Hola forumwasis... so I wrote this one because I'm really sick of Tejo's silent patient behavior, and for once, I wish she'd give back to Jasmine. And I want to see her suffer. So here it is. Hope y'all like it.
And this one goes to, 08_maria and not_james_bond (what kinda username have you picked? do you know how hard it is to tag you) Congrats on brighter colors and promotion. And to all of you. Happy new Year. Hope y'all stay happy and safe this year.
Finally Tejo returned home. Yes, it will always hurt, but she needed to learn to live with it. She decided she was not going to run away anymore, but live a life of her own. On her conditions. She rejoined her college and started spending most of her time at her college, getting busy in her PhD. She almost had forgotten just how much solace the quiet corner of the library had.
On the other hand, the entire truth of fake engagements and marriage came out,complete with Angad’s dark side. Both Fateh and Jasmine followed Tejo’s trail to Moga and while Fateh’s family was immensely proud, except macchi who couldn’t understand what was the point of spending 50-60 lakhs on fake functions. These kids had no value of money. On the other hand Sandhus were not too pleased to see Jasmine back but she pleaded and repeated that Fateh’s lesson had taught her a life lesson. Then she pleaded with her mother and grandmother that they were the one who got her obsessed with Canada in the first place, and she was a young child. They took pity and despite papa Sandhu’s objections, Jasmine Sandhu was back at Sandhus. However, she was incorrigible. She still tried to create drama, problems; but after all this time Tejo had learnt to deal with her. Generally, she avoided Jasmine like one would avoid dog poop while walking down a street. Jasmine, still believed that she was destined for luxury,glamour and utter devotion which just increased her misery
One fine day, when she was having breakfast, her dream seemed to be coming true. There he was, Fateh, in his newly bought Audi waiting in front of Sandhus. She heard the honking and ran to see… After seeing Fateh with his new car… her heart skipped a beat.
She dramatically ran towards him, even forgetting her dupatta and opened the door.Next moment she threw herself at Fateh and buried her face in his chest.
Fateh was waiting patiently when out of a sudden someone with the speed of light jumped on him. His optimistic side told him that it might be Tejo, and he was about to scream with happiness when he realized, Tejo wasn’t this heavy. He looked down,and found his doom hugging her, and draining the life force like a dementor.
“Oh my God!! What’s wrong with you…Get off mee…Get off… If you’re that horny then join tinder. Don’t grab random guys like this…” he forcibly separated her, and for good safety measure, backed off a lot.
Suddenly she heard roaring laughter. Apparently Mahi, Amrik and Simran all were present…they’d witnessed the entire thing and now were roaring with laughter. She was about to stomp her feet and go back when suddenly Tejo came out. The moment her eyes fell on Fateh, there’s a slight change in her demeanor, and their eyes locked for a moment before Tejo pulled her gaze away and looked at Mahi with a questioning gaze.
“Umm bhai had to go to academy, and his petrol tank was empty, so he couldn’t take the bike. So, if you do not have any issue… maybe we can just drop him… I mean if you don’t have any issue…” Amrik faltered. While Tejo was still almost a Virk family member, towards fateh her demeanor was icy.
“Umm…it’s ok… I’ll just… take an auto or something.” Fateh said with a small smile and held the door open for Tejo.
“It’s fine.I don’t care. And it’s your car. So why would you take an auto? If you’ve any issue, I’ll take one. Mahi, I’ll see you guys at the mall.” Tejo was about to go her way when Mahi dragged her inside the car.
Jasmine was still standing dumbfounded, and saw them as they drove away. They were still playing family family? She’s still hanging out with them? But she mostly spent her time in college… actually she spent most of her time away from home. What if she’s seeing Fateh again!! Jasmine’s heart almost stopped. While nobody cared about her, everyone still adored the great Tejo.
Jasmine had noticed, it’s 9 pm and Tejo still hadn’t returned. She needed to find out what was going on. So she went into kitchen under the pretext of helping her mom…“mummyji should I keep some food out for Tejo and keep the leftovers in fridge?”
Her mother,none too smart absentmindedly responded “Pack everything. Tejo won’t have dinner today at home.”
Jasmine,after finding this piece of information, was about to deduce what exactly was going on when suddenly she heard the familiar noise of honk.
When she ran to see what was happening, she saw an exhausting looking Tejo hugging and saying goodbye to Mahi and Simran, while Amrik carried 10-12 shopping bags to her room. Fateh was lovingly staring at her entire time, while Tejo acted as if he’s transparent.
Jasmine’s overthinking brain started making theories about what was going to happen.
“Maybe fateh and Tejo are getting married again.” But then both families would be wholeheartedly involved, after all it’s their dear daughter’s wedding.
“Maybe they’re already remarried and now they’re preparing for honeymoon.” Jasmine almost fainted, and then decided she needed to find out about what really was going on.
Once everyone was asleep, she decided to pay a visit to Tejo. She saw her arranging her shopping, and she suddenly was both jealous and curious. Jasmine hasn’t gone for shopping since her Moga return, and Tejo had bought what seemed like entire shopping mall. And she did not even like shopping in the first place. It should have been Jasmine, with all this stuff.
“Are you planning to go somewhere Tejo?” Jasmine tried to sweet talk and find out what was going on.
Tejo glanced at her and rolled her eyes. God knows what crimes she had committed that this evil witch was her sister. Still she replied. “Yes.”
Jasmine was about to ask when she was interrupted by Tejo herself “before you ask me where,I’ll tell you myself. Canada. I’m going to Canada.”
Ground beneath Jasmine’s feet shook suddenly as she heard what Tejo had said.
“WHAT?”Jasmine could not control her tone. Before she could investigate further, Tejo shut the door on her face and closed the curtains.
Jasmine realized the futility of standing in front of Tejo’s room after a few minutes,but even when she’s settled in her bed, she couldn’t sleep. There was something going on, and she needed to find out what. What if Canada thing was serious? But she had never wanted that. That’s her dream, not Tejo’s. Whatever was going on,definitely gave Jasmine dark circles… which was the last thing she needed in her life.
After collecting tidbits of information over the next week, Jasmine found out the truth. Tejo was actually going to Canada. “Fu##ing bitch!!” she had cursed.Apparently she was selected for a short program in Canada which would last three months. Jasmine cried so much that day… after all this her ‘sister’ was still winning in everything. She had to bring her down.
Next day,Tejo was going to her college as usual when her scooty’s tyre got punctured somehow. She cursed. Then suddenly she saw an auto nearby getting slow. She’s about to run in its direction when she saw Jasmine getting out, in her direction.
‘’uhhhuh…something is fishy.’’ Tejo sensed trouble. Now what was this nautanki upto?
“Teeejooo…”Jasmine began with her sugar coated silver tongue.
“Jasmine.”She really wanted her gone so she could figure out how to reach college on time.
“Looks like you’re stuck. Have you ever thought why does that happen…?” Jasmine went on.
“I don’t know Jasmine. You’re the expert. You tell me. How come you’re still stuck in Moga, and you still have not gone to Canada?” Tejo had learnt how to give back finally.
“huh… you should really be careful. Who knows what might happen. And you do seem to attract lots of bad luck… like you’re stuck here with no way to college…in the middle of nowhere.” Tejo’s Canada comment hit her hard and now she tried to hurt her as much as she could.
“That goes for you too. See your autowala has already gone.” Tejo showed him as the auto she came in, was driving away with some passengers.
Now Jasmine was completely out of control. Everything bad in her life happened because of Tejo. “You won’t be happy after snatching my dream… Once you took my dream away and see what happened. You should remember well this. If you had any sense you won’t go to Canada.” She screamed at Tejo.
Tejo looked at her and wondered if one of them was adopted. This sister of hers was so stupid… “Tell me what happened? My marriage broke…is that what you’re referring to? But do you not see what I gained? Another family which cherishes me, loves me, protects me. Papa… papa literally loves me more than our dad. Btw do you know he’s going to nominate me for MLA elections this time? And Fateh. Let’s talk about him. So…for how long he’s obsessed with you? Two years. It took him less than six months to completely fall for me. And when he’s with you, he’s another spineless manchild…but now, he just won a national championship. He will be going to Olympic qualifiers soon. He’s successfully managing all the Virks' sports academies in Punjab. All in all he’s a proper man now. So you know if I married him now, I’ll have a proper man.” Tejo looked at her chuckled and then whispered… “But that he never wanted to be a man with you. Did he? After all your efforts, he didn’t touch you. Jasmine Sandhu you’re such a loser. Couldn’t even seduce your own boyfriend.” Tejo smirked and went away, trying to call someone who could pick her up.
Suddenly they saw a car coming in their direction and as it got closer, Jasmine tried to stop the car very confidently.
However the driver almost crushed her under the car, and hit the brakes just an inch away.Jasmine went on to scream at him when she realized that the car was familiar…It was Fateh’s. She almost got knocked out by the car door as he suddenly got out.
“Are you trying to kill me now? Huh…and what the hell are you doing here? Oohhh…is it the true lovers bond? Your ishq ki dor?...which brought you here...like spidey senses you sensed your Tejo is in danger...” Jasmine tried to goad him.
Tejo was witnessing entire drama. “Fine. Let’s have it your way Jasmine.” She thought to herself.
Tejo marched over to Fateh, hugged him and said “Oh… you’re here soo quickly.Thanks. Let’s go.”
Fateh was pleasantly surprised. He held the door open for Tejo, got all her stuff, and thanked his stars. Simran di had asked for some stuff and he’s just going to get that when he saw the angel-demon sister duo. Maybe selfless service is actually good for your Karma balance… he’ll do whatever he can for Mahi and Amrik too. Then maybe Tejo will agree for a date at least…he was thinking when Tejo interrupted him.
“Listen…today that hug. It was just to annoy Jasmine. Don’t misunderstand it any other way.” She explained seriously.
Fateh nodded like an obedient boy.
“And once you’ve dropped me, make sure some auto picks Jasmine up. Otherwise she’ll be stranded for who knows, how long.” Despite everything, she still couldn’t get rid of her worries.
Fateh nodded again, cursing under his breath that this angel sister still cared about that shrieking demon. He’d heard that there was a leopard roaming in their area, he’s hoping that after sucking out blood of so many people, Jasmine would finally serve a purpose and become that leopard’s meal.
Anupamaa
