"so sonia aunty. mein aapko appke case ke progress ke bare mein bataoonga k. mere paas apka no. hai….par who…par woh aapke aur sumeet ahuja ke ghar ka no. hai" uv said stammering. he wanted ashi's no. more than anything else in the world! yes, he knew tht she was engaged, but he jus wanted to meet her, thts all! he consoled his yearnin heart wid such arguments. "teekh hai beta, tum yaha ka no. bhi rakhlo, woh, if im here in case u kno" sonia said sighing. she knew tht she couldn't fight wid fate. "thnxx aunty"
rrrrringgggg!!! "hello, tia?" "haan, tia hai, aap??" "hey tia! it's uv" "o hi uv, kaho.." "nahi woh mein bas, woh mein bas, ashi se baat karna chahta tha" "ashi….woh kya hai na uv, she's nt at home, tia kho bhi pata nahi khi who kaha pe hai, shayad woh shayad woh shopping gayi!" tia said, sayin the best excuse according to her. "tia, tum teekh tho ho naa. ashi n shopping?? gv me a break! ok thn agar woh ghar pe nahi hai tho koi baat nahi, I'll call up l8er, k, bye" "bye uv"
"whew!! woh uv bhi na" tia said aloud. "kya uv timbo?" ashi asked raising her eyebrow. y on earth was tia spikin about uv?? "nahi ashi woh bas, uv ne phone kiya tha, usse laga tha ki sonia aunty is at home" tia said quickly.
"hey bhaggu! yeh uv bhi na! is janm mein sudrega nahi!" ashi said smiling fondly at the memory of her uv. bt d ring on her finger caused her smile to freeze.
after an hour or so, the phone rang again……"hello?" "hi ashi" said a soft voice. "kaun uv??" "of course wacko! tho tum kaisi ho" "uv hi! mein teekh hoo, bas tumhara call nahi expect kar rahi thi" ashi said. her heart was beating so wildly tht she felt sure tht he wud hear her heartbeats. "tho..kyun phone kiya" ashi said a lil too chirpily. "woh bas aisi hai. nahi akcheli I was hoping ki v cud go out 4 dinner 2morrow night" "we???" "I mean u me, tia n ranvir dude, u kno d "awesome 4some as v were called"
"o ok, I'll check wid tia n let u kno later." ashi said disappointed a bit tht he dint want to meet only her alone, bt thn cheered up a bit realisin tht she wud finally meet him again……well ofcourse, it was jus a small friendly thing which wud'nt change anything between her n neal..bt still..she sighed…
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
