Scene 2: Ratna's Home.
LMLM family arrive and are being welcomed by Ratna and two of her daughters, Neel and Neelu.
Ratna: Welcome, welcome........hope you had a good drive.....(hugs Shobs and Yummy).
Neel and Neelu hug their Yummy sister. Then Ratna sees N and M and is very happy. There is a hug fest π€π€with everyone hugging everyone else..............all walk into the house.
Ratna
: Sit down everyone. Neel, get something cold to drink for all....it is so hot today!
Neel goes towards the kitchen and Neelu stands near the stairs watching the scene. One by one all the yummy sisters come out and all sit on the stairs watching through the banisters. π³π³
Small talk goes on with everyone discussing the weather and the mummys discussing their health.......Neel gets cold sharbati drinks for everyone and then joins her sisters on the stairs.
Suddenly, there is a disturbance and Tanu appears at the head of the stairs in a heavy lehenga and choli but without her chunni and hair loose...........
Tanu
: (in a loud voice ) What the heck is going on? I thought you were just going to see if they have come and then no one comes back........I need help with dressing.........surely one person can keep watch and the others can all help me........
The group below is shocked π² and looks up. Shobs' face changes π³ at the sight of Tanu's appearance. Hinu is flabbergasted, but LMLM1 is amused and tries his best not to laugh. Neel and Neelu rush up the stairs saying sshhh sshhh........and Tanu suddenly sees the group below. π² She stifles a scream and runs back in with all the sisters following her............π
Down in the hall, Ratna looks ready to burst into tears. Yummy, seeing her mummy's condition π and her sasuma's face π³ , casts an agonized glance at her hubby and runs upstairs muttering to herself. LMLM1, perfectly understanding his wifey's look at him, turns to his mummy.
LMLM1: (whispering into his mummy's ear) She didn't know we had arrived I am sure........don't be angry now Mom....look at Hinu's face.......please....π
Shobs looks at Hinu's woebegone face and controls herself and turns to Ratna and asks about Meera Maamo who is out of town. Ratna blinks back her tears and smiles at her friend and asks about Fatima. LMLM1 and 2 heave a sigh of relief.
Suddenly LMLM1 catches sight of N and M who are sitting a little way off with snacks given by Naanima and silently rolling with laughter. π€£π€£
LMLM1: (getting up and going to N and M)....come on girls, let us go out into the garden.....
M
: But papa, we have not finished the snacks (trying to control her giggles π).
LMLM1: (feeling harrassed π and looking towards his mummy who fortunately is not looking at them) Just take the plates with you......let us go out........(herds both of them out into the garden where all three have a hearty laugh).
LMLM2 sits with mummyji and sasuma wondering what is going to happen! π Thinks to himself, wish Jigripoo was here, this might have gone better.......mummyji is very fond of Meera Maamo!
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Scene 3: Tanu's room.
All the girls are crowding round a angry sobbing π‘π Tanu trying to comfort her. Yummy walks in.
Yummy: Tanu, how could you? You walk out half dressed like that shouting at the top of your voice......could you never learn how to behave like a proper girl?
Tanu
: Oh didi...are they angry? I didn't know......it was all these girls' fault. Each one went away saying they will check whether the party has arrived and then no one comes back........and I needed help to finish dressing! (wails π)
Neha: Sorry Tanu didi...we saw jeejaji and then we forgot you were waiting....π³
Neel
: I am sorry too, I went down and they arrived at the same moment......and then I forgot....(blushes βΊοΈ)
Tanu
: (blushing βΊοΈ) oh, is Hinu looking so good today? Poor sweets must have dressed up for my sake! π³π³
The yummy saalis exchange glances..........ππ
Neel: Mmmm.......Tanu....we were talking about LMLM1 jiju........(blushes again βΊοΈ).
Tanu: (sighs ) Oh! I should have known. ......our Yummy sister got the best of them........but for me, my Hinu is the best...βΊοΈ...(blushes and dries her tears).
Yummy
: If you girls will stop being silly now, let us do some work.......Tanu, get ready soon.......let us take you down before something else happens! (gives directions to the girls and everyone gets busy).
Neel
: (Whispering to Neelu) How can anything happen down there when Tanu is up here......(chuckles ππ)
Finally Tanu is ready and looking very different from her usual harum scarum self...and very pretty! π³ After all, she may be a tomboy, but she is Yummy's sister...π..
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Scene 4: Hall.
LMLM1 has come back with the girls and all are sitting in the hall when Tanu is brought down by her Yummy sister. The rest of the gang follows them up to the stairs and then take up their favorite positions watching through the banisters. π
Shobs gets up and goes to Tanu who is looking down at her feet demurely. Shobs is pleased with Tanu's looks and hugs her and makes her sit down with them. Yummy and LMLM1 exchange relieved looks while Hinu is mesmersized by this new Tanu..π.....he has never seen her dressed so fine before......not even at his bro's wedding! β€οΈ Ratna beams at her daughters proudly. π
Hinu nudges his LMLM1 bro.
LMLM1: Er, Mom......Hinu and Tanu want to get married on Valentine's day which is just 5 days away, so shall we have an informal engagement ceremony now?
Shobs and Ratna gasp.........Whhaaatt!!! π²π²
Ratna: On 14th? that is too soon.......what about all the preparations for the wedding?? (near to tears again π)
Shobs: (looks sternly at her LMLM sons π‘) Now what new plan is this? How come you people said nothing before?
LMLM2: Mummyji, we will do all the preparations.......you know how it is .........Valentine's day wedding is so romantic, hai na? (striking the right note with the word "romantic" knowing his mummy well π)
Shobs: Hmm........true.....(thinks a bit) but it is impossible, we cannot have a wedding so soon......what about the preparations as Ratna said? Why didn't you say something early enough to give us time? π²
LMLM1: Don't worry about the preps, Mom.....we will do everything.....in fact, we have already done quite a bit of the work so that it will go smoothly...........Hinu and Tanu just want a close family wedding, you see........π
Shobs looks at Ratna.........a slient agreement passes between them.....
Shobs
: Okay, as you wish......but Hinu, no complaints later that you didn't have this and that......if any rasm gets forgotten, it gets forgotten, that is it! (Mummyji is not one for rasms either..so she is secretly relieved! π)
LMLM2: (hugs his mummy) I love you, Mummyji.......no probs with rasms.......I just want Tanu.β€οΈ.
Tanu blushes a rosy red. βΊοΈβΊοΈ.........
LMLM1 brings out two rings and Hinu and Tanu exchange rings. N and M clap and dance in delight.......what news to tell Fati and Noor when they get home!
Ratna then invites everyone in for refreshments........and all troop into the dining room to a sumptious meal.
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Edited by ssroomani - 14 years ago