Part 53

By the time they finished, all stood around swaying together singing loudly.
"Rang' *hic*' barse'..." Arjun crooned
"Bheeege'..*hic*'.." Aditya joined. "Chunar *hic* wali'
Arjun'waise why all we are soaking wet & girls are not ?
Aditya'Neelu bhi nahi' dats not fair'(he stared at the women.. who were busy chatting and laughing amongst each other.) "Idea!"
Raj'what ?
Arjun-- Lets make a bet'The last to dunk the girls in the water *hic* has to kiss their partner'
Raj--Noo'Nandini gona kill me' *hic*๐ฒ
Arjun--Be a Man'& do it'Aur waise bhi its only b/w u & bhai'main toh out of question hoon'main race mein hota tab toh tu darna bhi'chaiye tha๐๐
Raj-- No way 'tu marwayega mujhe'*๐ฒ hic*'pehle hi itni mushkil se maani hai'
Arjun--kuch nahi hoga'๐(pushed him) gooo...aur kisne kaha tujhe last aana hai & kiss her...first aa jana...then u don't have to kiss ๐๐
Nandini was busy chatting with suhana when Raj came up to her
Raj (tapping her shoulder)-- I want to peek to u *hic*
Nandini (turned)'kya ?๐
Raj--*hic* I mean speak to u'๐
Nandini-- tum theek toh ho' are u OK'๐
Raj(smiled)'never been better'*hic* main'๐
When they heard a *Splash*'.๐ Both turned to see Neelu soaked in water & Aditya smiling triumphantly.
Nandini moved forward to help neelu'but Raj caught her hand
Raj--par mujhe *hic*
Nandini'tumhe jo kehna hai baad mein kehna'let me help her out '
Nandini moved away from him & helped neelu dry off 'Raj saw arjun laughing at him & indicating he lost'
Raj moved towards where nandini was with neelu
Raj'nandini'tum chalo'
Neelu(interrupted) ' who kaha jayegi'she is helping me'Raj tum jao'Goo๐ก'(neelu was pissed off on aditya for soaking her when she had refused)
Aditya joined them'Raj 'Can't believe you lost๐ฒ๐๐! Such an easy task! ๐
Arjun--Itna bhi nahi kar sakta '.๐ (teasing him& passing him another glass as punishment)
Raj (glared & stopped him)'tu yahin ruk' ๐ก
With a determined look' he looked back at Nandini'with a firm stride, he walked over to Nandini and turned her around. She looked up at him surprised'and he stared right into her eyes with an intensity that shook her' A grin formed on his face and he scooped her up into his arms.
Nandini (clutching on to his shirt) 'Rajjj 'Kya kar rahe ho... ?? What are you doing? (apprehensive he might drop her) chodo mujhe' Sab dekh rahe hai!
She squealed as she saw they were headed for the tank filled with colored water. He gave her a naughty smile as she tried to kick and get out of his arms' but he was too strong for her.
She yelped when he lifted her and tossed her into the tank of water' leaving everyone there to laugh. Even Jai smiled to see both of them comfortable enough around each other.
Standing up in the tank, Nandini pushed her wet hair back and she looked adorably angry that he couldn't help but laugh at her' looking so miserable and wet. ๐๐
Nandini(angry)'Raj 'yeh sab kya tha?๐๐ ' tum pagal toh nahi hogaye'
Arjun (coming close to both of them) 'ab last aaye ho toh kiss bhi karna padega'๐๐ a bet is a bet ๐
Nandini(thought she heard wrong)'kya ?? kya karna padega'๐ฒ๐ฒ (she was abt to chase him but he was quick to move far away from her)
Arjun(hid behind adi )-mera nahi adi bhai ka idea tha' ๐
Aditya (pretended innocent)'ermm mera idea?'๐ ho hi nahi sakta ' mera paas toh airtel connection hai... ๐๐๐
Nandini(surprised)'this was a bet? (drying herself off) you are too much?
Raj smiled as she went on and on๐๐. He wanted to burst into laughter as she kept rambling ๐๐ and seeing how Adi and Arjun were now smiling too, he knew that he would have to quiet her down somehow.
With a twinkle in his eye he reached for her arm and yanked her close to him, pressing a hard kiss on her lips. He wasn't sure if it was the bhang or what, he just knew there was no better way to get her to calm down.
The catcalls from the arjun & aditya finally broke them apart'and Nandini was redder than she thought she can ever be. ๐ณ๐ณ
Raj(with a smirk.) --You left me no choice ' tab se bole hi ja rahi ho'meri baat nahi sun rahi thi' ( He helped her out the water' while she didn't utter a single word' just remained in a daze'she was abt to move away when Raj caught end of her dupatta' raj stepped back from her and looked at her from head to toe.) Rang barse' bheege' *hic* chunarwali rang barseee'" He happily droned on.๐๐
Nandini by now had turned red as a beet'๐ณ๐ณ ran off to neelu' trying to hide herself from everyone who was laughing and whistling' Neelu decided to have some mercy on the poor girl and let her hide behind her'๐ณ๐ณ
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Next day Raj woke up to strong head ache'๐ more than headache he was more tensed abt the kiss' ๐ since morning he had been trying to contact nandini but she was not attending the call' & now its post lunch'still no result'๐ On top of that Arjun has been continuously scaring him that nadini is angry from him' ๐๐ because he kissed ๐๐ He decided enough is enough 'he went to nandini's house'Reaching there he met Jai on the way 'who informed nandini is in her room'
Reaching her room after knocking not getting the answer'he pushed the door slightly & was mesmerized by the sight 'Nandini dozing off on the bedpost with book in her hand'which she might be reading before she dozed off'breeze blowing made some of her tresses fall on her face'she was smiling in her sleep'
He came closer'moved the tresses lightly' he didn't had a heart to wake her'but still for his own relief he wanted to talk to her & wanted to know if she is really angry as Arjun had said. ๐๐
Raj (whispered)--Nandini' (she stirred but didn't woke up'he tried again) nandini'(she opened her eyes looked at him once & smiled but closed her eyes again)
Raj(to himself)--yeh kya tha๐ 'uthi bhi ...dekha bhi 'fir so gayi'yahan mujhe tension ho rahi hai aur madam aram se so rahi hai'(this time he called her again & this time shook her little)
Nandini(got up with Jerk)--tumm?๐ฒ (she tried to touch him to make sure he was there in real) tum sach mein yaha ho? ๐
Raj(confused)--sach mein matlab? ๐ Ofcourse I am here'abhi tak maine Mr.India formula try nahi kiya '๐๐
Nandini-- argghh sorry I asked... seedha seedha jawab nahi de sakte...๐ maine toh isliye poocha tha kyunki mujhe laga ki'
Raj--ki its ur dream? (proudly) Now Raj dats not bad'๐
Nandini(still sleepy)--waise tum yaha achanak' ๐
Raj--ab subah se mera phone nahi uthaya toh main kya karu? ๐Aur wahan who gadha arjun mera dimaag kha gaya kit um naraaz ho'
Nandini--ofcourse naraaz hoon...aur hona bhi chaiye mujhe 'coz tumhari wajah se'
Raj(interrupted)'seriously '๐ฒ tum sach mein naraaz ho? '(in one breath) par meri galti nahi thi...tum hi bole ja rahi thi...u were not listening to me... toh main kya karta 'upar se bhai & arjun were upto me'&'
Nandini---breathe Raj... saans lelo'๐kya bole ja rahe ho'I am not getting anything? ๐๐
Raj---isme samjhne ka kya hai'main keh raha tha 'meri galti nahi thi'tum bekaar mein naraaz ho rahi ho'
Nandini--bekaar mein? ๐ 'Cant believe u' tumhari wajah se Charu ne mujhe almost patient bana diya hai'๐ก ghar mein doctor hone se ye problem hoti hai' usse doctor nahi banne dena chaiye tha'
Raj(confused to himself) -- Kiss karne se? ๐ patient matlab?๐ (to nandini)patient kaise? ๐
Nandini--tumne jo who pura "rang barse" kiya tha ๐๐ 'it got me cold & cough' isliye main tumhe mana kar rahi thi'ki mujhe holi nahi khelni thi'who bhi pani se toh bilkul bhi nahi' aur ab Dr.Charu mujhe bed se uthne bhi nahi de rahi ๐ก & god knows kaunsi stupid si dawai di hai'subah se feeling sleepy'๐ฅฑ๐ฅฑ
Raj(relieved)'matlab tum kiss se naraaz nahi thi? (Nandini remained silent'so he asked again) nahi thi ?
Nandini(a little embarrassed)'agar naraaz hoti toh wohi tumhe ek thapad mil jata as ur holi gift'๐
Raj(teasing)'thapad ๐ฒ who bhi mujhe? '๐๐ Naah! u cant do it '
Nandini --'Kyun'ofcourse I can do it ๐'koi doubt mat rakhna..
Raj(coming closer)'doubt nahi'๐ I am sure mujhe nahi maar sakti๐๐ 'coz I know u love me too much ki mujhe thapad maaro'
Nandini(smiled)'ohh '๐ itna confidence'๐
Raj--ofcourse 'main prove bhi kar sakta hoon ๐(coming more closer)
When they were interrupted by Charu'๐
Charu--ahem ahem 'jiju'atleast official engagement ki wait kar lijiye'then u can kiss the bride oops sorry kiss ur fianc'
Raj(laughed)'tum dono behno ko koi problem hai? ๐๐๐ Har cheez official chaiye... ๐๐๐ tumhari di ko official proposal chaiye tha tumhe official engagement chaiye'๐ & ofcourse official wedding '๐
Charu --aur nahi toh kya'aapka bas chale di ko bhaga kar le jaye๐๐'& hum sab no jo di ki shadi ke liye plans banaye hai unka kya hoga'
Raj--tumhari di ko bhagane ka plan acha hai'as long as she agrees to it ' ๐๐
Nandini (smacked him)'Rajj'
Charu--aap dono baad mein ladna'(to nandini) aapki dawai'
Nandini (made a face)'Charu mujhe nahi chaiye it tastes Yuckk'๐คข๐คข & mujhe sirf common cold hai kal tak apne aap thik hojayega' teri yeh dawai its'๐ก
Charu(interrupting)'sirf common cold ๐ฒ...di aapko fever bhi hai'& ek baar dawai khane mein kya hai'jahan kal tak thik hoga wahan aaj hi jayega' & I am sure aap do din baad apni engagement se pehle thik hona chahengi so its better aap lelo'
Raj(surprised)'tumhe fever hai๐ 'tumne bataya bhi nahi'
Nandini--itna over react karne ki zarut nahi hai'its just mild one '& isme batane ka kya hai'๐ its nothing thoda sa hai'bas
Raj--but still'atleast ab medicine toh lelo '(to charu) tum yeh mujhe do'nandini le legi '
Nandini(cringed)'No way ๐คข mujhe nahi chaiye 'itna ganda taste hai๐คข'aur
Raj--ab chocolate wale taste ki dawai maine nahi dekhi'๐
Nandini--dats so mean๐ 'tum iski side ho ya meri'both ganging up against me'(she sulked)
Raj--ofcourse tumhari side pe'๐๐ par charu is right dawai toh leni padegi'(to charu)If u don't mind saali ji tab tak hum dono ke l coffee'
Charu(pulling his leg)'aap dono ke liye ek hi coffee?๐๐ Par aap dono ek hi cup se kaise peeoge'๐๐
Nandini--Charuuu tu rehne de ๐(abt to get up) coffee main le aati hoon'
Raj(pushed her back)'tum baithi raho'(to charu) saali ji I mean hum dono ke liye ek ek coffee'clear'๐
Charu'ofcourse' (she left)
Raj--'ab tumhari fav coffee aa rahi hai'ab toh medicine lelo'
Nandini(still refused)'ermm no'its'horrible'๐กisse I feel sleepy'
Raj--come on' tum Ria se bhi ziddi ho'who bhi ek baar mein maan jati hai'(teasing) who ek kiss mein maan jati hai๐ 'since u are adult tum do mein maan jao ' ๐๐
Nandini(smacked him)'shut up'๐
Raj--acha chalo 3 mein' ๐๐(gave her the tablets & handing her glass of water) & waise mind u'mujhe engagement mein bimaar fiance nahi chaiye'๐
Nandini--main bimaar nahi hoon'(taking medicine from him)
Raj--then its good'& ab rest karo...๐๐& dare tumne koi kaam kiya'main charu se poochta rahunga'๐
Nandini--jaise who karne degi mujhe'
Raj(kissed her forehead)--coz she cares for u'๐๐ ab main chalu'u take care'warna apni hi engagement pe bimaar hojayogi '
Charu--not fair jiju'meri coffee piye bina hi jayenge๐'as 4 di'don't worry 'di has the best doc' u will get a fit & fine fiance'๐
Raj just shook his head 'thanku so much saali ji'๐
Engagement day
As promised by charu 'Raj got a fit & fine fiance.๐ ..& ofcourse b'ful one'๐ณ๐ณ always knew she is b'ful but today the happiness really reached her eyes making her all the more b'ful.๐ณ๐ณ
Engagement was abt to begin with Raj's making the formal announcement & welcoming Nandini as part of their family in front of all the present guests'& also abt the wedding 2 weeks later'Raj's dad called both Raj & nandini on stage for official ring ceremony '
When they were interrupted by Mr.Dixit
Mr.Dixit---Mr.Mehta don't u think its unfair'aapne apni hone wali bahu ke pita ko nahi bulaya' ya let me guess aapki hone wali bahu ne mere bare mein nahi bataya hoga'Right'kyunki shayad yeh darti hogi'ki mere yahan aane se iska sach aap sab ke samne aa jayega' (Nandini was too shocked to react'she didn't expected him to be here that too today of all the days)
MrMehta--excuse me? Kaisa sach'mere liye isse bada sach nahi hai ki mere bte ki khushi is rishte mein hai'
Mr.Dixit---ofcourse honi bhi chaiye'par shayad aap nahi jante'ki yeh jiski bhi zindagi mein jayegi khushi toh us insaan ko ho nahi sakti'I am sorry to say par yeh baat aapke bte ko bhi samjhai thi'
Raj (was abt to kill him)'aur shayad maine bhi aapko samjhaya tha๐ก๐ก'
Mr.Dixit---mujhpar gussa karne se faida nahi hai'kyunki usse sach nahi badal jayega'yeh sach ki yeh meri beti hai' aur rishte nibhana iski fitrat mein nahi hai'afterall mujhse hi seekha hai'tabhi toh isne Rohan se rishta nahi joda'usse bhi sagai karke, shadi se theek pehle usse rishta tod liya'& I wont be surprised if history repeats itself'
Rohan (also joining them)'exactly dekhna Raj yeh tumhe na chod de toh mera naam badal dena'
Raj(grabbing him by collar)'toh theek hai apna naya naam soch lena'๐ก๐ก kyunki aisa kabhi nahi hoga ๐กnandini nahi chodegi mujhe'(to mr.dixit) aur yeh aap bhi dekhenge'๐ก๐ก nandini is rishte ko nibhaegi'aur saabit karegi ki who apne pita ki tarah bikul nahi hai'๐ก๐ก
Rohan (trying to free himself)'dekhte hai'mera kaam tumhe warn karna tha(whispered so that only he can hear) who apne aap nahi chodegi toh I will make sure she does leave u'or better kyun na tumhe hi usse door kardu ๐ก๐ก ...after all aana toh usse mere paas hi hai' akhir first come first uski zindagi mein pehle main aaya tha aur (he cudn't complete coz he was punched hard & rohan was flat on floor)
Raj punched him again & again'๐ก๐ก this time Rohan also punched him'seeing things getting out of hands Arjun,jai aditya tried to separate the two'
Rohan 'tum pachtaoge Raj'u will pay for this๐ก๐ก'
Raj(tried to free himself since arjun was holding him)'chod mujhe arjun'aaj yeh wapis nahi jayega'๐ก๐ก
Arjun'just stop it Raj'
Jai'Mr.dixit'๐ก๐ก aap yaha bin bulaye mehmaan hai'wud appreciate agar aap sharafat se yahan se jaye mujhe majboor mat kijiye ki security bulane ke liye'๐ก๐ก
Mr.dixit'jai tumm beech mein mat pado tum'๐ก
Jai(interrupted)'Mr.dixit 'darwaza udhar hai' ๐ก๐ก
Mr.Dixit & Rohan left in a huff once again warning Raj'
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As soon as they left Raj looked back at nandini she had been as pale as white' He had expected a reaction out of her but she was as expressionless & quiet all this while'
Raj went to her called her name but she didn't reacted he shook her'
Raj---Nandini?...(shook her a little) nandini' u ok?
Nandini---huh? (she just nodded in yes)
Raj's dad (cleared his throat)'ahem'I think hume engagement jo bich mein reh gayi thi 'usse puri kar leni chaiye'
Jai (nodded)'ofcourse'& Mr.Dixit ki taraf se I am sorry'
Mr.Mehta'its ok' unki baaton pe jitna dhyaan na diya jaye utna acha hai'baki sach kya hai yeh hum sabko pata hai'so its OK'
One of the relatives in party--Mr.Mehta Ok kaise? Aap aisi ladki ko apni bahu kaise bana sakte hai'?
Another lady---mera beta aisa karta toh uski shadi main aisi ladki se kabhi nahi karati'
Another lady--Mrs.Mehta aap kaise maan gayi is rishte ke liye'
There had been murmurs among the guests'questioning abt how nandini who already had a broken relation can be part of such a affluent family?
Hearing all this Nandini felt her world around her shattering'๐ญ she felt if she cud vanish from here'she dreaded this day the most since long ' since the time she accepted this relation'she knew uptil now she had living this dream & she knew this will shattered' ๐
In the whole large hall she felt suffocated' she felt she cudn't breathe'she moved back silently & was out of the hall without any1 know abt her absence'
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Here Raj was fed up hearing everyone saying all the things abt nandini'
Raj had to shout at end'Bass kijiye'๐ก๐ก๐ก kaise log hai aap log'jis ladki ki engagement mein aap aaye uski khushi mein shamil hone ke bajaye usi pe ilzaam laga rahe hai? ๐ก Usne sagai hi toh todi thi toh itna kya bada gunah kar diya' main manta hoon who Mr.dixit ki beti hai'who Mr.dixit jo ek sharabi hai apni biwi ko chod diya apne bachon ko chod diya'so wats the big deal usme Nandini ki kya galti hai'๐ Mr.dixit ne jo kiya who unhone kiya unki galti ki saza,unka ilzaam aap Nandini pe kyun lagaye?๐ก๐ก & most importantly nandini se shadi karne ka faisla mera hai'yeh meri zindagi hai'meri khushi hai'aap logon ko meri khushi mein shamil hona hai toh aap sabka welcome hai aur meri khushi achi nahi lagti toh Mr.dixit ki tarah aap bhi ja sakte hai'๐ก๐ก
Mere faisle se mera pariwaar khush hai unhe koi aitraaz nahi hai mere liye itna hi kaafi hai'aur kisiko explaination dene ki zarut nahi hai'๐ก๐ก
Veena--Raj bas kar'
Raj--Mom par'๐ก
Veena---In logon ko jo kehna hai kehne de๐ 'main janti hoon nandini se achi bahu mujhe nahi mil sakti (to lighten) mere pagal bte ko wohi sambhal sakti hai'๐๐
Raj's dad---exactly beta'mujhe toh samajh nahi aa raha is nalayak ko itni achi ladki mil kaise gayi'๐๐
Raj(embarrassed)--Daddd'.๐ณ
Mr.Mehta--- wat Dad? ๐ Ab sagai kare'ya aur thoda lecture dena hai'๐๐
Raj (smiled) & they all turned to see Nandini missing from there ?๐
Raj'nandini kaha hai?๐
Charu'di abhi toh yahi thi'
Jai'aise bina bataye kaha gayi'
Neelu'shayad washroom gayi hogi yahi kahi hogi'main dekhti hoon?
All went tensed & searched for her'all the worst thots started running in Raj's head.
He was more tensed for nandini' More than any1 else harming her he was scared of her harming herself' He knew how she had been sensitive & concerned abt all this ...It was something she always dreaded ...
she had been too quiet all this while she didn't even reacted to Mr.dixit's presence'
''..to be continued'. ๐
Edited by -purnima- - 13 years ago