My first OS... Saath part 5 updated (page 8) - Page 5

i want gopi to look in her old bedroom nd parents room

coming up next... 😉

After their lunch, Jeetubhai made sure chirag and parag were comfortable on their couch and then he came in... baa and nani were chatting with jigar and ahem... rest of the ladies also joined them in the hall... Jeetubhai came in and spoke to all "baa, naniji, kokilaben, hetalben... would you be interested in seeing the rest of the house... ?"

hetal replied excitedly "ha ha jeetubhai zaroor... mujhe to bada maan kar raha hai iss ghar aur ghar ki cheezee dekhne ka... kyun baa, masi " baa replied "ha gopi chalo hame apna ghar dikhao... " jigar joined in "ha mummy ghar bahut accha hai... main ek aur baar dekhna chahta hun... chalo na bhai hum bhi chalte hain... " he pulled ahem also along...

everyone followed jeetubhai who took them on tour... urmila couldnt resist herself she also followed them... after looking everything down they reached upper level which had bedrooms and patio... jeetubhai showed them around and requested them to enter a special room... it looked like a master bedroom... it had a lovely wooden bed and artistic furniture... the room had paintings and frameworks on walls which appeared to be handmade...jeetubhai informed everyone this was his sister's and brother-in-law's bedroom... kokila and hetal were amazed to see the room... urmila's eyes as usual popped out seeing the ambiance...

ahem was looking aroung when his eyes got fixed on a beautiful painting of kanhaji decorated with colored stones... he questioned "gopi this piece is very beautiful... do you remember anyhting about this.." gopi replied "ji ahemji maa had made this with her own hands... maa was very good at painting, creating decoratives pieces, embroidery etc... she was a good singer too " nani immediately spoke "and gopi you seem to have inherited all her qualities too... !!!" just then jigar pointed towards tea coaster set made of colorful beads "gopi bhabhi yeah kitna pyara hai.." gopi replied "devarji yeah bhi maa ne hatho se banaya tha..., devarji aap ko bahot pasand aaya? " jigar replied "ha bhabhi this is stunning... " gopi said exictedly "devarji, when we go back please carry this with you and place it on your office desk..." jigar was happy "thank you very much bhabhi... " gopi smiled back... ahem felt proud...

suddenly jigar started looking at a photoframe that was placed on the side table next to the bed intently "bhabhi... is this you in this photo... " everyone moved in that direction... gopi saw the picture and shyly looked down "ji devarji this is me.." ahem took a close look he couldn't control his laughter "gopi you are wearing a frock and you have two pony tails... you look so different.. " and continued laughing...

jigar also couldnt hide his laughter any more...soon jeetubhai, baa and nani also laughed... gopi made a puppy face and looked at ahem... he tried to stop but couldnt... kokila came to gopi's defend... "ahem, jigar... yeh kya... gopi vahu must have been around 5 years old when this picture would have been taken... so naturally 5 year old girl would wear frock...dont you remember your sister kinjal... even she used to wear frocks..." rashi faked an anger "kakiji sahi to keh rahi hai... ahemjiju jigarji whats so funny about it... when you guys were young even you must have worn shorts... and more over " she went over to gopi and placed her arm on her shoulder and held gopi's chin " gopi looks so cute in this picture... look at her chubby cheeks.." gopi up and said "rashiben... aap bhi !!" everyone laughed again...

jeetubhai was taking out something from his pockets... urmila was looking at him curiously... he removed a bunch of keys, walked upto the cupboard... he called for gopi "gopi beta yaha aao... " everyone turned towards jeetubhai... gopi went to her mama "ji mamaji"... "yeh lo gopi beta, iss almaari mein tumhare maa bauji ki kuch yaade hai... dekh lai sab... its all yours now" he handed over the keys to gopi... gopi opened the cupboard and turned emotional to see her mom's belongings... she started caressing her hands over things inside and touched her mom's sarees... she was overwhemled to see them...how much she had missed all this over years... she removed a few and showed to her maaji.. "maaji see my mom's saree.. look at this one she had done all the embroidery on her own...i remember it very well.." "goppi vahu this is indeed very pretty... infact all of them are still in good condition i think you should take some of them along with you to rajkot.. " kokila replied "really maaji can i ?" said gopi expectantly, kokila smiled and nodded, Gopi spoke happily "maaji thank you soo much.." baa and nani were sitting on the bed, baa smiled and said "areey gopi beta, tumahare maa ki to kitni sari cheeze hai jo accha hai.. mujhe dikh raha hai... to sab le jayegi to tere kamare main ek aur almaari lani padegi.. "

gopi went into thinking mode... and was about to say something... ahem saw her and spoke immediately "no problem baa... we will arrange a larger wardrobe.. gopi you can take as much you want" he looked at the saree that gopi was holding ... jigar was observing ahem !! ahem liked the saree very much because... it was his favourite green color.!!!!... gopi smiled back to ahem, she kept the saree on her shoulder to see...

she offered rashi and kinjal to pick some for them... kinjal denided saying she doesnt wear sari and even if she takes it will be unused... rashi was very happy with gopi but instead of choosing herself she said "gopi why dont you pick one for me.. i know you have very good taste and you know very well what would suit me.. " jigar smiled on hearing rashi... atleast she looked that she was changing... gopi picked two for her sister... gopi then asked her maaji and kakiji to take some.. urmila's mouth opened wide again... kokila and hetal denied, hetal said "gopi beta... yeh sab tumhare maa ki amaanat hai and you should be using it... " gopi replied "but kakiji.." kokila interrupted "gopi vahu motabhabhi theek keh rahe hai... you should be using it... thats a different thing that you share it with rashi or kinjal.. we have no issues.."

gopi then looked at urmila "mamiji aap bhi kuch... le lijiye.. " urmila was just waiting for this chance and was about to move forward... when kokila spoke "areey gopi vahu kya tum bhi...dekho to sahi your mami has stopped wearing this saree and all... you see she is a lacspati now !!! so she is only going to wear jeans and tops... and western outfits... kem urmilaben ??" everyone looked down and covered their mouths, they couldn't control their laughter... baa and nani too mocked looking at urmila... it then struck to urmila what a fool she had mad of herself by wearing this stuff and come here... now she had to hold her status so she politely denied "nahi gopi mujhe kuch nahi chahiye.. "

gopi turned to kokila "maaji main soch rahi thi ke iss main se kuch leelaben aur meethiben ko bhi dungi and some we will donate to needy... right na maaji " kokila smiled and said "ekdam theek gopi vahu" jigar spoke "par bhabhi woh green wali to aap hi rakhna aapko suit karegi... kyon bhai... " he looked at ahem... both ahem and gopi looked at each other and blushed...

jeetubhai pointed towards a box and asked gopi to get it... gopi removed a beautiful wooden box with carvings... urmila's eyes got even more widder... jeetubhai asked her to open it...when she opened there were some of her mom's jewellery... all delicate and unique in design... jeetubhai turned towards kokila "kokilaben... ever since gopi was born, my sister had started collecting stuff for gopi's marriage.. she was very enthusiastic about it.. she got all these ornaments made one by one, by saving her money... i just gave a few to gopi during her marriage.. (he looked at urmila angrily)... and rest are here.." looking at all this ahem thought that gopi's parents were not very very rich but gopi was still their little princess... fate had its part to play and gopi went to live from princess to servant...she had seen all from riches to rags in her young age... his heart pained at this thought...

gopi opened the box and everyone looked at her mother's collection... she gave rashi beautiful pair of earings and pendant that would match with one of the sari that she just gave...kinjal was standing close to ahem and kokila, gopi came close and gave kinjal a pair of bangles from the box with exquisite design... she said slowly "gopi bhabhi they are very nice but please can i take that chain i like it more... " she pointed to a chain, gopi was happy that this time kinjal took something " ha ha kinjalben take whatever you like..." she readily gave away her the chain... kinjal thanked her "thankyou bhabhi... and those bangles you should keep for yourself they will go well with that expensive necklace of yours..." she mentioned abt 5L necklace unknowingly... but ahem felt something about it... gopi looked down and went over to hetal, she pleaded

hetal and her maaji to pick something but they denied again... jigar was touched with gopi's behavior he couldnt control himself and said "gopi bhabhi, aap ka dil sach mein bahot bada hai.. "and now it was urmila's turn... gopi called for her... "mamiji pick something for you too..." before she finished kokila again came near and took the box from gopi's hand and said " arrey gopi bahu tum phirse bhool gayi... tumhari mamiji aab lacspati hai woh yeah purane zevar thodi pehenegi... woh to sirf designer jewellery hi pehenti hai... tumhe yaad nahi makar sankranti ke din woh kitna accha designer set pehen ke aayi thi modi bhavan.. " !!! urmila smiled back and said she didnt want anything... she looked down and started muttering to herself...gopi felt sorry for her mami but couldnt dare to go against her maaji too...

Urmila spoke to hetal "motiben maine to kabhi gopi aur rashi mein farq nahi kiya, but see what i get... i dont know why rashi's papa was hidding all this from me, i have treated gopi and dhaval like my own child...see how well i treat dhaval and kinjal... i see to it that they never have any troubles... main to use apne sage bete jaisa hi manti houn..." kokial got furious and replied "urmilaben jeetubhai ne jo socha woh bhi to galat nahi tha... aap itna bura kyon maan rahi hain... jiski cheez thi usse mil gayi.. aap ko to kush hona chahiye... aur rahi dhavalkumar ki baat aap ne ekdam theek kaha ki aap dhavalkumar ko bete jaisa manti hai... par dhavalkumar bhi to aap to ghar ke kharch mein madad karte hai.. kyun hai na?? ane beeji vaat agar aap dhavalkumar ko bete jaisa hi manti hai aur unki mushkilo mein madad karna chahati hai to ek kaam kyun nahi karti... humne jo dhavalkumar to 5L rupiye diye hai, woh aap hame apni lottery ke paise se wapis kar dijiye... dhavalkumar bhi booj se mukt ho jaaenge...kyun theek hai na..." urmila's face was a sight to see... she felt as if she had fallen flat on her face... she was dumbstruck, her tongue was caught between her teeths...here nani and baa were whispering something... urmila now got to her toes, she fumbled "na na vevanji woh kuch paise to maine dhaval aur kinjal ke liye hi bacha ke rakhe hai... " and couldnt think of anything else so suddenly she said "i need to drink some water i will be back.. " she was leaving the room, just then baa got up and said "urmila tu niche ja rahi hai na, to mujhe bhi le chal zara... " baa got up, winked at nani and left with urmila...

hetal said she will go down and see if chirag or parag needs something... jigar also accompanied her... nani asked kokila if she would like to sit with her in the patio and both left... in the room gopi, ahem and kinjal were present... kinjal was also about to leave when ahem stopped her..."ek minute kinjal zara yaha aana... " "ji bhai..." kinjal replied...ahem came straight to the point "kinjal tum gopi ke uss necklace ke bare mein itni acche se kaise jaanti ho... " kinjal answered" koun sa necklace bhai... aap kiss ki baat kar rahe ho..." ahem questioned again "wohi, EXPENSIVE wala necklace... jo 5 lakh ka hain) "... gopi got a shock why was her ahemji asking about it suddenly and that too why was he asking kinjal... kinjal got scared now... "wo... wo... bhai maine dekha tha ... bhabhi ne dekhaya tha... " ahem got angry "kinjal, gopi had not shown to anyone till i came home... and with just one glance how do you remember it so well, kinjal i want to hear the truth and only truth... and you will tell me NOW, was that you who had ordered for this necklace... " he held kinjal's both arms and shook her "speak kinjal...before i loose my patience... " kinjal screamed back " yes... yes it was me who had ordered it... i told you before too i was trying to help you out by keeping gopibhabhi away from you... i thought you will be mad at her and leave her... "

ahem clenched his teeth and was about to slap kinjal but gopi came between stopping ahem... he was furious "gopi please move aside... how could you kinjal... how could you... i was mad at rashi and her mom for causing all the troubles... but you too... my own sister... you never even thought once " he was broken... "oh god.. what have you done kinjal...i cant trust my own sister too..." he was almost in tears...kinjal tried to console "i told you bhai i was trying to help you... ok i am sorry for what i did... i did that in the past... aur aap gopi bhabhi ki itni fikr kyoun karte ho... " ahem got even more angry now and said " kyun ki mujhe uski parwah hai... bahot parwah hai... (because i care for her... i care a lot for her)... but you will never understand it..." gopi was stunned to hear this from ahem... she just kept looking at him... she couldnt believe if she heard it right... !!! kinjal was shocked to hear ahem too... it was then she realised that her bhai seems to be changing towards gopi now..."kinjal you will apologize to gopi now.. "ahem demanded... kinjal with teary eyes looked at gopi and said "gopibhabhi i am sorry for what i did... i really repent for my act... please forgive me" gopi too in tears replied "koi baat nahi kinjalben jo hua so hua... bhul jaaiye... " kinjal left the room... ahem was now angry at gopi and thought what is this girl made of... how can she forgive kinjal so easily..."yeah kya gopi tumne itni jaldi usse maaf kar diya...?" "ahemji jane dijiye... it was in the past, apno se kya naraazgi... aur maine to sazaa bhi bhugat li hain.."

gopi got punished because of kinjal's dirty work'... he chocked "gopi... please forgive me..." gopi consoled him... "please forget it ahemji... i have forgotten long back...aap..." dhaval just entered..."ahembhai aap ko niche bula rahe hai... gopi tum bhi aao jeetufua bula rahe hai..." both stopped talking and walked down with dhaval...

here nani was sitting with kokila in the patio overlooking the frontyard of house... she knew that kokila was uneasy and something was bothering her... nani striked the conversation "kokila kitni sunder jagah hai na... mujhe to ghar bahot pasand aaya..." kokila replied "ji ha maa... bahot sundar aur shaant jahah hai"... nani questioned "par tere maan kyoun ashaant hai kokila" kokila tried to smile and said "nahi maa aisi to koi baat nahi... maybe i am a bit tired..." nani questioned again "kokila apni maa se tu jhooth nahi bol sakti... tu thak gai hai ya tujhe lagta hai ke tu haar gai hai..."main kiss se harungi maa..." kokila answered... nani looked at her and said "gopi se..." kokila was stunned to hear this... "yeah aap kya keh rahi hai maa.." nani replied "theek keh rahi hun kokila, tu ahem aur gopi ko leke pareshaan hai... you probably hadnt thought that ahem will get close to gopi without much of your help right? ek baat bata...tu kya soch ke gopi ko iss ghar mein lai thi... tu gopi ko sirf teri bahu banake lai thi...par tu bhul gayi ke gopi pehle ahem ki patni bani tab woh teri bahu bani... tujhe ahem ke liye biwi nahi chahiye thi... tu apne liye aisi bahu lai jo hamesha tere kehne pe chale... jaisa tu chahe waisa kare... all you wanted was a goodlooking DIL but not a life partner for ahem.. why did you get ahem married at the first place, you would have told me, i would have got a good looking housemaid for you and ahem..." kokila got confused and said "nahi maa aisa nahi hai..." nani questioned again... "if thats not the case then why do you hesitate when they are together... dont you trust ahem and gopi...they know your importance in their lives... wo dono to tujhe palko pe bithaa ke rakhte hai...tujhe puche bagair kuch nahi karte...kahi dekhe hai aaj ke zamane mein aise bete aur bahu... tu khud gopi jaise heere to chhant ke lai thi aur tu khud uski keemat bhul gai (you yourself found a gem like gopi and you yourself forgot her value)...you will always be ahem's mom and no one can ever take that place.. you have spent your entire time moulding his life and helped him shape his career... but thats the cycle of life... when you were young i had spent my time and energy too to look after you... tomorrow when ahem will have his kids he would so the same for them... so why boast about it... whatever you did, you did for your own son and that's natural...ahem was always a sincere kid he has never let you down... so why are you being insecure... your role in his life was till he got married ... now its his wife's right to be with him...after all they are going to spend their entire life together... you will not be with them till the end... if ahem will sit for any hawan or pooja (ceremony or ritual) he will be asked to sit with his wife and not mom...

sach kahun to tune usse ek machine banaya tha... gopi ke SAATH se woh insaan bann ne ki koshish kar raha hai... maine itna bada badlav ahem mein kabhi nahi dekha... uska jigar se baatein karna...baki ghar walo ke saath uthna baithna... gopi ki oore dekhna... yeah sari cheeze maine ahem to karte pehele nahi dekha...unn dono ke beech mein koi tanav nahi dikh raha...ahem ki nazare har waqt gopi ko dhoondati hai... "

kokila interrupted "par ma main ahem ko hamesha kamiyaab banaana chaahti thi... uske papa jaisa nahi... " nani mocked at kokila "wohi to kokila jo tune apne pati mein nahi paya woh tu apne bete mein dhoondati rahi...you wanted ahem to get successful and earn fame, name for you... tell me one thing what is the point in reaching the tree top and sit there alone... will you prefer to stay grounded and be with your family or sit there alone with all the fame.. at the end of the day you will also look forward to be with your family, spend time with them and just be yourself... this name, money, pride, fame also comes with luck... tomorrow if its not going to be in your fate you will never get it ... do you see leelaben and rambhai down there... according to me they are more happy then ahem and gopi because they are together... you have heard from jeetubhai what they have been through... since they were always together...they could survive through their lives... apno ka saath bahot maaine rakhta hai kokila... tu paragkumar se hamsha iss liye naraaz rehti hain kyon ki woh chiragbhai ki tarah kamiyaab nahii... par tune kabhi unko samaj ne ki koshish ki... beta aisa zaroori to nahi ke har koi business karna ya sambhalna pasand kare... unka man shuru se kavita or geeto main raha hai... aur duniya mein kala (art) ka ek mahatva (importance) hai... apna sthaan hai... kala ke bina yeah duniya berangi ko jayegi... you never showed any interest in that... so you dont like it...aab tak ahem ki zindagi mein tere alava koi nahi tha...aab jab woh gopi ki taraf jhuk raha hai to tujhe mushkil ho rahi hai... aaj tak tu ahem ke saabse kareeb rahi hai... iss liye gopi ke saath ahem ka waqt guzaarna tujhe takleef de raha hain.. apni dil se saarre darr aur heechkichahat nikal de ki ahem behek jayega... ahem suljah hua aur zeemedaar ladka hai... itni choti si umar mein unse modi industries ko unchaiyo pe pahucha diya hai...uss mein to intni taakat aur heemmat hai ke woh patther se bhi pani nikal ke layega... he knows how to balance his life... gopi uska hamesha saath degi... uska aage badne ka hosala banegi rukavat nahi... issi liye kehti hun ahem ki fikr karna chod de..."

kokila calmed down a bit... she felt lighter... nani pointed her down where everyone was present... ahem and jigar were talking... gopi and mama were talking to their old neighbours... they were very happy to see gopi here after a long time... they felt happy for gopi that she was married and settled in a nice family... ahem was standing far from gopi... but never missed looking at her inbetween his talks with jigar... it was difficult for him to hold back...

nani spoke again "kokila gopi ki khoobiya se tu vakif hai... usse se koi naraaz ya door nahi reh sakta... uski mami ko chod ke... usne tujhe to bhi apni saas se maa bana diya hai... tu bhi to usse apni beti manti hai... hai na??" kokila nodded... nani continued "tabhi to tu hamesha gopi to apni behen aur mami se bachati aaii hai... aab jab woh ahem ke kareeb aa rahi hai... to aaisa hone de... tere kehne pe ek baar ahem apna pyar kho chuka hai... tere kehne pe peeche hatt gaya tha... lekin iss bar ahem nahi ruk payega... usse bagavat karne pe majboor mat karna... (you dont want him to turn rebel)... ahem gopi ki aur kheecha ja raha hai...jaanti hai kyun... kyun ki gopi ne uski ROOH ko chu liya hai... (gopi has touched his soul)... unki roohe ek ho chuki hai... ahem khud nahi jaan paya ke woh gopi se pyar karne laga hai... bas aab sirf uska mann, dil aur jism iss baat ko sweekar kar le... (its just matter of time that his heart, mind and body accepts her)... i can foresee pure eternal love blossoming between them... dono ne apna bachpan gawa diya hai...jee lene de ahem aur gooi ko unki zindagi...

aab ahem gopi se naraaz ya door nahi reh payega... dekh zara gopi kitni khush rehne lagi hai... nikhar rahi hai woh... phool ki tarah khilne lagi hai... unn dono ke iss mod pe unka saath dena, dewaar mat ban jana... tere saath se unko apni dooriyan kam karne mein aasani hogi... apne saare darr nikal de... khushi khushi dono ke rishte to apna... baki to tu bhi samajdar hai kokila bas main itna hi kehna chahti hun... " nani kept a loving hand on kokila's head... kokila now had tears in her eyes... her mom had washed all her fears out... she felt more relaxed now...she squeezed her mom's hands into her's and composed herself "maa... aapka bohot bohot shukriya... apne mere saare darr mita diye... main thoda kho gai thi... par aab main apne bete aur bahu to ek dekhna chahungi.."

nani replied "mujhe tumse yehi umeed thi beta... chal aab niche chalte hai... " both nani and kokila came down in the front yard... rashi had brought tea for everyone with some snacks...her gestures were impressing kokila too... though she wasnt convinced that she has changed completely...

immediately and asked "mom aap theek hai na... koi pareshani to nahi" nani looked at kokila and laughed "dekha kokila.. ahem hamesha tera hi beta rahega aur tu hamesha uski maa..." kokila smiled and placed a caring hand on ahem's cheek "ahem beta main theek hun... aab chinta ki koi baat nahi"... she smiled back at nani... and felt proud of his son...ahem turned towards chirag as he was calling him... but he was a bit amused by his mom, he couldnt understand her what she meant by those words... here chirag was asking jiar and ahem if everyone was interested in going out for a stroll... they might just check the market and explore the town... all men agreed and jigar was jumping around, he ran towards the ladies...the ladies were asked... who promptly agreed to...

hetal excitedly said "ha ha chalo.. fresh hoke kapde badal ke chalte hai..." she turned to kokila and said " kokila kuch der pehle jigar ke papa aur baki keh rahe the ke aaj raat khane mein saab halka fulka pasand karenge... leelaben aur meethi ko kya kehna hai " ... rashi was standing there and said "mummyji kakiji... main kuch suggest karu... aaj raat khane mein pulav aur dahi kaisa rahega... " hetal looked at kokila...they both agreed... gopi, standing there was thinking about something... "maaji kakiji... main bhi kuch kahu... pulav ke saath thodi kadi bhi banane to kehte hai...jise dahi chahiye woh dahi lega jise kadhi chahiye woh kadi..." everyone agreed to it... "kokila main ja ke leelaben aur meethi se keh deti hun... rambhai se keh ke woh baazar se dahi mangva lenge..." hetal moved towards kitchen... kokila, gopi and rashi went upstairs to change clothes and get ready... when they reached kokila excused herself to get her clothes...

"rashiben yeah aap kya kar rahi hai.." gopi asked... "chup ek dam chup koi sun lega... " rashi replied... kokila heard someone's noise and came after them...here once in the room rashi made gopi stand in front of her and looked at her intently... gopi got scared "rashiben mujhe maaf kar dijiye... maine kuch nahi kiya... ye ghar aur baki sab cheezo ke bare mein mujhe sach mein nahi pata tha..." kokila had now reached the door... she was facing rashi's back... hence rashi couldnt see her standing... rashi kept her hands on her waist and said "yeah sab kya bol rahi hai gopi" kokila was about to blast rashi... when she saw rashi hugging gopi and gave out a cry..." gopi maafi to mujhe maang ni hai... thats why i got you here... mujhe maaf kar de gopi... maine mummy ki bato main aa kar tere saath aur baki gharwalo ke saath bahot bura kiya hai... i have done some shameful acts that can never be forgiven... when we were young mummy always kept me away from you and poisoned me...but after we grew up i should have realized that it was wrong... i never changed until my marriage was on rocks... how can i ever forget that its because of you i am back in the house...you and jiju were helping me all the while to get close to jigarji... kanahji mujhe kabhi maaf nahi karenge... i want to repent for all my wrong deeds...please give me a chance gopi... i want to change... i want be a better preson and a responsible DIL i want to be your sister again... " she cried her heart out... she held gopi's hands and said... "please forgive me gopi... i will never ever cause you any trouble.. i want to be your elder sister.. who will always care for you and love you... forgive me gopi.." gopi also had tears... she tried to calm down rashi... and wiped her tears "rashiben i always treated you like my own sister... and you will always be...don't talk all this.. you are elder to me...and i will always love you..." she gave her a

sisterly hug both stood like that for a moment... when gopi saw kokila standing and watching them... gopi broked the hug and said "maaji aap yahan... kuch chahiye.." thats when rashi turned and saw kokila she wiped her tears and looked down..."nahi gopi vahu main sirf yeah kehene aaii thi ke tum aaj tumhare maa ki hare rang wali saree peheno... (she paused) aur rashi tum bhi neele rang wali... dono uss mein acchi lagogi..." she gave a smile and left them alone...

quickly everyone got ready and were getting assembled in the frontyard... gopi and rashi were the last ones to come out... ahem was stunned to look at gopi... she looked angelic in that green saree he just couldnt take his eyes off...jigar too was happy to see rashi dressed in light blue saree... they came close towards the family... jigar saw how ahem was in awe of gopi he started teasing them... "areey waah gopi bhabhi aapne to issi waqt green saree pehen li kya baat hai... aap ko kisne bataya ke bhai ko yeah saree bahot pasand aaii thi.. kyun bhai.." ahem and gopi both blushed... ahem mocked anger "jigar bas bhi kar yeah kya bole ja raha hai.. " jigar laughed and said sorry...

jeetubhai suggested that baa and nani should come in the car with driver... rest everyone wanted to walk down... market was at a walkable distance... urmila was standing in a corner completely ignored by everyone..all started to walk and so did urmila... but she was wearing high heels and had difficulty in walking so jeetubhai told her to sit in the car with baa and nani... he also wanted to get rid of her !!! seniors started walking in the front and younger couples followed them... everyone was enjoying this pleasant environment... the market place was pretty with stores and stalls around... baa and nani had joined everyone by now...kokila suddenly stopped at one of stalls went in and come out calling for parag.. "ahem ke papa yaha aaiiye..." parag replied "kya hai kokila" kokila handed him a bowl "yeah lijiye rabdi... " parag was very happy that kokila had got rabdi for him... "jeetubhai bata rahe the yaha ki rabdi bohot acchi hai.. aapko bhi acchi lagti hai na" kokila replied... soon everyone joined in and chirag order for few more rabdis... in between kokila sneeked out and went to the next shop bought something and kept it her purse and came back..."kokila kaha gai thi.." hetal asked... "kahi nahi motabhabhi aisse hi dekh rahi thi.. " kokila replied... next they came across chaat corner, gopi and rashi jumped for it... they were enjoying like little girls on an outing... ahem and jigar were the only ones who didnt have anything.. they were too busy looking and gazing at their beautiful wives that they lost their hunger...

at home dinner was ready and so was everyone to eat... ahem, jigar and dhaval quickly laid out the mats and rashi, kinjal, & gopi got plates... dinner was being served and gopi was serving everyone pulav with either dahi or kadi whatever each asked for... she came to ahem and served him pulav, ahem asked for dahi... she refused by shaking her head and ahem raised his brows "ji yaha thand hai... aur raat ko aap dahi lenge to sardi ho jaeegi... aap kadi lijiye.." gopi pleaded and ahem kept staring... she looked down as she was aware everyone was around... ahem thought how much she cared for me... ahem quickly gave in and had kadi...hetal and kokila looked at each other and smiled so this was the reason gopi had asked leelaben to cook kadi... nani gave a glance to kokila and she smiled back...everyone enjoyed the light dinner and kokila praised rashi for her dinner suggestion in front of all...rashi felt truly happy this time... soon the area was cleaned up and they placed new carpet on the floor for everyone to sit...hetal and kokila made sure that all domestic helpers also had proper dinner... everyone changed to their night dresses and gathered in the hall... parag said that no one was sleepy and they should do something collectively..."main ek sujhav du ahem ke papa..."kokila spoke... "ha bolo kokila" parag replied... "to sab mil ke taash khelte hain..." kokila suggested... "kokila tum yeah keh rahi ho... mujhe to yakin nahi ho raha.. "chirag questioned..."ha motabhai sab chutti manane aaiye hai to thoda maza kar lete hai... kyun motabhabhi " kokila answered... hetal smiled "ha ha kokila... par taash ke patte yaha...(she tuned towards jeetubhai) mera matlab hai jeetubhai yaha ghar mein taash ke patte to nahi honge na... " before jeetubhai could answer.. kokila replied "yaha taash ke paate hai motabhabhi " everyone looked surprised... "main aaj baazar se leke aai hun... aap puch rahi thi na ke main kaha gai thi... main dukan mein se ye le rahi thi.." kokila answered... everyone was shocked to see her saying this... but they were happy too so everyone settled down... kokila suggested that since they were so many people, they would sit in pairs and start the game... younger couples were initially very shy with this idea but eventually agreed...they had no choice no one can oppose kokila modi... !!!

everyone sat with their partners and started playing... the game was on... and so were ahem and gopi... sometimes they would stare at each other... sometimes their shoulders touched...and sometimes their fingers would meet while picking cards... ahem and gopi lost the first game... everyone laughed, they were dumbest of all as none of them had played cards before !!! but their hearts were slowly winning... !!! they continued to play for couple of more games... chatting, teasing and laughing soon everyone wanted to call off for the day...

gopi excused herself and went in the kitchen... here everyone was deciding about the sleeping arrangement... rashi thought of something and came up with an idea... "mummyji kakiji main kuch kahu..." "bolo rashi.." kokila listened to her... rashi said "kakiji aisa karte hai... baa aur naniji yaha niche wale bedroom mein so sakte hai... unke room mein meethi ke liye ek gadda niche laga denge... yaha hall main driver so sakte hai... aur

mummy papa, dhavalbhai aur kinjalben uper jo ek bedroom hai jisme do beds hain waha so lenge... aur hamara pura parivar dosaare bedroom mein so jayenge... woh room bada hai aur uss mein koi bed nahi hai khali hai...hum niche gadde bicha denge... saab aa jayenge uss mein..." she smiled and looked at everyone to get their response... gopi was standing behind and heard this... she got worried and thought 'kanahji yeah rashiben kya bol rahi hai...how will ahemji sleep down on matress... kanahji bacha lena aaj... ahemji will be mad hearing this... last time he had agreed to this since there was no other option...but this time...'she pulled rashi and whispered "rashiben yeah aap kya keh rahi hai... aap ahemji ko jaanti hai na... he wont agree..." rashi assured "tu chinta mat kar main hun na..." gopi was still worried and looked at ahem... she was scared he would blast any moment !!! ahem watched gopi getting worried and scared... he spoke immediately "ha rashi yeh accha rahega... baa and nani wont have to take trouble of climbing the stairs and we all will fit upstairs..." and looked at gopi...she was shocked..

gopi said "nahi nahi ahemji aap aur papaji maa bauji ke kamre mein soo jaiye hum sab dusaare room mein so jayenge... " ahem spoke sternly now "nahi gopi... maa bauji ke kamre mein koi nahi sooega... hum sab saath sooenge aaj" so it was decided and everyone agreed... just then rambhai entered and jeetubhai asked him to get mattresses from the store room and explained the arrangement... ahem and jigar offered to help him out... they left the room..

leelaben carried glasses of kesar badam milk for everyone... kokilaben questioned who asked her prepare this and how did she managed to get all this... leelaben said "shaam ko jaate waqt gopiben ne madhu ke papa se keh he dudh,kesar aur badam mangva liye the..." she served everyone... "gopi beta yeah to tune bohot accha kiya..." jeetubhai said... kokila asked "ha gopi vahu vakehi tumne accha socha per tumhare pass paise kaha se aaye..." gopi replied" wo maaji kakiji ne rambhai ko dahi lane ke liye paise diye the...

kakiji ke pass chutte nahi the to jyada diye the... rambhai ne kaha ki unn rupeay se sab aa jaayega" "per beta mujh se kaha hota main le aata.." jeetubhai questioned her... kokila interrupted "jeetubhai aap le ke aaye ya hum ek hi baat hai.. itna sankoch mat rakhiye... gopi meri beti hi to hai... aap dudh peejiye thanda ho jayenga..." chirag, parag, nani and baa also appreciated gopi's thinking... everyone left to sleep for the day... jeetubhai made sure everything was locked before he left for his room... rashi also went up and made sure her mom was in the room... she had come with this plan as she didnt trust her mom anymore... she thought if everyone slept separately., then her mom might get a chance to corner gopi and trouble her again... since entire modi family was together urmila wont take any risk... while she was leaving their room she met kinjal, they stared at each other... rashi eyes conveyed that keep a watch on mom

here ahem and jigar arranged all the mattresses in heir room... first all mattress were laid for men and then for ladies, hetal and rashi offered to lay the bedsheets and pillows etc... she left from there saying she will get extra blankets if someone needs it...hetal, kokila, chirag and parag laid on their beds to sleep for once kokila didnt ask where is ahem and gopi vahu... !!!

ahem and jigar walked upto the patio to look at the view... it was stunning as it was a full moon day and the moon was shinning bright and big in front of them... everything was quite yet so soothing... cool breeze had started blowing...adding to the wintery chill... but the view was too good to be missed... it was exotic...!!! here rashi came back with blankets and peeped into their room... she saw both older couple had slept... but ahem and jigar werent around she turned and saw them standing in the patio... she left the blankets and tip toed to join them in the patio...she was stunned to look at the beauty that had spread across...it was surreal... she started dreaming about her being in jigar's arms holding hands and looking at the sky...!!! she was woken up by jigar...

"rashi where are you lost.. " rashi came to her senses "ohh nothing jigarji its so beautiful, the view is stunning isnt it... " jigar looked up to the sky and replied "yesss it is..." here gopi made baa and nani comfortable in their room and was leaving when meethi came.. "gopibhabhi... ahembhai ka dudh reh gaya tha... main jab gai thi dene to unho ne mana kiya tha.. woh uss waqt gadde bicha rahe the aur kaha baad mein pee lunga...maine phir se garam kar diya hai... app de dena..." gopi took the glass and came upstairs... she went to their room but didnt find ahemji... she started looking for him... she found ahem with jiagr and rashi standing in the patio... she walked towards them with the milk and shawl... she came and stood in front of ahem and offered him the glass "ahemji dudh... " ahem questioned "thanks ha woh meethi le kar aai thi per main kaam me tha... lekin gopi yeah dudh kaha se aaya woh bhi kesar badam wala.." before gopi could answer rashi interrupted "ahemjiju gopi ne aap ke liya banvaya hai..." (gopi gave rashi a look and ahem starred at them) .. she corrected "mera matlab hain saab ke liya banvaya tha.." she raised her eyebrows and smiled... gopi looked down and blushed... ahem starred at her and started drinking...jigar looked at rashi and conveyed through his eyes that they should leave... first rashi couldnt understand then jigar made her glance over ahem and gopi who were lost in their own world...they quitely left and jigar swtiched off the lights... it was a full moon day hence there was enough natural light to move around...

ahem kept starring at gopi, she was shy and looked down he said unknowingly..." its beautiful.." gopi looked up and questioned "ji ?" ahem came back to his senses... "the view gopi... its stunning... isnt it..." "ha ahemji aaj purnima hai (full moon)... chand tare kitne pyare lag rahe hai..." gopi was still holding the shawl in her hand... ahem asked "yeah kiss ke liye hai gopi"... suddenly gopi remembered why she got it..."wo ahemji... main aap ke liye lai thi... kabhi kabhi yaha raat ko thand zyada ho jati hain.." he smiled took the shawl from gopi's hand and said "aaj mujhe iski zaroorat nahi" he left the shawl and glass on the table nearby... finally they both got a chance to talk in private today... he looked at gopi again... gopi asked "ahemji aap ko ghar pasand aaya..."

ahem took a deep breath and replied "ha gopi... yeah ghar yeah jagah mujhe bohot pasand aaya.. yaha ek ajeeb sa sukun hai... aisa lagta hai iss ghar ki har ek eet (brick) har pather... ye saare ped poudhe (trees and plants) yeah hawa yeah mitti... baatein karte hain...kuch bol rahe hain... jaise kuch kehna chaa rahe hain... aur yeah nazaara (he looked at the moon up in the sky) main bata nahi pa raha gopi mujhe iss waqt kaisa lag raha hain..." gopi was listening to ahem happily... for the first time ahem was sharing his feelings with her... she looked at the sky closed her eyes and prayed silently... ahem came a little close to her... looked at her in complete awe...he quietly pulled gopi's pallu down from behind... gopi was unaware of this... then lovingly he whispered gopi's name... gopi opened her eyes when he called... she was still gazing at the sky... suddenly something caught her eye... she instantly held ahem's arm...ahem got shocked at gopi's behavior... he looked at his arm that gopi was holding tightly... gopi who was looking at the sky said out loud "ahemji look there... a falling star..." ahem quickly looked up...

both were watching this spectacular sight... gopi closed her eyes and wished something in her heart... suddenly both felt a supernatural power around them... they could feel that there was someone else also present around and watching them...ahem and gopi looked at each other with all the love in their eyes... ahem held gopi's hands in his... ahem felt a divine force embracing them and blessing them with all their love and affection... ahem looked up in the sky again and said "gopi i feel truely blessed right now... and someone up there is very happy to see us here... " gopi felt as if her parent's souls were watching them and were rejoiced to see their daughter happy...

A sudden noise of some creature brought them back from their trance...ahem squeezed gopi's hands a little harder and said "gopi i think we should sleep too... before anyone else wakes up" he saw that gopi was getting cold...he picked the shawl from the table and wrapped it around gopi...ahem held her hand and escorted her to their room... everyone was asleep in the room... their mattresses were laid next to each other with some space in between...they made themselves comfortable on their bed... they were facing each other while sleeping and slept by looking into each other's eyes... they had been through a lot today... but they knew they had two more days to enjoy... !!!

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