Time: 5:47

Omkara parks his bike in the chawl, only to see his mother stepping out of an auto. He locks his bike and then runs to his mother. He takes the bags of groceries from her hands and carries it.

Om: Aai! Tu yeh apun ko de. Tujhe apun ne kitni baar kaha hai ki tu bhari saaman mat utha. (Mom! You give this to me. I have told you so many times not to carry heavy stuff.)

Janhvi: Mera bacha. Aacha ek baat bata, tu woh Kalyani ko uske woh kagaz de aaya na? (My baby. Okay tell me one thing, did you give Kalyani her papers?)

Om looks at his mother and then thinks back to the classroom. He smiles when he thinks of Gauri, she was beautiful, and he was determined to make her his dulhaniya.

Janhvi: Omi!

Janhvi snaps Om out of his thoughts of Gauri.  Om looks at his mother.

Janhvi: Kaye Zala? (What happened?)

[Kaye Zala means what happened in marathi]

Om: Kahe nhi. Waise tu aaj auto se? Sabzi mandi toh pass mein hi hai? (Nothing. By the way, you on the auto? The vegetable market is closeby na?)

[Kahe nhi means Nothing in Marathi.]

Janhvi: Woh raste pe na mistari lage hai. Koi dukan khul rahi hai. (There are construction workers. They are building a shop.)

Om: Ho? Mala mahit navhate. (Yeah? I didn't know.)

[Mala mahit navhate means I didn't know]

Omkara and Janhvi continue their conversation while they both climb the stairs, and then Janhvi opens the door to their house.

Janhvi: Ho! Mast se kam kar rahe hai woh mistari. (Yes! The workers are doing a fantastic job.)

Voice: Dhanyavad Janhvi ji. Woh kya hai na ki isstari karna bhi ek kala hai. (Thank you, Janhvi ji. The thing is that ironing is an art.)

Omkara and Janhvi both look at Tej confused. They see that he is ironing clothes. Janvhi and Omkara look at each other and Tej again.

Tej: Kya hai na ki har kisi ki baat nhi hai isstari karna, matlab jab main isstari karta hoon na toh main do cheezo ka kas khayal rakhta hoon. Ek isstari ka taapamaan aur doosri ki kapado ko kitni silwate hai.

(Ironing clothes is not for everyone, I mean whenever I iron clothes I keep two things in mind. First, the temperature of the iron and second, the number of wrinkles on clothes.)

Tej (continues): Jab bhi mujhe koi silwat dikhti hai toh main dekhta hoon ki woh kitni gehri hai, kitni kadak hai, phir uspe paani dalke.

Janhvi: Aaho! (Tej!)

Tej: Uske baad jitni isstari garam hai, usse aise yahan- (Then

Janhvi (shouting): Aaho! Neeche utariye, ghai kara, sambal ke. (Tej! Come down, hurry, and be careful.)

Omkara and Tej look at Janhvi shocked. She looks up and continues shouting. Tej unplugs the iron and then goes towards them.

Tej: Janhvi ji kai karta ahe? (Janhvi ji what are you doing?)

[kai karta ahe means what are you doing in Marathi]

Janhvi: Woh aap chane ki jhaad pe chade the na, main apko neeche utar rahi thi. (You climbed on a tall tree, I was helping you mount off.)

Omkara chuckles and then covers his mouth but continues laughing. Tej watches flabbergasted while Janhvi smiles sheepishly at him.

Omkara: Baba, hum isstari nhi mistari ke baare mein baat kar rahe the. (Dad, we were talking about workers not iron.)

Tej: Mistari, kyu? (Workers, why?)

Janhvi: Koi dukan bana rahe hai. (They are working on a shop.)

Tej: Aacha woh jo maine apko kurta lane ko kaha tha , woh aap lekar aaye? (Okay, I asked you to buy a kurta for me, did you buy it?)

Om: Baba, tu kurta kyu pehnata hai? (Dad, why do you wear kurtas?)

Tej: Woh kya hai na kurta mein bohat aacha lagta hoon. Main itna aacha lagta hoon, kya baatoon main. (I look really good in a kurta. I look so good, what I can even say.)

Janhvi and Omkara watch Tej with a bored expression. Janhvi leans and then acts like she is pulling something from the ground. Omkara and Tej both frown at her.

Tej: Kya kar rahi ho? (What are you doing?)

Janhvi: Nhi woh chane ka jhaad hi ukhad diya. (No I just plucked the tree out.)

Omkara bursts out laughing and then falls on the ground. The door opens and Ishaana, Shivaay and Rudra walk in. They see Om on the ground and then look at Tej and Janhvi.

Shivaay: Kaye jhala? Isse kya huha? (What happened? What happened to him?)

Om (still laughing): Bhau! Bappa ki kasam itna apun kabhi bhi nhi hassa. (Brother! I swear on god I have never laughed so much.)

Rudra: Per huha kya? (But what happened?)

While still laughing and gasping for breath, Omkara explains what happened. After he is done, everyone starts laughing and surprisingly even Tej starts laughing.

Tej: Aacha ab sab chodo, aur jaa kar taiyaar ho jao. Mandir bhi jana hai. (Okay now let's go, and go get ready. We have to go to the temple.)

Rudra: Ji Baba. (Yes dad.)

Ishaana: Baba, Aai, yeh meri aaj ki kamai. (Dad, Mom, these are my earnings for today.)

Ishaana browses her bag and then pulls out a small bundle of cash. She hands it to Tej who smiles at her. Tej counts the money and then looks at Om.

Tej: Tumse choti hai per fir bhi ghar mein paise toh lekar aati hai. (She is younger then you but still brings money home.)

Janhvi: Aaho! Kya aap bhi mere bache ko tane maar rahe hai. Bechara kitna thak gaya hoga. (Tej! Stop taunting my baby. He must be really tired.)

Shivaay: Aacha ab sach mein taiyar ho jate hai. (Let's really go get ready now.)

Saying so, Tejvi and Ishaana go to their respective rooms while the three brothers go to their shared room, to get ready.
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Gauri walks inside the Sooryanvanshi Mansion. Her day was amazing today. And she was beaming with happiness. Her exam was great like always.

Gauri closes the mansion door behind her and proceeds for the living room. When she walks into the room, she comes face to face with her sisters.

Gauri: Ani di, Bhavi di. (Ani sister, Bhavi sister.)

Anika and Bhavya look up to see their baby sister. Gauri runs up to them and engulfs them into a tight hug. Both smile and reciprocate.

Anika: Hi bache! Exam kaisa gaya? (Hi baby! How was the exam?)

Gauri: Bohat hi easy tha. Maine ek bhi question nhi choda. And mujhe saare questions ke answers pata the. (It was really easy. I didn't leave any question blank. And I knew the answers to all the questions.)

Bhavya: Very good. Now come, freshen up and then come downstairs and eat something.

Gauri nods and then looks around. She was desperately trying to look for someone.

Gauri: Ani di, Bhavi di, Mom kahan hai? (Ani sister, Bhavi sister, where is Mom?)

Anika and Bhavya look at each other, knowing that Gauri was going to be hurt by what they were going to say.

Bhavya: Umm...bache woh Mom actually woh jab tum college gaye na toh woh Paris chale gaye. (Umm...baby, Mom actually when you left for college, she went to Paris.)

Gauri's smile fades away. Her mother was never there. Ever since she got divorced, her mother never paid her any attention.

Her mother always missed Gauri's birthdays, and any important events in her life. Even when she was at home, she was always busy with work.

Same with her father, everytime he visited them, he was always rude towards Gauri. He was nice to Anika, Rishabh and Bhavya but everytime he saw Gauri, he would say hurtful things to her.

But thankfully Rishabh, Bhavya and Anika were there to take care of Gauri. They always hosted her birthday parties and filled in the role of their parents in her life.

Gauri: It's okay na di. Waise chalo na mandir chalte hai. (It's okay sister. By the way, let's go to the temple.)

Anika: Mandir kyu? (The temple, why?)

Gauri: Bhagwan ji ko thank you bolna hai. (I have to say thank you to God.)

Bhavya: Of course bache, chalo chalte hai. (Of course baby, let's go.)

The three go to their own rooms to get ready. Gauri walks into her room to get ready.

Gauri drops her bag by her armchair, she then flops back on her bed. She thinks back to what happened today. She couldn't help the broad grin that formed on her face.

She thought back to the boy she saw in her class. Her hands unknowingly touched her cheeks and they heated up. She had never been kissed on her cheeks by any boy except her brother.

Still thinking about the boy, she walks into her closet and then pulls clothes for herself. Getting ready to go to the temple.

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I hope you guys like this chapter. Sorry for uploading after a long time, but I GRADUATED from 12th Grade.

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