Hey hey chalo na dhundhe sheher ek naya
Jaha muskurahatein ho bikhri
Jaha se gam ka mausam gaya

Karan put some gel on his hand and kept dancing to the song above. He slowly moved his hand into his hair setting them. He was in his bathroom wrapped in nothing but his towel. His phone buzzed it was a text from Dev

Jaldi aa ja flight miss ho jaayegi

"Dev takes too much tension ... Huh fattu" Karan kept dancing and admiring his well built body.

•••••••••

"Dev dude why don't you take tension?" Karan hit Dev's biceps with his flight ticket.

"Saale chup kar ke baith ab" Dev warned Karan.

"Ab kya karenge?" Karan spoke in a meek voice

"Zumba, Acrobat, Pole Dance, Strip Dance yaa chal kathak karte hain" Dev was irritated to the next level "We missed the flight by 8 minutes by god damned 8 minutes. Do you get it the boarding pass stopped getting issued E.I.G.H.T. minutes ago."

"Got it bro! Its ok" Karan tried pacifying him

"Its not ok Karan I was calling you constantly. I was telling you that jaldi kar le, jaldi kar le but no you didn't get my point" Dev was so loud that he was audible to the entire IGI Terminal 1D now!

"Haa but I was getting ready. I was setting my hair usse late ho gayi thodi si... Just thodi si" Karan spoke like a baby "I'm sorry"

"Sorry... Sorry my foot ... Do you have any value of time? Of money?" Dev stamped his foot hard on the ground.

"But Dev your mom stopped us when we were leaving and she did our Aarti and said some mantras to protect us in our journey toh agar 6 minute meri wajah se late hui then last 2 minutes were because of ... " The last 'you' of Karan got drowned in his throat when Dev gave him a deathly stare.

"You could have come 10 minutes earlier" Dev almost whispered.

Nothing, not a word against Dev's mother could go down his throat. He only had his mother in his family and 2 sisters. Dev was over protective for them. His Dad had left behind a lot of wealth for them to last a life time but the responsibilty of his family came on his shoulders. Dev always wanted to get into acting and his dad had his back too but now he had to bury his dreams and was studying business management to get into his family business empire 'Ishwari Enterprises'. For now Ishwari managed the business

"Ab?" Karan asked him

"What ab? We are going back home now. Say Bye Bye Goa" Dev said and turned around not even waiting for Karan to follow

On the other hand,

Sonakshi had disagreed for the Delhi to Lucknow road trip. Her Binodini Aunty had out of the blue decided to pay her family a visit. This lady was a pain in Sona's ass. She hated Sona and Asha, Sona never held her in high esteem too.

"Now Shona chahe Bindu kuch bhi kahe you will not give an ill mannered response. She is a guest and..." Asha began advicing Sona while finishing her preparations in her kitchen

"....and Atithi in some cases kukurah bhava" Sona completed for her

"No Sona buri baat" Asha warned her

"Kya buri baat Maa?" Saurabh, Sona's brother jumped into the conversation "She is that stereotypical 'nanad' (SIL) straight out of Ekta Kapoor soaps. If she'll nag you unnecessarily she'll have to fight your army first"

"And who is my army?" Asha asked

"We" Sona chimed and linked her arms with Sourabh Da "Aye!Aye!Captain" They screamed in unison

"She's your father's lovely sister and you will not do anything to upset him get that?" Asha pointed her 'belan' at them.

"Aye Aye Captain" The two spoke with disinterest

••••••••

Dev's family was eating lunch in complete silence.

Ishwari raised her brows and asked her daughters, Riya and Nikki why Dev was upset.

"Goa" Nikki mouthed

"Dev beta halwa khayega?" Ishwari thought that her classic dish could lift Dev's spirits up.

Dev nodded in a yes. He hated this halwa. Her mom made it anyways everyday and his taste buds were so saturated with this dish that he would rather have poison than halwa but being the good son that he was he let her serve him.

"Dev bhai why don't you go to Lucknow with your college trip?" Riya suggested

"Lucknow? Who goes to Lucknow?" Dev said

"Chala jaa na beta tera mood theek ho jaayega" Ishwari insisted

"Maa please don't insist I don't want to go, honestly. I was going to Goa for Karan's happiness ... and I'll stay here now naa ... Kya tension hai?. College trip isn't my cup of tea" Dev made it clear.

"Dev I want you to go to Lucknow. Meet Mr. Rathore there. There are some papers you need to sign" Ish-worry ordered him

"Me?"

"Yes you"

"Theek hai Maa as you wish" Dev said in his usual monotonous tone which he used while responding to Ishwari's demands.

"Go with your college friends. Trip ki trip bhi ho jaayegi kaam ka kaam bhi" Ishwari suggested hoping that her son would agree.

"I'll give my name for the trip tomorrow" Dev said while he continued looking into the plate crushing the halwa with his spoon wondering whether to gulp it down or not.

"Khao na bhai" Nikki said and he forced a spoon into his mouth.

The mother-daughters trio winked at each other

•••••••

Binodini Pishi (Aunty) had arrived at Bose Bari an hour ago and since then nothing was happy in Asha's little kingdom. From the specks of dust on the sofa to the little 'Rin' still left on the washed utensils she had to point it all and taunt her Boudi (Asha) about it. Asha was mentally cursing her house help Babli for her carelessness.

"Aar Sourabh it's your final year at college. How's it going?" She asked Sourabh

"Great as usual" Sourabh spoke with a haughty air

"Aur Sona how are your studies going?" Binodini Pishi was one hell of an irritating relative and her favourite question was "Padhai kaisi jaa rahi hai?". She didn't care about the Bose siblings at all but she was the first one to call after every result. On the day of their board results she called 12 times. She was more nagging than the jammed servers of CBSE.

"Good" Sona said and got up to leave.

"Arey wait" She called her "Why are you limping? Phir gir gayi kya?"

"Na Pishi I love limping its in fashion these days" Sona gave her a stern look.

"Asha ... Asha ... Dekho toh how your daughter speaks to me! This is what you have taught her. Na Na now I get it she must be listening to all negative things about me so she'll speak rudely with me na. What's so surprising about it?" Bindu Aunty said but Sona rolled her eyes off her. There was no reason for Sona to reply in the way she did but Bindu Pishi was someone she couldn't stand for a second.

"Dada you know Dada" She dragged Bijoy into the conversation "You made a wrong decision to shift to Delhi. I told you ki don't go to Delhi don't leave Kolkata but no tumko to rich banana tha na bahut. Now see what your children have become. They can't even read our script"

Bijoy kept quiet. He found it useless to talk to her.

"Apna Shona ko dekho" Binodini started again "Kyu ladki you can't sing, you can't dance, Poem likh sakti ho? Nahi na. What kind of a Bengali is she! Who will marry her? Bolo? This is the problem with you Probasis"

"Shona wanted to become a doctor and that is what she is doing and I am proud of her"Asha finally spoke in support of her daughter.

"Then keep your pride with you forever. She will not find a good groom" Binodini concluded.

Bijoy switched on the Tv to divert everyone's attention.

Bigg Boss Bigg Boss Bigg Boss

A commercial sang.

"Pishi should have been there" Sourabh said in a low tone

"Ei dheere dheere kya bolta hai zor se bol" Binodini said and Sourabh frantically moved his neck left and right saying a 'no'

"This time I am here for 5 days. Samjha. Shona tu tension mat le. I will teach you everything. I will make you a perfect Bengali bride" Binodini's eyes glistened with excitement

"But Pishi I am leaving for a trip with my friends in a day or two" Sona lied she had no intention of going but living with Pishi for 5 days was beyond tolerance.

"Kuch ho nahi sakta. Aaj kal ki generation ka" She spoke with disgust

"Aapka bada kuch hua" Sourabh spoke slowly.

"Ki? What did you say?" Bindu's sharp ears heard everything.

Sona sneaked out of the heated environment.

I'm in

She left a message on her Whatsapp group

We aren't taking you

Neha replied

Guys please :(

Sona typed quickly

Ele: Bhool jaa

Sona: I'm coming and that's final.

Neha: Why? Go spend time wity your pishi :/

Sona: Yaaaar you know how she is. I can't stand her anymore

Ele: Chal theek hai tu bhi kya yaad rakhegi :) Aane dete hain waise bhi I need someone to pick my luggage

Sona: Hate you

Ele: Awww I love you too

Sona squealed on her mini victory

"Issshh Asha !! This is how you make Paesh" Sona could hear Binodini shouting in the kitchen

Precap- Dil chahta hai kabhi na beetein chamkilein din