Chapter 1
(M POV)
I wake up screaming.
Once again I've had the same nightmares I've been having ever since we got rid of Aakash's spirit.
They always start off with my father killing my mother. Then it goes to the scene where Aakash goes mad and sends tons of bullets into the dummy's heart. But it's not the dummy he's aiming at, it's me. And as usualy, I always wake up screaming just as a bullet hits me, and after I see Aakash laughing.
It's been 3 months now, since the spirit left us alone. Things have been very peaceful now, all except my daily nightmares. 2 days a week working, and the other 5 days spent in college. Sometimes we all; me, Uday, Unniti, Jay and Rahul- go on small outings for fun.
Today's a working day, so I will be working in Uday's shop. According to Uday, Rahul has now taken over Aakash's job and he will be working there instead of Aakash.
I get ready in my red uniform, and have a quick breakfast. I've just about sipped up all my juice when I hear a knock on the door. Must be Uday.
Since I don't have any cars, and can't drive- Uday has decided to drive me to places. In return I cook him food, which I must say that I am terrible at doing. I open the door, and greet him.
"You ready?" He asks. I nod, and lock the door behind me. We both walk up towards his car and get into it, fasten our belts before Uday starts the engine.
"I'm guessing your working today as well?" I question him, seeing him in his red uniform.
"Yup, and so is Rahul," He tells me, smiling.
"Well today's going to be fun then," I say.
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"This is for Table 5," Rahul tells me. I nod, and take the tray from the counter. The Chicken Hut is a take away/resturant. The shop is quite small, and there's only about 10 tables. Most people tend to take away, as it can get really busy here, and most of the time there's no place to sit.
I start walking towards the table, and quickly place their food down. I start walking back towards the kitchen when I don't see the small puddle of water and slip. But luckily Uday catches me, and that makes us the center of attention in the whole shop.
"You caught me?" I say shocked.
"Of course I did, I'll always catch my princess when she falls. Can't let her get embarrassed, specially in front of these people," He winks. I blush, and feel incredibley embarrassed. Uday lets me go, and I quietly go back into the kitchen, not meeting anyone's eye contact.
"Oh yeah," Rahul says, whilst ruffling his hair. "I should have told you about that wet patch, one of the customers spilt their drink," he continues.
"You could have told me earlier!" I exclaim. I just feel so embarrassed, anyone could have been there.
"It wasn't that bad. At least you entertained the customers, specially my little baby girl Jay," He tells me, and his voice goes all lovey dovey when he mentions Jay. I roll my eyes. Jay and Rahul are deeply in love, and would die if they don't see each other for a moment.
"What! Jay's here?" I say, now I feel really bad. I hope she forgets soon, or didn't realise it was me who slipped. But then I realise she could be jealous. I mean she was with Uday before me, maybe she doesn't have any feelings for Uday anymore since she's with Rahul.
"Yes she is," Rahul says in his annoying lovey dovey voice.
"Rahul, do you have a cold? What's wrong with your voice," Uday says, I turn around to see him laughing.
"Yeah maybe you should go to the doctors naa. Get it check and everything," I take the moment and tease him. Afterall its making me feel better about my slip.
"There's nothing wrong my voice," He tells us in his normal tone, before walking away.g
"Haha, I really wonder if Rahul was like this before," I tell Uday.
"Who knows, maybe its Jay who makes that weird voice come out of him," He replies to me. "You still wanna work or take a small break?" He asks me.
"I think I might carry on working," I say, even though I really want to take a small break from all the embarrassment. If Uday wasn't there, then things would have been even more worse. "Thank you," I whisper.
But he doesn't hear, because someone is screaming in the other side of the kitchen. We rush to where we hear the screams coming from, to see Rahul standing on one of the tables.
"What are you doing there?" I ask him. He looks really frightened, and then he points to something. I look to that direction to see a small spider coming down.
"Your scared of that spider?" Uday laughs, I join in with him.
"Guys its not funny. What if it bites me and it could be poisonous. Then I would die!" He exclaims. We laugh harder.
"Oh when will you learn Rahul? That spider won't do anything to you. Stop acting like a girl," I tell him. He gets down, and shrugs.
"I'm not acting like a girl," He replies back.
"Tut tut, the girl's scared of spiders. Rahul your such an embarrassment for guys," Uday says. I laugh when he says that.
"Even I'm not scared of spiders Rahul," I tell him.
"Who said I was scared? I was just trying to get you guys over here when you didn't hear me calling you," He makes up.
"Sure," I say. I walk away, leaving the guys.
Soon the others follow me, and I get handed another order.
"Table 2," Rahul tells me, giving me a wink. I look towards table 2. Oh no, it's Jay's table.
"Ugh, why me?" I ask.
"Who else would it be? I would love to go there but I can't, have orders to take," He says, before moving towards another table.
I take a breath, moving towards Jay. Ever since she asked to be forgiven by me, she's only been a little bit nicer. But thats mostly when Rahul is around, or else she hasn't changed at all.
"Here's your order," I tell her.
"Look who's here. You were a bit clumsy today weren't you?" She sniggers, looking at her other friends.
"Just happily eat your food OK?" I say, trying not to be harsh.
"Ooo, someone's getting a little spiced up," One of her friends coos at me. I take another deep breath, and force myself away from the table. Last thing I wanted was to start a fight and then get fired by Uday. Even though I'm sure he wouldn't fire me, but just to be on the safe side. I go back to the kitchen to deliver the rest of the orders.
Pati Patni Aur Panga
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
