Chapter 6
Pratigya reached home to see lots of people crowded around her parent's house. She guessed they were neighbours trying to peep at the new girl. She stopped and adored the house. Its beautiful😛. She didn't remember her old house, but seen it in pictures. This wasn't a house, it was a mansion.
She met dadi at the steps. She hugged her; dadi had gone old, wearing an off white sari and had a black long walking stick. Dadi was quite short compared to her, especially since she had to bend over slightly because of her bad back.
"Pratigya beta aagayi, accha hua....ab ghar ka sab kaam kar sakti ho, me to bechari buddi, kuch kar nahi sakti"
Wow Dadi was direct...no hi, hello, Namaste...seedhe kaam par...I thought is ghar pe naukar hai...oh ye dadi is a bit old school...she thinks the women of the house should work, while men earned the money. Times have changed now dadi.
"Ha Dadi me sab kaam kar lugi tum fikar mat karna" she smiled and invited me in
"jao ab pehle aaram karo, phir baad me baat karte he"
"Nahi ek minute"....her mum came from inside with a pooja ki thaali (note:i don't know if i got it right, i dont know what they call it..Sorry no offence to anyone). Pratigya wasn't very religious, and didn't like all this.
"Maa ye sab kya hai, rehne do😕" And she tried to step inside.
"Nahiii pratigya, ruko...Please" Her mum was begging her, looking sad.
The neighbours were peeking in whispering louder than ever, just because Pratigya refused the pooja ki thali. Omg so nosey , seriously? They are trespassing and no one is saying anything! Weird!😕
"Gosh mum, fine theek he...jaldi karo" Her mum then smiled and started doing what she was best at. Pratigya looked bored throughout
She entered the house, and was told her room was upstairs on the left. The house looks even beautiful inside. She entered her room and jumped in to the bed for a good night's sleep.
The past day has been the longest, with that idiot khadoos ladka...then everything else...if one day is like this how am I going to spend the rest of my life here?
And with that question on her mind Pratigya went to sleep, dreaming about a certain someone.
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Pratigya woke up next morning, thinking she was in her dorm room in London, "shreyaaaa, wake up.....oh oops!" 😳
She realised that she wasn't in her dorm room anymore, she was in fact back in India in her parent's house, in her own room, lying on her bed. It seems totally weird being here. This was her first night over here in her own parent's home. She felt like crying, but before she could, someone knocked on her door. She went to open it, it was her mum.
"Pratigya, uth gayi beta....jaldi se tayyaar hojao"
"Kyu mamma, kidhar jana hai?"
"Ha tumhare papa ne sab rishtedaro ko bulaya he shaam ko, to aaj shopping jana hai, kuch salwar kameez/sari dilane he...tumhare pasand ki"
Pratigya looked confused, "lekin kyu😕?" She didn't understand.
Naina looked at her closely at Pratigya, like she lost her common sense😳, "tumse milne, aur waja kya ho sakti he?...abhi 21 years me kisi se bhi nahi mili, to papa introduce karna chahte he, tumhare liye accha rahega future me😊"
Why?! Future?? Papa bhi na! Yaha pe akele hi rehna theek he😡...oh god I miss shreya😭! Pratigya thought!
However she didn't want to upset Naina, she smiled and said, "theek he me tayyaar ho kar aati hu"
Naina left and Pratigya closed the door and leaned against it...maybe it won't be that bad.......who am I kidding? Everything has changed
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So finally Pratigya has reached home? what did you think?
Watch out for tomorrow's next 2 chapters😛
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