This concludes our < wedding series >> :) 

So happy to know y'all voted/commented and read the previous chapter and the one's before with all your heart <3 And after DWB (my blockbuster baby book), been a while since I've been getting 100+ reads on every chapter !! 

*this is what makes this soooo worth* 

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[Ranbir's POV]

We sat through more toasts, of people close to us speaking few words on us. Some funny and some too emotional to handle. But they were able to strokek our hearts and make us feel so very special. 

Most of our friends and family had spoken their words of love. As I sat reminiscing all that had happened in one week full of magic, Alia burst into her iconic laughter, falling back on my chest. I turned my attention to the one who made her laugh. Bebo stood there smirking through her mic as Saif laughed with Alia and the rest. 

"Your husband looks so lost right now... what's wrong with you brother ? Was I not impressive enough to catch your attention, huh ?" she giggled into her mic as I made a puppy embarrassed face. "But weren't you like this when we got married ?"

Saif saved me once again like the good brother in law he is. He snatched her mic and grinned "She used to have her eyes only on me. So much that everybody in a room would notice it." Bebo blushed the exact way she did on her wedding reception, well everyday of her married life :p "Yaa so that's okay right ? I am allowed to stare at what's mine." She sealed his mouth with her signature remark that got all of us clapping and whistling. 

She snatched back the mic to complete her speech.

"Okay so before we make this into our show, let me just complete what I had begun. So Alia, my dear Bhabhi :) I am superrrrrremely pleased to have you as my sister in law! It also makes sense why our brother wasn't able to settle up till now. He just had to find you and bring you to our mad world. Cause I seriously can't imagine anybody else blending in like the way you have with our fam. Thank you for making us a part of this beautiful love story. I pray that you shine and dazzle your way with Ranbir, always and always. Please stay together like this and we can't wait to see you both have your own mini Ranbir's and Alia's - so that our Tim, Kiaan, Sam and Samaira can have more partners in their little sqaud! Saif and I will always be here to support and bless you guys. Feel free to drop by us and we can all have a wonderful time with the boys cooking delicious food for us."

"That sounds so Bebo-ish! Feel free to drop by us. Matlab shaadi chahe jiski bhi ho, everybody drop by their place and not vice - versa!" Fubu voiced my exact thought and we laughed. 

"Aur humein bawarchi bana gayi" I grinned at her goofily. 

Before she could pounce on me, Saif thanked us and made her sit. We looked around to see if anybody else had anything to say. A weird silence later we realized everyone had spoken except for us - the newlyweds. 

As I stood up to make my own speech, Ayan beat me by his words "So we're done right ? We can call it a night then." All the tables went silent for a minute as little Ayan hadn't seen me stand in all my glory - so ready to deliver a  speech. 

They giggled at his eagerness to pack everything soon. "Waise Ayan tujhe ghar jaake karna kya hai ? Koi girlfriend wait kar rhai hai kya ? Itna bawla kyun ho raha hai ?" Varun had a point that we all found humorous. 

I cleared my throat to get everyone's attention back at us. My heart galloped for a strange reason. Like the way it did when I proposed to her, and today when I finally made her mine. It was strange of me to be nervous around people who I'm comfortable with. But this inexplicable fear had me experience an adrenaline rush. It had me thrilled yet scared. 

"Hello everyone, this is Ranbir, the guy who finally settled down and married!" To this I got a mad response mostly from friends. 

"And let me introduce you all to the one who made this possible - meet my wife, Alia Bhatt Kapoor!" I wrapped my arm around her. From where I stood, I saw her face blushed to the tip as she controlled her urge to smile wide. Meanwhile our guests had a ball of a time, teasing us. 

"I've always observed my parents; from a very young age. Incomplete without the other. Inspite of all the ups and downs, they are still the very same Rishi and Neetu who fell in love for the first time. And as their son and daughter, I and Riddhima can safely say that our parents define relationship goals for us. They taught us familial bond and togetherness. Family came first and everything else later. One of the greatest gift our father gave us children was the freedom to love and cherish our mother. He showed us how to respect and care for her. With her as our center of orbit, our bedrock, nothing could shake us."

I saw my parents warmly smile at each other, mom looking sentimental. 

"And I knew it ever since that I had to find someone whom I can love and trust. Be able to share my feelings and thoughts. As time passed by, I thought my chances had gone nil. Cause all I met were movie colleagues. I didn't had a chance to go out and have the opportunity to meet someone organically. As I felt my hope wearing away, Ayan brought Brahmastra into my life!" 

By then all my guy friends began harassing Ayan who once sat there looking rather proud. They shouted 'Ayan the matchmaker,' to tease him. 

"Arey usko chodo," Alia caught hold of Varun and Arjun's suit as they hovered over him. 

"He told me very clearly that the film was all about mine and Alia's chemistry and how well we can portray it. Nothing else could help it elevate. I had been an Alia admirer even before her debut. We did a photoshoot for Sanjay Leela Bhansali and were supposed to debut together in a film called Balika Vadhu-"

"Can you try to forget that for my sake ?! He loves doing this." My wife whined to our parents. They were giggling already.

"Haan toh we have to provide examples na wherein it's clear that this was destiny! Warna samajh kaise aayega sabko ?" I teased her a bit more and Karan jumped into the train "Yes we want to know more about your destiny. Please continue. I am very excited." Bebo and he shared a knowing smirk. 

"Sorry about that, uh, haan so I believe we both had been wanting to do a film project with each other. As as fellow admirers of our craft, we were excited about Ayan making that possible for us. But little did we know that it would indeed seal our fate and join our destinies."

I pause for a moment and let my eyes roam around until it settles on it's rightful owner - my beautiful wife. I don't think I will ever get tired of saying it. She really is mine. 

She looked at me puzzled. And then her face goes in shock. I wink at her guess. She studied my body language enough to understand what came next. 

"I want to take this moment to thank the woman who changed the game for me. Alia, would you mind looking at me ?" She had dropped her eyes down to her lap. Upon my request, everyone began howling. "Aww I want to marry again now" cried Bebo. 

"I promise not to embarrass you," she turned her head to finally look at me.

"A man like me with trust issues, troubled past, burdened shoulders and a sensitive heart, it must have been hard for you to cope. Every time I found it hard to express my true emotions to you, you smiled at me. Like you hear all the unspoken words in my heart. In my darkest sphere you sat beside me, holding my hand. You became my true friend, a shoulder to lean and an ear to listen. In our marital vows we pledged to be together in all our lows and highs. But we've done that already. We've lived through the darkest night and the most happiest dawn's. The last two and a half years seem like an eternity of joy with you."

"Alia, for that and for every time you steal my heart - be it your concern and love for my parents and family, your friendship with Samara or the efforts you take to make my life so much brighter, I thank you. I am grateful for the companionship you have gifted. And the courage you've shown to be with a man having quite many flaws and a bad image at the peak of your career! I know you hate hearing that but it's a simple fact and I will never get tired of being thankful for that. You make me confident and better. You make me feel complete. The way you laugh wholeheartedly, makes up for my silent vibration." 

That made her do exactly what I love to hear, her deep innocent happy laughter. 

"I am told that I romance well on screen. But I hope to be as much honest and maybe more expressive in my love for you." The girls began swooning again. 

"I promise to stay loyal and honest to you. You will always own my heart. I will respect and honour all your decisions and choices. Your will always be my number one priority. You can always find me cheering for you be it in movies or in life. I am so grateful to the universe for choosing you as my soulmate. My wife, I am deeply, madly and irrevocably in love with you. I have and will always do until my very last breath."

My voice had trembled a bit and she was wiping her tears as well. 

I had to do pull my final brave stunt. For which I could either be killed or kissed. 

I followed her eyes as she went from happy glistening tears to a taken aback expression. I was kneeling on the grass, my head still towering above her little frame. With all eyes on us and my eyes resting only on her, under the stars I did what my heart wished for. 

"Tu hi toh jannat meri, tu hi mera junoon ..." The guests went berserk and most of them were stood up with their phones to get a better view. "I clearly don't recognize this Ranbir, I'm sorry! He's gone." Riddhima put her hands up in the air. Mom was amazed at my courage and hence she clapped first. 

"Tu hi toh mannat meri, tu hi mera sukoon" they laughed at the way I made a gazal singer face. 

Alia still had her mouth covered as she unbelievably scanned me. 

"Tu hi akhiyon ki thandak, tu hi dil ki hi dastak; aur kuch na jaanu main bas itna hi jaanu ..."

 Everyone by now were so ready to sing along and I pretended to be a Virat Kohli at this moment! Argh, Nushkie will kill me for this later!

I raised my free arm pointing towards a blushing Alia and sang the most iconic love confession chorus.

"Tujh mein rabb dikhta hai yaar main kya karoon, tujh mein rabb dikhta hai yaara main kya karoon,"

"Sajde sar jhukta hai yaara main kya karoon, tujh mein rab dikhta hai yaara main kya karoon ..!"

Shah Rukh once said in kuch kuch hota hai, that a man's head would always bow in front of three women - Maa durga, his own mother and the woman he loves!

As I looked up to meet her eyes, she gazed at me softly like she did when I applied vermillion on her parting. That goddamn look which kills and makes me feel alive. And amidst all the lights and crowds, I knew I'd be the only lucky bastard to get that look. And I love every minute of it. 

NOTE : This chapter was supposed to have Alia's speech as well but then I decided to end it on Ranbir's. Alia's speech will be added along in some other future chapter as part of maybe a flashback. I wanted to add more family member's words but since we all are in a Ranlia drought, I thought let's focus on the ship first. 

Also I wanted to give an update before the month ends :-) Thank you for staying consistently throughout this series and the entire book <3 

The wedding series ends here but I also have post wedding ideas jotted already in hand. Like the future family stuff etc. Some of you need a honeymoon chap Ik ;) That I don't have anything specific in my head rn, but I definitely have a mood to explore the safari trip they had. So let's see what comes next - it'll all depend upon my mood. 

I can either continue and go with the flow of post marriage scenes or go backwards. 

Much love and gratitude,

Jemi :)