Chapter Four
Friendship is not something that happens at first sight.
It happens when you start knowing each other and in turn end up needing each other,
for every feeling, for every thought and for every moment.
Aaditya leans down to look at Chakor and at the same time Chakor looks at him. He smiles looking at her and she also smiles looking at him.
Kasturi looks at Aaditya leaning behind his mother and aska Aabha
Ei bachua aapka hoi hai na
Aabha asks Aaditya to come forward and tells Kasturi that he is her son Aaditya.
Kasturi: Bada pyaara bachua hai. Aur bahute accha naam hai Aaditya.
Aabha: Haa aur aapki bitiya bi bahut pyaari hai.
Aabha continues talking to Kasturi about the village and the conditions of it. Chakor and Aaditya didn't talk that day. But somehow couldn't forget each other's name.
----- Next morning Ishawar's cottage----
Kasturi has reached the cottage to prepare food for Rawat family. She goes in the kitchen and starts making food. Aaditya wakes up and goes to the kitchen directly. He is very hungry because he slept yesterday without eating anything. He sees that someone else is working in the kitchen and is about to leave but Kasturi stops him.
Kasturi: Ka baat hai Aaditya Babua kachu chahat hai tumka
Aaditya: Ha kaaki vo kuch khane ko hai kya hame bahut bhook lagi hai
Kasturi: Bas itni si baat babua batayie ka chahi hum jhat se bana diye he
Aaditya: Thik hai to aap hamare liye paratha aur achaar bana dijiye aur ha hame parathe aaloo wale chahiye.
Kasturi: Thik hai babua bas thoda sa bakhat(waqt) lag jahihe tum tab tak naha dhoki aa jao.
Aaditya: Thik hai kaaki hum abi jaldi se naha ke ate hai aap khana tayaar rakhiyega.
--- Same time kasturi's house ------
A little girl is crying. She is very beautiful, Cute, chubby and has made a side pony tail. She is wearing a lehanga choli and is looking super cute.
Chakor: Ka baat hai Imlu. Kaahe ro rahi hai.
Imli: Deee Deee humka Mai ke paas jaye ka hai. Mai kaha gayi.
Chakor: Imlu mai kaam kare ka khatir gayi hai. Kahi thi na toka 2 ghante me aa jahie Mai.
Imli: Naahi dee dee humka abhi hi jaye ka hai Mai ke paas.
Chakor tries to convince Imli but she refuses to budge. And Chakor gets irritated with Imli's continuous crying. So she decides to take her to Kasturi's workplace and i.e. Rawat House.
Imli and Chakor reaches the Rawat house and starts looking for their mother. Aabha sees them and recognizes Chakor.
Aabha: Chakor tum yaha kya kar rahi ho aur ye kaun hai tumahare sath
Chakor: Maalkin ei hamri bahen hai Imli.
Aabha: Beta aap muje maalkin kyun bula rahi hai.
Chakor: O humse Mai kahe rahi ki aap hamri maalkin hai.
Aabha: Nahi beta hum aapki maalkin nahi hai. Hum to aapki mausi hai.
Chakor and Imli look at each other and both asks together.
Mausi?
Aabha: Aap dono to bilkul hamai Aadi jaisi ho. Matlab ki hamari betiyaan. Aur beta mausi yaani ki maa jaisi. Ab se aap dono hame mausi hi bulayengi.
All three of them smile looking at each other. Aabha invites them for breakfast and tells them that Kasturi is in kitchen. They both go to the kitchen where Aaditya is having his aaloo ke paratha prepared by Kasturi.
Imli: Mai tu kahe chali gayi thi. She hugs kasturi and then sees the aaloo parathas.
Wah aaloo ke paratha ei humka bi khaye ka hai.
Kasturi: Naahi bitiya abhi naahi. Tu ghar chal hum tore liye dusre banay dihe. Abhi aaditya babu ke kha ka de
Imli refuses. Aaditya tells Kasturi that she should let Imli eat because he is already full.
Chakor is just standing there and not saying much. Aaditya goes towards Chakor and offers her a paratha.
Chakor: Naahi humka na chahi.
Aaditya: Kyun? Ye to tumhari Maa ne hi to banay hai aur bahut acche hai. Kha kar to dekho.
Chakor takes a bite from the paratha.
Aaditya: Ye hui na baat. Tumahara naam Chakor hai na. Hum jante hai. Kal humne tumhe dekha tha.
Chakor: Ha hum bi janat hai. Tum Aaditya ho. Kal hum bi tumka dekhe rahe.
Aaditya: Tum school jati ho? Aur tumahare kitne dost hai?
Chakor: Hum abi sacool naahi jaat hai. Par ab jaldi hi jahihe. Hamre to bahut dost hai eha. Chagan, billu, raani...
Aaditya: Hamare to saare dost Kanpur me hi choot gaye. Hume unki bahut yaad aa rahi hai. Kya tum hamari dost banogi.
Chakor thinks for some time and then nods.
Chakor: Ha thik hai hum tumahre dost banhihe.
Aaditya: Wow. To chalo high five ho jaye.
Chakor; High five e ka hovat hai.
Aaditya raises his hand and tells Chakor to do the same. Chakor imitates Aaditya and Aaditya gives her a high five. They both laugh.
Chakor: Chala hum tumko aam ke bagicha ma leke chalet hai. Uha bahute acche aam hai aur hum tumko aapan saare dostan se bhe milivahe.
She suddenly recollects that both chagan and billu have gone to their grandmother's place. She puts her hand on her head and says
Are mori maiyaan! Hum to bhul hi gaye the ki chagan aur billu to apni naani ke ghar gaye hai.
Aaditya: Koi baat nahi. Hum dono chalet hai. Ab jaldi karo.
Aaditya informs Aabha that they are going out.
They take Imli along with them. All three of them go to the Mango garden where they eat some really delicious mangoes. They played a lot of games. Then they rested under the mango tree. Chakor and Imli tells a lot of stories of the village to Aaditya. Aaditya also talks about Kaanpur and his friends. They had a lot of fun and in afternoon on their way back to home Aaditya tells Chakor that he had a great time with them.
Aaditya: Kal phir chalogi hamare sath aam ke bagiche me. Hume tumhare sath khel ke bahut maja aaya.
Chakor: Ha ha kahe nahi kal bi hum sab log jahihe aam ke bagiche me. Aur kal to billu aur chaganva bi aa jahihe nani ke ghar se.
Aaditya: Tab to aur bi Jayda maja aayega. Par suno Chakor ab se tum hume Aadi kah ke bulaya karo.
Chakor: O kahe?
Aaditya: Kyuki hamare saare acche aur close friends hame aadi keh kar hi bulate hai.