Manan FF- Arranged marriage (✔)

Scene 4a

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"gaon walo...meri baat sun lo...!" cabir shouted, dramatically standing over a stool. Malhotras and FAB3 were present at murthy villa. He had something to say but everyone was so busy talking to each other that no one paid heed to him , so he thought of doing this to attract everyone's attention. And his drama worked as each and everyone of them gave him an incredulous expression.

"cabir what are you doing man!!ase koi chillata hai!!" manik spoke first.

"aap log meri baat ase hi sun lete toh mujhe ye drama ni karna parta!!" cabir spoke mockingly.

"ha toh ab sun rahe hain na..jaldi bolo...bahut kaam hai hamein!!" said his dear wife, navya.

"wse toh ye venue k baare mein tha...but since tum log itne busy ho...let it be" cabir acted and got off the stool.

The word 'venue' caught everyone's attention as it was the most important thing about marriage. Mukti was like bol de cabir please! But owing to the fact that she was in her sasuraal right now, she had to keep mum.

Maan knew how to get the information out of cabir and that was to use his authority, so he spoke in a heavy voice "cabir..."

And cabir was like 'gya beta!'

"jee uncle" cabir spoke trying to act as cute as possible.

Rest of them were enjoying cabir's drama.

"kya bol rahe the tum venue ke baare mein??" maan asked.

"jee uncle main bas bata raha tha ki jodhpur fort ki booking confirm ho gyi...abhi manager ka call aya tha" cabir was 'bhigi billi' now.

Hearing the news, others erupted in joy and another round of gossips started. Maan too got busy discussing something with alok murthy, and cabir huffed in relaxation.

Dhruv giggled watching cabir, cabir in return smacked dhruv's head.
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"amma" manik addressed sheetal "jee wo actually nandini k medicines ka time ho gya hai...so main soch raha tha ki hum sab dinner kar lete hain toh fir wo medicines kha legi"

Sheetal slapped her own forehead realising her carelessness and said hurriedly rising up "sorry sorry...sorry beta...main v kitna bhulne lagi hun aajkal..mujhe dhyan rakhna chahye tha dinner time ka...chaliye aap sab dinner table par main khana lagati hun.."

"amma...relax...aap baithiye..apki koi galti ni h...toh sorry kis baat ki!"

Manik spoke forcing her to sit down " aaj apko dinner main serve karunga!"

"arey beta ni...tum kse...tum hamare jamai ho..main tumhe kse kaam karne de sakti hun!" sheetal protested.

"arey sheetal ji...mujhe laga manik ko aap apna beta samajhte ho...fir ye formality ksi...!" neyonika intervened.

"ji beta toh hai hi..par.."

"par war kuch ni...aap baithiye..main bulau toh aap sab aiyega " manik ordered.

Sheetal gave up "thk hai" and manik grinned.

"par...!" sheetal again interrupted and manik turned to look at her , so she spoke meekly "kitchen mein apko kuch samajh ni ayega.."

"abhimanyu hai na..wo bata dega" manik spoke quickly as he saw nandini trying to get up. Nandini rolled her eyes.

"ha...amma main hu...you relax" abhimanyu said and the duo headed towards the kitchen.
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Nandini came out of the washroom and saw mukti looking at the various pictures of murthy family on the wall.

She smiled and stood beside her "this picture..amma ne click kiya tha..jab bhai first time school jaarahe the,...and see here ye meri hai..jab main pehli baar school ja rahi thi.."

"looks like you were crying bhabhi??" mukti asked.

"yeah i was" nandini said slightly embarrassed. Then they discussed several other photographs and their related memories.

"its so unbelievable..i feel like all of this just happened yesterday...but the fact is that now i am no more a kid..in fact i am going to have my own kid!!" nandini spoke quite amazed by the realisation.

"so how do you feel about it??" mukti asked curiously.

"i don't know. I really don't know...i don't want to think about it...whenever i delve into this thought that how much my life is going to change..it scares me...you know till now i was a carefree bird..but after this..." she doesn't complete as a shiver runs down her spine. She thinks to let the thought go but is unable to and slowly tears start building up. She tries hard to control them but it is as if they are out of her control.

Mukti panics seeing the tear drops trickling down her cheeks. The only thing that comes to her mind at that moment is to somehow comfort and so ,she hugs her. Nandini , now getting the comfort of an arm, starts crying inconsolably.

"bhabhi...why are you crying?? " mukti asks and nandini sniffs like a kid.

"i don't know...ansu ruk hi ni rahe hain". They hear a knock on the door.

"yes" mukti speaks loudly for the person to come in. Abhi walks in but gets worried seeing her crying.

"kya hua? Why is she crying?" he asks mukti.

"i don't know. Hum bas baat kar rahe the and pregnancy topic came up...and she started crying" mukti speaks sympathetically patting nandini's shoulder.

Nandini sniffs "pregnancy hormones i guess"

"nandini you are still a kid...but behna ab responsibilities se darr ke bhagne ka koshish mat karo!" abhimanyu said teasingly.

"i am not running away from responsibilities bhai...jab mukti pregnant hogi na tab apko pta chalega...ksa feel hota h!" nandini hit back and mukti was like 'oh god give me some place to hide!'

While ABHI was blushing like a girl. This instantly changed nandini's mood and she smiled looking at the two of them.

"bhai..." she crooned "blush baad mein kar lena...first tell me yaha kyu aye the??" she spoke in a sing song manner.

Abhi turned to a more darker shade of red "wo wo..main.." as he fumbled, mukti spoke hurriedly "i think koi mujhe bula raha hai...i will go and see" and she ran out from there while nandini laughed. Abhi hit her head playfully, smiling himself "q usey embarrass karti hai!! Badmaas"

"ooo caring!! Good good bhai very good" nandini teased and abhi rolled his eyes.

"manik tujhe kab se dhundh raha hai..chal niche...agar uske gusse ka shikaar ni hona chahti hai"

This alerted nandini. After dinner she had come here to use the washroom. Medicines were left to be eaten.

Manik must be mad at her by now!
"aiyappa ! bhai..!! pehle q ni btaya!!" she said walking out in a hurry. Abhi shook his head at her childishness and ran after her , asking her to slow down.

"nandini!!" manik shouted as he saw her hurriedly getting down the stairs skipping two steps at a time! There was panic in his voice. Rest of them stood frozen at their places.

.....to be continued