BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

THE FOBIA

{PLEASE IGNORE THE SPELLING AND THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES}

*_*_*_*_*_*_*

Haseena was lying peacefully on the bed on her stomach in her bedroom with closed eyes and a calm face. Then, Ammi and Shivani come to her room. Shivani smiles a little and sits on a sofa while Ammi sits beside Haseena and sighed at her daughter as it was her habit that whenever she gets free from her work she used to sleep a lot. Ammi strongly believes that her daughter, Haseena has only three goals in her life. Firstly, helping the poor and needy person. Secondly to win every case. And the last but most important goal in her life is to sleep without tension for a long time.

Ammi doesn't like the third goal of her daughter. Well, no mother in the world actually likes it.

She says with a sigh, "Kya kare hum iss ladki ka...? Ek toh hamesha apne kaam mein lagi rehti hain. Aur agar kaam khatam toh sote rehti hain. Yeh nahi ki do pal apne Ammi ke saath baith le, has bol le..."

"Offo Ammi, aap toh kha ma kha di par bigadti rehti hain. Aapko pata bhi pichhle kuch dino di ko kitni bhagdaud karni padi thi cases ke silsile mein. Ab finally jaake woh court mein case jeet gayi toh aaram karna toh banta hain naa..." Shivani tries to defend her ma'am, soul sister.

"Haan apni di ki chamchi! Sab samajhte hain hum. Dono milke hume pareshaan karte ho. Aur tu naa kabhi kabhi humari side bhi liya kar tu. Hamesha apni di ki tarafdaari karti rehti hain."

"Issi baat ki toh salary milti hain mujhe" Shivani replies cutely.

Haseena puts her head in Ammi's lap and snuggles into it. She says cutely in the sleepiness, "Aap kya hamesha shikayat karti rehti hain, Ammi. Yeh nahi ki beti thaki haari so rahi hain. Usse goad mein lekar thap thapaye, uske baal sehlaaye. Yeh sab khayal nahi aate aapke garam deemag mein?"

Shivani laughs and quickly becomes quiet as Ammi glares at her. Ammi pulls her daughter's ear which makes Haseena scream, "Aa... Ammi... Kya kar rahi hain chhodiya naa... Please..."

"Nahi chhodenge..."

"Ammi please chhodiya naa... Dard ho raha hain" Finally Ammi leaves her ear and says, "Chal ab uth jaa... Kab take soti rehegi tu?"

Haseena replies lazily, "Ammiiii..., Aapko pata hain naa hume zindagi mein sirf teen cheezon se pyaar hain. Ek aap, dusra humara kaam aur teesri humari nind. Aap kyun humare pyaar se humare hume door kar rahi hain. Sone dijiye naa please... Waise bhi toh mahine mein ekad din hi toh milte hain hume aise aaram se sone ke liye."

As soon as she completes her sentence, Shivani complained like a small child, "Ammi, Kaam aur Nind! Bas in teeno se hi pyaar hain aapko? Aur main kuch bhi nahi. That's not fair."

"Oye Nautanki, zyada overacting karne ki koi zaroorat nahi hain. Jab humne Ammi ka naam liya naa toh that's means humne apni puri family ko refer kiya jisne aap bhi aati hain, Cheetu bhi aata hain, aur baaki ke humare saare friends bhi aate hain. Bas Ammi se zyada pyaar hain. Samjhi?" she sweetly scolds her.

"Chal abhi uth jaa, Hassu. Kab tak soti rahegi. Phir raat ko nind nahi aayegi tujhe. Tu sone ke bajeye kuch khana banana ya kuch aur sikhle naa... Itni badi ho gayi hain, chai tak toh banani aati nahi tujhe" Ammi taunts her.

"Ammi yaar chai banani toh aati hain hume" she argues cutely and Ammi replies, "Haan pata hain kitni chai banani aati hain. Woh teri woh hari wali chai jisne biskut ki tarah kagad ki jaisa patta dubone jaise teri chai ban jaati hain. Jisme na swad hota hain na maza aata hain."

Haseena looks at her Ammi making a poor face. What a perfect explanation she has given about green tea. No one roasts anything better than a mother, especially an Indian mother.