memories gave him a jerk and he just said Neil Shweta.
Avani: isne bich mein se hi kyu apni baat rokh di??? aur naam bhi Neil Shweta. ...hnm Kuch to hai Jo ye chupa rha hai ya bolna nhi chahta but Neil tum ye nhi jaante ki mein bhi ye pata laga kar rahungi.
dadi: lagta hai maa ke ladle ho isiliye papa ke badle maa Ka naam lagaya hai tumne.
Neil: haa aunty pyaar to maa se bohot karta hu but aaj meri is stage tak puhuncne Ka credit mr.prakash khanna and amrutaji ko hi jaata hai ( he replied in sarcastic way)
dadi: vaise karte kya ho tum?
Neil: aunty Mera MBA hone ke baad Maine foreign me kayi companies me job ki and ab yaha India mein aaya hu job ke liye and masi ke saath rehta hu.
dadi: lagta hai maa door rehti hai?
Neil: haa bohot door( which much pain he dared to answer)
dadi: pehle to main aunty nhi dadi hu and meri ek baat manoge?
while the conversation with dadi and Neil about mother flinched avanis heart and she got lost in her own thoughts
Neil:ok aunty... Mera matlab hai dadi boliye kya Kar sakta hu main aapke liye.?
dadi: hum kafi time se ek achhe MBA person ko hire karna chahte hai for our company will you join us??( by us meant much more than just the company but she wanted to be sure about him first and this way he can stay with them for much time)
please mana mat karna!!
Neil: dadi mein kaise...
seeing her pleading eyes finally he gave in
thik hai dadi.
By this thik hai Avani came back from her rollercoaster past and asked kya thik hai.
Neil(smirking): kya kya tumhare yaha Mera rehna ,I mean ab mein officially hire Kiya jaa chuka hu dadi ne mujhe hire Kiya hai unki company ke liye.
Avani: dadi aap ise aise hi kaise hire Kar sakte ho!!?, bina interview me aur bina chachu and papa ko puche!?
dadi: Avaniii meine uski profile Dekh li hai and vo suitable bhi hai aur mein Ashish ko bata dungi vo company meri bhi hai.
Avani: thik hai dadi.
dadi: beta Baki ki details tum Mehta and sons se le lena.
Neil: ok dadi, dekhiye poha bhi aa gaya shuru Karen!?
before dadi could hear the full sentence she knew as too what reaction was she about to get by the aroma of poha so she prepared herself.
Neil was confused to see dadi seeing Avani as if she was going to say something
Ali too waited to get that priceless reaction of hers
Avani: pohaaa...
Avani said with utmost excitement and before anyone could understand what had happened she started to eat as if there's no tomorrow
dadi and Ali knew that side of Avani but for Neil it was a complete shocker as to he only saw the police part of Avani
dadi : (understanding Neil Ka reaction) beta ye poha na Avani ki Jaan hai upar se Ali ke haatho ka , bachpan se hi Avani Ka Sapna tha ki is jagah pe cafe open karenge par Avani ise pura nhi kar payi aur ye Avani Ka Sapna Ali ne aankhon me basa liya aur pura Kiya aur uski yaad me poha aur ladoo Ali Ka favourite combo ban Gaya
Neil: dadi aapki baato se lagta hai ki ye jo Avani hai vo pehle wali Avani se kafi alag hai jaise ki khoyi uski hasi.
dadi: lagta hai kafi acche se jaante ho dard kya hota hai aur aankhon mein saaf saaf dikta bhi hai, Kisi apne we naraaz ho! chot bhi gehri hai! chaho to baat sakte ho kyuki u hi dard ko man mein dabane se vo nasoor ban jata hai aur dard ko batna apne aap se Jung ladne ke barabar hota hai, sahaas Ka kaam,jab bhi tumhe lage ki kuch share karna hai Kar Lena.
Neil shocked to see how dayawanti could so easily without efforts could catch the feelings going in back of the mind and that to precisely but as answer he just nodded his head
dadi: avaniii ho gaya poha kha ke to mein khau ya tum dono hi ek dusre ko khilaoge ek tu aur ek ye ali jab bhi poha ke samne hote ho to Aas paas kya hota hai ye bhi bhul jaate ho
Avani: ha dadi bohot yummy hai aap bhi Khao na
she grab a spoon and fed dadi and both started to chit chat about things and family
meanwhile Neil was just busy admiring the bond between Avani and her dadi and somewhere was craving to have such bond with him
to break him from his dream ali just shake him up
Neil: kya hai!?
Ali : kya kya hai tujhe bhi cute laga na !?
Neil: kya cute!?
Ali: Avani and dadi Ka bond
Neil: cute to hai
Ali : iska matlab hai tune Avani ko samjha aur tujhe usse koi problem bhi nhi hai good Yaar
Neil: Ali problem tab hoti hai jab insaan exist kare mere liye Avani bas ek stranger hi kafi hai aur cute dadi thi na ki avani and bye mujhe jaana hai.
before going he wished dadi and glared at Avani with a smirk on his face only to irritate her and left.
meanwhile Avani left dadi home and headed to police station
ASA she entered the gate sun followed her like shadow after discussing about few cases and casualty Avani reached cabin
Avani: sun mujhe jald se jald Neil Shweta ki kundali Chahiye .
sun: ho Jayega madaam , vaise ek baat puchu madaam!? asked curiously
avani: hnm bolo.
sun : ye vohi ladka hai na jo aapke saath us din tha na.
Avani: ha aafat hai jaha jata sab hila deta hai
sun: smiling as she was seeing Avani too much affected with that Neil within just 1 meet
Avani: sun ab hasti hi rahogi ya kaam bhi karogi
sun: nhi ma'am mein abhi aayi.
meanwhile Riya just gave a call to remind Avani that she was going to visit her boutique
Riya: Avani ye kya hai pehle khud bolti hai ki tujhe kapde Chahiye aur khud hi gayab, ye kya hai Yaar?
Avani : (biting her tongue) so sorry Yaar Riya bas on the way hu aati hu
Riya: u better come soon Varna...
and she ended the call
Avani too left to meet Riya
Mehta and sons
Ketan: maa ne mujhe tumhare baare me sab Kuch bataya hai kafi interesting ho tum we are glad tum yaha par Aaye ho.
Neil: same here as well kafi naam suna hai aapki company Ka proud to be associated with the company sir
Ketan explained everything to Neil and meanwhile Avani will reach at Riya's boutique let's find out what's there in further
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