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Part 5: Are we meant to be?
She had always been a bully in school. She didnt like it when girls fussed over the way they looked or dressed. As early as when she was 5, she found women who obsessed over their clothes and make up shallow. Her parents had taken her taken her for a wedding , where she saw a lady with long open hair ... flaunting it, and she walked upto the lady with a rubber band and said had innocently asked her "doesn't your husband have 10 paise to give to a rubber band to tie your hair? here take this..."
her parents had been so embarrassed they had to leave the wedding after apologizing since it was her father's boss's wife!!!
when Arnav and she had become her friend in class 8, they had hit it off instantly. More so cos, he was not just innocent, he was also very clear hearted and honest ... A slam book entry required him to fill in "your first crush" and Arnav promptly had asked Khushi, what crush meant, and she had randomly told him it meant a girl who you really liked and enjoy spending time with. Arnav innocently had written down Khushi's name, creating havoc in class. Everyone had begun speculating things saying snide stuff, and this had only turned Khushi protective towards Arnav .. she made sure, she kept him away from the kind of girls she hated.. and considering he was a good looking boy and most girls easily fell for him, she knew she would have to safe guard her dear friend ... she had almost been proprietorial about him !!
today suddenly a dream from their days in school where he had mentioned the crush, and Akash getting mad at Arnav for writing that, with a few other jumbled thoughts had almost broken Khushi's sleep when her mother did the rest of the honors by waking her up .. saying ...
uth ja Khushi ...Rakesh uncle aa rahey hai thodi der main ...
"thodi der aur ma, raat ko main thoda late soyi thi ..."
Garima walked into her room, pulling the rug almost off turning the fan off... saying ... "yeh ab aur nahi chalega... woh tumhe dekhne aa rahey hai ... woh chahte hai ke tum unke ghar ki bahu bano ..."
As though hit by a jolt Khushi sat up in an instant ..." kyaa???? shaam se shaadi???? "
Garima couldnt resist laughing at the confused look on her daughters face ... when she said ... "Haan ... kyun nahi ??? i mean, wo good looking hai, well settled hai, Rakesh aur Sheetal ko main 3-4 baar mil chuke hai .. aur Ganesh, tumhara class mate bhi toh tha ... "
How convenient Khushi retorted ...
Garima came, sat next to her perplexed daughter and explained ... "dekho beta, shaadi toh tumhe kabhi na kabhi karni hai na ??? toh fir ..."
Khu: Par ma... Shyam school main mera senior tha ... aur maine kabhi uske baare main aise ... eeks !!!! sochke bhi ...
Garima: beta, but its such a wonderful family ...
Kh: how much do you know them ma? did yu know Ganesh was caught copying in his tenth papers and then he dumped his girl friend in public at a party?
Gar: issi liye toh hum keh rahey hai Shyam se shadi karlo ...woh apne bhai se bahut alag hai ...
And ... all this while ... all Khushi had been confused and perplexed about, was that dream she had seen early this morning ... and had been wondering why that had happened ... words from the earlier days conversation, the look in Arnavs eyes as well as all that had happened to her in the last two days had only made her morning feel weird and ugly ...
why the hell was everything so complicated suddenly?? and why on earth earth were thoughts of Arnav plaguing her mind ...
as her parents walked outta her room, she picked up her phone in a zombie like state ... and dialed the first number she could think of ...
"Hi Khushi ... said Arnav on the other side ... aaj itni jaldi uth gayi ...
"haan Arnav ... its my oarents ... they want me to get married ... "
Arnavs heart sank too ... but he gathered courage to say ... "arey wah !! kya baat hai ...congrats ... "
Khu: oh just shut up ...!!!
Arnv: kiski zindagi pe daaka daalne waali ho tum bata do ... ( he said partly jealous, partly feeling weird ...)
Khu: Arnav ... she said ... dazed, as though it was predestined that those words were to come outta mouth, when she snapped out, and said .. went silent ... before saying ... .. Arnav ... i mean ...Sh..Shaam ...
And it felt like both of them, felt someone had pulled out a long dupatta, strangled both of them together with it at a time ...and they couldn't breath anymore.
Precap:
Arn: toh ab?
Khu: Ab kya? Main bolne waali hoon ghar main ke I am in love with you .. aur issi liiye main Shaam se shaadi nahi kar sakti ...
Arn: Khushi you will have to stop finding temporary solutions to these life long problems you know ... life main har baat mazaak nahi hoti ...
Khushi had been thinking all morning, and she had been wondering why Arnav and everything about him since that morning had been plaguing her thoughts .. half the things she had said and spoken since morning, were not things she had wanted to say, but they had just tumbled outta her mouth !!!
She had always been a bully in school. She didnt like it when girls fussed over the way they looked or dressed. As early as when she was 5, she found women who obsessed over their clothes and make up shallow. Her parents had taken her taken her for a wedding , where she saw a lady with long open hair ... flaunting it, and she walked upto the lady with a rubber band and said had innocently asked her "doesn't your husband have 10 paise to give to a rubber band to tie your hair? here take this..."
her parents had been so embarrassed they had to leave the wedding after apologizing since it was her father's boss's wife!!!
when Arnav and she had become her friend in class 8, they had hit it off instantly. More so cos, he was not just innocent, he was also very clear hearted and honest ... A slam book entry required him to fill in "your first crush" and Arnav promptly had asked Khushi, what crush meant, and she had randomly told him it meant a girl who you really liked and enjoy spending time with. Arnav innocently had written down Khushi's name, creating havoc in class. Everyone had begun speculating things saying snide stuff, and this had only turned Khushi protective towards Arnav .. she made sure, she kept him away from the kind of girls she hated.. and considering he was a good looking boy and most girls easily fell for him, she knew she would have to safe guard her dear friend ... she had almost been proprietorial about him !!
today suddenly a dream from their days in school where he had mentioned the crush, and Akash getting mad at Arnav for writing that, with a few other jumbled thoughts had almost broken Khushi's sleep when her mother did the rest of the honors by waking her up .. saying ...
uth ja Khushi ...Rakesh uncle aa rahey hai thodi der main ...
"thodi der aur ma, raat ko main thoda late soyi thi ..."
Garima walked into her room, pulling the rug almost off turning the fan off... saying ... "yeh ab aur nahi chalega... woh tumhe dekhne aa rahey hai ... woh chahte hai ke tum unke ghar ki bahu bano ..."
As though hit by a jolt Khushi sat up in an instant ..." kyaa???? shaam se shaadi???? "
Garima couldnt resist laughing at the confused look on her daughters face ... when she said ... "Haan ... kyun nahi ??? i mean, wo good looking hai, well settled hai, Rakesh aur Sheetal ko main 3-4 baar mil chuke hai .. aur Ganesh, tumhara class mate bhi toh tha ... "
How convenient Khushi retorted ...
Garima came, sat next to her perplexed daughter and explained ... "dekho beta, shaadi toh tumhe kabhi na kabhi karni hai na ??? toh fir ..."
Khu: Par ma... Shyam school main mera senior tha ... aur maine kabhi uske baare main aise ... eeks !!!! sochke bhi ...
Garima: beta, but its such a wonderful family ...
Kh: how much do you know them ma? did yu know Ganesh was caught copying in his tenth papers and then he dumped his girl friend in public at a party?
Gar: issi liye toh hum keh rahey hai Shyam se shadi karlo ...woh apne bhai se bahut alag hai ...
And ... all this while ... all Khushi had been confused and perplexed about, was that dream she had seen early this morning ... and had been wondering why that had happened ... words from the earlier days conversation, the look in Arnavs eyes as well as all that had happened to her in the last two days had only made her morning feel weird and ugly ...
why the hell was everything so complicated suddenly?? and why on earth earth were thoughts of Arnav plaguing her mind ...
as her parents walked outta her room, she picked up her phone in a zombie like state ... and dialed the first number she could think of ...
"Hi Khushi ... said Arnav on the other side ... aaj itni jaldi uth gayi ...
"haan Arnav ... its my oarents ... they want me to get married ... "
Arnavs heart sank too ... but he gathered courage to say ... "arey wah !! kya baat hai ...congrats ... "
Khu: oh just shut up ...!!!
Arnv: kiski zindagi pe daaka daalne waali ho tum bata do ... ( he said partly jealous, partly feeling weird ...)
Khu: Arnav ... she said ... dazed, as though it was predestined that those words were to come outta mouth, when she snapped out, and said .. went silent ... before saying ... .. Arnav ... i mean ...Sh..Shaam ...
And it felt like both of them, felt someone had pulled out a long dupatta, strangled both of them together with it at a time ...and they couldn't breath anymore.
Precap:
Arn: toh ab?
Khu: Ab kya? Main bolne waali hoon ghar main ke I am in love with you .. aur issi liiye main Shaam se shaadi nahi kar sakti ...
Arn: Khushi you will have to stop finding temporary solutions to these life long problems you know ... life main har baat mazaak nahi hoti ...
Khushi had been thinking all morning, and she had been wondering why Arnav and everything about him since that morning had been plaguing her thoughts .. half the things she had said and spoken since morning, were not things she had wanted to say, but they had just tumbled outta her mouth !!!
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