Ek thi kahani-unke pyar ki Ch63 n epilogue(24aug)) - Page 82

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The patil niwas was abuzz with activity. Aaisaheb was keeping everyone on their toes. Dutta and nakusha came back from their doctor's appointment and saw the commotion around. They shared a frown of confusion.

Aaisaheb- arey, aa gaye tum log? Kya kaha doctor ne? Sab teek hai na?

Dutta- ji,Aai. Sab teek hai. Wo bas nakku ko toda pait dard tha to maine socha..

Kishore- Ki shayad main aaj hi baap ban jaunga..kyun?

Dutta glares at kishore. Baaji- arey bhau, kishore bhau ka matlab tha ki subah subah aap jis raftar se vahini ko leke hospital bhaage the humein to laga ki aap chotte ko leke hi aayenge. Maushi aur aaisaheb ne to tilak ki tayari kar li thi. Kyu aai?

Dutta- aisi chapet khayega ki maskari bhul jayega samjha. Aai- bas bas. Dono chup ho jao. Nakku beta, yahan bait humare paas aur tu hi bata kya kaha doctor ne.

Nakku sat beside Aaisaheb and told her all about their adventure at Doctor's appointment- the scary looking tests, the advices giving about do's and don'ts, the classes that she has to attend and the best of all;the looking at the baby.

Aaisaheb had tears in her eyes by the time nakku finished her description of the tiny life. Aai- mere dutta ka bachcha, mera chotta dutta. Hey aai jagdambe, tera bahut bahut shukrya. Dutta and nakusha look at eachother remembering that poignant moment of looking at their child. Kala looked at the happiness on Dutta's face and fumed with hatred. She cleared her throat- waise bhau, ye achchi baat hai ki sab teek hai. Par ye bahut najook samay hai. Vahini ka bahut khayal rakhna hoga hume, hai na? Kahi kuch..mera matlab hai, aajtak teri khushiyo par hamesha kissi na kissi ki buri nazar lag hi jaati hai, hai na aaisaheb.

Aaisaheb got upset thinking of the past dangers and sadness her only son had faced so far. Nakusha was a blessing to him and nowadays he was happy as never before. Her family was almost perfect but then his path and profession had always guaranteed constant danger. What if some bad vibes gets to the baby? Aaisaheb knew that she was biased to her son, her daughters hated it. But she had always been unable to stop herself from being weak towards Dutta. And now she already felt too attached to her unborn grandchild. No, she thought vehemently she'll never let that happen.

Looking at the concern on his mother's face dutta said,'Aaisaheb, kuch nahi hoga. Main kuch nahi hone dunga nakku aur mere bachche ko. Aap chinta mat kijiye.' Aai gives atentative smile at him. Dutta- waise aaisaheb, aaj ghar mein itni chahel pahel kyu hai? Kahi jaane ki tayari hai?

Aaisaheb- arey deva, me visarli. Main bhul gai tujhe bolna. Har saal hum saal ke akhri din jashn manate hai. Is baar bhi hum dugni khushi manana chahte the- madhu ka parivaar mein aana aur tumhare aanewale bachche ki khushi. Par madhu apne dost se milne gai hai aur aaj subah tere jaane ke baad Deorukh gaon se log aaye the.

Dutta-deorukh? Aaisaheb- beta deorukh tere dadi ka gaon hai. Hum log kai saal hogaye waha nahi gai. Pichle kuch saalo se barish teek se na hone ke karan waha akal faila hai. Unhone suna ki unke gao ki ladki amba patil ka pota itna yash kama chuka hai to wo tujhe amantran dene aye the.

Dutta- kis baat ka amantran? Aaisaheb- wo log aaj mahayagya ka aayojan kar rahe hai taki is saal barish aur fasal achchi ho. Sari raat yagya aur pooja hogi. Hum maana na kar sake. Humne unhe vachan diya hai ki hum purey parivar ke saath naye saal ka swagat deorukh mein karenge. Dutta- teek hai aaisaheb. Aapka vachan mera vachan hai.

Aaisaheb- hum jaante the. Waise wo log chahte the havan mein patil parivar se koi baithe. Kalavati ghar ki badi beti hone ke naate wahan baithe ye prastav diyya tha. Par jab unhone suna ki teri shadi ho gai hai to unhone kaha ki ye havan nai dulhan ke haato ho to shubh hoga. Dutta looked at nakku fondly- ji, aaisaheb.

Kala- par aaisaheb, aisa kaise ho sakta hai. Dutta and aaisaheb looked at her questioningly, aai- kyun kala?

Kala smiles- bhau vahini ke sath baithe isse sabse jayada khushi mujhe hogi par aaisaheb. Naaku maa banane wali hai. Deorukh jana phir sari raat bhuke-pyaase havan karna ye bachche ke liye teek hoga? Shanti havan to subha tak hogi. Aur aaj hi nakku doctor se checkup kara ke aaye hai. Mere khayal se usse aaj raat kahi jaana hi nahin chahiye.

Dutta- aai, kala tai teek kah rahi hai. Aap log sab chale jayeye. Naaku aur main yahi rahenge. Aap unse meri taraf se maafi maang lijiye. Aur haan baaji...he turned to look at baaji but he was not there. After looking around dutta spotted baaji smiling and talking on the phone in a faraway corner. Dutta- baaji, baaji...BAAJI. Baaji snaps to attention- hau bhau, ek minute. On the phone softly..haan, baad mein baat karta hoon.

Dutta- kisse baat kar raha tha. Kab se bula raha hoon. Baaji looks around- wo main..wo main..aise hi bhau bolo na?

Dutta- haan, sun deorukh ke kissano ko check de dena humari taraf se. takki unhe kuch rahat ho.

Baaji- deorukh, kaun ja raha hai? Dutta-baaji, kaha dhyan hai tera? Tu jaaraha hai parivar ke sath. Baaji schocked-mmmm...main? Kab? Aaisaheb- aaj. Baaji- nahi. They all looked at him startled. Dutta- matlab? Baaji- matlab..matlab bhau, aaj main kaise jayega. Wo aaj to bahut kaam hai. Sudershan- dutta bhau ke kaam se bada kya kaam hai, baaji?

Baaji- wo kya hai na sudarshan bhau, main bhau ka dhanda bhi dekhta hai. Ab bhau to shaadi bana liya. Ab dhande ke logo ke sath utne baitne ke liye koi mangta hai.hai ki nahi bhau? Ab bhau to peena weena chod diye, par businezs ke logo ko peena pilana padtaich hai. Achcha wat banane ko.

Dutta- wo main chala jaunga. Thodi der bait ke laut aunga. Tu aai ke sath jayega deorukh.

Baaji- nai bhau, main wo..wo main. He started stuttering and scratching his head in frustration. Aaisaheb noticed it and smiled. There was something going on with baaji and she could almost guess what it was.

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Baaji was halfheartedly getting ready to go with family. What a perfect day and night it would have been? He was just talking to shammi. She had told him her brother was away on some party for new year's. She wanted to celebrate the new year's with him. He had promised her that he would make it perfect for her.' Ekdum jhakaas. Par bhau bhi na! Meri love story ka amirish puri kahi ka!' baaji was pacing and talking to himself.

Baaji- aapni to love story mast bana li. Meri love story pe break laga diya. Main jaanta hoon. Ab pura ghar khali hoga. Bhau ye maukka thodi na chodenge. Dekh baaji, ye natija hai baar baar bhau ke kabab mein haddi banane ka. Agar tu baar baar waha muh utta ke nahi ghusta to aaj bhau tera kabab kabhi kharab nahi karte.

Aaisaheb listened to his rant and smiled- baaji! Baaji was startled- ho aaisaheb? Aap mereko bula lete. Aaisaheb-bas,bas. Makkan baazi nahi. Yaha aa. He went to stand near her with his head low.

Aai- sach sach bata kaun hai wo? Baaji- kaun aai? Koi bhi to nahi? Aai- baaji hum aai hai. Hum sab jaante hai. Bata kaun hai wo jisse millne ke liye tu paheli baar apne bhau se bahane bana raha tha. Bol kaun banane wali hai meri chotti bahu?

Baaji shyly looked down and scratched his head- wo aaisaheb...aap usse jaanti ho aur aapko pasand bhi aayegi. Pan maine abhi tak usko kuch pucha nahi na. Jab wo haan karegi to aapse millwaunga.

Aaisaheb- arey weda, tu usse kya asise hi puchega? Koi tofaa liya? Baaji- kya aaisaheb, mereko bhau jaisa socha hai kya, neem chadha karela. Wo to nakku hai jo usko jhelti hai. Warna pata bhau ko agar bolne ka ho na to wo bandook nikal ke nakku ko dega aur bolega.'le nakku, shaddi kar warna, che ki che daal mere andar.'

Aaisaheb pulls his ears- maskaari karta hai? Baaji- aaisaheb, lagta hai choddo na. Batata hai bas. She lets go so bajji continued- main hai na uske liye mast intezam karega. Bole to mahool banake propose maarega. Phool mast uske pasand ka khana-gaana sab intezam kiya hai.

Aaisaheb- aur tofaa? Baaji bit his tongue- arey saala, wo to bhul gaya.

Aai- hume yaad hai. Ye le. She extended her arm and baaji noticed for the first time the jewellery box in her hand.

Baaji- ye kya aaisaheb? Nako. Ye sab . Aap ye nakku,ya tai logo ko do na.

Aaisaheb- baaji, dutta tujhe aapna dost se jayada bhai manta hai. Aur humne bhi kabhi tujhe paraya nahi samjha. Teri patni bhi hume nakku jitni hi pyaari hogi. Mere ghar ki chotti bahu. Aur ye maine kab se uske liye sambhal kar rakha hai. She opened showed him a pair of beautiful kangans. Aaj meri bahu ko tu ye pahenana samjha.

Baaji had tears in his eyes and he huged her- aaisaheb. Main bahut khushnaseeb hai. Mereko aapne aaj sabse bada tofaa diya hai. Then he straigented up looked worriedly at her. Pan aaisaheb, bhau? Aaisaheb- ussey main samjha dungi. Teek hai. Baaji beamed at her nodding.

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Madhu was wearing a blue halter neck knee length ball gown she had got for the party , she had combed her wavy long hair till it was shining with static. She had accesoried with simple diamond studs that had been gifted by her dad in one of his last meeting with her. She had never been able to look at those gifts. But all the pain and wounds have started to heal slowly, she was able to touch this and even wear them without the distaste it caused earlier.

A new year definitely marking a new woman in her. Now everything was not black or white, or just wrong and right. Now even though she didn't approve of her brothers profession but she could still relate to the goodness he brought into the masses. She was not sure if the girl who had been a cop would ever accept his some actions but she was beginning to understand him. Now if only harsh could see the same.

She had tried hard to avoid him stay unaffected by him but somehow he would always stay in his field of vision. He was aware of her too. There was a pulsing in the air vibrant with static between them. It had never been like that before. He was dancing with a girl from the salsa group. She turned back as an old aqaintance of bhaiyya's asked her about him. She answered his questions and moved away as soon as possible. Midnight was fast approaching. The party was on upper deck. It was overcrowded and loud. She felt suffocated. She looked below and saw the back deck below empty and dark. It looked cool and inviting. She decided to sit in the solitude for sometime. And get back up for the final countdown and Fireworks show. She made her way out of the crush, smiling at a few aquaintances, unaware that a pair of dark sombre eyes were following her each move.

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Rahul and Anjali knew they were in love. Their family didn't understand. They thought they were too young. But love knew no boundaries and no age barrier. They knew that because Shah Rukh Khan said so in his each and every movie. The grown ups were busy in their party so they had decided to celebrate this new year with each other. They slipped out of their beds. Rahul had raided the mini fridge in his parents room and had filled a carton box with some goodies, even a bottle of wine. He was very excited to share it with his girlfriend. He had also found the perfect place. A set of raft boats kept for emergency had been left with air filled in them on the backside of the ship on the below deck. It was dark there, only the faint lilting light from the upper decks laser show was giving off some relief. He held her small soft hand and took her to the raft where he had already hidden his box. This raft was a pretty dark blue in color. It was hung on the side of the ship overboard. He helped her climb up the rail of the ship and jump on the raft. She bounced as if she was jumping on air-filled bin bags of the fairs and giggled. He followed her down on the raft. They looked at the edge of the raft. It was exhilarating. They could see the sea waves being torn by the ship and they were high up suspended in air. This was cooler than in the movies.

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Mr. Oberoi was in conference with his Ship's captain- Captain, I want you to give this baby her head. Let her talk to the breeze. I want evryone to feel the speed and power. They should talk about this party and cruise till the next year's party. I want them to know that Oberoi's have power to rule these waters.

Captain- Ok Sir. On the top, boys. He tuned to give orders to his second in command. 'Take it to the full down..make the lady glide and fly.'

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Farooq and Anand where on the watch on the new year's eve could they have been any more unlucky. They had tried hard to exchange the shifts, had offered a bottle of best whiskey when they get to the land, offered to work back to back shifts day after tomorrow but no one wanted to miss out on the party.

The darndest thing was that for the first time they had the chance to spend their new years eve with two super hot dates. The two cute foreigner dancers of the troop had been flirting with them back and forth for past two days. They found the fact they were sailors very intriguing. How disappointed they had looked when they came to know about their shift. They were smoking from the same cigarette cursing their fate.

'Hello sailor! Wanna party with us!' they both turned with surprise in their eyes to see the beautiful vision on the ladder of the Nest- the perch on the top of the mast of ship where they kept watch to forewarn about any approaching vessels or some other obstacles. The girls came up giggling holding a bottle of wine and went to their respective sailors kissing them and dragging them to the floor.

Farooq and Anand shared a gobsmacked look before being kissed within the inch of their lives.

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She saw those two mischief-makers on the deck. She was irritated as she was enjoying the solitude and the pick in the wind. The ship was moving really fast, it was exhilarating. As the wind blew her hair awry she saw the punks move towards the carelessly kept raft. It took her a moment to grasp their intent.

'Oh Crap!', she mumbled and moved towards the raft slowly so as to not startle them into falling off. She leaned down to see them jumping on the raft gleefully. The rope holding the raft to the ship slid a little. They didn't even notice.

"What do you think you are doing?"she shouted at them to get their attention as they were oblivious to everything else.

Rahul- go away. We are celebrating our new year together. No grown ups allowed.

Anjali- she doesn't have boyfriend so she is jealous of us. She giggled.

Madhu swore that she would never have kids if they will turn out to be such evil demons. Madhu- listen, I know what you guys want. But this is very dangerous. These rafts are supposed to be blown when in water and they should not be hanging like this. This rope may give way and you guys will fall.

Rahul- aaai.aai.ayaayyaahheyio..he poked his tongue at her and anjali giggled and made faces at her jumping on the raft to annoy her. Madhu tried telling them again and eyed the ropes apprehensively. Before she could say anymore the rope snapped at one side and the raft slipped a little down. Anjali and rahul were tussled up and thrown to a side they held the handle bar of the raft provided to drag it around. They both understood the pickle they were in. they screamed.

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Harsh has waited for ten minutes before following her. He could not understand this compulsion to keep her within his vision the whole time. He saw her standing leaning down on the side of the ship, trying to hold her untamed hair out of her face. The music was at its crescendo and he tried calling her, warn her not to lean too much but his scream was drowned in the music. Maybe she was sick after eating something. But she should not be leaning so much, she might go overboard. He hesitated to move towards her, maybe she would not welcome his presence. Not after he had been such an grade ass to her this afternoon.

He looked up and his heart stopped beating for a second and then started running like an express train. Madhu had climbed up the side of the ship and was trying to balance herself holding the side board. He started running towards her to stop her from jumping off but he was a bit to late like always as she slide off before he could grab her hand.

'Madhu!' he screamed and looked down on the side of the ship expecting to see a floating body in the dark grasping waves being tossed like a light ragged plastic ball. But the sight that met his eyes chilled him to bone.

.....To be continued

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Superb updt...............Tasha - AS convo gr8............why cant Dutta understand Baajis condition???he is in luv.........AS - Baaji convo superb............Harsh - Madhu cant stay away frm each othr........they should understand..........Ooops!!! what happened to Madhu?????Cliffhanger..........

Hey.. u remembered this FF.. very cute one.. loved the AS-baaji convo.. I was really touched to see AS give the kangans to baaji.. it was indeed heart warming. And bechara baaji so wanted to opt out of this trip! And AS understood while Dutta did not .. I think he is a bit distracted after the doc visit and so probably did not notice baaji stalling!!

The kids names really cracked me up. So they feel SRK is endorsing their romance LOL.. bless them!

OMG, what happened to Madhu in the end. I am a bit worried now..i am sure Hursh will also jump after her!

And kala tai ne bahu acha kia that Tasha are now left on their own.. ahem.. tumne kuch toh plan kia hi hoga na unke liye!!

Thanks for the pm shilpi!