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It was evening time. A girl was sitting in front of the mirror in a bridal attire while few other girls were getting her ready.

After her make-up was done, a girl hugged her from behind and said, "Haaye main marjawan, kinni sohni lag rahi hai tu Shehnaaz. Balveer Jiju toh dekhte hi pagal ho jaayenge. Waise woh khud bhi kam handsome nahi hai. Tu lucky hai jo tera vyah unse ho raha hai."

Shehnaaz gave a forceful smile and then said, "Harpreet, mera make-up toh ho hi gaya hai... Tu na hun inn logo ko le ke bahar jaa. Main thodi rest kar leti hoon."

"Haan haan kar le. Waise bhi shaadi ke baad rest karne denge hi kaha Jija ji..."

Harpreet hit Shehnaaz slightly with her elbow to which she glared her.

"Accha sorry... Jaati hoon. Aa jaao aap log bhi..."

Harpreet left the room with the make-up artists while Shehnaaz immediately locked the door. Then she made an irritated face and immediately removed her veil and jewelleries.

"Uss Balveer naal vyah, meri jutti bhi na kare... Main jaa rahi hoon apne Ryan ke paas... Yeh natak aur nahi hoga mere se."

Shehnaaz took out her bag which she had packed already. She put her jewelleries inside her bag and then looked at her phone opening her and Ryan's pic.

"Kaash bhagne se pehle ek baar tujhse contact kar paati. But I'm sure, waha Mumbai mein mujhe dekh ke tenu bohut bada jhatka lagega."

She giggled and put the phone inside her bag as well. Then she slowly opened the door and didn't see anyone nearby. She could hear sound of music.

"Lagta hai baarat aa gayi hai aur sab log utthe busy hai. Kinni baar kaha tha ki main Ryan se pyaar karti hoon. Kisi ne mainu seriously liya hi nahi aur meri shaadi fixed kar diyi. Ab karte raho aap log naach gaana.... Main toh bhaag rahi hoon."

Shehnaaz left from the backdoor and came outside. There was a wall behind the house and she started crossing it.

Suddenly a little boy came there eating his lollipop. He removed the lollipop from his mouth and looked at Shehnaaz with wide eyes.

Seeing him, Shehnaaz smiled nervously and asked, "Guddu tu... Tu yaaha kya kar raha hai?..."

She then noticed his gaze and said, "Dekh jaisa tu soch raha hai waisa kuch nahi hai. Main toh bas pani peene ke liye bahar jaa rahi thi."

"Aap ne kya mainu chhota baccha samjha si? Paani peene koi bahar jaata hai? Mainu paata si, aap bhaag rahi ho?"

"Mere bhai, aap na muh band rakhna please. Main aate waqt tere liye bada wala chocolate laaungi, thik hai?"

"Jhut mat bolo. Mainu paata hai aap wapas aaogi hi nahi..."

Saying that, he ran inside the house while screaming, "Tauji, Taiji, Mummy, Papa, Beeji, Veer Ji.... Shehnaaz Di bhaag rahi hai."

Shehnaaz widened her eyes and thought, "Marr gaye. Iss Guddu ke bacche ne sabko baata diya... Bhag Shehnaaz Bhag!"

Shehnaaz somehow crossed the wall and started running picking up her bag.

Meanwhile, Guddu informed everyone about Shehnaaz.

"Kya? Shehnaaz bhag rahi si? Oye saare pakdo usse!"

All the men of the house started going after Shehnaaz in their jeep.

While running, Shehnaaz somehow came to the main road when she saw their jeep. She was already tired and she knew that she wouldn't be able to escape from them by running. But she didn't want to get married either so she had to escape at any cost.

Suddenly she saw a car coming and said forwarding her hand, "Help, help... Help please!"

The car stopped in front of her and without wasting a moment, she opened the car's gate and got inside forcefully.

"Arrey arrey... Aap aise kaise andar ghus sakti hai?" Said the guy who was driving the car. He was puzzled seeing a bride getting inside his car forcefully.

"Dekhiye abhi explain karne ka bilkool waqt nahi hai mere paas. Main bohut muskil mein hoon. Mere gharwale mere piche padhe hai. Mujhe aap ki help chahiye. Aap zaldi zaldi station ki taraf chalo." She said giving him hurry.

"Lekin main...."

"Lekin vekin mat karo abhi... peeche jeep aa rahi hai... Come on fast!"

"Ok ok..."

The guy got scared and started driving the car. The jeep started chasing it.

"Itna dheere chalaoge toh woh log humein pakad lenge. Aur zor se chalao bhaisahab...." Said Shehnaaz loudly.

"Pehle toh mujhe yeh bhaisahab bulana band karo... Mera naam Sidharth hai." Said Sidharth making an annoyed face.

"Jo bhi hai woh matter nahi karta... Mere gharwalon ne pakad liya na toh keema bana denge tumhara."

"Par maine kiya kya?"

"Yeh sab woh puchhenge bhi nahi. Papa ke paas gun hai, woh seedha uda denge. Ab chalao jaldi..."

"Kaha fas gaya yaar..."

Sidharth started driving in full speed overtaking every car in his way while Shehnaaz now started enjoying the ride and got excited.

"Ohhoo! Kya gadi chalate ho tussi! Maza hi aa gaya. Ab koi nahi pakad sakta humein."

Shehnaaz gave a huge smile while Sidharth gave her "Wtf! Is she crazy?" wala look and then again focused on driving.

Like this, they both reached the railway station and came out of the car.

"Woh log abhi bhi humare peeche hai. Zaldi chalo." Said Shehnaaz constantly giving him hurry.

Sidharth became frustrated and said, "Arrey bag toh lene de meri Maa."

"Haan haan le lo."

Sidharth took his bag and started running with Shehnaaz.

"Waise woh log car ko toh kuch nahi karenge na? Mere dost ki car hai." He asked while running.

"Tumhe car ki padhi hai? Yaaha humari jaan khatre mein hai." Said Shehnaaz making him quiet.

Suddenly they both heard some male voices.

"Oye Shehnaaz ruk jaa! Accha nahi hoga main baata raha hoon."

"Ayee ladke! Sadi Shehnaaz nu bhaga raha si? Saale ik vaari haath lag jaa tu, aisa haal karunga apni shakal nahi pehchan payega."

Ignoring their threats, Sidharth and Shehnaaz went towards the train.

"Yeh hi coach number hai na tumhara?" Asked Sidharth.

"Haan... Sayad." Said Shehnaaz making confused face.

"Sayad matlab?"

"Main ticket dekh ke baatati hoon."

"Are you serious? Ticket gaya bhad mein! Chalo."

Sidharth grabbed Shehnaaz's hand and took her with him. They both got inside the train which started running and Shehnaaz's family kept looking at them.

"Bach gaya saala!" They said.

Here Shehnaaz happily went inside and found her seat.

"Thank God. Coach number sahi tha. Itni bhulakkad nahi hoon main." She said checking the ticket and placed her bag.

She took her seat while Sidharth who was still in a state of shock, sat in front of her.

"Abhi kuch der pehle kya hua by god. Meri toh jaan hi nikal gayi thi. Lag raha tha abhi pakdi jaaungi. Waise tumne bhi kaafi help kiyi. Tum nahi hote toh abhi tak meri shaadi ho chuki hoti Balveer se aur main apne Ryan se humesha humesha ke liye bichar jaati... Oo teri! Maine toh tumhe apni aur Ryan ki story hi nahi baatayi aur apna introduction bhi thik se nahi diya."

Shehnaaz took a deep breath and said, "Myself Shehnaaz Gill, daughter of Santokh Gill and Parminder Gill... And soon to be wife of Ryan Harrington. College mein meri mulakat hui thi Ryan se. Woh na college ka sabse popular ladka tha. Saari ladkiyan uspe marti thi par woh mujhpe marta tha. Phir ekdin usne mujhe propose kiya aur maine haan keh diya, obviously main bhi usse like karti thi. College ke kuch saal humne full romance kiya lekin phir woh music mein apna career bana ne ke liye Mumbai chala gaya. Phir suru hua humara long distance relationship jo ki thik thak hi chal raha tha. Par uske baad aaya kahani mein twist. Papa ne meri shaadi fixed kardi kisi Balveer se jise main jaanti tak nahi. Maine unko baataya Ryan ke baare mein lekin unhone direct maana kar diya. Pehle reason woh Cristian hai aur dusra woh musician hai. Ab main waisi ladki hoon nahi jo pyaar kisi se karungi aur shaadi kisi aur se. Old school hoon, one man woman. Isliye main apne Ryan ke liye bhag aayi. Ab hum dono Mumbai mein shaadi karenge aur phir kuch bhi kar ke gharwalon ko maana lenge. Shaadi ho jaane ke baad koi kya hi keh sakta hai. Waise haan, yeh sab tumhari wajah se possible hua hai isliye humari shaadi ka pehla card tumhe jaayega."

Shehnaaz giggled and then took out her chips packet and started eating.

After a long time silence, Sidharth finally said with a fake smile, "Wonderful! Kitna easy hai na sab kuch. Tum aur Ryan shaadi kar loge, tumhari happy ending ho jaayegi, gharwale bhi maan jaayegi... How lovely!"

Shehnaaz smiled hearing that.

"Gadhi ho tum?" Shouted Sidharth the next moment making Shehnaaz scared. "Tumhe pata bhi hai idhar situation kya hui hai? Tumhare gharwalon ne mujhe dekha hai tumhare saath bhagte hue, unko lag raha hai hum dono ka chakkar chal raha hai, jaan se maar ne ki dhamki mili hai mujhe... Sidharth Shukla, jiski aaj tak girlfriend toh chhoro koi female friend bhi nahi rahi, jisne kisi ladki ki taraf aankh utha ke bhi nahi dekha, uspe ladki bhagane ka ilzaam laga hai, woh bhi uss ladki ko jo kisi aur se pyaar karti hai, kisi aur ke liye bhaagi hai, jis se uska koi lena dena nahi hai.... I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!"

Sidharth started breathing heavily as he said in one go for the first time and also wondered how she could speak non-stop.

Shehnaaz made a sad pout and asked, "Itni hi problem thi toh help kyu kiya? Maana kar dete, utar dete gadi se."

"Exact...." Sidharth suddenly realised it and said, "Exactly. Why did I help you? I don't even know you. Main maana kar sakta tha. Maine kyu nahi kiya?.... Shit!"

Sidharth face-palmed himself and started regretting.

"Dekho jo hogaya so hogaya. Ab afsos kar ke kya fayda? Bhul jao. Waise yeh train Mumbai jaa rahi hai aur waha pe mere gharwale kuch nahi kar paayenge. Sirf Punjab mein hi unki chalti hai. Isliye tumhari jaan ko koi khatra nahi hai." She said to make him feel better but it didn't help.

"Accha yeh baatao tum kidhar jaa rahe the?" She asked further.

"Main Mumbai hi jaa raha tha, flight thi meri. Main udhar hi rehta hoon. Idhar ek project tha isliye aaya tha. Mera friend mujhe airport chhorne wala tha lekin usko kuch kaam aa gaya isliye maine uski gadi liyi thi. Usne kaha tha airport ke aas paas park kar doon woh waha se le lega. Ab usse baatana padega ki gadi airport se nahi, railway station se le le, agar woh sahi salamat rahi toh..."

"Haan toh perfect hai. Tum apne dost ko inform kar do. Aur idhar TT se baat kar ke ek train ki ticket kara lo... Mumbai pohuchte hi, tum apne raaste chale jaana aur main apne raaste, yaani Ryan ke paas."

She smiled shyly and Sidharth rolled his eyes seeing her madness.

"Filhaal tum tension chhoro aur chips khao...."

She forwarded him the packet. Sidharth sighed and took out some chips and started eating.

While eating chips, they both looked through the window and saw the trees passing by one by one in darkness. The view was really beautiful.

"Sidharth..." She uttered and he looked at her.

"Mumbai bohut bada seher hai na?" She asked to which he hummed.

"Aaj tak Punjab ke bahar kabhi kadam nahi rakha aur aaj akele Mumbai nikal padi, ek bilkool anjaan safar pe. Waha pe Ryan hai mera khayal rakhne ke liye lekin... Paata nahi ek darr sa lag raha hai. Waha sab sahi hoga na mere saath? Like jaisa maine socha hai, waisa hi hoga na?"

Sidharth thought for a while and said, "Jaisa tumne socha hai waisa hoga yaa nahi, yeh nahi paata. Par Maa kehti thi ki jo log acche hote hai, jo kabhi kisi ka bura nahi sochte, unke saath kabhi kuch galat nahi hota. Bhagwan ji humesha unke liye sabse best plan karke rakhte hai."

"Main toh mere dushmano ka bhi accha sochti hoon. Iska matlab mujhe fikar karne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Waheguru ne mere liye bhi best hi plan kiya hoga."

Saying that, she again looked outside while Sidharth smiled looking at her.

From here their journey started.
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