Khushi panicked seeing her breakdown like that. Anjali hung her head down and sobbed.
Khushi held her and said: di..bas...please aise mat roiye di...(Di please don't cry)
Anjali: humey maaf kar dijiye khushiji...hamari wajah se aapko itna kuch sehena para..pehele shyaamji aur fir chhotey....humey maaf kar dijiye...(Forgive me khushiji..you had to bear so much because of me..first shyaamji and then chhotey...forgive me)
Khushi wiped her tears and said: nehi di...aap maafi mat mangiye..shyaamji ne hum dono ke sath galat kiya...khaas karke aapke sath...aur arnavji (she looked at him. His face looked pale and she knew why)..arnavji ne humey zindagi ki sabse bari khushi di hai..hamara hath thamke...(Di please...why are you apologising..shyaamji did wrong to both you and me...specially with you..and arnavji..he gave me the greatest happiness of my life by making me a part of his life)
Arnav smiled through his tears. Anjali looked relieved and felt happy realising that things were fine between the two of them.
Khushi: aur di maafi to humey mangni chahiye jo hum himmat nehi kar paye aapse sab sach kehene ki...(And I should apologise to you because I couldn't gather the courage to tell you the truth)
Anjali: nehi khushiji.... Hum...
In the meantime payal came out with anjali's daughter and said: khushi yeh dekh...yeh hai hamari janvi..(Khushi see..this is our janvi..)
Khushi took her in her arms, smiled kissed her and said: janvi! Di yeh naam to humne..(Janvi! I had given this name..)
Anjali touched her cheeks and said: aap hamarey sath nehi thi to kya hua...hamarey dil mein to thi na..(So what you were not with us...you were always there in our heart)
Khushi handed over janvi to payal and pulled anjali in a hug and said: bas di..ab aap bilkul nehi royengi..(Di you will not cry anymore)
She then turned to others and said: aur aap sab bhi bilkul nehi royenge...(No one will cry) She went and hugged nani and said: hum sab kyun roye..humey to khush hona chahiye ki ab koi bura saaya humpe kabhi nehi parega...hain na naniji(why should we cry...we should be happy that the evil eye is out of our lives..isn't it naniji?)
Nani stroked her hair and said: haan bitiya..hum log bilkul nehi royenge...ab aap jo aayi gayi humri khushi..(Yes..we will not cry..now that you have come back)
Khushi: to fir tayer raha..kal holi hai aur hum sab milke holi khelenge..(So its set..tomorrow is holi and we will celebrate holi together)
Anjali was a bit hesitant. She said: woh khushiji hum..(Actually khushiji..I..)
Khushi: di issey pehele ki aap kuch bole hum aapko bata de ki aap na nehi bol sakti (before you say something let me tell you that you can't say no)
Anjali smiled and said: okay baba..hum na nehi kahenga...(Okay ..I will not say no)
Khushi: yeh hui na baat...
She then turned to arnav and said: aur aap...aap waha aise kya kharey hai..aapne suna nehi kal holi hai..(What are you standing there for? Haven't you heard tomorrow is holi)
Arnav: what the...to main kya karoon? (What the..so what do I do)
Khushi: kya matlab is main kya karoon ka... Kitni saari taaiyari karni hai.. Sirf naak fulake what the what the karne se saarey kaam aapne aap nehi ho jayenge..(What do you mean..we have to make so many arrangements..if you just stand and flare your nose, it won't help)
Payal and anjali looked at each other and giggled..yes their khushi was back.
Before arnav could yell at her, she said: Di, jiji hum abhi aatey hai(di,jiji I will be back)
and ran towards her room. Arnav looked at the others once and followed her.
Anjali nani and payal looked at each other.
Anjali: nani hum bata nehi saktey ki hum kitne khush hai. She smiled and said: chhotey ne aapna waada pura kiya..(I can't say how happy I am..he fulfilled his promise)
Nani: haan bitiya..khushi bitiya to hai hi aisan jaha jawat hai bas khushiya hi khushiya le jawat hai(yes she is like that..wherever she goes she brings happiness)
Mami: helo hi bye bye ee phati saree..humra matbal khusi bitiya ke smiliya ko hum bohutii missiya rahe..(I missed her smile)
Everyone looked at mami surprised. Oh even she missed khushi. Realising that she had blabbered the truth mami covered up saying: helo hi bye bye.. jaaike aapna facewa ka take carezz kareka padi..ee phati saree ka kono bharosa naahi don't knowz kaunsa colorz se facewa ko paintiyayegi aur humrey butiful facewa ka helo hi se bye bye hui jayiga..(I need to take care of my face..don't know what colours she will put tomorrow)
She escaped from the place and the others smiled at each other.
At arnav's room:
Khushi entered and seeing her own room after such a long time, meeting her own people after so long she couldn't control her emotions anymore. She sat down on the bed and started to cry covering her face. Arnav came and sat beside her quietly and kept his hand on top of hers. She looked up and seeing arnav she held him by his neck and started to cry. Arnav kept his hand on her head and said: khushi...I know ki tumne sabko bohot miss kiya...hum sabne bhi tumhe bohot miss kiya...tumhare bina yeh ghar....(Khushi I know you missed everyone... We all missed you..this house was..)
He then lifted her face from his shoulders and cupped it saying: aur yeh kya abhi tum neechey sabke aasu poch rahi thi aur ab khud hi...(And what is this..you only told everyone downstairs not to cry)
Looking at her sad face, he thought to lift her mood: wait a minute kahin tum iss darr se to nehi ro rahi ho na ki tumhe aapni puri zindagi mere sath guzarni hogi...I know you are scared of me..(Are you crying out of fear that you need to spend the whole life with me)
Khushi: hum? Aur aapse dartey hai?(Me? And scared of you?)
Arnav shrugged his shoulders and said: yeah...
Khushi: yeh aapki zindagi ki sabse bari galat fayemi hai..(This is the biggest misconception that you have)
Arnav: thik hai agar tum mujhse nehi darti to fir tum kal mujhe kiss karogi..(Ok if you are not scared then you will kiss me tomorrow)
Khushi rolled her eyes and said: nehi! Hum nehi karenge..(No I will not)
Arnav: I knew khushi...tum aisa nehi kar sakti... He lowered his voice in a whisper and said: darti jo ho mujhse...(I know you can't.. You are scared of me)
Before khushi could say anything he smirked and went out of the room.
Khushi stamped her feet and said: laad governor!! Hum nehi dartey aapse..(Laad governor!! I am not scared)
Arnav said from outside: prove it khushi!
Khushi was angry with arnav for throwing such a challenge and also very nervous from inside.
That night after dinner, when khushi came to her room she saw arnav sitting on the bed.
Seeing her arnav said: kya baat hai khushi, tum pareshan lag rahi ho...kahin shart ki wajah se to tum ghabra nehi gayi na...(What happened khushi? Are you scared because of the challenge)
Khushi: nehi! Waise aapki jankari ke liye bata de ki hum shart ke baarey mein soch bhi nehi rahe hai...(No! And let me tell you I am not even thinking about it)
Arnav got up from the bed and said in a seductive voice: oh really!
And all of khushi's bravery deserted her as she stepped back.
Arnav: to tumhe lagta hai ki tum yeh shart puri kar paogi...(So you think you can win this challenge?)
Khushi fumbled: hu..hum...
Arnav cornered her to the wall and said: yaad hai khushi hum dono pehele bhi aisi shart laga chukey hai... (You remember we have had a challenge like this before ..)
He lowered his mouth and planted a light kiss on her cheek and said in a whisper: payal ki mehndi ke din...(On payal's mehndi day)
Khushi kept her eyes closed as she didn't have the courage to look into those romantic eyes. Arnav enjoyed her reaction. He traced his fingers from her forehead, down her cheek and neck and stopped near her collar bone. He lingered her fingers a little longer there and khushi gasped and opened her eyes. He gave a mischievous smile. As she opened her eyes, arnav said: par is bar shart thodi si mushkil hai..tumhe bilkul waise kiss karna parega jaisa maine tumhe us raat kiya tha....(But this is a little difficult..you have to kiss me like I did last time)
He naughtily added: yaad hai na?(You remember na?)
Khushi stood like a statue.
Arnav: okay koi baat nehi main firse yaad dila deta hoon.(No problem..I will remind you)
He swiftly held her by her neck and lowered his lips. Khushi's lips trembled for once, increasing the urge in him to kiss her. He claimed her lips and intertwined his fingers with hers pinning her to the wall. Her heavy and warm breath made him even more passionate.
After a long time, he broke the kiss and looked at khushi. She had her eyes shut, a crazy heartbeat and swollen lips. It was difficult for arnav to separate from this angel but he didn't want to rush into things. Khushi was still under the magic of the kiss. He again touched her cheeks, bent forward and whispered into her ears: ab kuch yaad aaya...(Now you remember)
Khushi shot open her eyes, ..oh yes the challenge.. That naughty look on his face reminded her of that. A shy, nervous, angry, confused khushi pushed him aside and went out to the poolside, while arnav watched her in amu****t. She banged once against the door in a haste, arnav said: khushi careful!
She turned around to look at him and in the process tripped once more and hastily.
Arnav nodded his head and said: unbelievable! And then went and lied down on the bed looking at her direction. He could see her talking to herself under the moonlight. He then hugged his pillow and closed his eyes. A smile lingered on his face as he thought about his crazy wife and slept off .