The Royal Rebel

Chapter 2

I just sighed and rested my head on Jiya 's shoulder, Pranali was still sleeping

"And you three try to wear traditional clothes as much as possible, Rajmata and Rani Sa are very conservative in that matter , they will surely attack you with words if they saw you in western wear" he said out of no where

I just nodded my head and Jiya had a frown on her face, of course we both wore a loose T shirt and jeans , and Pranali being Pranali was looking angelic in her white kurti , it's not like we hated traditional wear, instead I love to wear Kurtis and sarees , we were just more comfortable in loose T shirts and pyjamas.

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After an hour , our car stopped outside huge gates , it looked like an entrance to a whole new city...

A guard approached us and bowed to Neel , he too smiled and greeted the guard

The guard checked our identification cards , luggage and did our entry in his register

As soon as our car entered the gates , we were shocked, of course except Neel , he looked smug.

"Woww! it reminds me of those historical dramas with these green lawns and rich architecture" Pranali said , awestruck with the beauty

The road divided into two and we took the right one

"What is on the left road? It looked heavily guarded" jiya asked

"It's the Chauhan residence, my home along with some other close relatives of Chauhan's live on the right side , you can't go to the left side of this area unless you are a Chauhan or are invited by one" Neel explained

"It all sounds so... you know , like a dream , I mean I feel like I am in the 19th century" Pranali said dreamily

All this while I was silently taking in my surroundings, unlike Jiya and Pranali , I do not feel like I am in a dream nor am I curious about these surroundings, I just feel at peace , it feels like home..

Soon we parked in front of a very warm looking house, and Neel got out of the car with a big grin on his face . He stood in front of the gate and bowed dramatically

" Girls , welcome to the one and only residence of the Rajawat" and open the doors , inviting us in .

When we got in, Jyoti aunty was already there with an aarti ki thaal

Neel shouted "Maa sa" and embraced her, being careful of the thaal

"Aree aree Neel , pehle aarti utarwa le , 5 saal baad Ghar aaya hai Mera bacha " ( wait wait Neel , first let me welcome you, my son is home after 5 years )

After she did our welcome , Neel just hugged her and said " sorry mamma " to which Jyoti aunty replied "it's okay Mera bacha" ( my child).

"Jiya , Pranali , Shivagya , it's nice to finally meet you all, come in , leave the luggage here , Kishore kaka will send it to your rooms , now come " saying this she embraced all of us and led us to the living room

The two man sitting in the living room looked towards us as we entered

Neel greeted them , he bended and touched their feet

Then he looked towards us and said

"Girls he is my Baba sa , Jaiveer Singh Rajawat and my bhaisa Reyansh Singh Rajawat , and baba sa they are my friends" Neel introduced us , Jiya and I smiled awkwardly at uncle as he was quite intimidating and he was looking at me curiously for some reason I don't know.

Pranali moved forward touched his feet and said "Pranali Aggarwal " jiya too followed her lead and introduced herself as "Jiya Sharma " and now it was my turn I too touched his feet and introduced myself" Shivagya Vyas" he looked at me for few moments and I swear , I saw a look of recognition passing through his eyes, but I just shrugged it off