Thank you one and all for being so patient and supportive. Will come by later to read all comments. Rekha I will read your comments throughly after a nap. I am dedicating this part to you Rekha for coming to read and commenting religiously on all the parts you missed. And to all of you who have patiently waited and dropped a note for me here encouraging me, Thank you for that. Have not proof read.
PART 29
Saturday morning arrives early, Sai shifts on the bed, she gets up with a slight crick in her shoulder. She realizes itâs because she has slept on her fatherâs bed, they chatted into the night after having an early dinner as soon as she got back from seeing Virat.
She touches her hot neck thinking of the time she spent with Virat, who was being extremely careful, but she was finding it tough to hold back. Thank god Shivam and Shilpa came when they did, she would have surely climbed over him.
She rubs her neck and smiles. Her father asked her if she was happy and she laughed because while asking, her father had a huge grin. She shakes her head, who would have thought she will finally be with the type of man, she vowed never to be with. Be careful what you wish for. But then maybe, just maybe, she should start paying attention to those qualities that attract her to Virat, other than the physical attraction of course. Or maybe she should pay attention to what he hopes from her. Marriage is a confusing thing, maybe thatâs why they make the wedding rituals so elaborate, so at least for that amount of time, you can forget about the daunting task of the real thing. The wedding seems like the beautiful jacket on a book cover, no matter how elaborate and rich you make it, what is written inside only finally matters.
Her phone chimes beside her. It finally arrived last evening, she looks at it, itâs a message from Aniket, asking her the address of the venue. She smiles and sends him the address of their home. She cannot wait to see the terrace, gets up, rotates her shoulder and walks into the bathroom in her room. Mavshi is on the terrace upstairs and Shilpa is to come later. Her father is in the kitchen garlanding flowers, carefully piercing a needle through the stems of white flowers to make thin garlands for when the grooms family arrives for Sakhar Pudha and Halad Chadhavane. Both of these will be post lunch. In no time, Sai joins her father, she notices a young girl who is running around looking busy, Mavshi has called her from the village to help out this weekend, Mayuri has a huge smile and makes Horlicks for Sai, insisting that she will be doing everything and that Sai should relax. Sai and her father have a full breakfast with pohe and piyushi. Her father catches a quick nap, while she sets out to remove the sarees and outfits she needs for the day.
At the grooms party, everyone is relaxing in the large oversized living room downstairs. The doors that open to the front and to the back garden are wide open, with a cool breeze coming in. There is a large kitchen against it with staff milling. Six bedrooms are upstairs and 2 bedrooms downstairs. Most of the wedding stuff is in the downstairs bedroom which have the facility for lock. They are all discussing the plans and everyone has been instructed that they have to leave immediately after lunch for Sakhar Pudha to the brideâs home. 2 cars will taken them there.
âAchaa Achaa detail plan bataoâ Shivam asks
âPehle hum lunch ke baad tayaar hoke sab log unke yaha jaayenge Sakhar Pudha ke liyeâ Shivani replies.
âPhir vapas yahaa aane hai Halad Chadhavane ke liye, Virat pe haldi lagaane ke baad, voh haldi le kar Shivani aur Devyani jaayenge Sai ke yaha. Vahi ruk sakti hai, unke yaha shaam ko mehendi haiâ
âMehendi ke liye hum bhi jaa sakte haiâ Shivam said all knowing
Ashwini shakes her head, âbilkul nahi. Virat, Halad ke baad ladki ko dekhna abshagun hota hai, abb sirf shaadi peâ
âShivam jaana chahta hai, Mai nahiâ Virat shrugs and looks at his phone casually.
âAhaha!! Jaise aap nahi jaana chahteâ Devyani pipes âAbhi dikhao phone, Sai ke hi photos dekh rahe ho!!â She continues and pulls the phone away from him.
She starts running and reads the messages loudly that Virat and Sai have been sending back and forth. She animatedly reads out..while Virat is trying to grab it, Shivani and Shivam are holding him back. Ashwini and Ninaad are laughing.
âPhone ko itna time kyu lagaa?â
âTeen din toh lage, itna hi toh time lagta haiâ
âBada zaalim phone hai, tumhari tarah, bahut time leta haiâ
âPhone aapko bhi miss kar rahi thiâ
Everyone awwwws and ooohs. Virat tries harder to get out of Shivamâs grip. Shivani is typing his hands with her dupatta. Virat yells, âDevi, Buss aage nahiâ
Devyani waves her hand, signing him to stop
âMujhe miss kar rahi thi, ya kissi aur chiz ko?â
âPhone se hi puch lijiye!!â
Ooooohhhs and Wahhhs are being yelled by Viratâs parents who is now pleading, âplease Devi ..stop, tum dono Chodho yaar Mujheâ he barks and breaks from the dupatta and elbows Shivam and grabs his phone before Devyani can finish the sentence
âJab milunga, sirf puchunga nahi...â Devyani says and the phone is grabbed from her, everyone laughs and Virat pushes Devyani while Ashwini yells, half laughing
âBahut ho gaya, usse aur tang mat karoâ
Virat rolls his eyes and makes a face.
âVirat dada, Vaise bhi Mai aage padhne vaali nahi thi, Humei nahi malum karna ki aap Sai ke phone ke saath kya kya karne vaale hoâ the girls burst into giggles.
Virat picks a book and throws it at them, but it almost is about to land on Shivam who yelps and moves his head, only for it to land on Samratâs chest and fall down.
Devyani yells excitedly when she sees Samrat and rushes to him and hugs him. He grins and comes forward and gets hugs from everyone including Virat who grins and says
âAchaa hua tu aa gaya, abb inn sabse Tu hi bacha sakta hai mujheâ
âInn sabse toh bacha lunga aapko, lekin Sai se kaise bachenge aap?â Samrat grins
âHum dono ek dusre se bachna nahi chahteâ Virat says casually and everyone oooohs and aaahs again.
âAchaa tum sab suno, Unke yaha bahut jaldi nikalna hai, aur vahaa jaake Sai Sai nahi ..Vahini kehke bulaana usse, samjhe tum logâ Ashwini states,
Devyani nods vigorously, Ninaad watches Samrat who is asking shivam about his cane, and wonders if he has realized his motherâs words were especially for his ears.
At around 2pm, everyone is at Saiâs house where Shilpa and Maushi have decorated the living room by moving the sofa cum bed upstairs to the terrace, while downstairs a few chairs and stools with 2 decorated seats for the groom and bride have been arranged, the room looks bigger with a large rangoli in the center and mango leaves hanging at every entrance and lights with flowers on the walls. Sai and Virat are made to sit down on the seats, while Devyani and Ashwini flank Virat and Mavshi and Shilpa on Saiâs side. Shivam stands behind and between Ninaad and Kamal who are seated on the chairs on the opposite adjacent side. Samrat is missing and Shivani assured Ninaad that he is on his way, since he got into the bathroom after everyone. The car had been sent back for him.
Kamal first hands over a kurta to Virat who seeks his blessings in return. As the kurta packet stays on his lap with his hands underneath it, he watches Ashwini hand over a saree to Sai with a Sakhar Pudha (packet of sugar) along with Jewellery in her hand, Sai bends to take her blessing and places her hands under her packet.
After that, Ashwini takes another packet and walks to Kamal and hands it to him and says, âHum kanya daan mei maante nahi, isiliye, hum aapko yeh choti si bhent dekar humare parivaar mei amantrit karte haiâ. Kamal is touched and does a namaste holding the packet and half gets up bowing, while Ninaad holds him back. Ashwini then asks Devyani to place a chair on the side and calls out to Maavshi to sit down, Shivani hands her a packet which Ashwini while Maavshi hesitates, but Shilpa forces her to, so do Sai and Kamal. Maavshi with tears sits on the chair. Ashwini hands over a packet to her and says,
âJab humne Virat se kaha ki Tu Sai se shaadi karega? Uska javab thaa, Mai pehle Sai ke Abba aur Maavshi ko bataunga. Aap Sai ke liye kya ho, aap bhi shayad jaanti nahi, lekin Virat ko pata hai, ki aap Sai ke liye Maa se bhi zyaada hoâ
Maavshi has tears flowing down her eyes, while under their packets, Sai grabs Viratâs hand and squeezes it, Virat squeezes back.
Maavshi and Mayuri arrange for food and snacks to be served to everyone. Ninaad takes Shivani aside and asks her to get hold of Samrat. Shivani nods, while Shilpa takes Sai inside the room. Shivam and Kamal are discussing police business and Devyani and Ashwini are enjoying the snacks. Virat tries to slip into Saiâs room, but Shilpa is body guarding it and refuses to let him in,
âAap usse dekh nahi sakte, mil nahi sakteâ Shilpa announces coming out of the room and holding the door close behind her with an inch opening to make sure Sai can peep out.
âUsse kaun?! Main toh tumse milne aaya hunâ he grins, while he can hear Saiâs giggle.
âAchaa?! Toh yeh stubble kyu pehen ke aaye ho? Clean shaven aate toh maantiâ Shilpa narrows her eyes. Sai peeps from the inch space and sticks her tongue out.
Virat tongues his cheek and smirks, âAchaa toh abhi shave kiye dete hai, andar bathroom hai na, paanch minute lagengeâ
Sai shakes her thumb side to side, her smiles through that inch is turning him on even more.
âAap haan toh kahe, paanch minute bhi nahi lagengeâ he announces, and then stares at Shilpa with pleading eyes, âpleaseâ
Shilpa hits her forehead, âpaanch minute, usse zyaada nahiâ
Virat pushes the door wide behind her, enters and shuts it before she can change her mind, Sai yelps, Virat leans on the door he has shut and stares at Sai and whispers
âJust Saiâ
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Edited by columbia - 4 years ago