FF: Safar-PremHeerJourneytolove end pg71,72

Characters:

Junejas-

Lalit- Head of the family jolly, benevolent and a little manipulative

Gayatri- Sweet and loving

Kulraj- eldest, married to kiran with three kids

Prem- handsome,soft spoken, obedient and very loving towards his family and shares everything with his best friend Heer, runs his fathers hotel business

Harman- middle brother, serious natured and a very loving son and brother, follows Prem's word like God's law. He and Nihal have been best friends, both studying law.

Preet- baby of the family. Always teased by lalit, harman and kulraj. Prem and Gayatri pamper him a lot. Prem is his father, friend and philosopher rolled into one. He and Meher are best friends and also they have crush on each other.

Mann's:

Balraj: kind hearted, jolly and a teensy bit manipulative

Teji- loving and large hearted

Heer- eldest child, darling of her father's heart, very beautiful, shy and soft. She shares all her feelings wih her best friend Prem. Has finished her MBA.

Nihal- very responsible and loves his sisters a lot. very respectfull towards his elder sis and caring towards his younger sis.

Meher- baby of the family, bubbly, talkative. loves to play pranks along with preet. both are inseperable. Studying interior design

Balwant- Balraj's brother, helps in farming a very simple nice guy. Loves and respects his brother a lot.

Daljeet- silly, pompous and a big gossip. Doesnt think of what her chatter will lead to. She is not bad but very silly.

Ashlesha: very nice, soft hearted, she is a doctor. Opposite of DJ she can keep a secret forever. loves her cousins.

Kuku uncle(Kuldeep): all children call him that. He is Gayatri's cousin and neighbor to Mann's. Very happy go lucky type person.

Kuki aunty(kuljeet's wife): Nice, simple lady but watches whatever is happening in neighbour's houses always and gossips about it.

Vishakha: Their daughter, she just completed her degree and joined as a police officer. Very helping and nice.

Part one:

Balraj Mann and Lalit Juneja's friendship was given as an example to children by parents who knew them in Ambala. Eventhough Lalit lived in Canada and Balraj in Ambala they met and spent time together during every vacation. Their kids also shared as close a friendship as them. Prem and Heer, Harman and Nihal, Preet and Meher were as close with eachother as Lalit and Balraj. Lalit and Balraj had only one unfulfilled dream left. They wanted to marry off Prem and Heer as soon as Lalit and Gayatri moved back to India with their family and turn their friendship into a relation.

It was morning and Gayatri just completed her pooja. She gives prasad to Lalit, Prem, Preet and Harman."Prem did you and Harman check out if Preet packed all his things properly,"Gayatri asked. Preet groaned," Mom! I am not a baby." "To Mom you are little bro" teased Harman laughing. "Look PB Harman bhai's laughing at me," complained Preet knowing his PB would set his other brother straight. " Harman stop it,"said Prem smiling "Preet if you were more organized mom wouldn't be so worried, I had to go and get your transcripts from the college yesterday. you forgot to get them didn't you." " Sorry PB I forgot. won't happen again," Preet said catching his ears "It's just that I ran into Verma uncle, he was having car trouble so I drove him to his office was with him all day and drove him back home in the evening yesterday." Hearing this Lalit and Harman started laughing. "What's wrong?"asked a confused Prem. "Nothing except Verma uncle is a cute blonde with curls and the office is Hunter's cafe" informed Harman grinning. "We had to stop at the traffic light across the cafe and saw your laadla whiling away his time there" Lalit said twisting Preet's ear. "Preet you were lying to your brother" admonished Gayatri"I dont want you getting into such scrapes in India. I dont want you to spoil Balraj uncle's and dad's reputation there". Preet blushed knowing his lies were caught. If Harman Bhai tells this in Ambala Meher will tease me forever he thought. I will have to bribe Harman bhai so that he wont tell.Thinking this he went on his knees and keeping his hand on his heart he said dramatically " PB I am so ashamed I will never forgive myself. If you dont give me forgiveness I will jump from the plane and kill myself. Then I will haunt Harman bhai forever, at home, in court everywhere." Seeing his baby brother's funny antics Prem laughed. He ruffled Preets hair and asked both his brother's to be ready as they all had to visit Kuldi before leaving canada forever.

Part2

Once the brothers left. Gayatri and Lalit sat for tea. "Do you think Prem and Heer will agree to marry eachother?" worried Gayatri. "Any doubt," grinned Lalit," Even if they dont agree immediately Balraj and I have plans B and C ready sweetheart." "Please dont press the kids too much and make them unhappy. It's their life afterall." "Jaan! Prem and Heer have been friends since infancy, they don't sleep until they talk with eachother, if one doesn't see the other's face on webcam they are dull all day" Lalit replied" do you think anyother life partner willbe happy with such friendship. Will these two be happy not being the most significant in the other's life?" "No." sighed Gayatri" You and Balraj bhai thought right I hope these two realise this soon and make your work easy." " Don't worry jaan," winked Lalit slyly," we know how to make these two horses drink water." By hook or crook these guys will marry Prem and Heer off thought Gayatri happily. They don't know what's going to hit them. She started imagining what sort of jewels she would present her darling bahu with.

Kulraj's house:

Doorbell rings. Kuldi opens the door and sees her handsome brothers. She happily hugs them and shouts" Kiran, kids look who's here" Kids start shouting Mamoo and each of the brothers lifts one kid into their arms and kisses them. " So the bane of my life are here," grins Kiran "come to inspect how I am looking after your sis and beat me up if I am not doing my job properly. " "Stop teasing Jiju." blushed Prem" we came to see all of you before leaving for India." " And to warn you that eventhough we are not here our friends willbe keeping an eye on you." started Preet mischievously " and we will be coming back to beat you if you make our sis cry." ended Harman laughing. " Oh my God! then I will have to remove the dish. You know how your sis cries watching those hindi serials." said Kiran with false seriousness. "Kiran you jerk," shouted Kuldi and started chasing Kiran around. " comeon di not infront of kids please leave jiju" laughed Prem. All the siblings spend wonderfull time with their di, jiju and kids. They hug them and take their blessings and leave after dinner. After her brothers leave and kids sleep kuldi lies in her bed and starts weeping. Kiran hugs her " Jaan I know you will miss your family. I will too as they are all the family I have and I love them the same. " He wipes her tears" Dont worry sweetheart bythe time bauji and Balraj uncle do dramas and fix Prem's marriage we will be in Ambala. I just need some time to tie up my business and then we will shift." " True Darling!" squealed Kulraj jumping on the bed and hugging Kiran" I love you love love love you." And wife and husband slept happily in each others arms dreaming sweet dreams.

On the way home

Prem's driving. Harman sat in the passenger seat while Preet slept in the back seat. " Bhai how are you feeling about moving and starting over?" " Why are you asking now Harman when everything is decided" asked Prem serenely. "You know me bhai, I was busy studying for finals and when dad said we were leaving I was just so happy thinking we will be living with all our loved ones that I never once considered how difficult it would be for you to re-establish all our business in India. Sorry bhai" Harman apologised with shame. "Bhai!" exclaimed Prem" You are a most considerate brother. Don't ever put yourself down again.on my life" he said lovingly " The thought that we will be living in our motherland that too where we all spent the happiest times of our life, living with people we care about the most gives me all the strength that is needed. It fills me with renewed energy. You will see, we will gain new heights in India because our roots willbe stronger and we willbe happier there." said Prem with happiness shining in his dark velvetty eyes. " For both of us yes" said Harman grinning" But poor baby back there willnot be having any more blonde beauties to date from now on." At this Prem laughed out loud and Preet said from back " I am listening, So what? if not blonde then brunettes. Preet is colorblind when it comes to sweeties." The car filled with laughter and teasings between brothers raced towards destination.

Prem's bedroom

Prem is lying on the bed in his white pajamas and looking at the fullmoon outside his large open window. The gentle breeze from the window ruffles his hair and coolly blows over him giving him pleasure and respite. What will you be doing now Heer he thinks, are you awake yet. You know how I cant sleep without talking to you. Why havent you called yet( The one who wakes in the morning calls the other so as not to wake the other's sleeep). Just then the phone rings. Prem eagerly takes it. He hears a melodious voice on the other side, one that he hears every day, one which without hearing he cannot go to sleep. " Prem," said Heer lovingly " Sorry yaar yesterday Daljeet chachi and Kuki aunty were home. last night they were gossipping until late and I had to stay up with them." said heer" so I woke up late today. Did I disturb your sleep." " Heer have I ever slept without hearing your voice." Prem asked in anger " How can you ask me that." "Doubly sorry baba, slip of tongue. my brain is completely numb after yesterday." apologised Heer cutely. " OK forgiven." grinned Prem " Now let me tell you how my day was." The two friends spent talking and laughing over DJ and Kuki aunty's masala gossip. After wishing Heer a nice day Prem slipped off into sleep with a smile on his face.