Day 2
It was a bright sunny morning in Delhi. Khushi had just woken up a slumber sleep with a smile on her face and all of a sudden it faltered on her face as she remembered last night. She had made a promise to the stupid Laad Governor that in the future he will be allowed to make decision on what and how her wedding theme would be. She sits on the bed in upright position, with both of her hands in folded together praying to her Devi Maiyya that he does not pick a theme that would be hideous. Payal had just come out of the bathroom noticed her younger sibling praying with folded hands and eyes closed. She walks up to her and taps her shoulder to get her out of her deep thinking, "Khushi what are you asking your Devi Maiyya in such concentration?" Khushi hearing her sisters voice snaps her eyes open, drops her folded hands on her lap, "Nothing much Jiji, just that your engagement goes smoothly and that you have a wonderful married life." Payal with a tender smile nods her head and walks over to the dresser to comb her hair, while Khushi also mumbles, "And also to give brain to that Prince of Darkness as to not ruin my future wedding." Payal hearing her mumble something, turns around and asks, "Did you say something?" Khushi shakes her head in a no and smiles at her sister. Payal shrugs her shoulders, turns back around to comb her hair and tells her to go take a shower.
Downstairs Nani, Anjali and Mami were setting up everything for the morning aarti. Nani turns around and says; "Anjali bitiya today is the first time that Payal bitiya is here with us to perform the morning aarti. It is good na." Anjali who was busy setting up the thaali for the aarti nods her head in agreement with a gentle smile tugging on her lips. Mami was beaming with happiness that her Aakash's soon to be wife will performing the aarti. Anjali walks up to both her Nani and Mami and says, "It is also Khushi's first day, granted that she is yet to become the bahu of this house, but nonetheless it is good." Nani and Mami both with a smile nod their heads. As on cue, both sisters descent down the stairs with a smile on their faces. They take blessings from Nani and Mami and hug Anjali. Nani tells Payal that she will perform the aarti today along with Khushi. Anjali hands the thaali over to Payal with a smile on her lips and Payal extends her hand to accept it. Both sisters move closer to the mandir to start the morning aarti with a gracious smile on their lips.
Aakash and his father enter the living room while the aarti was going and smile at the sight they saw. Aakash was beaming with happiness that his Payal dressed in simple salwar suit looked breath taking was performing the aarti. After the aarti, Khushi gives everyone the aarti so they can take their blessing. When she comes to Mama ji she takes his blessing as does Payal. Khushi looks around to see if the great ASR was present, but her eyes could not spot him. Aakash smiles and says, "Bhai does not believe in god Khushi." She whips her head around with shock that what kind of person does not believe in the sanctity of god. Anjali with a sad smile also says, "Ha Khushi chote does not believe in god or any rituals. In fact he does not even believe the sacred bond of marriage." Khushi was utter shocked to hear that, but then again why would he. He himself thinks as god. She shakes her head off to not think about him and spoil rest of her day. They all move towards the dining room for breakfast. "Where is chote? He should have been down by now for breakfast." Anjali says as she looks at Aakash waiting for an answer. He shrugs his shoulders as to answer that he has no idea, when HP comes out of the kitchen with food in his hand and answers Anjali, "Woh Arnav Bhai bahut jaldi utt gaye thay aaj. Woh kabh ka kaam pe chale gaye." Anjali shakes her head and asks whether he took breakfast to which HP nods his head that he indeed did have his breakfast. Anjali thinks to herself that all he does is work and not take any rest. She goes back to eating her breakfast and asks everyone what their plans are for the day. Anjali looks at Khushi and says, "Khushi don't forget that you have to go and make the final decision regarding the decorations for the engagement." Khushi nods her head in understanding, "Ji Di I know. I will go and handle that today."
Night time...
It was late at night, everyone has already retired to sleep but our Khushi Kumari Gupta could not sleep. Arnav had not yet arrived from the office and had not seen him the whole day. For one thing she was glad that she hadn't seen him all day, but on the other hand felt uneasy in the pit of her stomach which could not figure out why. She was lounging by the poolside and staring up at the sky. The night was clear as crisp today and you could see the stars shining brightly in the night sky. She smiles as she notices a bright star glowing, "Hello Mama. How are you?" She goes on chatting with the star (Mama) telling her all about Arnav, how she called in the favour and used it to her advantage. Arnav who had arrived couple of minutes back noticed a silhouette figure seating at the edge of the pool with the feet dipped into and looking up towards the stars. Then all of sudden he heard her speaking to them, at first he was baffled that she has indeed lost her marbles and was going mental. Then he heard say Mama and talk about him to the stars. He was confused as to why she was talking to the stars and calling it her mother, when in reality her mother was in Lucknow. If she wanted to talk to her all she had to do was pick up the phone and call her. He walks slowly towards her without making any noise, "You know they did invent phones to call people if you want to talk to them." She jerks her head hastily upon hearing his voice and gives him a glare.
"You know it is impolite to listen in on other people's private conversation." She heatedly tells him off, takes her feet out of the water and stands up. Arnav shakes his head at the unbelievable creature in front of him. He crosses both of his arms in front of his chest and says, "Who exactly are you talking too?" He looks up at the sky and then back at her, "I mean I did not realize that the connection to Lucknow is so strong that your mother can hear you." Khushi was confused with what he said and replies him back, "If I wanted to talk to my Amma, I would have picked up the phone and called her." She gives him an annoyed glare and shakes her head in exasperation. Arnav cocks one of his eyebrows and says, "Then I must be having a hearing problem, because I swear that I heard you say Mama." Khushi finally getting it laughs at him with full on. He was getting annoyed by her laughter and kept on glaring at her with irritation in his eyes. She was mocking him or making fun of him which he could figure out, "Stop laughing Khushi Kumari Gupta and what is so damn funny?" Khushi stops her ranting of laughter, places her right hand over her chest to catch her breath and answers, "You thought I was talking my Amma while staring at the stars?" He nods his head in agreeing and waits for to finish, "Well I was not. I was talking to Mama." Now even more puzzled at this girl he says, "Same thing." Khushi cocks one of her eyebrows at him and smirks, "No not the same thing Mr. Raizada. In case you have not heard, but I call my mother Amma," He closes his eyes and tilts his head sideways and waits for to finish, "But I call your mother Mama." Upon hearing this, his face softens and he looks at her and then up towards the sky to see the bright shining stars. He turns his head towards her again and asks, "You talk to Ma?" She nods her head and says that every night she has a conversation with her about her day. It gives her a peace of mind when she is chatting away with her. All this while listening to her, he was staring at her face with excitement written all over her face. She was explaining to him all about how she thinks that when someone dies, they go up and become stars and that is what happened to his mother. She gives him a tender smile and continues her explanation. He was intently listening on to her, but was surprised that she cared for his mother deeply.
She points at the bright shining star, "You see that one over, shining so brightly," Arnav looks up at the star she is pointing at, "I believe that is Mama, shining down on us brightly." He looks back at her with amazement and then back at the star. She smiles a little, "Hi Mama, I want you meet your son Arnav." Hearing her say this Arnav's eyes get misty. He tries his hard not to let the tears flow from his eyes and closes his eyes. Khushi looks at him, places her hand on his shoulder, "It is okay to let out the tears," He opens his eyes, turns to look at her with his eyes, "Someone once said that crying is good for the soul. It cleanses it." Hearing this from her, Arnav starts to laugh and says, "Where do you get your knowledge about this kind of stuff?" She gives him a glare and says, "From wise people." Arnav then looks back up towards the sky, "Hi Ma, it is nice to meet you." Khushi smiles at him as he was finally letting go of his ASR build up and became Arnav. The little boy, who misses his mother and the tender, caring guy she sees in him. Khushi decides that she should give him some time to talk to his mother in private begins to walk away. As she was about to take another step, she feels her left wrist being held by him. The sheer contact of him was wreaking havoc on her body; she did not know what was happening to her. "Stay please." He tells her with a soft voice as he tightens his grip on her wrist. She turns around to look at him as he turns back to look at her. She smiles and nods her head. She twists her hand around and entwined his hand with hers. They both stand there looking at the star without saying anything. None of them knew what was going on between them, but they felt that standing here together was right. He squeezes their entwined hands as Khushi feels the heat scorching through her body. She did not know what was happening, but one thing she did know was that Arnav Singh Raizada was slowly becoming a part of her life and the feeling of it was heavenly. She looks up at the sky and sees the star shining even brightly as if giving them blessings.
Arnav was just content standing there beside her. He knew that the feeling he had in the pit of his stomach and heart were creating havoc on his mind, body and soul. But at the moment, all he wanted to do was stand close to her, holding her hand as the touch of her was exhilarating him to such extent that he had no words to describe it. He turns to look at her and sees the glow on her face from the brightness of the moon. He however, still knew that she was a puzzle that needed to be figured, he looks up towards the star and in his heart says, "One day Ma, you have explain to me this," he looks back towards Khushi who was still in her trance smiling up at stars. Anjali had heard and seen everything with her own two eyes at the interaction of her brother and Khushi wiped the tears from her eyes. With a smile tugging on her lips looked up at the sky herself and said, "You picked right Ma for our chote. Khushi will make him happy." She starts to walk away towards her bedroom to retire for the night.
Day 3
Arnav was coming down the stairs with his Bluetooth intact in his left ear yelling at the other person on the other end. Khushi had a plate of flowers in her hand that needed to be placed in the mandir she was lost in her own world and was walking right into Arnav's path. Arnav looking at the file in his hand was getting agitated by the minute with his staff for the incompetence at not doing their job right. Anjali and Nani were looking at him and then their eyes travelled to Khushi who was busy arranging the flowers on the plate and they knew any moment both of them will bump into each other. As predicted, both bumped into each other with a bang, with the papers from the file flying everywhere and the plate of flowers scattered everywhere on the floor. "Can't you see where you are going?" Arnav fumes at her with jaws clenched and rage in his eyes. Khushi with wide eyes gives him a displeased look and retaliates, "Why can't you watch where you are walking?" Arnav now fed up with her talking back to him, moves forward towards her a step and she stands her ground with complete confident. She was not scared of him or intimidated by his nature, "You know god also gave you two eyes Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada I suggest you use it once in awhile." The muscle in his jaw starts to twitch and both of his hands grip into tight fists with anger soaring through his entire body. Anjali and Nani who were witnessing this whole scenario and knew that they better intervene before it blows up into massive proportion.
"Look you," He points a figure at her, "I will walk way anyway I want too and where I want too. Who the hell are you tell me what to do in my own house?" Khushi outraged by his behaviour points a figure at him as well, "Yeah well this may be your house, but it is also happens to be my Jeeju's house," lowers her finger down and places both of her hands on her hips, "So with that being said I have every right to walk anyway I want too just as much as you do!" Arnav closes his eyes as he did not have time to argue with her as he had more pressing matters to deal with at hand. He shakes his head and says, "Unbelievable." He then bends down to pick up the scattered papers from the floor with annoyance. She looks at his bent down figure at her feet and suddenly had an urge to say Taathastu. She holds back the grin on her face and looks at Anjali and Nani's face. They both had a frightened look and she could not figure out why they were both scared of this Laad Governor. It was not like he was going to eat them up; I mean his bark is worse than his bite. Arnav finally having gathered all his papers gets up and tells her, "Just do me a favour Khushi Kumari Gupta stay out of my way from now on." With that being said he walks out of the house with fuming anger. Khushi astonished by his way of talking shakes her head.
Anjali comes up to her and asks, "Aap theek to hai na Khushi?" Khushi nods her head and bends down to pick up the fallen flowers on the floor. "Di I am not scared of that brother of yours he does not at all scare me with his tactics." Anjali starts to laugh and thinks that everything was fine and dandy between them last night, but it looks like that their relationship will consist of them constantly getting up on each other's nerves and then making up. Though she was glad of one thing, that Khushi is not at all intimidated by him. She only prays and hopes to god that he finds the love, warmth and tenderness that he so deserves.
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