Before I begin this chapter I would like to address the death of Reema Lagoo, it is very heartbreaking to hear about it, even though it happened quite a while back it still is unbelievable. The character, Reema, will obviously be still played by her but I just wanted to say she was a great actress and I hope she rests in peace 🙏🏾❤️

P.S. Also I don't expect anyone to remember the characters after a year so I have inserted a picture of them when then where active in the scene

Recap:
Shaktis family heads out with her close friend, Mohan and his two daughters, to meet her old best friends Pritam and Reema. Shakti, Mohan, and Pritam all coming from America meet at the train station where the chaos has already started:
-Mohan invites his daughters, Aishwarya's (Ash), ex-husband to Ambala for an unknown reason but is supported by Ash as she sees it through a family perspective
-Alisha's bag was "stolen" by Abhay who was trying to protect her luggage because his flight was about to leave. Alisha framed him as an international dog to a security officer to get revenge before catching her flight to India
-Pritam and his daughters, Esha and Aarti, meet Dheeraj on a plane and carpool together to the train station to head to Ambala and find out Dheeraj knows Shakti and Mohans family but are curious of the relationship he shares with them
-Rohan is irked on seeing Dheeraj, because he has feeling for Ash and doesn't want to see her get hurt, again.
-Everyone is hot, tensed, and furious at the train station but hop on the train to start their "wonderful" journey
In the village we see Reema is beyond excited to see her old friends but is anxious about her son, Govindas, whereabouts.

Third Person P.O.V:

"For the last time sir, I am not an international don, please let me go!" Abhay cried.

The officer looked in vain at Abhay after checking his background, "my apologizes sir, but we can never be too careful, you know."

Abhay got his stuff and eyes at Alisha's stuff, "ab toh iss ladki ko milna hi hoga (now I have to meet this girl)" he muttered catching the officers attention.

"Did you say something?"

"No sir, just thinking about my plane. That's already in the air," Abhay sobbed, hoping to gain sympathy.

The officer went into a guilty rabbit hole and quickly came up with a way to cheer Abhay, "I will book your next flight, for free! Any destination!"

"Hm...that's awfully nice of you sir, thank you so much!" Abhay said hiding his smirk.

"Great! Where to?" The officer said having the guilty feeling off his chest.

"Well, I was supposed to go to London, but I think I'm more in the mood of going to..." Abhay glanced at Alisha's luggage to see the destination tag, "India?"

"You want to go to India? Rather than going to London...you would want to go to India?" The officer questioned in an astonished tone.

"Yep."

"Okay...sure one ticket to India." The officer confirmed.

Abhay took his ticket and started to head out but before he left, "oh now that I think about it! I can just take those bags for the girl," pointing at Alisha's luggage.

"The girl who framed you as an international don? You want to help the girl that made you miss your flight?" The officer asked, once again, astonished at Abhay's choices.

"Yep."

"Yea, I don't see why not. You know, there aren't nice people like you left in this world anymore! I hope you find a good girl. So stay away from this one." The officer advised.

Abhay nodded politely and boarded his flight to India, "Miss Alisha you will surely pay for this."

In the Village (Ambala)...

Bhavya, have not slept in the train at all, was more cranky than usual, "we are really here. Great."

Pritam stretched out his arms and slapped Bhavyas back playfully, "yes! We are here my sweetheart! Finally, the day has come that I reunite with my old friend," he said tears in his eyes.

"Why couldn't you guys pick a better place to reunite?" Bhavya groaned dragging her unnecessarily heavy luggage away from her Pritam uncle.

"So, where is our old friend Pritam?" Shakti asked.

"How should I know? I don't have telepathic connections with her." Pritam joked.

Shakti rolled her eyes to the sky, "can you for once be serious?!"

"Not in a million years," Esha intruded in their lovely conversation.

"This heat will be the end of me, where is your friend?!" Bhavya shouted getting everyone to shut up, her face was red like she was about to blow fire through her mouth and burn Ambala to the ground.

"She is just like you." Pritam whispered to Shakti.

Before she could reply to Pritam's useless comments she noticed her best friend, smile spread across her face on seeing her after a long time. She walked slowly and everyone followed her with their gaze. Tears rolled down her eyes as she leaped and took Reema into a huge hug.

"Haye, mere jigar nu thand lag gayi (I'm at peace)" Shakti whispered still holding Reema into a hug.

Pritam came into the hug and embraced his two long lost friends. They all broke the hug and looked at each laughing about old times.

"Oh my god you guys are so old, Pritam what is this? Your bald!" Reema laughed.

"Hahahah...very funny Reema, have you ever tried to raise two idiots?" Pritam questioned looking at Esha and Aarti, who were clearly offended.

"I only have one idiot, and he has disappeared." Reema said.

"What idiot? Sushant is right behind you!" Pritam joked pulling Sushant into a hug, who was behind Reema, "have you been treating my friend good?"

"Yes of course, everyday I treat her like royalty because I'm so scared of what you said at our wedding, 'if you ever hurt Reema, I will literally kill you!'" Sushant said taking Pritam into memory lane.

"Oh god! I remember that stupid threat, yeh isko mare ga? Isse toh maakhi bhi nahi mari jati! (Who will he kill? He can't even kill a fly!" Reema said.

Bhavya took in a deep breath trying to erupt and walked to the old friends, "I am so so so so so glad you guys are reuniting, but if it's not too much trouble can we please go into a place with a roof!"

"You must be-"

"No let's go we can introduce each other later in a better location rather than a train station! Come on!" Bhavya said cutting Sushant off and starting to walk.

"I guess we are leaving, let's go!" Sushant laughed at the mini Shakti.

Everyone reached Reema and Sushant house and everyone started to settle down on and a rushed introduction of everyone was give on Bhavya's force.

"Okay, so all the young girls will stay upstairs in the master bedroom. All the young lads will stay downstairs in Govinda's room, since there are only two." Reema announced.

The children looked at Reema clearly not happy, "I have to share a room with four people?" Bhavya complained.

"Is there a outhouse?" Rohan asked not wanting to stay in a room with Dheeraj.

Reema looked at Shakti and Pritam nervously.

"Guys! We will all have to adjust! This is a big family and we should appreciate Reema for letting us stay here!" Mohan said.

The youngsters groaned and cried, but caved because they had no other choice.

"Mohan, Pritam, and Sushant you will stay in one room and me and Shakti will stay in one." Reema said and saw mischief in Pritams eyes, "and please boys don't make any trouble."

"You really think putting Pritam in a room full of his admirers will not result in chaos?" Shakti questioned and Reema had no response only clapped her hand together and prayed to God.

In the girls room...

"Do you think our parents hate us?" Aarti questioned .

"Most definitely." Ash replied collapsing on the bed.

"This will be awesome you guys!! We will have so much fun! Women power!" Alisha yelled.

"Your enthusiasm is burning my heart." Aarti commented making Alisha miffed.

"Hey! I'm just trying to make things better, not everyone's solution is to drink." Alisha remarked on the bottle of whiskey in Aartis hand.

Esha stepped in before things got out of hand, "Okay look, none of us want to be here alright, but did you see our parents? They were so happy! So, just shut the hell up because not only parents should make scarifies."

"She's right you guys, please be mature, we don't have to love each other but we can pretend." Ash said with her eyes closed snoozing off.

"I'm a great actress." Aarti smirked looking at Alisha.

In the guys room...

Rohan was furiously unpacking his bags, he couldn't breath in the same room as Dheeraj.

"Dude, I know we are not on the best terms, but please can we just get along for this trip?" Dheeraj requested.

"Yea sure, that's what you are good at. Lying."

"What did you say?" Dheeraj objected.

Rohan looked at him and stepped closer, "I said you are a liar."

Dheeraj's face twitched but Reema came in the room before anything could happen.

"Um...sorry for interrupting but Govinda should be coming soon. So, don't be alerted."

"Thanks aunty." Rohan and Dheeraj said in unison, both with an agitated tone.

Reema walked out of their room and closed the door behind her, she looked upstairs and saw the girls room was shut. No one was coming out. She heard what the girls had said earlier in their room, and she almost walked in on Dheeraj and Rohan ready to tear off each other's skull. She did not have a good feeling about what might come.

Authors Note:

I will admit this was a terrible update!!! Sorry for the boring chapter you guys I think it was the best to reintroduce you to the characters AFTER A YEAR!!! Before the fun and stuff begins I need to familiarize you guys with the characters because there are a million, so don't worry it gets better!

Also a huge apology for not being active and not updating! I cannot promise a consistent update but definitely a year long wait will not happen!

Thank you guys for so much support on this book a lot of you asked about when I'm updating and you guys were my true motivation! ❤️❤️❤️ it's also 2 am and I updated Ek Din at this time too...😂😂

Hope you guys enjoyed!

~Pogo ❤️