Destiny, Fate And Love Thread 3. Chapter 54 (C) - 68 (A). - Page 32

Originally posted by: saima4744

interesting and heartly update.

flashback was 👏👏👏.

song was also beautiful.

arshe and maan emotion seeing v clearly.

geet naam choose was beautiful.

tf pm😛.

Originally posted by: ILoveFF

Ok I almost cried ... A little happiness plz :')

Chapter 46- u mean Geet loves Maan ????

Originally posted by: Deelight

i hope u r not plannin for aLEAP.. awesom update though loved it.. feelin kinda heavyhearted 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 hope d nxt update is cheerful.. n yea too happy finally u hv strtd part 56 i tot u wld complete a,b,c,d...zth part of the 55th chapter😉😉😉😉😉

Originally posted by: coolflora

awesome updae

i was about to cry now

please unite them soon

just because of sepration i read from C-F together

and whats going to happen in 46

maybe a leap and long sepration

Originally posted by: honeygrape

bookmarking the story...

just read this update n story sounds very interesting...gonna go bk n read from the beginning when i get tym😊

Originally posted by: pips27

i always like the song sequences in ur ff 😃😃😃

lovely update and hope to read another part soon 😳😳😳

Originally posted by: prerna1

awesome story dear
just come across this story and loved it
awesome story great characters and beautiful writing style
loved it
waiting for the leap and hope atleast arhi misunderstanding got cleared
and add me in your pm list

Originally posted by: chavvi16

ek din phele
you mean chapter 56
hope i have time to do this today
or else it will be tomorrow
lets see shall we

Wow so more twists our way huh

Not that I mind

The more twists the more fun it it

And with you giving update a day early even better

Shame that I wasn't able to comment on same day but what to do

One cant give half-baked response now can one

First of all, thanks for the review! Second of all, review toh kiya! That is enough! Aaj karo ya kal not a problem!

Wooohooo finally kanha shall be named

And our aki gives a performance what can be better than that

Nothing well lots of things but there is time and place for that too

😆

Oh I hope your back is better now

Lot better! Thanks for asking!

Okay so lets get down to it shall we

Wonder what happened in the six days from the last encounter of our couples who are no longer together

Dude chillax its not like kanha can be named without his parents being present right

Yes luck is on your side for that matter only

Because had that not been the case she would have picked up on your sadness

After all she is your di she knows you the best

Really that one thing of hiding your emotions from your di has made it worse for you

Then maybe all this wouldn't have happened

Exactly!😡

No actually it would have no matter what right

Warna story kaise badhti bhai

Oh ho toh guptas ka wait ho raha hai ya sirf iss ghar ki hone waali bahus

Well hope khushi comes but on other handi don't want her to come

There is only so much even she can keep her emotions from him

Funny if no one can get your sadness same is true for khushi

So she is here ufff so near and yet so close

Now he isn't her lover but jija to be

Man she never would have thought when she fell for him that they could share that relationship with him

But then fate had other plans right and destiny isn't with her either

Which is why she had to lose her love to it

Don't be silly her love was never fickle

Do you know how much it took her to be like this

Well if he knew he wouldn't be thinking all this

Oh arnie she is probably breaking as much on the inside as you if not more

At least maan knows about your pain so you can talk to him

But khushi cant even do that as maan isn't with her well not that we know of

Hey! Never thought of it that way! Arnav atleast Maan! Khushi has no one! Poor Khushi!😭

So la dad is here

Hmmm that one was the person missing from all this

Wait they got engaged without her dad being there

How did that happen I wonder

He he he! (Grinning sheepishly) I actually forgot putting him in the scene during the sagaai!😳😃

Oh well he is here now naa

Uff she is happy for her sisters not for herself

Dude now you found out did ya that la and khushi are sisters when its this late

And really must I keep repeating this

Guess I gotta what else should she do

Break her sister heart and get engaged to you herself mate

Uff this is leading to ASR coming out

And when ever he is there well things only get worse for arnav

Same as when MSK is there maan suffers the most

Agreed! MSK and ASR are the worst part of Maan and Arnav! And they will come back in chapter 57! Phir aayega asli mazaa!

Wow what to do with him

He never has understood her

And it seems he never will either

Why did she have to fall in love with arnie only well that's because its arhi story plus he was the only kunwara left

😆 Toh Khushi ke liye GopiKishan mangwaa dun?😉

Just once mate I would have loved it if you thoughts all this from her pov but no that doesn't seem likely as of yet

Oh ho no bua well she can be both I guess our geet

Well so the time is here it seems

Kanha wonder what he shall be called

Well lets read and find out

Dude arnie and others stop feeling so scared am sure it will be good so chillax will ya

But no they aren't wrong to feel what they do right

Susp[ense naa badahe man that no fair

Let her do it aki its only fair naa

Wow she sure is stretching it knowing that she can

Not that I mind of course so funny this scene is

Happy that you found it funny!😃

Bet you must have at least laughed through geet's this side right

That I did!

Waah kya naam choose kiya hai

Aniket aww that real cute for sure I love it dear what a name you chose for him

Dudes really don't be silly she never would have names aniket anything that bad

Haw she would have thought a nice name only

It's the pet names that are bit weird

😆

Wow so he has names of two from the TRILOGY

Aint that just perfect for little ASJ sounds nice that right

Yup more of Vishnu bhagwan aura abb Shiv bhagwan bhi

Awww that is so cute man

Hey that's what I just said just one name left out

Maybe with payash kid or arhi kid that trio of names can be completed too

Or even maneet kid right

Oh teri! Hey Bhagwaan! What shall I name the kid? Brahma?????😲😕

Man that's naughty of those two

NT you were so right to pinch your hubby

Oh hello just because maan said that he wont force geet

And that he has let go of her don't mean that she wont be his bhabhi

Only she shall be his bhabhi and no one else

And that is one fact we know for sure

Just like khushi will be aki bhabhi man

You are so right in Bhabhi matters!

How when that happens remains to be seen for sure

Wow so true it seems both hubby and wife have more faith that maneet shall be together than maan

Well what to do maan doesn't believe that she will be his once again but she shall be

She will be a khurana bahu and only that yaar

Wow I just love how dev said he will get them together

If not maan himself his little bro sure will get them together

That I shall look forward for

I remember you saying that dev shall bring maneet closer and now that time has come right

Yup! From Chapter 57, Dev and NT's plan will start!

Oh ho those sure are the days

When in college enjoying with friends relaxing chilling with them before entering the cut throat world of looking for jobs happens

Those days cant be forgotten can they

I can't and I am sure you can't either! Feeling nostalgic right now!😭 (Bawling on the floor) I want to go back to College right now! Waaah! (Quietening down) OK! That was a little dramatic!😉😆

Poor aki man what all he hasn't done for jun and dev

Man he was their GFs BG yaar

And why because him being in the same year as the girls so he was the only one left to protect these two girls from unwanted advances or something like that

What did aki do that it made them laugh so much yaar

Man you are finding so much about him and about time too

Awww poor aki man they used to scare him huh those boys

Well I don't know why they bothered knowing that NT and Annie would never think about anyone else

But he still had to do what they told him naa poor thing

Hope he wasn't beaten up though by anyone else

Hey that was bad time for him right in that way

One side those boys who wanted to date the girls and the other side his friends who wanted him to look out for their girls

Sheesh talk about ek taraf khayi tog duji ore kunwa

😆 Poor Aakash!

Awww payal don't be that sad dear but then she has all the reasons to right

Poor thing used to get beaten up

But then the girls would comaplina of the same and get rid of those boys

Parr kya kya nahin kiya aki ne unn dono ke liye

That bad huh that he ended up in hospital baap re baap

Okay just once well that is some relief for payal and us

Well that wasn't true was it

It was more than once man poor little aki man

Feel so sorry for the dude yaar

Oho don't worry your miss cham cham is there for ya in midst of all this leg pulling

Hmmm chup chup karr romance ho raha hai kya baat hai payash

Chup Chupke Chup Chupke Chori Se Chori! Chup Chupke Chup Chupke Re!😉

Geet sure made the love birds the only one who got the right partner and their partners shy huh

Lage rahiye geet go for it

Oh ho our aki is a singer cool man

Hmmm why is she asking as if she cant believe it

This girl sure is very funny right

See this is why she was saying it

Why you saying no aki sing na

Or was it supposed to be for in your SR dude

Naaah cant it be well that could be one reason to say no right

Hmmm so he finally relented under so much emotional attyachar

Awww dont you just love it when the girls make the boys do things through this

That is the best way tomake them agree for things they dont wanna do

And it works every time too

Sing something anything will do mate

Which ever way your mood takes you

But why was he singing sad song in the morning thats what I wanna know

About Aki singing sad song in the morning, that was nothing. I have this habit of singing any song that comes into my mind at anytime and that habit I gave to Aki! Most of the time, you will hear me singing sad songs as they are slow so you can give it your twist by changing the ptich or turning it classical! That is one of my timepass and gave that habit to Aki!

Well seeing how our dear maneet and arhi are in such sad place it would be just perfect for the situation

Even if you dont know about the same mate

Man its so hard to see maan wanting to be with geet and yet not

Though he could have tried it again naa

Maan is scared! Once burnt twice shy you see! Even in the serial, when Maan came to know that Geet is pregnant instead of asking her questions, he just got angry! Because that is his way of protecting himself from hurt. Maan masks his hurt with anger and lashing out! Maan withdraws into himself to avoid getting hurt and that is what he did here!

Guess not this time it will have to be geet only

Yup of course you did khushi but arnie dont know the same

He thinks you betrayed him and just played with his feelings when that is further from the truth

Well sache pyaar ko bhulna asaan nahin and you know it khushi

Funny how this song is depicting maan and khushi sadness which they cant show to either geet and arnav right

That is why I chose that song!

Ufff so much tragedy going on aint it

I cant take it okay not true its okay for sure

Only payash seem to be the ones getting what they wanted

And with the one they wanted their life with

Oh khushi not just in dreams my dear as arnie has things planned for you which aint anything good though

Well you betrayed him cause you had to warna you wouldnt have done that at all

Wow maan so you shall stand between trouble and her

Well then that will happen more and more as she is a chalti phirti disaster queen right

😆Chalti Phirti Disaster😆 Can I use that some where? Mazaa aajaayega!

Itna sab kuch karr sakte hain parr unke mann mein apna pyaar ki jagah nahin bana sakte

Hey babaji what to say here not much this maan i tell ya ufff

Funny no one knew three hearts that are broken

None saw that did they hope they shallknow and soon

Well at least in arhi case though i doubt it

what more twist are you thinking of

Since i dont watch either shows i have no clue of this

But then can wait for it till next week

Every time i think you cant astonish me more well you prove me wrong and am glad too

Cheers for pm

Originally posted by: spvd

part 55 F
awesome dear...
nice one...

CHAPTER 56. THE LEAP!

ONE YEAR LATER

Place - Airport in Delhi

"Aur kitna rukna padega?", mumbled Anjali as she looked here and there searching for her sibling. Right beside her stood Maamiji looking around eagerly, "Ab tak toh cushtum (custom) waala kaam bhi ho jaana chaahiye!" "Dheeraj rakho Manorama!", Manohar Maama replied while patting his wife's shoulder. All waited eagerly for the foreign return member of their family. Behind these three stood Aakash sighing and checking watch constantly, "Jyaada hi waqt hogaya nahi?", he piped up worriedly. Anjali turned around and nodded with worry on her face too. All four waited eagerly for the darling member of their family to return. Suddenly, Anjali spotted somebody and squealed, "Babyyy!" She got a squeal back in answer, "ADdd!" and a human hurricane came running and slammed into Anjali. The hurricane was none other than our very own Geet! Dressed in a sleeveless designer green chudidaar with goggles on her eyes and a Gucci handbag in her hand, Geet looked like a typical rich spoilt brat returning from her vacation. But that was far off from the truth. After her brothers' engagement, Geet renounced her surname and took upon Raizada as her surname. Soon, she joined Delhi University for her last year studies in Bachelor of Architecture after which Arnav got her internship in one of the renowned Architecture firm in London. Even though her results had arrived few days earlier she could not come home sooner. Today was the day she returned from London to her home for past one year, Shantivan in Delhi.

Anjali pushed Geet away gently and turned around, "Humein tumse baat nahi karni!" Geet pouted, "Par AD kyun?" Geet called Anjali AD from her childhood as Anjali Di was too long for a five year old Geet. Anjali replied sadly, "Tum apne Kanha ke janamdin pe kyun nahi aayi? Tumhaare bhaanje ka pehla janam din tha!" Kanha was Anjali and Shyam's son who had turned one year older few days back. Geet sighed, "I am sorry Di! But what can I do? Flight hi nahi mil rahi thi! I tried Di! I tried! Par yeh flight waale! Khasmaanu khaane! Ek bhi seat nahi mila!" Even after staying in London for few months and being the sister of Raizada brothers there was not one drop of arrogance in Geet! She was the same loud, sweet, humble, chirpy and swearing in Punjabi Geet! There were few minor changes in her like her dressing sense! Whereas earlier she used to wear simple salwar kameezes, these days she wore designer chudidaar mostly designed by AR. Even though she wore designer clothes and accessories and drove around in lavish cars, her nature had not at all changed in this one year.

"Arre Arre! Apni AD se hi milogi? Veere se nahi!", Aakash piped and Anjali smiled at Geet and nudged her towards Aakash. Geet hugged Aakash tightly and mumbled, "I missed you Veere!" From their childhood Geet and Aakash shared a strong bond. For Geet, Aakash was more of a brother than her own brother Brij was. The bond only grew stronger as they grew up. It was Aakash who motivated her to fulfil her dream of becoming an architect. Their bond was so strong that Geet called Maamiji and Maamaji as MJ and PJ respectively as Aakash at that time used to call Maamiji as Mummyji and Maamaji as Paapaji! Hence, MJ and PJ became short form for Mummyji and Paapaji! The irony behind this was that Aakash started calling his mom and dad as Mummyji and Paapaji because that was what Geet called her own parents. The whole Raizadas had laughed when Aakash and Geet declared the names they had kept for Mamorama and Manohar while Aakash and Geet had wondered why everyone was laughing! Geet had even gone to the extent of calling Naaniji as DJ as Daadiji was what Aakash called her!

"Bitiya?", whispered Maamiji and Geet pulled away from Aakash and turned around. She looked into Maamiji's tear filled eyes and hugged her tightly. "Ma!", she whispered softly. After her own family's betrayal, Geet was left heart broken. This was when Maamiji had stepped in the role of mother consoling Geet when she needed and cheering her when Geet felt down. While Geet still called Maamiji as MJ, whenever she felt emotional she reverted to the term, Ma! And as far as Manorama was concerned, Geet was her daughter from the time she stepped into the house as five year old kid. Manorama had always wanted a daughter after Aakash's birth but was declared as unable to bear children anymore. Geet was the daughter she wanted but never got. When Geet had to go to the court for giving the statement against her brother Brij, it was Manorama who became her biggest support. It was Manorama who cried in relief with Geet when Brij was sentenced to jail. Soon, the waterworks started by both the ladies while Aakash shook his head and Manohar sighed, "Aakash ki ma! Sambhaalo apne aapko! Warna make up kharaab ho jaayega!" That did the trick as Manorama pulled away from her foreign return daughter and wiped her tears. Geet stopped herself from giggling as Manohar winked at her. She hugged Manohar and mumbled, "PJ!" While Geet accepted Manorama as her mother, she did not allow anyone to take her father's place. Few days after the engagement, NT had mentioned something to Anjali which Anjali later informed Geet. Anjali told her that when Geet stayed in Khurana Mansion, her father had come to visit her and had handed over her certificates and documents and had asked her to move one with her life and also had warned her about the goons behind her. This had left a soft spot in Geet's heart for her father. While he would never get back the respect he had before her memory loss, her father would have a special place in her heart for supporting her dream and giving her back the most precious possessions of her life; the certificates which symbolized her education and her future.

Soon, the whole family marched towards the parking lot when Geet spoke up, "AB aur DJ kahaa hai? Aur SJ bhi dikhaayi nahi de rahe? Aur mera Kanha kahaa hai?" AB was short form for Arnav Bhai while SJ was short form for Shyam Jijaji! Before anyone could reply, a SUV came and parked in front of them. Anjali smiled, "Lo aa gaye tumhaare AB!" The car door opened and all of them got in. Maamaji sat in front while Maami, Anjali and Geet adjusted in the middle with Aakash seating himself in the back. Anjali spoke up, "Tumhaare Jijaji aur Daadi ghar par hain tumhaare laadle bhaanje ke saath!" Geet nodded.

Arnav started driving. Geet sitting behind him chirped up, "Hi AB!" Arnav rolled his eyes while mumbling, "Aagayi sar dard! Ab meri shaanti bhang!" Geet narrowed her eyes at him, "Kya kahaa aapne?" Arnav shrugged, "Sachchai!" Geet pouted, "Agar main sar dard hun toh aap aap..." she fumbled a bit, "Haan! Aap Mr. Akdu ho! Akdu Singh Raizada!" Arnav replied back, "Aur tumhaara naam Geet nahi Shor rakhna chaahiye kyunki tumhaare mooh se Geet nahi sirf noise baahar aati hai!" Geet's jaw dropped and she let out a scream, "VEERE! AD!! Dekhona yeh mujhe kya bula rahe hain!" Anjali quietly mumbled, "Chote!" Arnav turned around, "DI! Aap mujhe kyon bol rahi hai! Ise boliye! Kabse mera dimaag kha rahi hai!" "Shuruvaat aapne ki thi!", Geet shouted. "Bhai...", Aakash tried to get his word in but was cut off when Arnav glared at him through rearview mirror. Geet folded her arms and pouted, "Aane do Bhabhi ko! Lavanya Bhabhi se kahungi ki aapki khoob khabar le!" Arnav quieted down at those words. Amidst the happiness of the family he had almost forgotten that he was supposed to get married to Lavanya soon. Geet frowned as she noticed Arnav's silence. Yeh AB ko kya hua? Ab tak toh unka jawaab aa jaana chaahiye! Yeh toh humaara bachpan ka khel hai ek duje ko taane maarna! Toh aaj AB ko kya hua? She thought for a while. Shaayad Office ki baat se pareshaan honge! She shrugged and joined the ladies discussion over the latest designer jewellery.

Place - The Hall in Shantivan

Naani smiled as Geet reached the door of Shantivan. She took the aarti thaali from the servant standing by and took aarti of Geet. As soon as Geet entered the house, the first thing she did was that she took Kanha from Shyam standing nearby and hugged the boy. "Alle Mela Laajkumaal! Kaichcha hai tu?", Geet spoke in baby talk. "Maashi!", the boy garbled. "Kanha aapse naaraaz hai Saali Sahiba! Aap unke birthday pe jo nahi aayi!", Shyam spoke and Naani nodded, "Kanha bhi naaraaz hai aur hum bhi! Ek taraf udhar byaah ki tayyaariyon ki wajah se Gupta Parivaar nai aa paaye aur idhar aap nahi aayi! Apni maamiyon aur maasi ke baghair humaare Kanha ne apna pehla janamdin manaaya!" Naani sniffed imitating her bahu Manorama and Geet made a baby face. She handed Kanha over to his mother and hugged Naani from behind, "Aww! Meri DJ mujhse naaraaz hai! Koi baat nahi! Main apni DJ ko manaa lungi! Bas ek baar DJ mere haath ki Lassi peele woh sab ghussa bhool jaayegi!" Naani turned around and Geet was shocked to see tears in her eyes. "Daadiji!", she whispered softly and Naani smiled. She patted Geet's cheeks, "Aapan ko pata nahi ki tohaar DJ ne aapan ko kitna miss karat rahi!" Geet felt tears well up in her eyes. She hugged Naani tightly, "Maine bhi aapko bahut miss kiya DJ! Aap sabko bahut miss kiya!" Maami and Anjali smiled tearily at the reunion and noticing them about to start their waterworks again, Aakash announced, "Ab bas hogaya yeh mel milaap! Geet ko jaake fresh ho jaane do! Baad mein jitna baat karna hai kar lena!" Everyone nodded and dispersed off slowly all the while hugging Geet or patting her cheeks. Finally Aakash and Geet were only left behind. He smiled at her and hugged her tightly. He pulled away and mumbled, "Aaja! Tujhe tere kamre tak chod deta hun!" She smiled softly and walked with him.

Place - Geet's Room at Shantivan

Geet came out of the bathroom dressed in a bathrobe. She opened her suitcase to remove her clothes when her eyes fell on a letter wedged in between the pages of a book kept in the suitcase. She removed the letter and smiled at it. She remembered the phone call she had done few days back and reply she got. Main aa rahi hun, Mr. Dev Singh Khurana! She thought excitedly.

Place - The dining table at Shantivan

There was laughter and chatter galore at the table with the arrival of Geet. Her anecdotes of London had the Raizadas in splits. "Waise Di!", Geet piped up and Anjali looked up from feeding Kanha, "Mujhe toh shaadi ka ek bada tension hain!" Anjali frowned. Geet continued, "Agar shaadi ke din bhi mere dono bhai Office chale gaye toh?" She pointed with her fork at her two brothers who were focused more on their Blackberry Mobiles and less on the food in front of them. Anjali huffed, "Yahi tension humein bhi thi! Isiliye humne in dono par ban lagaayi hai ki jab tak shaadi nahi hoti tab tak ghar se kaam karenge aur Office sirf important kaam ke liye jaayenge!" Geet let out a giggle, "Bilkul sahi kiya aapne!" Then Geet noticed her brothers' focus on their Blackberry and smiled mischievously. She got up from her place slowly and walked towards her brothers. She stood behind them and winked at Naani and Maami sitting in front of the boys. Both hid their smiles behind their hands. Geet looked at her brothers who were lost in their Blackberry. Her hands moved swiftly and snatched the Blackberrys from their hands. "What the!" "Geetto!", her brothers let out their shouts while Geet ran and hid behind her sister, "Khaane ke table pe no kaam!" Arnav growled, "DI! Isse kehdo ki mere saath chedkaani na kare!" Anjali frowned, "Theek hi toh keh rahi hai! Khaane ke table pe no kaam!" Arnav glared at Geet, "Waah Di! Yeh chuhiya kya aa gayi aap toh apne Chote ko bhool gayi!" "Chuhiya?", Geet shouted indignantly. Aakash agreed with his brother, "Haan Di! Jabse Geetto aayi hai aap toh apne Chutke ki bhi sunti nahi hai!" Anjali rolled her eyes, "Tum dono ne yeh kaise keh diya? Humaare liye tum teeno ek samaan ho! Lekin Baby ne jo kahaa sahi kahaa. Khaane ki table pe on kaam! Chalo! Ab chup chaap khaana khaao! Humein aur koi behes nahi sunna!" Arnav and Aakash grumbled and glared at the sisters but continued eating while Geet gave a smug grin to both of them.

Place - Gupta House in Lucknow

While there was happiness at the Raizada House, Shantivan there was sadness spread in the Gupta House. Khushi wiped her tears and stared as the pooja for her father and uncle was being done. She and her whole family were dressed in white and all five ladies; Khushi, Lavanya, Paayal, Amma and Buaji shed tears for the ones who were gone. Exactly one year ago, the whole family had come home from the naamkaran of Kanha when Lavanya's father had got a call that his godown was in fire. The whole family was in panic as he owned a kirana store and all the wholesale stock was kept in the godown. This was a big loss for him. Khushi's Bauji had decided to accompany him to help him up and had asked the girls and ladies to keep Lavanya with them. The next morning the family had to go into mourning as the bus carrying Khushi and Lavanya's father had fallen down some valley and no one was left alive. Due to this incident, the weddings also had to be postponed as in some of the cultures it was a rule that in the house were death had happened there can't be any kind of celebration for a year.

Khushi stared at the fire in the havan kund in front of which Maan and Dev sat doing all the rituals. After listening to the news of their father's death, Lavanya and Paayal were devastated. Both the girls had hugged Buaji and Amma and had cried their hearts out. All four of them were too lost in the grief to take any decisions or think about their future. That is when Khushi came forward and made the decisions. She was only one less affected by the deaths as she had already gone through the tragedy of loosing her parents once in her childhood. She contacted the Raizadas and the Khuranas about the news with a plea of help as she was unsure as to what to do next. While the men of both the families went to retrieve the bodies, the ladies came forward to help Khushi take care of her family by consoling Amma, Buaji, Paayal and Lavanya and making sure that all of them did not go on empty stomach for too long. Soon, the funeral was arranged and that is when the main problem had come. It was the sons or the son-in-laws who did the last rites. But who was to do here? Before Arnav or Aakash could take a decision being future son-in-laws, Maan and Dev had come forward claiming to be the girls' brothers. This had earned the Khurana brothers undying gratitude from Amma and Buaji. Maan had not only done the last rites but he also offered to take care of the family financially. That was when Amma refused politely citing that her husband had left behind a mithai shop while they will also gain money after selling Lavanya's father's store. Khushi came out of her reverie as the pooja ended. Maan and Dev hugged all of the young ones while taking aashirwaad from the older ladies and soon they were off to Delhi citing business reasons for not staying back for a while.

Khushi sighed as she sat between her family listening to them talk about Buaji's Delhi waala house. So many things had changed in the house in this one year; Khushi mused. A month after the death of the family patriarch, Lavanya went back to her hostel to finish her last year. Khushi joined her College for final year. Buaji permanentely shifted over to Lucknow and helped Amma take care of the mithai shop while Paayal started helping with the accounts. While Khushi helped by delivering the mithai orders in the evening Lavanya also pitched in by making posters promoting the store in her spare time and mailing it to Khushi who posted them all over Lucknow. Hence, with the support from each other the five ladies continued to manage the store and their life smoothly.

Khushi smiled as the discussion turned towards the upcoming marriage. Buaji wanted lavish wedding for her nieces as money was not a problem now while Amma did not want to take too charity from the Khuranas. Khushi interjected claiming that they were not getting charity from Khuranas but the sons of this family were paying for their sisters' wedding. Even after hearing Khushi's words, Amma refused to budge. As the argument continued amongst Amma and Buaji, Khushi went back in past remembering the day some months ago when Maan had come to meet them wanting to check how they were faring.

Khushi had come home eagerly dragging an excited Paayal behind her. Maan was seated on the sofa chatting with Amma and Buaji. Khushi had burst out the moment she arrived claiming that they had made a huge profit due to a large order they completed on time last week. She showed the ladies the accounts book. Amma had eagerly replied that now she can start saving for both Lavanya and Paayal's wedding and later on for Khush's wedding also. Buaji had also become excited thinking that her nieces would get married with all the pomp they deserved. That is when Maan had intervened, claiming that he would take care of the expenses of Lavanya, Khushi and Paayal's wedding as he was their big brother and wanted to do something for them. Amma and Buaji had violently protested but their protests had gone unheeded as Maan refused to budge. In the end, both the ladies had to compromise. Hearing this, Khushi and Paayal got excited and started thinking of using the money for house repairs and shop expansion. When they conveyed their plans to their family, it was met with approval by Maan and reluctant agreement from Buaji and Amma. Soon, the house was whitewashed and painted while the repairs were done in each and every room. Gone was the dilapidated house and in place of it stood a proud house of Guptas. Khushi had even added more workers in the Sweets shop allowing Amma and Buaji to work in their own pace. Soon the sweets shop became more famous than it was during Khushi's father's time. Khushi was sure her father would have been proud in seeing his shop become so much famous. All three girls with their hard work and support had made for themselves a better lifestyle.

Suddenly, Khushi was brought out of her daydream by Buaji, "Ae! Titaliya! Ka soch rahi hai? Chal! Tayyaari nahi karni hai ka? Ek ghanta ma humaari bus hai!" Khushi nodded and walked off to her room. Khushi was going to Delhi with Buaji. As Buaji had shifted to Lucknow permanently she had wanted to rent her Delhi house in Laxminagar. As the house was under lock and key for a year, Buaji decided to take Khushi with her to help her clean the house and make it livable to the tenants. Plus, Khushi's sharp brain would also help her in deciding whether the tenant was right for her house.

Khushi sighed as she remembered the last time she had gone to Delhi. It was approximately one year two months to that day. Kitna sab kuch badal gayi is ek saal mein nahi? Hum Arnavji se mile, pyaar hua, dil bhi toota aur humaari dono behno ki sagaai hui! Phir humne apne Bauji ko khoya! Lagta hi nahi ki ek saal hogaya! Aisa lag raha hai ki ek janam beet gaya ho! She smiled sadly as Arnav's face flashed in front of her. Kaise honge Arnavji abhi? She thought about him as she often did when she was alone. Even though the Raizadas had come to visit them many times, Arnav always came when he was sure she was not at home. So in this whole year, she had not met Arnav at all. She sighed as she remembered that her sisters will get married in one month and soon she will come face to face with her Arnavji! Hey Devi Maiyya! Jab hum unke saamne honge toh kya karenge? But Khushi did not know that she would come face to face with Arnav sooner than she thought.

AUTHOR NOTES

Please clap for the following people: flowers4u, Deelight, coolflora, ruhakhan, jsweetyj, prerna1. These are the people who had guessed about the leap with my hints! I hereby declare them as TRUE SERIAL WATCHERS! Good job you people!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

I have exam on next Sunday i.e. 20^th Oct, so if my update gets delayed then please forgive me! If I do not update by Saturday then I will update till Monday!

But I might even update by Friday as I want to give my hand good rest a day before exam! So it will be either Friday or Monday! Please be patient! Thank you!

PRECAP

The parted lovers meet again!

And let the fun begin!