Chapter 1
Birla House Breakfast Table
Abhimamyu: mom I am leaving I have a lecture early morning bye. Bye dadi. Bye dad.
Manjari: maa I was thinking its high time we should think about his marriage now.
Mahima: thank god Manjari,you remember you have a son.
Harsh (ignoring Mahima):maa I think so too but you know na how stubborn Abhimamyu is.
Dadi: you guys look for a girl I will talk to him. He can’t say no to me. Let him come home today I will tell him.
Mahima: maa why should we look for a girl when we know a girl who is suitable for this family as well as Abhimamyu.
Harsh: Bhabhi who are you talking about??
Mahima: arre our Kavita, Anisha’s childhood friend. We know the family very well. Kavita is a very decent and well-mannered girl. What do you think Anand?
Anand: I think she is right maa. We have seen that girl.
Manjari: but bhaisaab I want such a girl for Abhimamyu who is compatible with him, who has the same ideology as him so that they have a better life ahead of them. My son has studied so much and Kavita…
Mahima (interrupting Manjari):what do you mean you want your daughter in law to be like you? You want her to be career oriented like you and ignore her family. So what if Abhimamyu is a doctor, Kavita is also a graduate. At least think about your son. Don’t bring him a wife who doesn’t have time for him just like you never had for Harsh.
Manjari: Bhabhi you are…
Anand: enough now for the day. Please keep quite.
Harsh: Manjari I am getting late for the hospital. Come now. Maa I will leave.
Manjari: bye maa.
Mahima: yes it’s me who is always wrong. As if I will think bad about Abhimamyu.
Dadi: Mahima keep quite.They are his parents and they know what is right for him and what not. Now there won’t be any discussion on this topic.
BMCH
Abhimamyu: good morning class. Aarohi what did we study in the last class.
Students gossiping as to why he always asks Aarohi and not anyone else. Abhimamyu hears this and gives them a stern look.
Abhimamyu: Aarohi wait,you Miss Pooja, you will tell me what did we study last time.
Pooja: sir sorry but I was absent.
Abhimamyu: what about you Miss Shweta?
Shweta: sir we, we, we studied pathogenesis. (And the whole class starts laughing)
Abhimamyu: madam we did that a week back. It’s easy to gossip around about anyone but a teacher knows who is concentrating in the class and who is doing what. Am I clear?
All the class says yes.
Goenka House
Swarna: Akshu your bade papa was talking to me about your marriage. He is worried.
Akshara: why is bade papa worried? I said I am ready for the marriage but I have only one condition which is I should be allowed to study further whenever I wish to.
Swarna (hugging Akshara):you will leave us now
Aarohi: who is leaving badi maa?
Akshara: how come you are back from college so early?
Aarohi: actually we had only two classes, that’s why. Akshu di you know what did Dr. Abhimamyu do today?
Akshara: badi mamma please save me she has again started her chant of Dr. Abhimamyu. Help me god.
Aarohi: you are so bad di, I won’t talk to you.
Swarna: yeah you are fighting with her now but you only will miss her when she won’t be here.
Aarohi: why where is my di going?
Swarna: you both have to go one day but it’s her time now. She is getting married.
Aarohi: di I think you should get married to Dr. Abhimamyu. It will be a perfect combination. You both will discuss patients throughout your life. It’s like it runs in your veins.
Akshara: shut up Aarohi. What rubbish are you talking?
Birla House
Abhimamyu: dadi you called me, you wanted to say something.
Dadi: yes come sit with me. I won’t drag this and I will come straight to the point.
Abhimamyu: dadi what is it? Is everything okay?
Dadi: is there any girl in your life? If it’s so tell me I will talk to your parents.
Abhimamyu: it’s nothing like that dadi. I would have told mom dad if there was something like that. You know how busy I am with the hospital and my research, I don’t think I will be able to give time to someone else and I don’t want to ruin somebody’s life. You are getting me right?
Dadi: but Abhimamyu, my child how will we know something until we don’t do it? I mean how do you know you won’t have time for her when you haven’t done any such thing in your life, you never had a girlfriend. You are just being judgmental. What if we find a girl who is as passionate as you?
Abhimamyu: you have made up your mind to convince me today, right? Stop this emotional blackmail please. Fine I am ready.
Manjari comes from behind and hugs Abhimamyu while Harsh hugs his mother and they both thank her for convincing Abhimamyu.
Love,
Shay.
(Feedback most welcome)
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