As you all requested me on Wattpad and here…here is a bonus chapter…
Chapter 31
It was no secret that the Birla House had several very strong personalities and in the past, there was always a little power struggle going on between Anand, Harsh, Mahima and Abhimanyu. But that was a thing of the past because now everyone was well aware about who was the real boss in Birla Family. It was almost comical that all these people who were forces to be reckoned with in their professional lives were helplessly wrapped around a tiny little finger and how they were all at the mercy of a 4 year old. The biggest surprise was that nobody even had a problem with it and were more than happy to be bossed around by this little girl.
Even then, nobody was more smitten with Aaira Birla than her father, Abhimanyu. Her one smile and Abhi was willing to do anything she asked him for. He could never say no to his princess. It really didn’t help that she was the exact image of his Akshu, except her eyes. She definitely had Abhi’s eyes. It also didn’t help that she was the cutest child in the whole world according to Abhi. It amused Abhi to no end of how she had the characteristics of the different members of Birla family. Aaira had the stubbornness of Abhi and Harsh, the bossiness of Mahima, the naughtiness of Neil and she was as calm as Manjiri…that is if she wanted to be. And to Abhi’s delight, Aaira was most like her Mumma - with the biggest heart and smile. She had no problems sharing her toys and things with others and went around giving hugs to everyone all day long. Yes, it was true. Abhimanyu Birla knew for a fact that his daughter was the most perfect child there ever was.
Abhimanyu always got a kick out of how Aaira could make everyone dance to her tunes. I mean with a face like that it wasn’t hard. Abhi would know. Recently, Aaira had decided there is nothing better in the world than makeup and at a recent shopping trip when she saw a kiddie makeup kit, she begged Abhi to get it for her. Akshu was dead against it but all Aaira had to do was smile and give Abhi a big hug and Abhi found himself in the check-out line paying for it with Akshu throwing daggers at him.
The next day Abhi came home and almost fell down laughing at the sight in front of him. Neil, Parth, Anand, Harsh, Bade Papa and Kairav were sitting with Aaira in a circle having a tea party with her teeny tea set. All of them had hair clips, hair bows and tiaras on their heads with bright blue and purple eyeshadow and red blush on their cheeks.
“Look Papa! I made them all pwetty!” Aaira told Abhi when she saw him come in.
“So pretty! Good job, baby!” Abhi said hugging her and laughing.
“Tumhari beti ne hume yahan bulaya hai tea party ke liye.” Kairav said shaking his head.
“Okay Papa now I make you pwetty!” Aaira said to Abhi.
“No, it’s okay.”
“Haan beta ab tumhari turn!” Laughed Anand.
“Please Papa, aap ko bhi pwetty hona hai.” Aaira begged him.
“I’m tired, na? Maybe later.” Abhi tried to find an excuse.
“Please Papa!” Aaira said making a puppy face.
Not the puppy face! “Okay, baby. Please make Papa pretty.” Abhi sighed and sat in front of Aaira.
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“Jaan! Look at this!”
“Aaira! Mumma hoon na. Kitni baar kaha hai Mumma bolo mujhe Jaan nahi.” Akshu said sighing.
“Papa toh Mumma nahi kahte.” Aaira reminded her.
“Baby, main aapki Mumma hoon na. Papa ke Mumma toh dadi hai.” Akshu pulled Aaira in her lap. “Acha, show karo kiya dikhana tha.”
Aaira handed Akshu a drawing. “Wow, did you make this? Good job, meri jaan!” Akshu kissed her cheek.
“Mumma aur baby ka pyar woh bhi mere bina?” Abhi stood at the door of their room.
“Papa!” Aaira ran to hug him. When Abhi was home from work, nobody else existed for Aaira. Not even Akshu.
Abhi picked her up and kissed her. “Kaisa hai mera bacha? Did you have a good day in school?” Aaira started telling Abhi all about her day at her preschool.
“Aaira, let Papa freshen up. Let me fix your hair until then.” Akshu said as Abhi put Aaira down and went to change.
When Abhi came out of the bathroom, he found Aaira crying with Akshu trying to brush her hair.
“If you don’t brush your hair, I’m going to cut it off.” Akshu warned her.
“Noooooo! Papa likes my long hair!” Aaira cried.
“Jaan why are you making her cry? Main handle karta hoon meri beti ko, tum rehne doh.” Abhi took the brush from Akshu’s hand.
“Please karo. Aur bhi kaam hai mere paas.”
As Abhi tried to brush Aaira’s hair, she happily told him about her day. Abhi placed a bow on Aaira’s hair as she turned around to show him something. “Papa look!” It was a bracelet made clumsily out of beads.
“Oh did you make this? It’s very pretty.” Abhi kissed her forehead.
“No papa my boyfwend gave it to me.”
“Your WHAT?” Abhi exclaimed. “AKSHU! What is Aaira saying? Who is this boyfriend?”
Akshu tried not to laugh. “Mujhe kya pata. Tum karo apni beti ko handle.” Akshu sweetly smiled at him.
Abhi picked Aaira and put her on his lap. “Baby, kaun boyfriend? Tell Papa everything.” Abhi tried not to panic. Boyfriend? She has a boyfriend? Nahi choronga iss boyfriend ko main.
“Ya Aalav.” Aaira happily told him.
“Aalav? That’s an awful name!”
“She means Aarav.” Akshu told him.
“Nahi choronga iss Aarav ko main!”
“Abhi, chill. He’s probably a 4 year old kid.” Akshu shook her head.
“Aaira, Papa ki jaan. Why do you think Aalav…Aarav is your boyfriend?”
Aaira rolled her eyes at him. It’s true. You need to be careful about what you wish for. She really is a Choti Akshu. “Offo Papa. Aalav is a boy and he’s my fwend so he’s my boyfwend! Like Neil Chachu and Kailav Mamu.”
“Oooooh like that.” Abhi breathed in relief. “Dekha Jaan. You were freaking out for no reason.”
“I was freaking out for no reason?” Akshu shot him an angry look.
Just then they heard Nishta calling Aaira from downstairs. “Aairu baby come! Your cupcakes are ready.”
Aaira rushed out of the room.
Abhi sat on the bed and pulled Akshu in his lap. “Okay now tumhari baari.” Abhi grinned at her.
“Thank you so much ke you give me a turn too.” said Akshu.
“Jaan tum meri beti se bohat jalti ho. What can I do? Have you seen her face?”
“Abhi! Main MERI beti se jalti nahi hoon. Bakwas mat karo.” Akshu said trying to get up.
“Acha toh bola aur kya karoon?” Abhi whispered in her ear. He got close to her to kiss her when they both heard a tiny voice.
“Jaan! What are you doing to Papa?” Aaira stood at the door confused.
Akshu quickly got up from Abhi‘s lap. “Oh Papa ki aankh mein kuch chala ga. I’m trying to remove it. Come on, Abhi! Open your eye.” Akshu pretended to blow on it. “Here you go! All better.”
“No Jaan! Papa ke boo-boo ko kiss kalo then it will be good.” Aaira instructed Akshu. Abhi grinned at her. Akshu kissed Abhi’s eye.
“Happy?” Akshu faked a smile at Abhi.
“Nahi Jaan. There is a boo-boo on my lips too. Make it better, na?” Abhi made a sad face at her.
“Sudhar jao!” Akshu whispered at him and turned to Aaira. “Did you need something, meri jaan?”
“Badi Nani and Kailav Mamu are here!” Aaira remembered.
“Acha? Chalo phir.” Akshu took Aaira’s hand and walked out of the room.
“Jaan! Akshu! What about my boo-boo?” Abhi called after her.
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Badi Mama and Akshu sat in the garden as they watched Aaira run around playing with Kairav.
“Aaira ke peeche sab ke sab bache ban gayi hain.” Akshu laughed.
“Haan! Tumhare Bade Papa bhi!” Badi Mama agreed.
“Sab theek hai na, Badi Mumma? Aap pareshan lag rahi hain.”
“Nahi beta aisi koi baat nahi. Actually, Aaru is coming next week with Vinay. She really wants to meet you and Aaira. Can you please try talking to Abhimanyu again?” Badi Mama asked Akshu.
After the accident, Aarohi came down to visit two times but Abhi didn’t let Akshu meet her. Even when Aarohi got married to Vinay in London, the rest of the Goenkas flew there but Abhi made an excuse about Aaira being too little for such a long flight. When Bade Papa offered to buy Akshu and Aaira first class tickets to make the trip easier, Abhi made another excuse about how he couldn’t be without his girls and he couldn’t go because of work. So Akshu had no choice but to miss Aarohi’s wedding. She didn’t speak for Abhi for three days afterwards.
“I’ll try, Badi Mumma. Pata nahi Abhi ko kya hojata hai when it comes to Aaru.” Akshu said sadly.
As Badi Mama and Akshu watched Aaira burst into laughter after Kairav tripped, Akshu wondered how she would convince Abhi to let her meet her sister after 4 years.
Okay fine one more chapter coming
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