Mein aagayi!!
Ab khush ho tum log? :P
Anyway, this update is quite lonh.
It is dedicated to Mithi and Misha! Mithi for being patient and Misha for staying up late and entertaining me. :P
The update after this is going to be more intense and this is kind of like a filler.
This is just Part A of the chapter though.
Enough of my rambling. :P
Without further ado,
I present,
Chapter 8(A)- Effects
Dinner that day was unusually amazing! Ayaan who usually bored everyone with his shayaris was silent and Tanveer had taken his place. She kept teasing him and in talks, the news of Ayaan's marriage came up. "Aww, my Ayaan is getting married. Now I'm going to remain a bachelorette all my life. I came back only for you!" she said, in a melodramatic way which had everyone laughing. "When's the wedding and who's the lucky girl Ayaan?" Tanveer asked him. Ayaan's face immediately brightened up at the mention of his girl and he started gushing about her. "Her name's Humeira. She's the prettiest girl on this planet! She's so sweet and always keeps hitting me on my head which I love a lot. I can't believe my marriage is in 2 months."
Tanveer hit him lightly on the head and said, "Aw, 2 months? So when are you giving me a party?"
Asad said, "Tannu, you still haven't changed! You seriously want a party?" "Yes Jammy, I do." Tanveer replied. "Okay okay, Tanveer, you're leaving in a week right? We'll have the party on Thursday and then you can leave on Friday. You're fine with that?" Ayaan asked her, giving a stern look to both of them and Tanveer nodded at him in reply. By this time, Kumud was done with her dinner and she told Dilshaad, "Aunty, I'll do the dishes today. Please." Tanveer who was also done asked Dilshaad, "Aapi, can I also do the dishes, please?" Tanveer kept begging her but Dilshaad said no to her strictly. Kumud thought it was because Tanveer was a guest but little did she know the reason behind it.
Flashback: (First Year of College- Last Day)
"Hi Aapi, I'm here!" Tanveer told Dilshaad in a cheerful voice, after all, exams were over and they were free, until results at least. "Hi Tannu, I'm in the kitchen. What brings you to our humble abode?" Dilshaad replied to her. Tanveer reached the kitchen and told her, "I want to learn how to cook Aapi because I want to impress someone" she said in one breath. "Tanveer, could you speak more slowly? Tell me once again. I didn't understand a single word." Dilshaad told her, taking a deep breath in. "Aapi, I want to learn how to cook because I want to impress someone." Tanveer replied, stressing on every syllable.
"Oh my god, my Tanveer likes someone? Who is the lucky and obviously unique guy? I want all the information now." Dilshaad demanded like a teenager. Tanveer blushed and Dilshaad nudged her shoulder giving her teasing glances. "No one special Aapi. It's just a senior who happens to be my best friend's brother." Tanveer told her, hiding her face behind the plate she was holding. "Tanveer, I want more details." Dilshaad demanded. "Aapi, are you sure you're a mother of five children? I swear, you behave like a teenager!" Tanveer tried diverting the topic. Dilshaad, who knew Tanveer too well said, "Don't change the topic. I want all the details now!"
Tanveer was now forced to give up. She sat down on the kitchen counter earning a glare from Dilshaad but sat there anyway and started explaining, "Well Aapi, there's this guy called Irfan in our college who is a senior and my best friend's brother. When I went to her house for a group project a few days back, I saw his photos in her room when she told me that it's her brother. Just then, her brother came in suddenly and both the brother and sister had shocked looks on their faces and I was plain horrified because he had nothing but a towel on. After some more time, he ran out of the room and my friend started laughing while I was still sitting there horrified. Her brother came back fully clothed this time and started making cocky remarks like how he was hot and I should be glad I got the chance to see his abs and all that while my friend took her brother's side. I glared at her and stood up to leave when she begged me to stay back to complete the project because the others weren't there. By the time we were done, it was two in the night so Irfan offered to drop me home. I couldn't refuse because I was already sleepy. As soon as I sat in the car I fell asleep and woke when there was a jerk. Irfan told me that the gas got over so he had called the tow people and they'll be there in two hours. In an attempt to cheer me, he cracked some stupid jokes and then we started talking about random things and we clicked. I know it sounds clich but it's true. So then, the next to next day of college, we bumped into each other and all that look look hawa hawa started and then he helped me up and then something not clichd happened, he slipped and I caught. All students laughed and then he fumbled and ran to his class. Today, we just happened to start a discussion of which restaurant is the best Domino's or Pizza Hut and I said Domino's and he said Pizza Hut when I accidentally told him that I could make better stuff than the pizzas at Pizza Hut so now I need your help Aapi."
Dilshaad told her, "I'll help you gladly though I still don't know why you both had to fight for such a petty reason. Anyway, your love story is very clichd. I'm just informing you."
This event started The Great Kitchen Depression'. Dilshaad realized only on that day that she was surrounded by people who were dorks and were very clumsy. Tanveer was the leader of them and what Ayaan usually did in the kitchen was nothing compared to Her Highness Tanveer. She had managed to turn the ultra clean kitchen to a very dirty in a matter of two minutes searching for salt which was right in front of her. Then, she mixed up salt and sugar on the pretext of testing. Then, since they were thinking of making a simple dish such as fried rice, she cut her hand after cutting the first vegetable and all this happened with Dilshaad herself standing there. Dilshaad could only imagine what would happen if she wasn't there.
Tanveer was just glad that no one else knew about the incident.
Flashback ends.
Tanveer happily skipped to her room and Kumud to her room. She dozed off, waiting for the day tomorrow. After all, she had to go to school. Though Saturdays weren't usually working days, since today was a holiday, all teachers had to complete the reports tomorrow. There was also a special dance for the school's anniversary especially for the teachers. She was very excited to see that dance.
The next day came and went. It was quite uneventful. Asad had an emergency at work and dragged Rashid and Ayaan along. Najma, Tanveer and Nikhat went for shopping while Nuzhat and Kumud went to school. Kumud's family had gone back. Dilshaad was all alone at home until Humeira came along. By the time everyone was home that day, it was already late so they had their dinner quietly and went off to sleep, exhausted.
Sunday was pretty eventful considering it had the much anticipated face-off of Humeira and Tanveer regarding Ayaan. "So you're the famous Tanveer huh?" Humeira asked Tanveer staring into her eyes. "So you're the infamous Humeira?" Tanveer said, staring right back at her. Suddenly, both the girls started laughing leaving the others, especially Ayaan bewildered.
"You cause such funny reactions to Ayaan" they both said simultaneously and just laughed more. "What do you mean?" they asked, once again simultaneously in between laughs. "You first," they said simultaneously again. Humeira went first and said, "Whenever your name comes up, Ayaan always runs away from there with a very funny and bewildered look on his face. Now it's your turn." Tanveer then told her about the incident the day she arrived and Humeira was blushing and laughing at the same time. All in all, Sunday was spent teasing Ayaan to the fullest, neither Tanveer nor Humeira were letting the chance of teasing him go. All the others too joined in and Asad was the one who teased Ayaan the most in the end. Ayaan just warned him that his turn will also come and ran to him room from there, blushing more than Humeira had. As soon as Ayaan left, everyone turned their full fury on Asad and teased him and this time, it was Kumud who was blushing in place of Humeira and Asad who was getting embarrassed.
Kumud though blushing was enjoying it because she felt a little lonely since Tanveer seemed to be getting all the attention and had started to feel insecure. Now she was feeling normal so she was happy. And suddenly all the attention had been diverted to Rashid and Dilshaad. How and when, no one realized but now all the kids were teasing them and Rashid and Dilshaad looked like any other young couple. They both were hiding their faces in each other's shoulders and there was a series of Aww's and Ooh's from the others which resulted in Rashid and Dilshaad getting more embarrassed.
All in all, Sunday turned out to be a very enjoyable and unique day for everyone in the Khan family and for Kumud and Tanveer.
After the Sunday, the next two days passed by quickly. Everyone was following their own schedules and Tanveer was just sleeping the whole day because she had nothing to watch on TV and Dilshaad never let her enter the kitchen at all so it was practically useless to actually do anything. Tanveer read a book, slept, woke up, had food, read, slept, woke up, had food and again the same cycle followed. All this though, changed on Wednesday.
Wednesday started off normally but soon turned into an apocalypse for Tanveer. She was in a huge dilemma and the only person who could help her was Asad. She called Asad and kept the phone, getting frustrated after four rings. Asad called her back and said, "Tannu, what happened?" She replied, "Code Blue Asad, Code Blue." "What is Code Blue?" Asad asked, bewildered. "You forgot our codes didn't you? How could you Asad?" Tanveer told him. Asad asked her, "Okay, what are the codes? Care to refresh my memory?" "Well, Code Red is danger, Code Green is when someone needs the other's help with homework, Code Purple is when someone needs help dealing with a member of the opposite gender, Code White is to inform when either of us get stuck with teachers or principal with after school work, Code Yellow is when either of us get detention and Code Blue is Fashion Emergency! How could you forget our precious codes?" Tanveer told him in a frustrated voice. "Okay, you're calling a guy like me to help you with your fashion emergency? Wow Tanveer, brilliant move." Asad told her sarcastically. "Don't give yourself too much credit Asad, I just need someone to drive me there, help me carry the bags and tell me how I look in each of the clothes." Tanveer told him calmly. "Wait a minute, fashion emergency means going shopping? Been there, done that. There is no way I'm going for shopping with you Tannu. You might be my best friend but there are limits even then and one of them is the golden no shopping rule. The last time I went shopping, I almost died and Ayaan was with me too then so you can imagine the trauma." Asad told her, panicking at the thought. Tanveer then blackmailed him emotionally, "Asad, this is our childhood friendship? Please Asad, you know how important it is to me. I want to leave fashionably so I want to wear nice clothes, unlike the ones I have. Please Asad. Even that Irfan might be there and I don't want to look miserable in front of him." This left Asad with no choice but to agree but only one thought was running across his mind.
I'm going to die today.'
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