Khushi: (whispers to Karan and dad) lagta hai bohot gussa hai..

Karan: (whispers back) lagta hai? Aree bewakoof she is super duper angry.. warna White Sauce Pasta banake baingan khane pe majboor nahi karti kabhi dad ko (laughing)

Khushi: baat to sahi hai..

Karan: Dad.. ab jald se jald plan par kaam shuru kar dijiye warna subah bhi shayad hamare liye White Sauce Pasta aur aapke liye Baingan bane..

Kavin: yaa right!! Aur tum dono mujhe chdodke pasta enjoy kar rahe ho? Kaise bacche ho yaar? Yaha mujh par torture ho raha hai aur tum dono ki party chal rahi hai...

Khushi: ab jaise bhi hai.. kya kare.. aakhir aapke hi bacche hai.. aur waise bhi humne thodi mom ko naraz kiya hai.. jaisi karni waisi bharni..

Karan: Exactly!! Karma is coming back to you dad! Tit For Tat.. now enjoy! (Laughing)

Purvi: Accha Karan.. khaane ke baad ice cream le aaoge?

Karan: okk maa

Khushi: mai bhi aaungi..

Karan: okk

(Soon they finish the dinner and Karan and Khushi are going to buy ice cream)

Khushi: Oh Shit!

Karan: kya hua?

Khushi: Assignment Karan!! Kal submit karni hai.. mai to bhool hi gayi.. kuch nahi kiya maine abhi tak.. damnn!!

Karan: Haa to koi baat nahi.. tu jaake assignment kar le mai ice cream le aaunga.. aur aake teri help bhi kar dunga.. waise bhi aaj mujhe koi kaam nahi hai

Khushi: Are yaar lekin mere paas to project papers bhi nahi hai..

Karan: mere bhi khatam ho gaye.. Ohh haa... Dad ke paas kuch papers hai.. mai unke room mein uss din project kar raha tha to wahi bhool gaya tha.. tabke par hi honge.. le le waha se.. mai aate vaqt aur le aaunga..

Khushi: thank you soo much yaar.. tu bestt bhai hai.. sacchii!

Karan: hmm wo to mai jaanta hu.. bass tujhe hi qadr nahi hai.. (laughs) anyways.. jaa tu shuru kar.. mai aata hu thodi der mein.

Khushi: okk byee.. and I love you bhai!!

Karan: What? You are mad!
(He leaves laughing and she goes to take papers from Kavin and Purvi's room. She was about to enter when she hears Dadi was arguing with Kavin)

Dadi: Khushi aur Karan yahi rehte hai aur yaha shaadi to har kisi ki hoti hai na? Kaunsa toofan aa raha hai?

Khushi: (in mind: Shaadi? Ye ho kya raha hai? Aise chhupke baatein sunana to galat hai lekin dadi hum dono ke baare mein aur shaadi ke baare mein kya baat kar rahi hogi? Sunana to padega)

Dadi: Kavin tum ye maano ya na maano usase sach nahi badalne wala lekin mujhe Purvi ki baat bilkul sahi lag rahi hai aur isliye in 3 mahino mein mai Karan ke liye ladki bhi dhundhungi aur uski shaadi bhi karvaungi.. aur uski shaadi hote hi hum Khushi ko uski shaadi ke baare mein sab sach bata denge..

Khushi: (in mind: What?? Ye sab aakhir ho kya raha hai? Karan ki shaadi 3 mahino mein? Aur meri shaadi ka sach matlab? I swear mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha yaha kya ho raha hai..)

Kavin: maa aap aisa kuch nahi kar sakti aur Karan.. Karan kisi se bhi yuhi shaadi nahi karega... Karan sirf aur sirf uss ladki se shaadi karega jisase wo pyaar karega aur tab jab wo shaadi jaisa rishta sambhalne ke liye tayar hoga.. Aur rahi baat Khushi ki to mai uss saalo pehle hui bewakoofi jise aap shaadi kehti ho usme yakeen hi nahi karta.. wo shaadi na legally valid hai aur na uske baap ki nazar mein valid hai isliye uss shaadi ka koi matlab nahi banta.. aur jab wo bechari baat bhi nahi kar paati thi tab uske saath ek bewakoofi karna aur usko shaadi kehna kitna stupid hai aap jaanti ho?

Dadi: mai jaanti hu wo bohot chhoti thi aur mai bhi uss baat ko lekar khush nahi thi lekin isase ye sach nahi badalta ki Khushi shaadishuda hai... Samjhe tum?

Kavin: wo shaadi nahi thi sirf aur sirf papa ki jidd thi jiske aage mujhe jhukna pada tha.. lekin ab mai kisike jidd ke saamne nahi jhukunga.. Khushi se koi kuch nahi kahega.. I want her to concentrate on her studies! Use uska career banana hai.. don't you dare say anything to her maa..

Khushi: (in mind: What?? Ye log jeh rahe hai ki mai.. mai.. mai shaadishuda hu? Married? Mom dad mere saath aisa kaise ksr sakte hai? Dadi to hai hi orthodox lekin mom dad? Bachpan mein shaadi? Whay the hell is going on? Aur.. aur agar meri shaadi hui hai to kisase? Ye.. how the hell on this earth is this possible? Nahi.. kuch to galatfaimi ho rahi hai.. aisa nahi ho sakta.. no.. ye sach nahi hai..)

(She was crying and she goes to her room and falls asleep sobbing. Karan comes back and goes to Khushi's room only to find her sleeping)

Karan: (in mind: what the hell is wrong with this girl? Yahape mujhe iske assignment ka tension ho raha hai aur madam so gayi?)
(He makes her sleep straight and pulls blanket on her body and notices the dried tears on her cheeks)
Khushi ro rahi thi? Abhi uthaunga to aur upset ho jayegi.. subah puchta hu.. bataya to theek hai nahi to dhoondh nikalunga.. I love you too Khushi (kisses her forehead) aur tujhe pareshan karne ka haq sirf aur sirf mujhe hai.. koi aur agar teri aankhon mein aasu laaye to ye mai kabhi bardasht nahi karunga..

(He picks her books and goes to his room and completes her project. Meanwhile in Kavin and Purvi's room)

Purvi: Kavin..

Kavin: Mai uss vaqt papa ki jidd ke saamne kyu jhuk gaya Purvi?

Purvi: Kavin kyuki uss vaqt hamare paas koi aur chara nahi tha.. hame apni family ke liye wo karna pada.. you can't blame yourself for whatever happened...

Kavin: lekin ab hum kya kare Purvi? Hum Karan aur Khushi ko iss baare mein nahi bata sakte... Mai apne baccho ko kya muh dikhaunga agar ye baat unke saamne aa gayi? Saalo pehle kya hua, kyu hua aur kaise hua ye raaz baccho ke saamne kabhi nahi aana chahiye Purvi.. hamare bacche tut jayenge..

Purvi: Pehli baat.. hum puri koshish karenge ki baccho ke saamne kabhi kuch na aaye lekin agar kuch aa bhi gaya to Kavin.. hamare bacche itne kamjor nahi hai ek sach se tut kar bikhar jaaye.. unhe chot lagegi, takleef hogi lekin tutenge nahi.. wo ek dusre ki himmat banenge, takat banenge.. samjhe? Don't worry Kavin.. sab theek hoga.. aur ab please so jao.. iss baare mein hum baadme sochenge ok?

Kavin: hmm.. tum mere saath ho na?

Purvi: hamesha!! (She pecks his lips) good night!

Kavin: (smiles) good night Purvi

(They go to sleep)

(Next Morning alarm rings in Khushi's room. Khushi wakes up with a heavy mind as she remembers everything she heard last night)

Khushi: Mom dad kabhi jaan bujhke aisa nahi kar sakte... Jaroor kuch bihit bada hua tha jiske vajah se unhe ye sab karna pada.. but.. how to change the fact ki I am married... Aur kisase? I just don't know anything about the guy I am married to.. pata nahi kaun hoga kaha se hoga... aur kaisa hoga.. everything is just a question mark.. infact ab to mujhe apni puri life hi ek bohot bada question mark lag rahi hai.. I have to find out meri shaadi kab kisase aur kyu hui thi..
(Another alarm rings)
College!! Oh shitt... Aaj to mujhe college jaldi jana thaa.. Shit!!! Mera assignment... Iss sabke chakkar mein to assignment ke baare mein bhool hi gayi mai.. yaar ab college jaake teacher ko kya batau? Kal mujhe pata chala I am married aur maine assignment nahi kiya? What the hell is wrong with my life.. bina assignment kiye mai so kaise sakti hu? Ab kaise complete hoga.. actually complete to hone se raha.. ill note leke jaani padegi.. mom aur dad bohot tensed hai unke paas nahi iaa sakti aur dadi.. not even in my worst possible dreams.. Karan.. ab sirf Karan ki signature mujhe bacha sakti hai..

(She gets off her bed and goes to her study table to write a bote but instead finds a completed assignment and a nite sticked to the file)

Note
Agli bar assignment complete kiye bina so gayi to mai nahi karne wala...
Aur jhooti sick note pe sign to bilkul nahi karunga..
Le.. enjoy aaj ke liye.. lekin dare you, this is the first and the last time in college..!!
: ) : )

Khushi: Karannn yaar tu best haii..
(She runs downstairs and finds him sitting next to dad and dadi sipping from a cup of coffee and understanding business from dad. She quickly back hugs him tightly)
Thank You... Thank You... Thank You Soooo Muchhh Karan... (Dadi looks at her) bhai!!!

Karan: ha ha.. thik hai.. lekin agli baar se mai aisa kuch nahi karne wala ok?

Khushi: ha ha.. mujhe pata hai.. jab jab mai musibat mein rahungi.. tu aayega aur har baar mujhe bachayega bhii.. kyuki tu.. best hai!!

Kavin: kya baat hai? bada pyaar aa raha hai aaj apne bhai pe.. aisa kya kar diya isne?

Dadi: Wo sab baadme.. Khushi.. ye kaunsi tameez hai? Aise koi night dress mein neeche aata hai? Jao.. acche se kapde pehen kar aur tayar hokar aana neeche..

Khushi: jee.. jee dadi... Sorry..

Dadi: haa.. aur jaldi jeexhe aao.. aaj ka breakfast tum banaogi

Khushi: m.. m.. mai??

Dadi: ha tum.. kyu? Koi problem hai?

Karan: Dadi.. Khushi kal bana legi.. aaj nahi please.. aaj college jaldi jaana hai mujhe aur mai itni der ruk nahi paunga aur baadme Khushi akeli kaise college aayegi? Khushi jaldi se tayar hoke neeche aa.. hane nikalna hai aaj jaldi.. bohot important kaam hai mera and I can't be late.. ok?

Khushi: Okk bhai.. bass abhi aayi..
(In mind: Karan is a life saver)

(She goes and changes quickly and comes downstairs. Before dadi could say anything else, Karan hurries and they leave the home in car)

Karan: Kriti ke ghar chhodu na?

Khushi: nahi.. college hi chalo

Karan: kyu? Aaj change nahi karna?

Khushi: der to tumhe ho rahi thi.. tumhe nahi karna?

Karan: mujhe koi der ver nahi ho rahi.. in fact aaj to mujhe kaafi time hai.. 1st lecture bhi off hai so mai Shiv ke ghar hi ja raha hu tumhe drop karke

Khushi: okk.. lekin mera man nahi hai change karne ka.. Indian hi sahi hai.. kya farak padta hai Behenji dikhu ya kuch bhi dikhu

Karan: huh? Are you ok? Behenji kya? You look good in this ok? Change karna hai to bol.. I will drop you to Kriti's place

Khushi: nahi... let's just to college..

Karan: sure?

Khushi: haa

Khushi: (in mind: kaise pata lagau kya hua tha.. mom dad to batayenge nahi.. dadi se puch lu? Nahi.. not a good idea.. pata nahi kal mangalsutra hi pehena diya to.. lekin phir pata kaise chalega? Ye sab kyu hua tha and all pata lagane ke liye pehle mujhe pata lagana hoga wo ladka kaun hai kaha se hai uski family... shayad tab mujhe apne aap sab pata chal jaaye..)

(Karan taps her shoulder)
Karan: kaha kho gayi Khushi?

Khushi: nahi.. kahi nahi..

Karan: Khushi.. sab thik to hai na? Tell me koi problem hai?

Khushi: (in mind: ye aadhi adhuri baat mai Karan ko nahi bata sakti.. pata nahi kaise react karega)
Nahi.. nahi koi problem nahi.. eve.. everything is fine... Don't worry..

Karan: Ok... agar aisi baat hai to tu utarne ka kasht kyu nahi kar rahi? College kabka aa gaya hai..

Khushi: ohh.. yaa.. shit sorry.. bass kuch soch rahi thi to dhyaan nahi gaya..

(She gets out from the car and walks away into the college)

Karan: (in mind: koi baat to jaroor hai.. shayad koi bohot badi baat.. change nahi kiya, Kriti ke ghar jaane se mana kar diya, raat ko rona aur ab aise kho gayi.. pata nahi itna kya soch rahi thi.. kuch to hai jo use bohot pareshan kar raha hai.. kahi kisi musibat mein to.. ya koi use pareshan kar raha ho.. nahi.. aisa hota to wo mujhe jaroor batati.. kuch to chhupa rahi hai ye ladki lekin kya.. kaise pata karu? Kuch to karna padega..)
(He leaves for Shiv's home)

(After some time Khushi meets Kriti and Yash and they go to lectures. Throughout the day Kriti and Yash notice something off with her. They try to ask her several times. Kriti tries to talk to her in private but Khushi doesn't utter a single word. Though they smell something fishy and something just not correct with her. Finally it is the time for rehearsals and Khushi and Kriti go to their respective practice rooms. Khushi enters the dance room and finds Shiv struggling with a few moves)

Khushi: Shiv.. noo.. ye kya kar rahe ho? Moch aa jayegi pair mein..

Shiv: are yaar ho hi nahi raha.. pichle bees minute se ye ek hi step kar raha hu.. di.. change the step na.. kya step hai ye?

Preeti: Shiv.. step itni complicated hai hi nahi.. pata nahi kyu tum khud use complicate kiye jaa rahe ho.. just look at it again.. dhyaan se..
(She shows him the move. Everyone else in room is trying to copy it but no one is able to)

Shiv: kabse yahi kar raha hu di.. ab aur kya karu? Nahi ho raha..

Khushi: come on Shiv.. kyu nahi hoga?

Shiv: tumhe itna aasan lag raha hai to tum hi karke batao..

Ruchita: exactly.. stop acting smart..

Khushi: Shiv.. turn lete vaqt pair ka vajan halka karke dekho.. I am sure ho jayega.. itna difficult nahi lag raha.. (she does and shows him. Everyone applauds for her except Ruchita)

Shiv: ok.. let me try..
(He tries again and it was better than before. Within few more attempts he could do the move as elegantly as Khushi did and Preeti expected)

Preeti: This is great Shiv.. well done Khushi.. accha to ab tum sab ko ek ek chit milegi jisme kuch gaano ke naam hai.. jise jo chit milegi wo aone partner ke saath milke uss gaane par kaam karega.. is it clear?

All: Yess di..

Preeti: ok then.. everyone stand your partners
(Ruchita stands besides Shiv and Khushi starts moving away)
Ruchita.. tum Shiv ki partner kab bani? Tum to Ahaan ki partner ho na?

Ruchita: haa didi lekin ab lead dancer to hai nahi.. ab to Shiv ke saath mujhe hi..

Shiv: Actually Khushi.. Khushi hamari nayi lead hai.. aur ye baat pehle hi batayi gayi thi..

Khushi: Shiv it's ok if Ruchita wants to..

Preeti: Nahi Khushi.. tum lead dancer ho aur for any reason ye decision change nahi hoga..

Shiv: Ok di

Khushi: Okk di..

(She gives a chit to everyone and Shiv and Khushi are appointed partners)

Shiv: All the best partner..

Khushi: Wish you the same partner

(They open the chit and the song awaiting them is revealed to be "Te Amo")

To be continued....

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