Chapter 10

next evening - TR house

Rey , nil , bharat, vicky swayam walked inside the house with huge bags just as amar

came from inside looking anxious and seeing them went running and said achha hua rey

tum log aagaye tumhe pata nahi kya horahaan hain yahaan... rey asked what

Pata nahin bada fight hain girls ke beech

Oh no ! but...fight kisse? Sharon ki tho mood achha tha aaj, bohot excited thi trip ko lekar

Swayam

Rey looked at him with smiling looks of waah ! itna confidence ki its sharon whos fighting

threw the bags in his hands to one side and sitting on the sofa, atleast i know ki taani ki

problem nahin hogi confidently she doesnt fight

SHARON BHABHI MAINE BAS YEH KAHAAN KI MAIN UNKI HELP NAHIN KARSAKTHI KYUNKI

MAIN FREEE NAHIN HOON

Taani s voice came in loud and angry, the guys looked shocked , grinned and turned to rey

who looked shaken for a second- he hadnt heard her so irritated for ages

its okay rey nil put his arm around reys shoulder sitting next to him throwing the bags

away dont worry hota hain kabhi kabhi girls ...especially preganancy and all...smile

NAHIN SHARON USNE ITNI SWEETLY NAHIN KAHAAN, SHE SAID KI WO FRRREEE NAHIN

HAIN...

Simmi s voice came in equally angry and loud, the guys looked now at nil...Rey shook nils

hand off , put his own around nil and asked simmi bhi pregnant hain? Sarcastically

Vicky threw his bags down and running next to nil KYA tune bataya nahin

No yaar nil shook his head frantically and for a second looking scared looked at rey and

then at vicky shook his head again matlab mujhe...

U guys ! Chodo usse uski abhi shaadi nahin hui swayam

The guys turned to him together and looked at him with identical looks of SERIOUSLY ,

swayam turned to them one by one and catching their expressions mera matlab...i mean

...vicky ab yahaan serious baat horahin hain

Vicky muttered bichaari sharon making rey and nil grin while amar who was listening to

the girls lowered voices

Shhh, yeh dono FREEE hi bol rahe hain ? Free ka matlab free haina tho farak kya hain

Nahin amar taani ne FREEE kahaan, simmi ne FRRREEE...farak bohot hain

swayam explained as the others looked at him like he was also crazy

STOP IT NOW...NOW SIMMI...NO TAANI...ABHI KE ABHI STOP. Sharon s voice came in

louder and sterner

Boli boss bharat commented as swayam looking proud said ab teek hoga

Everything went quiet for a moment..Both rey and nil looked at each other

nil asked but kyun, mujhe tho pata bhi nahin tha ki simmi aur taani ke beech kuch hain

Ya kuch nahin hain rey added

bharat chalo bhailog dekhthe hain

Nil and rey looked at each other again and nil said , tumhe nahin lagtha ki hum dono phas

jaayenge agar andher gaye tho...rey nodded when Vicky pulling both of them back

seriously rey nil ka tho pata tha par tum bhi itne darpok ho? And all of them started laugh

ing at rey and nil

Now seriously tum log ...early morning flight hain aur ab sab ki mood kharab hojaayega

tho...everyone stopped laughing...its not a joke , amar hua kya ...swayam

Mujhe nahin pata, aise hi chal rahaan hain. Ek ke baad ek...

MAIN KYUN SUNOON AAPKI BAAT , MAIN NAHIN SUNOONGI aashi screamed AAP BAS

APNI FRIEND KI SUNOGI

Isiki kami thi bharat muttered

OF COURSE NOT SHARON THO MERI KAHAAN SUNTHI HAIN, SHE WILL LISTEN ONLY TO

FAMILY simmi interrupted stressing on family

SHUT UP , ALL OF YOU sharon, ITNI CHOTI SI BAAT KO BADAANE KI ZAROORAT KYA HAIN?

ABHI RAAT KO SABKI FLIGHT HAIN, TAANI KO AKELI REHNA PADEGA HUM SAB GAYE THO

AUR TUM DONO KO AB FIGHT KARNE KA ..

The guys moved towards the inside room and stood at the door. Taani was sitting on a

side with aashi standing next to her , hands on her shoulder looking furious, taani had

tears in her eyes looking both angry and upset. Neha sat near them looking symapthetically

at taani...on the oppsite side simmi sat looking angry and upset while rinni looked scared

at all of them one by one

...AB FIGHT KARNE KA MOOD HAIN ? TUMHE AASHI...AAJ KE LIYE CHUP NAHIN...

Chodo aashi, sharon bhabhi sahin kehrahin hain, aaj aap sab jaanewaale ho aur yeh kya

useless baatein lekar baithgaye...taani placed her hand on aashi s

NAHIN RAHOONGI CHUP, YEH AAJ KI BAAT NAHIN HAIN aashi s voice still came out loud

when taani tugged at her again and looked with a look of leave it , its okay...aashi looked

exasperated at her and said , her tone lowering...taani this s not fair...tumhe itna bura

laga tha simmi ki wajah se, ab baat aagayi hain tho batana chahiye na. Yeh sab tumhaari

galthi hain.

Kya farak padtha hain aashi...chodo...i dont care anymore taani shruggd now looking less

angry though upset

Maine kya kiya ? mujhe bura laga ki taani refused to help out with my painting the house

but i didnt say anything ... Simmi looked confused

Tumne rinni ko complain kiya, neha hearing it clearly neha looked at simmi and then at

aashi tumna kahaan ki taani aashi ko help karegi but not you

Aashi looked at simmi , Haan aashi par rinni ko complain kiya , taani se tho kuch nahin

kahaan na...tum hamari baatein evesdrop kyun karrahin thi neha ? And aashi mujhe kya

pata nahin hain ki wo pregnant hain, mujhe villian jaisa mat banao...in fact sharon taani

told me ki wo FRRREEE nahin hain and ...she ...she was being sarcastic ..acting pricey

and busy and what not..

Achha? Wo isiliye kyunki tum usse hamesha ghar mein FREEE rehne ki taunt maarthi

thi aashi snapped as taani again pulled her hand and aashi shook it off jaise ki usse kuch

bhi samaj nahin aatha kyunki wo ghar mein hain,jaise ki uski koi feelings hi nahin, jaise ki

just bcoz wo ghar mein hain wo tumhaari, meri hum sabki d3 ki kaam FREEELY karthi

phiregi...ab jab hain uske paas kaam tho...and stopped taking a breath

For a second all the girls stared at each other, simmi at taani, taani at simmi ...sharon at

aashi and aashi at simmi, rinni at simmi and neha from one to the other

The guys still looking confused stared at all of them one by one

Sharon broke the silence i think its just a misunderstanding taani...im sure simmi didnt

mean

No sharon...i guess aashi sahin kehrahin hain...maybe i did say things...but taani i swear

kuch bhi intentional nahin tha. Maybe i didnt understand ki tum hurt hogi ya kuch...im sorry

Silence again...rinni patted simmi on the back, aashi still looked unconvinced..sharon look

ed relieved while simmi and taani stared at each other for a second, sharon moved to simmi

and patted her on the shoulder ,simmi got up came to taani and putting her hand out

repeated

Taani kuch bhi intentional nahin tha...promise. Main bas apni hi problems main involved

hoon...yeh wedding, dono families, d3 ka tension, rehearsals...and upar se nil ki mom

ki tho baat hi mat karo

Taani nodded and smiled , her eyes wet ...simmi bent and hugged her...aashi frowned

Neha rinni and sharon came closer and stood around

So all problems solved? Chalo enough of all the drama...sharon putting her hands around

them together pulled them closer...everyone smiled and hugged each other

( and i feel pukish)

Main sach mein free nahin hoon simmi with all this...aur honestly mujhe kuch karne ka

mann bhi nahin hain..i just dont feel like it taani said wiping her eyes and looking at

simmi straight...simmi looked disappointed for a second but smiled and nodded

AB SAB TEEK HAIN THO TAANI KHAANA MILEGA? Vickys loud voice disturbed their cozy

reunion

Accha fight tha par samaj nahin aaya but phir bhi achha tha amar walked in

Mujhe yeh batao ki FREEE aur FRRREEE mein farak kya hain bharat plopped on the floor

Sharon tum kitni maturely handle karthi ho sab kuch swayam to sharon softly

Tum in sab mein mere mom ko kyun involve karrahin thi? Nil to simmi with a frown

Tum in sab mein padthi hi kyun ho? Dont you have anything to do? Kya painting karne

waali thi? Rey to taani irritated

Aur bolo...aashi with rey to taani...simmi ki naye ghar ki theme painting she added making

rey glare at taani and taani stare at aashi

MUJHE KHAANE KO KUCH MILEGA? Vicky s voice went over evreyone else s and he

moved jumped over everyone towards taani TAANI KYA HAIN DINNER KE LIYE?

Actually kuch hain nahin she replied slowly

All the activity in the room stopped and everyone looked at her...it had never happened

in the three and a half of their marrigae that the gang had come home and there had

been nothing to eat ...

KYA bharat asked wondering if he didnt understand ...even rey stared at her surprised..

.she looked around at all of them and suddenly felt guilty

Nahin sorry, wo aaj main office gayi thi,kuch kaam bhi tha, mom baahar dinner karnewaali

thi, phir rey ki packing ...aur sunithi( maid) ko batana bhool gayi...actually main khudh

bhool gay thi ki aap sab yahin se jaanewaale ho airport.. She looked around ...sorry...

subah se kuch teek se soch nahin paarahin hoon, rey bhi nahin rahenge kal se ....and

stopped looked at rey and her eyes filled up involuntarily...reys face fell, his grip on her

shoulder tightened and she bent her head , shook it and got up saying...main kuch

banalethi hoon, kya khaaoge vicky? She looked at vicky

Vicky looked at her wiping her eyes and said kuch nahin...matlab ..order karlethe hain.

Waise bhi tumne hum sab ka aadat bigaad diya hain taani . Let us eat baahar se aaj, bolo

kaun kya khaayega

Nahin main kuch ...she began when swayam looked at reys dull face at taani and said,

chai , mujhe chai chahiye. Taani chai banaado gi please...actually kisi aur ko chahiye

and looked around forcing ppl to nod their heads

Taani smiled and turned to walk into the kitchen, all of them noticed her walking slower

than usual...it struck all of them simultaneously, she was pregnant, she didnt want rey to

go anywhere away from her but she wasnt saying anything so that he could just

concentrate on his academy and she was working and they had never thought she would

be so occupied and upset that she wouldnt cook!! Well they hadnt really thought about

her ...rey sat on the chair that she was sitting on looking at her going into the kitchen

feeling bad he had to go

simmi suddenly sniffed i dont know main itni selfish kaise hogayi! Shes looking so tired

Chalo high time ab tho pata chala aashi taunted

Rinni Ab pata chala na tum phir se taunt mat karo

Okay girls now stop it sharon as aashi opened her mouth to respond can we just...

finish packing?

Main usse help ...aashi began when swayam said nahin aashi main jao ? Please and she nodded

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Kitchen

taani making chai, she tried taking something from the top shelf couldnt, stopped sighed

and then it was in front of her.. Swayam smiled saying itni upar kyun hain? Hamesha rey

ko bolthi ho nikaalne keliye?

She smiled nahin bhai, wo aaj kal sunithi cook karthi haina, usine rakha hoga. Thanks

and taking it started making tea... aap ready ho? he nodded... kuch kehna tha? He nodded.

She raised her eyebrows

Taani i know ki tumne office isiliye join kiya tha ki tum mujhse naaraz thi...she looked at

him and didnt answer...but wo meri mistake thi...i somehow feel ki tumhe abhi nahin

jaana chahiye office , rey will feel far better agar tum more comfortable rahogi tho

aur tum bhi chalsakthi ho hamare saath

and stopped. She was quiet, he raised his eyebrows

Kya kahoon bhai? Ab aadat hogayi hain kaam ki, she sighed and sat on the stool ,matlab

i know im tired but...bhai main beech mein nahin chodsakthi before he could open his

mouth...kya aap ya rey is trip ko miss karsakthe ho? He stopped , she smiled and contin

ued, nahin na? Jaise aapki commitment hain waise meri bhi hain bhai, Agar maine bhi

ab back out kiya tho dad ko problem hojaayegi...sab kuch kisi aur ko samjhaana is time

pe...difficult hain. So no...main kaam nahin chodsakthi...and getting up from the stool

switched off the stove...aur waise bhi ek odd din itna tired lagtha hain roz roz nahin...

aaj rey jaarahe hain tho zyaada bura lagrahaan hain bas ...upar se yeh fight bhi

Haan fight! Swayam got the cups to her...but tumhe actually bura kyun laga tha simi ki

waajaz se ?

aashi ko zyaada bura laga tha aaj. I dont care ab ki kaun kya sochtha hain...simmi ko

kabhi samaj nahin aayegi meri baat kyunki wo care nahin karthi mere baarein mein and

i cant help it...he stared at her , she sounded so different, waise sach boloon tho main

bhi kuch khaas care nahin karthi unke baarein mein and grinned wiping the sweat off her

forehead and sat on the stool again.

i know.. tum rey ke elawa kisiki care nahin karthi aajkal he teased her pouring the tea,

she blushed especially after this whole pregnancy thing . She smiled but then suddenly

held her tummy, one hand on the kitchen counter for support and felt her head spin .

Swayam held her shoulder taani? She relaxed in a second but before he could say more

than taani tum teek ho? She held her tummy again and swayam screamed REY...

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Rey sitting on the chair and looking gloomy , sharon tried talking to him and as he didnt

respond went to finish her packing , everyone else doing the last minute packings

Agar taani meri best friend nahin hothi tho main sach mein usse bohot jealous hothi

aashi s words interrupted his thoughts , he looked at her irritatedly, nahin itna achha

husband sabko nahin miltha dekho itna mooh banaake baithe ho...waise aapko tho

jaake taani ko cheer up karna chahiye...when he heard swayams scream REY