New SS: Rumor has it, Ch9,pg65 - Page 25

Originally posted by: wordywoman11

His last thought before drifting off to sleep was that he was an idiot for not bringing the protective gear. Complete, unadulterated, big-time, no-holds-barred idiot.

oh holy you - i cant even quote a line or two to say what I loved most... Man your brilliant - evil genius. pakoras, belladona, arsenic, romp in bed, dropping him into thames in a barrel, voldermort, oh man.. ur AWESOME! 😊 😃 pm me when u update plz

I just read all five parts today of ur SS... it is awesome

I was OH MAN!

wow...dis ss is awesome...

"The Raizada Madhouse and its nutty inhabitants had sapped all her energy lately. The older sister who was blind inspite of having 20/20 vision. The grandmother who couldn't see past her goat. The Mami whose eyes were glued shut because of the weight of her eye make-up. The Mama who was scarred for life because he had slept next to a "Mami sans make-up" at night for almost 30 years. The Jijaji who was well-meaning but nothing more. And the Jiji who honestly, even in the eyes of a loving younger sister, was no more than an invertebrate who had made pleasing her MIL her life's mission. And Shyam. The snake who had moulted while her husband was away. Previously he'd been more of a bumbling, gay cousin Robin, rather than a badass Batman type of personality"




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Originally posted by: Exprimere

Whoa!!! What a role reversal! Hehehehe!!!!😆

I simply LOVED it! Just to let you know how much, I'm currently down with food poisoning and in the hospital (not that serious, though)... So my mom had not allowed me the laptop but I hued and cried until I got one coz my phone said you updated.. THAT is how much I love you!🤗

Brilliant update you know... Thanks for the PM!

i love how your plot has a complete serious story line but you manage to squeeze in your signature witty lines in the middle. Man love this khushi! and I love you for taking this path in the story!

this is wholesome entertainment!!! i was in guffaws by the end :P

Chapter 6: Far from the Madding Crowd

"So, what do you want to do today?" asked Arnav as they lingered over breakfast in their patio. Considering all the action, or rather, lack of action, he'd seen last night he'd slept pretty well. He'd woken with fresh resolve to make his wife come around or die trying.

"Hmm. Maybe we should check out the lake in Kodaikanal. I hear you can rent your own boat," said Khushi desultorily, peeling an orange as she spoke.

Arnav squirmed slightly. He hadn't forgotten her threat about throwing him into the Thames. Then he remembered his newly-found resolve and swallowed. Or die trying sounded about right to him.

"If you'd told me you were into water sports I'd have rented the entire lake for you Khushi!" he said gallantly.

"So, what's stopping you?" she asked.

"Err. Nothing. But even I need more notice to kick about 5000 people off a lake so you and I can have some privacy," he said, wondering why he stuck his neck out for her snap it off every single time.

"Next time, surprise me!" she commanded.

"Surprise you?" he asked, wonderingly.

"Surprise me. I'm a girl. Girls like surprises. In our 6-month temporary marriage that was preceded by a 2-day courtship, you haven't once surprised me. In a nice way I mean. You've given me plenty of nasty shocks, but those don't count.

"Hey! I gave you your Payal back. That was a nice surprise," he protested.

"You followed it up by getting engaged to Lavanyaji. Doesn't count!"

"I danced with you at the sangeet! That was a nice surprise'c'mon!"

"Yes. That was nice of you," she said quietly.

"No witty comeback?" he asked wonderingly.

"I give credit where it's due."

"Do I also get credit for buying you pattal when you needed it?", he asked, trying to grasp at as many straws as he could.

"Sure. +10 for dancing with me. +5 for pattal. -1000 for not believing me when I yelled myself hoarse. -5000 for disappearing without giving us any idea of your whereabouts. You're 5985 down right now. I'd say you'd have to do a whole lot of dancing and pattal buying to even make it to zero."

"+10 for bringing you here for our honeymoon?",he asked hoarsely.

"And -1 for forgetting condoms!" she said firmly.

"Only -1 for that?" he asked shocked.

"I give due weightage to all matters before assigning points."

"So that is worth 20% of pattals to you! Seriously?" he asked, wounded.

"Well, you said you forgot to bring them. But I'm not convinced you have other issues. So, I'm keeping it under advisement," she replied.

"I'll make you take that back Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!" he said, outraged.

"Like you said to me once. Mein wait karoongi! I'm waiting!" she said flashing him a mischievous grin before heading back in to their room to shower and get dressed.

An hour later they were in a pedal boat on Lake Kodai. Unfortunately the lake was so jam-packed they were practically nose-to-nose with other boats at any given point of time. After about 15 minutes of trying not to hit other vessels, Arnav was fed up. He steered their boat to the center of the lake where it was relatively empty. No annoying "chk chk" noise of people crunching on potato chips. No "Anarkali disco chali" blasting on radios. No sickeningly happy honeymoon couples giving love a bad name in public. There was blessed silence here. Except for the waves of water lapping against the side of their boat, making that soothing whoosh sound, it was quiet.

"This is nice, huh?" he asked, looking at his wife. She smiled back at him. "Yes, very!" she said.

"Arnavji, look at that fish..it's orange in color!" said Khushi pointing to something in the water and smiling.

Arnav peered past her. "I don't see anything!" he said.

"Well, you need to come this side and stop trying to look from behind my shoulder."

Arnav stood up and the boat rocked a little. "I don't think it's a good idea to stand in this boat Khushi. It's too tiny!" said Arnav.

"Don't be such a wuss!" she admonished. He walked gingerly to the edge where she was pointing.

"I don't see a thing," he complained.

"Look. It's right there," she pointed at something, which to him only looked like inky-black water. She stood up behind him to see if she could help him spot it better.

Suddenly the hairs on the back of Arnav's neck stood up. He wondered if she was going to act out her threat of pushing him into a river. "Now, Khushi!" he said, warningly, "Don't do anything silly!"

"Me..I'm not doing any.." and before she could finish, he had whipped himself out of her way so quickly that the boat gave an almighty lurch. Khushi was reed thin, clumsy and close to the edge of the boat. The boat tipped over to one side for a split second, and Khushi fell into the water with an almighty splash.

"What the!" he exclaimed, reaching for her and giving her a hand to pull her back in. She had stayed afloat and it wasn't hard to get her back in.

"Oh God! Ye maine kya kar diya! Mujhe maaf kar do! Pleeese!" he begged, saying the words she'd once said after doing something much less dangerous and much more fun, but just as silly! She said nothing but gave him a piercing glare and shivered at the cold. She was dripping wet.

"THE SHIT HAD HIT THE FAN AND WAS SPRAYING HIM GENEROUSLY!" he thought miserably.

Chapter 7