CHAPTER 4: Happy Birthday
5 ½ years Later
Lucknow
A small boy opens the door of one of the rooms and jumps on the bed and wakes someone up
Champ: Chachu get up, chachu its 12 o clock aapko birthday wish karna hai. Please chachu aaj apka birthday hai Aur……
Delhi
A door opens on this side too and a small girl is sleeping or pretending to sleep GG and GB enters the room and wakes her up for a surprise
GG and GB sing happy birthday song and the small girl gets too happy and say Aaj mera birthday hai Aur….
Anubhav and GG together says: Kisi aur ka bhi.
GG: so, cake cut kare happy birthday Ridz, I love you and will always be my little girl.
Ridz: Mumma aap sabse best ho, aur Dadi Bua, you won’t wish me???
GG and GB laugh, and GB picks her up and kisses her cheeks and says: Happy birthday my angel, you are the cutest and sweetest and my fav person ever.
Ridz: Thank you, mumma mein na papa ko wish karke aati hu okay
Ridz runs to GG rooms and picks up Anubhav’s pictures and says: Happy birthday papa, i miss you and I love you. She runs back to her room and give her mom and dadi bua a good night kiss and goes to sleep. GG and Bua also go back to their room, but Bua knows what GG is feeling so she goes and stand next to her and put her hand on her shoulders
GB: Wish karlo use bhi jaise har saal karti aayi ho, like mother like daughter photo se baat toh karte ho toh wish bhi karle photo ko dekh kar, Delhi to Lucknow dur nahi hai distance mein jaise tum apni beti ko yeh kehti ho, tum bhi maan lo. Who bhi yehi karta hoga hai na, Shayad.
Anu stands in front of the photo frame of a newborn baby: Happy birthday Baby, today you will turn 5 and a big girl too, pata nahi tum kaise ho, mujhe miss karti bhi ho ya nahi but papa loves you and misses you a lot. Hope aap aur apki mumma mujhe jaldi maaf kar de aur hum mile, tab tak photo se hi kaam chalana padta hai.
FYI: GG was 8 months pregnant when she had complication and had Ridhi (Priya your suggestion) GG calls her Ridz and meri story mein Yug and Neeti had a baby boy Anirudh ( again priya’s suggestion) but they call him champ, also Anu birthday was Mumbai 1.0 so story is according to that same celebration as Mumbai 2.0 but just GC gang and anugun in my story
Flashback in bold: 5 years back Anubhav birthday every one is at breakfast table, Anubhav is not talking to his family like he use to before, just necessary stuff and short answers he still cannot get over the fact that his own family did this, he also talks a bit because he was also at fault too.
Sargam: Anu, arey tu aa gaya chal nashta kar le , aaj tere janamdin par maine halwa banaya hai, Anu goes and touches her feet and every elders feet and they all wish him Happy Birthday.
GC and Gang enters the dining room and gives a sweet box to anu and says: yeh lo mithai khao, aaj Khushi ka mauka hai, kha le yeh hamari taraf se tumhare liye Anu takes a sweet when BP ask
BP: arey golu, yeh apni birthday pe halwa toh kha raha hai phir yeh kyun laye ho?
GC: bade bhaiya yeh uski birthday ka nahi hai, kisi aur cheez ka hai.
Khushi: kis Khushi ka chachu, hume bhi toh batao taking the sweet and passing on the box around
Yug: Aaj kisi aur ka bhi janamdin hai isliye hum yeh de rahe hai aur Annu congrats yeh tumhari liye bahut khush ke baat hai aur isliye ek aur humahri taraf se ek ladoo aur khilayege hai na Ankit?
Ankit: Haa Annu, yeh le and gives him a sweet.
Anu: Chachu paheliya mat bhujaye aur joh kehna chahte ho woh kaho.
GC: yeh sweet teri birthday ka nahi hai, yeh ladoo tere baap banne ki Khushi mein hai.
Anubhav stop halfway of eating a sweet and look at GC gang and all the family members too.
Anu: Chachu mera Mazak ka mood nahi hai, Gungun ki delivery date mein abhi time hai, aur please aage se aisa Mazak mat kijiye mujhe aacha nahi lagta hai.
Ankit: hum mazaak nahi kar rahe hai, GG ki pregnancy mein kuch complication thi jiski wajah se use urgently c-section karna pada and you have a healthy baby girl, premature born hai toh kuch din use NICU mein rakhege.
Anu: Aur GG who theek toh hai na, use koi problem nahi hui na. there was happiness and emptiness in his eyes. Happiness of being a father and emptiness because GB was right the journey he is missing is very much seen in his eyes.
GC: Dnt worry woh theek hai, jaise humne tumhe jaise usne promise kiya that who baby ke pic bhej deji.
Anubhav couldn’t control his tears and left from there and pack his bags and came down. BP and others asked him, what is he doing? He said to them
Anu: mein Mumbai jaa raha hu? Mujhe aap please yeh mat puchna ki kyun, kyunki mein jawab nahi de pahuga .mujhe akele rehna hai
Sargam: par annu aaj toh………
Badi Maa: Sargam jaane de use, aaj Khushi ka mauka hai par udaas bhi hai. Jaa beta joh karna hai kar
Anu leaves from there for the airport. Sargam turns towards badi Maa and ask her
Sargam: Jiji aapne use kyun jaane diya, aaj uska janamdin hai, use hamare saath hona chahiye na, mana gussa hai humse phir bhi maa humain uski.
BM: ha yeh sach hai ki who humse naraz hai, par aaj sirf uska janamdin nahi hai, aaj uska dusra janam hua hai, Ek aurat Maa bahut pehlebanti hai, par Baap bachche ke janam ke baad bante hai. Aaj uska aur uski Aulad dono ka janamdin hai aur ek baap banne ki Khushi bhi par who udaas hai, useapne duniya mein rehne de aaj.
Back to present:
Its early morning he comes down and as usual do to breakfast table greets everyone and takes their wishes and eats halwa and gets up when BP says
BP: Aaj wapas Mumbai jaa rahe ho?
Anu: BP 5 saal se har saal wahi karta aaya hu phir aaj kyun puch rahe ho. Mujhe mera birthday waise hi yaad rakhna hai aur yeh baat Ghar pe aur institute mein sab jante hai ki har saal mein Mumbai jaata hu, phir aaj sawaal kyun?
Chandru: Anu, kya tareka hai baat karne ka? Har saal ka yeh laga hua hai, har waqt aise baat karna, kya yeh sanskaar diye hai humne tumhe?
Anubhav calms himself and sits next to Chandru and say: papa, I am sorry mera who matlab nahi tha, par mein bhul nahi paa raha hu, woh sab joh hua uski wajah kahi na kahi aap log bhi hai.
BP : Bas Anu, yus baat ko 5 saal se zyada ho gaya hai, baatein bhul kara age bad ne ka naam zindagi hota , kitni bar yeh kehna padta hai.
Anu: nahi bad paa raha hu, kya karu aap hi bataye, 5 saal mein apni beti se dur hu, apne pyaar se dur, apni zinadagi se dur hu. Kyun, kyunki aapne joh kiya uski wajah se. har baat apne yeh kehta hu aapse, phirkyun har baar hum wahi aake ruk jaate hai.
He takes his bad and leave for Mumbai.
Delhi: GG is on the breakfast table when she sees the halwa,her eyes tears up a bit but she doesn’t say anything. Ridz comes and wishesthem good mrng and sit to eat halwa.
Ridz: Mumma aap har saal meri birthday pe yeh halwa kyun banate hai?
GG: yeh halwa tumhare papa ke liye hai, use halwa bahut pasand hai isliye. Aaj uska bhi birthday hai na isliye. Ab chup chap khana khao and pata hai no talking while eating. The rules are not meant to be broken okay.
Ridz: Okay Mumma, waise where is dadi bua and Rasika Bua? Rasikais yug’s sister she stays with GG,her story will come later.
GG: shayad mandir gaye hai, aate hi hoge, acha mujhe office mein jaldi jaana hai so bye, please finish your breakfast.
Ridz: waise mumma the specs suit you. GG has short hairnow till shoulders and wears Specs black frame.
GG: Bye and hugs her and happy birthday, have fun in your classes, okay?
Mumbai:
Anubhav has exited the airport and Prakash bhai has come to pick him up. He hugs him and wishes him happy birthday and they sit in his car(he drives car now)
PB: Bhaiya, as usual ka program hai kya, pehle AAI ke haath ka halwa cake, then dropping off to the hotel, and then tomorrow morning back to airport. Pehle 5 saal se yahi ho raha hai, when will you move on bhaiya?
Anu: Parkash bhai, this is the only day where I am myself ,the only day I enjoy being myself, the day that I spend in that same room where I had my last happy moment with Gungun, har saal I stay in the room because I can feel myself reliving the moment and that’s I enough for me. Aai ke haath ka halwa, aur who pal hamesha mere saath hai. Waise aap batao, pehli baar jab mein aaya tha toh Arti Bhabhi aapse nazar thi, aaj toh nahi hogi na.
PB: Arey, nahi Prakash bhaiya woh aisa kuch nahi hoga, aaptension mat lijiye. And he laughs and Anubhav smiled for the first time after ages. They go to his house he wishes them well, cuts the halwa cake and enjoys his time and PB leaves him to the hotel.
Anubhav after entering the room to himself: Happy birthday Anubhav, lets relive the moments again he wears his fav shirt that GG brought for him and he takes out a snow globe that he buys every year on his birthday and keeps it on the table and cuts a small cupcake and sings happy birthday and cries remembering everything and even though he is alone he enjoys the time and next morning leaves for Lucknow again going back to him being the lost soul he has become in last year few years
Edited by Suhani2 - 1 years ago
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