In ManPrIa's Mansion

In Nandini's bedroom

Nandini was lying on the bed with her eyes closed..Her eyes were wet and tears were flowing like no end but she wasn't sniffing, she wasn't sobbing..there was no sound of any cries..if someone have seen only her lying on the bed then they would have thought that she was sleeping..one should come closer to her face to understand that she was crying..

' He came today..I was seeing him after 10 long years..He didn't change a bit, still that handsome face with a baby heart which I have fallen for 12 years back except those dark circles under his eyelashes that clearly shows his sleepless nights..I never thought I would be meeting him, not at least as business clients..Why did you do it Manik ? Why did you raise your finger at my character? Was my Love so weak that you couldn't trust me ? Wasn't I a true match for him that he decided to throw me out of his life ? I was the most happiest soul when I got to know I was Pregnant..When I was pregnant with my Manik's, my Love's baby..I had even prepared how to give this good news to you Manik, but you destroyed everything..You never trusted me and so you never LOVED me..' thought a lifeless Nandini..

" MOM " yelled her babies from outside..She wiped her tears harshly and got up..she rushed towards her closet and applied some concealer under her eyes so that her kids don't identify that she cried..She ran towards washroom and entered in..

"MOM" came a yell again..

Nandini ( inside the washroom ): Haa..aa rahi hoo..

She washed her face and applied the concealer again and took the towel and started wiping her face and came out of the washroom..

Nandini: What happened ? Why are you yelling ?

Manvik: Mom..tell your daughter to give it back..

Nandini ( sighed in disbelief ): Mia..ab kya kia tumne ?

Mia ( innocently ): Mene kuch nahi kiya mom..

Prathik ( sarcastically ): Acha..tho phir humne kiya sab kuch..tu tho hai hi ithni innocent..kyu..?

Mia ( folded her arms ): Of course I am..mein aap logon ke tarah nahi hoon..

Manvik: Mia, wo gadget wapas de..wo hamara hai..tujhe uske kya zaroorat hai..tu tho video games mein interested bhi nahi na..

Mia: Nahi doongi..

ManPr ( whined ): Mom...

Nandini ( huffed ): Mia..wo wapas dedo..tujhe uske kya zaroorat hai ?

Mia: No mom, I won't give..

Nandini ( glared ): Mia..

Mia ( made a baby face ): Mom..aap hamesha apne beton ke saath dethe hai..not fair..I am also your baby right ?

Nandini smiled and went towards her and picked her up and sat on the bed along with Mia on her lap, she opened her arms to her sons too..they both rushed towards her and sat on her either sides..

Nandini ( dramatically ): Acha ji..tho aapko lagtha hai ki mein partial hoon..mujhe nahi patha tha ki meri beti ko mere baare mein kuch nahi jaanthi..

Mia ( sadly ): Nahi mumma..aapki baby hoon na mein tho mein kese aapke baarein mein galath sochoongi..

Nandini smiled and kissed her forehead..

Nandini: Aur meri baby ko sad hone ke zaroorath nahi cause I was just playing a prank on you aur rahi baath mein tumhare bhaiyon ke saath dene ka..tho kisne kaha mein unke saath de rahi hoon..mein tho truth ke saath de rahi thi..wo gadget unke hai aur haan jo unke hai wo tumhari bhi hai par tum wo gadget kabhi use nahi kiya hai kyunki tujhe video games pasandh nahi hai tho iska mathlab ye hai ki tu masthi kar rahi thi and yes I really agree with you, arey agar masthi nahi tho kya zindagi hai par masthi ko bhi limits hai..jab limits cross karthe na tabhi tum 3 mere samne aake complain karthe hai..hai na ( she nodded ) haa tho jab complain karthe ho tho mujhe sachai ke saath dena hai aur ab sachai inn dono ke saath hai..isilye mumma unke saath de rahi thi warna mumma aese kahegi bhi nahi..

Mia nodded at her and held her ears and said " sorry " while Nandini smiled at her and removed her hands from her ears and kissed her knuckles..

Nandini: No baby, don't be sorry..I know my baby is a very good baby and I was just making you understand..

Mia: Mumma, I was angry at Bhayyu and Bhai for not playing with me..isilye I took that gadget..sorry Bhayyu..sorry bhai..

Manvik and prathik smiled and kissed her cheeks while she gave the gadget to them..

"MIA"

Mia: Arey Navya Maasi..lagtha hai unhe meri help chahiye..hmm shayad kitchen mein hogi..mein tho bohat achi se cook karthi hoon na..chal mumma mein jaake aapki bestie ki madad karthi hoon..Love you..

Mia kissed her cheeks and ran downstairs leaving the rest giggling at her dramatic behaviour..

Once Mia was gone Manvik turned to Nandini and kissed her cheeks..

Prathik: What's wrong Mrs. Gorgeous ?

Nandini ( looked here and there ): What..what are you talking about ? Nothing is wrong..

Manvik ( cupped her cheeks ): No matter what Mom, we are with you..

Prathik ( kept his head on her shoulder ): And you know you can share anything with us..

Nandini smiled at her babies who are ready to do anything just to see her smile..she kissed their forehead..Manvik kept his ehad on her chest and hugged her while she hugged both of them..

Nandini ( whispered but audible to boys ): I know babies, but It's nothing serious..maybe you will get to know it soon..

In Fab 5's Mansion

Manik was sitting on his bed and looking at the photo on the front wall which he kept in the next minute itself after coming to the mansion..

Manik: You didn't bother to greet me..you didn't bother to hug me..There was a time in our life when we greeted each other with a kiss even if we are meeting only after an hour..I was less expressive and so I did it through my action while you were more expressive so you used to express it through that word MANI ... I never need to know how much you missed me after hearing it from you but today you called me Mr. Malhotra..how could you Nandu..oh sorry..it isn't nandu for me..It's NM for me right..I know I am at fault in fact I did a sin by throwing you away from my life and I was repenting on it since 10 years..your ignorance is the biggest punishment for me and you know that..( he rubbed his tears ) but don't worry..I will win my Nandu back..I don't want to see any NM but my Nandu..And I promise I will bring her back in my life..

Next morning

In ManPrIa Mansion

Fab 5 and Abhi were standing in front of the mansion with wide opened mouth and eyes anytime could be out of the sockets..

Alya: My god..its beautiful..

Mukti: Choti has got a very good taste..

Cabir: yeah, we can see it..

He pointed his finger at Manik while Manik just rolled his eyes..

Alish: Chachu..whose house is this ?

Ayaan: Haa maamu..this is soo damn beautiful..

Manik ( smiled ): This is your chachi's house..

Abhi looked at Manik and then smiled inwardly but didn't show it..

Abhi ( smiled ): Lets get in..I want to see my doll..

They rang the bell and it was opened by a man in early 50s..

Introducing Mr. Natwar Rangeela: He is the main care taker of ManPrIa Mansion and the Malhotra kids..The kids love him so much and so play a lot of pranks on him..And for Rangeela the kids are like his own..He only has a wife who is working in Kapoor's mansion as she is the main Head of the workers..Rangeela was the main trustworthy worker before in kapoor's Mansion but Narendhr asked him to work for Nandini as he could be with the kids whenever Nandini has to leave them for any meetings cause Nandini doesn't trust anyone easily when it comes to her kids but Rangeela has turned to be Nandini's favourite uncle once after he gained her trust..

Rangeela: Yes, what do you want ?

Fab 5 looked at him and then at each other..

Alya: Uh..isn't it Nandini..I mean NM's house ?

Rangeela ( narrowed his eyebrows ): How do you know NM'S real name is Nandini..?

Cabir: Because, we know her personally..can you say whether its her house or not..?

Rangeela ( sarcastically ): I am standing here in front of you and still you have doubt that whether it's NM's house or not..Each and every single person, even the bees of Australia knows that Natwar Rangeela is NM's personal caretaker..

Dhruv ( confused ): Who is Natwar Rangeela..?

Rangeela ( scowled ): Now, you want me to introduce myself..

Manik: Oh so you are Mr. Rangeela, Nandini's caretaker..

Rangeela ( faked a smile ): Now, would you like to introduce yourselves so that I can think whether to shut this door on your face or to let you enter..

Fab5 looked at them like he was an alien..was he just ready to shut that damn door on their face..

Manik ( gritted his teeth ): Look Mr. You are just a caretaker and we are the guests so isn't it necessary to be a little polite..I don't think your madam will like if you behave coldly with her guests..

Rangeela ( annoyed ): Arey yar..Ye insaan tho mujhe gadhe bana rahe hai...Look Mr. it's better if you behave politely cause it won't even take a minute for the boys to make you polite..

" Boys " they asked in unison..While MukBhi was chanting mantras..

Voice: Who is it Captain..?

Rangeela ( turned back ): Arey Manvik baba..you've got guests..

Manvik: Guests..?

He came forwards while they heard another voice from behind again..

Voice: What's wrong buddy..?

Manvik: Nothing Prathik..we just have got some guests..

Both the boys moved forwards to widen their eyes..

ManPr: You..?

While Fab 4 were shocked to see the boys in Nandini's house..( Alish and Ayaan are sleeping on Dhruv and Abhi's respective shoulders )

Manvik: What are you doing here ?

Prathik: Are you following us ?

Manik ( still surprised ): What are you doing here ?

Prathik: Kamal hai Bhai..hamara hi ghar mein aakar humse pooch rahe hai hum kon hai..

Alya ( surprised ): Tumhara ghar ? Par ye tho NM ke ghar hai na..ab inhone ( Rangeela ) bhi aise hi kaha..

Manvik: Of course ye NM ka ghar hai..par aapko unse kya kaam hai ?

Dhruv: We are kinda friends and business mates..

Prathik: Well, hats off for lying..now you can go..

Cabir: What..? Lying..? Why would we lie..

Manvik: Cause we know all her friends and we have never seen you with her..

Manik: No, we are related to her..

Prathik ( got something in his mind ): Wait, are you some band who just signed a deal with ManPrIa..?

" Yes "

Manvik: Oh so you are that band who came to stay with us..?

" Yes "

ManPr ( bad face ): Great...

They always liked privacy..and they believed that making some random people stay in their house is breaking your own privacy and of course they need to protect their mother from these people..there are boys too.." But why did Pops let guys stay in our home..it was always Kapoor's mansion where the male members of the band stayed..then why this time he chose our mansion.." thought the boys..

Soon they saw a little girl walking towards them..

Voice ( excited ): You are here...

Fab 5 got surprised to see Mia there..

Manik ( smiled ): Mia..

Mia ran towards Manik and hugged him making everybody smile, while Manvik and Prathik were still looking surprised to see Mia getting close with someone else whom she just met days before..

Mia ( broke the hug ): Aap yaha..? What a surprise..were you following me ?

Manik ( chuckled ): Nah..I was just following this little princess' destiny..

Mia giggled..

Mia: I missed you..

Manik ( smiled ): Really ? How much ?

Mia ( stretched her arms ): This much..

Manik ( smiled ): What are you doing here ? Your brothers told this is their house..But this is NM's house..

Mia ( confused ): And so..its our house too..

Manik ( confused ): How come NM's house is your house too..?

" Cause she is our MOM " the kids said in unison..

Manik stepped back in shock while Fab 4's condition was no less than shock..Cabir knelt down in front of Mia..

Cabir: Wh..what..Nandini..she..she is your Mom..?

Mia ( smiled ): Yeah..

Manik's POV

I was thinking how come Nandu's house is the kids' house..and so I asked Mia cause I knew the boys won't answer me..they really got attitude but it reminds me of my childhood..or myself.." cause she is our MOM " that sentence made me shut..Nandini..My Nandini was these kids' mom..how is it possible..does it mean..does it mean they are my kids..? Yes..they are mine..Oh my God..Manvik's and Prathik's attitude is just because of me..they are like me..while Mia always reminded me of Nandu..cause she was our daughter..a photo copy of her mother..my nandini..God..I am the father of 3 kids..I can't believe it..she gave birth to my kids..that's why i always got attracted towards them..that's why I felt connected..I couldn't control anymore..I just hugged my baby and cried..

Mia ( tensed ): hey, why are you crying..

She broke the hug while I kissed her face...She wiped my tears and nodded in No..just like Jaan..

Mia: What's wrong..?

Manik ( composed himself ): Nothing..you just remind me of someone..

I looked at the boys who were looking at me or rather were narrowing their eyebrows at me..I was about to go to them when I heard..

Voice: Manu..Prathi..Mia..

I heard HER voice..My kids turned back and rushed towards the voice..

Manvik ( shook his head in disbelief ): Mom, aap chilla kyu rahi hai..?

She came in front of them making my breath to get hitch in my throat..

She was looking breathtakingly gorgeous and I couldn't take my eyes off her..wait isn't she wearing short..wth..She is wearing SHORTS..She never wore short dresses before..Thank God she is wearing it inside the house.. ( Bechara Manik kal shock mein tha isiliye Nandini ka office kapda notice nahi kiya..)

End of Manik's POV

Nandini ( glared ): Acha, agar chillathe nahi tho kese milege tum log..patha hi nahi chaltha kaha kaha chupthe hai..

Prathik: Mom, take a chill pill..

Nandini ( helpless face ): Breakfast kiya hai..

Mia: Nah..

Nandini ( sarcastically ): Aur wo kyu baby sahiba ?

Manvik: Kyunki aapne kiya nahi abi thak..

Nandini ( smiled ): Tho chalo ab kare..aaj practice bhi hai na..

Prathik ( smiled ): Haa mom, par aap bhi aao..

Nandini: Teek hai..

While Navya just came down and saw Fab 5 standing there and Nandini's side was facing them..

Navya: Nandu, we have got guests at the entrance..

Navya's sentence broke the Mother-children' talk and Nandini turned to get surprised with the sudden visit of her HUSBAND And FRIENDS..

To be continued..