In Malhotra's Villa

Malhotras were having a light conversation with each other regarding Manik's and Nandini's wedding..

Esha ( excitedly ): Ma, mein aur Maahi shadi ke outfits ke dekhpaal karoongi..

Maahi ( grinned ): Haa Ma, hamne pehle hi sab kuch decide kiya hai..

Abha ( pouted ): Tho mein aur Navya kya karoongi..

Navya ( bad face ): Ye dono hamesha sath mein hai..

Maahi ( side hugged Navya ): Tujhe bura laga..sorry..

Navya smiled sweetly at her. Side effects of pregnancy has affected Maahi badly. She is literally behaving like a baby and her emotions have got into another level..

Navya ( excited ): Tho bathao Bhabi..mujhe kya karna hai..

Esha ( grinned ): You're the only female singer in our family so you gotta take care of the wedding singers and dancers, in single sentence..ENTERTAINMENT ke responsibilty tumpe chod rahe hai hum..

Navya ( jumped in joy ): Done..

Maahi ( turned to Abha ): Aur Bhabi aap, aapko outfits ke help karna hai, Nandini ke taste sirf aap hi janthe hai na..

Cabir ( irritated ): Excuse me Ladies..?? If you remember, shadi Manik ke hai aur ismein participation sabke hona zaroori hai..

Navya ( shrugged her shoulders ): Haa tho..

Abhimanyu ( annoyed ): Kya haa tho..Bhabi Navya Ji, saara kaam agar aap hi karenge tho hum log kya karenge..

Esha ( naughtily ): Aap hi ka tho kaam hai na..FOOD DEPARTMENT, is department mein aapse jeethne keliye koi zinda hai kya chote Bhai saab..

Manik ( bad face ): Bhabi, hum foodies hai par insult math keejiye..

The ladies giggled..

Gaura ( teased ): Waise Mann, aaj ke baad concentration Nandini pe daal, usne agar tujhe Food ke saath ithna close dekhliya na phir bechari tujhe chodke kisi aur se shadi karegi..

Manik made a bad face at his Dadi while others giggled..

Manik ( whined ): Badi Dadi, ye dekho na..

Devashree ( giggled ): Sach hi tho keh rahi hai na Gaura, har waqt khatha rehthe hai tu, I wonder how you managed to get a well built body..

Manik ( pouted ): Koi mujhse pyar hi nahi karthe..

" Tho mein kisliye hoon.." said a voice from behind..

Manik snapped his head at the main door only to see a girl standing with a broad smile on her lips..And that single person's smile was enough to earn a scream of happiness..

Manik: Baby...

Manik ran to the girl while she has already opened her arms wide as if waiting for him to hold her and he just picked her up and twirled in happiness..

Manik ( screamed ): God..my Beanie baby..I missed youuu.....

The girl laughed out..

Girl: I missed you too Mr. Coconut..

Manik kept her on the ground and slapped her head lightly..

Manik: I hate that word..

Before the girl could fight, she was taken into someone else's embrace..

Girl ( shouted ): Missed you Mr. Pizza..

The person: Oye, Cabir jaisa acha naam hai tho ye Pizza wizza chod..

The girl giggled and she hugged the rest 3 Malhotra brothers..

Girl ( shouted ): I missed you, Strawberry face..

Abhimanyu ( grumpily ): Kis angle se mein tujhe strawberry dikhtha hoon..

Girl ( grinned sheepishly ): Har angle se..( she turned to Devarsh ) Okay Mr. Grumpy, missed me..nah..you would just miss your work..

Devarsh slapped her head but then hugged her and she smiled sweetly..

Girl ( pouted by looking at Sachan ): Missy kiya mujhe...??

Sachan ( scratched his chin ): Um..sochne dho...nahi..miss nahi kiya..

The girl glared at him and he kissed her cheeks for which he got a sweet smile from her..

Sachan: Bohath zyada miss kiya meri cutie pie ko..

" Hum sabse bhi tho milo ab.." the girl turned to the voice and jumped in someone's arms..

Girl: Daadu, I missed you..

Gagan ( laughed ): Tabhi tho tumne apne husband ke saath vacation manane gayi thi..

Girl ( sheepishly ): Kya karun, mera husband thoda romantic hai..

Gagan giggled at her..

Girl ( excitedly ): Waise surprise kya hai Dadu..

Manik grinned after hearing the question..

Gagan ( bored look ): Kuch zyada nahi bas tumhara khadoos Bhai, Manik Malhotra ki shadi fix kiya..

And the girl's face just turned into shock. She stared at Gagan in utter shock but then turned to Manik and shot a glare at him..

Girl ( angrily ): Is it true..? Aapne mujhse pooche bina shadikeliye ha kaha..

Others looked at them in tension while Manik was looking disinterested..

Manik: Zyada bhav math kha..jo poochegi wo milegi..

And that was it, the girl jumped on Manik and kissed his cheeks..

Girl ( smiled cheekily ): I love you..par haan, marriage fix kiya par ladki ko bina dekhke mein haa nahi karnewali..Aakhir mein bhi Myra Madan Malhotra hoon..

Manik looked at her in nervousness. He doesn't want her to say No, after all he loved his sister dearly. Her opinion matters a lot to him..

" Correction, Mrs. Myra Tarush Bedi hai aap.." said a voice and everybody's attention turned towards the door where they saw a guy approaching them with a bag in his hand..He went and took blessings from elders and then stood in front of Malhotra men..

Guy ( smiled sheepishly ): Hello Bhai..

Manik ( sarcastically ): Tumne hamari behen ko humse bina pooche vacation keliye le gaya aur ab hello keh rahe ho..

Cabir ( equally sarcastic ): Well, we shouldn't neglect it. Hello to you too..

The ladies sighed in disbelief..

Nyonika ( glared at boys ): FYI Malhotras, wo tumhari behen ko nahi apni beewi ko legaya tha..( looked at the guy ) Tarush beta, inke baath dil pe math leejiye..

( Presenting Mohsin Khan as Tarush Bedi Singh )

Tarush ( smiled ): Arey Nyo Ma, mujhe isse koi problem nahi, shadi tho 5 Bhayon ki iklothi behen se ki tho I was well prepared for such situations even before proposing Myra..

Myra giggled at Tarush's helpless face while Malhotra guys smirked at him..

Tarush looked at Manik and Devarsh as they were the most dangerous for him. They really tested him a lot when they got to know about Tarush and Myra's relationship..

Devarsh ( nodded ): Chal teek hai, iss baar maaf kiya..

Esha ( sighed ): Tarush, tum inn logon ke baath hi math sun..ye log kuch zyada hi over protective hai..( she turned to Malhotra boys ) aur tum log, tumhari behen pehle ab Myra Tarush ki beewi hai aur usse holiday pe le jaane keliye sirf uske permission ke zaroorath hai..

Sachan: Aise kaise Esha..wo hamari behen hai aur uske protection sabse important hai..

Abha ( sighed ): Sachan, she is well protected under Tarush..

Abhimanyu: Of course, we know that, she is safe in Tarush's hands but it doesn't mean we will stop worrying about her safety..Behen pehle baad mein jeeju..

Tarush didn't feel a tinge of hatred for Malhotra guys instead he really respected them, he knew how much Myra mattered to them and he actually loved the way they pamper her. Not to forget, whenever he is in need of someone, he would be approaching Myra's brothers as for them he is just a younger brother..

Tarush ( smiled ): Bhabi, mujhe sachmein bura nahi laga, aakhir mere liye Myra ki nahi balki mere Bhaiyon jaise hi hai..

The Malhotra guys smiled sweetly at him..

Manik: Bhabi, iske paas dimaak hai kam se kam..

Tarush ( smiled ): Waise Manik Bhai, congrats, I just heard your conversation with Myra..

Manik grinned and mouthed a 'THANK YOU '..

Indira: Chalo, ab baathein baad mein, dinner kare..

Soon, the Malhotras along with Tarush and Myra were on dining table for their dinner..

Raj: Myru..

Myra ( smiled ): Ji Chote Chachu..

Raj ( smiled ): Mann aur Cabu ne bathaya tha ki tumhari kisi friend ne tum logon ka Advertisement company ke problem solve kiya tha..Thanks to you for that..

Myra ( grinned and raised her collars ): Thank you, thank you Chachu..

Others giggled at her..

Abhimanyu ( teased ): Tere bathon se lag rahe hai ki tune hi kuch kardiya..

Myra ( glared ):Jaise ki aapne koi badi help ki hai..meri friend ke wajah se hum uss culprit thak pohanch gaye the..

Cabir ( smiled ): Waise teri friend ko maana padega..kya solid idea diya tha..hai na Manik..

Manik ( nodded ): I agree yar, I mean just like Beanie said, we kept a pen on my table which had a hidden camera which was attached with my laptop and the same night we got the culprit in our hands. He was someone whom I always had a doubt on..

Cabir ( nodded ): Point. That guy always used to act sweet with our rival dealers in our absence. We thought it was because of his sweet nature but then he turned out to be the real devil..All thanks to our cutie and her best friend..

Myra ( smiled cutely ): I know right..

Devarsh ( grinned ): We should meet her then, I mean, our sister and having an intelligent friend..something next to impossible..

Myra made a grumpy face..Esha side hugged her..

Abha ( glared ): Devarsh..

Devarsh made a grumpy face after getting a glare from his Bhabi and it brought a smile on Myra's lips..

Tarush: Waise aap logo ne kuch bathaya hi nahi hamari nayi Bhabi ke bare mein..

Myra: Aaha, abi thak Bhabi nahi huyi..mujhe milne tho dho..

Tarush ( sighed in disbelief ): Aap Malhotras ithni overprotective kyu hai..

" Tarush "

He grinned sheepishly..

Myra: Mere Bhaiyaan meri shadi ko lekar bohath pareshan the ab meri baari hai, let me enjoy it..

Manik was still tensed, he neither wants to lose Nandini nor he wants to make Myra sad..

Soon, they were done with their dinner and bade by to each other and departed to their bedrooms..

Manik's bedroom

After reaching his bedroom, Manik message a simple " Good night Miss Chopra " to Nandini and he received a " Good Night, Mr. Malhotra " from her after 2 minutes..

Manik ( smiled ): I hope, Myru accepts Nandini..

Next Day

In Chopra's Orchard

Each and every member of Chopra and Mukherjee families were in their orchard. The orchard had all types of fruits and the younger clan were quiet enjoying their time. Nandini's marriage was getting nearer and they wanted to spend most of their time with her and make it eventful.

Eva ( admired ): Aw, Grand Pa..this is so beautiful..

Elisha ( smiled ): I agree. Its truly beautiful. Hai na Peaches..

But, she didn't get any reply..

Elisha: Arey, where is peaches..?

Hetal who was giggling till now heard it and laughed more..

Hetal: Zara yaha dekhiye Elisha Ji, aapko jawab milegi..

Elisha frowned and so other but they followed Hetal's gaze and found something extremely beautiful yet funny..

Iksha ( giggled ): God, Giggles..she is jumping like a rabbit..

Janki ( smiled ): Aur uske saath company denekeliye, apni Bua bhi..

Ahaan ( grinned ): Nobody would say that they have such a huge age difference between them..

Takshvi ( smiled sweetly ): Uske zaroorath bhi nahi Ahaan..Hamara pariwaar ke khushiyan tho wo dono hai aur kuch dino baad ek hame chodke jayegi..

No matter how much Takshvi scolds Nandini every now and then but at the end of the day she is her mother. Only a mother could feel the pain when her daughter goes away from her. A father shows it by letting his tears out while a mother hides it and says every girl has to go..

Takshvi stood with her eyes still on Nandini, as if she wanted to capture her smiling face in her heart. Saaransh gripped her hand in his and squeezed it. She looked at him to see him staring at his daughter with teary eyes..

The atmosphere has turned to a bit gloomy. Everyone were trying to smile but the thought of Nandini going away from them was eating them up..Ishaan, known for most coolest behavior was acting like a baby who is going to lose his mother's warmth when she goes away from him. Kairav and Neil just stared at her, when will they be able to admire her again after a week..!!

Jhanvi ( smiled amidst tears ): She wasn't that big when I became the daughter-in-law of this house. When did she turn this matured Gaurish..

Gaurish ( bit his lips ): Wo aaj bhi meri bachi hai, meri choti chiko..

Jhanvi just kept her head on his shoulder..Soon, the bua-daughter duo came running to them but frowned after seeing the dull faces..

Nandini: Ithni sannatha kyu..??

Takshvi and Janki wiped their tears secretly while Aanchal cupped Nandini's cheeks and spoke with tears in her eyes..

Aanchal: Manik ki bhi Badi Dadi hai par iska mathlab ye nahi mujhe bhool jayegi tu..

And that mere sentence brought tears in Nandini's eyes. She now,knew why her family was looking dull. Zaara too had tears by now, how will she live without seeing her baby at least for once in a day..!!

Nandini ( kissed Aanchal's cheeks ): Meri sweety Dadi jaisi koi nahi hogi tho ithna insecure hone ke zaroorath nahi hai..ab fatafath ye aansu ko aone chehre se phek dho, mujhe ye gandhi tears pasandh nahi hai..chalo chalo..

Aanchal smiled sweetly at her and so others..

Nandini: Aur ye kya aap log bhi ai veyi rona shuru kiya..mein Mumbai mein hi rehne wali koi aur planet mein nahi, agar hoga bhi tho kya, ek din mein kam se kam ek baar aap logo se milne aaoongi..

They smiled at her after wiping their tears..

Zaara ( wiped her tears ): Acha chalo, hame bohath dekhna hai..chalo chalo..budhe jaise chalnekeliye nahi bache jaise dhodne keliye..

Nandini ( grinned ): Arey usseekeliye hum hai na Dimples..daudna hai tho koi humse seekhe..

Nandini and Zaara just dragged others with them and started jumping around again and finally they laughed out much to Nandini's heart's relief..

Nandini was plucking oranges when someone called her from behind..

" Diduuuu..." Hearing the vocie, she got startled and looked behind only to gasp in surprise..

Nandini ( widened mouth ): Cutie Patootie..

The Malhotras have decided to have a meet with Chopras to introduce Myra and even the youngest Malhotra or present Bedi also wanted to meet her new Bhabi, to give a test, maybe.

Soon, they reached Chopra's Villa but they found none except the workers..

Haresh: Where are the family members..??

Haresh asked to one of the worker..

Worker: Sir, they are in the orchard..

Haresh nodded and walked to his family..

Haresh: Papa ji, wo log orchard mein hai..

Aadesh: Chalo, hum waha jaake milthe hai unse..

The Malhotras walked to the orchard and entered it after showing their card as an identity proof..

Myra ( stunned ): This is freaking beautiful..

Maahi ( equally stunned ): Damn, I never knew they had such a beautiful orchard..

They took a quick tour of the orchard and soon they found their way to Chopras. They saw them engaged among themselves. Manik's eyes travelled around and stopped at that person whom he wanted to see since the moment he opened his eyes today morning. Seeing her plucking those oranges dressed like a daisy just gave immense peace to his heart..

Manik ( smiled brightly ): There she is, my little angel..

Cabir ( turned to Myra ): Myru baby, wo dekh..wahi tumhari nayi Bhabi..

Myra's gaze turned form the oranges to Nandini and soon her eyes widened in shock..She was staring at Nandini like she was seeing some alien and she couldn't believe her own eyes. She rubbed her eyes once, twice, thrice..But, she was seeing the same person..

Tarush was looking at Nandini with a frown, he was scratching his head like he wants to remember something..

Tarush: Myra...have we seen..her somewhere..I mean, I feel like I have met her..did we..?

And this sentence brought Myra out of her trance..She stared at Tarush with excitement

Myra: Huh...Haan..heh..

Abhimanyu ( frowned ): Tujhe kya hua..aise hakal kyu bana hai jaise ki world war 3 witness kiya..

Myra ( freaked out ): Mathlab ye sach hain..

She started jumping and this act of her's just confused others..

Manik: Beanie..tu ithna jump kyu kar rahi ho..

Myra just ran to Manik and hugged him like her life depends on it while he thought she got crazy..

Cabir: Yar Tarush, kal rath isne kuch peeya hai kya jo ab side effect aaya..

Tarush wasn't listening, he was still thinking about it..

Tarush ( eureka ): Myra....ye tho hamari..

Myra ( grinned ): Haa wahi...

Tarush's grin also got huger..

Devarsh: Koi bolega kya ho raha hai..

Myra just ran to Nandini and shouted..

Myra: Diduuuu....

Nandini turned to her and got surprised..

Nandini ( widened mouth ): Cutie Patootie...

Myra's smiled widened after hearing her and just jumped in Nandini's arms who came out of her shock zone and hugged her back tightly..

Manik was staring at them with widened eyes while others were also staring at the duo in shock..They broke the hug but Myra kissed Nandini's cheeks and Nandini kissed her forehead..

Cabir ( blinked his eyes ): ye hamari Bhabi ko ithna pasandh kiya ki seedhe pappi diya..

Myra ( jumped in joy ): God, Diduuuu..I missed you..You're going to be my Bhabiii...I am soo happy..

Nandini laughed out at her childish antics..

Nandini: Aaram se yar..Waise, tu yaha kya kar rahi hai, tu ne tho bola tha na ki Tarush ke saath holiday keliye jaa rahi hai..phir..Mujhe tho laga tha tu sirf shadi keliye aayegi..

Myra ( grinned ): Dadu ne bola tha ki ek surprise hai aur wo tha Manik Bhai ki shadi par mujhe kya patha tha ki aap hogi meri youngest Bhabi..Waise ye tha aapka surprise haan, ladke ke bare mein kuch nahi kaha jab mene aapka to be hubby ke barein mein poocha, bas ithna kaha ki shadi mein aajao..

Nandini ( winked ): I wanted to see your reaction after seeing your Bhai getting married with me..Waise, are you happy..?

Nandini was curious to know her answer..Myra just kissed her cheeks tightly making Nandini giggle..

Myra: Now, you should know how happy I am..

Nandini: Hell yeah, you and your tight kisses..

" Would you enlighten us with some explanations Mrs. Bedi Singh..? " asked someone..Nandini turned and looked at Manik whose gaze was on her now from Myra. She smiled at him sweetly and he couldn't help but to smile back..

Sachan: Tum dono ek dusre ko janthe ho..

Sachan asked by moving his gaze from Nandini to Myra and from Myra to Nandini..

Myra grabbed Nandini's hand and stood in front of Malhotras..

Myra: Janthe hai kya Bhai, hum ek doosre ko pehchan sakthe hai chahe jithne bhi door hojaye..So, introducing Myrs bedi Singh's one of the best friend and mentor Nandini Chopra a.k.a My Honey Bunch Didu..

Nandini giggled at the way Myra introduced her while others looked at them in shock..

" Best friend?? "

" How..?? "

" From when..? "

Myra: From school..

" what "

Manik would have got a heart attack after hearing that he worried for no reason..

Nandini ( smiled ): Ji wo..Myra meri junior thi school mein..

Myra ( nodded ): Yup..that too 4 years..par kaafi gehra rishtha hai..( turned to Manik ) Aur bhaai aapne zindagi mein pehli baari ithna acha decision liya..I love you..

Myra kissed his cheeks and he glared at her for insulting him publicly that too in front of his to-be wife. Nandini giggled hearing it..

Eva walked to Nandini with a basket of oranges..

Eva: Devilie..ye hai ham..

She stopped her sentence after seeing Myra..

Eva: Hawww...Cutie Patootie...

Myra jumped again, in Eva's arms ad hugged her tightly..

Myra: God, i missed you Lady Dhabang Didu..

Abhimanyu: Excuse me..what is Cutie Pato..pata..arey wo jo cheez kya tha..

Nandini: Cutie Patootie..

Abhimanyu ( bad face ): Haa wahi..what does it mean..?

Nandini ( smiled brightly ): That's the nickname which we gave for Myra..

Eva: Yup, it means someone adorable and sweet and she was the cutest lil baby of our group.

The Malhotras smiled seeing their bonding. While Manik, he didn't have to worry now..

Nandini: Chalo, tumhe sabse introduce karna hai..( turned to Malhotras ) aap log bhi aaiye, Dadu aur Grand Pa wahi pe hai..

They started moving and Nandini and Manik were at the end. Seeking the opportunity, Manik took something from his pocket and showed it to Nandini..

Nandini ( smiled ): White rose..

Manik ( smiled ): For you..

She took it with a smile and smelled its fragrance..

Nandini: It's beautiful..

Manik ( stared at her ): Yes, indeed beautiful..

Nandini bit her lips and looked away with a red hue crept on her cheeks..

Manik: Um..Friends..?

Nandini ( surprised ): Huh..?

Manik ( smiled ): What huh..every relationship's starting is with friendship..So, why don't we also follow it..

Nandini smiled and nodded at him. He brought his hand forward and she held it and at the mere touch, a shiver ran through their spine making them remove their hold from other..

They started walking and Manik held her hand in his and entwined their fingers taking her in surprise..

Manik ( didn't look at her but smiled ): Friends can hold hands..!!

Nandini ( smiled ): If you say so..

They kept walking and reached the elders only to see Myra and Eva's smirking faces for which they made an embarrassed face..

To be continued..