Ab sab rasm khatam ho gaye the and everyone geared for marriage in the evening. Hota yun hain ki sab Hotel me shift kar gaye because it will be easy for everyone specially for ladkiwale toh they came to the Hotel. It was almost 4 in the clock and marriage is at 7 PM, toh Priya ko saajane log bhi aa gaye hain, Shruthi is there for her from morning. Udhaar Vikram ke ghar me bhi bohot chehel pehel shuru ho gaya hain, Neha aur Natasha dono hi parlour gayi huyi hain, Vikram aur Rajat Ram ko taiyyar karne me laage hain. Traditional shaadi se pehele registry hona hain toh uske liye thoda jaldi pohonchna parega. Finally Ram taiyyar ho gaya and he was looking like a king in deep violet colour sherwani with cream coloured chudidar along with stole, he wasn't sporting any pagdi. Having back brushed his thick black hair which was properly trimmed down, with Rolex watch on his left wrist and mojri on his feet, he was having a royal look. Krishnaji came and did the arathi to him and all came outside. The mercedez benz was waiting for him, he came inside along with Neha and Rajat and drove away, following them were Vikram with dadi, Krishnaji, Rishabh and Natasha. On the other hand Priya was all decked up in her bridal costume, the lehenga is giving her a princess look, the jewelleey, the make up, her hair were perfectly in sync, she was looking more beautiful with the nathani which was of her mother, that enhances her beauty more. She was sitting alone in her room as everyone was gearing up for swagaat. Aaj Priya ke mann me bohot saare khayal aa rahe hain, she was just 10 when she lost her parents, she grew up in boarding among Christian people but she got the values and cultures from them. Though her upbringing was very different from any child but she got the best from them. She got the right culture and values, she beliefs in love, marriage, she got the value to respect people, she got the teaching to forgive people but most importantly she got the teaching of self respect, to prove herself in the society. She was grateful to Mishra's whom have imparted right ideologies and morals in her, though may be not always but they tried to give her the lesson of being a good human being...Priya was thinking such, har ladki ka apne shaadi ko leke ek sapna hota hain, Priya ka bhi hain and she consider herself lucky to get the person whom she loved the most in the world, her thoughts get disturbed as baraat have reached the Hotel.
Shipraji came out along with Shruthi and Priya's colleagues carrying arathi ki thaal and did the arathi and other rasm and Sudhirji took Ram with him inside. Mandap ko bohot sundar tareeko se sajaya gaya hain, shaadi open air me ho rahi hain, Hotel ke lawn me aur every possible precautions have been taken, infact Priya ne sab kuch arrange karke hi rakhha tha. After Ram took his seat baaki baaratiyon ka bhi swagat kiya gaya and with that drinks and snacks were started to serve. It was decided that pehele registry hogi phir reet riwaaz ke saath shaadi. Registrar has come, so Neha along with Shruthi and Natasha came to Priya's room to take her to the mandap. Neha came and hugged Priya tightly and for some seconds she kept looking at her and then said,
Neha - aaj toh fatty gaya kaam se, thoda toh reham karti mere bhai pe, u look ravishing yaar, giggled while saying.
Priya blushed hearing this, Priya actually wanted to see him so she choose not to say anything. All the three ladies escorted her and she came to the mandap. Priya came and sit beside Ram, all the while when Priya was coming Ram kept looking at her, Ram was simply mesmerized by her beauty, she was looking so beautiful that he had the urge to kiss her on her luscious lips, he wanted to capture her lips in his. Priya, too was watching him, Ram was looking indeed handsome and suave in the groom's outfit, his outfit was perfect on his toned and leaned body. Both Ram and Priya completed the formality with the registrar and were announced as legally wedded couple. After that the jaimala rasm started, everyone cheered for them and with that Panditji called them and asked to take their seat. Shaadi ki rasm shuru ho gayi, koi bhi shubh kaam bina ganesh puja ke nahi hota hain toh yahan bhi wahi hua followed by some other puja, chanting of mantras and shlokas, dheere dheere shaadi ki har vidhi ho rahi thi, yajna ke punya agni ke samne Ram aur Priya ek dusre ke liye bandh rahe the. Panditji ne kanya ki pita ko bulaya kanyadaan ke liye, kehte hain beti ka kanyadaan sabse punya ka kaam hota hain aur yeh ek beti ke baap ke liye sabse bada garv aur samman ki baat bhi hain. Sudhirji along with Shipraji came for kanyadaan. Sudhirji took Priya's hand and placed it on Ram's hand and some holy water along with milk was poured on the betel leaf which was placed on their palm with a betel nut placed on it. Priya became emotional during this rasm, phir aayi bari phero ki, toh gatbandhan kiya Natasha ne, kehte hain shaadi ke saat phere saat janmo ke liye hote hain, yahan toh saat minute bhi nahi lagte rishte tutne me, anyways. Inn phero ke bhi arth hain jo Panditji inn dono ko samjha rahe the, ek ek phere me ek ek vachan liye jaate hain jo var aur vadhu lete hain apne naye jeewan ke liye, ise saptapadi' bhi kehte hain. Phero ke baad Panditji asked Ram to put sindoor on Priya, Neha came and helped Priya with her mangtika and Ram put the sindoor on her part and tied the mangalsutram to her. As the rituals of the marriage was completed, officially Priya became Mrs. Priya Ram Kapoor and both RaYa took blessings from their elders. As soon as they ended with that Rishabh and Natasha came and hugged their bhai and bhabhi, yes aaj se Priya inn dono ki bhabhi bann chuki hain and they are very happy to have her as their bhabhi. Neha came and hugged Ram and embraced Priya in her tight hug.
Neha - finally mere fatty ko tum mil hi gayi, am so happy, khayal rakhna iska aur zyada pareshaan kare toh mujhe bata dena main class le lungi uski.
Vikram - kyun bechari ko dara rahi ho tum Neha, waise am sure aaj ke baad Ram aisa kuch nahi karega jiske wajah se tumhe uski class leni paregi, was saying this while having Ram in his bear hug.
Priya was just listening to them and a shy smile was on her face. Ram for moments kept looking at her, she was looking indeed pretty and with now sindoor and mangalsutra, her beauty has enhanced more.
Sab aise hi baatein kar rahe the ke tab Shruthi aake Priya ko ek hug karti hain and Rajat congratulated both. Tabhi ek meethi si awaaz aati hain aur sab turn karte hain aur dekhte hain Meethi was coming along with other children from Little Angels along with Mother Cecily and Shailajaji. Meethi came running to Priya but she stopped in front of her actually Meethi ne kabhi bhi Priya ko itna sajte savarte nahi dekha hain toh she was actually surprised to see her but when she saw Priya stretched her arms she came and hugged her. Priya took her in her arms and kept caressing her silky hair and sweet cheeks. She even kissed her on her cheeks. Meethi ke baad baki sab bhi aake Priya aur Ram se mile and all congratulated them. Ram introduced them to his family and everyone was happy to meet them. They all became ecstatic to meet Meethi, in fact everyone took her in their arms and showered their love by kissing her on her cheeks. Seeing this Priya had tears in her eyes, Meethi ko sabse itna pyaar milta dekh she couldn't control herself. Ram saw Priya and he came closer to her and said,
Ram - r u ok?
Priya looked at him and gave a faint smile and nodded her head, after some moments said, thank you
Ram - kis liye?
Priya - to invite them all, just because of you they get the love of other people, aap nahi jante Mr. Kapoor, how much they crave for the love from people
Ram - u don't need to thank me for this, I was more than happy to invite them.
Raat bhi ho raha tha aur guests bhi ahista ahista jaa rahe the. Priya ne apne haathon se sab bachhon ko ek ek niwala khilaya but Meethi compelled her and she had to make her eat from her hands. Ab dinner ke baad sab wapas chale gaye wishing them a happy married life, ab baki the gharwalen toh sab beyth ke dinner hi karnewale hain ke dadi ne achanak kahan,
Dadi - golu aaj tu aur Priya ek hi plate se khayega, aur pehele niwala tum dono ek dusre ko khilaoge, samjha?
Ram couldn't say anything to this and both RaYa obeyed dadi's wish. Priya was feeling extremely shy, ek toh sabke samne aur upar se ek hi plate se khane ka matlab hain almost ek dusre ke paas beythna parega wahi dusri taraf Ram was feeling awkward actually he was still thinking how Priya going to feel about this yehi shyness, awkwardness aur ek dusre ke bare me sochte sochte dono beyth gaye, pehele Priya ne Ram ko khilayi, phir Ram ne khilaya, yahan tak toh theek tha par iske baad jab yeh dono ek saath ek hi plate se khane lage tab bohot ajeeb lag raha tha dono ko, kabhi kabhi ek dusre ke haath bhi touch ho rahe the aur do baar dono ne hi ek cheez pe haath rakh diya, hua yun ke Priya ne jis khulchhe pe haath rakha Ram bhi wahi pe rakhha but he allowed her to take that as there was second one in the plate but next time when Priya kept her hand on paneer, Ram too kept on that and this time also Ram allowed her to have that piece but that was only one in the plate so Priya cut it into halves and gave one half to him and smiled. Ram stared at her for some moment and then he also smiled. Ram ko Meethi ki baat yaad aa gayi, Meethi ne usse kahan tha ki uski Priya di ne usse share karna seekhaya hain.
Ab dinner ke baad bari hain vidaai ki toh tayy yeh hua ke Ram aur Priya yehi Hotel me rukenge aaj raat, Ram ke naam pe ek kamra iss Hotel me hamesha booked rehta hain toh yeh dono wahi pe rahenge aur kal subah yeh dono Priya ke ghar jayenge, wahi pe vidaai hogi aur wahi se sab Mumbai ke liye rawana honge. Toh jaise tayy hua hain baaki sab ghar chale gaye hain, jane ke waqt Shipraji aake Priya ke gale lag ke royi aur Sudhirji bhi bohot emotional ho gaye the, Karthik came and hugged her, baaki sab ghar chale gaye, Neha ne Priya ko kamre me chhor ke aayi hain aur said in her ear to enjoy the night, upon hearing which Priya blushed. After all went to their home, Ram came in the room, it is actually a suite. He came to the bedroom and found Priya is standing near the window and watching outside. Today is a full moon day and the sky is also clear, the stars are shinning brightly. He came and stand beside her. Priya looked at him and smiled.
Ram - thank you Priya
Priya looked at him questioningly, Ram continued, thank you for accepting the proposal, tumhari wajah se aaj dadi bohot khush hain, mere saare gharwalen bohot khush hain, lekin Priya main shaadi jaise rishte ko nahi manta, maine sirf dadi ki khatir yeh shaadi ki hain. Hearing him Priya look straight to him and Ram looked at her and said, main janta hoon tum kya soch rahi ho, par am really sorry, mere liye pyaar, shaadi koi mayine nahi rakhhta hain, in fact I don't believe in the institution of marriage. Hamari shaadi ho gayi hain lekin iss ka matlab yeh nahi ke tum iss rishte me phaas gayi ho, tum jaise chaho reh sakti ho, koi rok tok nahi hain tum par, yeh tumhari zindagi hain jaise jeena chahti ho jee sakti ho, na main tumhare zindagi me koi interfare karunga aur na tum mere. Priya was just listening to him silently and said,
Priya, kyun ki mann hi mann woh yeh baat janti thi, isi liye after he finishes she said, Mr. Kapoor ab jab hamari shaadi ho hi gayi hain toh hum dono na chahte huye bhi ek rishte me bandh gaye hain toh kya hum dono iss rishte ka kuch alag shuruaat nahi kar sakte?
Ram looked at her and Priya forwarded her hand and said, can we be friends? For moments Ram looked at her and then forwarded his palm and said okay.
Priya smiled at him while shaking her hand with him.
Ram - tum thak gayi hogi, so jao
Priya - aap bhi toh thak gaye honge, aap bhi so jaiyye.
Ram - tum yahan so jao, main...saying this he was trying to find some place when Priya said,
Priya - aapko kahin aur sone ki zaroorat nahi hain, aap bhi yehi pe so sakte hain, after some pause she again said, abhi abhi dosti ki hain aur dosti ka pehela usool hain trust aur itna trust toh aap par hain, said this with a smile.
Ram simply kept looking at her, he knew Priya was strong girl but she is beautiful in her heart also, he too smiled and came to the bed.
Priya - aap ko jis side pe sona hain aap so sakte hain.
Ram - its okay, do you want to change?
Priya - actually feeling very tired aur waise bhi bohot raat ho gayi hain toh...
Ram - okay, u go to sleep I just come back, with this Ram came to changing room and Priya laid on the bed, as she was soo tired, the moment she closed her eyes she drifted into sleep. Ram came out changing in kurta pajama and found Priya is sleeping peacefully. He came to the bed and watched her for moment, she was looking absolutely beautiful in this attire, Ram didn't understand but he was drawn towards her, for moments he watched her and then came on his side and lied down and closed his eyes.
Sun peeped into their room and found the two tired souls sleeping peacefully in each others vicinity, so much so that Ram's breath was falling on Priya's forehead. After some moments Priya lazily opened her eyes, she couldn't see anything initially then slowly closed her eyes and then opened again. She found herself in total unknown surrounding, she was about to get up when she felt the breath on her skin and looked at the source of it and found her Man sleeping beside her. A lazy smile adorned her lips and she continued to stare at him. She was having the urge of taking his lips in her and sealed it with her love but she controlled herself. Ram was looking indeed cute in his sleeping position. Priya remembered when she first saw him sleeping in Amritsar above her after that night. He hugged her tightly that night and slept in that position, remembering that incident Priya's face blushed in red. She badly wanted to feel him now but their relation doesn't permit that closeness. She closed her eyes and remembered what Ram said her yesterday night. A small lone tear escaped her eyes and she promised herself that one day she will make him, her. She carefully came out from the bed without creating any noise or disturbances and came in the changing room, she took necessary items and came to washroom. She took her shower and came to changing room. She took out her bathrobe and started wearing her saree. She wore her saree and came to the dresser. She combed her hair and put a small bindi on her forehead, put kohl in her eyes; she put her sindoor on her maang and looked her reflection on mirror. Priya was looking very beautiful in this red saree, it perfectly fitted with her get up. She was about to come out from changing room when Ram came in, looking at her in this get up, he was mesmerized by her beauty, Priya was looking very elegant and beautiful.
Priya - good morning
Ram reciprocated her and came to the washroom.
It was almost 8 in the morning when Ram and Priya came to Priya's house. All were waiting for them, as it was plan that Kapoors, Shergills will have breakfast with Mishra's and then bidaai will be done. Ram was wearing a cream colour kurta payjama. When both came to Priya's house Shipraji came and did the arathi to them and then both enter the house. Kapoors and Shergills were already there and they were waiting for RaYa. Priya came and touched the feet of her elders along with Ram. Neha and Natasha came and hugged her.
Neha asked Priya in her ears, fatty ne kal raat zyada taang toh nahi kiya na?
Priya blushed and smiled and nodded her head.
Now along with RaYa all sat for breakfast. Shipraji has made all of Priya's favourite dish in breakfast and she was sitting beside her and was making her eat from her hands. It was very emotional but a mother is like that only. Unke liye apni bachhon se barker aur kuch nahi hain. All enjoyed the breakfast and now it was turn to leave. But before that Priya wanted to visit her home, she came upstairs and was very emotional entering the home. Isi ghar me uska janam hua tha, isi ghar me usne zindagi ke anmol 10 saal guzaare hain, ma papa ki yaadein judi huyi hain iss ghar se, isi angaan me usne khela hain Karthik ke saath, kitni raatein yehi, isi jhule pe beyth ke bitayi hain, padai khatam karke laut aane ke baad usne iss ghar ko apne tareeko se sajaya tha, har ek cheez me uski ma papa ki yaadein hain, Priya sab ko chhu kar mehsoos kar rahi thi, har deewar pe apne haath ko brush kar rahi thi, maano jaise yeh sab kuch chhuthnewala ho, sab neeche uska intezaar kar rahe the, toh tabhi Neha upar aati hain aur dekhti hain Priya ko, woh uske paas ati hain and she kept her hand on her shoulder, Priya turned to her and said,
Priya - kitna ajeeb hain na Neha, aaj mera sab kuch chhuth raha hain, jis ghar me pali bari wahi aangan chhuth raha hain, mera ghar mujhse...she couldn't finish her words and burst into cry. Neha hugged her tightly, took her in her embrace and slowly started to pat her back while comforting her. In the mean time Shipraji also came up and very softly said,
Shipraji - Priya, bidaai ka waqt ho gaya hain beta, chal, actually Shipraji was trying hard to compress her feeling but she also couldn't.
Pehele hi Priya ne apna sara saman pack kar ke rakhha tha and now that was also kept in the car. Neha made Priya to came downstairs along with them Shipraji also came and now bidaai was done. Priya cried hugging Shipraji, but she was making her comfortable. Sudhirji blessed her and said,
Sudhirji - beta, iss ghar ke keys hamesha tere paas rahenge, tu jab bhi ana chahegi ya rehna chahegi, reh sakti hain, yeh ghar tera hi rahega.
Priya hugged him tightly. Karthik came and hugged her and both shed tears for some moments. Finally that time has come, Sudhirji came to Ram and said,
Sudhirji - Ram beta, Priya ne bachhpan se bohot saaha hain, pariwaar ke pyaar ke liye tarasti rahi hain, koshish karna woh pyaar dene ki taaki uski woh khaalipan dur ho sake, main janta hoon tum usse bohot khush rakhhoge aur pyaar bhi karoge, agar usse koi bhool ho jaye toh samjha dena usse, meri beti dil ki bohot saaf hain, uske dil me sab ke liye bohot pyaar hain kabhi usko niraadar mat karna.
Hearing this Krishnaji came and said, samdhiji aap befiqr rahiye, main wada karti hoon Priya ki koi bhi niraadar mere ghar nahi hogi, woh hamari ghar ki badi bahu ke roop me aa rahi hain lekin hain toh meri beti hi, aur beti par ma haq bhi hota hain toh usi haq se woh uss ghar me rahegi.
After all these they get into the car and all waved them good bye. RaYa were alone in the car toh puri raasta yeh dono ek dusre se kuch nahi kahan, Ram was driving and Priya was staring on the road but Ram could feel Priya was crying as he could see her wiping her eyes.
Both came to Kapoor Mansion. Before they came, rest of the family came back and prepared the arrangement for grihapravesh. As soon as RaYa entered Kapoor Mansion, Krishnaji came with the thali and did the arathi and then that rice kalsh ceremony. Priya dipped her feet in that alatha water and placed her first step in this house. All these while she put her pallu on her head and she was looking more beautiful now. After the rasms got over, Neha dragged her and came to Ram's room.
Neha - aaj se officially yeh karma tumhara bhi hain.
Though Priya came into this room previously but she was feeling shy now.
Neha - Priya, yeh ghar aur iss ke log tumhare aapne hain, kabhi bhi aapne aap ko akela mat samajhna, hum sab hain tumhare saath. Yeh ghar jitna fatty ka hain utna hi tumhara bhi hain.
Priya - main janti hoon Neha.
Neha - toh bas aaj ke baad iss aankhon me koi aansoo nahi ayega, aur agar aya toh uska jawab fatty ko dena parega, samjhe aap, said this while looking at Ram who was entering in his room.
Ram being confused as he didn't hear the conversation so said, ab maine kya kiya hain?
Neha - abhi tak kuch kiya nahi lekin agar aaj ke baad Priya ke aankhon me ek bhi aansoo aye toh tu dekh lena, yeh sirf meri bhabhi hi nahi meri dost bhi hain, aur isse koi chhot pohaunchaye yeh main bardasht nahi karungi.
Neha, saying this left both of them in the room and came downstairs. Ram and Priya were standing in the room facing each other. Priya was feeling awkward as everything to her is new here, though she came here once but still, now she is the bahu of this family and moreover she has become Mrs. Ram Kapoor, which is still a dream for her. Ram was watching her and then said,
Ram - make yourself comfortable, agar kuch chahiye toh bol do
Priya - nahi kuch nahi chahiye, bas main theek hoon.
Ram - tumhara sara samaan aa gaya hain, so you can keep your things in the cupboard. There is a cupboard in the changing room, come I will show you, saying this he came in the room, Priya followed him. The changing room is the adjacent room of this master bedroom and bathroom is attached with it. The changing room too have a dresser and a full wall to wall cupboard is there. Ram came near to the cupboard and opened its right part and said,
Ram - this entire portion is yours, u can utilize it as own wish, saying they both came out from the room.
Ram turned to her and said, Priya, ab hum pati patni hain par main tumhe kuch kehna chahta hoon, Priya looked at him, Ram continued, dekho mujhe bachhpan se hi privacy pasand hain, mere cheezon par ya mere zindagi me koi dakhal de yeh mujhe na manzoor hain, tum meri biwi ho par iska matlab yeh nahi tum bhi mere sab cheezon me dakhal dogi, I need my privacy and freedom, maine tumhe peheli bhi kahan hain aur abhi bhi keh raha hoon na main tumhare mamlon ke dakhal dunga aur na tum meri zindagi me, tumhe jaise jeena hain jee sakti ho, yeh shaadi mere liye sirf ek compromise hain isi liye don't expect anything from this, hum dono pati patni toh bann gaye par uss rishte ko main nibha nahi payunga, hum dono ke beech kabhi bhi kuch nahi hoga, yeh rishta sirf ek naam ka hi rahega, gharwalon ke samne aur duniya ke liye tum meri patni ho lekin hum dono ek dusre ke liye ek dost se zyada kuch nahi honge, he paused for some times and then said, tumhe shayad yeh sab sunnke bohot bura lag raha hain but I didn't want to hide my feelings from you, you have that right to know, specially when you are also part of this.
Priya listened to him, she was suppressing her emotions badly, though she knew all these but still, so she said, Mr. Kapoor, aap befiqr rahiye, meri taraf se aapko kabhi bhi koi disturbances nahi hogi, I promise that.
Ram - thank you Priya for understanding me, and yes agar kabhi bhi kuch bhi problem ho ya tumhe kuch chhahiye toh bejhijak mujhe bol dena, after all we are friends, so its a deal, said this while forwarding his hand for shake.
Priya looked at him, gave a feeble smile and took his hand in shake and said, Deal.
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